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2023 SESSION

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SB 982 Stationary vehicles; yielding or reducing speed for vehicles displaying hazard lights, etc.

Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Yielding or reducing speed for stationary vehicles; vehicles displaying hazard lights, caution signs, or road flares. Requires drivers to make a lane change or reduce speed when passing stationary vehicles that have activated the vehicular hazard warning signal flashers, displayed caution signs, or been marked with properly lit flares or torches on certain highways when safe and reasonable to do so and makes a violation of this requirement a traffic infraction. This bill is identical to HB 1932.

FULL TEXT

• 01/06/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102033D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/16/23  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB982ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/26/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/06/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102033D
• 01/06/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 01/12/23  Senate: Reported from Transportation (12-Y 2-N)
• 01/16/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/17/23  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/18/23  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 8-N)
• 02/08/23  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/08/23  House: Read first time
• 02/08/23  House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 02/09/23  House: Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/23  House: Read second time
• 02/14/23  House: Read third time
• 02/14/23  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/23  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/23  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/16/23  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB982ER)
• 02/16/23  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/16/23  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/02/23  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
• 03/02/23  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
• 03/26/23  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 617 (effective 7/1/23)
• 03/26/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617)