Requiring minors to wear helmets while riding motorcycles and motorized bicycles, and providing penalties

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 2, 2021
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 3, 2021
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill prohibits a person under years of age from operating a motorcycle or motorized bicycle on the highways unless the person is wearing a safety helmet. The bill also prohibits any person from operating a motorcycle or motorized bicycle on the highways accompanied by a passenger under years of age unless the passenger is wearing a safety helmet. The bill provides that a violation of these provisions is punishable by a scheduled fine of $50. Under the bill, “wearing a safety helmet” means having a safety helmet that complies with the standards and specifications established in the Code of Federal Regulations on the person’s head that is fastened with the helmet straps and that is of a size that fits the person’s head securely without excessive lateral or vertical movement.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named February 3, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. Waylon Brown R
• Sen. J. Smith
• Sen. Dan Zumbach REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321.275§805.8A

How the Code works²

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Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

• HF 2233 Requiring minors to wear helmets while riding motorcycles and motorized bicycles, and prov…
  88th General Assembly · In committee · same title
  Cleared committee

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