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HB535

Assigned to Committee
Authored by Ray Lopez (D)
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Caption: Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle passing a pedestrian or a person operating a bicycle in certain municipalities; creating a criminal offense.
Initially Referred to House Transportation Committee, chaired by a Republican

GAWTP Priority #1: Liberty Bills OPPOSED
RPT Priority #8: End Federal Overreach OPPOSED
TURF Priority #1: Freedom to Travel OPPOSED

Terri Hall:
"Increases passing distance required to pass a bicyclist/pedestrian to minimum of 3 feet. If a commcercial truck, it must allow 6 feet in order to pass, which would require the truck to change lanes (since most streets/lanes are 10-12 feet wide). In practicality, this will cause congestion in auto lanes by forcing all cars/trucks slow down to provide a buffer and potentially vacate the lane closest to the cyclist (depending on the width of the street). Forcing traffic into a condensed number of lanes will jam up our roads and cause auto accients as motorists suddenly change lanes in unsafe conditions in order to avoid a traffic violation. "

Nov 12, 2024

(H) Lopez, R. signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed

Mar 3, 2025

(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Transportation, chaired by a Republican

May 8, 2025

(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
(H) Left pending in committee

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Transportation as Terri Hall for self (with Texas TURF, Texans for Toll-free Highways, We the People - Liberty in Action)
(Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Transportation as We America for
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Henry Stowe for self

For

(Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Transportation as Scott White for self (with Velo Paso Bicycle-Pedestrian Coalition)
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Adrian Shelley for Public Citizen
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Alexa Aragonez for City of Houston
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Christina Destefano for self
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Dale Bulla for self
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Dennis Kearns for self
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Jay Crossley for Farm And City
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Joseph Cutrufo for BikeHouston
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Kathy Sokolic for Central TX families for safe streets
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Nadia Islam for City of San Antonio
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Nathan Carroll for Houston Police Department
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Patsy Bulla for self
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Robin Stallings for BikeTexas
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Stephanie Mace for AARP
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Steven Deline for self
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as T. Patterson for City of Fort Worth

(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Transportation as Thomas Parkinson for self