Committee advances bill requiring $3 million liability coverage for highway remediation firms

Representative Bayshore introduced Senate Bill 1684 to a legislative committee, saying the measure would require a company engaged in highway remediation to hold at least $3,000,000 in liability insurance before entering roadways. Bayshore said the requirement is intended to protect the public and others working near roadways and that "most in the industry have well over $3,000,000 to begin with."

The committee briefly questioned whether the industry could meet the limit. Representative Tedford asked whether the sector would accept that threshold, calling it "a pretty big limit." Bayshore replied that, to his understanding and citing Senator Frick, the industry is supportive.

With no extended debate, the chair opened a recorded vote. The roll-call lines in the transcript recorded votes from Snead, Marty, Heffner, Norwood and Tedford as 'aye.' Staff closed the vote and Representative Bayshore declared the bill passed and recommended it to the next committee. The transcript shows the named 'aye' votes noted on the record; a complete committee tally beyond those recorded names was not specified in the transcript.