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HB2114 • 2026

motorcycle registration requirements; safety fund

HB2114 - motorcycle registration requirements; safety fund

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Teresa Martinez, Matt Gress, Consuelo Hernandez
Last action
2026-06-22
Official status
Chapter 246
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text states the act becomes effective after December 31, 2026 (January 1, 2027), which differs from some metadata fields that may list different dates.

HB2114: Motorcycle Registration Rules and Safety Fund Changes

This law requires at least one registered owner to have a motorcycle license for registration renewals and allows part of the Motorcycle Safety Fund to be used for scholarships.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires that at least one registered owner holds a valid Arizona motorcycle license to renew a motorcycle's registration.
  • Allows up to 75 percent of the Motorcycle Safety Fund to support voluntary education, awareness, and training programs.
  • Permits up to 25 percent of the fund to be used for scholarships for people in rural or low-income areas seeking driver education.
  • Authorizes ADOT to issue a 30-day temporary registration if an owner shows proof of enrollment in an approved motorcycle training program.
  • Requires that if a trust owns a motorcycle, at least one trustee named in the trust must hold a valid license for renewal.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Motorcycle owners renewing their vehicle registration
  • People from rural or low-income areas seeking scholarships for training
  • Trustees of trusts that own motorcycles
  • The Arizona Department of Transportation and the Governor's Office of Highway Safety

Terms To Know

Motorcycle Safety Fund
A fund containing $1 from each motorcycle registration fee, used for safety programs and scholarships.
Temporary Registration
A 30-day permit issued to people enrolled in an approved training program who do not yet have a license.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law applies only to registration renewals, not initial registrations.
  • Motorcycles owned by businesses are exempt from the owner licensing requirements.
  • Funding for these programs is subject to legislative appropriation and available money in the fund.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Plain English: This amendment changes the rules for renewing motorcycle registrations in Arizona by requiring at least one owner to have a valid motorcycle license, while exempting businesses and delaying the start date.

  • The Department of Transportation can only renew a motorcycle registration if at least one registered owner has a legal license to ride a motorcycle in Arizona.
  • If a trust owns the motorcycle, the trustee named in that trust must have a valid motorcycle license for the registration to be renewed.
  • Motorcycles owned by businesses are exempt from these new licensing requirements.
  • The law will not take effect until January 1, 2027.
  • This amendment only applies to renewing registrations and does not change the rules for getting a brand-new registration or temporary thirty-day permits based on training enrollment.
  • The text provided is an explanation of changes rather than the full legal code, so specific details about how existing laws are modified beyond these points may be unclear.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-13 Senate

    Governor signed

  2. 2026-06-12 House

    House passed

  3. 2026-06-12 House

    House passed

  4. 2026-06-12 House

    House minority caucus

  5. 2026-06-11 House

    Transmitted to House

  6. 2026-06-11 Senate

    Senate third read passed

  7. 2026-06-11 Senate

    Senate committee of the whole

  8. 2026-06-10 Senate

    Senate minority caucus

  9. 2026-06-10 Senate

    Senate majority caucus

  10. 2026-02-26 Senate

    Senate second read

  11. 2026-02-25 Senate

    Senate Rules: PFC

  12. 2026-02-25 Senate

    Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: DP

  13. 2026-02-25 Senate

    Senate first read

  14. 2026-02-23 Senate

    Transmitted to Senate

  15. 2026-02-23 House

    House third read passed

  16. 2026-02-19 House

    House committee of the whole

  17. 2026-02-10 House

    House minority caucus

  18. 2026-02-10 House

    House majority caucus

  19. 2026-02-09 House

    House consent calendar

  20. 2026-01-13 House

    House second read

  21. 2026-01-12 House

    House Rules: C&P

  22. 2026-01-12 House

    House Transportation & Infrastructure: DP

  23. 2026-01-12 House

    House first read

Official Summary Text

HB2114 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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Fifty-Seventh
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AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
H.B. 2114

motorcycle
registration requirements; safety fund

Purpose

Adds
scholarships for motorcycle driver education programs as an allowable use of
Motorcycle Safety Fund monies. Allows the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
to renew a registration for a motorcycle only if at least one of the registered
owners of the motorcycle is licensed to legally operate a motorcycle in
Arizona.

Background

The Motorcycle
Safety Fund is administered by the Director of the Governor's Office of Highway
Safety and consists of monies deposited from $1 of each motorcycle registration
fee collected. The Director of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety must use
monies to implement and support voluntary motorcycle education, awareness,
training and other programs and can use monies to cover the cost of materials
for motorcycle safety programs (
A.R.S.
� 28-2010
). The Motorcycle Safety Fund has an estimated FY 2026 year-end
balance of $76,200 (
JLBC
Baseline
).

The Joint
Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) fiscal note estimates that the fiscal
impact of H.B. 2114 would be minimal (
JLBC
Fiscal Note
).

Provisions

1.

Requires
the Director of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety to use monies deposited
into the Motorcycle Safety Fund as follows:

a)

up to 75 percent to implement and support voluntary motorcycle
education, awareness and training programs and materials for those programs;
and

b)

up
to 25 percent for scholarships for motorcycle driver education programs for
persons that are from rural or low-income areas in Arizona to increase access
to motorcycle training programs.

2.

Stipulates that ADOT may renew a registration for a motorcycle only if
at least one of the registered owners of the motorcycle is licensed to legally
operate a motorcycle in Arizona.

3.

Allows ADOT to issue a 30-day temporary registration if the person shows
valid proof of enrollment in an ADOT-approved motorcycle training program.

4.

Stipulates that, if the registered owner of a motorcycle is a trust,
trustee named in the trust must be legally licensed to operate a motorcycle to
renew a registration.

5.

Exempts motorcycles owned by a business from prescribed requirements.

6.

Becomes effective on January 1, 2027.

Amendments Adopted by the
Committee of the Whole

1.

Specifies ADOT may renew a registration for a motorcycle only if at
least one of the registered owners of the motorcycle is licensed to legally
operate a motorcycle in Arizona.

2.

Stipulates that, if the registered owner of a motorcycle is a trust, a
trustee named in the trust must be legally licensed to operate a motorcycle to
renew a registration.

3.

Applies the prescribed requirements only to motorcycle registration
renewals, rather than to initial issuances of registrations and renewals.

4.

Exempts motorcycles owned by a business from prescribed requirements.

5.

Contains a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

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Current Bill Text

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Chapter 0246 - 572R - S Ver of HB2114

Senate Engrossed
House Bill

motorcycle
registration requirements; safety fund

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

CHAPTER 246

HOUSE BILL 2114

AN
ACT

amending section 28-2010, Arizona Revised
Statutes; Amending title 28, chapter 7, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by
adding section 28-2014; relating to motorcycles.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 28-2010, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
28-2010.

Motorcycle safety fund; administration

A. The motorcycle safety fund is established
consisting of monies deposited pursuant to subsection B of this section and
monies from gifts, grants and other donations. The director of the
governor's office of highway safety shall administer the fund. On
notice from the director of the governor's office of highway safety, the state
treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided in section 35-313,
and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund. Up
to ten percent of the monies in the fund may be used for administrative costs.
Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation and are exempt from
the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.

B. Notwithstanding section 28-2004, the
director of the department of transportation shall deposit, pursuant to
sections 35-146 and 35-147, $1 of each motorcycle registration fee
collected pursuant to section 28-2003 in the motorcycle safety fund.

C. Subject to legislative appropriation, the
director of the governor's office of highway safety shall use monies deposited
in the motorcycle safety fund pursuant to this section
for the
following purposes:

1. up to seventy-five percent

to implement and support voluntary motorcycle education, awareness, training
and other programs and may use the monies to cover the cost of materials
for motorcycle safety, education and awareness programs.

2. Up to twenty-five percent
for scholarships for motorcycle driver education programs for persons who are
from rural or low-income areas in this state to increase access to motorcycle
training programs.

D. Any fee, assessment or other levy that is
authorized by law or administrative rule and that is collected and deposited in
the motorcycle safety fund shall be held in trust. The monies in the
fund may be used only for the purposes prescribed by statute and may not be
appropriated or transferred by the legislature to fund the general operations
of this state or to otherwise meet the obligations of the general fund of this
state. This subsection does not apply to any taxes or other levies
that are imposed pursuant to title 42 or 43.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Title 28, chapter 7, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 28-2014, to read:

START_STATUTE
28-2014.

Motorcycle registration; requirements

The department may renew a REGISTRATION for a
motorcycle only if at least one of the registered owners of the motorcycle
is licensed to legally operate a motorcycle in this state, Except the
department may issue a thirty-day temporary registration if the person shows
valid proof of enrollment in a motorcycle training program approved by the
department.
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If the registered
owner of a motorcycle is a trust, a trustee named in the trust must be legally
licensed to OPERATE a motorcycle to renew a registration pursuant to this
section. This section does not apply to a motorcycle that is owned
by a business.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 3.
Effective date

This act is effective from and after
December 31, 2026.

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 22, 2026.

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 22, 2026.