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Bill	Vehicles: electric bicycles.	Existing law defines an electric bicycle and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different restrictions. Under existing law, a "class 1 electric bicycle" is a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour. Under existing law, a "class 2 electric bicycle" is a bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle and is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour. Under existing law, a "class 3 electric bicycle" is a bicycle equipped with a speedometer and 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. Existing law prohibits a person under 16 years of age from operating a class 3 electric bicycle.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2234	California AB 2234 (20232024)	bill	Vehicles electric bicycles	enacted	Boerner	6	24	6	2024-02-08	2024-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/bfeb9c42-c874-494c-a2ec-c91071340552	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2234	b2fcbb03a49a8defacef487eab105f2e370c924013c0adaeacf9b7132eb5f94f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2234 (20232024) — Vehicles: electric bicycles.

Existing law defines an electric bicycle and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different restrictions. Under existing law, a "class 1 electric bicycle" is a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour. Under existing law, a "class 2 electric bicycle" is a bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle and is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour. Under existing law, a "class 3 electric bicycle" is a bicycle equipped with a speedometer and 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. Existing law prohibits a person under 16 years of age from operating a class 3 electric bicycle.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/13/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2234 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/26/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2234 Boerner et al. By Padilla — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 2234 Boerner Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 57–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2234 Boerner Assembly Third Reading — 65–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Boerner — primary (person)
• Davies — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-04-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-04-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5558.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-06-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-17 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2024-06-17 Ordered to second reading.
• 2024-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5202.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 0. Page 6423.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 823, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bfeb9c42-c874-494c-a2ec-c91071340552. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).