HB 2833
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
House: TI DP 9-2-0-0
HB 2833: class G driver licenses; qualifications
Sponsor: Representative Gillette, LD 30
Caucus & COW
Overview
Requires the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to establish an adult driver
education course and requires a driver's license applicant who has not previously been issued
a license or whose license is expired, suspended or revoked to complete the course.
History
A person under 18 years old may apply for a Class G driver's license if they are at least 16
years old and have held a valid instruction permit for at least six months. The applicant must
also:
1) have a custodial parent or guardian certify in writing to ADOT that the applicant has
completed at least 30 hours of supervised driving practice with at least 10 hours of
practice happening at night;
2) have satisfactorily completed an ADOT-approved driver education program. If the
program is offered by a public school, it must be approved by ADOT in consultation
with the Department of Education; or
3) both:
i. complete a driver education program offered by a certified defensive driving school
that is approved by the Supreme Court or a traffic survival school; and
ii. have a custodial parent or guardian certify in writing to ADOT that the applicant
has completed at least 20 hours of supervised driving practice with at least 6 hours
of practice happening at night.
For the first six months that a Class G licensee holds their license they cannot drive a motor
vehicle on a public highway with more than one passenger under the age of 18 unless they
are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian seated next to them who has a Class A, B, C
or D license or the passengers are the licensee's siblings.
For the first six months that a Class G licensee holds their license they cannot drive a motor
vehicle on a public highway from 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. unless they are accompanied by a
parent or legal guardian seated next to them who has a Class A, B, C or D license or they are
driving to or from a sanctioned school sponsored activity, their place of employment, a
sanctioned religious activity or a family emergency (A.R.S. § 28-3174).
Provisions
1. Directs ADOT to establish an adult driver education course (course) to enhance street and
highway safety and to reduce vehicle collisions and moving traffic violations. (Sec. 1)
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2. Requires an applicant before they may be issued a driver's license and regardless of other
law to complete the course if the applicant either:
a) is at least 16 years old and has not previously:
i. been issued a driver's license from this state or another state;
ii. completed an ADOT-approved driver education course; or
b) has an expired, suspended or revoked driver's license from this state or another state.
(Sec. 1)
3. Directs the course to be only taught by an ADOT-approved provider. (Sec. 1)
4. States that, depending on the provider's authority from ADOT, the course may be
conducted in a classroom or online. (Sec. 1)
5. Directs the course curriculum to be four hours in length and be demonstrably effective in
reducing vehicle collisions or moving violations, or both. (Sec. 1)
6. Requires a course provider to submit an effectiveness study to ADOT that demonstrates
the effectiveness of the course curriculum before the course may be approved by ADOT in
a manner determined by the Director of ADOT. (Sec. 1)
7. Stipulates that the study must be exclusively conducted by independent state agencies or
accredited academic institutions within the United States. (Sec. 1)
8. Allows a prelicensure course that has undergone efficacy studies in other states to qualify
as demonstrating the effectiveness of the curriculum of the ADOT-approved provider's
course. (Sec. 1)
9. Requires a Class G driver's license applicant who is under 18 years old to successfully
complete an ADOT-approved adult driver program. (Sec. 2)
10. Requires an adult driver program to:
a) include literature on the restrictions on a Class G license holder in the first six months
of holding the license; and
b) be taught by an ADOT-approved provider and may be conducted in a classroom or
online depending on the provider's authority from ADOT. (Sec. 2)
11. States that a Class G driver's license applicant who is under 18 years old and has
successfully completed an adult driver program is not required to pass the driver's license
examination administered by ADOT. (Sec. 2)
12. Removes the requirement for a Class G driver's license applicant to pass the driver's
license examination administered by ADOT. (Sec. 2)
13. Requires a Class G driver's license applicant's parent or legal guardian to sign a form
stating that the parent or legal guardian understands the restrictions on a Class G license
holder in the first six months of holding the license. (Sec. 2)
14. Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 2)