The committee advanced a speed-camera bill for interstate highways while killing two other measures: a military vehicle registration bill and a subdivision access bill were both postponed indefinitely. A sunset review of the Division of Real Estate produced a draft bill introduced 10-2.
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Greg Fulton of the Colorado Motor Carrier Association argued that photo radar citations do not appear on commercial drivers' records, which he described as a violation of federal law for motor carrier drivers, and stated he would prefer truck drivers be pulled over in person. The chair challenged this directly, asking whether Fulton was suggesting he would prefer his drivers be pulled over by an in-person officer when speeding; Fulton confirmed: 'Absolutely.'
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“In 2024, a fatal crash on i70 took three lives. In 2025, another wrong way crash on i70 left a 36 year old woman, Jodi Weber, dead and her 2 year old boy injured. These are not just statistics. These are families. These are neighbors. These are lives that have been changed forever.”
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Sign in to subscribeHello, everybody. Welcome to the Transportation, Housing and Local Government committee. We will come to order. Mr. Gravy, please call the roll representatives. Basenecker. Here. Brooks. Excused. Jackson. Excused. Lindsey. Here. Martinez. Here. Wynn. Excused. Pascal. Here. Phillips. Yes. Richardson. Excused. Sukla. Here. Weinberg. Live and in person. Madam Vice Chair. Madam Chair, here. Our first bill up is from our esteemed majority leader and Representative morrow. It is 1071 local government vehicle ID systems on interstate highways, otherwise known as Avis. And Representative Morrow, you want to tell us about the bill? Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you, committee members. I'm going to start by pointing out that this Avis system with the cameras are not flock cameras. These are not. These are already in place with the Colorado Department of Transportation. And they are the kind that take a little snapshot in time of if you're speeding or in some cases, I guess, running red lights, something like that. And this bill is what this, the cusp of it is local control. So on the interstates I25 and I70, this would allow municipalities to have input on how they're used within their municipality, whereas now they…
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