CT HB05241

Departments of Motor Vehicles, Transportation, and Emergency Services and Public Protection must jointly expand weigh-in-motion systems statewide by July 1, 2026, to improve commercial motor vehicle safety and enforce size/weight regulations

Weigh-in-motion systems use sensor arrays to measure moving vehicles' speed, axle counts, axle spacing, axle weight, gross vehicle weight, weight violations, vehicle classification, and overall length

The three departments must execute a memorandum of understanding specifying each agency's role in implementation and data collection/distribution

Collected data must be shared with the Department of Revenue Services to aid motor carrier tax collection and with the Department of Transportation for real-time traffic management and transportation planning

A joint report on the expanded use of weigh-in-motion systems and their impact on commercial vehicle enforcement must be submitted to legislative committees by July 1, 2027