130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1230
H.P. 901 House of Representatives, March 24, 2021
An Act To Enhance Traffic Safety with Regard to the Operation of
Bicycles on Public Ways
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 22, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Transportation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative HEPLER of Woolwich.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2063, sub-§2-B is enacted to read:
3 2-B. Riding to right. A person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall operate in
4 single file with other bicyclists when being overtaken by a motor vehicle.
5 Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2063, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2015, c. 164, §6, is further
6 amended to read:
7 7. Penalties. A person 17 years of age or over who violates subsection 2, 2-B, 3, 3-A,
8 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13 commits a traffic infraction for which a fine of not less than $25
9 and not more than $250 may be adjudged. A person under 17 years of age is not subject to
10 a fine under this section.
11 SUMMARY
12 This bill requires bicyclists operating on a roadway to ride in single file while being
13 overtaken by motor vehicles and makes the failure to do so a traffic infraction.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1230, HP 901: 29-A.2063