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Municipal police ask lawmakers to let cities mirror state hands‑free law for local enforcement
Summary
Representative Jeff Fornetti told the House Committee on Crime and Public Safety that House Bill 1489 would allow municipalities to adopt ordinances that mirror the state hands‑free driving law so local police can enforce the law through municipal electronic citation systems.
Representative Jeff Fornetti presented House Bill 1489 as a fix to section 304.822(10), which committee witnesses said the municipalities interpret as preempting local mirror ordinances and blocking municipal enforcement through existing electronic citation systems.
"It's the language itself limits the local municipalities from having a mirroring statute of their…
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