Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05083 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/08/2021

                             
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5083  
January Session, 2021  
LCO No. 332 
 
 
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. PISCOPO, 76th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE "MOVE OVER" LAW. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That subsection (b) of section 14-283b of the general statutes be 1 
amended to require the operator of a motor vehicle to immediately 2 
reduce the speed of such vehicle to twenty miles per hour when 3 
approaching one or more stationary emergency vehicles located on the 4 
shoulder, lane or breakdown lane of such highway. 5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To increase public safety by requiring motorists to reduce the speed of 
a motor vehicle to twenty miles per hour when approaching a stationary 
emergency vehicle on the shoulder, lane or breakdown lane of a 
highway.