Florida Senate Bill 244 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Messages
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Citing this act as the "Highway Safety Act"; providing legislative intent relating to road rage and aggressive careless driving; requiring an operator of a motor vehicle to yield the left lane when being overtaken on a multilane highway; revising the number of specified acts necessary to qualify as an aggressive careless driver; providing specified punishments for aggressive careless driving, including imposition of an increased fine; providing that a second or subsequent infraction as an aggressive careless driver requires attendance at a mandatory hearing; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to provide information about the Highway Safety Act in driver's license educational materials, etc.

Motor Vehicles

Sen. Michael Bennett [R]

Senate Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations

Senate Transportation Committee

2012-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#3 (Y: 36 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Messages
2012-03-01		In Messages
2012-02-29		CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 -SJ 707
2012-02-29		Read 3rd time -SJ 707
2012-02-28		Placed on 3rd reading
2012-02-28		Read 2nd time -SJ 688
2012-02-27		Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/28/12
2012-02-22		Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/27/12
2012-02-22		Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2012-02-21		Favorable by- Budget; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -SJ 671
2012-02-16		On Committee agenda-- Budget, 02/21/12, 3:45 pm, 412 Knott Building
2012-01-24		CS/CS by Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 269
2012-01-23		Now in Budget -SJ 264
2012-01-19		CS/CS by Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -SJ 264
2012-01-13		On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations, 01/19/12, 4:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
2012-01-10		CS by Transportation read 1st time -SJ 100
2012-01-10		Introduced -SJ 26
2011-12-06		Now in Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations
2011-12-06		Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 110
2011-11-17		Now in Budget -SJ 112
2011-11-17		Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2011-11-16		CS by Transportation; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 112
2011-11-07		On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 11/16/11, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Office Building
2011-10-21		On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 11/01/11, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
2011-09-21		Referred to Transportation; Budget -SJ 26
2011-09-14		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
316	003		Amended Code	See Bill Text
316	083		Amended Code	See Bill Text
316	1923		Amended Code	See Bill Text
316	650		Amended Code	See Bill Text
318	121		Amended Code	See Bill Text
318	18		Amended Code	See Bill Text
318	19		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/244
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0244/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0244/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0244/BillText/c2/HTML
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/244/Vote/SenateVote_s0244c2003.PDF