HB 500-FN (2025): establishing enhanced enforcement zones for motor vehicle speed enforcement, increasing penalties for speeding in those zones by 50 percent, and establishing the enhanced enforcement zone fund to assist with funding enhanced enforcement.
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- Granite Record. “HB 500-FN (2025): establishing enhanced enforcement zones for motor vehicle speed enforcement, increasing penalties for speeding in those zones by 50 percent, and establishing the enhanced enforcement zone fund to assist with funding enhanced enforcement.” Accessed 19 Oct. 2026. https://graniterecord.org/bill/2025/hb500.
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@misc{bill-2025-hb500, title = {HB 500-FN (2025): establishing enhanced enforcement zones for motor vehicle speed enforcement, increasing penalties for speeding in those zones by 50 percent, and establishing the enhanced enforcement zone fund to assist with funding enhanced enforcement.}, howpublished = {Granite Record}, url = {https://graniterecord.org/bill/2025/hb500}, note = {Accessed 19 Oct. 2026} }
HB 500-FN (2025)
establishing enhanced enforcement zones for motor vehicle speed enforcement, increasing penalties for speeding in those zones by 50 percent, and establishing the enhanced enforcement zone fund to assist with funding enhanced enforcement.
- Status: Killed
- Term: 2025-2026
- House committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Subject: Police
The Story
It was introduced on January 9, 2025 and referred to the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety committee. The committee held a public hearing on January 29, 2025, with 9 people signed in online: 4 in support and 5 in opposition. The committee met in executive session on February 21, 2025 to vote on its recommendation. The committee voted unanimously, 16–0, to recommend that the House kill it, and the report was placed on the consent calendar. On March 6, 2025 the House voted to kill it on a voice vote.
Sponsors
- Rep. Stephen Pearson (R - Rock 13) (prime sponsor)
Hearings and Sessions
- January 29, 2025, 12:00 PM: public hearing, House Criminal Justice and Public Safety, LOB 202-204
- February 21, 2025, 10:00 AM: executive session, House Criminal Justice and Public Safety, LOB 202-204
- March 6, 2025: floor debate, House
Votes
- March 6, 2025, House: Inexpedient to Legislate — voice vote, passed
The Docket
- January 9, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- January 29, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/29/2025 12:00 pm LOB 202-204
- February 21, 2025: Executive Session: 02/21/2025 10:00 am LOB 202-204
- February 21, 2025: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/21/2025 (Vote 16-0; CC)
- March 6, 2025: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/06/2025