SB 6594 - DIGEST

Requires a person eighteen to twenty-one years of age, who is applying for his or her first Washington state driver's license and who did not complete a course in traffic safety education, to complete a young driver risk prevention traffic safety course offered by a licensed driver training school.

Creates the young driver safety education program within the department of licensing to provide financial assistance to indigent persons who are required to enroll in a young driver risk prevention traffic safety course.

Requires a licensed driver training school to offer a young driver risk prevention traffic safety course.

Requires the department of licensing to establish standards and requirements to ensure timely access to high-quality, affordable young driver risk prevention traffic safety courses throughout the state.

Requires an applicant for an intermediate license to have possessed a valid instruction permit for a period of not less than one year.

Creates the young driver safety education account.