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2023 SESSION
SB 1238 Motor carriers; financial responsibility.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Motor carriers; financial responsibility. Requires motor carriers when operating a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 7,500 pounds or less in intrastate commerce when available to transport property for compensation but not actively transporting such property to be covered by the same financial responsibility requirements as all other motorists. Current law sets such minimum liability requirements at $25,000 per person, $50,000 per incident for death and bodily injury, and $20,000 for property damage.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103910D pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1238ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/10/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103910D
- 01/10/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/19/23 Senate: Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/23 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/25/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/10/23 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles
- 02/14/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 House: Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/23 House: Read second time
- 02/21/23 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/24/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1238ER)
- 02/24/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/22/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 242 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/22/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0242)