Revise driver education requirements

hb463_03_RH

As Reported by the House Transportation Committee

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
Sub. H. B. No. 463

2025-2026

Representatives Klopfenstein,
Lorenz

Cosponsors: Representatives
Williams, Gross, Miller, K., Claggett, Willis, Rogers, Daniels

To
amend sections 4507.05, 4507.071, 4507.21, and 4508.02 and to enact
section 4508.041 of the Revised Code
to
make changes to driver education requirements, including for limited
term license applicants.

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

Section
1.
That
sections 4507.05, 4507.071, 4507.21, and 4508.02 be amended and
section 4508.041 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
4507.05.
(A)
The registrar of motor vehicles, or a deputy registrar, upon
receiving an application for a temporary instruction permit and a
temporary instruction permit identification card for a driver's
license from any person who is at least fifteen years
six
months
of
age, may issue such a permit and identification card entitling the
applicant to drive a motor vehicle, other than a commercial motor
vehicle, upon the highways under the following conditions:

(1)
If the permit is issued to a person who is at least fifteen years
six
months
of
age, but less than sixteen years of age:

(a)
The permit and identification card are in the holder's immediate
possession;

(b)
The holder is accompanied by an eligible adult who actually occupies
the seat beside the permit holder and does not have a prohibited
concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma,
breath, or urine as provided in division (A) of section 4511.19 of
the Revised Code;

(c)
The total number of occupants of the vehicle does not exceed the
total number of occupant restraining devices originally installed in
the motor vehicle by its manufacturer, and each occupant of the
vehicle is wearing all of the available elements of a properly
adjusted occupant restraining device.

(2)
If the permit is issued to a person who is at least sixteen years of
age:

(a)
The permit and identification card are in the holder's immediate
possession;

(b)
The holder is accompanied by a licensed operator who is at least
twenty-one years of age, is actually occupying a seat beside the
driver, and does not have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in
the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine as provided
in division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code;

(c)
The total number of occupants of the vehicle does not exceed the
total number of occupant restraining devices originally installed in
the motor vehicle by its manufacturer, and each occupant of the
vehicle is wearing all of the available elements of a properly
adjusted occupant restraining device.

(B)
The registrar or a deputy registrar, upon receiving from any person
an application for a temporary instruction permit and temporary
instruction permit identification card to operate a motorcycle,
motor-driven cycle or motor scooter, or motorized bicycle, may issue
such a permit and identification card entitling the applicant, while
having the permit and identification card in the applicant's
immediate possession, to drive a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle or
motor scooter, under the restrictions prescribed in section 4511.53
of the Revised Code, or to drive a motorized bicycle under
restrictions determined by the registrar. A temporary instruction
permit and temporary instruction permit identification card to
operate a motorized bicycle may be issued to a person fourteen or
fifteen years old.

(C)
Any permit and identification card issued under this section shall be
issued in the same manner as a driver's license, upon a form to be
furnished by the registrar. A temporary instruction permit to drive a
motor vehicle other than a commercial motor vehicle shall be valid
for a period of one year

and six months
.

(D)
Any person having in the person's possession a valid and current
driver's license or motorcycle operator's license or endorsement
issued to the person by another jurisdiction recognized by this state
is exempt from obtaining a temporary instruction permit for a
driver's license and from submitting to the examination for a
temporary instruction permit and the regular examination for
obtaining a driver's license or motorcycle operator's endorsement in
this state if the person does all of the following:

(1)
Submits to and passes vision screening as provided in section 4507.12
of the Revised Code;

(2)
Surrenders to the registrar or deputy registrar the person's driver's
license issued by the other jurisdiction; and

(3)
Complies with all other applicable requirements for issuance by this
state of a driver's license, driver's license with a motorcycle
operator's endorsement, or restricted license to operate a
motorcycle.

If
the person does not comply with all the requirements of this
division, the person shall submit to the regular examination for
obtaining a driver's license or motorcycle operator's endorsement in
this state in order to obtain such a license or endorsement.

(E)
The registrar may adopt rules governing the use of temporary
instruction permits and temporary instruction permit identification
cards.

(F)(1)
No holder of a permit issued under division (A) of this section shall
operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or
parking in violation of the conditions established under division (A)
of this section.

(2)
Except as
otherwise

provided
in division (F)(2) of this section, no holder of a permit that is
issued under division (A) of this section
and
that is issued on or after July 1, 1998, and who has not attained the
age of
under

eighteen
years
,

of age
shall
operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or
parking between the hours of midnight and six a.m.

The
holder of a permit issued under division (A) of this section
on
or after July 1, 1998, who has not attained the age of
under

eighteen
years
,

of age
may
operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or
parking between the hours of midnight and six a.m. if, at the time of
such operation, the holder is accompanied by the holder's parent,
guardian, or custodian, and the parent, guardian, or custodian holds
a current valid driver's or commercial driver's license issued by
this state, is actually occupying a seat beside the permit holder,
and does not have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole
blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine as provided in
division (A) of section 4511.19 of the Revised Code.

(G)(1)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no law
enforcement officer shall cause the operator of a motor vehicle being
operated on any street or highway to stop the motor vehicle for the
sole purpose of determining whether each occupant of the motor
vehicle is wearing all of the available elements of a properly
adjusted occupant restraining device as required by division (A) of
this section, or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation,
or summons if the requirement in that division has been or is being
violated, or for causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of
a person for a violation of that requirement.

(2)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no law
enforcement officer shall cause the operator of a motor vehicle being
operated on any street or highway to stop the motor vehicle for the
sole purpose of determining whether a violation of division (F)(2) of
this section has been or is being committed or for the sole purpose
of issuing a ticket, citation, or summons for such a violation or for
causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of a person for
such violation.

(H)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Eligible adult" means any of the following:

(a)
An instructor of a driver training course approved by the department
of public safety;

(b)
Any of the following persons who holds a current valid driver's or
commercial driver's license issued by this state:

(i)
A parent, guardian, or custodian of the permit holder;

(ii)
A person twenty-one years of age or older who acts in loco parentis
of the permit holder;

(iii)
A person twenty-one years of age or older if the permit holder is an
emancipated young adult as defined in section 5180.42 of the Revised
Code.

(2)
"Occupant restraining device" has the same meaning as in
section 4513.263 of the Revised Code.

(I)
Whoever violates division (F)(1) or (2) of this section is guilty of
a minor misdemeanor.

Sec.
4507.071.
(A)
The registrar of motor vehicles or any deputy registrar shall not
issue a driver's license to any person under eighteen years of age,
except that the registrar or a deputy registrar may issue a
probationary license to a person who is at least sixteen years of age
and has held a temporary instruction permit for a period of at least

six
months
one
year
.

(B)(1)(a)
No holder of a probationary driver's license who has held the license
for less than twelve months shall operate a motor vehicle upon a
highway or any public or private property used by the public for
purposes of vehicular travel or parking between the hours of midnight
and six a.m. unless the holder is accompanied by the holder's parent
or guardian.

(b)
No holder of a probationary driver's license who has held the license
for twelve months or longer shall operate a motor vehicle upon a
highway or any public or private property used by the public for
purposes of vehicular travel or parking between the hours of one a.m.
and five a.m. unless the holder is accompanied by the holder's parent
or guardian.

(2)(a)
Subject to division (D)(1) of this section, division (B)(1)(a) of
this section does not apply to the holder of a probationary driver's
license who is doing

either

any

of the following:

(i)
Traveling to or from work between the hours of midnight and six a.m.,
provided that the holder has in the holder's immediate possession
written documentation from the holder's employer
.
;

(ii)
Traveling to or from an official function sponsored by the school the
holder attends between the hours of midnight and six a.m., provided
that the holder has in the holder's immediate possession written
documentation from an appropriate official of the school;

(iii)
Traveling to or from an official religious event between the hours of
midnight and six a.m., provided that the holder has in the holder's
immediate possession written documentation from an appropriate
official affiliated with the event.

(b)
Division (B)(1)(b) of this section does not apply to the holder of a
probationary driver's license who is doing

either

any

of the following:

(i)
Traveling to or from work between the hours of one a.m. and five
a.m., provided that the holder has in the holder's immediate
possession written documentation from the holder's employer
.
;

(ii)
Traveling to or from an official function sponsored by the school the
holder attends between the hours of one a.m. and five a.m., provided
that the holder has in the holder's immediate possession written
documentation from an appropriate official of the school;

(iii)
Traveling to or from an official religious event between the hours of
one a.m. and five a.m., provided that the holder has in the holder's
immediate possession written documentation from an appropriate
official affiliated with the event.

(3)
An employer, school official, or official affiliated with a religious
event is not liable in damages in a civil action for any injury,
death, or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from, or
is related to, the fact that the employer, school official, or
official affiliated with a religious event provided the holder of a
probationary driver's license with the written documentation
described in division (B)(2) of this section.

The
registrar of motor vehicles shall make available at no cost a form to
serve as the written documentation described in division (B)(2) of
this section, and employers, school officials, officials affiliated
with religious events, and holders of probationary driver's licenses
may utilize that form or may choose to utilize any other written
documentation to meet the requirements of that division.

(4)
No holder of a probationary driver's license who has held the license
for less than twelve months shall operate a motor vehicle upon a
highway or any public or private property used by the public for
purposes of vehicular travel or parking with more than one person who
is not a family member occupying the vehicle unless the probationary
license holder is accompanied by the probationary license holder's
parent, guardian, or custodian.

(C)
It is an affirmative defense to a violation of division (B)(1)(a) or
(b) of this section if, at the time of the violation, an emergency
existed that required the holder of the probationary driver's license
to operate a motor vehicle in violation of division (B)(1)(a) or (b)
of this section or the holder was an emancipated minor.

(D)(1)
If a person is issued a probationary driver's license prior to
attaining the age of seventeen years and the person pleads guilty to,
is convicted of, or is adjudicated in juvenile court of having
committed a moving violation during the six-month period commencing
on the date on which the person is issued the probationary driver's
license, the court with jurisdiction over the violation may order
that the holder must be accompanied by the holder's parent or
guardian whenever the holder is operating a motor vehicle upon a
highway or any public or private property used by the public for
purposes of vehicular travel or parking for a period not to exceed
six months or the date the holder attains the age of seventeen years,
whichever occurs first.

(2)
Any person who is subject to the operating restrictions established
under division (D)(1) of this section as a result of a first moving
violation may petition the court for driving privileges without being
accompanied by the holder's parent or guardian during the period of
time determined by the court under that division. In granting the
driving privileges, the court shall specify the purposes of the
privileges and shall issue the person appropriate forms setting forth
the privileges granted. If a person is convicted of, pleads guilty
to, or is adjudicated in juvenile court of having committed a second
or subsequent moving violation, the court with jurisdiction over the
violation may terminate any driving privileges previously granted
under this division.

(3)
No person shall violate any operating restriction imposed under
division (D)(1) or (2) of this section.

(E)
No holder of a probationary license shall operate a motor vehicle
upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public
for purposes of vehicular travel or parking unless the total number
of occupants of the vehicle does not exceed the total number of
occupant restraining devices originally installed in the motor
vehicle by its manufacturer, and each occupant of the vehicle is
wearing all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant
restraining device.

(F)
A restricted license may be issued to a person who is fourteen or
fifteen years of age upon proof of hardship satisfactory to the
registrar of motor vehicles.

(G)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no law
enforcement officer shall cause the operator of a motor vehicle being
operated on any street or highway to stop the motor vehicle for the
sole purpose of determining whether each occupant of the motor
vehicle is wearing all of the available elements of a properly
adjusted occupant restraining device as required by division (E) of
this section, or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation,
or summons if the requirement in that division has been or is being
violated, or for causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of
a person for a violation of that requirement.

(H)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no law
enforcement officer shall cause the operator of a motor vehicle being
operated on any street or highway to stop the motor vehicle for the
sole purpose of determining whether a violation of division (B)(1)(a)
or (b) of this section has been or is being committed or for the sole
purpose of issuing a ticket, citation, or summons for such a
violation or for causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of
a person for such violation.

(I)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Occupant restraining device" has the same meaning as in
section 4513.263 of the Revised Code.

(2)
"Family member" of a probationary license holder includes
any of the following:

(a)
A spouse;

(b)
A child or stepchild;

(c)
A parent, stepparent, grandparent, or parent-in-law;

(d)
An aunt or uncle;

(e)
A sibling, whether of the whole or half blood or by adoption, a
brother-in-law, or a sister-in-law;

(f)
A son or daughter of the probationary license holder's stepparent if
the stepparent has not adopted the probationary license holder;

(g)
An eligible adult, as defined in section 4507.05 of the Revised Code.

(3)
"Moving violation" means any violation of any statute or
ordinance that regulates the operation of vehicles, streetcars, or
trackless trolleys on the highways or streets. "Moving
violation" does not include a violation of section 4513.263 of
the Revised Code or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance,
or a violation of any statute or ordinance regulating pedestrians or
the parking of vehicles, vehicle size or load limitations, vehicle
fitness requirements, or vehicle registration.

(J)
Whoever violates division (B)(1) or (4), (D)(3), or (E) of this
section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

Sec.
4507.21.
(A)
Except as provided in section 4507.061 of the Revised Code, each
applicant for a driver's license shall file an application in the
office of the registrar of motor vehicles or of a deputy registrar.

(B)(1)
Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, each person
under twenty-one years of age applying for
a

an
initial
driver's
license
issued
in this state
and
each person twenty-one years of age or older applying for an initial
limited term license in this state shall present satisfactory
evidence of having successfully completed one of the following:

(a)
A driver training course approved by the director of public safety.

(b)
A driver training course comparable to a driver training course
described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section and administered by a
branch of the armed forces of the United States and completed by the
applicant while residing outside this state for the purpose of being
with or near any person serving in the armed forces of the United
States.

(2)

Each

Except
as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, each
person
under twenty-one years of age applying for
a

an
initial
driver's
license also shall present, on a form prescribed by the registrar, an
affidavit

signed
by
an
eligible
a
qualified
adult
attesting that the person has acquired at least fifty hours of actual
driving experience, with at least ten of those hours being at night
.

However,
in lieu of presenting the affidavit, if such applicant is eighteen
years of age or older, the applicant may present a certificate of
completion generated by an electronic device or application approved
in accordance with rules adopted under section 4508.02 of the Revised
Code that is programmed to verify that the person completed at least
forty hours of actual driving experience with a qualified adult
utilizing the electronic device or application, with at least ten of
those hours being at night
.

(3)
Except as provided in division (B)(4) of this section, each person
twenty-one years of age or older applying for an initial limited term
license in this state also shall present
,
on a form prescribed by the registrar, an

either of the following:

(a)
An
affidavit
,
on a form prescribed by the registrar,

signed by
an

a
qualified
adult

who
holds a current valid driver's or commercial driver's license issued
by this state
attesting

that
the applicant has acquired at least fifty hours of actual driving
experience, with at least ten of those hours being at night,
accompanied by the signing adult
;

(b)
A certificate of completion generated by an electronic device or
application approved in accordance with rules adopted under section
4508.02 of the Revised Code that is programmed to verify that the
person completed at least forty hours of actual driving experience
with a qualified adult utilizing the electronic device or
application, with at least ten of those hours being at night
.

(4)
All of the following individuals are exempt from the requirements
specified in divisions (B)(1)
and

to

(3)
of this section:

(a)
A person who receives a waiver of the examination by the registrar in
accordance with section 4507.10 of the Revised Code;

(b)
An initial limited term license applicant twenty-one years of age or
older who is from a country with which the registrar has a reciprocal
arrangement in accordance with section 4507.101 of the Revised Code;

(c)
A person who possesses
both
a
and
presents all of the following:

(i)
A
valid,
unexpired visa issued by the United States department of state
and
a
or
a valid document issued by the United States citizenship and
immigration services that is verifiable through the systematic alien
verification for entitlements system to demonstrate legal presence in
the United States;

(ii)
A
valid,
unexpired foreign driver's license

and who presents a
;

(iii)
A
form,
prescribed by the registrar

and signed by the person's employer or supervisor
,
attesting to the person's
employment
by or similar work-based
relationship
with
either

the
United States military, the United States department of defense,
or

any
of the subordinate agencies to the department of defense
.

(d)
A person who possesses both a valid, unexpired visa issued by the
United States department of state and a valid, unexpired foreign
driver's license and who presents a form, prescribed by the
registrar, attesting to the person's relationship with
,

a
hospital or a health system
;

(e)
A person who possesses a valid, unexpired agricultural guest worker
visa in accordance with 8 U.S.C. 1188 and who presents a form,
prescribed by the registrar, attesting to the person's employment on

located in this state,
a
farm located in this state

and signed by that person's employer
,
a business located in this state, or any other place of temporary but
nonagricultural employment located in this state
.

(C)(1)
An applicant for an initial driver's license shall present
satisfactory evidence of successful completion of the abbreviated
driver training course for adults, approved by the director of public
safety under section 4508.02 of the Revised Code, if all of the
following apply:

(a)
The applicant is twenty-one years of age or older.

(b)
The applicant failed the road or maneuverability test required under
division (A)(2) of section 4507.11 of the Revised Code.

(c)
In the twelve months immediately preceding the date of application,
the applicant has not successfully completed a driver training
course.

(2)

An
applicant required to present satisfactory evidence under division
(C)(1) of this section shall also present either of the following:

(a)
An affidavit, on a form prescribed by the registrar, signed by a
qualified adult attesting that the person has acquired at least
twenty-five hours of actual driving experience;

(b)
A certificate of completion generated by an electronic device or
application approved in accordance with rules adopted under section
4508.02 of the Revised Code that is programmed to verify that the
person completed at least twenty hours of actual driving experience
with a qualified adult utilizing the electronic device or
application.

(3)

An
applicant shall present
the

satisfactory
evidence
and
affidavit or certificate of completion
as
required under
division

divisions

(C)(1)

and
(2)
of
this section prior to attempting the test a second or subsequent
time.

(D)
If the registrar or deputy registrar determines that the applicant is
entitled to the driver's license, it shall be issued. If the
application shows that the applicant's license has been previously
canceled or suspended, the deputy registrar shall forward the
application to the registrar, who shall determine whether the license
shall be granted.

(E)
An applicant shall file an application under this section in
duplicate, and the deputy registrar issuing the license shall
immediately forward to the office of the registrar the original copy
of the application, together with the duplicate copy of any
certificate of completion if issued for purposes of division (B) of
this section. The registrar shall prescribe rules as to the manner in
which the deputy registrar files and maintains the applications and
other records. The registrar shall file every application for a
driver's or commercial driver's license and index them by name and
number, and shall maintain a suitable record of all licenses issued,
all convictions and bond forfeitures, all applications for licenses
denied, and all licenses that have been suspended or canceled.

(F)
For purposes of section 2313.06 of the Revised Code, the registrar
shall maintain accurate and current lists of the residents of each
county who are eighteen years of age or older, have been issued, on
and after January 1, 1984, driver's or commercial driver's licenses
that are valid and current, and would be electors if they were
registered to vote, regardless of whether they actually are
registered to vote. The lists shall contain the names, addresses,
dates of birth, duration of residence in this state, citizenship
status, and social security numbers, if the numbers are available, of
the licensees, and may contain any other information that the
registrar considers suitable.

(G)
Each person under eighteen years of age applying for a motorcycle
operator's endorsement or a restricted license enabling the applicant
to operate a motorcycle shall present satisfactory evidence of having
completed the courses of instruction in the motorcycle safety and
education program described in section 4508.08 of the Revised Code or
a comparable course of instruction administered by a branch of the
armed forces of the United States and completed by the applicant
while residing outside this state for the purpose of being with or
near any person serving in the armed forces of the United States. If
the registrar or deputy registrar then determines that the applicant
is entitled to the endorsement or restricted license, it shall be
issued.

(H)
No person shall knowingly make a false statement in an affidavit
presented in accordance with
division
(B)(2)
divisions
(B)(2)(a), (3)(a), and (C)(2)(a)

of this section.

(I)
As used in this section
,
"eligible
:

(1)
"Business" means any business contemplated by 19 U.S.C.
4561 and 8 C.F.R. 214.6.

(2)
"Electronic device or application" has the same meaning as
in section 4508.02 of the Revised Code.

(3)
"Qualified
adult"
means any of the following persons:

(1)
(a)

A parent, guardian, or custodian of the applicant
,
if the applicant is under eighteen years of age
;

(2)
(b)

A person over the age of twenty-one who acts in loco parentis of the
applicant and who maintains proof of financial responsibility with
respect to the operation of a motor vehicle owned by the applicant or
with respect to the applicant's operation of any motor vehicle

if the applicant is under eighteen years of age
;

(3)
(c)

A person over the age of twenty-one who holds a current valid
driver's or commercial driver's license issued by this state if the
applicant is an emancipated young adult as defined in section 5180.42
of the Revised Code
;

(d)
A person over the age of eighteen who holds a current valid driver's
or commercial driver's license issued by this state if the applicant
is eighteen years of age or older
.

(J)
Whoever violates division (H) of this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor and shall be fined one hundred dollars.

Sec.
4508.02.
(A)(1)
The director of public safety, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised
Code, shall adopt and prescribe such rules concerning the
administration and enforcement of this chapter as are necessary to
protect the public. The rules shall require an assessment of the
holder of a probationary instructor license. The director shall
inspect the school facilities and equipment of applicants and
licensees and examine applicants for instructor's licenses.

(2)
The director shall adopt rules governing online driver education
courses that may be completed via the internet to satisfy the
classroom instruction under division (C) of this section. The rules
shall do all of the following:

(a)
Establish standards that an online driver training enterprise must
satisfy to be licensed to offer an online driver education course via
the internet, including, at a minimum, proven expertise in providing
driver education and an acceptable infrastructure capable of
providing secure online driver education in accord with advances in
internet technology. The rules shall allow an online driver training
enterprise to be affiliated with a licensed driver training school
offering in-person classroom instruction, but shall not require such
an affiliation.

(b)
Establish content requirements that an online driver education course
must satisfy to be approved as equivalent to twenty-four hours of
in-person classroom instruction;

(c)
Establish attendance standards, including a maximum number of course
hours that may be completed in a twenty-four-hour period;

(d)
Allow an enrolled applicant to begin the required eight hours of
actual behind-the-wheel instruction upon completing all twenty-four
hours of course instruction;

(e)
Establish any other requirements necessary to regulate online driver
education.

(3)
The director shall adopt rules that establish requirements for the
approval of electronic devices and applications for use by adult
applicants and the form of a certificate of completion that may be
utilized for purposes of this section and sections 4507.21 and
4508.041 of the Revised Code. The rules also shall establish any
procedures and requirements that are necessary to implement the use
of electronic devices and applications for use by adult applicants
for purposes of those sections, including procedures and requirements
governing the examination of electronic devices and applications by
the registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar to verify
compliance with the rules. The director shall not unreasonably
withhold approval of an electronic device or application if that
device or application meets the requirements set forth in rules.

(B)
The director shall administer and enforce this chapter.

(C)
The rules shall require
twenty-four

all
of the following:

(1)
Twenty-four
hours
of completed in-person classroom instruction or the completion of an
approved, equivalent online driver education course offered via the
internet by a licensed online driver training enterprise, followed by
eight hours of actual behind-the-wheel instruction conducted on
public streets and highways of this state for all beginning drivers
of noncommercial motor vehicles who are required to complete the
training under section 4507.21 of the Revised Code
.
The rules shall allow beginning
;

(2)
Beginning
drivers
of noncommercial motor vehicles to complete the driver education
course at any point while holding a valid temporary instruction
permit
.
The rules also shall require the
;

(3)
The
classroom
instruction or online driver education course for such drivers to
include instruction on
both

all

of
the following:

(1)
(a)

The dangers of driving a motor vehicle while distracted, including
while using an electronic wireless communications device, or engaging
in any other activity that distracts a driver from the safe and
effective operation of a motor vehicle;

(2)
(b)

The dangers of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of a
controlled substance, prescription medication, or alcohol
;

(c)
Proper techniques to use when driving a motor vehicle in the
following circumstances:

(i)
Weather conditions, including rain, fog, hail, sleet, snow, and high
winds;

(ii)
Adverse road conditions, including potholes, road debris,
construction, and road detours;

(iii)
Road hazards caused by animals, including animals that enter the
roadway unexpectedly;

(iv)
Incidents involving road rage, speeding, reckless driving, erratic
driving, and other aggressive driving behaviors;

(v)
Incidents during which the motor vehicle skids, slides, or otherwise
moves in an uncontrolled manner
.

The
rules may allow a qualified adult, pursuant to section 4508.041 of
the Revised Code, to provide actual behind-the-wheel instruction
conducted on public streets and highways of this state to an adult
beginning driver for not more than four of the eight hours required
under divisions (A)(2)(d) and (C)(1) of this section, provided that
the qualified adult is assisted by an electronic device or
application.

(D)
The rules shall state the minimum hours for classroom and
behind-the-wheel instruction required for beginning drivers of
commercial trucks, commercial cars, buses, and commercial tractors,
trailers, and semitrailers.

(E)(1)
The department of public safety may charge a fee to each online
driver training enterprise in an amount sufficient to pay the actual
expenses the department incurs in the regulation of online driver
education courses.

(2)
The department shall supply to each licensed online driver training
enterprise certificates to be used for certifying an applicant's
enrollment in an approved online driver education course and a
separate certificate to be issued upon successful completion of an
approved online driver education course. The certificates shall be
numbered serially. The department may charge a fee to each online
driver training enterprise per certificate supplied to pay the actual
expenses the department incurs in supplying the certificates.

(F)
The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the
Revised Code governing an abbreviated driver training course for
adults.

The rules shall require that the abbreviated driver training course
for adults include both of the following:

(1)
Either four hours of classroom equivalent training offered via the
internet through a licensed online enterprise or four hours of
in-person classroom or virtual classroom instruction;

(2)
Eight hours of behind-the-wheel instruction, four hours of which may
be provided by a qualified adult utilizing an electronic device or
application. The rules shall require the qualified adult to be in the
vehicle at all times during the active instruction provided by the
electronic device or application. The rules also shall require a
student to submit to the registrar or a deputy registrar a
certificate of completion of the four hours derived from the
electronic device or application. A qualified adult using an
electronic device or application in accordance with rules is exempt
from the driver training instructor licensure requirements of this
chapter.

(G)
As used in this section:

(1)
"Electronic device or application" means an electronic
device or application that is approved by the director and is
programmed to offer mobile and in-vehicle instruction to a student
driver.

(2)
"Qualified adult" has the same meaning as in section
4507.21 of the Revised Code.

Sec.
4508.041.
(A)
As used in this section, "qualified adult" has the same
meaning as in section 4507.21 of the Revised Code.

(B)
Notwithstanding section 4508.04 of the Revised Code, a qualified
adult may provide actual behind-the-wheel instruction to an adult
student driver for not more than four of the eight hours required by
section 4508.02 of the Revised Code, provided all of the following
apply:

(1)
The qualified adult is assisted by an electronic device or
application that is programmed to offer mobile and in-vehicle
instruction to the adult student driver.

(2)
The qualified adult is in the vehicle with the adult student driver
at all times during the active instruction provided by the electronic
device or application.

(3)
The adult student driver has completed the four or twenty-four hours
of classroom instruction, as applicable.

(4)
The electronic device or application is programmed to comply with the
department of public safety's driver training curriculum and has been
approved by the director of public safety.

(C)
A qualified adult may use an electronic device or application that is
programmed to offer mobile and in-vehicle instruction to the adult
student driver to supervise the forty hours of actual driving
experience required by division (B)(2)(b) of section 4507.21 of the
Revised Code or the twenty hours of actual driving experience
required by division (C)(2) of section 4507.21 of the Revised Code,
as applicable.

(D)
A qualified adult using an electronic device or application in
accordance with this section and rules adopted under section 4508.02
of the Revised Code is exempt from the driver training instructor
licensure requirements of this chapter.

Section
2.
That
existing sections 4507.05, 4507.071, 4507.21, and 4508.02 of the
Revised Code are hereby repealed.

Section
3.
Section
4507.21 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite
of the section as amended by both H.B. 184 and H.B. 434 of the 136th
General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle stated
in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments
are to be harmonized and reconciled if reasonably capable of
simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting
version of the section in effect prior to the effective date of the
section as presented in this act.