HB 1383 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2043
11/01
HOUSE BILL 1383
AN ACT prohibiting commercial trucks from left lane travel on multi-lane highways.
SPONSORS: Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Stapleton, Sull. 5; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits certain commercial trucks from traveling in the left lane of a multilane interstate highway or turnpike during certain hours of the day, unless entering or exiting such highway or turnpike from the left lane.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2043
11/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT prohibiting commercial trucks from left lane travel on multi-lane highways.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Rules of the Road; Driving on Right Side of Roadway. Amend RSA 265:16, V to read as follows:
V. No commercial vehicles with 3 or more axles shall travel in the left lane of an interstate highway or turnpike that has 3 or more lanes in the same direction between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., unless such vehicles are entering or exiting such highways or turnpikes from the left lane.
VI. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation and shall be fined $50 plus penalty assessment.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 22, 2020 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 4, 2020 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| Feb. 19, 2020 | House | Floor Vote |
| Feb. 20, 2020 | House | Floor Vote |
March 5, 2020: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/05/2020 HJ 6 P. 36
Feb. 20, 2020: Special Order to regular place in next calendar (Rep. Ley): MA VV 02/20/2020
Feb. 19, 2020: Removed from Consent (Rep. Spillane) 02/19/2020 HJ 4 P. 2
: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 19-0; CC)
Feb. 19, 2020: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 02/19/2020 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 7 P. 15
Feb. 4, 2020: Executive Session: 02/04/2020 10:00 am LOB 203
Jan. 22, 2020: Public Hearing: 01/22/2020 12:00 pm LOB 203
Jan. 8, 2020: Introduced 01/08/2020 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 20