As often happens in the legislative world, a not so funny thing happened on the way to committee. HB 939, our auxiliary light bill to allow motorcyclists to utilize LED type accent lighting, ran into last minute trouble. Despite coming out of the House of Delegates on a 100-0 vote, the bill was fiercely opposed Learn More

Our Auxiliary light bill, HB 939, met with strong opposition from Chairman Carrico yesterday. He has adopted the position of the Virginia State Police and spoke strongly against the bill. However, before a vote could be called, the committee room was evacuated due to a tornado warning. The bill has been pushed to the next Learn More

Our Auxiliary light bill, HB 939, is going to be heard this Wednesday (February 24th) before the Senate Transportation Committee. This bill would allow motorcyclists to utilize auxiliary lighting, such as LED accent lighting, in order to be more visible at night. Current Virginia law requires that all lighting be approved by the superintendent of Learn More

We have reached the time in the Virginia General Assembly known as “Crossover,” which is the half way point of the 60 day session. This means that, other than the budget bill, the Senate may now only consider legislation that has passed out of the House of Delegates, and the House of Delegates may only Learn More

Our Auxiliary light bill, HB 939, passed today in the House of Delegates on a vote of 100-0. We now move to the Virginia Senate. Thank you to all who took the time to email their legislators. This bill would allow motorcyclists to utilize auxiliary lighting, such as LED accent lighting, in order to be Learn More

Our Auxiliary light bill, HB 939, is going to be heard this Thursday (February 4th) before the Full House Transportation Committee. This bill would allow motorcyclists to utilize auxiliary lighting, such as LED accent lighting, in order to be more visible at night. Current Virginia law requires that all lighting be approved by the superintendent Learn More

Our Auxiliary light bill, HB 939, passed out of House Sub-Committee # 1 with the help of the Sub-Committee Chairman, Delegate Scott Garrett. The many emails sent by motorcyclists on this list was crucial to getting out of sub-committee. When we know the date we will be going to the full House Transportation Committee we Learn More

Our Auxiliary light bill, HB 939, is most likely going to be heard this Monday (February 1st) before the House Transportation Sub-committee chaired by Delegate Scott Garrett. This bill would allow motorcyclists to utilize auxiliary lighting, such as LED accent lighting, in order to be more visible at night. Current Virginia law requires that all Learn More

Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas of Portsmouth has introduced SB697 which would allow motorcyclists to use Virginia toll roads free of charge. The pertinent language of the bill reads as follows: “Any motorcycle operated by the holder of a valid driver’s license issued by the Commonwealth or any other state shall be allowed free use Learn More

This year’s Virginia Motorcycle Lobby Day was another success. We had over 100 motorcyclists attend the Sunday informational session where we discussed this year’s legislation that affects Virginia motorcyclists. The next day we drove to the capitol and spoke to the delegates and senators about the legislation. As Jim and I continue to make our Learn More