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Bill	Electric bicycles, powered mobility devices, and storage batteries.	Existing law defines an electric bicycle as a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts, and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different restrictions for various purposes, including the requirement that manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles apply a label that is permanently affixed to each electric bicycle that contains, among other things, the classification number of the electric bicycle, as specified. Existing law defines "class 1 electric bicycle" as a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour, and defines "class 3 electric bicycle" as a bicycle equipped with 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, and equipped with a speedometer. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 1271	California SB 1271 (20232024)	bill	Electric bicycles powered mobility devices and storage batteries	enacted	Min	10	33	8	2024-02-15	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/2d934016-d602-4853-b313-e1a659f5210f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1271	a4324593e27a9168d5df53409439b05ac0b7460095495a677a1cf1a97a395cb9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1271 (20232024) — Electric bicycles, powered mobility devices, and storage batteries.

Existing law defines an electric bicycle as a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts, and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different restrictions for various purposes, including the requirement that manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles apply a label that is permanently affixed to each electric bicycle that contains, among other things, the classification number of the electric bicycle, as specified. Existing law defines "class 1 electric bicycle" as a bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour, and defines "class 3 electric bicycle" as a bicycle equipped with 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, and equipped with a speedometer. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/11/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/24/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/11/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/26/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/22/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB1271 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/03/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1271 Min et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Emergency Management] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1271 Min Senate Third Reading By Friedman — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2024-02-29 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 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
• 2024-03-26 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3535.) (April 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2024-04-22 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2024-04-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 3722.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2024-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4056.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-06-03 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and E.M. referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 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
• 2024-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on E.M. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-07 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-08 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
• 2024-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6510.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5655.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 791, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d934016-d602-4853-b313-e1a659f5210f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).