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SB 163 Driving in flooded areas; localities may by ordinance prohibit, penalties.
Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (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
- 12/30/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101342D pdf | impact statement
- 01/20/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104484D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 01/26/16 Senate: Printed as engrossed 16104484D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105616D-H1 pdf
- 02/26/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB163ER) pdf
- 03/07/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/30/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101342D
- 12/30/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/20/16 Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (7-Y 5-N)
- 01/20/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104484D-S1
- 01/25/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/16 Senate: Read second time
- 01/26/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/26/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16104484D-S1
- 01/26/16 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/26/16 Senate: Amendment by Senator Newman agreed to
- 01/26/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB163ES1
- 01/26/16 Senate: Printed as engrossed 16104484D-ES1
- 01/27/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
- 02/03/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/16 House: Read first time
- 02/03/16 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/18/16 House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105616D-H1
- 02/19/16 House: Read second time
- 02/22/16 House: Read third time
- 02/22/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16105616D-H1
- 02/22/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB163H1
- 02/22/16 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/16 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/24/16 Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/16 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (19-Y 21-N)
- 02/24/16 Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/16 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/25/16 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N)
- 02/25/16 Senate: Title replaced 16105616D-H1
- 02/26/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/26/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB163ER)
- 02/26/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/29/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/01/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/1/16
- 03/01/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 8, 2016
- 03/07/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 249 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/07/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0249)