File Code: Vehicle Laws - Rules of the Road
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 517/07
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 255
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Jacobs, Astle, Brinkley, Colburn, Edwards, Greenip, Haines,
Kittleman, Kramer, Mooney, and Munson
- Entitled:
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Vehicle Laws - Emergency and Police Vehicle and Personnel Protection Act
Requiring drivers approaching emergency or police vehicles stopped,
standing, or parked on a highway and using any visual signals, except
when otherwise directed by a police officer, to vacate the lane
closest to the emergency or police vehicle under specified
circumstances and to slow to a speed that is sufficient to ensure the
safety of police officers or emergency services personnel in the
vicinity of the emergency or police vehicle under specified
circumstances; establishing a specified penalty; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
Senate Action
- 1/31
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/6
- Hearing 2/28 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/28
- Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Senator Nancy Jacobs, District 34
- Senator John C. Astle, District 30
- Senator David R. Brinkley, District 4
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator George C. Edwards, District 1
- Senator Janet Greenip, District 33
- Senator Larry E. Haines, District 5
- Senator Allan H. Kittleman, District 9
- Senator Rona E. Kramer, District 14
- Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
- Senator Donald F. Munson, District 2
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Ambulances -see also- Emergency Med Services; Rescue Squads.
- Emergency Medical Services
- Emergencies
- Fire Protection
- Law Enforcement -see also- State Police, Department of
- Motor Vehicles -see also- Aband Veh; Ambulances; Buses; etc.
- Penalties
- Rescue Squads -see also- Ambulances; Emergency Medical Serv.
- Safety -see also- Occupational Safety
- Traffic Regulations
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Transportation
- (
21-405
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered