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2023 SESSION

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SB 938 Animal-drawn vehicles; lights on other vehicles, reflectors.

Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Lights on other vehicles;  animal-drawn vehicles. Clarifies that the existing requirements for vehicles to display white lights in the front and red lights in the rear or approved reflectors applies to animal-drawn vehicles. The bill also provides that such lights may be battery-operated.

FULL TEXT

• 01/06/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102557D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/16/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23106958D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/07/23  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB938ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/23/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0324)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
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HISTORY

• 01/06/23  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102557D
• 01/06/23  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)
• 02/08/23  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/08/23  House: Read first time
• 02/08/23  House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
• 02/08/23  House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles
• 02/14/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/23  House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23106958D-H1
• 02/20/23  House: Read second time
• 02/21/23  House: Read third time
• 02/21/23  House: Committee substitute agreed to 23106958D-H1
• 02/21/23  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB938H1
• 02/21/23  House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/23  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/23  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/23  Senate: Title replaced 23106958D-H1
• 03/07/23  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/07/23  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB938ER)
• 03/08/23  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/08/23  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/13/23  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
• 03/13/23  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
• 03/23/23  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 324 (effective 7/1/23)
• 03/23/23  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0324)