A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1535 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO SPEEDING IN WORK ZONES AND PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPEEDING IN WORK ZONES, TO DELETE THIS PROVISION, TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR THE TERMS "HIGHWAY WORK ZONE" AND "HIGHWAY WORKER," TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF "ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER," AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THESE OFFENSES; TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-720, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM ESTABLISHED FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE DRIVING RECORD OF PERSONS OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE THAT "ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER" VIOLATIONS RANGE BETWEEN TWO AND SIX POINTS; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 56-5-1536, RELATING TO DRIVING IN TEMPORARY WORK ZONES AND PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFUL DRIVING IN TEMPORARY WORK ZONES.
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Introduction
Mar 2017
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Governor
Introduced Mar 21, 2017
Last action Apr 5, 2017
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Apr 5, 2017
Committee
Recommitted to Committee on Transportation
upper
Apr 5, 2017
Upper · Passed
Committee report: Favorable Transportation
upper
Apr 5, 2017
Upper · Passed
Polled out of committee Transportation
upper
Mar 21, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Mar 21, 2017
Introduced
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upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Larry Grooms
RRepublican
P
Paul G. Campbell, Jr.
RRepublican
P
Shane Massey
RRepublican
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