Public Safety and Security Committee
JOINT FAVORABLE REPORT
Bill No.: HB-6599
AN ACT CONCERNING POLICE REPORTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE
Title: ACCIDENTS.
Vote Date: 3/24/2021
Vote Action: Joint Favorable Substitute
PH Date: 3/9/2021
File No.:
Disclaimer: The following JOINT FAVORABLE Report is prepared for the benefit of the
members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and
explanation and does not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber
thereof for any purpose.
SPONSORS OF BILL:
Public Safety and Security Committee
REASONS FOR BILL:
Working together the Department of Transportation, Division of State Police and Police
Officer Standards and Training Council will revise the uniform investigation of accident form.
This will be completed by September 30,2021.
Substitute Language
Language changes bill to working group, some of the changes noted below
Sec. 1: from Passage New section: No later than 9/1/21 a working group shall convene to
discuss and examine the Uniform Investigative Accident Form.
No later than 1/1/23 the working group will report on their findings to joint standing committee
having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and security. Group will terminate
1/1/23.
RESPONSE FROM ADMINISTRATION/AGENCY:
Joseph Giuletti, Commissioner, Department of Transportation
Commissioner Giuletti wrote in opposition of this bill. A revision requires every police
department in the state, all associated databases, retraining officers and rebuilding
associated safety applications that use crash data. There would be substantial cost to DOT
and other state agencies and municipalities in order to comply with this bill. A 6 th addition of
the Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) which is published by Governors
Highway Safety Administration, will be released in 2023. The MMUCC is a national guideline
that represents a minimum set of data elements that are required to describe a motor vehicle
accident. Without adopting the MMUCC, the DOT could be in jeopardy of losing federal
funding for transportation safety programs.
NATURE AND SOURCES OF SUPPORT:
None Expressed
NATURE AND SOURCES OF OPPOSITION:
None Expressed
Reported by: Bonnie Gray, Asst. Clerk Date: 3/31/2021
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