Traffic Offenses
Summary
Traffic Offenses; Creating the “Vulnerable Road User Act”; providing criminal penalties for a person who commits a moving violation that causes serious bodily injury to, or causes the death of, a vulnerable road user; requiring that the person who commits the moving violation pay a specified fine, serve a minimum period of house arrest, and attend a driver improvement course; requiring that the court revoke the person’s driver license for a minimum specified period, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Last action Apr 30, 2021
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
References corrected to Transportation; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Regulated Industries; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dennis Baxley
RRepublican
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