Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 164 (2025GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Stoddard, Andrew

Final action

House/ filed 3/7/2025

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• clarifies that a vehicle operator intending to turn left is not required to yield the right-of-way to a vehicle operator approaching from the opposite direction that fails to stop when required by a stop sign or steady red signal at the intersection; and
• makes technical changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

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41-6a-903
Vehicle Accident Liability Amendments
2025 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Andrew Stoddard
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill clarifies that a vehicle operator intending to turn left is not required to yield the 
right-of-way to a vehicle operator approaching from the opposite direction that fails to stop 
when required by a stop sign or steady red signal.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
clarifies that a vehicle operator intending to turn left is not required to yield the 
right-of-way to a vehicle operator approaching from the opposite direction that fails to 
stop when required by a stop sign or steady red signal at the intersection; and
makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
41-6a-903
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 412
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1, Section 
41-6a-903
 is amended to read:
41-6a-903. Yield right-of-way -- Vehicle turning left -- Entering or crossing 
highway other than from another roadway -- Merging lanes.
(1)
The operator of a vehicle:
(a)
except as provided in Subsection (2), 
intending to turn to the left shall yield the 
right-of-way to any vehicle
 operator
 approaching from the opposite direction which 
is so close to the turning vehicle
 operator
 as to constitute an immediate hazard;
(b)
about to enter or cross a highway from any place other than another highway shall 
yield the right-of-way to all 
vehicles
vehicle operators
 approaching on the highway 
to be entered or crossed; and
(c)
traveling in a lane that is about to merge into a continuing lane, shall yield the 
right-of-way to all 
vehicles
vehicle operators
 traveling in the continuing lane and 
which are so close as to be an immediate hazard.
(2)
The operator of a vehicle intending to turn to the left at an intersection is not required to 
yield the right-of-way to a vehicle operator approaching from the opposite direction if 
the vehicle operator approaching from the opposite direction fails to stop when required 
to stop by a stop sign or steady red signal at that intersection.
(2)
(3)
A violation of Subsection (1) is an infraction.
Section 2. 
Effective date.
This bill takes effect on 
May 7, 2025
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1-9-25 4:50 PM