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AMENDMENT MEMO
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Memo published: June 13, 2023 Contact: Benjamin Kranner, Staff Analyst
2023 Assembly Bill 105 Assembly Amendment 1
2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 105
Current law generally prohibits, with various exceptions, the operation of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs)
and utility terrain vehicles (UTVs) on highways and freeways. Among these exceptions, the prohibitions
on the operation of ATVs and UTVs on highways and freeways do not apply to the operator of an ATV or
UTV owned by a municipality, state agency, public utility, or by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and
Wildlife Commission, while the operator is engaged in an emergency or in the operation of an ATV or
UTV directly related to the functions of the entity that owns the ATV or UTV. This exception only
applies if safety does not require strict adherence to the prohibitions against operating ATVs and UTVs
on highways and freeways.
2023 Assembly Bill 105 expands the exception described above, providing that an ATV or UTV owned
by an electric cooperative may also be operated on a highway or freeway under the described
circumstances.
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1
Assembly Amendment 1 creates an additional exception to the prohibitions against operating ATVs and
UTVs on highways and freeways. Specifically, the amendment adds an exception for the operator of an
ATV or UTV while the operator is engaged in activities at the direction of and under contract with a
municipality or electric cooperative. Similar to the exception included in the bill, the amendment’s
exception only applies if safety does not require strict adherence to the prohibitions against operating
ATVs and UTVs on highways and freeways.
BILL HISTORY
Assembly Amendment 1 was introduced by Representative Vos on May 10, 2023. On June 6, 2023, the
Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities voted to recommend adoption of the amendment and
passage of the bill, as amended, on votes of Ayes, 16; Noes, 0.
For a full history of the bill, visit the Legislature’s bill history page.
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