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Committee revisits bill to let cities cut some residential speed limits to 25 mph without traffic study
Summary
Members reviewed House Bill 2220, which would allow local authorities to reduce the maximum speed limit in city residential districts to 25 mph without an engineering and traffic investigation; staff will draft an amendment to clarify the change applies to streets currently at 30 mph.
House Bill 2220 returned to the Committee on Transportation for a refresher on Feb. 13 as members prepared to consider possible action later in the week.
Committee staff summarized the bill as an amendment to KSA 8‑15‑60 that would permit local authorities with jurisdiction over city residential districts to lower maximum speed limits to 25 miles per hour without the usual engineering and traffic investigation. Staff and members discussed whether the change was intended to apply only to streets with an existing 30 mph maximum rather than allowing larger decreases from higher posted limits.
Representative Delperdine and others asked for clarification about current statutory maximums; staff noted KSA 8‑15‑58 lists urban districts with a 30 mph maximum and said staff would draft an amendment to specify that residential streets at 30 mph could be reduced to 25 mph without an engineering study. Committee members pointed to examples where short-term conditions (detours, construction) made a temporary lower limit desirable without the expense of a traffic study.
No conferees opposed the bill at the prior hearing, and the committee chair said the panel would not take action that day but might take action tomorrow if the drafted amendment aligns with the bill's original intent. The bill's effective date was listed as July 1, 2026.
