HB 1692: STATIONARY VEHICLES; TRAFFIC SAFETY; DUTY OF APPROACHING VEHICLE; TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS; PICKUP TRUCKS; PASSENGER RESTRICTIONS

Session Year: 2025-2026
House: House
Latest Version Date: 2026-03-27

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-04-07: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.)

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Second Chamber

Final Decking

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Part I: Requires drivers approaching stationary vehicles displaying warning signals to slow down and make a lane change if possible and safe to do so and come to a complete stop 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. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Discussed in Hearing