LICENSE Act of 2025

This bill updates rules for getting a commercial driver’s license (CDL). It tells the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to act within 90 days to make testing easier to access, while keeping trained examiners in charge. A state or approved third‑party examiner could give the CDL written (knowledge) test if they keep a valid examiner certification, have completed the skills‑test examiner training course, and finish one unit of instruction on the knowledge test. States could also give the driving skills test to any CDL applicant, even if the person lives or trained in another state. These changes follow similar, temporary testing flexibilities used during the COVID‑19 pandemic, which have since ended.

What this means for people and communities:

• Who is affected: CDL applicants, state motor vehicle agencies, and third‑party examiners.
• What changes: More options for where you can take your written and road tests; qualified examiners can give the written test after a short added training unit; states can test out‑of‑state applicants.
• When: The federal agency must update the rules within 90 days after the bill becomes law.