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2014 SESSION

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SB 565 Commercial driver's licenses, etc.; compliance with federal requirements.

Introduced by: John A. Cosgrove | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)

Commercial driver's licenses, etc.; compliance with federal requirements. Amends several sections relating to commercial driver's licenses to comply with new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration requirements relating to commercial motor vehicles and prohibited use of hand held mobile telephones in commercial vehicles. The bill also requires distracted driving to be included as a part of the driver's license knowledge examination to comply with MAP-21(Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, P.L. 112-141). In addition, the bill provides that DMV may continue to disclose personal information from crash reports, but only if otherwise authorized by law in order to comply with federal law.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/14  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 14103234D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/26/14  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB565ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/23/14  Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB565ER2)  pdf
• 04/23/14  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0803)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/08/14  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 14103234D
• 01/08/14  Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 01/22/14  Senate: Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/14  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N)
• 01/27/14  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/28/14  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 01/29/14  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/14  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/07/14  House: Read first time
• 02/07/14  House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 02/18/14  House: Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/14  House: Read second time
• 02/20/14  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/21/14  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/24/14  House: Read third time
• 02/24/14  House: Passed House (82-Y 15-N)
• 02/24/14  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (82-Y 15-N)
• 02/26/14  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/26/14  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB565ER)
• 02/26/14  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/28/14  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/06/14  Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 04/22/14  Senate: Placed on Calendar
• 04/23/14  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (87-Y 4-N)
• 04/23/14  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
• 04/23/14  House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (87-Y 4-N)
• 04/23/14  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/23/14  Senate: Reenrolled
• 04/23/14  Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB565ER2)
• 04/23/14  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/23/14  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/23/14  House: Enacted, Chapter 803 (effective 7/1/14)
• 04/23/14  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0803)