--- type: "Bill" title: "Electric bicycles, powered mobility devices, and storage batteries." description: "Existing law defines an electric bicycle as a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts, and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different restrictions for various purposes, including the requirement that manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles apply a label that is permanently affixed to each electric bicycle that contains, among other things, the classification number of the electric bicycle, as specified. Existing law defines \"class 1 electric bicycle\" as a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour, and defines \"class 3 electric bicycle\" as a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 28 miles per hour, and equipped with a speedometer. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 1271" citation: "California SB 1271 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Electric bicycles", "powered mobility devices", "and storage batteries"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Min"] version_count: 10 action_count: 33 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2024-02-15" last_action: "2024-09-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d934016-d602-4853-b313-e1a659f5210f" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271" source_hash: "a4324593e27a9168d5df53409439b05ac0b7460095495a677a1cf1a97a395cb9" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"] --- # California SB 1271 (20232024) — Electric bicycles, powered mobility devices, and storage batteries. Existing law defines an electric bicycle as a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts, and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different restrictions for various purposes, including the requirement that manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles apply a label that is permanently affixed to each electric bicycle that contains, among other things, the classification number of the electric bicycle, as specified. Existing law defines "class 1 electric bicycle" as a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour, and defines "class 3 electric bicycle" as a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 28 miles per hour, and equipped with a speedometer. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271&version=20230SB127199INT) 2. **03/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271&version=20230SB127198AMD) 3. **04/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271&version=20230SB127197AMD) 4. **04/24/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271&version=20230SB127196AMD) 5. **06/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271&version=20230SB127195AMD) 6. **06/26/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271&version=20230SB127194AMD) 7. **08/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271&version=20230SB127193AMD) 8. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271&version=20230SB127191CHP) 9. **SB1271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271) 10. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271&version=20230SB127192ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] — **13–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB1271 Min et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management] — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1271 Min Senate Third Reading By Friedman — **77–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Min — primary (person) - Davies — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17. - **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-03-26** Set for hearing April 9. - **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3535.) (April 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-04-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-22** Set for hearing April 23. - **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 3722.) (April 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-04-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-05-03** Set for hearing May 13. - **2024-05-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4056.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2024-06-03** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and E.M. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on E.M. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-08** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. - **2024-08-08** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-22** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6510.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5655.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 791, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d934016-d602-4853-b313-e1a659f5210f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).