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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 66

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

Road — Marking

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Bewley (D) , Cowles (R) , Lassa (D) , Wanggaard (R)

13 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Bowen (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Jacque (R) , Kremer (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Rohrkaste (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Tittl (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Apr 8, 2015 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. Mar 5, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, Wanggaard, Lassa and Bewley; cosponsored by Representatives Jacque, Spiros, Bowen, A. Ott, Brandtjen, Kremer, Murphy, Mursau, Murtha, Ohnstad, Rohrkaste, Steffen and Tittl

  2. Mar 5, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs

  3. Mar 25, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 7, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Apr 8, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Apr 8, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1