Bill Text: CA SCR168 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Senate Concurrent Resolution 168

Bill Title: Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 13-8)

Status: (Passed) 2026-05-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 82, Statutes of 2026. [SCR168 Detail]

Download: California-2025-SCR168-Chaptered.html

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 168

CHAPTER 82

Relative to Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California.

[ Filed with Secretary of State May 29, 2026. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SCR 168, Jones. Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California.

This measure would designate the month of May 2026 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California.

Fiscal Committee: NO

WHEREAS, Motorcycle riding is a popular form of efficient transportation and recreation for Californians and visitors to our Golden State. Motorcyclists travel approximately 21,000,000 miles per year in the United States, riding an average of 2,500 miles each. Motorcycles provide a means of transportation that uses fewer resources, causes less wear and tear on public roadways, and increases available parking areas; and

WHEREAS, Through the Department of the California Highway Patrol’s California Motorcyclist Safety Program, the state has trained over 1,200,000 riders out of the 1,400,000 total riders licensed since the start of the program in the 1980s. Along with the assistance of the California Office of Traffic Safety, rider education, and the Department of Transportation’s freeway message boards, these efforts have led to a 10percent decrease in annual motorcyclist fatalities compared to the number of fatalities in 2022 and 2023, while at the same time, the national average of annual motorcyclist fatalities has increased by 1 percent since 2022 and 2023. California leads the way in training and safety for motorcyclists, and we are saving lives; and

WHEREAS, It is important that drivers of all vehicles be aware of one another, learn to share the road, and practice courtesy; and

WHEREAS, California was the first state to legalize lane splitting; and

WHEREAS, ABATE of California, which is a motorcyclists’ rights and safety organization, the American Motorcyclist Association, the Bay Area Riders Forum, and the California Motorcycle Dealers Association are organizations that actively promote the safe operation of motorcycles, advocate for more rider training courses through California Highway Patrol provider Total Control Training, and advocate for increasing motorist recognition of motorcycles; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the month of May 2026 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in California, acknowledges the need for awareness on the part of all drivers, especially with regard to sharing the road with motorcycles, and honors motorcyclists’ many contributions to the communities in which they live and ride; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.