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TX SB2347

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Carol Alvarado

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands existing speed limit reduction authority to include prekindergartens alongside elementary, secondary, charter schools, and institutions of higher education

  • Allows county commissioners courts to set speed limits as low as 20 miles per hour on county roads located within 500 feet of a prekindergarten facility

  • Requires municipal governing bodies and county commissioners courts to hold public hearings at least once per calendar year on request of a prekindergarten operator to consider speed limits on nearby highways or roads

  • Grants prekindergarten operators the ability to request engineering and traffic investigations following public hearings, with the same process currently available to schools and higher education institutions

  • Defines "prekindergarten" as a facility that primarily provides prekindergarten services, effective September 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relating to the process of establishing speed limits on a highway or road near a prekindergarten.

Education

Last Action

Referred to Transportation

3/25/2025

Committee Referrals

Transportation3/25/2025

Full Bill Text

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