SB478 • 2026

RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES.

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Sponsor: ELEFANTE
Last action: 2026-01-21
Official status: Re-Referred to TRS, JDC.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
Low-Speed Electronic Bicycles; Operator Requirements Requires operators of low-speed electronic bicycles to possess a valid driver's license, instruction permit, or provisional license.

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Bill History

2026-01-21 S
Re-Referred to TRS, JDC.
2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-21 S
Referred to TCA, JDC.
2025-01-17 S
Passed First Reading.
2025-01-17 S
Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
Low-Speed Electronic Bicycles; Operator Requirements
Requires operators of low-speed electronic bicycles to possess a valid driver's license, instruction permit, or provisional license.

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SB478

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

478

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to 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-speed electric bicycles; operator [
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No person [
under
the age of fifteen
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under title 15 United States Code section 2085[
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unless the person:

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Is fifteen
years of age or older; and

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Is in immediate
possession of a valid driver's license, instruction permit, or provisional
license at all times.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Low-Speed
Electronic Bicycles; Operator Requirements

Description:

Requires operators
of low-speed electronic bicycles to possess a valid driver's license,
instruction permit, or provisional license.

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