A state Senate committee had endorsed the bill in early February but it failed to advance through another committee before a deadline this week for action.
The bill aimed to establish driver privilege cards that are already issued in several other states. The proposal would have had Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles issue the cards to immigrants who pass the state’s driving test, have paid Indiana taxes in the past year, submitted to a fingerprint background check and provide proof of auto insurance.
Immigrant advocates cheered the Homeland Security and Transportation Committee’s support for the bill after similar proposals introduced over the past decade were never taken up in the Republican-dominated Legislature. The bill, however, didn’t gain Senate Appropriations Committee approval, which was needed because of the BMV’s estimated $1.4 million cost to develop the new license.
Bill opponents raised objections to the state giving legal driving privileges to people who were not following federal immigration laws. Bray said Thursday that such a policy shift sometimes takes several years to overcome legislative opposition.
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