SB267 Alabama 2019 Session
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Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2019
Title
Motor vehicles, authorized emergency vehicles, volunteer firefighters may use personal vehicles as emergency vehicles with purple emergency lights, Secs. 32-1-1.1, 32-5A-115 am'd.
Description
Under existing law, only authorized emergency vehicles may use emergency lights and sirens when responding to an emergency.
This bill would authorize volunteer firefighters to use purple emergency lights on their personal vehicles when responding to an emergency.
Relating to volunteer firefighters; to amend Sections 32-1-1.1 and 32-5A-115, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize volunteer firefighters to use emergency lights under certain conditions.
Subjects
Motor Vehicles
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2019 | H | Pending third reading on day 27 Favorable from Public Safety and Homeland Security |
| May 29, 2019 | H | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar |
| May 23, 2019 | H | Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security |
| May 23, 2019 | S | Engrossed |
| May 23, 2019 | S | Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1130 |
| May 23, 2019 | S | Stutts motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1129 |
| May 23, 2019 | S | Transportation and Energy first Substitute Offered |
| May 23, 2019 | S | Third Reading Passed |
| May 22, 2019 | S | Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and |
| April 9, 2019 | S | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy |
Bill Text
Bill Votes
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB267 Alabama 2019 Session - Engrossed |
| Bill Text | SB267 Alabama 2019 Session - Introduced |
Source: Alabama Legislature