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Senate corrects grammar in S.309 and approves motor‑vehicle language on amber lights and 'masking'
Summary
Lawmakers approved an amendment to S.309 to correct grammatical usage (changing countable references to 'not fewer than'), clarified rules on amber lights and prohibiting non‑amber flashing lights, and passed the bill after floor explanation of 'masking' and CDL record concerns.
The Senate adopted an amendment to S.309 to correct grammatical usage involving countable items and then passed the bill on third reading.
The amendment, offered from the floor by the senator from Addison, replaces instances of "less than" with "not fewer than" for enumerated, countable items such as required fire extinguishers on motorboats. The sponsor said the change is to ensure clarity in the statute: "when there are items that you can count,…
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