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SB1073 • 2026

speed limits; bicycles; sidewalk; paths

SB1073 - speed limits; bicycles; sidewalk; paths

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
John Kavanagh
Last action
2026-01-14
Official status
Senate second read
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bicycles and Speed Limits on Sidewalks

This bill changes Arizona's laws about bicycle speeds, especially on sidewalks and paths.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the speed limit for bicycles to fifteen miles per hour when riding on a sidewalk.
  • Limits the speed of electric bikes and scooters to fifteen miles per hour while using a sidewalk.
  • Requires audible warnings before passing another person on a sidewalk or path.
  • Gives local authorities the power to set lower speed limits than those listed above for bicycles, electric bikes, and other similar vehicles.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who ride bicycles
  • Local government officials responsible for setting traffic rules

Terms To Know

Bicycle or multiuse path
A special road or pathway designed for use by bicycles and other non-motorized vehicles.
Local authority
The government body responsible for making decisions in a specific city, town, or county.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify the exact penalties for breaking these speed limits.
  • It is unclear how local authorities will enforce these new rules.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-14 Senate

    Senate second read

  2. 2026-01-12 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  3. 2026-01-12 Senate

    Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology: None

  4. 2026-01-12 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1073 - speed limits; bicycles; sidewalk; paths

Current Bill Text

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SB1073 - 572R - I Ver

PREFILED��� DEC 22 2025

REFERENCE TITLE:
speed limits; bicycles; sidewalk; paths

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1073

Introduced by

Senator
Kavanagh

AN
ACT

Amending sections 28-812 and 28-819,
Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to bicycles.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 28-812, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
28-812.

Applicability of traffic laws to bicycle riders

A. A person riding a bicycle on a roadway or on a
shoulder adjoining a roadway is granted all of the rights and is subject to all
of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this chapter and
chapters 4 and 5 of this title, except special rules in this article and except
provisions of this chapter and chapters 4 and 5 of this title that by their
nature can have no application.

B. A person riding a bicycle:

1. may not exceed a speed that is
reasonable and prudent under currently EXISTING conditions on a bicycle or
multiuse path.

2. may not exceed a speed of fifteen
miles per hour on a sidewalk.

3. may not exceed five miles per hour
over the speed of any person the person riding the bicycle is passing.

4. If possible, shall provide an
audible warning before passing any other person.

c. The local authority with
jurisdiction over a bicycle or multiuse path may limit the speed of a bicycle
to a lesser speed than the requirements of subsection B of this section.

B.

D.
If
a person is found responsible for a civil traffic violation resulting from
operating a bicycle:

1. A department or agency of this state may not
consider the violation for the purpose of determining whether the person's
driver license should be suspended or revoked.� A court may not transmit an
abstract of the record of the violation to the department of transportation.

2. An insurer may not consider the violation as a
moving traffic violation against the person for the purpose of establishing
rates for motor vehicle liability insurance or determining the insurability of
the person.� An insurer may not cancel or refuse to renew an insurance policy
because of the violation.

3. A report may not be made under section 28-1559,
subsection B.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 28-819, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
28-819.

Electric bicycles; electric standup scooters; speed limit

A. An operator of an electric bicycle or an electric
standup scooter is granted all the rights and privileges and is subject to all
of the duties of a person riding a bicycle. Except as otherwise
provided in this section or as otherwise regulated by a local authority, an
electric bicycle or an electric standup scooter is subject to the same
provisions of this title as a bicycle.

B. An electric bicycle or an electric standup
scooter is not subject to the provisions of this title relating to certificates
of title, registration, vehicle license tax, driver licenses or vehicle
insurance.

C.
Beginning January 1, 2019,

Manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles shall apply a label that is
permanently affixed, in a prominent location, to each electric bicycle.� The
label shall contain the classification number, top assisted speed and motor
wattage of the electric bicycle and shall be printed in at least nine-point
type.

D. A class 1 electric bicycle, a class 2 electric
bicycle or an electric standup scooter may be used on bicycle and multiuse
paths.� A local authority or agency of this state having jurisdiction over a
bicycle or multiuse path may prohibit the operation of a class 1 electric
bicycle, class 2 electric bicycle or electric standup scooter on the path.

E. A class 3 electric bicycle may not be operated on
a bicycle or multiuse path unless it is within or adjacent to a highway or
roadway or unless the local authority or agency of this state having
jurisdiction over the path allows the operation.

F. An electric standup scooter must have a unique
identification that consists of letters or numbers, or both, and that is
visible from a distance of at least five feet. The identification:

1. May not be obscured by branding or other
markings.

2. Shall be used in this state to identify the
electric standup scooter. This paragraph applies to all persons,
including local authorities.

G. A person operating an electric
bicycle, electric standup scooter, electric miniature scooter, electric
personal assistive mobility device or motorized skateboard:

1. May not exceed fifteen miles per
hour while in use on a sidewalk.

2. May not exceed a speed that is
reasonable and prudent on a bicycle or multiuse path.

3. May not exceed five miles per hour
over the speed of any person when passing another person on a sidewalk or a
bicycle or multiuse path.

4. If possible, shall provide an
audible warning to any person the operator is passing on a sidewalk or a
bicycle or multiuse path.

H. The local authority with
jurisdiction over a bicycle or multiuse path may limit the speed of an electric
bicycle, electric standup scooter, electric miniature scooter, electric
personal assistive mobility device or motorized skateboard to a lesser speed
than the requirements of subsection g of this section.

END_STATUTE