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HB0667 • 2026

Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device Regulations

Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device Regulations

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Valdés
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
House - Died in State Affairs Committee
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms.

Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device Regulations

This law increases the minimum age requirement for using helmets when riding electric personal assistive mobility devices like scooters.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases the minimum age to ride an electric scooter or similar device from under 18 years old to 16 years old.
  • Requires anyone under 16 who rides these devices to wear a helmet that meets safety standards set by recognized organizations.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People under the age of 16 who ride electric scooters or similar devices

Terms To Know

Electric personal assistive mobility device
A small, motorized vehicle like an electric scooter that helps people move around easily.
ANSI Z Bicycle Helmet Standards
Safety rules for making bicycle helmets set by the American National Standards Institute.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law only affects those under 16 years old and does not change helmet requirements for older riders.
  • It is unclear how enforcement of this rule will be carried out.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 House

    • Died in State Affairs Committee

  2. 2026-02-11 House

    • Favorable by Government Operations Subcommittee • Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee • Now in State Affairs Committee

  3. 2026-02-09 House

    • Added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda

  4. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  5. 2025-12-16 House

    • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Government Operations Subcommittee

  6. 2025-12-05 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device Regulations; Increases minimum age requirements relating to use of helmets for electric personal assistive mobility devices.

Current Bill Text

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HB 667 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to electric personal assistive 2
mobility device regulations; amending s. 316.2068, 3
F.S.; increasing the minimum age requirements relating 4
to the use of helmets for electric personal assistive 5
mobility devices; providing an effective date. 6
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 316.2068, Florida 10
Statutes, is amended to read: 11
316.2068 Electric personal assistive mobility devices; 12
regulations.— 13
(4) A person who is under the age of 18 16 years may not 14
operate, ride, or otherwise be propelled on an electric personal 15
assistive mobility device unless the person wears a bicycle 16
helmet that is properly fitted, that is fastened securely upon 17
his or her head by a strap, and that meets the standards of the 18
American National Standards Institute (ANSI Z Bicycle Helmet 19
Standards), the standards of the Snell Memorial Foundation (1984 20
Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling), or any 21
other nationally recognized standards for bicycle helmets which 22
are adopted by the department. 23
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 24