Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not provide specific details about helmet requirements beyond mentioning ANSI Z Bicycle Helmet Standards and Snell Memorial Foundation standards. The candidate explanation included additional detail that is not supported by the official source material.

Electric Scooter Helmet Rules

This bill increases the minimum age for using electric personal assistive mobility devices without a helmet in Florida.

What This Bill Does

• Raises the age requirement to wear helmets while riding electric scooters or similar devices from under 16 years old to under 18 years old.

Who It Names or Affects

• People under 18 years old who use electric scooters or similar devices in Florida.

Terms To Know

Electric personal assistive mobility device

A small, motorized vehicle like an electric scooter used for transportation assistance.

ANSI Z Bicycle Helmet Standards

Safety standards set by the American National Standards Institute for bicycle helmets.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill did not pass all stages of the legislative process and died in committee.
• It is unclear if or when this legislation will become law as it has not been signed into effect.

Official Summary Text

Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices; Increasing the minimum age requirements relating to the use of helmets for electric personal assistive mobility devices, etc.

Current Bill Text

Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 904

By
Senator Rouson

16-01195-26 2026904__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to electric personal assistive
3 mobility devices; amending s. 316.2068, F.S.;
4 increasing the minimum age requirements relating to
5 the use of helmets for electric personal assistive
6 mobility devices; providing an effective date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
9
10 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 316.2068, Florida
11 Statutes, is amended to read:
12 316.2068 Electric personal assistive mobility devices;
13 regulations.—
14 (4) A person who is under the age of
18

16
years may not
15 operate, ride, or otherwise be propelled on an electric personal
16 assistive mobility device unless the person wears a bicycle
17 helmet that is properly fitted, that is fastened securely upon
18 his or her head by a strap, and that meets the standards of the
19 American National Standards Institute (ANSI Z Bicycle Helmet
20 Standards), the standards of the Snell Memorial Foundation (1984
21 Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling), or any
22 other nationally recognized standards for bicycle helmets which
23 are adopted by the department.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.