Emergency vehicles, privately owned volunteer; requirement for flashing lights and sirens.
Summary
Eliminates the current limit of no more than two flashing or steady-burning red or red and white warning lights that any member of a fire department, volunteer fire company, or volunteer emergency medical services agency and any police chaplain may utilize on one vehicle owned by him. The bill requires that such vehicles be equipped with a siren, exhaust whistle, or air horn designed to give automatically intermittent signals.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2017
Last action Feb 7, 2017
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Total actions
4
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Jan 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
legislature
Jan 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
legislature
Jan 9, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100975D
legislature
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Sam Rasoul
DDemocratic
Co
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Plum
DDemocratic
Co
Marcus Simon
DDemocratic
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