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SB 1375 Connecticut Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT CONCERNING HIGHWAY, PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST SAFETY.

SB 1375 amends traffic laws to enhance safety for pedestrians and cyclists. It requires distinctive markings for crosswalks near schools, mandates that drivers yield to pedestrians in all marked and unmarked crosswalks (including when pedestrians signal intent to cross), and prohibits drivers from passing vehicles stopped for pedestrians. The bill also restricts commercial vehicles and buses from driving in the extreme left lane on multi-lane highways (except during merging or emergencies) and sets an $88 fine for violations. These changes directly affect all drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, and school zones across the state.
Issues: ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationAmends traffic laws to enhance pedestrian/cyclist safety with crosswalk mandates and vehicle restrictions, directly advancing transportation safety standards.95% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action Apr 7, 2025
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Raised Bill → TRA Joint Favorable Substitute · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was revised from a 'Raised Bill' to a 'TRA Joint Favorable Substitute', indicating it passed committee review and was amended. The substantive changes primarily involve renumbering and reorganizing sections related to pedestrian traffic signals and highway lane usage rules, while maintaining the core traffic safety provisions.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on traffic safety regulations, specifically pedestrian right-of-way at intersections and commercial vehicle lane usage on divided highways.
TECHNICAL

Header information changed from 'Raised Bill No. 1375' to 'Substitute Bill No. 1375' with updated page counts (21 pages to 18 pages), reflecting committee amendments.

Section numbering was reorganized, with pedestrian signal language moved from lines 14-18 to lines 16-18, and highway lane rules restructured from subsections 78-83 to a more consolidated format.

REQUIREMENT

New language clarifies that pedestrians must follow 'Walk' or 'Don't Walk' signals and cannot cross against red or stop signals at intersections controlled by traffic signals or police officers.

Highway lane usage rules for commercial vehicles were expanded to explicitly state that non-commercial vehicles may only use the extreme left lane for overtaking, police direction, or highway access/egress.

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Total actions
9
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Joint Favorable Substitute
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Transportation
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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