This bill would require an increase in the amount of behind-the-wheel driving time required in the instruction permit phase prior to obtaining an intermediate license. Forty hours would be required under this legislation, ten of them nighttime driving hours. This is increased from the current requirement of 20 hours.

In addition, after obtaining an intermediate license, the teen driver would be restricted in the first six months to transporting no more than one passenger under the age of 19 who is not an immediate family member of the driver. After the first six months and for the remainder of the intermediate driver's license, the driver may transport no more than three passengers under the age of 19 who are not immediate family members of the driver.