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Committee advances revised crash-prevention zones bill that allows cameras and raises penalties
Summary
On Feb. 9, 2026, the Transportation Committee advanced a revised substitute of Senate Bill 6,066 to the rules committee with a 'do pass' recommendation. Staff described competing substitutes that differ on penalty amounts, use of traffic cameras and how zone revenue is distributed.
The Transportation Committee advanced a revised substitute of Senate Bill 6,066 on Feb. 9, 2026, sending the measure to the rules committee with a do-pass recommendation after a staff briefing and brief questioning.
Committee staff Brandon Popovac summarized the bill as one that “allows local jurisdictions or the Washington Department of Transportation to create a crash prevention zone by identifying public roads where there have been a multitude of collisions that have caused serious injuries or fatalities,” and that it “requires the jurisdiction creating the zone to conduct an engineering and traffic investigation of the public roads in the zone to identify safety improvements.” Popovac described two competing proposed second substitutes: one offered by…
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