HLS 16RS-898 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 337
BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHEXNAYDER AND JIM MORRIS
MTR VEHICLE/MOTORCYCLES: Restricts the safety helmet requirement to motorcycle
riders and operators and riders under the age of twenty-one
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:190(A), relative to safety helmets for certain motor vehicle
3 operators; to limit the requirement for safety helmets to motorcycle operators and
4 riders under the age of twenty-one; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 32:190(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง190. Safety helmets
8 A. No person under the age of twenty-one years old shall operate or ride
9 upon any motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or motorized bicycle unless the person is
10 equipped with and is wearing on the head a safety helmet of the type and design
11 manufactured for use by operators of such vehicles, which shall be secured properly
12 with a chin strap while the vehicle is in motion. All such safety helmets shall consist
13 of lining, padding, visor, and chin strap and shall meet such other specifications as
14 shall be established by the commissioner.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-898 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 337
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 337 Original 2016 Regular Session Schexnayder
Abstract: Restricts the requirement of wearing safety helmets to motorcycle operators and
riders under 21 years of age.
Present law requires that all motorcycle operators and riders wear a safety helmet.
Proposed law modifies present law by restricting the application to motorcycle operators and
riders under 21 years of age.
(Amends R.S. 32:190(A))
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