CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5263

Chapter 139, Laws of 2013

63rd Legislature
2013 Regular Session



MOTORCYCLES--PASSING PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/28/13

Passed by the Senate February 25, 2013
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 17, 2013
  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5263 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

HUNTER G. GOODMAN
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Secretary
Approved May 3, 2013, 11:41 a.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 3, 2013







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5263
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Passed Legislature - 2013 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2013 Regular Session

By Senate Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Benton and King)

READ FIRST TIME 02/07/13.   



     AN ACT Relating to motorcycles overtaking and passing pedestrians and bicyclists; and amending RCW 46.61.608.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 46.61.608 and 1975 c 62 s 46 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) All motorcycles are entitled to full use of a lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven in such a manner as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a lane. This subsection shall not apply to motorcycles operated two abreast in a single lane.
     (2) The operator of a motorcycle shall not overtake and pass in the same lane occupied by the vehicle being overtaken. However, this subsection shall not apply when the operator of a motorcycle overtakes and passes a pedestrian or bicyclist while maintaining a safe passing distance of at least three feet.
     (3) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of traffic or between adjacent lines or rows of vehicles.
     (4) Motorcycles shall not be operated more than two abreast in a single lane.
     (5) Subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall not apply to police officers in the performance of their official duties.


         Passed by the Senate February 25, 2013.
         Passed by the House April 17, 2013.
         Approved by the Governor May 3, 2013.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 3, 2013.