"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 46.61 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the operator of a street legal motorcycle approaching an intersection, including a left turn intersection, that is controlled by a triggered traffic control signal using a vehicle detection device that is inoperative due to the size of the street legal motorcycle shall come to a full and complete stop at the intersection. If the traffic control signal, including the left turn signal, as appropriate, fails to operate after the lesser of either ninety seconds or one cycle of the traffic signal, the operator may, after exercising due care, proceed directly through the intersection or proceed to turn left, as appropriate. It is not a defense to a violation of RCW 46.61.050 that the driver of a motorcycle proceeded under the belief that a traffic control signal used a vehicle detection device or was inoperative due to the size of the motorcycle when the signal did not use a vehicle detection device or that any such device was not in fact inoperative due to the size of the motorcycle.
     (2) By October 31, 2015, the Washington traffic safety commission, with input from the Washington state patrol and local law enforcement, shall submit a report to the legislature regarding the implementation of this act. This report must describe the act's effectiveness in helping motorcyclists, note any increase or decrease in the frequency of traffic accidents as a result of this act, summarize any issues related to ticketing or automated traffic safety cameras, explore whether all motor vehicles and bicycles should be given the same ability to proceed through traffic signals, and provide appropriate recommendations.
     (3) This section expires August 1, 2016."