HLS 23RS-141 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 390
BY REPRESENTATIVE ADAMS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
TRANSPORTATION: Prohibits pedestrians from pushing carts on state highways
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:216(B), relative to pedestrians on highways or interstates; to
3 prohibit pedestrians from pushing or pulling carts along a highway; and to provide
4 for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:216(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง216. Pedestrians on highways or interstate highways; prohibitions
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9 B. Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking along and
10 upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk only on the left side of the highway
11 or its shoulder, facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction.
12 However, no pedestrian walking along a highway shall push or pull a cart in
13 proximity to open moving vehicular traffic on such highway where his presence
14 poses a potential road hazard or otherwise makes travel unsafe.
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HB NO. 390
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 390 Original 2023 Regular Session Adams
Abstract: Prohibits pedestrians from pulling or pushing carts on state highways.
Present law specifies that where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking along
and upon a highway, when practicable, must walk only on the left side of the highway or its
shoulder, facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction.
Proposed law adds to present law that no pedestrian walking along a highway can push or
pull a cart in proximity to open moving vehicular traffic that could render travel unsafe.
(Amends R.S. 32:216(B))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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