Requires CDL applicant to sign a form attesting to the applicant's English language ability.

Requires a CDL applicant to sign a form attesting to the applicant's English language ability; and requires reporting regarding CDL driver training schools.

Senate Committee Substitute adds record-keeping requirements for the Driver License Division, including record of English-related test failures. The Division must record the aggregate number of applicants who fail the CDL skills test or fail to take the skills test because of English language proficiency, and the CDL driver training school attended by those applicants.

Effective 5/6/2026.

01/14/2026 House received bill from Legislative Research.
01/20/2026 House received fiscal note from Fiscal Analyst.
01/20/2026 First reading in House Committee on Rules.
01/21/2026 Referred to House Committee on Transportation.
02/02/2026 Favorable recommendation from House Committee on Transportation.
02/03/2026 Second reading in House. To third reading calendar.
02/12/2026 Third reading. Passed House. Received in Senate. Pending introduction.
02/17/2026 Introduced in Senate. Read first time. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules.
02/17/2026 Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology.
02/18/2026 Not considered in Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology.
02/23/2026 Assigned to staff for fiscal analysis. In Legislative Fiscal Agency.
02/23/2026 Sent to agencies for fiscal input
02/24/2026 Fiscal note sent to sponsor.
02/24/2026 Fiscal note publicly available
02/24/2026 Not Considered in Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology.
02/26/2026 Assigned to staff for fiscal analysis. In Legislative Fiscal Analyst.
02/26/2026 Sent to agencies for fiscal input.
02/26/2026 Committee Substitute recommendation in Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology.
02/26/2026 Favorable recommendation in Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology.
02/26/2026 Substituted in Senate Committee on Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee
02/26/2026 Placed on second reading calendar in Senate.
02/27/2026 Fiscal note sent to Senate sponsor.
02/27/2026 Fiscal note publicly available for Senate substitute.
03/04/2026 Second reading of substitute in Senate. Referred to Senate Committee on Rules.
03/06/2026 From Rules to second reading calendar in Senate.
03/06/2026 Suspension in Senate second reading calendar.
03/06/2026 Senate passed second and third readings. Suspension in Clerk of the House.
03/06/2026 To House with amendments.
03/06/2026 Received from Senate in House. Placed on Concurrence Calendar in House.
03/06/2026 House concurs with Senate amendments. To Senate.
03/10/2026 To Senate President.
03/10/2026 Signed by Senate President and returned to House.
03/10/2026 To House Speaker.
03/11/2026 Signed by House Speaker. Sent for enrolling in Legislative Research and General Counsel.
03/11/2026 Received from House for enrolling in Legislative Research and General Counsel.
03/11/2026 Draft of enrolled bill prepared in Legislative Research and General Counsel.
03/12/2026 Enrolled bill returned to House or Senate in Clerk of the House.
03/12/2026 2026 Enrolled bill to Printing in Clerk of the House.
03/16/2026 House received enrolled bill from Printing
03/16/2026 Delivered to Governor.
03/26/2026 Signed by Governor.