Tag: SB 5326

May 16, 2011

Governor signs Vulnerable User Law

Governor Chris Gregoire signed the Vulnerable User Bill into law today, reports Cascade Bicycle Club. SB 5326, which passed both chambers of congress with relatively strong margins, would require people who seriously injure or kill a more vulnerable road user to do more than simply mail-in a traffic ticket as is often the case today.…
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May 11, 2011

Governor will sign Vulnerable User Bill May 16

David Hiller at Cascade says Governor Gregoire will sign SB 5326 (AKA the Vulnerable User Bill) May 16. This bill has been three years in the making, and many people whose lives were affected by negligent driving came out to give very moving testimony in favor of the bill. From Hiller’s post on the Cascade…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, cascade bicycle club, chris gregoire, david hiller, SB 5326, vulnerable users bill
April 5, 2011

Complete streets bill passes House and Senate

The complete streets grant bill, HB 1071, passed the Senate yesterday 29-19. The bill needs a concurrence vote to settle differences in the Senate a House versions, then should go to the governor to be signed into law. With this vote, HB 1071 joins the Vulnerable Users Bill (SB 5326) as two good biking and…
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tagged: 20’s plenty, 2011 legislature, aashto, complete streets, HB 1071, hb 1217, HB 1700, nacto, SB 5326
April 1, 2011

Vulnerable Users Bill gets a flat, but luckily we have a spare tube – UPDATED

HB 1339 has officially passed away in committee. But have no fear, the House has a spare Vulnerable Users Bill in its legislative pannier (as well as a canister of political CO2… okay, its an imperfect analogy). SB 5326 just needs to get to the floor of the House for a vote, have the differences…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, cascade bicycle club, HB 1071, HB 1339, HB 1700, SB 5326, transportation choices coalition
February 24, 2011

Vulnerable User Bill passes Senate – UPDATED

The Washington Senate voted 43-5 to pass SB 5326, otherwise known as the Vulnerable User Bill. This is a major hurdle to passage. The trials for the bill are not over. A similar bill must pass in the House, the Conference Committee must revise any differences between the two, and the governor must sign it.…
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February 16, 2011

Take a minute right now to support vulnerable road users

The time is now. Take a minute to contact your state senators and representatives and urge them to support HB 1339 and SB 5326, two nearly identical versions of the Vulnerable User Bill. We need to get at least one of the houses of congress to vote on the bill by the end of the…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, cascade bicycle club, HB 1339, SB 5326, vulnerable users bill