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MI HB4334
Bill
Status
4/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Julie Rogers
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AI Summary
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Defines "vulnerable roadway user" to include pedestrians, cyclists, individuals on roller skates, skateboards, wheelchairs, electric bicycles, scooters, equine riders, and USPS employees on rural delivery routes
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Creates enhanced penalties for moving violations causing harm to vulnerable roadway users: up to 1 year imprisonment and $1,000 fine for injury; up to 5 years and $5,000 for serious injury requiring hospitalization; up to 10 years and $7,500 for death
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Expands the "move over" law (section 653a) to apply to any stationary vehicle displaying warning lights, not just authorized emergency vehicles
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Increases civil fine for move over law violations from $400 to $750 when the stationary vehicle is an authorized emergency vehicle with emergency personnel present
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Takes effect 90 days after enactment and is contingent on passage of companion bill SB ____ or HB 4335
Legislative Description
Traffic control: accidents; penalties for moving violation causing physical injury or death to a vulnerable roadway user; enhance. Amends secs. 303, 320a, 601c & 653a of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.303 et seq.); adds secs. 79g & 79h & repeals sec. 653b of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.653b). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4335'25
Traffic control: violations
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/17/2025
4/22/2025