AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD (Provides for specific fines and sanctions to operators of motor vehicles who fail to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vulnerable road user causing injury, serious injury, or death to the vulnerable road user.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2020
Last action Mar 3, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 3, 2020
Legislature · Passed
03/03/2020 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Jan 28, 2020
Legislature · Passed
01/28/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 23, 2020
Introduced
01/23/2020 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JR
J. Russell Jackson
DDemocratic
P
Joe Shekarchi
DDemocratic
P
Joseph McNamara
DDemocratic
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