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2016 SESSION
HB 289 Driving in flooded areas; localities may by ordinance prohibit, penalties.
Introduced by: Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Local regulation of driving in flooded areas; penalty. Allows localities to by ordinance prohibit any person from operating a motor vehicle or watercraft on a flooded street in such a manner as to increase the level of floodwaters to a level that causes or could reasonably be expected to cause damage to any real or personal property and creates a Class 4 misdemeanor for a violation of such ordinance. The bill requires a locality to post signs warning of the prohibition and penalties. This prohibition does not apply to law-enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, or operators of Department of Transportation or utility vehicles in the performance of their official duties.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101326D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16101326D-E pdf
- 02/17/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105598D-S1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/04/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101326D
- 01/04/16 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/15/16 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/29/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/16 House: Reported from Transportation with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/16 House: Read first time
- 02/08/16 House: Read second time
- 02/08/16 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/08/16 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB289E
- 02/08/16 House: Printed as engrossed 16101326D-E
- 02/09/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/17/16 Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (12-Y 1-N)
- 02/17/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105598D-S1
- 02/19/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/22/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16105598D-S1
- 02/22/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB289S1
- 02/22/16 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 8-N)
- 02/23/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/16 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 16105598D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
- 02/24/16 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 02/26/16 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/16 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/11/16 House: No further action taken
- 03/11/16 House: Failed to pass in House