It starts with a ticket or a fine. Then it cascades. Debt, debilitating choices, and the threat of having your license suspended—of having your life and livelihood destroyed. The #RoadToOpportunityAct can end this, and can be another step forward in the #FreeToDrive movement. #Massachusetts #mapoli

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If it's #Friday, it's time for "This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees"!

This week: expanded fee elimination work with conservative allies in #Oklahoma, an alarming trend in automated traffic enforcement, and looking ahead to a convo with #Missouri partners about ending pretrial fees.

Looking back on the week that was... Here's the latest in *This Week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees*

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#Idaho joined the #FreeToDrive movement years ago. Now, lawmakers want to undo their own win—and undermine their own economy & workforce.

Not the only state that's tried to move backwards. Headwinds are real. But @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social & our conservative allies have held & will hold the line.

'I'm heartbroken': Trans Kansans struggle with reality as driver’s licenses are invalidated The Kansas Department of Revenue this week sent a letter to Kansans affected by a new law that requires the gender marker on a driver’s license to match a person’s sex at birth.

A driver's license isn't a plastic card. It's an existential tool for survival.

On the #FreeToDrive campaign, we fight debt-based license suspensions. Identity-based policies like this? Different basis, same cruelty.

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If it's #Friday, it's time for *This Week In #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees.*

Progress in #Arizona. Challenges in #Ohio. Building blocks in #Wisconsin.

This week in #FreeToDrive and #EndJusticeFees: building events with state partners, #Chicago making a bad choice, and getting ready to learn from some allies in #Minnesota. Let's go! #advocacy

Let's try this out. Each #Friday, I'll drop a video: 'This Week in #FreeToDrive & #EndJusticeFees'. I want to bring y'all into @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social two national campaigns. Share a little about what we're doing & why it matters. One plus, one delta, one thing I'm looking forward to. Let's go!

Hell yes. Thankfully, we've been making progress steadily for years.

26 states have rolled back or ended debt-based license suspensions. Dozens of states and localities have eliminated justice system fees.

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🚨breaking news🚨 from @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social.

#Mississippi's HB 289 - attempted rollback of groundbreaking #FreeToDrive law: dead.

#Arizona's HB 2265 - potentially historic #EndJusticeFees legislation - passed unanimously out of committee.

Years of work. Big wins.

Onwards.

#Monday for the National #Advocacy Team at @finesandfeesjc.bsky.social is prepping: #EndJusticeFees testimony in #Arizona; kickass opposition statement to prevent #FreeToDrive rollbacks in #Mississippi; powerful speech to #NewYork legislators to support #EndPredatoryFeesAct.

So proud of this team.

Massachusetts Voters Overwhelmingly Support Passage of the Road to Opportunity Act Polling Finds Broad, Bipartisan Support for Ending Debt-Based Driving Restrictions

In #Massachusetts, you can get your license suspended due to debt. This isn't about #roadsafety. This is trapping and harming people who are struggling.

#NewPoll: 78% of MA voters agree: let's end this shameful practice and pass the #RoadToOpportunityAct. #FreeToDrive

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Massachusetts Voters Overwhelmingly Support Passage of the Road to Opportunity Act Polling Finds Broad, Bipartisan Support for Ending Debt-Based Driving Restrictions

The voters have spoken: court debt should never decide who is #FreeToDrive. It’s time for Massachusetts to pass the #RoadToOpportunityAct — common-sense solution to expanding fairness, road safety, & opportunity.

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Statement of the Road to Opportunity Act Coalition on Favorable Report from Joint Transportation Committee “We deeply appreciate the leadership of Senator Cyr and Chair Crighton in advancing this critical legislation."

#Massachusetts has the chance to make history by passing the Road to Opportunity Act - a law to end the ineffective, inhumane practice of debt-based license suspensions - and joining the 26 states that have taken that step toward economic and racial justice. #FreeToDrive www.nclc.org/statement-of...

2025 Legislative Roundup Part 1: Free to Drive - Fines and Fees Justice Center Over the next two weeks we will be releasing a four-part series offering an in-depth analysis of each core area of FFJC’s reform efforts including: debt-based driver’s license restrictions, state and ...

We’re opening the series by highlighting one of the year’s most significant milestones: the progress achieved through our #FreeToDrive campaign.

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RMV’s answer to unpaid tolls amounts to debtor’s prison - The Boston Globe Lifting the driver's licenses of debtors is today's version of 'debtor's prison'

The #RoadToOpportunityAct is a common-sense solution that would ensure that court debt never decides whether safe drivers are #FreeToDrive.

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‘A real cycle of debt.’ The RMV has marked millions of licenses for non-renewal due to unpaid fees. - The Boston Globe The state Registry of Motor Vehicles placed driver’s licenses in non-renewal status nearly 3 million times during a five-year period because of unpaid tolls and other debts unrelated to road safety, a...

In a state where 70% of people commute to work by car, taking away a license is equivalent to taking away someone’s livelihood. Ending this practice would improve fairness, safety, & opportunity – and ensure that court debt never decides whether safe drivers are #FreeToDrive.

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Across the country, debt-related license suspensions have harmed our communities and hindered economic mobility. In the six years since we launched #FreeToDrive, FFJC has worked with advocates, policymakers, and system leaders to advance reforms that reduce or end this practice. 🧵