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Transportation committee holds Senate Bill 2243 for rewrite after debate on points, texting and open-container penalties
Summary
The legislative Transportation Committee discussed restoring portions of Senate Bill 2243 that affect motor-vehicle points and fines, expressed concern about raising points for texting and open-container offenses, and agreed to hold the bill for amendments and a Thursday afternoon meeting; no formal votes were taken.
Chairman Ruby convened the Transportation Committee and said the panel would focus on the single remaining measure before it: “we only have the 1 bill left in committee, it's, Senate Bill 2,243.”
The committee spent the meeting debating proposed changes to how driving violations are assigned points and how fines are applied, but took no formal vote and agreed to hold the bill to consider amendments at a follow-up meeting Thursday afternoon.
Representative Joe Koppelman, the bill carrier on the House side, said he wanted to “somewhat restore the original bill.” He told colleagues that the bill as received removed language from the original draft that limited reporting of lower-level violations and instead increased the number of offenses assessed three points. Koppelman said he wanted to put back the original language that treats some…
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