SENATE BILL 784

File Code: Motor Vehicles - Licensing & Registration

Sponsored By:

Senator Dyson

Entitled:

Vehicle Laws - License Restriction for a Minor - Prohibition Against Minors as Passengers

Synopsis:

Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to impose a restriction on the driver's license of a minor which prohibits the minor from transporting another minor as a passenger; requiring the restriction to be in effect for 180 days from the original date of issuance; exempting passengers who are family members of the licensee from the provisions of the Act; authorizing a police officer to enforce the Act only as a secondary violation; and providing that a violation of the Act is a moving violation for a specified purpose.

Legislative History

Senate Action

3/1

First Reading Senate Rules

3/8

Re-referred Judicial Proceedings

3/15

Hearing 3/19 at 1:00 p.m.

House Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

DRIVERS' LICENSES

LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPT. OF

MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY, JUVENILE CAUSES, YOUTH

MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION

MOTOR VEHICLES - GENERAL -see also- ABANDONED VEHICLES

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Transportation

( 16-113 , 16-113 , 16-113 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available