Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus and creates the crime of vehicular homicide in the third degree
Summary
Increases penalties for violation of overtaking and passing a school bus; allows permissive suspension of a driver's license for up to six months for such violation, and creates the crime of vehicular homicide in the third degree.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jan 2018
Senate Passage
Jun 2017
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2017
Last action Jan 3, 2018
Floor votes · Senate Jun 15, 2017
How they voted
47–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 49
Jun 15, 2017
D
Democratic26
96% Yea
R
Republican23
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Jan 3, 2018
Committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
Jun 15, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
lower
Jun 15, 2017
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 14, 2017
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Jan 11, 2017
Committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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