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Relating to additional penalties for certain violations against bicyclists causing serious injury or death committed by a person operating a motor vehicle
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 13, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2022
- Done: House committeeFebruary 9, 2022
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2368
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2368 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2368 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Drivers who steer too close to people on bicycles could face harsher punishments if they cause a serious injury or death. If a driver causes a serious injury this way, they may face extra fines or lose their driver's license. If the incident results in a death, the fines and license suspensions become even more severe.1
Read the official explanation
281(1) prohibits a person operating a motor vehicle from steering the vehicle unreasonably close to or toward a person riding a bicycle on a highway, including the roadway or the shoulder adjacent to the roadway.281(1) is $325.482A sets forth additional penalties for causing serious injury to or the death of another person while operating a motor vehicle in violation of certain Code sections in Code chapter 321 (motor vehicles and law of the road).482A. For a violation causing serious injury, the additional penalties include a fine of $500 or suspension of the violator’s driver’s license or operating privileges for not more than days, or both. For a violation causing death, the additional penalties include a fine of $1,000 or suspension of the violator’s driver’s license or operating privileges for not more than 180 days, or both.
House subcommittee
Named January 18, 2022. On January 27, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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- HF 2189 Relating to additional penalties for certain violations against bicyclists causing serious…88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2446 Relating to additional penalties for certain violations against bicyclists causing serious…88th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
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