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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, among other things, 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, in pertinent part, 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. A violation of this provision is punishable as an infraction.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 965	California AB 965 (20252026)	bill	Vehicles electricbicycles	enacted	Dixon	7	23	5	2025-02-20	2025-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/a45e4d83-8122-48b2-a43e-f6d98d377d74	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB965	997773b205383e35573f7f8bfd33b67e653727d6f27f394e6189e0149141af07	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 965 (20252026) — 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, among other things, 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, in pertinent part, 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. A violation of this provision is punishable as an infraction.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/28/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB965 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/11/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 965 Dixon Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dixon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2025-03-10 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 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
• 2025-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 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
• 2025-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 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
• 2025-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1663.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-04 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-07 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2043.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-07-10 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-07-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2025-07-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-07-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 65, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a45e4d83-8122-48b2-a43e-f6d98d377d74. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).