Opponents of the amendment argue that suspending a license because someone failed to appear in court in such cases is merely a proxy for debt-based suspension. They want the House to undo the Senate s change or decline to pass the bill.
“This bill still punishes people who are not able to pay,” Priya Sarathy Jones, of the national Free to Drive Campaign, testified at a Washington House Transportation Committee hearing last week. “It just creates a different pathway to do it.”
The House Transportation Committee passed the bill 24-5 Friday, sending it to the House Rules Committee on its way to the floor.
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