On March 2, 2023, the 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly, in the 2023 Regular Session, held a public hearing regarding the state’s latest lane filtering legislation. If passed as enacted, Oregon’s Senate Bill 422 would allow motorcyclists within the state to legally participate in lane filtering activities under very specific circumstances.
If this concept sounds familiar, that’s probably because in 2021, the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed very similar legislation. At that time, Senate Bill 574 enjoyed broad bipartisan support in both the state Senate and the House, and passed through both houses to land on the governor’s desk as the last step before officially becoming state law. Ultimately, Oregon’s governor at the time, Kate Brown, vetoed that bill in May, 2021.
