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Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 577

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Relating to: traffic control at nonfunctioning or malfunctioning traffic control signals.

Road — Marking

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, certain requirements apply to traffic controlled by traffic

control signals exhibiting different colored lights, including that traffic stop at a red

signal. Current law also requires traffic to stop at an official stop sign.

Under this bill, if a traffic control signal suffers a loss of power or otherwise

malfunctions so that the traffic control signal does not exhibit any color of light,

traffic must proceed at the traffic control signal as if the traffic control signal were

a stop sign, unless otherwise directed by a traffic officer.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Jacque (R) , Kahl (D) , Kaufert (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Spiros (R) , T. Larson (R)

3 cosponsors

Barca (D) , Lassa (D) , Lehman (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 2

Passed 13–2 Feb 7, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 13, 2014 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Dec 18, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jacque, Kaufert, Kahl, T. Larson, Ohnstad, A. Ott and Spiros; cosponsored by Senators Lassa and Lehman

  2. Dec 18, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Jan 15, 2014 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 4, 2014 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 2

  6. Feb 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  7. Feb 13, 2014 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2014 by Committee on Rules

  8. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  9. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Representative Barca added as a coauthor

  13. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  14. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Feb 19, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs

  17. Mar 13, 2014 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  18. Mar 13, 2014 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  19. Mar 13, 2014 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation, Public Safety, and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  20. Mar 13, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  21. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1