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2021 SESSION
SB 1263 Bicycles; permits operators to treat a stop sign as a yield sign in certain situations.
Introduced by: Joseph D. Morrissey | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Traffic regulations; bicycles. Permits operators of bicycles to treat a stop sign as a yield sign in certain situations. The bill requires the driver of a motor vehicle to change lanes when overtaking a bicycle or certain other vehicles when the lane of travel is not wide enough for the overtaking motor vehicle to pass at least three feet to the left of the overtaken vehicle. The bill also removes the limitations on riding bicycles and certain other vehicles two abreast.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101348D
- 01/11/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/21/21 Senate: Reported from Transportation (11-Y 4-N)
- 01/25/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/21 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/27/21 Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 22-N)