Delaware Senate Bill 56 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on July 30 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-07-30 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Bill creates a Heavy Vehicle Weight Law Task Force to analyze the ramifications of restricting the weight of trucks operating in Delaware to the vehicle manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating. The current law has numerous flaws that have resulted in implementation delays for 15 years. The Task Force will provide recommendations of how to modify, change or delete the current law. The Bill also delays implementation of the current law, which is scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2010, until July 1, 2011. This will provide time for the General Assembly to act on the recommendations of the Task Force.

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Heavy Vehicle Registration, And To Create A Task Force To Review The Existing Delaware Heavy Vehicle Weight Law To Determine The Feasibility Of Its Implementation.

Sen. Thurman Adams [D]

Rep. William Carson [D]

Sen. Karen Peterson [D]

2009-07-01 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-30		Signed by Governor
2009-07-01		Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2009-07-01		Necessary rules are suspended in House
2009-06-30		Introduced and Assigned to Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee in House
2009-06-29		Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 1 VACANT
2009-06-29		Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 1 VACANT
2009-06-29		Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2009-05-06		Reported Out of Committee (PUBLIC SAFETY) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2009-04-07		Assigned to Public Safety Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/1a63ab8e4801a4848525758300523d15?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+56/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/6ef4473229978b69852575e60017b30e?OpenDocument