The Senate Standing Committee on Transportation on an unspecified date voted to advance S.4045B, a bill that would require installation of intelligent speed-assist devices for drivers with repeated extreme speeding violations, and referred the bill to the Senate Codes Committee.

The sponsor, Senator Gounardis, told the committee the measure targets drivers with exceptionally large numbers of speeding citations. "This is really meant to crack down on the extremely reckless drivers for whom no other existing penalty in our laws seem to be a deterrent to their reckless behavior," Gounardis said. He said the measure is aimed at people with "10, 20, 30, 40, 50 speeding tickets" and argued the technology would make them operate vehicles safely.

Chair Senator Jeremy Cooney recognized Gounardis and members who had tested the technology. A motion to advance the bill was moved by Senator Luz and seconded by Senator Bayhneux; members voted in favor and the bill was advanced. Cooney said the bill "will advance and is referred to the codes committee." The transcript records AWR (recorded as an opposed/recorded vote) by Senators Matera and Oberacker.

In his remarks, Gounardis said the device is modeled on processes used under other state laws for ignition interlocks, and said suspended-license penalties are insufficient because "75 percent of drivers with suspended licenses drive anyway." He emphasized safety: "People have died because of this recklessness. This technology works really well."

Committee members did not record amendments during the committee consideration. The committee's action was procedural: advancing the bill to the next committee of referral rather than enacting an immediate statutory change.

The transcript does not specify the bill's fiscal impact, implementation timeline, or whether a particular vendor or technology standard is required; those details would be determined in later stages of the legislative process or in agency rulemaking if the bill becomes law.

Votes at committee: motion moved by Senator Luz; seconded by Senator Bayhneux; outcome advanced and referred to the Codes Committee; recorded AWR votes by Senator Matera and Senator Oberacker.

Provenance: The committee first introduced S.4045B when the clerk read the bill title and sponsor (transcript block where the bill text appears) and the committee recorded the referral to the Codes Committee later in the same floor of the committee record.