First Regular Session
Seventy-fourth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
ENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 23-0108.01 Yelana Love x2295
HOUSE BILL 23-1014
House Committees Senate Committees
Transportation, Housing & Local Government
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING YIELDING TO LARG ER VEHICLES IN ROUNDABOUTS .101
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/
.)
Transportation Legislation Review Committee. The bill
requires a driver to yield the right-of-way to a driver of a vehicle having
a total length of at least 40 feet or a total width of at least 10 feet (large
vehicle) when driving through a roundabout. The bill also requires that
when 2 drivers of large vehicles approach or drive through a roundabout
at the same time, the driver on the right must yield the right-of-way to the
driver on the left.
A person who fails to yield commits a class A traffic infraction and
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
February 6, 2023
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Boesenecker, Lindsay
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Winter F., Sullivan
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. is subject to a fine of $70 and an $11 surcharge.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 42-4-715 as2
follows:3
42-4-715. Yielding right-of-way in roundabouts - definitions.4
(1) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:5
(a) "LARGE VEHICLE" MEANS A TRUCK, BUS, EMERGENCY VEHICLE,6
OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE THAT GENERALLY HAS A TOTAL LENGTH OF7
MORE THAN FORTY FEET OR A TOTAL WIDTH OF MORE THAN TEN FEET .8
(b) "ROUNDABOUT" MEANS A CIRCULAR INTERSECTION OR9
JUNCTION IN WHICH ROAD TRAFFIC FLOWS ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY IN ONE10
DIRECTION AROUND A CENTRAL ISLAND .11
(2) (a) W
HEN
ENTERING, EXITING, OR DRIVING IN THE12
CIRCULATORY LANES IN A ROUNDABOUT, A PERSON DRIVING A VEHICLE13
SHALL:14
(I) Y
IELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO THE DRIVER OF A
LARGE VEHICLE15
THAT IS ENTERING, EXITING, OR DRIVING IN THE CIRCULATORY LANES IN16
A ROUNDABOUT AT THE SAME TIME OR SO CLOSELY AS TO PRESENT AN17
IMMEDIATE HAZARD; AND18
(II) S
LOW DOWN OR
YIELD TO THE OTHER VEHICLE AS REQUIRED19
BY SUBSECTION (2)(a)(I) OF THIS SECTION.20
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (2) DOES NOT REQUIRE A PERSON WHO IS21 ENTERING, EXITING, OR DRIVING IN THE CIRCULATORY LANES IN A22
ROUNDABOUT TO YIELD THE RIGHT -OF-WAY TO THE DRIVER OF A LARGE23
VEHICLE THAT IS APPROACHING, BUT HAS NOT YET ENTERED, THE24
ROUNDABOUT.25
1014-2- (c) THIS SUBSECTION (2) DOES NOT REQUIRE A PERSON WHO IS1
DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT IS ENTERING , EXITING, OR DRIVING IN THE2
CIRCULATORY LANES IN A ROUNDABOUT TO YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO3
A LARGE VEHICLE THAT IS DRIVING BEHIND THE PERSON 'S VEHICLE AND4
ALLOW THE LARGE VEHICLE TO PASS THE PERSON 'S VEHICLE.5
(3) IF TWO VEHICLES THAT ARE LARGE VEHICLES ENTER , EXIT, OR6
DRIVE IN THE CIRCULATORY LANES IN A ROUNDABOUT AT THE SAME TIME7
OR SO CLOSELY AS TO PRESENT AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD , THE DRIVER ON8
THE RIGHT SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO THE DRIVER ON THE LEFT9
AND SHALL SLOW DOWN OR YIELD TO THE DRIVER ON THE LEFT.10
(4) A
PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION COMMITS A CLASS A11
TRAFFIC INFRACTION.12
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 42-4-1701, amend13
(4)(a)(I)(H) as follows:14
42-4-1701. Traffic offenses and infractions classified -15
penalties - penalty and surcharge schedule - repeal. (4) (a) (I) Except16
as provided in subsection (5)(c) of this section, every person who is17
convicted of, who admits liability for, or against whom a judgment is18
entered for a violation of this title 42 to which subsection (5)(a) or (5)(b)19
of this section applies shall be fined or penalized and have a surcharge20
levied in accordance with sections 24-4.1-119 (1)(f) and 24-4.2-10421
(1)(b)(I), in accordance with the penalty and surcharge schedule set forth22
in subsections (4)(a)(I)(A) to (4)(a)(I)(S) of this section; or, if no penalty23
or surcharge is specified in the schedule, the penalty for class A and class24
B traffic infractions is fifteen dollars, and the surcharge is four dollars.25
These penalties and surcharges apply whether the defendant26
acknowledges the defendant's guilt or liability in accordance with the27
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a court of competent jurisdiction, or has judgment entered against the2
defendant by a county court magistrate. Penalties and surcharges for3
violating specific sections are as follows:4
Section Violated Penalty Surcharge5
(H) Rights-of-way violations:6
42-4-701 $ 70.00 $ 10.007
42-4-702 70.00 10.008
42-4-703 70.00 10.009
42-4-704 70.00 10.0010
42-4-705 70.00 16.0011
42-4-706 70.00 10.0012
42-4-707 70.00 10.0013
42-4-708 35.00 10.0014
42-4-709 70.00 10.0015
42-4-710 70.00 10.0016
42-4-711 100.00 10.0017
42-4-712 70.00 10.0018
42-4-714 70.00 10.0019
42-4-715 70.00 11.0020
SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date -21
applicability. (1) This act takes effect October 1, 2023; except that, if a22
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the23
state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act24
within the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general25
assembly, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless26
approved by the people at the general election to be held in November27
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declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.2
(2) This act applies to offenses committed on or after the3
applicable effective date of this act.4
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