CS/SB 658 (2008) -  Road Rage and Aggressive Careless Driving [EPCC]

General Bill by Criminal Justice and Bennett
Road Rage and Aggressive Careless Driving [EPCC]: Creates the "Highway Safety Act" to reduce road rage and aggressive careless driving, reduce the incidence of drivers' interfering with the movement of traffic, minimize crashes, and promote the orderly, free flow of traffic on roads and highways. Requires a driver to yield the left lane when being overtaken by a motor vehicle traveling at a higher rate of speed on roads, streets, or highways with two or more lanes, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2008
Last Event: 05/02/08 S Died in Committee on Finance and Tax on Friday, May 2, 2008 5:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Transportation
    • On agenda for: 03/25/08 9:00 AM
    • Favorable With Amendment(s) (1) (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 3
  • Criminal Justice
    • On agenda for: 04/21/08 2:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 1
  • Finance and Tax
  • Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 1177 Subject: Motor Vehicles Relationship: Similar
Bill #: CS/HB 1111 Subject: Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/CS/SB 1978 Subject: Department of Transportation [EPCC] Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 4/22/2008 11:58:41 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Transportation 3/25/2008 5:15:22 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Committee on Finance and Tax Time: 05/02/2008 - 5:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Finance and Tax -SJ 00753 Time: 04/22/2008 - 5:28 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) Time: 04/22/2008 - 12:48 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS read 1st time on 04/23/08 -SJ 00755 Time: 04/22/2008 - 12:48 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 1 -SJ 00753 Time: 04/21/2008 - 4:53 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/21/08, 2:30 pm, 401-S Time: 04/16/2008 - 5:54 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 00345 Time: 03/26/2008 - 10:37 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Transportation (460672); YEAS 5 NAYS 3 -SJ 00345 Time: 03/25/2008 - 11:32 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 03/25/08, 9:00 am, 37-S Time: 03/20/2008 - 4:43 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 02/06/08, 12:45 pm, 37-S --Temporarily postponed Time: 03/03/2008 - 8:30 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Introduced, referred to Transportation; Criminal Justice; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 00040 Time: 03/03/2008 - 8:30 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 02/06/08, 12:45 pm, 37-S --Temporarily postponed Time: 01/29/2008 - 9:39 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Referred to Transportation; Criminal Justice; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Time: 01/09/2008 - 3:06 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Filed Time: 11/16/2007 - 4:14 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
0316.003 CS/SB 668, CS/SB 816, CS/SB 1678, CS/CS/CS/SB 1978, CS/CS/SB 2220, SB 2296
0316.083 CS/CS/CS/SB 1978
0316.1923 CS/CS/CS/SB 1978
0316.650 CS/CS/CS/SB 1978, CS/CS/CS/SB 1992
0318.19 CS/CS/CS/SB 1978