On March 24, 2022, Arizona governor Doug Ducey officially signed a bill into state law that legalizes lane filtering for two-wheeled motorcycles if certain conditions are met. Senate Bill 1273 previously passed through both the state House and Senate chambers with bipartisan legislative support, prior to arriving on the governor’s desk to be signed.
The bill was sponsored by Senator Tyler Pace, who clarified that lane filtering and lane splitting are not the same thing. This law will only for low-speed lane filtering in very specific situations as clearly outlined by the language in the bill. It was crafted to resemble a similar lane filtering initiative that became law in Utah in 2019.
