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MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide for human-powered vehicles, bicycles, and electric-assisted bicycles.

MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide for human-powered vehicles, bicycles, and electric-assisted bicycles.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Last action
2026-03-17
Official status
LAW
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide for human-powered vehicles, bicycles, and electric-assisted bicycles.

MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide for human-powered vehicles, bicycles, and electric-assisted bicycles.

What This Bill Does

  • MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide for human-powered vehicles, bicycles, and electric-assisted bicycles.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-17 Idaho State Legislature

    Reported Signed by Governor on March 16, 2026 Session Law Chapter 24 Effective: 07/01/2026

  2. 2026-03-16 Idaho State Legislature

    Delivered to Governor at 2:30 p.m. on March 13, 2026

  3. 2026-03-13 Idaho State Legislature

    Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor

  4. 2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature

    Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker

  5. 2026-03-12 Idaho State Legislature

    Signed by President; returned to House

  6. 2026-03-11 Idaho State Legislature

    Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate

  7. 2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature

    Read third time in full – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke(Bjerke), Blaylock, Burtenshaw, Coho(Lenney), Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Galloway, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Keyser, Kohl, Lakey, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Rundhaug(Carlson), Shippy, Taylor, Toews, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Woodward, Zito, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Semmelroth Floor Sponsor - Ricks Title apvd - to House

  8. 2026-03-10 Idaho State Legislature

    Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling

  9. 2026-02-25 Idaho State Legislature

    Read second time; filed for Third Reading

  10. 2026-02-24 Idaho State Legislature

    Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading

  11. 2026-02-10 Idaho State Legislature

    Received from the House passed; filed for first reading

  12. 2026-02-10 Idaho State Legislature

    Introduced, read first time; referred to: Transportation

  13. 2026-02-09 Idaho State Legislature

    Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 68-0-2 AYES – Alfieri, Barbieri, Beiswenger, Berch, Bingham, Boyle, Bruce, Cannon, Cayler, Cheatum, Church, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dygert, Egbert, Ehardt, Ehlers, Erickson, Fuhriman, Furniss, Galaviz, Gannon, Garner, Green, Hall(Stone), Handy, Harris, Hawkins, Haws, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Hostetler, Leavitt, Manwaring, Marmon, Mathias, McCann, Mendive, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Pohanka, Price, Rasor, Raybould, Raymond, Redman, Rubel, Sauter, Scott, Shepherd, Shirts, Skaug, Tanner(13), Tanner(14), Thompson, Vander Woude, Veile, Weber, Wheeler, Mr. Speaker NAYS – None Absent – Burgoyne, Wisniewski Floor Sponsor - Mathias Title apvd - to Senate

  14. 2026-02-06 Idaho State Legislature

    Read second time; Filed for Third Reading

  15. 2026-02-05 Idaho State Legislature

    Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation, Filed for Second Reading

  16. 2026-01-21 Idaho State Legislature

    Reported Printed and Referred to Transportation & Defense

  17. 2026-01-20 Idaho State Legislature

    Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing

Official Summary Text

MOTOR VEHICLES – Amends existing law to provide for human-powered vehicles, bicycles, and electric-assisted bicycles.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
LEGISLATURE
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IDAHO
Sixty-eighth
Legislature
Second
Regular
Session
-
2026
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE
BILL
NO.
500
BY
JUDICIARY,
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
COMMITTEE
AN
ACT
1
RELATING
TO
MOTOR
VEHICLES;
AMENDING
SECTION
49
-
615,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
RE
-
2
VISE
PROVISIONS
REGARDING
THE
EXERCISE
OF
DUE
CARE;
AMENDING
SECTION
3
49
-
714,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
FOR
ELECTRIC
-
ASSISTED
BICYCLES;
AMEND
-
4
ING
SECTION
49
-
715,
IDAHO
CODE,
TO
PROVIDE
FOR
HUMAN
-
POWERED
VEHICLES,
5
BICYCLES,
AND
ELECTRIC
-
ASSISTED
BICYCLES
AND
TO
MAKE
A
TECHNICAL
COR
-
6
RECTION;
AND
DECLARING
AN
EMERGENCY
AND
PROVIDING
AN
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
7
Be
It
Enacted
by
the
Legislature
of
the
State
of
Idaho:
8
SECTION
1.
That
Section
49
-
615,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
9
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10
49
-
615.
DRIVERS
TO
EXERCISE
DUE
CARE.
Notwithstanding
other
provi
-
1
1
sions
of
this
title
or
the
provisions
of
any
local
ordinance,
every
driver
of
12
a
motor
vehicle
shall
exercise
due
care
to
avoid
colliding
with
any
pedes
-
13
trian
or
any
person
propelling
operator
or
rider
of
a
human
-
powered
vehicle
,
14
bicycle,
or
electric
-
assisted
bicycle
and
shall
give
an
audible
signal
when
15
necessary.
Every
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
shall
exercise
proper
precaution
16
upon
observing
any
child
or
any
obviously
confused,
incapacitated
,
or
intox
-
17
icated
person.
18
SECTION
2.
That
Section
49
-
714,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
19
amended
to
read
as
follows:
20
49
-
714.
TRAFFIC
LAWS
APPLY
TO
PERSONS
ON
BICYCLES
AND
OTHER
HUMAN
-
POW
-
21
ERED
VEHICLES
OPERATORS
OR
RIDERS
OF
HUMAN
-
POWERED
VEHICLES,
BICYCLES,
OR
22
ELECTRIC
-
ASSISTED
BICYCLES
-
-
DUE
CARE.
(1)
Every
person
operating
a
vehi
-
23
cle
propelled
by
human
power
or
riding
a
bicycle
Every
operator
or
rider
of
a
24
human
-
powered
vehicle,
bicycle,
or
electric
-
assisted
bicycle
shall
have
all
25
of
the
rights
and
all
of
the
duties
applicable
to
the
driver
of
any
other
ve
-
26
hicle
under
the
provisions
of
chapters
6
and
8
of
this
title,
except
as
oth
-
27
erwise
provided
in
this
chapter
and
except
as
to
those
provisions
which
by
28
their
nature
can
have
no
application.
29
(2)
Every
operator
or
rider
of
a
bicycle
or
human
-
powered
vehicle
30
human
-
powered
vehicle,
bicycle,
or
electric
-
assisted
bicycle
shall
exer
-
31
cise
due
care.
32
SECTION
3.
That
Section
49
-
715,
Idaho
Code,
be,
and
the
same
is
hereby
33
amended
to
read
as
follows:
34
49
-
715.
RIDING
ON
BICYCLES
HUMAN
-
POWERED
VEHICLES,
BICYCLES,
OR
ELEC
-
35
TRIC
-
ASSISTED
BICYCLES
.
(1)
A
person
propelling
a
bicycle
shall
not
No
oper
-
36
ator
or
rider
of
a
human
-
powered
vehicle,
bicycle,
or
electric
-
assisted
bi
-
37
cycle
shall
ride
other
than
upon
on
or
astride
an
attached
permanent
and
reg
-
38
ular
seat.
39

2
(2)
No
bicycle
or
human
-
propelled
vehicle
human
-
powered
vehicle,
bicy
-
1
cle,
or
electric
-
assisted
bicycle
shall
be
used
to
carry
more
persons
at
one
2
(1)
time
than
the
number
for
which
it
is
designed
and
equipped.
3
(3)
An
adult
rider
may
carry
a
child
securely
attached
to
his
person
in
a
4
backpack
or
sling
or
in
a
child
carrier
attached
to
the
bicycle
a
human
-
pow
-
5
ered
vehicle,
bicycle,
or
electric
-
assisted
bicycle
.
6
SECTION
4.
An
emergency
existing
therefor,
which
emergency
is
hereby
7
declared
to
exist,
this
act
shall
be
in
full
force
and
effect
on
and
after
8
July
1,
2026.
9