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HF 2653Died when the session ended · February 20, 2026

Relating to the suspension of a person’s driver’s license for unlawful or fraudulent uses, and including applicability provisions

Sponsored by the House Public Safety Committee

Same legislation: HSB 707

Also covers HSB 707.

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Progress

  1. Introduced
    February 10, 2026
  2. Subcommittee
    February 11, 2026
  3. Committee
    February 18, 2026
  4. Passed House
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  5. Passed Senate
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  6. Signed
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What’s in it

Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) is authorized to adopt rules providing for the suspension of a person’s driver’s license for up to one year upon days’ notice and without preliminary hearing upon a showing by the DOT’s records or other sufficient evidence that the person has, among other things, permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of the person’s license. However, if the suspension is due to a person under the age of altering, displaying, or possessing a fictitious or fraudulently altered driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card to obtain alcohol, the DOT is authorized to suspend the license for up to six months.

Read the full explanation

216C (use of driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card by underage person to obtain tobacco, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products, or cigarettes). The bill also prohibits the DOT from issuing a temporary restricted license while a person’s driver’s license is suspended pursuant to the bill, and prevents a person from applying for a temporary restricted license due to hardship or circumstances where alternative means of transportation do not exist.216B.216C. A driver’s license that has been suspended is eligible for reinstatement following the period of suspension upon payment of a $20 reinstatement fee. The bill applies to suspensions for the unlawful or fraudulent use of a driver’s license on or after July 1, 2027.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

History

Key steps only
2026 session · second year of the 91st General Assembly
February 20, 2026
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 365. Journal
February 20, 2026
As HSB 707: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2653.
February 18, 2026
As HSB 707: Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 339. Journal
February 18, 2026
As HSB 707: Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 338. Journal
February 11, 2026
As HSB 707: Subcommittee recommends passage.
February 10, 2026
As HSB 707: Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2026 12:30PM RM 19.
February 10, 2026
As HSB 707: Subcommittee: Wengryn, Gjerde and Hermanson. H.J. 250. Journal
February 10, 2026
As HSB 707: Introduced, referred to Public Safety. H.J. 246. Journal

Meetings

Votes

Committee · February 18, 202622–0

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Lobbyist declarations

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