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Panel refers bill to suspend license when speed alone causes death, after families urge tougher penalties
Summary
House File 750 was referred to the Transportation Committee after testimony from families who lost relatives to high-speed crashes. The bill would require the commissioner to suspend a driver's license when speed alone causes a death and would require revocation on conviction.
House File 750, a proposal to require automatic license suspension where excessive speed alone causes a death, was moved and referred to the House Transportation Committee after testimony from family members of victims during the House Public Safety Committee meeting on Feb. 18, 2025.
Representative Rob Robbins, the bill sponsor, described a statutory gap: under current law criminal vehicular homicide or operation typically requires drugs, alcohol or an intoxicating substance as a contributing factor. "There’s record amounts of high rates of speed causing…
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