Proposal would allow foster children to get driver license at 16

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Foster children could soon be getting their driver licenses when they turn 16.

Currently, foster children can't get a driver license until they're 18. That's because their foster parents aren't allowed to sign paperwork that says they're responsible for the teenager's driving.

House Bill 122 would change that. It's already been approved in the House and the Senate gave tentative approval to it Wednesday. It will get one more reading in the Senate before the governor gets to decide whether to sign it into law.