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2019 SESSION
SB 1550 Bicyclists & other vulnerable road users; person who operates a motor vehicle in a careless manner.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Bicyclists and other vulnerable road users. Provides that a person who operates a motor vehicle in a careless or distracted manner and is the proximate cause of serious physical injury to a vulnerable road user, defined in the bill as a pedestrian or person riding a bicycle, electric wheelchair, electric bicycle, wheelchair, skateboard, skates, foot-scooter, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle, is guilty of a traffic infraction. The bill prohibits the driver of a motor vehicle from using or crossing into a bicycle lane to pass or attempt to pass another vehicle except to provide traffic incident management services, when directed by a law-enforcement officer, or when the roadway is otherwise impassable due to weather conditions, an accident, or an emergency situation.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104047D pdf
- 02/04/19 Senate: Printed as engrossed 19104047D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/19 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104047D
- 01/08/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/23/19 Senate: Committee amendments
- 01/23/19 Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 6-N 1-A)
- 01/30/19 Senate: Reconsiderd by Transportation
- 01/30/19 Senate: Reported from Transportation with amendment (7-Y 5-N)
- 02/01/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/19 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/04/19 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/04/19 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1550E
- 02/04/19 Senate: Printed as engrossed 19104047D-E
- 02/04/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/19 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/19 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
- 02/08/19 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/19 House: Read first time
- 02/08/19 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/08/19 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/12/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
- 02/12/19 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/19 House: Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/15/19 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/19/19 House: Left in Courts of Justice