CHAPTER NUMBER: 557 
File Code: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 86/96 - JPR
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
 Senators Middleton,
 Ferguson, and Forehand
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Vehicle Laws - Speeding Violations by Minors - Notification of Parent
or Guardian
 
Requiring the MVA to notify the parent, guardian, or other cosigner of
a minor's driver's license application if a citation is issued to the
minor charging the minor with driving at 20 mph or more above the
speed limit; providing for certain notification procedures; requiring
an individual who cosigns a minor's application for a driver's license
to provide the individual's mailing address to the MVA; providing that
certain evidence is not admissible in certain proceedings; and
providing for the construction and applicability of the Act.
Senate Action
- 9/26
 -  Pre-filed
 - 1/8
 - First Reading Judicial Proceedings
 - 1/2
 - Hearing 1/15 at 2:00 p.m.
 - 2/12
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
 - 2/13
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 2/17
 - Third Reading Passed (46-0)
 - 3/31
 - Returned Passed
 - 5/22
 - Signed by the Governor Chapter 557
 
House Action
- 2/18
 - First Reading Commerce and Government Matters
 - 3/5
 - Hearing 3/25 at 1:15 p.m.
 - 3/26
 - Favorable Report by Commerce and Government Matters
 - 3/24
 - Favorable Report Adopted
 -      Second Reading Passed
 - 3/25
 - Special Order after Third Reading calendar (Delegate Kelly) Adopted
 -      Special Order 3/28 (Delegate Kelly) Adopted
 - 3/26
 - Floor Amendment (Delegate Kelly) Rejected (37-69)
 -      Third Reading Passed (113-16)
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Senator Thomas McLain Middleton, District 28
 - Senator Timothy R. Ferguson, District 4
 - Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - DISTRICT COURTS
 - DRIVERS' LICENSES
 - EVIDENCE
 - MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
 - MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION
 - NOTICES
 - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Courts and Judicial Proceedings
 - (
 1-605 
)
 -   Transportation
 - (
 16-107 ,
 21-808 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
Amendments: 
- Senate
 - Number: 148245/1 (PDF) Offered on: FEBRUARY 13, 1997  at: 11:25
 Status: Adopted         
 - House 
 - Number: 272099/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 28, 1997     at: 12:31
 Status: Rejected