MI SB 501

Author

Darrin Camilleri
Post Office Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909
517-373-7918
SenDCamilleri@senate.michigan.gov
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Bill Text

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Size and Weight

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State

MI

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Summary

An electric truck tractor or a combination of an electric truck tractor and a semitrailer must not exceed a maximum gross weight of 82,000 pounds.

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Issue

Amends the Michigan Vehicle Code to allow an electric vehicle or combination of electric vehicles weighing up to 82,000 pounds to exceed current axle loading and weight load maximums by up to 2,000 pounds. Increases, from 80,000 to 82,000 pounds, the maximum gross weight of a natural gas-powered vehicle or combination of natural gas-powered vehicles that could exceed current axle loading and weight load maximums by up to 2,000 pounds.

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Notes

Pending Committee action.

History

09/14/2023 Introduced and referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
11/08/2023 Reported favorably with substitute by Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Referred to Senate Committee of the Whole with substitute.
11/08/2023 Reported favorably with substitute.by Senate Committee of the Whole.
11/08/2023 Placed on order of third reading with substitute.
11/09/2023 Passed Senate.
11/09/2023 Read first time in House. Referred to House Committee on Transportation, Mobility and Infrastructure.