Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; civil penalty for improper towing. (SB1468)

Introduced By

Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; requirements; penalties. Creates a civil penalty of $100 to be paid into the Literary Fund for any tow truck driver or towing and recovery operator convicted of improperly towing. The bill exempts Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) from any requirement by a towing advisory board for written authorization in addition to a written contract in the event that a vehicle is being removed from private property. The bill requires that a tow truck driver immediately notify the animal control office in the locality from which the vehicle is being towed if the vehicle is occupied by a companion animal. The bill raises the hookup and initial towing fee in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) from $135 to $150. The bill requires the chairman of any towing advisory board within Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) to be a representative of a licensed towing and recovery operator and limits the membership of such boards to only representatives of local law-enforcement agencies, representatives of licensed towing and recovery operators, and one member of the general public. The bill adds improper towing as a prohibited act under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act ( 59.1-196 et seq.). Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/16/2017Presented and ordered printed 17101890D
01/16/2017Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/20/2017Impact statement from DPB (SB1468)
01/25/2017Reported from Transportation with substitute (9-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2017Committee substitute printed 17104656D-S1
01/27/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2017Read second time
01/30/2017Reading of substitute waived
01/30/2017Committee substitute agreed to 17104656D-S1
01/30/2017Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1468S1
01/31/2017Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2017Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2017Defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2017Chair votes No
01/31/2017Reconsideration of defeated action rejected by Senate (32-Y 7-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2017Requires 40 affirmative votes for reconsideration of defeated action

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 15 minutes.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.



Sen. Bill Carrico (R-Grayson): BACKING UP BEHIND VEHICLES NOW WHEN THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR VEHICLES TO PASS ON THE RIGHT AND YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE MORE ACCIDENTS. BASICALLY, THESE BICYCLE LANES, WHEN THEY'RE CLEAR AND NO ONE IS IN THEM, THEY'RE A PAVED PORTION AND PEOPLE ARE -- HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PASS ON THE RIGHT AND THEIR HABITS HAVE BEEN THAT THEY DO THIS AND I THINK THIS IS JUST GOING TO CREATE A CONFUSION FOR THE DRIVERS OUT ON THE HIGHWAYS TODAY THAT HAVE PRACTICED THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I WOULD HOPE YOU OPPOSE THE BILL.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL SENATE BILL 1338 PASS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 22, NOS 18. AYES 22, NOS 18. THE BILL PASSES. SENATE BILL 1339, RELATING TO CARELESS DRIVING AND INFLICTION OF INJURY ON VULNERABLE ROAD USERS. THE SENATOR FROM EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY, SENATOR SUROVELL.

Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon): THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER PRESIDENT. I MOVE THE BILL PASS AND SPEAKING TO THIS BILL.

[Unknown]: THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED A THEME HERE ABOUT BICYCLES AND YOU MAY ASK WHY IS THE GENTLEMEN FROM EASTERN FAIRFAX CONSTANTLY PUTTING IN BIKE BILLS? A COUPLE REASONS. NUMBER ONE, BACK WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND A LITTLE CRAZIER, I RODE A BICYCLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ABOUT 4,000 ONE SUMMER. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, ALMOST GOT KILLED A COUPLE TIMES, BUT HAD A GREAT TIME. I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO DO IT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE BIKE LANES, AGAIN, POPPING UP ALL OVER VIRGINIA. YOU'RE SEEING THEM IN COLLEGE TOWNS, IN CITIES AND RURAL COUNTIES AS WITH HE WILL. YOU'RE ALSO SEEING A BIG INCREASE IN VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIAN DEATHS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING MORE INTO AREAS WHERE PEOPLE LIKE TO WALK AROUND. NATIONALLY BECAUSE OF THIS, A LOT OF OTHER STATES HAVE STARTED TO ADOPT THESE LAWS CALLED VULNERABLE USERS LAWS. THEY'VE NOW BEEN ADOPTED IN 19 DIFFERENT STATES INCLUDING MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, HAWAII, MAINE, OREGON, UTAH, A LOT OF STATES LIKE THAT. BASICALLY WHAT THIS BILL SAYS IS, A COUPLE THINGS, IT SAYS NUMBER ONE IT CREATES A CLASS OF HIGHWAY USERS CALLED VULNERABLE USERS. THESE ARE PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, PEOPLE BASICALLY NOT IN A VEHICLE. NUMBER TWO, IT SAYS THAT IF A DRIVER OF A CAR COMES INTO CONTACT WITH A VULNERABLE USER AND PROXIMATE MATLE CAUSED A SERIOUS INJURY TO THEM AND THEY DO IT IN DISTRACTED OR CARELESS MANNER, THEY'RE GUILTY OF A TRAFFIC OFFENSE. NOT RECKLESS DRIVING, BUT A TRAFFIC OFFENSE. THE REASON THIS IS NECESSARY IS BECAUSE VULNERABLE USERS ARE AT A SIGNIFICANT DISADVANTAGE TO OTHER DRIVERS. NUMBER ONE, WHEN A PEDESTRIAN OR CYCLIST COMES INTO CONTACT WITH A CAR, THEY'RE FREQUENTLY CONCUSSED, KNOCKED OUT, THEY DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IF THEY'RE EVEN ALIVE AND THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM IN TERMS OF TRYING TO HOLD SOMEBODY ACCOUNTABLE EITHER IN THE TRAFFIC SYSTEM OR CIVIL SYSTEM. NUMBER TWO, THERE'S NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLES THAT YOU CAN GO BACK AND RECONSTRUCT AN ACCIDENT, SO IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO PROVE XA EXACTLY OCCURRED. THEY'RE AT A DISADVANTAGE. NUMBER THREE, RIGHT NOW IF A DRIVER BASICALLY STANDS UP IN COURT AND SAYS I DIDN'T SEE THEM, IT'S PRETTY MUCH AN ABSOLUTE DEFENSE AND I CAN GET MORE INTO THE LEGAL NICETIES OF THAT IF YOU LIKE, BUT THIS FILLS A GAP IN VIRGINIA LAW AND IT WILL PROVIDE A WAY FOR PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS, OTHERS WHO ARE INJURED THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, YOU HAVE TO BE LAWFULLY PRESENT ON THE ROAD, BUT INJURED THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN TO CAUSE A DRIVER TO BE CONVICTED AND POTENTIALLY HOLD THEM LIABLE CIVILLY. I HOPE IT WOULD BE THE PLEASURE OF THE BODY TO PASS THE BILL.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE SENATOR FROM STAFFORD, SENATOR STUART.

Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland): MR. PRESIDENT, WOULD THE GENTLEMEN YIELD FOR A QUESTION?

[Unknown]: WERE THE SENATOR FROM EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY YIELD FOR A QUESTION.

Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland): HAPPILY.

[Unknown]: HE YIELDS, SENATOR. FIRST THING I WOULD ASK IS, IS THIS -- DOES THIS BILL DEFINE VULNERABLE ROAD USERS? IS THIS THE COMPLETE CLASSIFICATION OF WHAT WOULD BE NOW A NEW TERM OF ART IN VIRGINIA CALLED VULNERABLE RUDIERS? THE SENATOR FROM EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY? I WOULD SAY TO THE GENTLEMAN LINES 13 THROUGH 15 DEFINES VULNERABLE RUDIERS AS A PEDESTRIAN, PERSON OPERATING A BICYCLE, ELECTRIC PERSONAL MOBILITY DEVICE, SKATES BOARD, WHEELCHAIR, INLINE SKATES, ANIMAL OR ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLE AND I NOTE THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ON TRAFFIC STOPS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE OUT ON THE ROAD. THE SENATOR FROM STAFFORD. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. AND CAN THE GENTLEMEN TELL ME -- WOULD THE GENTLEMEN YIELD FOR AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION? SURE. HE YIELDS, SENATOR. IF WE HAVE FURTHER DEFINITIONS FOR ALL THESE THINGS ON 14 AND 15, PLEASE -- THE SENATOR FROM EASTERN FAIRFAX. I WOULD SAY TO THE GENTLEMAN, I BELIEVE THAT MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE DEFINED IN 46.2-100 OF THE CODE ALREADY. MAYBE NOT ALL, BUT I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE. SENATOR FROM STAFFORD. WOULD THE GENTLEMEN YIELD FOR ANOTHER QUESTION? WOULD YOU YIELD FOR AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION? YES, SIR. HE YIELDS. TO CUT THROUGH THE CHASE, HOW DO YOU DEFINE AN ANIMAL IN THIS BILL? I WOULD SAY TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A PERSON OPERATING AN ANIMAL, WHICH WOULD BE A PERSON ON A HORSE. THIS ACTUALLY CAME UP IN COMMITTEE AND YOU ACTUALLY SEE THAT IN PARTS OF VIRGINIA AND IF SOMEBODY WHO'S DRIVING A CAR AND THEY RAN INTO SOMEBODY RIDING A HORSE ON THE ROAD, THEN THEY WOULD FALL INTO THIS STATUTE IF THEY WERE CARE LES OR DISTRACTED AND CAUSED A SERIOUS INJURY TO THAT PERSON. THE SENATOR FROM STAFFORD. MR. PRESIDENT, SPEAKING TO THE BILL. THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. MR. PRESIDENT, THIS BILL CONCERNS ME IN SEVERAL RESPECTS, MOST NOTABLY BECAUSE ALL OF THESE CLASSIFICATIONS ON 14 AND 15 REALLY ARE NOT DEFINED, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE THINGS MEAN. IT CREATES A NEW CAUSE OF ACTION IN VIRGINIA WHICH CALLS FOR UP TO 12 MONTHS IN JAIL OR A $2500 FINE AND YOU LOSE YOUR LICENSE FOR ONE YEAR. I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT IT SAID CLASS ONE MISDEMEANOR. SO IT CALLS FOR UP TO THAT WITHIN THIS STATUTE AND WE ALREADY HAVE RECKLESS DRIVING IN THE STATE AND I -- IT TROUBLES ME WHEN WE START CREATING THESE SUBCLASSIFICATIONS OF RECKLESS DRIVING WHICH ARE ADDITIONAL CHARGES AND SO AGAIN, WE START PILING ON PEOPLE. WHEN THERE'S ALREADY A LAW IN PLACE THAT TAKES CARE OF THIS CALLED RECKLESS DRIVING. AND I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO THINK VERY CLOSELY, VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE WE START DOING THIS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE A BILL WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OR CATEGORIES AND THERE JUST ARE NO DEFINITIONS FOR THEM. I HOPE WE WOULD NOT VOTE FOR THIS BILL. THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE SENATOR FROM EASTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY, SENATOR SUROVELL.

Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon): SPEAKING TO THE BILL, MR. PRESIDENT.

[Unknown]: THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon): I HAD JUST NOTE FOR THE GENTLEMEN, I THINK HE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL BILL AND NOT A SUBSTITUTE. THE COMMITTEE STRUCK OUT THE MID DEMEANOR, SO THE BILL AS IT REMAINS TODAY IS ONLY A $250 FINE AS MAXIMUM PENALTY AND THAT'S IT. IT DOESN'T CREATE A NEW CASE OF ACTION AT ALL. IT CREATES A LEGAL STANDARD BY WHICH PEOPLE CAN BE JUDGED IN TRAFFIC COURT AND CIVIL COURT. AND AS TO THE LAST POINT THE GENTLEMAN MADE ABOUT RECKLESS DRIVING, I WOULD NOTE THAT RECKLESS DRIVING DOESN'T WORK OFTEN IN CYCLING CASES. WE HEARD TESTIMONY IN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FROM CYCLING ORGANIZATIONS THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW FREQUENTLY YOU WILL FIND A DEAD CYCLIST ON THE SIGH OF THE ROAD. THEY CAN'T SPEAK, THEY'RE DEAD OR MAYBE GET ONE THAT'S CONCUSSED AND CAN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING. SAME THING WITH A PEDESTRIAN. THE DRIVER SAYS, I DIDN'T SEE THEM AND THE POLICE OFFICERS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO CHANGE THEM WITH BECAUSE IN ORDER TO CONVICT SOMEBODY OF RECKLESS DRIVING, YOU HAVE TO PROVE NOW THE COLLISION OCCURRED. THERE'S A CASE CALLED POWERS VERSUS COMMONWEALTH WHERE SOMEBODY WRECKED A CAR, THE CAR TRAVELED OVER A THOUSAND FEET, ROLL AROUND AND GOT WRAPPED AROUND A TREE AND THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA SAID THAT AIN'T ENOUGH TO CONVICT SOMEBODY. YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED, NOT JUST THAT THERE'S A WRECK. THIS BILL FILLS THAT GAP.

[Unknown]: THE SENATOR FROM HANOVER, SENATOR McDOUGLE.

Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville): MR. PRESIDENT, RISE TO SPEAK

[Unknown]: THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. TO THE BILL.

Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville): MR. PRESIDENT, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BILL IS INTENDING TO DO. I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT IT DOESN'T DO EXACTLY THAT. THERE ARE A LINE OF CASES THAT TALK ABOUT YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT THERE WAS SOME ACTION THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT, THAT YOU CAN HAVE CONTACT WITH INANIMATE OBJECTS THAT WOULD NOT BE AN ACCIDENT THAT'S CRIMINALLY LIABLE, BUT IN THESE SITUATIONS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRIKING OF A PERSON OR A VEHICLE WHICH CERTAINLY YOU WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVE WHERE THAT PERSON OR VEHICLE WAS WHEN IT WAS STRUCK. WHEN WE PASSED STATUTES LIKE THIS, WE TAKE ACTIONS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE EXISTING STATUTES WHERE YOU CAN BE CHARGED WITH CLASS ONE MISDEMEANORS, WHERE YOU CAN GO TO JAIL IF THE ACTION IS DETERMINED TO BE SERIOUS. THE COURT CAN DECIDE THAT THE ACTION IS NOT AS SERIOUS AND MAKE IT A LESS THAN CLASS ONE MISDEMEANOR, IMPROPER DRIVING, AND THE COURT IS MAKING THE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THE ACTION IS CULPABLE AND CRIMINAL OR LESS CULPABLE AND NOT CRIMINAL. WHEN WE CREATE THIS, NOW THERE'S A SPECIFIC STATUTE, SO IF SOMEBODY IS STRUCK, A PEDESTRIAN IS STRUCK OR A BICYCLIST OR AN ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLE IS STRUCK AND THERE IS SERIOUS INJURY, THAT PERSON IS NOT GOING TO GO TO JAIL WITH THE AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT'S -- THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS A $250 FINE. TODAY, IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT THE PERSON WAS DOING AN ACTION THAT WAS MORE SERIOUS, THAT THEY WERE CHANGING THE RADIO OR ADJUSTING THEIR AIR CONDITIONER, THEN THEY COULD POTENTIALLY GO TO JAIL BECAUSE THAT ACTION WOULD BE MORE SERIOUS. MR. PRESIDENT, I UNDERSTAND THAT IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THEY MIGHT HAVE A JUDICIAL PROBLEM. THAT'S ONE WHERE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT VENUE TO SOLVE IT. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT'S A STATUTORY PROBLEM AND WE SHOULD REMAIN -- ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ENTIRE COMMONWEALTH TO ADDRESS THESE BASED ON THE CULPABILITY OF THE DRIVING ACTION AND NOT ON TRYING TO CREATE A NEW STATUTE.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL SENATE BILL 1339 PASS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 21, NOS 19. AYES 21, NOS 19. THE BILL PASSES. SENATE BILL 1409, RELATING TO RECKLESS DRIVING, EXCEEDING SPEED LIMIT. THE SENATOR FROM ROANOKE COUNTY, SENATOR SUETTERLEIN.

Sen. David Suetterlein (R-Salem): MR. PRESIDENT, I MOVE THAT THE SENATE PASS SENATE BILL 1409 AND SPEAKING TO THAT MOTION.

[Unknown]: THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. David Suetterlein (R-Salem): THIS IS A BILL THAT WE PASSED OUT ON A BROAD BIPARTISAN VOTE LAST YEAR. UNFORTUNATELY, THE OTHER CHAMBER DIDN'T SEE THE WISDOM OF IT. THEY HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE POPULATED WITH FOLKS THAT DON'T LIKE THIS, BUT WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS IT CHANGES THE AUTOMATIC THRESHOLD FOR RECKLESS DRIVING BEING 80 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS HAS BEEN MADE VERY NECESSARY BIT FACT THAT WE HAVE POSTED SPEED LIMITS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MILES PER HOUR AND THAT MEANS IF YOU DRIVE 11 MILES OVER THAT SPEED LIMIT, YOU ARE CLASSIFIED AS RECKLESS DRIVING, WHICH AS WE JUST HEARD, IT CAN BE PUNISHED BY A YEAR IN JAIL AND/OR A $2500 FINE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE -- ANY OF US REALLY BELIEVE THAT GOING 11 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT SHOULD BE PUNISHABLE BY THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS AMEND THAT CODE SECTION.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL SENATE BILL 1409 PASS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 34, NOS 6. AYES 34, NOS 6. THE BILL PASSES. SENATE BILL 1452, RELATING TO POSSESSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES, EXCEPTIONS. THE SENATOR FROM PORTSMOUTH, SENATOR LUCAS.

Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT THE BILL PASS.

[Unknown]: THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth): SPEAKING TO THE BILL, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE SENATE, SENATE BILL 1452 PROVIDES AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO PROSECUTION FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA IF A PERSON HAS A VALID, WRITTEN CERTIFICATION ISSUE BY A PRACTITIONER FOR CANNABIDIOL OIL, OR THC FOR TREATMENT OR TO ALLEVIATE THE SYMPTOMS OF CANCER. UNDER THE CURRENT LAW, ONLY THE TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY IS COVERED BY THE AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE AND WITH THAT, I MOVE THAT THE BILL PASS.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL SENATE BILL 1452 PASS. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 29, NOS 10. AYES 29, NOS 10. THE BILL PASSES. SENATE BILL 1468, RELATING TO TOW TRUCK DRIVERS AND TOWING AND RECOVERY OPERATING, REQUIREMENTS, CIVIL PENALTIES. THE SENATOR FROM WESTERN FAIRFAX COUNTY, SENATOR MARSDEN.

Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT THE BY PASS AND SPEAKING TO THE MEASURE.

[Unknown]: THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THIS LEGISLATION INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ITEMS REGARDING

Duplicate Bills

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