An Act to enhance safety on public ways
Summary
By Mr. Whelan of Brewster, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 982) of Timothy R. Whelan and others for legislation to establish a penalty for blocking public ways and disrupting traffic. The Judiciary.
Bill status
passed
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2017
Last action Aug 9, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Jan 23, 2017
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Jan 23, 2017
Committee
Referred to the committee on The Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Timothy R. Whelan
RRepublican
Co
Brian Ashe
DDemocratic
Co
Bruce Tarr
RRepublican
Co
Colleen Garry
DDemocratic
Co
David DeCoste
RRepublican
Co
James R. Miceli
DDemocratic
Co
Joe McGonagle
DDemocratic
Co
Joe McKenna
RRepublican
Co
Kevin J. Kuros
RRepublican
Co
Lenny Mirra
RRepublican
Co
Matt Muratore
RRepublican
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