SB559: Reducing the minimum allowable speed limit on locally controlled roads.
Engrossed
Senate
Summary
Reducing the minimum allowable speed limit on locally controlled roads.
Sponsors
Denise Ricciardi
R - SD-009
Primary
Cindy Rosenwald
D - SD-013
Co-sponsor
Howard Pearl
R - SD-017
Co-sponsor
David Watters
D - SD-004
Co-sponsor
Donovan Fenton
D - SD-010
Co-sponsor
Timothy Lang
R - SD-002
Co-sponsor
Daryl Abbas
R - SD-022
Co-sponsor
Regina Birdsell
R - SD-019
Co-sponsor
Daniel Innis
R - SD-007
Co-sponsor
David Rochefort
R - SD-001
Co-sponsor
Seth Miller
D - HD-21-STR
Co-sponsor
Katelyn Kuttab
R - HD-17-ROC
Co-sponsor
Catherine Rombeau
D - HD-02-HIL
Co-sponsor
History
- 2025-11-24 Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Transportation; Senate Journal 1
- 2026-01-14 ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 01/27/2026, Room 122-123, State House, 01:00 pm; Senate Calendar 2
- 2026-01-14 Hearing: 01/20/2026, Room 122-123, State House, 01:40 pm; Senate Calendar 2
- 2026-01-28 Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-0343s, 02/05/2026, Vote 5-0; Senate Calendar 4
- 2026-02-05 Special Order to the Present Time, Without Objection, Motion Adopted; 02/05/2026; Senate Journal 3
- 2026-02-05 Committee Amendment # 2026-0343s, Amendment Adopted, Voice Vote; 02/05/2026; Senate Journal 3
- 2026-02-05 Ought to Pass with Amendment #2026-0343s, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; OT3rdg; 02/05/2026; Senate Journal 3
- 2026-02-26 Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Transportation House Journal 5
- 2026-04-07 Public Hearing: 04/14/2026 10:40 am GP 234
- 2026-04-07 Executive Session: 04/14/2026 01:00 pm GP 234
- 2026-04-15 Majority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 04/14/2026 (Vote 11-4; Regular Calendar)
- 2026-04-15 Minority Committee Report: Ought to Pass
- 2026-04-23 Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Regular Calendar 218-110 04/23/2026 House Journal 11
Committee Referrals
2025-11-24
Transportation
Senate
2026-02-26
Transportation
House
Calendar Events
Past Events (4)
2026-01-20
Hearing - Room 122-123, State House
2026-01-27
Hearing - Room 122-123, State House
2026-04-14
Hearing - GP 234
2026-04-14
Hearing - GP 234
Votes
ITL
2026-04-23
Passed
Yea: 218
Nay: 110
NV: 23
Absent: 42
Individual Votes (393)
| Democrats | Vote | Republicans | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Simpson | Nay | Aboul Khan | Yea |
| Alice Wade | Nay | Adam Presa | Yea |
| Alicia Gregg | Nay | Alvin See | Yea |
| Alissandra Murray | Nay | Andrew Prout | Yea |
| Allan Howland | Absent | Arnold Davis | Yea |
| Allison Knab | Nay | Barbara Comtois | Yea |
| Amy Malone | Absent | Bill Boyd | Yea |
| Anita Burroughs | Yea | Bill Ohm | Yea |
| Barry Faulkner | Yea | Bob Lynn | Yea |
| Beth Richards | Yea | Brian Cole | Yea |
| Bill Bolton | Yea | Brian Labrie | Yea |
| Billie Butler | Nay | Brian Nadeau | Yea |
| Bobbi Boudman | Nay | Brian Seaworth | Yea |
| Brian Sullivan | Yea | Brian Taylor | Yea |
| Buzz Scherr | Nay | Bryan Morse | NV |
| Carrie Sorensen | Nay | Calvin Beaulier | Yea |
| Carry Spier | Yea | Carol McGuire | Yea |
| Cassandra Levesque | Nay | Cathy Kenny | Absent |
| Catherine Rombeau | Nay | Charles Foote | Absent |
| Catherine Sofikitis | Absent | Charles McMahon | Yea |
| Cathryn Harvey | Nay | Charles Melvin | Yea |
| Charlie St. Clair | Absent | Cindy Bennett | Yea |
| Chris McAleer | Yea | Claudine Burnham | Yea |
| Chris Muns | Nay | Clayton Wood | Yea |
| Christal Lloyd | Nay | Cyril Aures | Yea |
| Christine Seibert | Nay | Dan McGuire | Yea |
| Christopher Herbert | Yea | Daniel Popovici-Muller | Yea |
| Connie Lane | Nay | Darrell Louis | Yea |
| Dale Girard | Yea | David Love | Absent |
| Dale Swanson | Nay | David Lundgren | Yea |
| Dan Bergeron | Nay | David Milz | Yea |
| Daniel LeClerc | Yea | David Nagel | Nay |
| Daniel Veilleux | Yea | David Walker | Yea |
| David Fracht | Nay | Deborah Aylward | Absent |
| David Luneau | Nay | Debra DeSimone | Yea |
| David Meuse | Yea | Denis Murphy | Yea |
| David Paige | Nay | Denise DeDe-Poulin | Absent |
| David Preece | Yea | Dennis Mannion | Yea |
| Dennis Malloy | Absent | Diane Kelley | Yea |
| Dru Fox | Nay | Diane Pauer | Yea |
| Efstathia Booras | Yea | Dick Thackston | Yea |
| Eileen Kelly | Yea | Dillon Dumont | Yea |
| Eleana Colby | Nay | Donald McFarlane | Yea |
| Ellen Read | Yea | Donald Selby | Yea |
| Ellen Rockmore | Nay | Douglas Thomas | Yea |
| Eric Gallager | Nay | Douglas Trottier | NV |
| Eric Turer | Yea | Erica Layon | Yea |
| Erica deVries | Nay | Ernesto Gonzalez | NV |
| Erik Johnson | Nay | Gary Daniels | Yea |
| Erin Kerwin | Nay | George Grant | Yea |
| Fred Davis | Absent | Gerald Griffin | Yea |
| Gaby Grossman | Absent | Glen Aldrich | Yea |
| Gary Gilmore | Nay | Glenn Bailey | Yea |
| Gary Woods | Yea | Gregory Hill | Yea |
| Geoff Smith | Nay | Henry Giasson | Yea |
| George Sykes | Nay | Jack Flanagan | Yea |
| Gerald Ward | Nay | James Guzofski | Yea |
| Gregory Sargent | Absent | James Spillane | Yea |
| Heath Howard | Nay | James Summers | Yea |
| Heather Baldwin | Nay | James Thibault | Yea |
| Heather Raymond | Nay | James Tierney | Yea |
| Hope Damon | Nay | Jason Osborne | Yea |
| Jaci Grote | Yea | Jay Markell | Yea |
| James Gruber | Nay | JD Bernardy | Yea |
| James MacKay | NV | Jeanine Notter | Yea |
| James Newsom | Nay | Jeffrey Tenczar | Yea |
| James Roesener | Nay | Jennifer Rhodes | Yea |
| Janet Lucas | Nay | Jeremy Slottje | Yea |
| Janet Wall | Nay | Jess Edwards | Yea |
| Jared Sullivan | Nay | Jim Creighton | Yea |
| Jean Jeudy | Nay | Jim Fedolfi | Absent |
| Jennifer Mandelbaum | NV | Jim Kofalt | Yea |
| Jerry Stringham | Nay | Jim Qualey | Yea |
| Jessica Grill | Nay | Jodi Nelson | Absent |
| Jessica LaMontagne | Nay | Joe Alexander | Absent |
| Jim Maggiore | Nay | Joe Sweeney | Absent |
| Jim Snodgrass | Nay | John Hunt | Yea |
| Jodi Newell | Nay | John Janigian | Yea |
| John Cloutier | Nay | John Leavitt | Yea |
| John Larochelle | Yea | John MacDonald | Nay |
| John Stone | Nay | John Potucek | Yea |
| Jonah Wheeler | Yea | John Schneller | Yea |
| Julie Gilman | Nay | John Sellers | Absent |
| Karen Ebel | Yea | John Suiter | Yea |
| Karen Hegner | Absent | John Sytek | Nay |
| Kat McGhee | Nay | Jonathan Morton | Yea |
| Kate Murray | Absent | Jonathan Smith | Yea |
| Kathy Staub | Nay | Jordan Ulery | NV |
| Kristina Schultz | NV | Jose Cambrils | Absent |
| Laura Telerski | Absent | Joseph Barton | Yea |
| Laurel Stavis | Absent | Joseph Guthrie | NV |
| Lee Ann Kluger | Yea | Joseph Hamblen | Yea |
| Lily Foss | Nay | Judy Aron | Yea |
| Linda DiSilvestro | NV | Julie Miles | Yea |
| Linda Harriott-Gathright | NV | Juliet Harvey-Bolia | NV |
| Linda Haskins | Yea | Julius Soti | Yea |
| Linda Ryan | Nay | Karel Crawford | Yea |
| Loren Foxx | Nay | Katelyn Kuttab | Absent |
| Loren Selig | Nay | Katherine Prudhomme-O'Brien | Yea |
| Louis Juris | Nay | Kathleen Paquette | Yea |
| Lucius Parshall | Nay | Katy Peternel | Yea |
| Lucy Weber | Nay | Keith Ammon | Yea |
| Luz Bay | Nay | Keith Erf | Yea |
| Manoj Chourasia | Nay | Kelley Potenza | Yea |
| Marc Plamondon | Yea | Kenneth Weyler | Yea |
| Marjorie Smith | Nay | Kevin Scully | Absent |
| Mark MacKenzie | Nay | Kevin Verville | Yea |
| Mark Paige | Nay | Kimberly Rice | Yea |
| Mark Vallone | Yea | Kristin Noble | Yea |
| Martin Jack | Nay | Kristine Perez | Absent |
| Mary Georges | Yea | Larry Gagne | Yea |
| Mary Hakken-Phillips | Nay | Laurence Miner | Absent |
| Mary Wallner | Nay | Leonard Turcotte | Absent |
| Matthew Hicks | Yea | Lex Berezhny | Yea |
| Matthew Wilhelm | Yea | Lilli Walsh | Yea |
| Megan Murray | Yea | Linda Franz | Yea |
| Merryl Gibbs | Yea | Linda Gould | Nay |
| Michael Cahill | Nay | Linda McGrath | Yea |
| Michael Edgar | Nay | Lino Avellani | Yea |
| Molly Howard | Nay | Lisa Freeman | Yea |
| Muriel Hall | Nay | Lisa Mazur | Yea |
| Myles England | NV | Lisa Post | Yea |
| Nancy Murphy | Nay | Liz Barbour | Yea |
| Ned Raynolds | Yea | Lori Korzen | Yea |
| Nicholas Germana | Yea | Lorie Ball | Yea |
| Nicole Leapley | Nay | Louise Andrus | Yea |
| Paige Beauchemin | Nay | Marc Tremblay | Yea |
| Patricia Cornell | Nay | Margaret Drye | Yea |
| Patrick Long | Nay | Marie Bjelobrk | Yea |
| Paul Berch | Nay | Mark McLean | Yea |
| Paul Dargie | Yea | Mark Pearson | Absent |
| Peggy Balboni | Yea | Mark Proulx | Yea |
| Peter Bixby | Nay | Mark Warden | Yea |
| Peter Leishman | Yea | Mary Ford | Yea |
| Peter Lovett | Nay | Mary Murphy | Yea |
| Peter Petrigno | Yea | Matt Drew | Yea |
| Peter Schmidt | Nay | Matt Sabourin | Yea |
| Philip Jones | Nay | Matthew Coker | Yea |
| Ray Newman | Yea | Matthew Pitaro | Yea |
| Richard Ames | Nay | Maureen Mooney | Yea |
| Rosemarie Rung | Nay | Melissa Litchfield | Yea |
| Russell Muirhead | NV | Michael Aron | Yea |
| Sallie Fellows | Nay | Michael Granger | Yea |
| Samantha Jacobs | Nay | Michael Harrington | Yea |
| Sanjeev Manohar | Yea | Michael Moffett | Yea |
| Santosh Salvi | Nay | Michael Murphy | Yea |
| Seth Miller | Nay | Michael Vose | Yea |
| Stephanie Grund | Absent | Mike Belcher | Yea |
| Stephanie Payeur | Yea | Mike Bordes | Absent |
| Stephen Woodcock | Nay | Mike Drago | Yea |
| Sue Newman | Yea | Mike Ouellet | Yea |
| Suraj Budathoki | NV | Nicholas Bridle | Nay |
| Susan Almy | Yea | Pamela Brown | Yea |
| Susan Elberger | Nay | Paul Terry | Yea |
| Suzanne Chretien | Yea | Paul Tudor | Yea |
| Suzanne Vail | Yea | Peter Mehegan | Yea |
| Teresa O'Rorke | Yea | Peter Morency | Absent |
| Terry Spahr | Nay | Peter Varney | NV |
| Thomas Buco | Absent | Phyllis Katsakiores | Yea |
| Thomas Cormen | Yea | Pierre Dupont | Yea |
| Thomas Oppel | Nay | Ralph Boehm | NV |
| Thomas Schamberg | Nay | Raymond Peeples | Yea |
| Thomas Southworth | NV | Raymond Plante | Absent |
| Tim Hartnett | Nay | Richard Brown | Yea |
| Timothy Horrigan | Nay | Richard Lascelles | Yea |
| Timothy Soucy | Absent | Richard Nalevanko | Yea |
| Toni Weinstein | Nay | Richard Tripp | Yea |
| Tony Caplan | NV | Riche Colcombe | Yea |
| Tracy Bricchi | Nay | Ricky Devoid | Yea |
| Trinidad Tellez | Nay | Rita Mattson | Yea |
| Wayne Burton | Nay | Robert Harb | Yea |
| Wayne Pearson | Absent | Robert Wherry | Yea |
| Wendy Thomas | Nay | Robley Hall | NV |
| William Darby | Nay | Roderick Ladd | Yea |
| William Dolan | Nay | Ron Dunn | Yea |
| William Palmer | Nay | Ross Berry | Yea |
| Zoe Manos | Yea | Russell Dumais | NV |
| Samuel Farrington | Yea | ||
| Sayra Devito | Absent | ||
| Scott Bryer | Yea | ||
| Sean Durkin | Yea | ||
| Seth King | Nay | ||
| Shane Sirois | Yea | ||
| Sheri Minor | Absent | ||
| Sherman Packard | NV | ||
| Sherri Reinfurt | Yea | ||
| Skip Rollins | Yea | ||
| Sly Karasinski | Yea | ||
| Stephen Boyd | Yea | ||
| Stephen Pearson | Yea | ||
| Steven Bogert | Yea | ||
| Steven Kesselring | Yea | ||
| Steven Smith | NV | ||
| Susan DeLemus | Yea | ||
| Susan Deroy | Yea | ||
| Susan Porcelli | Yea | ||
| Susan Vandecasteele | Yea | ||
| Tanya Donnelly | Absent | ||
| Ted Gorski | Absent | ||
| Terry Roy | Absent | ||
| Thomas Kaczynski | Yea | ||
| Thomas Walsh | Yea | ||
| Tim Mannion | Absent | ||
| Tom Dolan | Yea | ||
| Tom Mannion | Yea | ||
| Tom Ploszaj | Yea | ||
| Travis Corcoran | Yea | ||
| Travis Toner | Yea | ||
| Valerie McDonnell | Yea | ||
| Vanessa Sheehan | Yea | ||
| Vicki Wilson | Yea | ||
| Walter Spilsbury | Yea | ||
| Wayne Hemingway | Yea | ||
| Wayne MacDonald | Yea | ||
| Yury Polozov | Yea |
Other
- Aidan Ankarberg — NV