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Senate adopts committee amendment to motor-vehicle noise bill; orders third reading
Summary
Senate bill S 66, which targets excessive motor vehicle noise by strengthening inspection standards, requiring motorcycle muffler stamps (post-1985) and directing a study on noise limits, was amended as recommended by the Senate Transportation Committee and ordered for third reading after floor approval of the committee amendment.
The Vermont Senate on March 18, 2025 approved the Transportation Committee’s recommended amendment to S 66, a bill that aims to curb excessive motor-vehicle noise statewide, and ordered the measure for third reading.
The senator from Windsor, presenting S 66 for the committee, described it as a transportation noise bill intended to protect public health, quality of life and the environment by addressing intentionally modified mufflers, unmuffled engine compression brakes ("Jake brakes"), and illegally modified motorcycles.
Key provisions in the committee'amended bill include tightened state inspection language to prohibit inadequately muffled vehicles and exhaust modifications made to…
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