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Committee holds off on Idaho-stop provision, agrees to bicycle signal and outreach language
Summary
Conference negotiators on S.123 agreed to add bicycle-control-signal rules and outreach language but paused a more expansive change allowing bicyclists to treat pedestrian walk signals as a legal crossing while they seek more testimony and municipal charter information.
On May 29, 2025, the House Transportation Committee conference committee reviewed proposed bicycle language in S.123 and agreed to include a new definition and operating rules for bicycle control signals and to require outreach materials from the Department of Motor Vehicles and Public Safety. The committee deferred action on a larger provision that would permit bicyclists to proceed when the walk signal facing them turns on (often called an "Idaho stop" or similar rule) until members could gather additional testimony and municipal-authority…
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