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2022 SESSION
HB 179 Permanent farm use placard; an owner or lessee to obtain for vehicle from DMV.
Introduced by: Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Department of Motor Vehicles; permanent farm use placard. Requires an owner or lessee of a vehicle claiming a farm use exemption from the registration, licensing, and decal requirements for a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to obtain a nontransferable permanent farm use placard from the Department of Motor Vehicles and to display the farm use placard on the vehicle at all times. The bill requires the applicant to provide specified information about the vehicle and its usage, pay a $15 fee, and certify that the vehicle is insured. The provisions of the bill requiring the owner or lessee of a farm vehicle to obtain and display a farm use placard have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. This bill incorporates HB 33 and is identical to SB 186.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101251D pdf | impact statement
- 01/27/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105384D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB179ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/01/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/10/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101251D
- 01/10/22 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/18/22 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles
- 01/25/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/22 House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105384D-H1
- 01/27/22 House: Incorporates HB33 (Campbell, R.R.)
- 01/31/22 House: Read first time
- 02/01/22 House: Read second time
- 02/01/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105384D-H1
- 02/01/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB179H1
- 02/02/22 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/17/22 Senate: Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/22 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/22 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/22 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB179ER)
- 02/25/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- 03/09/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/01/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 52 (effective 7/1/23)
- 04/01/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0052)