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Senate amends HOV‑tolling bill to require Transportation Committee report and sends bill for new fiscal note
Summary
Senators adopted an amendment to SB38 to remove open access to high‑occupancy vehicle lanes and require a Transportation Committee report on implementation of combined HOV and 24‑hour electronic variable tolling; the bill was circled for a new fiscal note.
Senator Morgan moved Amendment No. 4 to Senate Bill 38 to remove language that would have allowed open access to HOV lanes and to require that highway authorities report to the Transportation Committee on how the newly combined HOV/toll lane is used and charged. "This amendment removes language that would have allowed for open access to the HOV lane along the Wasatch front," the sponsor said.Senator Martin, answering a question about whether the committee already had the information, said there is not a current reporting requirement and that the amendment responds to the new combined HOV/toll design being instituted by the Transportation Commission. Senator Stevenson described the tolling mechanism as congestion pricing and said data will be useful for measuring whether the approach relieves congestion and provides market‑based travel choices.Senators approved the amendment and then voted to recircle SB38 so a new fiscal note could be prepared before further action. The sponsor indicated early reporting back to the committee may be limited when the system is first installed but that more extensive data will be available after a year.
