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Transportation committee adopts substitute for bill expanding where golf carts may operate
Summary
The House Committee on Transportation adopted an amendment and rolled it into a substitute for House Bill 1939, adding municipal authority to allow golf carts on roads with speed limits above 25 mph, imposing insurance requirements, and carving out use on private sidewalks including University of Missouri campus paths; the committee gave the substitute a do-pass recommendation by a 13-0 vote.
During an executive session the House Committee on Transportation adopted an amendment and a committee substitute for House Bill 1939 and voted to recommend the substitute for passage.
The committee chair moved that "House Bill 19 39 be voted due pass" and introduced an amendment "ending in 0.01h," saying it "includes most of the changes that were discussed during the public hearing." The chair said the amendment would allow a city or municipality to authorize golf carts on roads with speed limits higher than 25 mph, would subject golf carts to insurance provisions, and would create a carve-out allowing private sidewalk owners to permit golf carts on their sidewalks — a provision the chair cited specifically for University of Missouri (Mizzou) on-campus paths.
Representative Smith asked whether the bill would include an exception for a young man who uses a golf cart for mobility and is ineligible for a driver’s license because of a disability, asking, "Are we going to have some kind of carve out for this particular situation?" The chair responded that such a carve-out is not included in the substitute and that the chair had briefly seen the request; the chair suggested speaking with Representatives Hinman and Koslow, who circulated the message, and said it might be considered as a floor amendment but is not part of the committee substitute.
After brief discussion the membership approved the amendment by voice vote, the amendment was rolled into a new committee substitute and adopted, and the committee chair moved that the House Committee substitute for House Bill 1939 be given a do-pass recommendation. The clerk called the roll; the committee recorded 13 ayes and 0 noes. The chair announced the committee voted to give the substitute a do-pass recommendation.
The committee did not take additional action on disability-specific carve-outs; the chair indicated that proponents could seek a floor amendment. With no other business the committee adjourned.
What happens next: the committee substitute for House Bill 1939 was forwarded with a do-pass recommendation to the full House for further consideration.
