NEW YORK FREEDOM RIDER NEWS- 3/19/21 - motorcycle related updates

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NEW YORK FREEDOM RIDER NEWS- 3/19/21 - motorcycle related updates

ARIZONA- update

HB2115: motorcycle safety fund; continuation

Status:
03/17/2021: Senate- second read
03/16/2021: Senate- first read, assigned to Appropriations and Rules Committee

Bill text: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/481901
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HAWAII- new

SR176/SCR213: Zero Net Vehicle Growth Policy; HADA; DOT. Urging the state to adopt a zero net vehicle growth policy to reduce traffic congestion

Status:
SR176:
3/16/2021: Referred to Transportation Committee
3/12/2021: Offered
SCR213:
3/16/2021: Referred to Transportation Committee
3/12/2021: Offered

Bill text: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessi...lls/SR176_.PDF
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ILLINOIS- update

HB656: Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the passenger of a motorcycle to be capable of resting a foot on the footrest while the motorcycle is in motion.

Status:
3/17/2021: Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
3/10/2021: Do Pass / Consent Calendar Transportation: Vehicles and Safety Committee. Vote: 10-0

Bill text: https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102...00HB0656lv.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:
03/16/21: House- passed. Vote: 89-6 with Committee Substitute, floor amendments (2) and (4), and committee amendment (1-title). Received in Senate, to Rules Committee. Posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1), floor amendments (2) and (4), and committee amendment (1-title). Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1) and floor amendment (4). Returned to House
03/15/21: House- taken from clerk's desk, placed in the Orders of the Day. Floor amendment (3) and (4) filed to Committee Substitute

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:
3/16/2021: House- Referred Environment and Transportation

Bill text: http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0293t.pdf
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MISSOURI- update

SCR9: Expresses support for actions taken to end motorcycle profiling

Status:
3/23/2021- Hearing Scheduled S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

Bill text: https://www.senate.mo.gov/21info/pdf...intro/SCR9.pdf
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OKLAHOMA- update

HB1043: Motor vehicles; deleting limitation on the height of motorcycle handlebars; effective date.

Status:
03/15/2021: Senate- Second Reading referred to Public Safety Committee

Bill text: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf...043%20ENGR.PDF
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PENNSYLVANIA- update

HB113: An Act amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in general provisions relating to operation of vehicles, further providing for obedience to authorized persons directing traffic and providing for drivers in organized motorcycle processions; and, in rules of the road in general, further providing for following too closely.

Status:
March 17, 2021: Second consideration, re-committed to Appropriations Committee
March 16, 2021: Removed from table

Bill text: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs...r=0113&pn=0386
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WEST VIRGINIA- new

SB665: Exempting parade participants from motorcycle helmet requirements

Status:
03/18/21: Introduced, referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Bill text: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Te...665%20INTR.pdf
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TEXAS- update

HB1837/SB2141: Relating to motorcycle profiling by peace officers.

Status:
Senate: [update- companion bill]
03/12/2021: Filed

Bill text: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87...pdf#navpanes=0
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