Relating to department of transportation employees designated as peace officers

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 3, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 8, 2021
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

477 to specify the powers, duties, and limitations of employees of the department of transportation (DOT) who are designated as peace officers by the DOT. Under the terms of the legislation, the amended language was set to be repealed effective July 1, 2018. In 2018, the general assembly extended the future repeal provision to July 1, 2019. In 2019, the general assembly extended the future repeal provision to July 1, 2022. This bill repeals the future repeal provision. The bill limits the powers and duties of DOT employees designated as peace officers to the enforcement of laws relating to (1) the safe and lawful movement and operation of commercial vehicles and vehicles transporting loads, (2) the enforcement of motor vehicle laws relating to the operating authority, registration, size, weight, and load of motor vehicles and trailers, (3) the registration of a motor carrier’s interstate transportation service with the DOT, (4) laws the violation of which is a serious misdemeanor or great offense, (5) laws DOT employees designated as peace officers are otherwise authorized to enforce (such as Code chapter 321J (operating while intoxicated)), and (6) the rules and regulations of the DOT.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named February 8, 2021. On February 9, 2021 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Dan Zumbach REmail
• Sen. Mike Klimesh REmail
• Sen. T. Taylor

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