FINAL BILL REPORT
2SHB 2066
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C 16 L 20
Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Addressing restrictions on driver's licenses associated with certain criminal offenses.
Sponsors: House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Davis, Pellicciotti, Goodman, Appleton, Sutherland, Graham, Klippert, Leavitt and Pollet).
House Committee on Public Safety
Senate Committee on Law & Justice
Senate Committee on Transportation
House Committee on Transportation
Background:
A person may not drive a motor vehicle on a roadway in Washington without having a valid driver's license. It is a criminal offense for a person to drive a motor vehicle while his or her driver's license is suspended or revoked.
The Department of Licensing (DOL) is required to revoke a person's driver's license when he or she is convicted of certain criminal offenses, including:
Vehicular Homicide or Vehicular Assault;
certain impaired driving offenses;
failure to stop and give information or render aid in certain circumstances involving a motor vehicle accident resulting in death or personal injury;
perjury or the making of a false statement to the DOL under certain circumstances; or
Reckless Driving when it is the third or subsequent conviction.
In addition, the DOL must revoke a person's driver's license when he or she is convicted of any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used. In this circumstance, the, the revocation lasts for one calendar year, after which the person may reapply to the DOL for a license. The applicant must provide proof of insurance and pay a reissue fee of $75.
Similar revocation requirements apply to commercial driver's licenses under the Uniform Commercial Driver's License Act. This includes revoking a commercial license for a person convicted of any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used.
Summary:
If a person is convicted of a felony, the DOL is required to revoke his or her driver's license when the sentencing court determines that in the commission of the offense a motor vehicle was used in a manner that endangered persons or property, unless the felony otherwise falls within the list of specific offenses requiring revocation.
Votes on Final Passage:
House | 96 | 1 | |
House | 97 | 0 | |
Senate | 47 | 0 |
Effective: | January 1, 2022 |