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Leveraged from another forum:

Update of what is currently happening with speed limit increase bills:

Ohio has passed and sent to the Gov a 70 limit increase on rural freeways which includes allowing 60 on certain two lane roads. The new law takes effect July 1. So by mid summer 70 mph will be posted across the state of Ohio on rural freeways, hip hip hora!!

Maine has amended the 75 law to now if passed it will be allowed on any rural freeway that the state DOT deems it safe.

Mississippi still has a 75 bill that is alive awaiting passing by one of the chambers that allows 75 to be posted on most of the states rural freeways.

The first bill this year that proposed the increase was passed by one of the houses then killed by missing a filing deadline out of committee in the other. The next day the limit increase was revived by adding the 75 mph increase to a existing bill that passed unanimously. Today two different bills that have passed both houses have allowing limit increase to 75. So the increase to 75 is alive and awaiting either a action by conference committees to work out the differences between the two bills passed by both chambers. Or the other chamber can just pass the current bill that is still alive as is making the increase law. We will see what happens.....There is wide support with no organized opposition in both chambers for the increase so my bet is they will work it out making the increase law by the end of the session......

Maryland is debating and is looking like it will pass a 70 mph limit for all rural freeways across the state.

New Hampshire house voted 292-65 passing a bill that will raise the limit from 65 mph to 70 mph on I-93 from Exit 18 to the Vermont border. The current speed limit would remain the same through Franconia Notch. The Senate Transportation Committee held a hearing House on Bill 146 Tuesday March 25 and is expected to vote in the full senate on the bill after the Easter break.

The Nevada 85 mph on rural freeways bill seems to have wide support in the legislature and may get final passage next week.

I haven't heard anything on the Connecticut 75 mph rural freeway limit legislation in a few weeks.

And the surprise of the week is a 70 mph bill is sailing through the Illinois legislature. It is looking like it may get full approval by the end of April.