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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 377

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Relating to: court proceedings for traffic violations.

Court — Procedure Court — Traffic Motor vehicle — Regulation Motor vehicle — Regulation — Speed

  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

This bill eliminates references to an immediate trial for a person appearing in

court in response to certain traffic citations.

Under current law, when a person appears in court in response to a traffic

citation, the court is required to ask whether the person pleads guilty, not guilty, or

no contest. If the person pleads not guilty, the person may ask the court for an

immediate trial or request a continuance. This bill eliminates references to

continuance and to immediate trial except for nonmoving traffic violations.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Heaton (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Steffen (R) , T. Larson (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Weatherston (R)

1 cosponsors

Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 15, 2016 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. Oct 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Heaton, T. Larson, R. Brooks, Steffen, Weatherston, Allen, Bernier and Ballweg; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard

  2. Oct 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Nov 12, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Dec 17, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Jan 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  6. Jan 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1