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Rules Committee advances conference report for Senate Bill 331, restores effective date for BMV changes
Summary
The Rules Committee approved suspending House rules so the conference committee report for Senate Bill 331 can be considered after April 15, 2025. The measure clarifies reporting when a vehicle’s color is changed after it was used in a crime and moves the bill's effective date to Jan. 1, 2026 to give the Bureau of Motor Vehicles time to update its
The Rules Committee voted to suspend House rules and advance the conference committee report for Senate Bill 331, which adjusts reporting requirements when a vehicle's color is changed after being used in a crime and restores an effective date requested by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Representative Olthoff, sponsor of the conference committee report, told the committee the bill centers on notification to the BMV if a vehicle used in a crime has its color changed. "If a person changes the color of their car and it was used in a crime and fails to report it to the BMV commits a class C misdemeanor," Olthoff said. He added that the House's version removed the class C infraction for some stops and that the conference committee corrected an unintended change to the bill's effective date.
Olthoff said the bill directs the BMV to add a field on the agency's yearly renewal forms asking about the color of the vehicle and that one amendment had inadvertently set the effective date to July 1. "The BMV always asked that it be 01/01/2026 so that they have time to get the notices about this out and update their fields," he said. The conference committee report changed the effective date back to Jan. 1, 2026.
Representative Slager moved the committee action to suspend House Rule 153.1 so the conference committee report for Senate Bill 331 could be eligible for consideration after April 15, 2025, and to amend House Rule 155.1 to allow the report to be provided for member distribution and held for four hours. The motion was seconded (second not specified in the transcript) and the roll call produced eight votes in favor and one opposed; one member was recorded as excused. The clerk announced the motion passed, 8-1.
No additional directions to staff or further amendments were recorded in the committee.
The committee record shows the matter will be available for the House's further consideration after the four-hour distribution period specified in the motion.
