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This bill originally would have created a new criminal offense for parents or guardians who knowingly allow a child to violate traffic safety rules while riding a motorcycle or similar device. A substitute version removed that provision, so the bill now focuses on how mini-motorcycles are classified and how impoundment works for motorcycle violations. Under the current version, starting July 1, 2026, mini-motorcycles — small motorized bikes with a seat less than 24 inches off the ground — would be legally treated the same as full-size motorcycles, meaning they would need to be registered and insured and operated by someone with a valid motorcycle license, and would be subject to the same traffic laws as other motorcycles. The bill also allows law enforcement to impound a motorcycle, including a mini-motorcycle, involved in certain traffic violations such as fleeing an officer, and directs a portion of the resulting impound fee to Utah's Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Fund; it also updates the legal definitions of "parent" and "guardian" and makes other technical wording changes throughout related traffic code sections.