SB559 Reducing the minimum allowable speed limit on locally controlled roads.

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Reducing the minimum allowable speed limit on locally controlled roads.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

Overall Impact Score

Mixed

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

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Your Wallet

Lower speed limits could generate more traffic fine revenue but also reduce accidents and associated costs for drivers.

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Your Community

Lower speed limits on local roads improve pedestrian and cyclist safety, particularly near schools, parks, and residential neighborhoods. Many communities have sought this authority.

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Your Freedom

Gives municipalities more local control over their roads while potentially restricting driver speed. Supports the principle of local self-governance.

Status

Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 218-110 04/23/2026 House Journal 11

Voted Yes

0 R

Voted No

0 R

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Denise Ricciardi (R)

The Short Version

Allows municipalities to set lower speed limits on locally controlled roads than currently permitted by state law. Gives towns more authority to slow traffic in residential areas and near schools.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

▲ Pedestrians and cyclists
▲ Residents on busy local roads
▲ Communities near schools seeking safer streets
▲ Municipalities seeking local control

Who Pays the Price

▼ Drivers who may face lower speed limits
▼ Commuters on local roads

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 6 for , 171 against ) , and Democrats supported it ( 104 for , 47 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Inexpedient to Legislate (kill motion) 2026-04-23

Passed

YES = Kill the bill. NO = Keep the bill alive.

171R + 47D

Voted to Kill the Bill (218)

6R + 104D

Voted to Keep It Alive (110)

Absent

Not voting

Show all 393 individual votes

Voted Yea (218)

Republicans (171)

Voted Nay (110)

Republicans (6)

Democrats (104)

Absent (42)

Allan Howland (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Cathy Kenny (R) , Charles Foote (R) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , David Love (R) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dennis Malloy (D) , Fred Davis (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Gregory Sargent (D) , Jim Fedolfi (R) , Jodi Nelson (R) , Joe Alexander (R) , Joe Sweeney (R) , John Sellers (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Karen Hegner (D) , Kate Murray (D) , Katelyn Kuttab (R) , Kevin Scully (R) , Kristine Perez (R) , Laura Telerski (D) , Laurel Stavis (D) , Laurence Miner (R) , Leonard Turcotte (R) , Mark Pearson (R) , Mike Bordes (R) , Peter Morency (R) , Raymond Plante (R) , Sayra Devito (R) , Sheri Minor (R) , Stephanie Grund (D) , Tanya Donnelly (R) , Ted Gorski (R) , Terry Roy (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Timothy Soucy (D) , Wayne Pearson (D)

Did not vote (23)

Aidan Ankarberg (I) , Bryan Morse (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Ernesto Gonzalez (R) , James MacKay (D) , Jennifer Mandelbaum (D) , Jordan Ulery (R) , Joseph Guthrie (R) , Juliet Harvey-Bolia (R) , Kristina Schultz (D) , Linda DiSilvestro (D) , Linda Harriott-Gathright (D) , Myles England (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Ralph Boehm (R) , Robley Hall (R) , Russell Dumais (R) , Russell Muirhead (D) , Sherman Packard (R) , Steven Smith (R) , Suraj Budathoki (D) , Thomas Southworth (D) , Tony Caplan (D)

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