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MO HB2474
Bill
Status
2/3/2016
Primary Sponsor
Lyle Rowland
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AI Summary
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Adds firefighters to the list of officials whose signals and directions motor vehicle operators and animal riders must obey on Missouri highways, alongside law enforcement officers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs
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Expands the scope of covered conveyances to include "any vehicle or any other conveyance regardless of means of propulsion"
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Requires compliance with signals given for directing traffic movement or enforcing any offense or infraction
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Willfully failing to obey signals, refusing directions, or resisting/opposing a firefighter in the proper discharge of duties constitutes a Class A misdemeanor
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Consolidates two existing versions of section 575.145 RSMo into one unified statute
Legislative Description
Requires a motor vehicle operator or rider of any animal traveling on the highways of this state to stop or obey any signal or direction by a firefighter
Last Action
Voted Do Pass (H)
3/31/2016