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2009 Regular Session

House Bill 5648

AN ACT REQUIRING MANDATORY RETESTING OF KNOWLEDGE OF DRIVING LAWS PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSE TO A PERSON WHO IS SIXTEEN OR SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 29, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To improve public safety by requiring that a comprehensive test as to knowledge of the laws concerning motor vehicles and the rules of the road be given prior to the issuance of a motor vehicle operator's license, in addition to the test concerning such laws and rules given prior to the issuance of a learner's permit.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

12 co-sponsors

Mary M. Mushinsky, Roberta B. Willis, Thomas J. Drew, Frank N. Nicastro Sr., Bryan Hurlburt, Mary G. Fritz, Vincent J. Candelora, Patricia M. Widlitz, Joseph S. Mioli, Elizabeth A. Boukus, Kim Fawcett, Elizabeth B. Ritter

In the Senate

    5 co-sponsors

    Donald J. DeFronzo, L. Scott Frantz, Edith G. Prague, Sam S.F. Caligiuri, Leonard A. Fasano

    Its course

    January 22 to April 29, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action20 actions on 13 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJan 22 to Apr 29 · stopped97 days

    Transportation CommitteeJan 22 to Mar 1653 days

    Appropriations CommitteeApr 7 to Apr 158 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Jan 22 – Apr 15

    1. Jan 22Introduced and sent to Transportation Committee
    2. Mar 4Drafted as a bill by Transportation Committee
    3. Mar 5Sent to Transportation Committee
    4. Mar 6Heard in Transportation Committee
    5. Mar 16Transportation Committee recommended it
    6. Apr 7Sent to Appropriations Committee
    7. Apr 15Appropriations Committee recommended a substitute for it
    All 20 actions, as published
    1. Jan 22REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 2Vote to DraftBoth houses
    3. Mar 4DRAFTED BY COMMITTEEBoth houses
    4. Mar 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    5. Mar 6PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    6. Mar 16Joint FavorableBoth houses
    7. Mar 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    8. Mar 24REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    9. Mar 31RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    10. Mar 31FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    11. Mar 31HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    12. Mar 31FILE NO.Both houses
    13. Apr 7REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
    14. Apr 15Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    15. Apr 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    16. Apr 23REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    17. Apr 29RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    18. Apr 29NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
    19. Apr 29TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    20. Apr 29FILE NO.Both houses