---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bicycle Operation Regulations"
description: "Bicycle Operation Regulations; Providing an exception to the requirement that a person operating a bicycle ride upon or astride a seat attached thereto; revising construction relating to electric bicycle regulations, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 353"
citation: "Florida HB 353 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["motor vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-20"
primary_sponsors: ["Hage"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c2eb7b9-be56-4299-ac9d-da4e141f927a"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/353/ByCategory"
source_hash: "51466953e5e78c352dc8e8676e844a44205b6809ad5228187910908e831378a4"
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-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 353 (2021) — Bicycle Operation Regulations

Bicycle Operation Regulations; Providing an exception to the requirement that a person operating a bicycle ride upon or astride a seat attached thereto; revising construction relating to electric bicycle regulations, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-20.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 353 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/353/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 353 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/353/BillText/e1/PDF)
3. **H 353 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/353/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Commerce Committee) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hage — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Now in Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-02-10** Added to Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-02-17** Favorable by Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Reported out of Tourism, Infrastructure & Energy Subcommittee
- **2021-02-17** Now in Commerce Committee
- **2021-02-26** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
- **2021-03-02** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Reported out of Commerce Committee
- **2021-03-02** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-02** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
- **2021-03-26** Amendment 704961 filed
- **2021-03-31** Amendment 704961 withdrawn
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-07** Received
- **2021-04-08** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-08** Substituted for CS/SB 738
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) adopted (231776)
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-08** In Messages
- **2021-04-29** Added to Senate Message List
- **2021-04-29** Amendment 231776 Concur
- **2021-04-29** Passed as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
- **2021-04-29** Message sent to senate
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-05-07** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** Chapter No. 2021-20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c2eb7b9-be56-4299-ac9d-da4e141f927a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).