Bill > SB1203

This bill modifies Michigan's Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) program—a three-stage licensing system designed for teenage novice drivers to safely gain driving experience—by raising the minimum age to apply for a Level 1 learner's license from 14 years and 9 months to 15 years old. In addition to adjusting the starting age, the legislation streamlines the driver education requirements for obtaining that initial learner's status by requiring applicants to be enrolled in a driver education course and have completed at least six hours of on-the-road driving time rather than finishing a previously distinct "segment 1" course, and it removes specific references to "segment 2" requirements for advancing to a Level 2 intermediate license. Furthermore, the bill specifies that it cannot take effect unless a related piece of legislation, Senate Bill 1204 of the 103rd Legislature, is also enacted into law.