AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS
Summary
Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
House Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Apr 2, 2024
Signed Jun 12, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2024
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Jun 4, 2024
D
Democratic30
96% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jun 12, 2024
Signed into law
06/12/2024 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
06/06/2024 House passed in concurrence
lower
Jun 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
06/04/2024 Senate read and passed
upper
May 28, 2024
Legislature · Passed
05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 25, 2024
Committee
04/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Apr 2, 2024
Introduced
04/02/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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