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2017 SESSION
SB 1409 Reckless driving; raises threshold for speeding.
Introduced by: David R. Suetterlein | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Reckless driving; exceeding speed limit. Raises from 80 to 85 miles per hour the speed above which a person who drives a motor vehicle on the highways in the Commonwealth is guilty of reckless driving regardless of the applicable maximum speed limit.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100426D
- 01/11/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/25/17 Senate: Reported from Transportation (11-Y 2-N)
- 01/27/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/31/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 6-N)
- 02/03/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/17 House: Read first time
- 02/03/17 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/07/17 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/13/17 House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 5-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Left in Transportation