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SB 7020: Emergency Staging Areas

GENERAL BILL by Infrastructure and Security

Emergency Staging Areas; Authorizing the Department of Transportation to plan, design, and construct staging areas as part of the turnpike system for the intended purpose of staging supplies for prompt provision of assistance to the public in a declared state of emergency; requiring the department, in consultation with the Division of Emergency Management, to select sites for such areas; requiring the department to give priority consideration to placement of such staging areas in specified counties, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7018 (Ch. 2020-21)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)
  2. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/2/2019 Senate • Submitted for consideration by Infrastructure and Security
• On Committee agenda-- Infrastructure and Security, 12/09/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
12/9/2019 Senate • Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Infrastructure and Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
12/10/2019 Senate • Filed
12/18/2019 Senate • Referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations -SJ 120
1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 120
1/24/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 01/29/20, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building
1/29/2020 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 216
• Now in Appropriations
2/17/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/20/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/20/2020 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -SJ 346
2/21/2020 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
3/3/2020 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/20 -SJ 461
3/5/2020 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 420
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/6/2020 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 484
• Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 484
3/6/2020 House • In Messages
3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 7018 (Ch. 2020-21)