NEW YORK FREEDOM RIDER NEWS- 3/12/21 - motorcycle related updates
KENTUCKY- update
HB125: Create a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to require the Transportation Cabinet to establish a restriction category on the motorcycle operator's license to restrict license holders to operation of 3-wheeled motorcycles only; amend KRS 186.480 to clarify the procedures for motorcycle skills testing by mandating that applicants who take the skills test on a 3-wheeled motorcycle shall be issued motorcycle operator's licenses with the 3-wheeled restriction; amend KRS 15A.352 to allow out-of-state residents to take training courses; clarify that applicants who are exempted from testing by virtue of passing an education course have the same wheel restrictions if they took the training on a 3-wheeled motorcycle; amend KRS 15A.354 to require the instructors be reviewed every two years, instead of annually; amend KRS 15A.350 to conform.
Status:
03/11/21: Senate- reported favorably, second reading, to Rules as a consent bill
03/05/21: Senate- taken from Transportation, first reading, returned to Transportation
Bill text:
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/reco...hb125/bill.pdf
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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:
03/11/21: floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
Amendment 2:
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/reco...SB131/HFA2.pdf
Bill text:
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/reco...sb131/bill.pdf
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MARYLAND- update
HB118/SB293: Vehicle Laws - Injury or Death of Vulnerable Individual - Penalties
Status:
Senate:
3/12/2021: Third Reading- Passed. Vote: 45-0
3/11/2021:
Favorable with Amendments {308771/1- Adopted
Floor Amendment {923925/1 (Senator Carozza)- Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/09/2021: Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
Amendments {308771/1:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/am...3_30877101.pdf
Amendment {923925/1:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/am...3_92392501.pdf
Bill text:
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0293t.pdf
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MAINE- update
LD230: An Act to Allow Low-beam Headlights on Motorcycles To Flash during Daytime Hours
Status:
3/10/2021: Senate- Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Bill text:
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legi...tem=1&snum=130
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MISSOURI- updates
HB490: Provides that a motorcycle or motortricycle may be operated on the shoulder of a roadway under certain circumstances
Status:
3/08/2021: Referred: Transportation
Bill text:
https://www.house.mo.gov/billtrackin.../1078H.01I.pdf
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HB996: Modifies provisions relating to auxiliary lighting for motorcycles
Status:
3/11/2021: Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight Executive Session Completed. Reported- Do Pass. Vote: 9- 0
Bill text:
https://www.house.mo.gov/billtrackin.../1292H.01I.pdf
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TEXAS- update
HB1837: Relating to motorcycle profiling by peace officers.
Status:
03/11/2021: Read first time, referred to Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
Bill text:
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87...pdf#navpanes=0
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