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| Bill | Electric Bicycles | Electric Bicycles; Provides for rights & privileges of electric bicycles & operators; provides that electric bicycles are vehicles to same extent as bicycles; exempts electric bicycles & operators from specified provisions; requires labeling of electric bicycles; requires electric bicycles to comply with specified provisions & operate in certain manner; authorizes operators to ride electric bicycles where bicycles are allowed. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2020 | HB 971 | Florida HB 971 (2020) |
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enacted | 2020-69 |
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4 | 35 | 5 | 2019-12-17 | 2020-06-22 | openstates | ocd-bill/c31bc6f5-0665-418c-8fe3-5f2458be919a | http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/971/ByCategory | 2291a1a4ee6ec13b70d84c86284e38e7d835d42a3cce18d667b5ec401a9f7dfb | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 971 (2020) — Electric Bicycles
Electric Bicycles; Provides for rights & privileges of electric bicycles & operators; provides that electric bicycles are vehicles to same extent as bicycles; exempts electric bicycles & operators from specified provisions; requires labeling of electric bicycles; requires electric bicycles to comply with specified provisions & operate in certain manner; authorizes operators to ride electric bicycles where bicycles are allowed.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-69.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- H 971 Filed (filed) — source
- H 971 c1 (committee substitute) — source
- H 971 c2 (committee substitute) — source
- H 971 er (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — 12–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — 12–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 118–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Grant — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-17 Filed
filing - 2020-01-03 Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
referral-committee - 2020-01-14 Introduced
introduction - 2020-01-24 On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 12:00 pm, Reed Hall
- 2020-01-28 CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
- 2020-01-29 Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- 2020-01-29 CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee read 1st time
- 2020-01-30 Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- 2020-01-30 On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/03/20, 3:00 pm, Reed Hall
- 2020-02-03 Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-02-03 Now in State Affairs Committee
- 2020-02-18 On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/20/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
- 2020-02-20 CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0
- 2020-02-20 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- 2020-02-20 CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
- 2020-02-21 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-03-03 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- 2020-03-06 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2020-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2020-03-09 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2020-03-09 CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0
passage - 2020-03-09 In Messages
- 2020-03-09 Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Community Affairs; Rules
referral-committee - 2020-03-09 Withdrawn from Infrastructure and Security; Community Affairs; Rules
withdrawal - 2020-03-09 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2020-03-09 Substituted for CS/SB 1148
- 2020-03-09 Received
- 2020-03-09 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2020-03-09 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2020-03-10 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2020-03-10 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
passage - 2020-03-10 Ordered enrolled
- 2020-06-11 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2020-06-20 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-06-22 Chapter No. 2020-69
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c31bc6f5-0665-418c-8fe3-5f2458be919a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).