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2020 SESSION
SB 437 Bicyclists and other vulnerable road users; penalty.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Bicyclists and other vulnerable road users; penalty. 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; the operator of or passenger on a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, wheel chair or wheel chair conveyance, skateboard, roller skates, motorized skateboard or scooter, or animal-drawn vehicle or any attached device; or any person riding an animal, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also prohibits the driver of a motor vehicle from crossing into a bicycle lane to pass or attempt to pass another vehicle, except in certain circumstances.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100562D pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB437ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB437ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1259) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100562D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/16/20 Senate: Reported from Transportation (10-Y 5-N)
- 01/20/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/20 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/22/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N)
- 02/13/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/20 House: Read first time
- 02/13/20 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/13/20 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles
- 02/17/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 1-N)
- 02/20/20 House: Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 6-N)
- 02/24/20 House: Read second time
- 02/25/20 House: Read third time
- 02/25/20 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/25/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/25/20 House: Passed House with amendment (63-Y 37-N)
- 02/25/20 House: VOTE: Passage (63-Y 37-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/27/20 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N)
- 03/04/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/04/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB437ER)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/05/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/20 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (56-Y 36-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (56-Y 36-N)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB437ER2)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1259 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1259)