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Committee backs motorcycle-safety bill that would temporarily suspend endorsements for dangerous behavior
Summary
The committee unanimously recommended the first substitute to House Bill 190 after sponsors and law-enforcement witnesses described recent motorcycle fatalities and proposed 90-day suspensions of motorcycle endorsements for specific infractions including lane splitting, wheelies and hiding license plates.
The Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Committee unanimously advanced first substitute House Bill 190, a motorcycle-safety measure that would impose a 90-day suspension of a motorcycle endorsement for certain specified infractions.
Representative Thurston, presenting the bill, said the measure is aimed at a subset of high-risk behaviors rather than creating new crimes. "This bill does not make anything newly illegal, and it doesn't increase any criminality or fines," Thurston said. The bill targets three behaviors identified by law enforcement: lane splitting on highways,…
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