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HI SB2026

HI SB2026
Relating To Traffic Safety.


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Introduced
01/21/2026
In Committee
03/30/2026
Crossed Over
03/10/2026
Passed
Dead
05/08/2026

Introduced Session

2026 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Part I: Requires drivers of vehicles approaching stationary motor vehicles stopped in any location on the roadway, shoulder, or roadside to slow down and make a lane change if necessary. Part II: Prohibits the operation of a pickup truck with a passenger seated in the bed or load-carrying area on roadways with posted speed limits of forty-six miles per hour or higher and roadways with three or more lanes traveling in the same direction. Provides certain exemptions from passenger restrictions. Increases the minimum age to ride in the bed or load-carrying area of a pickup truck while in operation from twelve years of age to eighteen years of age. 0Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

AI Summary

This bill requires drivers approaching any stationary vehicle on the roadway, shoulder, or roadside, whether it's an emergency vehicle or a regular vehicle with hazard lights or other warning signals activated, to slow down and, if safe and possible, change lanes to create space. Additionally, it prohibits operating a pickup truck with passengers in the bed or load-carrying area on roads with speed limits of 46 mph or higher or roads with three or more lanes in the same direction, with specific exemptions for agricultural workers, emergency services, and military vehicles, and raises the minimum age for riding in the bed of a pickup truck from twelve to eighteen years old.

Committee Categories

Justice, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (7)

Last Action

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4). (on 03/30/2026)

Bill Topics

Transportation
  • ‐ Highway Construction, Maintenance, and Safety
  • ‐ Truck and Automobile Safety

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