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disability; voluntary disclosure; licenses

(now: voluntary disclosure; disability; licenses)

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

HOUSE BILL 2330

AN ACT

amending title 28, chapter 2, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 28-459; Relating to department of transportation records.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 28, chapter 2, article 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-459, to read:

START_STATUTE28-459. Voluntary customer records; law enforcement disclosure; definitions

A. a person with a driver license or nonoperating identification license issued by the department may request that the department note in the department’s customer record that the person may need a communication accommodation.

B. The owner of a vehicle registered in this state may request that the department note in the department’s vehicle record that there may be an occupant of the vehicle that may need a communication accommodation.

C. The request shall be made in a method determined by the department.

D. The department shall establish procedures to make the notations available only to law enforcement agencies.

E. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Communication accommodation" means that a person has a disability that can impair communication and the person may require an accommodation.

2. "Disability that can impair communication" means a condition that can impair a person's ability to receive, send, process or comprehend concepts of verbal or nonverbal communication or graphic symbols."A. a person with a driver license or nonoperating identification license issued by the department may request that the department note in the department’s customer record that the person may need a communication accommodation.

B. The owner of a vehicle registered in Arizona may request that the department note in the department’s vehicle record that there may be an occupant of the vehicle that may need a communication accommodation.

C. The request shall be made in a method determined by the department.

D. The department shall establish procedures to make such notations available only to law enforcement.

E. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Communication accommodation" means that a person has a disability that can impair communication and the person may require an accommodation.

2. "Disability that can impair communication" means a condition that can impair a person's ability to receive, send, process or comprehend concepts of verbal or nonverbal communication or graphic symbols.END_STATUTE