Ohio HB 864: Require driver’s license disability identifier, if requested

Bill Text

hb864_00_IN

As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

 Regular
Session H. B. No. 864

 2025-2026

Representatives Synenberg, Lett

Cosponsors: Representatives Brennan,
Brewer, Piccolantonio, Rader, Troy, Rogers

To
amend sections 4506.07, 4506.11, 4507.06, 4507.13, 4507.51, and
4507.52 of the Revised Code to
require the Registrar to include an identifying symbol on a driver's
license, commercial driver's license, or state identification card
for individuals with certain disabilities, if requested.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1. That
sections 4506.07, 4506.11, 4507.06, 4507.13, 4507.51, and 4507.52 of
the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec.
4506.07. (A)
An applicant for a commercial driver's license, restricted commercial
driver's license, or a commercial driver's license temporary
instruction permit, or a duplicate of such a license or permit, shall
submit an application upon a form approved and furnished by the
registrar of motor vehicles. Except as provided in section 4506.24 of
the Revised Code in regard to a restricted commercial driver's
license, the applicant shall sign the application which shall contain
the following information:

(1)
The applicant's name, date of birth, social security account number,
sex, general description including height, weight, and color of hair
and eyes, current residence, duration of residence in this state,
state of domicile, country of citizenship, and occupation;

(2)
Whether the applicant previously has been licensed to operate a
commercial motor vehicle or any other type of motor vehicle in
another state or a foreign jurisdiction and, if so, when, by what
state, and whether the license or driving privileges currently are
suspended or revoked in any jurisdiction, or the applicant otherwise
has been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle, or
is subject to an out-of-service order issued under this chapter or
any similar law of another state or a foreign jurisdiction and, if
so, the date of, locations involved, and reason for the suspension,
revocation, disqualification, or out-of-service order;

(3)
Whether the applicant has any physical or mental disability or
disease that prevents the applicant from exercising reasonable and
ordinary control over a motor vehicle while operating it upon a
highway or is or has been subject to any condition resulting in
episodic impairment of consciousness or loss of muscular control and,
if so, the nature and extent of the disability, disease, or
condition, and the names and addresses of the physicians, certified
nurse-midwives if authorized as described in section 4723.438 of the
Revised Code, clinical nurse specialists, or certified nurse
practitioners attending the applicant;

(4)
Whether the applicant has obtained a medical examiner's certificate
as required by this chapter and, beginning January 30, 2012, the
applicant, prior to or at the time of applying, has self-certified to
the registrar the applicable status of the applicant under division
(A)(1) of section 4506.10 of the Revised Code;

(5)
Whether the applicant has pending a citation for violation of any
motor vehicle law or ordinance except a parking violation and, if so,
a description of the citation, the court having jurisdiction of the
offense, and the date when the offense occurred;

(6)
If an applicant has not certified the applicant's willingness to make
an anatomical gift under section 2108.05 of the Revised Code, whether
the applicant wishes to certify willingness to make such an
anatomical gift, which shall be given no consideration in the
issuance of a license;

(7)
Whether the applicant has executed a valid durable power of attorney
for health care pursuant to sections 1337.11 to 1337.17 of the
Revised Code or has executed a declaration governing the use or
continuation, or the withholding or withdrawal, of life-sustaining
treatment pursuant to sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code
and, if the applicant has executed either type of instrument, whether
the applicant wishes the license issued to indicate that the
applicant has executed the instrument;

(8)
Whether the applicant is a veteran, active duty, or reservist of the
armed forces of the United States and, if the applicant is such,
whether the applicant wishes the license issued to indicate that the
applicant is a veteran, active duty, or reservist of the armed forces
of the United States by a military designation on the license;

(9)
Whether the applicant currently is prohibited by the federal motor
carrier safety administration from operating a commercial motor
vehicle because the applicant violated 49 C.F.R. 382, subpart B;

(10)
Whether the applicant has a developmental disability, a
neurodevelopmental condition, a hearing impairment, or any other
medical alert and, if so, whether the applicant wishes the license
issued to indicate the disability, condition, impairment, or alert by
a symbol on the license.

(B)
Every applicant sh