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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric Bicycles"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 971"
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citation: "Florida HB 971 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["banks and banking", "motor vehicles", "commercial relations", "public lands and property"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2020-69"
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primary_sponsors: ["Grant"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-12-17"
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last_action: "2020-06-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c31bc6f5-0665-418c-8fe3-5f2458be919a"
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source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/971/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "2291a1a4ee6ec13b70d84c86284e38e7d835d42a3cce18d667b5ec401a9f7dfb"
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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-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 971 (2020) — Electric Bicycles
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-69.
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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. **H 971 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/971/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 971 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/971/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 971 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/971/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 971 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/971/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (State Affairs Committee) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **118–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Grant — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-17** Filed `filing`
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- **2020-01-03** Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2020-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, 01/28/20, 12:00 pm, Reed Hall
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- **2020-01-28** CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0
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- **2020-01-29** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-01-29** CS by Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee read 1st time
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- **2020-01-30** Now in Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2020-01-30** On Committee agenda-- Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/03/20, 3:00 pm, Reed Hall
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- **2020-02-03** Favorable by Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-02-03** Now in State Affairs Committee
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- **2020-02-18** On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 02/20/20, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
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- **2020-02-20** CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0
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- **2020-02-20** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
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- **2020-02-20** CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time
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- **2020-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-03-03** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
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- **2020-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-06** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-09** CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-09** In Messages
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- **2020-03-09** Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Community Affairs; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-09** Withdrawn from Infrastructure and Security; Community Affairs; Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2020-03-09** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2020-03-09** Substituted for CS/SB 1148
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- **2020-03-09** Received
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- **2020-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-09** Placed on 3rd reading
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- **2020-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-10** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2020-03-10** Ordered enrolled
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- **2020-06-11** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2020-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-06-22** Chapter No. 2020-69
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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/c31bc6f5-0665-418c-8fe3-5f2458be919a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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