FirstSENATE RegularRESOLUTION SessionBy Seventy-fifthSenator GeneralMacEwen AssemblyWHEREAS, STATEWashington OFstate COLORADOis ENGROSSEDcommitted LLSto NO.the promotion of safety programs, policies, and actions;

R25-0970.01 Michael Pearsall x2044 HJR25-1022 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Armagost and Lieder,WHEREAS, Bacon,Thousands Barron,of Bird,motorcyclists Boesenecker,travel Bottoms,the Caldwell,roads, Camacho,streets, Carter,highways, Clifford, Duran, Espenoza, Froelich, Garcia, Garcia Sander, Gonzalez R., Hamrick, Hartsook, Jackson, Johnson, Joseph, Keltie, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, Mabrey, Marshall, Martinez, Mauro, McCluskie, McCormick, Paschal, Phillips, Ricks, Rutinel, Sirota, Smith, Soper, Stewart K., Story, Suckla, Taggart, Titone, Velasco, Weinberg, Willford, Winter T., Woog SENATE SPONSORSHIP Bright and Hinrichsen,interstate Housesystems Committeesof SenateWashington Committeesstate HOUSEevery JOINTday; RESOLUTION 25-1022 C ONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF M AY 2025 AS "M OTORCYCLE S AFETY A WARENESS M ONTH ".

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and WHEREAS, MotorcyclistsThe aremonth providedof legalMay accessis torecognized federallynationally fundedand Highthroughout Occupancythe Vehiclestate lanesas toMotorcycle increaseSafety trafficAwareness flowMonth; while giving motorcyclists a safer environment for travel;

andNOW, WHEREAS,RidersandpassengersofmotorcyclesfacecountlessTHEREFORE, hazardsBE andIT unforeseenRESOLVED, circumstancesThat onthe Washington State Senate celebrate the road;month of May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month;

and WHEREAS,162motorcyclistswerekilledonColoradoroadwaysBE lastIT year;FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to the AAA Washington office, the ABATE of Washington office, Bikers Against Child Abuse, the representative of the Washington Road Riders Association, the headquarters of the Washington State Patrol, and the Washington State Department of Transportation.

andI, WHEREAS,Stateandnational"SharetheRoad"campaignshaveSarah beenBannister, createdSecretary toof remindthe driversSenate, ofdo otherhereby vehiclescertify that this is a true and allcorrect motoristscopy toof beSenate extraResolution alert8692, inadopted orderby tothe increaseSenate motorcyclists'February safety;19, 2026 SARAH BANNISTER Secretary of the Senate p.

and2 WHEREAS,8692 Studies show that many motorcyclists involved in accidents were without formal rider training;

and WHEREAS,Manycausesofmotorcyclecrashesmaybeattributed to lack of experience or failure to appreciate the unique operating characteristics and limitations of motorcycles, as well as the failure of other motorists to share the road with motorcyclists;

and WHEREAS, The motorcycling community has made an ongoing commitment to increasing awareness of appropriate safetymeasures and increased participation in rider-training programs;

and WHEREAS,Manyrider-trainingprogramsareofferedthroughout Colorado, both for beginner and experienced riders to prepare them to operate a motorcycle in the safest possible manner;

and WHEREAS,Ridereducation,training,andmotorcycleawareness are important steps in motorcycle accident prevention;

now, therefore, BeItResolvedbytheHouseofRepresentativesoftheSeventy-fifth -2- 1022 GeneralAssemblyoftheStateofColorado,theSenateconcurringherein:

That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly, recognize and designate May 2025 as "Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month"topromotesafetyforallmotorcycleridersthrougheducationand training and to encourage all motorists to "share the road" in Colorado.

BeItFurtherResolved,ThatcopiesofthisJointResolutionbesent to ABATE of Colorado.

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