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BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 5239: School/playground speed zone

Clarifying boundaries of school or playground speed zones.

Summary

  • Provides that a school or playground speed zone extends three hundred feet in either direction from a marked school or playground crosswalk, or three hundred feet from the school or playground property line, whichever is encountered first as traffic approaches the school. When no marked crosswalk exists, a school or playground speed zone extends three hundred feet from the school or playground property line.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 20, 2003
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Paull Shin (D-21)
Introduced
January 20, 2003 in the Senate
Last action
January 12, 2004

AN ACT Relating to school or playground speed zones;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Paull Shin (D-21)

4 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 2 Republicans)

Don Benton R-17Betti Sheldon D-23Jeanne Kohl-Welles D-36Shirley Winsley R-28

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. First reading, referred to Highways & Transportation.

SB 5239 in other sessions

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