PROVIDED SUMMARY
Habitual Traffic Offender Designation; Citing this act as “Isaiah’s Law”; revising the definition of the term “habitual traffic offender”, etc.
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Adds driving without a valid license to the habitual traffic offender list.
Driving without a valid license joins the list of offenses that can make someone a habitual traffic offender. Three convictions of this kind within 5 years can trigger the designation by themselves.
This is different from the existing category for driving on a suspended or revoked license. It reaches people who never had a valid license at all, or let one lapse.
KEY PROVISIONS
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Driving without a valid license added as a qualifying offense
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AIRepeatedly driving without a valid license now counts toward habitual traffic offender status, alongside offenses like DUI, driving on a suspended license, and leaving the scene of a crash. Three convictions of this kind within 5 years can trigger the designation on their own.
TIMELINE
3/12/2026
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 35 (Ch. 2026-53...
3/12/2026
Substituted CS/HB 35 -SJ 843
3/12/2026
Read 2nd time -SJ 843
3/9/2026
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/12/26
2/25/2026
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/24/2026
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
2/19/2026
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/11/2026
Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2/6/2026
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 37...
2/3/2026
Now in Criminal Justice
2/3/2026
Favorable by Transportation; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
1/29/2026
On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 02/03/26, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
1/16/2026
Referred to Transportation; Criminal Justice; Rules
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