HB236 • 2026

RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES.

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The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor: KITAGAWA, GRANDINETTI, KILA, KUSCH, LAMOSAO, MATAYOSHI, PERRUSO, POEPOE, REYES ODA, TAKENOUCHI, TARNAS, WARD
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on enforcement or penalties for violations, leaving these aspects unclear.

Increasing the Minimum Age to Ride Low-Speed Electric Bicycles

This bill raises the minimum age required to operate a low-speed electric bicycle from fifteen years old to sixteen years old.

What This Bill Does

Increases the legal age for riding low-speed electric bicycles from fifteen to sixteen years of age.

Who It Names or Affects

People who want to ride low-speed electric bicycles in Hawaii.

Terms To Know

Low-Speed Electric Bicycle: A bicycle with an electric motor that assists the rider, but has a maximum speed limit set by federal law.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if someone under sixteen rides a low-speed electric bicycle.
It is unclear how this change will be enforced or monitored.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-21 H
Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 1
2025-01-17 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-16 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
Low-Speed Electric Bicycles; Minimum Age; Increase
Increases the minimum age to operate a low-speed electric bicycle from fifteen to sixteen years of age.

Current Bill Text

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HB236

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

236

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to low-speed electric bicycles
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
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Section 291C-143.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is amended to read as follows:

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Low
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No
person under the age of [
fifteen
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sixteen
shall operate a
low-speed electric bicycle as defined under title 15 United States Code section
2085."

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SECTION 2.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Low-Speed
Electric Bicycles; Minimum Age; Increase

Description:

Increases
the minimum age to operate a low-speed electric bicycle from fifteen to sixteen
years of age.

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