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Committee adopts amendment and advances bill allowing specified flashing lights in construction zones
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Summary
The committee amended and passed HB2522 to permit highway construction and maintenance trailers to display flashing amber/green/white lights and, under specified night conditions when workers are present, flashing white and blue lights; amendment reflected law-enforcement and KHP input.
Committee staff summarized HB2522 as a bill to permit highway construction and maintenance vehicles to display flashing white, amber and green lights in construction zones and flashing white and blue lights at night when workers are present. Representative Essex offered a two-part amendment—changing language to apply to trailers (rather than stationary vehicles) and to locate blue lights "within the area of and close to traffic"—which he said reflected discussions with law enforcement and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Essex moved the amendment and Representative Helgerson seconded; the chair called the question and the amendment carried. Essex then moved that the committee pass HB2522 as amended favorably, Helgerson seconded, and the motion carried. The chair recorded Representative Paul Bridal as "yes." Committee discussion noted the language was negotiated with contractors, law enforcement and KDOT and aimed to align with MUTCD guidance.
The committee advanced HB2522 as amended to the next stage; the transcript records the amendment adoption and passage vote but does not include a full roll-call of individual votes.
