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Committee clears pedestrian endangerment bill after fiscal note is corrected
Summary
The House Transportation Committee approved Senate Bill 471, which revises pedestrian-crossing law and creates an offense for endangering pedestrians; a misleading fiscal note was corrected to zero before the vote.
The House Transportation Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 471, a measure that revises vehicle-traffic laws related to pedestrian crossings and creates an offense for endangering pedestrians, with enforcement and penalties. Vice Chair Wirth moved the committee to concur in the bill.
Representative Staffman told the committee he initially opposed the bill because of what he described as an "ugly" fiscal note, but then learned the fiscal impact had been corrected to zero: "the new 1 is 0," he said, and he changed his position to support the measure. Chair called for a voice vote; the committee recorded the outcome as 13 in favor and 1 opposed (including proxies) and assigned Representative Darling to carry SB 471 on the House floor.
The committee's action advances the measure to the House floor for further consideration.
