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What's up in the Missouri General Assembly this week?

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 5:52pm

Three bills of interest for bicycling and walking are moving forward in the Missouri General Assembly this week.  

Remember you can help move legislation like this forward, and make Missouri a better, safer place for biking and walking, by attending Bicycle and Pedestrian Day at the Capitol in Jefferson City April 2nd.
Bicycle & Pedestrian Day at the Capitol
Bicycle & Pedestrian Day at the Capitol
 
1. SB 717, Sen Stouffer's Distracted Driving Bill, which MoBikeFed and other bicycle and pedestrian groups testified in favor of last month, has received "do pass" from the Senate Transportation Committee and is on the Senate informal calendar.
 
Senator Stouffer may also work to have this language introduced into one of the omnibus transportation bills.
 
The issue of distracted driving is right at the top of MoBikeFed's Legislative Platform, so this bill is a high priority for us.
 
How you can help:
 
Contact Senator Stouffer, let him know that distracted driving is an important issue for you, thank him for introducing SB 717 and encourage him to push for its adoption.
 
Senator Stouffer is chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, so he has a lot of power to move this bill forward.  However, he also has many other priorities, so that will help most now is to let him know that this issue is important to you and will make a real difference.
 
Contact info for Senator Stouffer:
(573) 751-1507
FAX: (573) 751-9764
 
 
Anyone who causes death in this manner will receive an automatic 6 month driver license suspension and be required to complete a driver improvement training class.
 
This, again, is very much in line with the priorities of the MoBikeFed Legislative Platform.  We testified yesterday in support of SB 805 in the Senate Transportation Committee hearing.
 
How you can help:
3. Bob Watts Memorial Bike/Ped Path 
Bob Watts
Bob Watts
 
 
Now Senator Luann Ridgeway has introduced a senat version of the same bill, SB 833.  That has been combined with other similar bills into SB 767.
 
How you can help:
 
A quick note of thanks to House & Senate sponsors would help a lot:
 
House: Jay Swearingen
Phone: 573-751-2199 
E-Mail: Jay.Swearingen@house.mo.gov 
 
Senate: Luann Ridgeway
(573) 751-2547
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