BILL · 2021–22 SESSION
HB 1255: Motorcycle steering equip.
Concerning motorcycle steering equipment requirements.
Summary
- Exempts a motorcycle driver from the requirement to wear a helmet if the motorcycle is equipped with a steering wheel or handlebars, seat belts meeting federal safety standards, and a partially or completely enclosed seating area which has been federally certified as crush proof.
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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
- IntroducedJan 18, 2021
- Out of committeeFeb 22, 2021
- Passed Housestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Ed Orcutt (R-20)
- Introduced
- January 18, 2021 in the House
- Last action
- January 10, 2022
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to motorcycle steering equipment requirements;
Sponsors
Votes
No recorded floor votes.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- TR - Executive action taken by committee.
- Minority; without recommendation.
- Minority; do not pass.
- TR - Majority; do pass.
- Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- First reading, referred to Transportation.
HB 1255 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- HB 1255 (2025–26) Encampment removal
- HB 1255 (2023–24) Health care prof. SUD prg.
- HB 1255 (2019–20) Patches pal license plates
- HB 1255 (2017–18) Tacoma Narrows bridge tolls
- HB 1255 (2015–16) Minority & women's business
- HB 1255 (2013–14) School plants/prev. wage
- HB 1255 (2011–12) Indian tribes/counselors
- HB 1255 (2009–10) Initiation fees and dues