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SB 781 Passing with a double yellow line; drivers allowed to pass a pedestrian, bicycle, skateboard, etc.
Introduced by: Kenneth C. Alexander | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Passing with a double yellow line. Allows drivers to cross double yellow lines or a solid yellow line immediately adjacent to a broken yellow line in order to pass a pedestrian or a device moved by human power, if such movement can be made safely. The bill also relocates a definition from the end of the section to the beginning for clarity. This bill incorporated SB 1027 and SB 1228.
FULL TEXT
- 12/30/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101281D pdf
- 01/21/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104053D-S1 pdf
- 02/17/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104611D-H1 pdf
- 02/27/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB781ER) pdf
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/30/14 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101281D
- 12/30/14 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/21/15 Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
- 01/21/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104053D-S1
- 01/22/15 Senate: Incorporates SB1027
- 01/22/15 Senate: Incorporates SB1228
- 01/23/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/23/15 Senate: Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/15 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/15 Senate: Read second time
- 01/26/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/26/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15104053D-S1
- 01/26/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB781S1
- 01/27/15 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/15 House: Read first time
- 01/30/15 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/06/15 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/16/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N)
- 02/17/15 House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
- 02/17/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104611D-H1
- 02/17/15 House: Incorporates SB1027
- 02/17/15 House: Incorporates SB1228
- 02/18/15 House: Read second time
- 02/19/15 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/15 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/20/15 House: Read third time
- 02/20/15 House: Committee substitute agreed to 15104611D-H1
- 02/20/15 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB781H1
- 02/20/15 House: Passed House with substitute (87-Y 9-N)
- 02/20/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (87-Y 9-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 02/24/15 Senate: Title replaced 15104611D-H1
- 02/27/15 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/27/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB781ER)
- 02/27/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/27/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/15 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/4/15
- 03/04/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/23/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 416 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/23/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416)