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Illinois bill could raise age for mandatory license renewal driving test for seniors

January 21, 2025 | By Ashley Soriano and Medill Illinois News Bureau, Capitol News Illinois

CHICAGO – Older drivers in Illinois could face fewer barriers to renew their driver’s licenses next year as part of a bill that would raise the age for the state-mandated annual driver’s test from 79 to 87. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced support for House Bill 1226 this week, joined by lawmakers from both…

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Illinois to make standard driver’s licenses available to noncitizens regardless of immigration status

July 5, 2023 | By PETER HANCOCK, Capitol News Illinois

SPRINGFIELD – Immigrants in Illinois with or without permission from U.S. immigration authorities will soon be able to obtain standard driver’s licenses that can be used for identification. Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed House Bill 3882, which will phase out the “Temporary Visitor Driver’s License,” or TVDL, which noncitizens currently use to drive legally in…

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