NEW YORK FREEDOM RIDER NEWS- 3/5/21 - motorcycle related updates
ALABAMA- update
HB125: Motor vehicles, motorcycle license, requirements, further provided, Secs. 32-5A-240, 32-12-22 am'd.
Status:
03/03/2021: Read for the second time and placed on the calendar. Pending third reading on day 12 Favorable from Public Safety and Homeland Security
Bill text:
http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.../HB125-int.pdf
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FLORIDA- update
HB437/S822: Operation of Motorized Vehicles by Minors
Status:
Assembly:
3/2/2021: First reading
Senate:
3/2/2021: Introduced
Bill text:
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bil...Text/Filed/PDF
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KENTUCKY- update
SB131: Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 15A.350 to KRS 15A.366 as new sections of KRS Chapter 176 to transfer the Motorcycle Safety Education Commission and the motorcycle safety education program and fund from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to the Transportation Cabinet; attach the commission to the Office of Highway Safety in the Department of Highways for administrative purposes; amend KRS 186.450, 186.531, 186.535, and 176.010 to conform; confirm executive order 2020-992, transferring the commission and its duties from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet to the Transportation Cabinet; APPROPRIATION.
Status:
03/04/21: House- third reading, Committee Substitute adopted, laid on clerk's desk, floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
03/03/21: House- second reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 4, 2021
03/02/21: House- reported favorably, first reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute and committee amendment (1-title)
House committee substitute:
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/reco...SB131/HCS1.pdf
House amendment:
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/reco...SB131/HCA1.pdf
Bill text:
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/reco...sb131/bill.pdf
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MONTANA- LAW
SB9: Provide for motorcycle filtering
Status:
03/03/2021: Signed by Governor
02/22/2021: Transmitted to Governor
02/19/2021: Signed by Speaker
02/18/2021: Signed by President
Bill text:
http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0009.pdf
Article:
https://americanmotorcyclist.com/mon...ng-legislation
Montana Passes Motorcycle Lane-Filtering Legislation
Becomes third U.S. state to allow lane filtering in traffic
PICKERINGTON, Ohio — Montana has become the third state to recognize lane filtering, with the Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signature on a bill legalizing filtering of motorcycles under certain conditions. “We applaud the efforts of Montana’s motorcycling community and the state’s legislators, and thank Gov. Gianforte for signing this legislation into law,” said Russ Ehnes, chair of the AMA Board of Directors.
S.B. 9 allows the operator of a two-wheeled motorcycle to overtake stopped or slow-moving vehicles at a speed not in excess of 20 mph, to filter between lanes of stopped traffic traveling in the same direction as conditions permit, and specifies reasonable and prudent motorcycle operation while lane filtering.
“With the signing of S.B. 9, Montanans have recognized the benefits of lane splitting, which allows motorcyclists the choice to filter in traffic when it is safe to do so,” said Tiffany Cipoletti, on-highway government relations manager for the American Motorcyclist Association.
The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Russ Tempel (R-SD14) and state Rep. Barry Usher (R-HD40), was signed by Gov. Gianforte on March 2 at a public signing ceremony in Helena. Ehnes was in attendance. The bill takes effect October 1, 2021.
California (A.B. 51, 2016) and Utah (H.B. 149, 2018) were the first two states to codify and sign lane-splitting or lane-filtering legislation. Efforts to legalize and formally recognize lane filtering/splitting is under consideration in three other states during the 2021 legislative session.
The AMA endorses lane splitting, given the long-term success in California and the University of California-Berkeley research study showing that the practice enhances motorcycle safety. The AMA will assist groups and individuals working to bring legal lane splitting and/or filtering to their state.
“As lane splitting support continues to gain traction across the country, I am eager to help more motorcyclists engage their state legislatures on this issue,” Cipoletti said.
The full AMA position statement on lane splitting can be found at americanmotorcyclist.com/lane-splitting/
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OKLAHOMA- update
HB1043: Motor vehicles; deleting limitation on the height of motorcycle handlebars; effective date.
Status:
03/02/2021: Senate- first reading
03/02/2021: House- engrossed, signed, sent to Senate
03/01/2021: House- General Order. Third Reading- measure passed. Vote: 96-1. Referred for engrossment.
Bill text:
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf...043%20ENGR.PDF
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OREGON- update
SB574: Allows operator of motorcycle to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions.
Status:
3-2: Transportation- Public Hearing held
Hearing materials:
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/202.../SB574/Details
Bill text:
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/202...574/Introduced
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RHODE ISLAND- update
HB5567: Requires all operators of motorcycles to wear a helmet. Violation results in a one hundred dollar ($100) fine. Increases the fine for failure of passenger’s to wear a helmet from eighty-five dollars ($85) to one hundred dollars ($100)
Status:
03/03/2021: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Bill text:
http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/B...xt21/H5567.pdf
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UTAH- update
SJR12: Joint Resolution Promoting Awareness of Motorcycle Profiling
Status:
3/4/2021: House- third Reading Calendar to Rules
3/2/2021: House- second reading
3/2/2021: House- Transportation Committee - Amendment Recommendation # 2. Vote: 7-3. Favorable recommendation- Vote: 10-0
3/1/2021: House- Introduced, first reading, to Transportation Committee
2/26/2021: Senate- passed third reading. Vote: 24-4
House amendment:
https://le.utah.gov/~2021/pamend/sjr012.hca.02.pdf
Bill text:
https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillamd/SJR012.pdf
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HB165: Noise Pollution Amendments
Status:
3/2/2021: Transportation Committee - Returned to Rules. Committee report sent to Rules Committee
Bill text:
https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillint/HB0165.pdf
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