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Committee accepts introductions of several transportation-related bills
Summary
Committee members and outside presenters introduced bills on intercity passenger rail, county treasurer fee reapportionment and an amendment to reckless driving to address excessive speeding; each was accepted for introduction by the committee.
Several bills were introduced to the Kansas Senate Transportation Committee during the meeting.
Senator Dietrich introduced 25RS0361 "involving the topic of the intercity passenger rail service program." The committee accepted the introduction without objection.
Steve Kearney appeared for the Kansas County Treasurers Association to request introduction of 25RS0728, described as addressing reapportionment of some fees received by county treasurers; the committee accepted the introduction.
Lieutenant Roy Wise of the Kansas Highway Patrol requested introduction of RS0768, which the presenter said would amend the definition of reckless driving to reduce occurrences of excessive speeding. The committee accepted the introduction and recorded no objections.
All three bills were accepted for introduction; no committee votes on substantive text were taken during the meeting.
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