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SB98 • 2026

RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES.

RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES.

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Sponsor
ELEFANTE, AQUINO, CHANG, FEVELLA, HASHIMOTO, KIM, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Wakai
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Re-Referred to TRS, JDC.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES.

RELATING TO LOW-SPEED ELECTRIC BICYCLES.

What This Bill Does

  • 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.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 S

    Re-Referred to TRS, JDC.

  2. 2025-12-08 D

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  3. 2025-01-16 S

    Referred to TCA, JDC.

  4. 2025-01-15 S

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

  5. 2025-01-08 S

    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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SB98

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

98

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
-speed
electric bicycles; operator age.
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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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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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