AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIGHT-OF-WAY
Summary
Amends the general law relative to right-of-way of pedestrians to reference the schedule of violations for the adjudication of traffic offenses contained in § 31-41.1-4.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2025
Last action May 2, 2025
Floor votes · House Apr 3, 2025
How they voted
62–2
Passed · 11 other
Total votes 75
Apr 3, 2025
D
Democratic64
82% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican10
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
May 2, 2025
Committee
05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
04/03/2025 House read and passed
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Legislature · Passed
03/18/2025 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 28, 2025
Introduced
02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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