The Senate has killed bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Senate Transportation Chairman Bert Brackett, R-Rogerson, and Minority Leader Michelle Stennett, D-Ketchum, to ban “rolling coal” or "coal rolling," a process through which a diesel vehicle operator purposely modifies the vehicle in order to release big quantities of soot, smoke or other pollution into the air around someone they want to annoy. Sen. Dan Foreman, R-Moscow, argued that current law already is sufficient. Brackett disagreed, telling the Senate, “This is a public safety issue.” Foreman countered, “I don’t deny that this is a safety hazard; I’ve been there, I’ve enforced it.” SB 1130a would have imposed infraction or misdemeanor penalties for violations. The measure failed on a 16-18 vote.