Senate Transportation & Energy
The Senate Transportation & Energy Committee spent its Feb. 25 hearing largely on SB26-035, a speeding-and-illegal-passing penalty overhaul framed around a string of fatal Colorado crashes; it advanced to Appropriations, as did an electric-vehicle battery recycling bill, while a child-restraint vehicle-weight measure was sent to the consent calendar.
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“Last August, an entire family from Kremmling, Colorado, two parents and their three young children were killed in a fiery head on collision on Highway 9 south of Kremmling. The crash occurred when another vehicle crossed the double yellow center line into their lane, cutting short five lives and devastating a community.”
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Sign in to subscribeAfternoon. The Senate Transportation and Energy Committee will now come to order. Ms. Forbes, please take the roll. Senators Bazley, President Catlin. Here. Exum. Good afternoon. Linstedt. Here. Malika. Excused. Helton R. I'm here. Sullivan. Here. Ball Excused. And Madam Chair? Present. All right, today we have just a note. We're going to switch the order of bills that we published. We're going to be doing 35 first, as we planned with Senator Roberts, and then we'll go ahead and do 26 with Senator Catlin after that. And the end of life management for EV batteries will be at the end. So thank you so much. Senator Roberts, whenever you're ready, please proceed. Thank you so much, Madam Chair and members of the Senate Transportation Energy Committee for hearing Senate Bill 35 this afternoon. This bill is about one thing above all else, saving lives on Colorado's roads. Every year too many Coloradans are killed or seriously injured in crashes that are 100% preventable, often involving speeding or dangerous passing behaviors that risk everyone else on the road. I want to start by sharing a story that still haunts many of us in the Senate district I represent. Last August,…
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