SB180

The engrossed version significantly NARROWS eligibility for nondomiciled commercial driver licenses by removing the category for individuals domiciled in states with decertified programs, limiting issuance only to foreign nationals and U.S. territory residents with specific employment-based visa status (H-2A, H-2B, or E-2). This change makes the bill more restrictive and focused exclusively on temporary foreign workers rather than also accommodating people from states unable to issue such licenses.

The enrolled version completely rewrites the bill's eligibility criteria, replacing the original two categories (foreign nationals with substandard testing standards and those from decertified states) with a narrower framework that limits nondomiciled commercial driver licenses only to individuals with specific employment-based visa statuses (H-2A, H-2B, E-2) or U.S. territory residents with those same visas, while adding strict documentation and verification requirements. This NARROWS the bill's scope significantly by eliminating access for broad categories of foreign domiciled persons and instead targeting a specific employment visa category.