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Transportation committee approves amendment making injury to first responder in activated emergency vehicle an infraction
Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 2132 that would classify causing injury to a first responder or operator/occupant of an activated authorized emergency vehicle as an infraction (fine up to $1,000). The committee then recommended a "do pass" on SB 2132 as amended.
Senator Rummel offered an amendment to Senate Bill 2132 to clarify and expand the statute that addresses harm to emergency responders. "We needed to have a clear definition of what an authorized emergency vehicle is," Rummel said during the committee discussion, and he asked legislative counsel to fold the Century Code definition into the bill language.
The amendment as presented inserted a definition of "authorized emergency vehicle" consistent with the Century Code and changed the offense so that causing or…
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