Senator introduces bill to create higher-fine zones after reported pedestrian fatality

Senator (recorded in the transcript as speaker 8) introduced Senate Bill 24-55 to amend Title 9 Division 5 of the Commonwealth Code and to create higher-fine zones that would impose increased penalties for traffic violations in designated areas such as school zones and construction zones. The senator said the introduction was prompted by news that a second pedestrian victim of an earlier accident had died.

The sponsor said the measure would increase penalties within designated high-risk areas and identified the bill as the Patrick Henry Camacho Castro bill in the introduction. No formal debate on the measure occurred during the session; the senator yielded after introducing the bill and it was entered into the record for future consideration.

The bill introduction was recorded and will follow the usual committee referral process for bill drafting, committee hearings and potential floor action in a future session.