S. 5274 119th Congress Senate

Ride in Freedom Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit the District of Columbia from requiring a person to wear a protective helmet to operate, or ride on, a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle.

Introduced: August 6, 2026 Introduced by: Tim Sheehy Republican · Montana See on congress.gov

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Aug 6, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Aug 6, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5274: Ride in Freedom Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5274/

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"S. 5274: Ride in Freedom Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5274/.

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S. 5274, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5274/.

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