Arizona 2024 2024 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1196 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 04/03/2024

                      	SB 1196 
Initials NM 	Page 1 	House Engrossed 
 
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Fifty-sixth Legislature 
Second Regular Session 
Senate: JUD DP 4-2-1-0 | 3
rd
 Read 16-12-0-2 
House: MAPS DPA 15-0-0-0 
 
SB 1196: prisoners; transition services; noncontracted entities 
NOW: vehicle lighting; law enforcement; construction 
Sponsor: Senator Kern, LD 27 
House Engrossed 
Overview 
Adds an exception for when red and blue lights may be used by a vehicle.  
History 
Under current law, unless specified exceptions are met, a person is prohibited from operating 
a vehicle on a highway if the vehicle is capable of displaying a red light, or red and blue lights, 
that are visible from directly in front of the center of the vehicle (A.R.S. § 28-947).  
Provisions 
1. Permits red and blue lights on a vehicle, that is used in an off-duty capacity by a law 
enforcement officer for traffic control, in service of an entity other than a law enforcement 
agency. (Sec. 1)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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