ESHB 2095 — Protecting vulnerable users of public ways.
Did not pass — the 2025–26 session has ended
- Sponsor
- Reed
- Introduced
- February 3, 2026
- Status
- H Rules 3C
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. (March 12, 2026)
What this bill does
Requires the Criminal Justice Training Commission and Administrative Office of the Courts to develop educational materials for certain law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges regarding negligent driving with a vulnerable user victim. Establishes a rebuttable presumption of negligence for certain tort claims arising from a vehicle collision that proximately causes the injury or death of a vulnerable user of a public way if the victim was injured or killed in a protected area.
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Floor votes
- House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 17, 202653 yea · 44 nay · 1 not voting
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