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SB4 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2015
Title
Motor vehicles, overtaking and passing bicycles, must maintain safe distance of at least three feet from bicycle, definition of safe distance, Sec. 32-5A-82 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, a driver of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction is required to pass at a safe distance and maintain the clearance until safely past the bicycle.

This bill would provide a definition for safe distance for purposes of a vehicle overtaking and passing a bicycle.

Subjects
Motor Vehicles

Bill Actions

S

Assigned Act No. 2015-473.

H

Signature Requested

S

Enrolled

H

Concurred in Second House Amendment

S

Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1524

S

Concurrence Requested

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 1335

H

Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 1334

H

Public Safety and Homeland Security Amendment Offered

H

Third Reading Passed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

S

Engrossed

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 131

S

Holtzclaw motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 130

S

Holtzclaw Amendment No. 2 Offered.

S

Holtzclaw motion to Table adopted Voice Vote

S

Further consideration of Holtzclaw Amendment.

S

Third Reading Passed

S

Allen motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote

S

Holtzclaw Amendment Offered

S

Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair

S

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation & Energy

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

March 17, 2015 Senate Passed
Yes 16
No 11
Abstained 1
Absent 7

Holtzclaw motion to Adopt

March 17, 2015 Senate Passed
Yes 24
No 3
Abstained 1
Absent 7

Marsh motion to Concur In and Adopt

June 4, 2015 Senate Passed
Yes 25
No 6
Absent 4

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

June 4, 2015 House Passed
Yes 96
Abstained 6
Absent 3

Motion to Adopt

June 4, 2015 House Passed
Yes 90
No 1
Abstained 3
Absent 11

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature