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House adopts substituted bicycle‑safety bill requiring 3‑foot passing distance after floor debate
Summary
After extended floor debate over narrow roads, enforcement and defenses, the Utah House substituted and passed HB49 to require motorists to give bicyclists a 3‑foot passing buffer; the substitute passed 45–19 and is headed to the Senate.
The Utah House on Thursday adopted a substituted version of House Bill 49 that establishes a 3‑foot safe passing distance for motorists approaching bicyclists, after extended floor debate on narrow roads, driver defenses and enforcement.
Sponsor Representative Rosalind McGee urged colleagues to accept a substitute that she said resulted from consultations with traffic‑code experts and cyclists. ‘‘The intent of this bill is to provide clarification for all of us who use the common roads,’’ McGee said on the House floor.
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