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Motorcycle Safety Awareness Act of 2025
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to motorcyclist safety, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Motorcycle Safety Awareness Act of 2025 amends federal highway safety law to strengthen requirements for state motorcyclist safety programs. The bill requires that driver education and driver safety courses include instruction and testing on motorcyclist awareness, including state-specific motorcycle laws such as lane-splitting and lane-filtering rules. It also mandates instruction on share-the-road principles designed to increase awareness of motorcyclists and scooter riders. The law increases the number of criteria states must meet for their motorcyclist safety programs from at least two to at least three, with the new driver education requirement being mandatory. The amendments take effect two years after enactment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
Actions (2)
- Nov 20, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- Nov 20, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 20, 2025
Mr. Peters (for himself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to motorcyclist safety, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Motorcycle Safety Awareness Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. MOTORCYCLIST SAFETY.
(a) In General.—Section 405(f)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “at least 2 of the following criteria” and inserting “at least 3 of the following criteria, 1 of which shall be the criterion described in subparagraph (H)”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(H) Driver education and driving safety courses.—The inclusion, in driver education and driver safety courses provided to individuals by educational and motor vehicle agencies of the State, of instruction and testing relating to motorcyclist awareness, including information relating to—
“(i) State-specific motorcycle laws, such as lane-splitting and lane-filtering laws; and
“(ii) share-the-road principles intended to increase awareness of motorcyclists and scooter riders on the roadway.”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>
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