---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motorcycle Lane Filtering & Passing"
description: "The act authorizes the driver of a 2-wheeled motorcycle to overtake or pass another motor vehicle in the same lane if:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-079"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-079 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Javier Mabrey", "Jim Smallwood", "Nick Hinrichsen", "Ron Weinberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-22T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ba868c6-e335-45f0-a60f-f2c57240adb2"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-079"
source_hash: "7ef7ed44cf0c2c7428cb1355cc868f9ac44d3cc4c843931d4c8c2a22c76122b6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 24-079 (2024A) — Motorcycle Lane Filtering & Passing

The act authorizes the driver of a 2-wheeled motorcycle to overtake or pass another motor vehicle in the same lane if:

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_sb079_h_thl_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_079_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/28/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_079_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_079_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_079_s_tra_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_079_h_thl_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/13/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_079_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/18/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_079_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_079_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_079_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **27–7** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **22–8** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **36–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Javier Mabrey — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
- Ron Weinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government `introduction`
- **2024-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-12T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Transportation & Energy Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Transportation & Energy `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ba868c6-e335-45f0-a60f-f2c57240adb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).