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State Signed into law Signed bill Effective date Vehicle allowed to filter Allowed roadway More conditions
Arizona March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 1273 September 24, 2022 Motorcycle with two wheels Roadway divided into two or more adjacent traffic lanes in the same direction of travel with a speed limit of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) or less Lane filtering up to 15 miles an hour (24 km/h) allowed, to overtake a stopped vehicle
California August 19, 2016 Assembly Bill 51 January 1, 2017 Motorcycle with two wheels Any Lane splitting allowed
Colorado April 4, 2024 Senate Bill 79 August 7, 2024 to July 1, 2028 Motorcycle with two wheels Any with lanes wide enough but not: on the right shoulder; to the right of a vehicle in the farthest right-hand lane if the highway is not limited access; or in a lane of traffic moving in the opposite direction Lane filtering up to 15 miles an hour (24 km/h) allowed, to overtake a stopped vehicle
Montana March 2, 2021 Senate Bill 9 October 1, 2021 Motorcycle with two wheels Any Lane filtering up to 20 miles an hour (32 km/h) allowed, to overtake a stopped or slow (up to 10 miles an hour (16 km/h)) vehicle
Utah March 21, 2019 House Bill 149 May 14, 2019 Motorcycle other than an autocycle Roadway divided into two or more adjacent traffic lanes in the same direction of travel with a speed limit of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) or less Lane filtering up to 15 miles an hour (24 km/h) allowed, to overtake a stopped vehicle
March 22, 2022 House Bill 10 Through July 1, 2027
March 20, 2024 House Bill 311 From May 1, 2024 Roadway with a speed limit of 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) or less or an off-ramp, only if divided into two or more adjacent traffic lanes in the same direction of travel
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English: Lane splitting and filtering legality and related legislative bills in the USA, coded with colors per states:

Yes for motorcycles to get through traffic jam within the conditions in the above table:

  • Green: considerably permissive: 2 states
  1. California
  2. Montana (A bill in 2017 [1] died.)
  • Blue-gray: with considerable limits, like where on the road and expected expiry of permissive law: 3 states
  1. Arizona (The bills in 2020 [2], 2018 [3] [4], and 2010 [5]) died.)
  2. Colorado (The bills in 2023 [6] and 2016 [7] died.)
  3. Utah (The bills in 2017 [8] and 2014 [9] died.)

Not authorized or legally referenced for motorcycles:

  • Yellow: with filed legalizing bills: 4 states
    Mississippi (2016 [10])
    Missouri (2024 [11], 2023 [12])
    New Jersey (2022 [13], 2006 [14])
    Rhode Island (2024 [15], 2023 [16], 2020 [17])
  • Orange: without filed legalizing bills known: District of Columbia and 9 states (Arkansas, Delaware, Idaho, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, West Virginia, Wisconsin)

No for motorcycles, often except police officers on duty:

  • Red: with filed legalizing bills: 15 states
    Connecticut (2019 [18])
    Georgia (2015-16 [19])
    Hawaii: The bill to allow the Department of Transportation to conditionally allow motorcycling on shoulders became law as Act 218 on July 12, 2018, to take effect on January 1, 2019 and to repeal on December 31, 2020, after failing two bills in 2017. [20] [21]
    Illinois (2006 [22])
    Maryland (2020 [23], 2019 [24])
    Massachusetts (2023-24 [25], 2019-20 [26] [27] 2007 [28], 2005 [29])
    Minnesota (2024 [30], 2017 [31])
    Nevada (2013 [32])
    New Hampshire (2016 [33])
    Oklahoma (2024 [34] [35], 2021 [36])
    Oregon (2023 [37], 2021 [38], 2019 [39], 2017 [40], 2015 [41] [42], 2013 [43] [44])
    Tennessee (2023 [45] [46], 2016-17 [47], 2015 [48] [49])
    Texas (effective September 1, 2023 per the House Bill 4122 after bills in 2019 [50], 2018-19 [51], 2017 [52], 2015 [53] [54], 2009 [55], and 2005 [56] failed to allow filtering)
    Virginia (2022 [57], 2020 [58], 2019 [59])
    Washington (2023 [60], 2021 [61], 2019-20 [62], 2017 [63] [64], 2015-16 [65], 2008 [66] [67]))
  • Black: without filed legalizing bills known: Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and 17 states
    Alabama
    Alaska
    Florida
    Indiana
    Iowa
    Kansas
    Louisiana
    Maine
    Michigan (bicycle lane splitting ban from 2006 Law removed by 2010 Law)
    Nebraska
    New York (moped with top speed up to 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) allowed on shoulder of permissive highway)
    North Dakota
    Pennsylvania
    South Carolina
    South Dakota
    Vermont
    Wyoming
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current05:20, 29 January 2024Thumbnail for version as of 05:20, 29 January 2024958 × 602 (191 KB)Jusjih (talk | contribs)Sadly Texas started banning filtering since 2023-09-01 after no direct law earlier, thus changed from yellow to red.
01:56, 28 February 2023Thumbnail for version as of 01:56, 28 February 2023958 × 602 (191 KB)Jusjih (talk | contribs)Updated Missouri and Rhode Island and colored District of Columbian and the Northern Mariana Islands
02:46, 7 April 2022Thumbnail for version as of 02:46, 7 April 2022958 × 602 (191 KB)Jusjih (talk | contribs)Oklahoma filed a bill, thus changed from black to red.
03:07, 1 April 2022Thumbnail for version as of 03:07, 1 April 2022958 × 602 (191 KB)DemonDays64 (talk | contribs)Update w/ AZ https://www.12news.com/article/traffic/arizona-new-motorcycle-law/75-b15323c8-b37d-4631-bc6f-fb1e2032734f
00:57, 29 March 2022Thumbnail for version as of 00:57, 29 March 2022958 × 602 (191 KB)DemonDays64 (talk | contribs)Comments
03:31, 28 August 2021Thumbnail for version as of 03:31, 28 August 2021958 × 602 (191 KB)DemonDays64 (talk | contribs){{current}} {{NoInkscape}} {{Information |Description ={{en|1=Lane splitting and filtering legality and related legislative bills in the [https://one.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/motorcycle/00-NHT-212-motorcycle/motorcycle51.html USA], coded with colors per states: Yes for motorcycles to get through traffic jam with existing or near future laws: *Green: 2 states #California: The Governor on August 19, 2016 approved the Assembly [https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.x...

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