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S 0199 General Bill, By Grooms, Hembree, Bennett, Campbell, Verdin, Campsen, Gregory, Johnson, Setzler, Sabb, Nicholson and Scott
Summary: Peanut's Law
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1535 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO SPEEDING IN WORK ZONES AND PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPEEDING IN WORK ZONES, TO DELETE THIS PROVISION AND CREATE "PEANUT'S LAW", TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR THE TERMS "HIGHWAY WORK ZONE" AND "HIGHWAY WORKER", TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF "ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER", AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THESE OFFENSES; TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-720, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM ESTABLISHED FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE DRIVING RECORD OF PERSONS OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE THAT "ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER" VIOLATIONS RANGE BETWEEN TWO AND SIX POINTS; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 56-5-1536 RELATING TO DRIVING IN TEMPORARY WORK ZONES AND PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFUL DRIVING IN TEMPORARY WORK ZONES.
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Summary: Peanut's Law
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 56-5-1535 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO SPEEDING IN WORK ZONES AND PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH SPEEDING IN WORK ZONES, TO DELETE THIS PROVISION AND CREATE "PEANUT'S LAW", TO PROVIDE A DEFINITION FOR THE TERMS "HIGHWAY WORK ZONE" AND "HIGHWAY WORKER", TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF "ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER", AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THESE OFFENSES; TO AMEND SECTION 56-1-720, RELATING TO THE POINT SYSTEM ESTABLISHED FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE DRIVING RECORD OF PERSONS OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE THAT "ENDANGERMENT OF A HIGHWAY WORKER" VIOLATIONS RANGE BETWEEN TWO AND SIX POINTS; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 56-5-1536 RELATING TO DRIVING IN TEMPORARY WORK ZONES AND PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFUL DRIVING IN TEMPORARY WORK ZONES.
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| 12/10/14 | Senate | Prefiled |
| 12/10/14 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
| 01/13/15 | Senate | Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 127) |
| 01/13/15 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate Journal-page 127) |
| 03/04/15 | Senate | Committee report: Favorable Transportation (Senate Journal-page 12) |
| 03/05/15 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 03/17/15 | Senate | Amended (Senate Journal-page 26) |
| 03/18/15 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 04/29/15 | Senate | Amended (Senate Journal-page 45) |
| 04/29/15 | Senate | Read second time (Senate Journal-page 45) |
| 04/29/15 | Senate | Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-3 (Senate Journal-page 45) |
| 04/30/15 | Senate | Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 7) |
| 04/30/15 | Scrivener's error corrected | |
| 05/05/15 | House | Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 16) |
| 05/05/15 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 16) |
| 05/20/15 | House | Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary |
| 05/26/15 | House | Amended (House Journal-page 22) |
| 05/26/15 | House | Read second time (House Journal-page 22) |
| 05/26/15 | House | Roll call Yeas-65 Nays-34 (House Journal-page 29) |
| 05/27/15 | House | Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments (House Journal-page 9) |
| 05/27/15 | Scrivener's error corrected |