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The House has voted 51-17 in favor of SB 1133, to change how driver’s education businesses are regulated; it’s a bill that prompted long and contentious hearings in committee. The House is now debating SB 1184, the redistricting bill. Meanwhile, the Senate has begun debating budget bills for the state Department of Health & Welfare.
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ace_joker on April 22 at 9:30 a.m.
During the vote for the first appropriation bill today, Sen. Davis rose to explain his vote and then didn’t say anything for about 15 seconds before finally voting Aye. I’ve seen him and others do it before. Does anyone know what’s thats about? Just curious.
Thanks
senator on April 22 at 9:45 a.m.
Senator Davis is waiting for one or more absent senators to arrive so they can vote on the bill. This is usually done when the bill is noncontroversial and will receive unanimous support. Then the vote can be “rolled,” or used for other noncontroversial bills that day without taking the time for a roll-call vote.
ace_joker on April 22 at 9:50 a.m.
Makes sense. Thanks again.
DCR on April 22 at 4:19 p.m.
This ought to be interesting - private driving instructors hated being under the Department of Education because it made them toe the line and got after them when they didn’t. Instructors wouldn’t use approved curricula, didn’t want to have to comply with continuing education requirements, used cars without proper safety inspections (they’re higher standards than for personal use cars), held classes in buildings without fire inspections, and passed students who hadn’t completed the required number of hours of instruction and behind-the-wheel time, and now they want to be in charge of their own regulation! Heck, their “steering committee” - isn’t that one a hoot? - couldn’t even agree about what their training standards could be.
What’s funny is that now, complaints about instructors and driving schools will now have to be independently investigated by the Bureau of Occupational Licenses, which has the time, resources and administrative clout to really hammer violators!
I’d be wary of private driving schools for a while (except highly reputable ones who’ve been around over a decade) and have high-school age students take driver training through the public school system for now because they strictly adhere to nationally-recognized training standards that insurance companies rely on, at least until the BOL gets the commercial driving schools up to speed, including rules setting training standards, licensure standards and disciplinary actions in place.