Safe Routes Act of 2023
Summary
Safe Routes Act of 2023 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles. The term covered logging vehicle means a vehicle that (1) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; (2) is traveling a distance not greater than 150 air miles from origin to a storage or processing facility; and (3) meets state legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished forest products within the state boundaries in which the vehicle is operating.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Apr 6, 2023
Last action Apr 7, 2023
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
3
Key actions
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Committee
2
Apr 7, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Gallagher
RRepublican
Co
Abigail Davis Spanberger
DDemocratic
Co
Ben Cline
RRepublican
Co
Bob Good
RRepublican
Co
Derrick Van Orden
RRepublican
Co
Glenn Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Jared F. Golden
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Ezell
RRepublican
Co
Nancy Mace
RRepublican
Co
Neal P. Dunn
RRepublican
Co
Thomas P. Tiffany
RRepublican
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