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SB4 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
SB4 Alabama 2015 Session
Senate Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2015
Session
1
Sponsor

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