HB 5776 Summary

• Adds a new exemption allowing individuals with physician-verified physical or medical inability to wear a helmet to operate ORVs without one.

• Clarifies existing helmet exemptions for property owners, family members, and invited guests by changing language from "an individual who owns" to "an owner of" the property.

• Modifies language in the statute regarding necessary work on public land during firearm deer season, replacing "and" with "or" to clarify that work can involve land or timber survey, communication or transmission line patrol, or timber harvest operations.

• Renumbers subsections (c) through (d) to (c) through (e) within the helmet requirement exemptions to accommodate the new medical exemption.