Relating to the discharge of visible particulate emissions from a diesel-powered motor vehicle, and providing penalties

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2019
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill prohibits a person operating a diesel-powered motor vehicle from knowingly or intentionally causing the vehicle to discharge noticeably visible smoke, soot, or other particulate emissions onto another motor vehicle, a person riding a bicycle, or a pedestrian. The bill does not apply to a diesel-powered motor vehicle with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or more, a commercial motor vehicle, a construction vehicle operating at a construction site, a self-propelled implement of husbandry, or a farm tractor, or when the discharge of smoke, soot, or other particulate emissions is the result of normal acceleration or towing. A violation of the bill is punishable by a scheduled fine of $100.

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