AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- SIZE, WEIGHT, AND LOAD LIMITS
Summary
Adds "loose material" to the contents of a vehicle that must be covered by a covering that must remain in place until the vehicle's contents are purged from the vehicle.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 2, 2024
Signed Jun 12, 2024
Floor votes · House Mar 21, 2024
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Jun 12, 2024
Signed into law
06/12/2024 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
06/06/2024 Senate passed in concurrence
upper
May 28, 2024
Legislature · Passed
05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
Apr 3, 2024
Committee
04/03/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
03/21/2024 House read and passed
lower
Mar 14, 2024
Legislature · Passed
03/14/2024 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
02/29/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 2, 2024
Introduced
02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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