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Governor signs a package of bills on traffic safety, transit representation, ferries and privacy protections
Summary
At a Governor's Office signing event, the governor signed a package of bills including the Beam Act requiring speed‑assist devices for certain speed offenders, measures to add transit-user board members, expanded ferry enforcement, and strengthened shield‑law privacy protections for reproductive and gender‑affirming care.
Governor Ferguson signed a package of bills at a mid‑day event attended by legislators, family members of victims and agency staff, saying the measures range from traffic‑safety tools to procedural updates across state agencies.
The event included the signing of House Bill 15 96 — called in the remarks the "Beam Act" — which requires intelligent speed‑assistant devices for drivers found guilty of driving in a dangerous manner above the speed limit. The governor and Representative Mari Levitt credited families of crash victims with pushing the measure forward; the governor noted that "this legislation was inspired by a crash where 4 individuals, including 3 children, were killed when their car was struck by a driver going a 112 miles per hour." Representative Mari Levitt said the bill is "about saving lives,"…
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