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Senate committee advances bill making very high speeding a reckless-driving offense
Summary
The Senate Transportation Committee voted to report Senate Bill 113 favorably after a staff briefing that the measure would classify driving 100 mph or 35 mph over the limit as reckless driving and remove the requirement to prove a culpable mental state for that charge.
The Senate Transportation Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 113 after a staff briefing that the bill would make operating a motor vehicle at 100 miles per hour or at least 35 miles per hour above the posted speed limit qualify as the crime of reckless driving.
Adam, a committee staff member, told the panel the bill would alter the current reckless-driving definition by removing the requirement that the conduct be committed “in a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.” He said, “this would be without regard to any culpable mental state.”
Committee member Senator Klooz moved to pass the bill out favorably. “I just moved that we would pass senate bill 113 out favorably,” Klooz said. The committee took a voice vote; the chair announced the motion carried and the bill was passed out of committee favorably. Senator Clouse agreed to carry the bill on the Senate floor.
The committee record shows no further amendments or funding directions tied to the bill during the hearing. The measure will proceed to the full Senate for further consideration.
