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CS/CS/SB 1270: Motor Vehicles & Highway Safety

GENERAL BILL by Fiscal Policy ; Transportation ; Casas ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Forman

Motor Vehicles & Highway Safety; revises provisions to refer to "traffic crash" rather than "accident"; authorizes FHP to employ certain persons as traffic accident investigation officers; provides penalties for certain violations re change of identity of motor vehicle or mobile home; directs HSMV to enter into contract for motor vehicle inspection program; creates "Fla. Clean Fuel Act"; authorizes certain use of modulating headlights by motorcycles, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 06/08/1999 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 6/8/1999 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-248; See also CS/CS/SB 1056 (Ch. 99-234)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/17/1999 Senate • Prefiled
3/2/1999 Senate • Introduced, referred to Transportation; Fiscal Resource -SJ 00085
3/8/1999 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/11/99, 9:00 am, Room-309C
3/11/1999 Senate • Comm. Action: CS by Transportation -SJ 00257; CS read first time on 03/16/99 -SJ 00282
3/16/1999 Senate • Now in Fiscal Resource -SJ 00257
3/30/1999 Senate • Withdrawn from Fiscal Resource -SJ 00372; Rereferred to Fiscal Policy -SJ 00372
4/9/1999 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/14/99, 2:00 pm, Room-212K
4/14/1999 Senate • Comm. Action:-CS/CS by Fiscal Policy -SJ 00638; CS read first time on 04/21/99 -SJ 00640
4/16/1999 Senate • Placed on Calendar -SJ 00639
4/22/1999 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00707; Read second time -SJ 00665; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00666; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00666
4/23/1999 Senate • Read third time -SJ 00765; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00766; CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 00767; Immediately certified -SJ 00767
4/23/1999 House • In Messages
4/29/1999 House • Temporarily postponed -HJ 01873
4/30/1999 House • Received -HJ 02068; Read second time -HJ 02069; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 02069; Read third time -HJ 02107; CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 4 -HJ 02107
4/30/1999 Senate • In returning messages; Was taken up -SJ 01887; Concurred -SJ 01923; CS passed as amended; YEAS 30 NAYS 7 -SJ 01923; Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 01923
5/25/1999 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/8/1999 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-248; See also CS/CS/SB 1056 (Ch. 99-234)