---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ELECTRIC BICYCLES"
description: "Defines 3 classes of electric bicycles, authorizes the DEM to determine allowable uses of electric bicycles at properties under the department's jurisdiction, allows Class 1 electric bicycles to legally access state bicycle trails or paths."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2829"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2829 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Euer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b754c042-f953-4c8b-b19e-ecc6f84d62fc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "72704a633599879574b13d78465b37ff2f3fbb5f421c6008872ecd50008e6590"
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-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 2829 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ELECTRIC BICYCLES

Defines 3 classes of electric bicycles, authorizes the DEM to determine allowable uses of electric bicycles at properties under the department's jurisdiction, allows Class 1 electric bicycles to legally access state bicycle trails or paths.

## Version chain

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

1. **2829 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2829A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–5** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Euer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2024)
- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b754c042-f953-4c8b-b19e-ecc6f84d62fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).