Senate Bill 956 approved; allows toll authority to waive portions of video tolls

A chair announced that Senate Bill 956 passed unanimously on March 31, 2026, allowing the transportation authority to waive portions of video tolls and related civil penalties and requiring notification to the central collection unit so its administrative fee can be recalculated. The chair opened the voting session and named the bill for consideration.

A committee member read the bill’s provisions into the record, summarizing the core changes: "Senate bill 9 56 expressly authorizes the transportation authority to waive any portion of a video toll or civil penalty assessed on a delinquent account instead of only on a delinquent account before it has been referred to the central collection unit or after it has been recalled from the central collection unit." The committee member added that, under the bill, if the authority waives any portion of the debt "the authority must notify CCU of the amount of the revised debt, and CCU must reduce the percentage based administrative fee applied to the delinquent account based on the new debt." (Committee member)

The motion to proceed to a vote was seconded (the mover was not identified in the transcript). The chair confirmed participants were recorded as voting in the affirmative, and then stated, "House senate bill, rather, 9 5 6 passes unanimously." The transcript does not include a roll-call or numeric vote tally; only a unanimous outcome was recorded by the chair.

The chair closed the voting session with procedural remarks, "That concludes our voting session. See you all tomorrow."