Traffic and Traffic Offense Bills

Passed:

HB 55 Off-highway Vehicle Registration Requirements creates the infraction offense of renting an off-highway vehicle to an individual without a certificate of completion of the off-highway vehicle safety education and training program.

HB 192 Traffic Violation Amendments expands the availability of a deferred prosecution for certain traffic infractions to certain individuals if the individual completes a traffic school course as part of the deferred prosecution agreement.

HB 258 Motor Vehicle Light Amendments amends the infraction offense associated with vehicle lights to require lights on from sunset to sunrise, regardless of automated settings.

HB 375 Traffic Violation Exemptions provides an exemption to a citation related to a motor vehicle if the person provides evidence that they were not the owner of the relevant vehicle at the time of the alleged violation.

SB 27 Transportation Revisions creates the infraction offense of passing a snowplow when it is flashing yellow lights.

SB 85 License Plate Requirement Amendments expands the infraction offense associated with license plate readability to include adding a tinted or clear cover that obscures the readability of the license plate.

SB 132 Driving Privilege Card Fingerprinting Requirements allows an approved private fingerprint vendor to take and submit digital fingerprint scans and a photograph of an applicant to BCI for driving privilege card purposes. We testified in support of this bill to ensure that we reduced the amount of driving on suspended license charges.

Failed:

HB 168 License Plate Reader Systems Amendments was never heard in committee. This bill sought to allow a law enforcement agency to use license plate reading technology gathered by a private entity in certain circumstances.

HB 336 Distracted Driving Amendments tried to prohibit any use of a mobile device while driving unless it is hands-free. It also tried to lower the offense of using a phone to read/write messages or record videos from a class C misdemeanor to an infraction. The sponsor runs this bill almost every year with very little support and this year the bill was never heard in committee.

SB 105 Traffic Enforcement Amendments would have created the speed safety camera pilot program that would use a speed safety camera without a police officer present. This bill was opposed by most legislators in the House and was never uncircled on the House floor.