Relating to highway maintenance or construction vehicles, certain service vehicles, and escort flag vehicles, including the use of certain lighting equipment on those vehicles.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
May 2019
Introduced Feb 11, 2019
Signed May 7, 2019
Floor votes · House Mar 27, 2019
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
53
Key actions
13
Committee
11
Amendments
6
May 7, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Apr 30, 2019
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
upper
Apr 29, 2019
Introduced
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
lower
Apr 29, 2019
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
lower
Apr 18, 2019
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
Apr 18, 2019
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
Apr 18, 2019
Introduced
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
Apr 17, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Apr 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
Apr 10, 2019
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Apr 2, 2019
Committee
Referred to Transportation
upper
Apr 2, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Apr 1, 2019
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Mar 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Mar 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Mar 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Mar 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Mar 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Referred to Transportation
lower
Feb 11, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Robert Nichols
RRepublican
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