2025 House Bill 4195

Traffic control: driver license; citizenship or legal presence requirement for obtaining a driver license; remove.

A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled “Michigan vehicle code,” by amending sections 50a, 51a, 232, 302, 303, 307, and 314 (MCL 257.50a, 257.51a, 257.232, 257.302, 257.303, 257.307, and 257.314), sections 50a and 51a as amended by 2008 PA 7, section 232 as amended by 2023 PA 129, section 302 as amended by 2018 PA 428, section 303 as amended by 2024 PA 42, section 307 as amended by 2023 PA 260, and section 314 as amended by 2021 PA 71.

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House Bills 4194, 4195 and 4196 amends Michigan law to remove the requirement that a person needs to be a legal resident in order to obtain a driver's license.

Introduced in the House

March 11, 2025

Introduced by Rep. Joe Tate (D-9) and 18 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Tyrone Carter (D-1), John Fitzgerald (D-83), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Laurie Pohutsky (D-17), Regina Weiss (D-5), Kelly Breen (D-21), Julie Rogers (D-41), Tonya Myers Phillips (D-7), Kimberly Edwards (D-12), Phil Skaggs (D-80), Matt Longjohn (D-40), Jason Hoskins (D-18), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Stephen Wooden (D-81) and Carol Glanville (D-84)

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations

March 20, 2025

Discharged from committee

Failed in the House 39 to 64 (details)

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations