MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides authority for the commissioner of the OMV to waive any penalty, procedure, or requirement for failure to maintain insurance provided that the principal driver of the motor vehicle is the registered owner or owner's spouse or child who was in the hospital or has died, and the owner can provide such proof to the commissioner. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
May 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Feb 6, 2019
Signed Jun 11, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Apr 23, 2019 · House May 30, 2019
How they voted
25–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 28
Apr 23, 2019
D
Democratic7
57% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Jun 11, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 173.
upper
May 30, 2019
Introduced
Received from the House without amendments.
upper
May 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 99, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 21, 2019
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 20, 2019
Committee
Reported favorably (11-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
Apr 24, 2019
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
lower
Apr 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Apr 17, 2019
Introduced
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 8, 2019
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
upper
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Beth Mizell
RRepublican
Co
BP
Barrow Peacock
RRepublican
Co
Bob Hensgens
RRepublican
Co
CA
Conrad Appel
RRepublican
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
GS
Gary Smith Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
GL
Gerald Long
RRepublican
Co
JD
Jack Donahue
RRepublican
Co
JM
John Milkovich
DDemocratic
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