BILL · 2023–24 SESSION
SB 5603: Driver training/large veh.
Requiring driver training curriculum to include instruction on sharing the road with large vehicles, including commercial motor vehicles and buses.
Summary
- Adds commercial vehicle, bus, and other large vehicle awareness to the required curriculum for driver training schools and school districts providing a traffic safety education program.
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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedJan 27, 2023
- Out of committeeFeb 17, 2023
- Passed Senatestopped here
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Javier Valdez (D-46)
- Introduced
- January 27, 2023 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 8, 2024
- Companion bill
- HB 1540
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to requiring driver training curriculum to include instruction on sharing the road with large vehicles, including commercial motor vehicles and buses;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Javier Valdez (D-46)
6 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- Senate Rules "X" file.
- Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- TRAN - Majority; do pass.
- First reading, referred to Transportation.
SB 5603 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 5603 (2025–26) Juvenile attorney access
- SB 5603 (2021–22) SR 2 corridor study
- SB 5603 (2019–20) Military children/school reg
- SB 5603 (2017–18) Highway projects/local ords
- SB 5603 (2015–16) Cottage food operations
- SB 5603 (2013–14) Marine advisory councils
- SB 5603 (2011–12) Online learning
- SB 5603 (2009–10) Economic stimulus bonds