Vehicles: highway: lane use.
Summary
Existing law requires, on a 2-lane highway where passing is unsafe due to specified reasons, a slow-moving vehicle behind which 5 or more vehicles are formed in a line to turn off the roadway at the nearest place designed as a turnout or wherever sufficient area of a safe turnout exists in order to permit the vehicles following it to proceed. This bill would instead require, on a 2-lane highway where passing is unsafe due to specified reasons, any vehicle proceeding upon the highway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time, behind which 5 or more vehicles are formed in line, to turn off the roadway at the nearest place designated as a turnout or wherever sufficient area for a safe turnout exists.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2015
Committee Review
Aug 2015
Assembly Passage
May 2015
Senate Passage
Jul 2015
Signed into Law
Sep 2015
Introduced Jan 29, 2015
Signed Sep 4, 2015
Floor votes · Senate Jul 16, 2015 · Assembly Aug 17, 2015
How they voted
33–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 35
Jul 16, 2015
D
Democratic24
95% Yea
R
Republican11
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Amendments
3
Sep 4, 2015
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 17, 2015
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (73-0-2)
assembly
Aug 17, 2015
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2461.).
lower
Jul 16, 2015
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0-2)
senate
Jul 16, 2015
Introduced
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
lower
Jul 9, 2015
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.
upper
Jul 8, 2015
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7).
upper
Jun 17, 2015
Upper · Passed
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
upper
May 28, 2015
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.
upper
May 14, 2015
Committee
Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
Apr 28, 2015
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 27).
lower
Apr 22, 2015
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
lower
Apr 9, 2015
Lower · Passed
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
lower
Apr 6, 2015
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
lower
Mar 26, 2015
Committee
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
lower
Jan 30, 2015
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Frank Bigelow
RRepublican
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