AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSES - VIOLATIONS (Allows a person to make satisfactory arrangements for the payment of motor vehicle fines or costs, and would permit a person to request an ability to pay hearing before a license is suspended for failure to pay such fines or costs.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
Jun 2019
House Passage
Jun 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Jan 16, 2019
Signed Jul 15, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jun 11, 2019
How they voted
26–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 27
Jun 11, 2019
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican2
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Jul 15, 2019
Signed into law
07/15/2019 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence
lower
Jun 25, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
Jun 22, 2019
Lower · Passed
06/22/2019 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
lower
Jun 12, 2019
Committee
06/12/2019 Referred to House Finance
lower
Jun 11, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/11/2019 Senate read and passed
legislature
Jun 4, 2019
Legislature · Passed
06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 26, 2019
Legislature · Passed
02/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 16, 2019
Introduced
01/16/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
legislature
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Frank Ciccone
DDemocratic
P
Frank Lombardo
DDemocratic
P
Michael J. McCaffrey
DDemocratic
P
Walter Felag
DDemocratic
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