SENATE BILL REPORT
SSB 5246
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As Passed Senate, February 14, 2012
Title: An act relating to employer review of abstracts of driving records.
Brief Description: Concerning employer review of abstracts of driving records.
Sponsors: Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Chase, Harper, White and Nelson).
Brief History:
Committee Activity: Transportation: 2/03/11, 2/07/11, 2/24/11 [DPS].
Passed Senate: 2/14/12, 45-4.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION |
Majority Report: That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5246 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.
Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Eide, Vice Chair; King, Ranking Minority Member; Fain, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Delvin, Ericksen, Hill, Hobbs, Litzow, Nelson, Prentice, Sheldon, Shin, Swecker and White.
Staff: Kim Johnson (786-7472)
Background: The Director of the Department of Licensing (DOL) maintains a case record on every person licensed to operate a motor vehicle in Washington. These case records, or abstracts, contain information relating to a person's driving record. The fee to obtain an abstract is $10 and the distribution of abstracts is restricted to certain persons and uses. The DOL may enter into a contractual agreement with an insurance company or its agent for the limited purpose of reviewing the driving records of existing policyholders for changes to the record and must establish a fee for this service which may not result in a net revenue loss to the state.
Summary of Substitute Bill: DOL may provide an employer or its agent with a review of the driving records of existing employees documenting changes to the record. DOL must establish the fee such that, at a minimum, it covers the cost of providing the service in addition to any revenues that would have otherwise been received from fees for abstracts from that employer.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Available.
[OFM requested ten-year cost projection pursuant to I-960.]
Committee/Commission/Task Force Created: No.
Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Staff Summary of Public Testimony on Original Bill: PRO: This will make it easier for employers to monitor changes in their employees' driving records in a more timely manner.
Persons Testifying: PRO: Senator Chase, prime sponsor; Dylan Doty, Raj Vhan, Enterprise Rent-a-Car; Rick Jensen, Dealers Auto Auction NW; Jim Fricke, Capital Aeroporter.