Arizona SB 1626: order of protection; firearm possession

Bill Text

SB1626 - 572R - S Ver 

 Senate Engrossed

 slow vehicles; left 
 lane; violation

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SENATE BILL 1626

AN 
ACT

Amending section 28-721, Arizona Revised 
Statutes; relating to traffic violations.

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Be it 
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 28-721, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE28-721. Driving on right side of roadway; driving on shoulder; 
exceptions; education

A. On all roadways of sufficient width, a person 
shall drive a vehicle on the right half of the roadway except as follows:

1. When overtaking and passing another vehicle 
proceeding in the same direction under the rules governing the movement.

2. When the right half of a roadway is closed to 
traffic while under construction or repair.

3. On a roadway divided into three marked lanes for 
traffic under the rules applicable on the roadway.

4. On a roadway designated and signposted for one-way 
traffic.

B. On all roadways, a person driving a vehicle 
proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and 
under the conditions then existing shall drive the vehicle in the right-hand 
lane then available for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand 
curb or edge of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle 
proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an 
intersection or into a private road or driveway. If a 
person violates this subsection, the department may assess two points against 
the person's driving record.

C. In an age restricted community that is located in 
an unincorporated area of a county with a population of more than three million 
persons, a person may drive a golf cart or a neighborhood electric vehicle on a 
paved shoulder that is adjacent to a roadway or as close as practicable to the 
right-hand curb or edge of a paved roadway if there is no delineated paved 
shoulder.

D. Defensive driving school courses that are offered 
by defensive driving schools operated pursuant to chapter 8, article 7 of this 
title and traffic survival schools operated pursuant to chapter 8, article 7.1 
of this title shall include educational information relating to subsections A 
and B of this section. The department shall include information 
relating to subsections A and B of this section in any of the department's 
examination, information and education materials. END_STATUTE