1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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3 HOUSE BILL 3582 By: Pae
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to motor vehicles; amending 47 O.S.
7 2021, Section 11-1103, which relates to riding
8 motorcycles; making exception for certain
8 motorcycles; defining term; allowing for lane
9 filtering under certain conditions; and providing
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 47 O.S. 2021, Section 11-1103, is
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16 amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 11-1103. A. No person under the age of sixteen (16)
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18 years shall drive a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, motorized
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19 scooter, or motorized bicycle on any highway of this state while
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20 transporting any other person.
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21 B. The operator of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, motorized
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22 scooter, or motorized bicycle who has attained the age of sixteen
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23 (16) years or older may carry a passenger if the vehicle has a wheel
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 1 diameter of twelve (12) inches or greater and is factory-designed
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2 and equipped with either:
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3 1. A double seating device with double foot rests; or
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4 2. A sidecar attachment providing a separate seat space within
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5 such sidecar attachment for each person riding therein so that such
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6 person shall be seated entirely within the body of said sidecar.
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7 C. No rider of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, motorized
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8 scooter, or motorized bicycle shall hold to any moving vehicle for
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9 the purpose of being propelled.
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10 D. No Except as otherwise provided by subsection E of this
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11 section, no driver of a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, motorized
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12 scooter, motorized bicycle, or electric-assisted bicycle shall pass
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13 other vehicles between lanes of traffic traveling in the same
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14 direction. This subsection shall not apply to the operator of an
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15 authorized emergency vehicle.
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16 E. 1. As used in this subsection, the term "lane filtering"
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17 means the act of a two-wheeled motorcycle overtaking and passing
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18 another vehicle or vehicles that are stopped in the same lane and
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19 direction of travel as the overtaking motorcycle.
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20 2. An operator of a two-wheeled motorcycle may engage in lane
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21 filtering when:
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22 a. the operator of the motorcycle is on a roadway with
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23 lanes that are wide enough to pass safely,
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 1 b. the overtaking motorcycle is not operated at a speed
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2 in excess of ten (10) miles per hour when overtaking
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3 or passing the stopped vehicle or vehicles, and
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4 c. conditions permit continued reasonable and prudent
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5 operation of the motorcycle while lane filtering.
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6 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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8 59-2-9037 JBH 12/18/23
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