AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- PASSING, USE OF LANES, AND RULES OF THE ROAD (Provides for specific fines and sanctions to operators of motor vehicles who fail to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a vulnerable road user causing injury, serious injury, or death to the vulnerable road user.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
House Passage
Jun 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Feb 18, 2021
Signed Jun 25, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 4, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 36
May 4, 2021
D
Democratic31
93% Yea
R
Republican5
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Jun 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
06/01/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence
lower
May 27, 2021
Legislature · Passed
05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence
legislature
May 5, 2021
Committee
05/05/2021 Referred to House Judiciary
lower
May 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
05/04/2021 Senate passed Sub A
upper
Apr 29, 2021
Legislature · Passed
04/29/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Apr 8, 2021
Legislature · Passed
04/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced
02/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cynthia Armour Coyne
DDemocratic
P
Dawn Euer
DDemocratic
P
John Burke
DDemocratic
P
Stephen R. Archambault
DDemocratic
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