Senate advances a slate of transportation, insurance and public-safety technical bills; multiple measures placed on third-reading

The Senate on Feb. 3, 1994 approved committee reports and placed several transportation, insurance and public-safety measures on the third-reading calendar after largely technical debate.

Senate Bill 80 (wholesale motor-vehicle auctions) was introduced as a paperwork-reduction measure. The sponsor said the bill’s purpose is “to eliminate the excessive and unnecessary paperwork that is involved in the paper trail on the motor vehicle title,” and to differentiate wholesale auctions from regular auctions so a consignor may transfer directly to a licensed dealer or dismantler. Under suspension of the rules the bill was read for the third time and the clerk reported the vote as 25 ayes, 1 nay, 3 absent.

Senate Bill 84, a commercial vehicle-registration amendment, was presented with a committee report from the Transportation and Public Safety…