HLS 24RS-876 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 539
BY REPRESENTATIVE BOYER
TRAFFIC/VIOLATIONS: Provides relative to pedestrians walking on highways during
certain periods of the day
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:216(C), relative to pedestrians on highways; to limit the time
3 of day pedestrians can lawfully walk on highways; and to provide for related matters.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 32:216(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
6 ยง216. Pedestrians on highways or interstate highways
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8 C.(1) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, it shall be
9 unlawful for any pedestrian to walk on a highway with a speed limit above thirty-five
10 miles per hour between sunrise and sunset.
11 (2) It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to cross an interstate highway,
12 except in the case of an emergency.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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 539 Original 2024 Regular Session Boyer
Abstract: Prohibits pedestrians from walking on highways during certain time periods.
Present law prohibits any pedestrian from crossing an interstate highway, except in the case
of an emergency.
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are additions. HLS 24RS-876 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 539
Present law prohibits pedestrians from walking along and upon an adjacent highway if
sidewalks are provided. Specifies where sidewalks are not provided a pedestrian walking
on the highway must walk on the left side of the highway or shoulder when applicable,
facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction.
Proposed law retains present law and prohibits pedestrians from walking on a highway that
has a speed limit above 35 mph from sunrise to sunset.
(Amends R.S. 32:216(C))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.