North Carolina 2019-2020 Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

SB 331 — REACT Vehicles/Reg. Plate/Lights & Sirens.

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In the latest version of Senate Bill 331, a phrase referencing the "Division of Marine Fisheries of the Department of Environmental Quality" was added to the text. This change clarifies which specific body is involved in the management of marine resources. It matters because including this detail can help ensure that the relevant department is explicitly recognized, potentially improving the bill's implementation and oversight.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 21, 2019 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2019 S 1 SENATE BILL 331 Short Title:
331 SESSION 2019 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS35132-MW-65 Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO ISSUE PERMANENT REGISTRATION PLATES TO RADIO EMERGENCY ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS TEAMS (REACT)ANDTOAUTHORIZEREACT VEHICLES TO USE LIGHTS AND SIRENS.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 25, 2019 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO ISSUE PERMANENT REGISTRATION PLATES TO RADIO EMERGENCY ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS TEAMS (REACT)ANDTOAUTHORIZEREACT VEHICLES TO USE LIGHTS AND SIRENS.
"(b) Every vehicle owned or operated by a police department or by the Department of Public Safety including the State Highway Patrol or by the Wildlife Resources Commission or the Division of Marine Fisheries of the Department of Environmental Quality, or bythe Division of Parks and Recreation of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, or by the North Carolina Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and used exclusively for law enforcement, firefighting, or other emergency response purposes, or by the Division of Emergency Management, or by a fire department, either municipal or rural, or by a fire patrol, whether such fire department or patrol be a paid organization or a voluntary association, vehicles used by an organ procurement organization or agency for the recovery and transportation of human tissues and organs for transplantation, or by an incorporated REACT team that provides its services pursuant to a contract with a county or municipality, and every ambulance or emergency medical service emergency support vehicle used for answering emergency calls, shall be equipped with special lights, bells, sirens, horns or exhaust whistles of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
"(b) Every vehicle owned or operated by a police department or by the Department of Public Safety including the State Highway Patrol or by the Wildlife Resources Commission or the Division of Marine Fisheries of the Department of Environmental Quality, or by the Division of Parks and Recreation of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, or by the North Carolina Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and used exclusively for law enforcement, firefighting, or other emergency response purposes, or by the Division of Emergency Management, or by a fire department, either municipal or rural, or by a fire patrol, whether such fire department or patrol be a paid organization or a voluntary association, vehicles used by an organ procurement organization or agency for the recovery and transportation of human tissues and organs for transplantation, or by an incorporated REACT team that provides its services pursuant to a contract with a county or municipality, and every ambulance or emergency medical service emergency support vehicle used for answering emergency calls, shall be equipped with special lights, bells, sirens, horns or exhaust whistles of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
In addition to the use of special equipment authorized and required by this subsection, the chief and assistant chiefs of any police department or of any fire department, whether the same *DRS35132-MW-65* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 be municipal or rural, paid or voluntary, county fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, transplant coordinators,and emergencymanagementcoordinators,areherebyauthorizedtousesuchspecial equipment on privately owned vehicles operated by them while actually engaged in the performance of their official or semiofficial duties or services either within or beyond their respective corporate limits.
In addition to the use of special equipment authorized and required by this subsection, the chief and assistant chiefs of any police department or of any fire department, whether the same *S331-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2019 be municipal or rural, paid or voluntary, county fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, transplant coordinators,and emergencymanagementcoordinators,areherebyauthorizedtousesuchspecial equipment on privately owned vehicles operated by them while actually engaged in the performance of their official or semiofficial duties or services either within or beyond their respective corporate limits.
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  3. Filed

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Who sponsors SB 331?
SB 331 is sponsored by Warren Daniel (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 331?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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