2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB3012
HB3012 removes the requirement that a driving safety provider charge each student a separate fee of at least $3 for materials, supervision and course administration.
Official caption: Relating to the fee for a driving safety course.
Official report lists House author(s): Walle. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
Bill explanation published · Version and amendment review scope is stated below · Individual amendment records may not be separately annotated.
Bill highlights
Selected points from the published explanation. Follow each point to its source-linked context; conditions and limits may matter.
- HB3012 removes the requirement that a driving safety provider charge each student a separate fee of at least $3 for materials, supervision and course administration.
- This concerns driving safety courses—courses intended to improve a driver's knowledge, perception and attitude about driving—not a general price rule for all driver education or behind-the-wheel instruction.
- The law took effect September 1, 2025.
What does it do?
HB3012 removes the requirement that a driving safety provider charge each student a separate fee of at least $3 for materials, supervision and course administration. The requirement to charge at least $25 for the course remains. Thus the combined statutory minimum in this section falls from $28 to $25, but the law does not set a $25 maximum or require every provider to cut its actual price by $3. Final law.
This concerns driving safety courses—courses intended to improve a driver’s knowledge, perception and attitude about driving—not a general price rule for all driver education or behind-the-wheel instruction. The act does not change traffic-court charges, licensing fees or eligibility for ticket dismissal. Statutory definitions.
The law took effect September 1, 2025. The governor signed May 28, 2025. Official history.
What changed along the way?
The filed bill, House committee printing, House-passed version, Senate printing and enrolled law have the same substantive change: delete the separate $3 minimum fee while preserving the $25 course minimum. The official amendment index lists no amendments. Text-version index.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.
Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Students may find courses priced below the former combined minimum if providers choose to offer them. Providers gain pricing flexibility but still must cover their costs and charge at least $25. Neither a universal discount nor a prohibition on every additional charge follows from removing this statutory fee requirement.
The May 5 fiscal note anticipates no significant state fiscal impact, assuming costs can be absorbed using existing resources, and no local-government fiscal impact. It does not estimate students’ total savings or providers’ revenue changes. The bill makes no appropriation.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.
