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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicles: electric bicycles."
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description: "Existing law defines an electric bicycle and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different restrictions. 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 that 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. Existing law requires a person operating, or riding upon, a class 3 electric bicycle to wear a helmet, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 1778"
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citation: "California AB 1778 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicles", "electric bicycles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Connolly"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-03"
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last_action: "2024-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f52d9050-63c4-4227-9e36-4403fe95a41d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1778"
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source_hash: "7bd98032ad8fcbb022da3c7237c99a8c1419ae7e546b3e6c67a41eb8821e62ce"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1778 (20232024) — Vehicles: electric bicycles.
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Existing law defines an electric bicycle and classifies electric bicycles into 3 classes with different restrictions. 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 that 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. Existing law requires a person operating, or riding upon, a class 3 electric bicycle to wear a helmet, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/03/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1778&version=20230AB177899INT)
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2. **03/06/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1778&version=20230AB177898AMD)
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3. **04/01/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1778&version=20230AB177897AMD)
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4. **04/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1778&version=20230AB177896AMD)
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5. **05/30/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1778&version=20230AB177895AMD)
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6. **09/30/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1778&version=20230AB177893CHP)
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7. **AB1778** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1778)
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8. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1778&version=20230AB177894ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1778 Connolly Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1778 Connolly By Dodd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1778 Connolly Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Connolly — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-04** From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
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- **2024-01-16** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-06** 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`
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- **2024-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-01** 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`
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- **2024-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-04-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5030.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-08** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5223.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2024-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 0. Page 6425.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2024-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1005, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f52d9050-63c4-4227-9e36-4403fe95a41d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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