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Senate clarifies rules for cotton trailers, increases permitted speeds and aligns federal safety language
Summary
Senate substitute for Senate Bill 28 passed after debate clarifying how tightly wrapped cotton modules may travel from field to gin, increasing the maximum permitted speed for specialized cotton trailers and adding federal vehicle‑securing language to protect federal funding.
The Missouri Senate on Feb. 4 adopted a substitute for Senate Bill 28 that updates state law governing the transport of cotton in modern modules and trailers.
Sponsor Sen. Dunklin told senators the measure updates decades‑old rules that anticipated small, four‑wheel cotton trailers pulled by pickup trucks. "We have gone from that to now the cotton picker, baler picker picks the cotton and then actually puts it back into a baler ... we…
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