HCSHB1749--LEFTTURNSONREDLIGHTS
SPONSOR: Basye
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPasswithHCS"bytheStanding
CommitteeonTransportation byavoteof14to0.
ThefollowingisasummaryoftheHouseCommitteeSubstituteforHB
1749.
Thisbillallowsdrivers,whenatintersectionswithsignssaying
itisallowedandwhenfollowingcertaincriteria,toturnleft
afterstoppingataredlightonaone-waystreet.
ThisbillissimilartoHB570(2021).
Thefollowingisasummaryofthepublictestimonyfromthe
committeehearing. Thetestimonywasbasedontheintroduced
versionofthebill.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatmostotherstateshavethisrule
whichisjustassafeastherightturnonredrulegiventhe
configurationofonewaystreetsspecifiedinthebill.
TestifyingforthebillwereRepresentative Basye;AbateFor
Missouri;andArnieC.Dienoff.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
OTHERS:Otherstestifyingonthebillsaypropersignage
indicatingwherethisisallowedwouldalleviatesomesafety
concerns.
TestifyingonthebillwasErinWarner,MissouriDepartmentOf
Transportation.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.