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Committee advances motorcycle safety bill that raises fine but waives it if rider obtains endorsement
Summary
The committee passed first substitute House Bill 234 to increase fines for riding without a motorcycle endorsement to $350, with the fine waived if the rider obtains the endorsement; the bill passed 5–1 in committee with Senator Kwan recorded as the lone no vote.
Representative DeFe told the committee House Bill 234 was prompted by a constituent motorcycle-safety instructor and aims to change the enforcement incentives around motorcycle endorsements.
The sponsor said the current system makes it cheaper in some cases to receive repeated infractions than to obtain an endorsement and that fatalities among riders without endorsements have…
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