BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 5653: Motorcycle parking methods

Establishing permissible methods of parking a motorcycle.

Summary

Authorizes motorcycles to park at an angle on any highway so long as it does not extend into the roadway.
Allows more than one motorcycle to be parked per parking space so long as the motorcycles do not exceed the boundaries of the parking space.
Provides local jurisdictions the authority to prohibit angled parking of motorcycles if the jurisdiction passes an ordinance and posts visible signage in the area where the prohibition applies.

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Did not pass Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House

AN ACT Relating to establishing permissible methods of parking a motorcycle;

Passed February 26, 2019

Version voted on: SB 5653

48 Yea 0 Nay 0 Absent 1 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	28	0	0	1
Republican	20	0	0	0

How each member voted

Jan 13, 2020Senate Rules "X" file.
Jan 13, 2020By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
Apr 28, 2019By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading.
Feb 27, 2019First reading, referred to Transportation.
Feb 26, 2019Third reading, passed; yeas, 48; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 1.
Feb 26, 2019Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Feb 19, 2019Placed on second reading consent calendar.
Feb 14, 2019Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 13, 2019TRAN - Majority; do pass.
Jan 25, 2019First reading, referred to Transportation.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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