---
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: "HB 7713"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7713 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Finkelman", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Kazarian", "Kislak", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3545fe21-069a-47cf-83d5-55320d11755a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f2dde12781bec2906526962f48504070cc3a70e1c1f5cb0eb442ae6c6ced7a2d"
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 HB 7713 (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. **7713 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7713A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** 02/28/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2024)
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/23/2024)
- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate 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/3545fe21-069a-47cf-83d5-55320d11755a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).