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Votes at a glance: multiple conference drafts passed; several measures rolled to later sessions

3142199 · April 26, 2025
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Summary

On April 25 the Joint House and Senate conference committees adopted conference drafts for multiple bills (including HB1231, HP1409, HB1298, HP830 and SB662) and rolled several other measures to later sessions pending Finance/WAM releases.

A series of conference drafts were adopted by the Joint House and Senate conferees on April 25; other measures were deferred for later sessions pending committee releases from Finance or Ways and Means.

Key measures passed by conferees during the day included:

- HB 1231 (Conference Draft 1): Establishes and funds a Safe Routes to School program by creating a special fund supported by a $5 surcharge on motor vehicle registration collected by counties; clarifies automated speed enforcement, citation mailing procedures and that liability for infractions attaches to the registered vehicle owner. The conference managers stated the CD clarifies that the provision does not apply to automated license plate readers or non-biometric registration-verification technologies. The conference vote recorded aye…

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