Bill Text: TX HB3126 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the definitions of "pass" and "passing" used in reference to a vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3126 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3126-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 3126

AN ACT
relating to the definitions of "pass" and "passing" used in
reference to a vehicle.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.001(2), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Pass" or "passing" used in reference to a vehicle
means:
(A) to:
(i) overtake and proceed past another
vehicle moving in the same direction as the passing vehicle; and
(ii) return to the original lane of travel;
or
(B) to attempt the [that] maneuver described by
Paragraph (A).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3126 was passed by the House on May 2,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 21, 3 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3126 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor