NEW YORK FREEDOM RIDER NEWS- 2/26/21 - motorcycle related updates

KENTUCKY- updates

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:
02/24/21: to Transportation
02/22/21: received in Senate, to Committee on Committees

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:
02/25/21: House- to Transportation
02/24/21: House- received
02/23/21: Senate- third reading, passed. Vote: 35-1

Bill text: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/reco...sb131/bill.pdf
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MARYLAND- update

SB712: Vehicle Laws - Protective Headgear Requirement for Motorcycle Riders – Exception

Status:
2/23/2021: Judicial Proceedings-Hearing canceled

Bill text: http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/sb/sb0712f.pdf
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MINNESOTA- updates

HF895/SF1428: Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage requirement for motorcycles

Status:
Senate: [update- companion bill]
02/25/2021: Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy

Bill text: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/tex...ssion_number=0
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MISSOURI –update

HB996: Modifies provisions relating to auxiliary lighting for motorcycles

Status:
2/25/2021: Referred: Rules - Legislative Oversight
2/24/2021: Executive Session Completed. Voted Do Pass. Vote: 13-0

Bill text: https://www.house.mo.gov/billtrackin.../1292H.01I.pdf
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MONTANA- update

SB9: Provide for motorcycle filtering

Status:
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
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NEVADA- update

SB17: AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; revising provisions governing the renewal of certain instruction permits to operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle; revising the requirements to obtain a license to operate a school for training drivers; requiring the operator of such a school to maintain and make available to the Department of Motor Vehicles and the State of Nevada certain records, books and other information; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Status:
Feb 23, 2021: House- Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.
Feb 22, 2021: Senate- Read third time. Passed. Title approved. Vote: 21-0. To Assembly.
Feb 18, 2021: Senate- Read second time.

Bill text: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELI...7192/Overview#
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TENNESSEE- update

HB903/SB1536: Traffic Safety - As introduced, exempts drivers and passengers over 26 years of age from the requirement to wear a crash helmet while operating or riding in motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, and motorized bicycles, if the person is covered by health or medical insurance other than insurance through TennCare; makes a violation of the helmet law a secondary offense.

Status:
Assembly:
02/22/2021: Passed second consideration, referred to Transportation Committee. Assigned to s/c Transportation Subcommittee
Senate:
02/22/2021: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Transportation and Safety Committee

Bill text: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0903.pdf
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UTAH- update

SJR12: Joint Resolution Promoting Awareness of Motorcycle Profiling

Status:
2/25/2021: passed Senate second reading. Vote: 18-9
2/23/2021: Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee - Favorable Recommendation. Vote: 4-0

Bill text: https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/sbillint/SJR012.pdf
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WEST VIRGINIA- new

HB2711: Permitting persons who are twenty-one years of age or older to operate or be a passenger on a motorcycle without a helmet

Status:
02/23/21: Introduced, referred to Technology and Infrastructure Committee

Bill text: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Te...711%20INTR.pdf

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