Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions. (HB2423)
Introduced By
Del. Terry Austin (R-Buchanan)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; WMATA Response and Recovery Coordination Branch vehicles. Authorizes vehicles operated by the Response and Recovery Coordination Branch of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's Office of Emergency Preparedness to (i) be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating red or red and white combination warning lights and (ii) disregard certain regulations regarding the operation of vehicles without being subject to criminal prosecution while responding to an emergency, provided that the operator of such vehicle has received certain training and recertifies every two years. The bill adds responding to metropolitan transit-related incidents to the list of circumstances in which such lighted warning lights shall be displayed. This bill is identical to SB 981. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/18/2023 | Presented and ordered printed 23104732D |
01/18/2023 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
01/19/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2423) |
01/20/2023 | Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 Highway Safety and Policy |
01/25/2023 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
01/25/2023 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) |
01/31/2023 | Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/02/2023 | Read first time |
02/03/2023 | Read second time |
02/03/2023 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/03/2023 | Engrossed by House as amended HB2423E |
02/03/2023 | Printed as engrossed 23104732D-E |
02/03/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2423E) |
02/06/2023 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
02/06/2023 | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2023 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/07/2023 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
02/16/2023 | Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2023 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2023 | Read third time |
02/21/2023 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2023 | Enrolled |
02/24/2023 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2423ER) |
02/24/2023 | Signed by Speaker |
02/25/2023 | Signed by President |
02/25/2023 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2423ER) |
03/02/2023 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 |
03/02/2023 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 |
03/21/2023 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 88 (effective 7/1/23) |
03/21/2023 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088) |