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SB152,44 16Section 44. 346.37 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,14,2117 346.37 (1) (a) 2. Pedestrians, and persons who are riding bicycles, electric
18scooters,
or electric personal assistive mobility devices in a manner which is
19consistent with the safe use of the crosswalk by pedestrians, facing the signal may
20proceed, and personal delivery device operators may allow personal delivery devices
21to proceed, across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
SB152,45 22Section 45. 346.37 (1) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,15,223 346.37 (1) (c) 2. No pedestrian, personal delivery device, bicyclist, or rider of
24an electric scooter or an electric personal assistive mobility device facing such signal
25shall enter, and no personal delivery device operator may allow a personal delivery

1device facing such signal to enter, the roadway unless he or she can do so safely and
2without interfering with any vehicular traffic.
SB152,46 3Section 46. 346.37 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,15,184 346.37 (1) (c) 3. Vehicular traffic facing a red signal at an intersection may, after
5stopping as required under subd. 1., cautiously enter the intersection to make a right
6turn into the nearest lawfully available lane for traffic moving to the right or to turn
7left from a one-way highway into the nearest lawfully available lane of a one-way
8highway on which vehicular traffic travels to the left. Vehicular traffic in the leftmost
9right-turn lane of a roadway that provides 2 right-turn lanes may make a right turn
10on a red signal into a lawfully available lane that is 2nd to the rightmost lane for
11traffic moving to the right. Except for a vehicle turning right from the leftmost
12right-turn lane of a roadway that provides 2 right-turn lanes, no turn may be made
13on a red signal if lanes of moving traffic are crossed. No turn may be made on a red
14signal if a sign at the intersection prohibits the turn on a red signal. In making a turn
15on a red signal vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, personal
16delivery devices, bicyclists, and riders of electric scooters and electric personal
17assistive mobility devices lawfully within a crosswalk, to operators of vehicles
18making a lawful U-turn, and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
SB152,47 19Section 47. 346.37 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,16,620 346.37 (1) (c) 4. Notwithstanding subd. 1., a motorcycle, moped, motor bicycle,
21or bicycle facing a red signal at an intersection may, after stopping as required under
22subd. 1. for not less than 45 seconds, proceed cautiously through the intersection
23before the signal turns green if no other vehicles are present at the intersection to
24actuate the signal and the operator of the motorcycle, moped, motor bicycle, or bicycle
25reasonably believes the signal is vehicle actuated. The operator of a motorcycle,

1moped, motor bicycle, or bicycle proceeding through a red signal under this
2subdivision shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicular traffic, pedestrian,
3personal delivery device, bicyclist, or rider of an electric scooter or an electric
4personal assistive mobility device proceeding through a green signal at the
5intersection or lawfully within a crosswalk or using the intersection. This
6subdivision does not affect any authorization for a bicyclist under subd. 2.
SB152,48 7Section 48. 346.37 (1) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,16,158 346.37 (1) (d) 1. Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal may enter the
9intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow but shall yield the
10right-of-way to pedestrians, personal delivery devices, bicyclists, and riders of
11electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices lawfully within a
12crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection. Vehicular traffic facing
13a left turn arrow may make a U-turn unless a sign prohibits U-turns. When the
14green arrow signal indicates a right or left turn traffic shall cautiously enter the
15intersection.
SB152,49 16Section 49. 346.37 (1) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,16,2117 346.37 (1) (d) 2. No pedestrian, bicyclist, or rider of an electric scooter or an
18electric personal assistive mobility device facing such signal may enter, and no
19personal delivery device operator may allow a personal delivery device facing such
20signal to enter, the roadway unless he or she can do so safely and without interfering
21with any vehicular traffic.
SB152,50 22Section 50. 346.37 (1) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,17,323 346.37 (1) (e) 1. Vehicular traffic facing a flashing yellow arrow signal may
24cautiously enter the intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow but
25shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians, personal delivery devices, bicyclists, and

1riders of electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices lawfully
2within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection. Vehicular
3traffic facing a left turn arrow may make a U-turn unless a sign prohibits U-turns.
SB152,51 4Section 51. 346.37 (1) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,17,95 346.37 (1) (e) 2. No pedestrian, bicyclist, or rider of an electric scooter or an
6electric personal assistive mobility device facing such signal may enter, and no
7personal delivery device operator may allow a personal delivery device facing such
8signal to enter, the roadway unless he or she can do so safely and without interfering
9with any vehicular traffic.
SB152,52 10Section 52. 346.37 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,17,1811 346.37 (3) If a traffic control signal suffers a loss of power or otherwise
12malfunctions so that the traffic control signal does not exhibit any color of light,
13vehicular traffic, pedestrians, and persons riding bicycles, electric scooters, or
14electric personal assistive mobility devices shall proceed, and personal delivery
15device operators shall ensure that personal delivery devices proceed, at the traffic
16control signal as if the traffic control signal were an official stop sign and shall comply
17with the requirements applicable under ss. 346.18 (1) and (3) and 346.46 (1), (2), and
18(4), unless otherwise directed by a traffic officer.
SB152,53 19Section 53. 346.38 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,18,220 346.38 (1) Walk. A pedestrian, or a person riding a bicycle, electric scooter, or
21electric personal assistive mobility device in a manner which is consistent with the
22safe use of the crossing by pedestrians, facing a pedestrian signal authorizing
23crossing may proceed, and a personal delivery device operator may allow a personal
24delivery device facing a pedestrian signal authorizing crossing to proceed, across the
25roadway or other vehicular crossing in the direction of the signal and the operators

1of all vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian, personal delivery
2device, bicyclist, or electric scooter or electric personal assistive mobility device rider.
SB152,54 3Section 54. 346.38 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,18,124 346.38 (2) Don't walk. No pedestrian, personal delivery device, bicyclist, or
5rider of an electric scooter or an electric personal assistive mobility device may start
6to cross, and no personal delivery device operator may allow a personal delivery
7device to start to cross, the roadway or other vehicular crossing in the direction of a
8pedestrian signal limiting crossing, regardless of whether the signal is steady or
9flashing, but any pedestrian, personal delivery device, bicyclist, or rider of an electric
10scooter or
an electric personal assistive mobility device that has partially completed
11crossing on the pedestrian signal authorizing crossing may proceed to a sidewalk or
12safety zone while a pedestrian signal limiting crossing is showing.
SB152,55 13Section 55. 346.43 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,18,1614 346.43 (1) (b) 2. Any operator of a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal
15assistive mobility device violating s. 346.37, 346.38 or 346.39 may be required to
16forfeit not more than $20.
SB152,56 17Section 56. 346.47 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,18,2418 346.47 (1) The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley or about to cross
19or enter a highway from any point of access other than another highway shall stop
20such vehicle immediately prior to moving on to the sidewalk or on to the sidewalk
21area extending across the path of such vehicle and shall yield the right-of-way to any
22pedestrian, bicyclist, personal delivery device, or rider of an electric scooter or an
23electric personal assistive mobility device, and upon crossing or entering the
24roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles approaching on such roadway.
SB152,57 25Section 57. 346.49 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1346.49 (1) (b) Any operator of a bicycle , electric scooter, or electric personal
2assistive mobility device violating s. 346.46 (1), (2m) or (4) may be required to forfeit
3not more than $20.
SB152,58 4Section 58. 346.49 (1g) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,19,65 346.49 (1g) (b) Any operator of a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal
6assistive mobility device violating s. 346.46 (3) shall forfeit not more than $40.
SB152,59 7Section 59. 346.49 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,19,118 346.49 (2m) (b) Any operator of a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal
9assistive mobility device violating s. 346.44 may be required to forfeit not less than
10$100 nor more than $250 for the first offense and not less than $225 nor more than
11$750 for the 2nd or subsequent conviction within 3 years.
SB152,60 12Section 60. 346.54 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,19,2013 346.54 (1) (e) Except as provided in par. (cm) and s. 349.13 (6), for the purpose
14of parking, mopeds, electric scooters, and electric personal assistive mobility devices
15shall be considered bicycles. Except as provided in s. 349.13 (6), where possible
16without impeding the flow of pedestrian traffic, a bicycle, moped, electric scooter, or
17electric personal assistive mobility device may be parked on a sidewalk. Except as
18provided in s. 349.13 (6), a bicycle, moped, electric scooter, or electric personal
19assistive mobility device may be parked in a bike rack or other similar area
20designated for bicycle parking.
SB152,61 21Section 61. 346.60 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,19,2422 346.60 (5) (a) Any operator of a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal
23assistive mobility device who violates s. 346.57 may be required to forfeit not more
24than $20.
SB152,62 25Section 62. 346.60 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1346.60 (5) (b) Any operator of a bicycle , electric scooter, or electric personal
2assistive mobility device who violates s. 346.59 may be required to forfeit not more
3than $10.
SB152,63 4Section 63. 346.71 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,21,45 346.71 (2) In cases of death involving a motor vehicle in which the decedent was
6the operator of a motor vehicle, a pedestrian 14 years of age or older or a bicycle,
7electric scooter,
or electric personal assistive mobility device operator 14 years of age
8or older and who died within 6 hours of the time of the accident, the coroner or
9medical examiner of the county where the death occurred shall require that a blood
10specimen of at least 10 cc. be withdrawn from the body of the decedent within 12
11hours after his or her death, by the coroner or medical examiner or by a physician
12so designated by the coroner or medical examiner or by a qualified person at the
13direction of the physician. All funeral directors shall obtain a release from the
14coroner or medical examiner of the county where the accident occurred as provided
15in s. 979.01 (4) prior to proceeding with embalming any body coming under the scope
16of this section. The blood so drawn shall be forwarded to a laboratory approved by
17the department of health services for analysis of the alcoholic content of the blood
18specimen. The coroner or medical examiner causing the blood to be withdrawn shall
19be notified of the results of each analysis made and shall forward the results of each
20such analysis to the department of health services. If the death involved a motor
21vehicle, the department shall keep a record of all such examinations to be used for
22statistical purposes only and the department shall disseminate and make public the
23cumulative results of the examinations without identifying the individuals involved.
24If the death involved an all-terrain vehicle, a utility terrain vehicle, or an
25off-highway motorcycle, as defined in s. 23.335 (1) (q), that was being operated off

1the highways, as defined in s. 23.335 (1) (y), the department of natural resources
2shall keep a record of all such examinations to be used for statistical purposes only
3and the department of natural resources shall disseminate and make public the
4cumulative results of the examinations without identifying the individuals involved.
SB152,64 5Section 64. 346.80 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,21,7 6346.80 (title) Riding bicycle , electric scooter, or electric personal
7assistive mobility device on roadway.
SB152,65 8Section 65. 346.80 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,21,119 346.80 (1) In this section, “substandard width lane" means a lane that is too
10narrow for a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device and
11a motor vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.
SB152,66 12Section 66. 346.80 (2) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,21,1813 346.80 (2) (a) (intro.) Any person operating a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric
14personal assistive mobility device upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of
15traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close
16as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb of the unobstructed traveled roadway,
17including operators who are riding 2 or more abreast where permitted under sub. (3),
18except:
SB152,67 19Section 67. 346.80 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,21,2320 346.80 (2) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), any person operating a bicycle, electric
21scooter,
or electric personal assistive mobility device upon a one-way highway
22having 2 or more lanes available for traffic may ride as near the left-hand edge or
23curb of the roadway as practicable.
SB152,68 24Section 68. 346.80 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1346.80 (2) (c) Any person operating a bicycle , electric scooter, or electric
2personal assistive mobility device upon a roadway shall exercise due care when
3passing a standing or parked vehicle or a vehicle proceeding in the same direction
4and, when passing a standing or parked vehicle that is a school bus that is not
5displaying flashing red warning lights as provided in s. 346.48 (1) or a motor bus,
6shall allow a minimum of 3 feet between the bicycle, electric scooter, or electric
7personal assistive mobility device and the vehicle.
SB152,69 8Section 69. 346.80 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,22,139 346.80 (3) (a) Persons riding bicycles, electric scooters, or electric personal
10assistive mobility devices upon a roadway may ride 2 abreast if such operation does
11not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic. Bicycle , electric scooter,
12or electric personal assistive mobility device operators riding 2 abreast on a 2-lane
13or more roadway shall ride within a single lane.
SB152,70 14Section 70. 346.80 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,22,1715 346.80 (3) (b) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway may not ride more than
162 abreast except upon any path, trail, lane or other way set aside for the exclusive
17use of bicycles, electric scooters, and electric personal assistive mobility devices.
SB152,71 18Section 71. 346.80 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,22,2219 346.80 (4) No person may operate a bicycle, electric scooter, electric personal
20assistive mobility device, or moped upon a roadway where a sign is erected indicating
21that bicycle, electric scooter, electric personal assistive mobility device, or moped
22riding is prohibited.
SB152,72 23Section 72. 346.80 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,23,324 346.80 (5) Except as provided in ss. 346.23, 346.24, 346.37, and 346.38, every
25rider of a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device shall,

1upon entering on a highway, yield, and every personal delivery device operator shall
2ensure that the personal delivery device, upon entering on a highway, yield the
3right-of-way to motor vehicles.
SB152,73 4Section 73. 346.803 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,23,6 5346.803 (title) Riding bicycle , electric scooter, or electric personal
6assistive mobility device on bicycle way.
SB152,74 7Section 74. 346.803 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,23,98 346.803 (1) (intro.) Every person operating a bicycle , electric scooter, or electric
9personal assistive mobility device upon a bicycle way shall:
SB152,75 10Section 75. 346.803 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,23,1311 346.803 (1) (a) Exercise due care and give an audible signal when passing a
12bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device rider or a
13pedestrian proceeding in the same direction.
SB152,76 14Section 76. 346.803 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,23,1715 346.803 (2) Every person operating a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric
16personal assistive mobility device upon a bicycle way open to 2-way traffic shall ride
17on the right side of the bicycle way.
SB152,77 18Section 77. 346.803 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,23,2119 346.803 (3) Every operator of a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal
20assistive mobility device entering a bicycle way shall yield the right-of-way to all
21bicycles and pedestrians in the bicycle way.
SB152,78 22Section 78. 346.803 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,23,2523 346.803 (4) Except as provided in s. ss. 349.236 (1) (bm) and 349.237, a person
24may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device, or an electric scooter at
25a speed not to exceed 15 miles per hour,
upon any bicycle path.
SB152,79
1Section 79. 346.804 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,24,6 2346.804 Riding bicycle on sidewalk. When local authorities under s. 346.94
3(1) permit bicycles on the sidewalk, every person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk
4shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall exercise due care and give
5an audible signal when passing a bicycle, electric scooter, or electric personal
6assistive mobility device rider or a pedestrian proceeding in the same direction.
SB152,80 7Section 80. 346.805 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,24,15 8346.805 Riding electric scooter or electric personal assistive mobility
9device on sidewalk.
Except as provided in ss. 346.94 (18) (a) 2. and (18s), 349.236
10(1) (b), and 349.237, a person may operate an electric scooter or an electric personal
11assistive mobility device upon any sidewalk. Every person operating an electric
12scooter or
an electric personal assistive mobility device upon a sidewalk shall yield
13the right-of-way to any pedestrian or bicyclist and shall exercise due care and give
14an audible signal when passing a bicycle or other electric scooter or electric personal
15assistive mobility device or a pedestrian proceeding in the same direction.
SB152,81 16Section 81. 346.94 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,24,2317 346.94 (12) Driving on bicycle lane or bicycle way. No operator of a motor
18vehicle may drive upon a bicycle lane or bicycle way except to enter a driveway, to
19merge into a bicycle lane before turning at an intersection, or to enter or leave a
20parking space located adjacent to the bicycle lane or bicycle way. Persons operating
21a motor vehicle upon a bicycle lane or bicycle way shall yield the right-of-way to all
22bicycles, electric scooters, and electric personal assistive mobility devices within the
23bicycle lane or bicycle way.
SB152,82 24Section 82 . 346.94 (18s) of the statutes is created to read:
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1346.94 (18s) Electric scooters on roadways, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, and
2bicycle ways.
(a) Except as otherwise prohibited in this chapter, a person may
3operate an electric scooter upon any roadway, sidewalk, bicycle lane, or bicycle way
4that is under the jurisdiction of the department or that is open to operation of
5bicycles.
SB152,25,96 (b) A person may operate an electric scooter upon any roadway, sidewalk,
7bicycle lane, or bicycle way under the jurisdiction of a local authority, subject to any
8restrictions or prohibitions specified by municipal ordinance enacted under s.
9349.237.
SB152,25,1110 (c) No person may operate an electric scooter upon any roadway, sidewalk,
11bicycle lane, or bicycle way at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.
SB152,83 12Section 83. 347.02 (1) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,25,1313 347.02 (1) (i) Electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices.
SB152,84 14Section 84. 347.245 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,26,615 347.245 (1) No person may operate on a highway any vehicle or equipment, any
16implement of husbandry, any animal-drawn vehicle, or any other machinery,
17including all road machinery, that usually travels at speeds of less than 25 miles per
18hour or any vehicle operated under a special restricted operator's license issued
19under s. 343.135 or any lightweight utility vehicle, as defined in s. 346.94 (21) (a) 2.,
20unless there is displayed on the most practicable visible rear area of the vehicle or
21combination of vehicles, a slow moving vehicle (SMV) emblem as described in and
22displayed as provided in sub. (2). Any towed vehicle or machine is exempt from this
23provision if the towing vehicle is visible from the rear and is in compliance with this
24section. All road machinery is excluded when it is engaged in actual construction or
25maintenance work either guarded by a flagman or clearly visible warning signs. The

1requirement of the emblem shall be in addition to any lighting devices required or
2permitted by law. Mopeds and motor bicycles are excluded from the provisions of this
3section unless they are operated under a special restricted operator's license issued
4under s. 343.135. Electric scooters, electric personal assistive mobility devices, and
5personal delivery devices are excluded from the provisions of this section. The SMV
6emblem need not be displayed on vehicles moving directly across the highway.
SB152,85 7Section 85. 347.489 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB152,26,248 347.489 (1) No person may operate a bicycle, motor bicycle, personal delivery
9device, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility device upon a highway,
10sidewalk, bicycle lane, or bicycle way during hours of darkness unless the bicycle,
11motor bicycle, personal delivery device, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive
12mobility device is equipped with or, with respect to a bicycle or motor bicycle, the
13operator is wearing, a lamp emitting a white light visible from a distance of at least
14500 feet to the front of the bicycle, motor bicycle, personal delivery device, electric
15scooter,
or electric personal assistive mobility device. A bicycle, motor bicycle,
16personal delivery device, electric scooter, or electric personal assistive mobility
17device shall also be equipped with a red reflector that has a diameter of at least 2
18inches of surface area or, with respect to an electric scooter or an electric personal
19assistive mobility device, that is a strip of reflective tape that has at least 2 square
20inches of surface area, on the rear so mounted and maintained as to be visible from
21all distances from 50 to 500 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper
22beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A lamp emitting a steady or flashing red
23light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used in lieu of the red
24reflector.
SB152,86 25Section 86. 347.489 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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1347.489 (2) No person may operate a bicycle, motor bicycle, electric scooter, or
2electric personal assistive mobility device upon a highway, bicycle lane, or bicycle
3way unless it is equipped with a brake in good working condition, adequate to control
4the movement of and to stop the bicycle, motor bicycle, electric scooter, or electric
5personal assistive mobility device whenever necessary.
SB152,87 6Section 87. 347.489 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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