Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions. (HB2423)

Introduced By

Del. Terry Austin (R-Buchanan)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
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

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/18/2023Presented and ordered printed 23104732D
01/18/2023Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/19/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2423)
01/20/2023Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 Highway Safety and Policy
01/25/2023House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/25/2023Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
01/31/2023Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2023Read first time
02/03/2023Read second time
02/03/2023Committee amendment agreed to
02/03/2023Engrossed by House as amended HB2423E
02/03/2023Printed as engrossed 23104732D-E
02/03/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2423E)
02/06/2023Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/06/2023VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2023Constitutional reading dispensed
02/07/2023Referred to Committee on Transportation
02/16/2023Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2023Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2023Read third time
02/21/2023Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2023Enrolled
02/24/2023Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2423ER)
02/24/2023Signed by Speaker
02/25/2023Signed by President
02/25/2023Impact statement from DPB (HB2423ER)
03/02/2023Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
03/02/2023G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
03/21/2023G Approved by Governor-Chapter 88 (effective 7/1/23)
03/21/2023G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)