Senate2025-26 sessionFiscal note
SSB 5238: Addressing reckless driving in cases involving excessive speed.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Muzzall
- Introduced
- January 14, 2025
- Status
- S Rules X
- Last action
- Senate Rules "X" file. (February 26, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Expands the conduct that constitutes Reckless Driving to include when a person drives a vehicle intentionally more than 30 miles per hour over the posted speed limit.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 202547 yea · 2 nay
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