BILL NUMBER: SB 192	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 20, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 9, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Liu

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2015

   An act to add and repeal Section  21213  
21212.5  of the Vehicle Code, relating to bicycles.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 192, as amended, Liu. Bicycles: helmets.
   Existing law prohibits a person under 18 years of age from
operating a bicycle, riding on a bicycle as a passenger, or riding in
a trailer towed by a bicycle unless the person is wearing a bicycle
helmet meeting specified standards. A violation of those provisions
is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $25.
   This bill would require the Office of Traffic  Study,
  Safety,  in coordination with the Department of
the California Highway Patrol, to conduct a comprehensive study of
bicycle helmet use, including specified information, and to report
the study's findings to the Senate Committee on Transportation and
Housing and the Assembly Committee on Transportation by January 1,
2017.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section  21213   21212.5  is
added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
    21213.   21212.5.   (a) The Office of
Traffic  Study,   Safety,  in coordination
with the department, shall conduct a comprehensive study of bicycle
helmet use, including, but not limited to, determining the percentage
of California bicyclists who do not wear helmets, and the fatalities
or serious injuries that could have been avoided if helmets had been
worn. A report of the study's findings shall be submitted to the
Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing and the Assembly
Committee on Transportation by January 1, 2017.
   (b) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on January, 1, 2021.