HB1687--MEMORIALHIGHWAY SPONSOR: Hardwick COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheStandingCommitteeon PublicSafetybyavoteof6to0. Thisbilldesignatesthe"ChiefofPoliceFermanRRainesMemorial Highway"onaportionofStateHighway17inWaynesvilleinPulaski County.Thecostofsignagewillbepaidbyprivatedonations. ThisbillisthesameasHB1509(2020). PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthisdesignatesaportionof Highway17asamemorialhighway.ChiefofWaynesvillepolice departmentandwaskilledin1988.HewasaWWIIveteran. TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative HardwickandWilliamH Kraus. OPPONENTS: Thosewhoopposethebillsubmittedtheirtestimonyin writing,whichcanbefoundonline. TestifyingagainstthebillwasArnieC.AcDienoff. OTHERS:Otherstestifyingonthebillsubmittedtheirtestimonyin writing,whichcanbefoundonline. TestifyingonthebillwasCherylButlerLong. Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon theHousewebsite.