Senate Transportation Committee advances seven measures, including crash-prevention zone proposal

The Washington State Senate Transportation Committee met in executive session Feb. 9, 2026, and by voice vote advanced seven transportation-related measures to the rules committee, including a second substitute for a crash prevention‑zone bill, changes to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission’s data access and privacy authorities, requirements for pedestrian passage during construction, and a bill to allow rounding cash transactions to the nearest nickel.

Brandon Popovac, committee staff, summarized competing second substitutes for Senate Bill 6,066, which would allow local jurisdictions or the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to create crash prevention zones on public roads with elevated serious-injury or fatality rates. Popovac said the substitute that the committee advanced (S-4840.2) clarifies enforcement coordination, requires engineering and traffic investigations, directs penalty revenue deposited into a zone account and authorizes WSDOT or local jurisdictions to expend those funds for zone components. "Any traffic infraction related to speeding or motor vehicle collision committed in a zone…