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Committee approves bill allowing MoDOT flexibility on Medal of Honor signs, cites FHWA sign rules
Summary
The House Transportation Committee adopted an amendment and a committee substitute to House Bill 81 to give MoDOT more placement flexibility for Congressional Medal of Honor recipient signs, citing Federal Highway Administration rules that restrict attachments to city limit signs. The committee voted 15-0 to report the substitute.
The House Transportation Committee voted to advance House Bill 81 after adopting an amendment to give the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) greater flexibility in placing Congressional Medal of Honor recipient signs.
Chair Hurlburt told the committee, “Per the Federal Highway Administration, we can't attach it to the actual city limit sign, so it's gotta be next to it or somewhere in the vicinity that way. So it gives a little bit more flexibility to MoDOT on where to put these, congressional medal of honor recipient signs.”
Representative Chappell asked for clarification about federal rules, saying, “Did you say that the national government has regulations about what can and cannot be attached to a city limit sign? Unfortunately, they do.” Chappell later indicated acceptance of the amendment during discussion. Representative Cups asked whether the FHWA restriction applied only on federal highways and sought placement details; the transcript records the question but no expanded technical response beyond the chair's FHWA summary.
The amendment identified as .01 H was adopted, rolled into a new House Committee substitute, and the committee then voted 15 ayes and 0 nos to report the house committee substitute for House Bill 81 as "do pass." The transcript records no fiscal analysis or exact substitute language.
The discussion in committee centered on compliance with FHWA sign standards and giving MoDOT discretion to place honorary signs adjacent to, rather than on, city limit signs. The transcript includes a remark referencing an FHWA policy change about city limit sign content from about two years prior, but the committee record does not provide documentation of that change or the bill's final placement rules.
