Introduced
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To make it a felony punishable by up to two years in prison if a driver accidentally hits and causes injury to a worker in a road construction zone, and up to 15 years if the accident kills the worker.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Tourism
Substitute offered
Which reflects changes adopted following committee testimony and discussion, amended to exempt from the provisions of the bill a driver who hits a highway worker if the accident is the worker's fault, and to expand the scope of the bill to include injuring or killing the driver of a farm tractor who is legally using the road.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 34 to 2 (details)
To make it a felony punishable by up to two years in prison if a driver accidentally hits and causes injury to a worker in a road construction zone, and up to 15 years if the accident kills the worker.
Substitute offered
Which reflects changes adopted following committee testimony and discussion.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To adopt a change in references contained in the bill which refer to prior convictions for traffic offences.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 74 to 31 (details)
To make it a felony punishable by up to two years in prison if a driver accidentally hits and causes injury to a worker in a road construction zone, and up to 15 years if the accident kills the worker.
Passed in the Senate 29 to 2 (details)
