A Minnesota Senate panel is reviewing a measure that would raise the speed limit by 5 mph for all vehicles on some rural highways in the state.

The bill previously passed the House 109-22, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. If the Senate and Gov. Tim Pawlenty go along, the Minnesota Department of Transportation would be free to boost the limit after conducting a road-safety study on those stretches.

The measure, sponsored by Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, would set the speed limit on interstate highways at 75 mph, up from 70 mph. Speeds on two-lane state highways now capped at 55 mph would climb to 60 mph.

It includes a provision that prevents authorities from notifying insurance companies if a driver is cited for going less than 10 mph over the limit.

The bill, HF1071, is before the Senate Finance Committee.