BMW Bikers of Metropolitan Washington

Status: 03/14/07  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190)

Summary as introduced:
Issuance of a license to operate a motorcycle.  Changes "endorsement" to "classification"; allows an individual with a Virginia driver's license who successfully completes a motorcycle rider safety training course to use the documentation as a temporary motorcycle classification for 30 days;

From the AMA Rapid Response Center (Website):

U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) recently introduced S. 616, "The HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act.” Identical legislation passed the full Senate in the 108th Congress and obtained 177 bipartisan cosponsors in the House.

S. 616 aims at ending health care discrimination for individuals participating in legal transportation and recreational activities-activities like motorcycling, snowmobiling, skiing, horseback riding, and all-terrain vehicle riding.

This legislation addresses a loophole caused by a Department of Health and Human Services' rule making it possible for health care benefits to be denied to those who are injured while participating in these activities.

http://www.abateofva.com/index.cfm?tab=bikerbills

ABATE Bill Sponsor Description Status
Supports HB1808 Poisson Riding two abreast in one lane. (Committee members) Failed

HB1876 Caputo Cell phone use by learner's permit holders. (How they voted) Failed (41/56)

HB2177 BaCote Motorcycle driver's license requirements. To Governor