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BILL · 2003–04 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5854

SB 5854: Power wheelchairs

Excluding power wheelchairs from motor vehicle regulation.

Summary

  • A "power wheelchair" is defined as a self-propelled vehicle capable of traveling no faster than 15 miles per hour, usable indoors, and used by individuals with mobility impairments. A power wheelchair does not meet the legal definition of a motor vehicle, a motorcycle, a motor-driven cycle, nor a vehicle.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedFeb 17, 2003
  2. Out of committeeMar 7, 2003
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Joyce Mulliken (R-13)
Introduced
February 17, 2003 in the Senate
Last action
January 12, 2004
Companion bill
HB 1937
Versions
SB 5854, SSB 5854

AN ACT Relating to power wheelchairs;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Joyce Mulliken (R-13)

3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Mary Margaret Haugen D-10Jim Horn R-41Adam Kline D-37

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5854)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5854)
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5854)
  6. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  7. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5854)
  8. Senate Rules "X" file.
  9. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5854)
  10. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  11. HT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5854)
  12. HT - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  13. First reading, referred to Highways & Transportation.

SB 5854 in other sessions

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