Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL), by State
Stage-by-stage licensing rules for new drivers: minimum ages, holding periods, supervised hours, curfews, and passenger restrictions.
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- Earliest permit age
- Permit holding period (months)
- Supervised driving hours required
- Of which, night hours
- Earliest intermediate license age
- Intermediate curfew: start time
- Intermediate curfew: end time
- Intermediate passenger restriction
- Earliest full license age
- Minimum age: learner permit
- Minimum age: driver license
| State | Earliest permit age | Permit holding period (months) | Supervised driving hours required | Of which, night hours | Earliest intermediate license age | Intermediate curfew: start time | Intermediate curfew: end time | Intermediate passenger restriction | Earliest full license age | Minimum age: learner permit | Minimum age: driver license |
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| California | 15 years 6 months | 6 | 50 | 10 | 16 | 11:00 p.m. | 5:00 a.m. | During the first 12 months a provisional driver holds the license, they may not... | 17 | 15 years 6 months | 16 |
| Colorado | – | 12 | 50 | 10 | 16 | 12:00 AM | 5:00 AM | For the first six months after license issuance, a driver under 18 may not carry... | 18 | – | 16 |
| Florida | 15 | 12 | 50 | 10 | 16 | 11 PM (age 16); 1 AM (age 17) | 6 AM (age 16); 5 AM (age 17) | none | 18 | 15 | 16 |
| Illinois | 15 | 9 | 50 | 10 | 16 | 10 p.m. (Sun-Thu); 11 p.m. (Fri-Sat) | 6 a.m. | During the first 12 months of licensing in the Initial Licensing Phase, or until... | 18 | 15 | 16 |
| Nevada | 15.5 | 6 | 50 | 10 | 16 | 10:00 PM | 5:00 AM | No passengers under 18 for the first 6 months, except immediate family | 18 | 15.5 | 16 |
| New York | 16 | 6 | 50 | 15 | 16 years 6 months | 9:00 PM | 5:00 AM | one passenger under 21, unless immediate family | 17 with driver education; otherwise 18 | 16 | 16 years 6 months |
| Oregon | 15 | 6 | 100 | Oregon does not break out a night-driving subset of the supervised-hours require... | 16 | 00:00 | 05:00 | First 6 months: no passengers under 20 except immediate family. Months 7-12: max 3 passengers under 20 except immediate family. Ends at 1 year or age 18, whichever comes first. | 18 | 15 | 16 |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | 6 | 65 | 10 | 16 years 6 months | 11:00 p.m. | 5:00 a.m. | For the first six months on a junior driver's license, you may not carry more th... | 17 (with conditions) or 18 (automatic) | 16 | 16 years 6 months |
| South Carolina | 15 | 6 | 40 | 10 | 15½ | 6 p.m. (8 p.m. during daylight saving time) | 6 a.m. | Conditional and special restricted license holders may not have more than two pa... | 17 | 15 | 15½ |
| Texas | 15 | 6 | 30 | 10 | 16 | midnight | 5:00 a.m. | During Phase Two of the Graduated Driver License program, a Texas provisional li... | 18 | 15 | 16 |
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