Bill Text: TX HB4122 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 4122

Bill Title: Relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on a roadway laned for traffic.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB4122 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4122-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 4122




	AN ACT
	relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on a roadway
	laned for traffic.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 545.0605 to read as follows:
	Sec. 545.0605. OPERATION OF MOTORCYCLES ON ROADWAY LANED
	FOR TRAFFIC. (a) The operator of a motorcycle:
	(1) is entitled to full use of a lane and, except as
	otherwise provided by Subdivision (2), a motor vehicle may not be
	driven in a manner that deprives a motorcycle of the full use of a
	lane;
	(2) may operate the motorcycle two abreast in a single
	lane with another motorcycle; and
	(3) may not;
	(A) operate the motorcycle more than two abreast
	in a single lane with other motorcycles;
	(B) operate the motorcycle between lanes of
	traffic moving in the same direction; or
	(C) pass a motor vehicle while in the same lane as
	the vehicle being passed.
	(b) Subsection (a)(3) does not apply to a police officer in
	the performance of the officer's official duties.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 4122 was passed by the House on May 6,
	2023, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 10, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 4122 was passed by the Senate on May
	24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor