Representative Brandon Mitchell (District 6) introduced RS 31879, a proposed rulemaking statute that would exempt utility terrain vehicle (UTV) riders from the statute’s helmet requirement while retaining requirements that the vehicle have a seat belt and a roll cage.

Mitchell said, “Basically this legislation is designed to exempt current law says that you have to have a helmet on if you're over or under 18 years old when riding in the UTV. This is to exempt that so they don't have to have it, but they do have to have a seat belt and a roll cage on the actual unit for protection.”

After Mitchell’s presentation, a member moved to introduce RS 31879. A motion to introduce RS 31879 was made on the record; there was no second recorded on the transcript. The committee approved the motion by voice vote. The chair called for ayes, one member said “Aye,” and when no opposed voices were heard the chair said the motion carried.

The transcript records no further debate on RS 31879 at this meeting and does not show the bill being numbered beyond the RS designation or being scheduled for a specific hearing date. No implementation timeline, fiscal note, or amendment was recorded in the transcript at this meeting.

Votes at a glance

- RS 31879 (introduction): Motion to introduce approved by voice vote; mover recorded in the transcript as the member who said, “I move that we introduce RS 3,18,79.” No recorded second; no roll-call tally recorded.

The item concluded with the chair adjourning the meeting.