AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES (Amends the definitions of a "Pupil Transportation Vehicle" to be and constructed to seat not more than ten (10) passengers including the operator, rather than the existing limit of eight (8) passengers.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
May 2022
House Passage
May 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2022
Last action May 20, 2022
Floor votes · House May 3, 2022
How they voted
57–0
Passed · 15 other
Total votes 72
May 3, 2022
D
Democratic63
77% Yea
R
Republican9
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 20, 2022
Committee
05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Education
upper
May 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
05/03/2022 House read and passed
lower
Apr 28, 2022
Legislature · Passed
04/28/2022 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 30, 2022
Committee
03/30/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 4, 2022
Introduced
03/04/2022 Introduced, referred to House Education
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Grace Diaz
DDemocratic
P
Gregg Amore
DDemocratic
P
Joseph McNamara
DDemocratic
P
Rebecca Kislak
DDemocratic
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