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HB2114 • 2026

motorcycle registration requirements; safety fund

HB2114 - motorcycle registration requirements; safety fund

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Teresa Martinez, Matt Gress, Consuelo Hernandez
Last action
2026-06-13
Official status
Sent to governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is January 1, 2027.

Motorcycle Registration Requirements; Safety Fund

HB2114 changes motorcycle registration requirements in Arizona by requiring at least one owner to be licensed and adds scholarships for driver education programs from the Motorcycle Safety Fund.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires that at least one registered owner of a motorcycle must have a license to legally operate a motorcycle to renew its registration.
  • Allows ADOT to issue a temporary 30-day registration if someone is enrolled in an approved motorcycle training program.
  • Adds scholarships for motorcycle driver education programs from the Motorcycle Safety Fund, targeting rural or low-income areas.
  • Exempts motorcycles owned by businesses from these new requirements.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Motorcycle owners who need to renew their registrations.
  • People enrolled in motorcycle training programs.
  • Residents of rural or low-income areas seeking driver education scholarships.

Terms To Know

Motorcycle Safety Fund
A fund used to support motorcycle safety and education programs, funded by a portion of motorcycle registration fees.
ADOT
Arizona Department of Transportation, the agency responsible for renewing motorcycle registrations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be allocated to scholarships.
  • It is unclear if there are any penalties for non-compliance with the new registration requirements.

Amendments

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

Plain English: Amendment explanation prepared by Liam Maher 06/09/2026 Bill Number: H.B.

  • Amendment explanation prepared by Liam Maher 06/09/2026 Bill Number: H.B.
  • 2114 Epstein Floor Amendment Reference to: House engrossed bill Amendment drafted by: Leg.
  • Council FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION 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.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-13 Arizona State Legislature

    Sent to governor

  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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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

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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HB2114 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed
House Bill

motorcycle
registration requirements; safety fund

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

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.