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2011 SESSION
SB 762 Emergency vehicles; proceeding past red lights.
Introduced by: Linda T. Puller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Emergency vehicles proceeding past red lights. Provides that emergency vehicles proceeding past any steady or flashing red signals, traffic lights, stop signs, or other devices indicating moving traffic shall stop, must flash emergency lights and either (i) sound a siren, exhaust whistle, or air horn designed to give automatically intermittent signals or (ii) yield right-of-way or, if required for safety, bring the vehicle to a complete stop before proceeding with due regard to the safety of persons and property.
FULL TEXT
- 12/07/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100974D pdf
- 02/21/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11105458D-H1 pdf
- 03/03/11 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB762ER) pdf
- 03/26/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/07/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100974D
- 12/07/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/13/11 Senate: Rereferred from Transportation (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/13/11 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 01/18/11 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/02/11 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/11 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/11 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/08/11 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/11 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/11 House: Read first time
- 02/09/11 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/11 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 02/18/11 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 1-N)
- 02/21/11 House: Committee substitute printed 11105458D-H1
- 02/21/11 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/11 House: Read second time
- 02/24/11 House: Read third time
- 02/24/11 House: Committee substitute agreed to 11105458D-H1
- 02/24/11 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB762H1
- 02/24/11 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/24/11 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/11 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 02/24/11 Senate: Title replaced 11105458D-H1
- 03/03/11 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/03/11 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB762ER)
- 03/03/11 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/11 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/11 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 629 (effective 7/1/11)
- 03/26/11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0629)