2025 bills / H.B. 234
H.B. 234 Motorcycle Safety Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill raises the fine for riding a motorcycle without a motorcycle endorsement on your driver license. A court must waive the higher fine if the person gets the endorsement within 30 days of their plea or sentencing, and a court may extend that 30-day period if it finds this reasonable and necessary.
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Official description
- increases a fine for a person who operates a motorcycle without a motorcycle endorsement on the person's driver license
- requires a court to waive the increased fine if the person obtains a motorcycle endorsement within 30 days of the date of the plea or sentencing
- allows a court to extend the 30-day period if the court finds it reasonable and necessary
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Every vote
- 10 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to approve it · 1/29/2025 2:40 PMWho voted how
- 73 yes, 1 no, 1 absentFinal House vote · 2/10/2025 11:34 AMWho voted how
- 5 yes, 1 no, 2 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: vote to approve it · 2/18/2025 8:34 AMWho voted how
- 22 yes, 1 no, 6 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/20/2025 2:57 PMWho voted how
- 17 yes, 10 no, 2 absentFinal Senate vote · 2/21/2025 10:34 AMWho voted how