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S 1063 ยท Safe Routes Act of 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Introduced
Mar 13, 2025
Latest action
Mar 13, 2025
Sponsor
Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works
Cosponsors
0

Summary

Safe Routes Act of 2025 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to waive vehicle weight limits for covered logging vehicles, thus allowing logging vehicles to travel on interstate highways in certain circumstances. The term covered logging vehicle means a vehicle that (1) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips; (2) is traveling a distance of not more than 150 air miles on interstate highways from origin to a storage or processing facility; and (3) meets state legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished forest products within the state boundaries in which the vehicle is operating.

Recent actions

  1. Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
  2. Mar 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Votes

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