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Introduced
10/22/2025
10/22/2025
In Committee
01/23/2026
01/23/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
03/13/2026
03/13/2026
Introduced Session
Potential new amendment
2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to electric bicycles; amending s. 316.20655, F.S.; providing requirements for the operation of electric bicycles; providing penalties; creating s. 316.20658, F.S.; creating the Electric Bicycle Safety Task Force adjunct to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; requiring the department to provide staff to assist the task force; providing the purpose of the task force; providing for the membership of the task force and the appointment of task force members; providing a timeline in which appointments must be made and the manner in which vacancies on the task force must be filled; requiring that the task force convene within a specified timeframe; providing requirements for the time and location of the task force meetings; providing for members of the task force to be reimbursed for per diem and travel expenses; requiring a report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing for the expiration of the task force; providing for future repeal; requiring certain law enforcement agencies to maintain certain statistics during a specified timeframe; requiring certain law enforcement agencies to submit a report to the department by a specified date; requiring the hb243-01-c1 department to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; providing effective dates.
AI Summary
This bill, effective July 1, 2026, establishes new rules for operating electric bicycles, requiring riders on shared pathways not next to roads to yield to pedestrians and give an audible signal before passing, and limiting speeds to 10 miles per hour on sidewalks or pedestrian areas when a pedestrian is within 50 feet, with violations considered noncriminal traffic infractions. Additionally, it creates the Electric Bicycle Safety Task Force, an advisory group to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV), composed of various state officials and representatives from relevant organizations, tasked with examining and recommending improvements to laws governing electric bicycles to enhance safety and prevent accidents; this task force will convene within 30 days of the bill becoming law, meet at least monthly in different regions of the state, and must submit a report with legislative recommendations to the Governor and Legislature by October 1, 2026, after which it will expire. Furthermore, law enforcement agencies will be required to collect and report data on electric bicycle crashes from 30 days after the bill's enactment until September 30, 2026, with the DHSMV compiling this information into a report for the Governor and Legislature by October 31, 2026.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Government Affairs
Sponsors (21)
Yvette Benarroch (R)*,
Webster Barnaby (R),
Robin Bartleman (D),
Omar Blanco (R),
Erika Booth (R),
Nan Cobb (R),
William Conerly (R),
Lindsay Cross (D),
Dan Daley (D),
Anna Eskamani (D),
Anne Gerwig (R),
Peggy Gossett-Seidman (R),
Rita Harris (D),
Christine Hunschofsky (D),
Johanna López (D),
Kiyan Michael (R),
Felicia Robinson (D),
Mitch Rosenwald (D),
John Snyder (R),
Leonard Spencer (D),
Allison Tant (D),
Other Sponsors (1)
Government Operations Subcommittee (House)
Last Action
Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 382 (on 03/09/2026)
Bill Topics
Transportation
- ‐ Highway Construction, Maintenance, and Safety
Official Document
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