2025 bills / H.B. 196
H.B. 196 Vehicle Traction Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill clarifies that a highway authority may limit traffic on a road under certain conditions. It also gives an agency new power to create rules.
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Official description
- clarifies that a highway authority may limit traffic under certain conditions
- grants rulemaking authority
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What members get
- An alert the day H.B. 196 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.B. 196 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 10 yes, 1 no, 1 absentHouse Transportation Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Jan 24, 2025Who voted how
- 7 yes, 4 no, 1 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 24, 2025Who voted how
- 34 yes, 37 no, 4 absentHouse vote, which failed · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 48 yes, 24 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Feb 6, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 19 yes, 2 no, 8 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 26, 2025Who voted how
- 20 yes, 5 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 28, 2025Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Jan 24, 2025 House Transportation Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 4, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Feb 5, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Feb 6, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Feb 13, 2025 Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee▶ Watch
- Feb 26, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Feb 28, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch