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House Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Tuesday, March 31, 2026·1h 29m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Transportation, Housing & Local Government Committee unanimously advanced a coroner financial-disclosure bill after killing a proposed clarifying amendment, then sent the 'Super Speeder' bill to Appropriations over four dissents despite a wall of support from sheriffs, EMS, State Patrol and MADD.

Key Actions

·Increase of Traffic Violation PenaltiesPassed

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Notable Quotes

I will be a no on this bill today. And I believe that increased penalties do not reduce serious crime and people of color continue to be racially profiled in my rural community. My district is 30% Latino and I worked as an interpreter in municipal courts and saw firsthand how losing your license and entering the judicial process harms people of color

Elizabeth VelascoVelasco was the lone Democrat among the four dissenters, grounding her no vote in enforcement-disparity concerns drawn from her own courtroom experience.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (9)Andrew Boesenecker, Mandy Lindsay, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Chris Richardson, Jenny Willford, Rebekah Stewart, Meg Froelich
No (4)Max Brooks, Larry Don Suckla, Elizabeth Velasco, Ron Weinberg
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (11)Andrew Boesenecker, Max Brooks, Kenny Nguyen, Amy Paschal, Jacque Phillips, Chris Richardson, Larry Don Suckla, Elizabeth Velasco, Ron Weinberg, Jenny Willford, Rebekah Stewart
Excused (2)Mandy Lindsay, Meg Froelich
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TranscriptPreview
The committee will come to order. Ms. Falco, please call the roll. Representative Spacenacker? Here. Brooks. I'm here. Lindsay. Excused. When? Excused. Here. Pascal. Here. She is. Here. Phillips. Yes. Richardson. Here. Sukla. Here. Flasco. Hornberg. Excused. Wilford. Here. Froelich. Excused. Chair Stewart? Here. All right, we've got our sponsors here. The committee will come to order. Ms. Falco, please call the roll. Representative Spacenecker? Here. Brooks. Nothing like terrifying. All right. A couple of technical difficulties. I still hear. We are going to HEAR Senate Bill 105. We've got our sponsors here. Representative Morrow, please tell us about your bill. Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you, committee members. I am happy to present to you Senate Bill 105. And it's a very, very simple little bill simply stating that it requires coroners to file written disclosures of their financial interests in specific specified businesses regulated by their respective offices within 30 days of taking office or 30 days of acquiring the financial interest, whichever is later. The filing is a public record. And we do have two amendments. If you'd like me to explain. We can do that at the amendment phase. Representative Martinez. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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