Concerning training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions.

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SENATE BILL 5198

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Valdez, Holy, Bateman, Dhingra, Hasegawa, Nobles, and Trudeau; by request of Department of Licensing

Prefiled 01/09/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to training as an alternative to driver license suspension for the accumulation of certain traffic infractions; amending RCW 46.20.2892 and 46.20.311 ; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 46.20.2892 and 2021 c 240 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Whenever the official records of the department show that a person has committed a traffic infraction for a moving violation on three or more occasions within a one-year period, or on four or more occasions within a two-year period, the department must suspend the license of the driver for a period of 60 days and establish a period of probation for one calendar year to begin when the suspension ends , except as provided in subsection (2) of this section . Prior to reinstatement of a license, the person must complete a safe driving course as recommended by the department.