H.B. No. 1277
AN ACT
relating to pedestrian use of a sidewalk.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.006(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) If a sidewalk is not provided, a pedestrian walking
along and on a highway shall [if possible] walk on [:
[(1)] the left side of the roadway [;] or
[(2)] the shoulder of the highway facing oncoming
traffic, unless the left side of the roadway or the shoulder of the
highway facing oncoming traffic is obstructed or unsafe.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1277 was passed by the House on April
20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 1277 on May 19, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 1277 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139,
Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1277 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
1; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
1277 on May 26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor