SB 98: RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2025-01-08
Current Status:
Failed
(2026-01-21: Re-Referred to TRS, JDC.)
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Increases the minimum age to operate a low-speed electric bicycle from fifteen to sixteen years of age.
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THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to low-speed electric bicycles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291C-143.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§291C-143.5[]] Low-speed
electric bicycles; operator age. No
person under the age of [fifteen] sixteen shall operate a
low-speed electric bicycle as defined under title 15 United States Code section
2085."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Low-Speed Electric Bicycles; Minimum Age; Increase
Description:
Increases the minimum age to operate a low-speed electric bicycle from fifteen to sixteen years of age.
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| Jan 21, 2026 | Re-Referred to TRS, JDC. |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Carried over to 2026 Regular Session. |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Referred to TCA, JDC. |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Introduced and passed First Reading. |
| Jan 8, 2025 | Pending Introduction. |
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