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Committee introduces RS0794 to let cities set 25 mph residential limits without engineering study
Summary
RS0794 was introduced to permit cities to lower speed limits on residential streets to 25 mph without conducting an engineering study; the committee introduced the bill with brief colloquy and no recorded objections.
A bill labeled RS0794 was introduced to the Committee on Transportation that would allow cities to lower speed limits to 25 miles per hour on residential city streets without conducting an engineering study.
The introducer described the bill as allowing “cities to lower the speed limit down to 25 miles per hour in residential city streets, without having to go through the engineering study process.” A committee member noted local examples where a 20 mph limit was already in place for school zones or certain designated areas and clarified that state statute permits certain 20 mph designations but otherwise cities currently must conduct engineering studies to set speeds below 30 mph in residential areas.
No formal vote or fiscal analysis was recorded at the time of introduction; the committee chair asked if there were objections and, finding none, the chair declared the bill introduced.
The introducer and members discussed past local practice and the existing statutory process in general terms; no amendments were proposed on the record during the introduction.
