Vehicles: motorcycles: safety helmets: exceptions.
Summary
Existing law requires a driver and a passenger to wear a safety helmet meeting certain requirements when riding on a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or motorized bicycle. This bill would exempt from this requirement a person who is 21 years of age or older who has either completed a motorcyclist safety training program or has been authorized to operate a vehicle pursuant to a valid class M1 license or endorsement, or a comparable license from another jurisdiction, for 2 or more years.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2011
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 17, 2011
Last action Jan 10, 2012
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 4, 2012
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
lower
Mar 3, 2011
Committee
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
lower
Feb 18, 2011
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
CN
Chris Norby
RRepublican
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