---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric bicycles: study."
description: "Existing law defines an electric bicycle to mean a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts, and subjects a person riding an electric bicycle to provisions of law governing the operation of a bicycle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "California SB 381 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electric bicycles", "study"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Min"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-09"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddb990e1-1419-4d59-9687-e4fd2d71d887"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB381"
source_hash: "b2b46f4ec7f39ef7e94e56e4a30e908811af7eef563ee375d699d74fe3a23506"
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 381 (20232024) — Electric bicycles: study.

Existing law defines an electric bicycle to mean a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts, and subjects a person riding an electric bicycle to provisions of law governing the operation of a bicycle.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB381&version=20230SB38199INT)
2. **03/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB381&version=20230SB38198AMD)
3. **06/19/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB381&version=20230SB38197AMD)
4. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB381&version=20230SB38195CHP)
5. **SB381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB381)
6. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB381&version=20230SB38196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 381 Min Senate Third Reading By Davies — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB381 Min et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Min — primary (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2023-03-14** 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`
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 579.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2023-04-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 746.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 921.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-19** 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`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3260.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2738.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 869, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddb990e1-1419-4d59-9687-e4fd2d71d887`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).