Motion to introduce interstate load‑coverage bill fails in committee

Representative Clay Handy, R‑Burley, asked the House Transportation Committee to print RS 32‑076C1, a corrected version of an earlier measure that was narrowed to apply only to the interstate system and that treats violations as regular offenses rather than special fees.

"We changed this to just address, the interstate system," Handy said, adding the correction removed a fee schedule and made the violation go through regular enforcement channels. He asked the committee to print the corrected statement of purpose and to introduce the bill for consideration.

Representative Nicholson moved to introduce RS 32‑076C1. The committee then conducted a voice vote; the transcript records a single "Nay" and the chair said "Motion fails." No roll‑call tally is recorded in the transcript.

Why it matters: the bill, as described by the sponsor, would have created or clarified enforcement mechanisms for load coverage on the interstate system. Because the committee declined to introduce the corrected-version bill, no public hearing was scheduled in this record and the substance will not proceed until the sponsor reintroduces or reworks the proposal.