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Conference committee pares HB 1298, focuses on speeding fines and an independent points study
Summary
A legislative conference committee narrowed a longer package in House Bill 1298 to 10 priority changes related to speeding fines and driver-point penalties and discussed directing the Highway Patrol to conduct a comprehensive review of the state's point system, with a report suggested for August 2026.
The conference committee on House Bill 1298 met to reconcile competing House and Senate proposals on speeding fines and driver-point penalties and agreed to compress a larger package into 10 prioritized changes while pursuing a study of the state's point system.
Senator Rummel, a Senate conferee, told the committee that the Senate reduced the original list of 29 issues to 10 "because of the magnitude of the violations that we're dealing with." He described the changes as targeted to offenses the conferees considered most important.
Senator Hogan proposed avoiding a purely legislative study and instead "make a directive to the Highway Patrol to do a comprehensive review of our entire point system," asking the agency to bring back a detailed plan and recommended changes for the committee to consider before the next session.
The committee discussed competing approaches to fine…
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