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H3451 • 2025

An Act expanding community access to electric bicycles

An Act expanding community access to electric bicycles

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Sponsor
Natalie M. Blais
Last action
2026-04-06
Official status
Accompanied a study order, see H5323
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act expanding community access to electric bicycles

An Act expanding community access to electric bicycles By Representative Blais of Deerfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act expanding community access to electric bicycles By Representative Blais of Deerfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3451) of Natalie M.
  • Blais and Mindy Domb that the Department of Energy Resources establish the community access to electric bicycles grant initiative.
  • Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-06 House

    Accompanied a study order, see H5323

  2. 2025-12-04 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-08-04 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, December 3, 2025

  4. 2025-05-07 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/14/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-2

  5. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

  6. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act expanding community access to electric bicycles
By Representative Blais of Deerfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3451) of Natalie M. Blais and Mindy Domb that the Department of Energy Resources establish the community access to electric bicycles grant initiative. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3451

Chapter 25A of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 11J. The commonwealth community access to electric bicycles grant initiative

(a) The department of energy resources shall establish the commonwealth community access to electric bicycles grant initiative

to help finance bike share programs and ownership programs that municipalities, businesses, and nonprofit organizations administer.

(b) A local municipality, business, or nonprofit organization awarded money under the grant initiative may use the money to purchase and maintain electric bicycles, equipment, and infrastructure for its bike share program or ownership program, pay labor costs related to implementation of the program, and cover the direct and indirect administrative costs that the local municipality, business, nonprofit organization, or a third-party contractor incurs in implementing the program.

(c) To be eligible to apply for money under the grant initiative, a municipality, business, or nonprofit organization must administer themselves, or contract with a third party to administer, a bike share program using a fleet of electric bicycles, or an ownership program offering an electric bicycle to a specific individual or household.

(d) In administering the grant initiative, the department of energy resources shall establish an application process for local municipalities, businesses, and nonprofit organizations to apply for the money under the grant initiative. The department of energy resources shall develop criteria for awarding grant money; giving priority to local municipalities, businesses, and nonprofit organizations offering a program in one or more environmental justice or disproportionately impacted communities.

(e) The department of energy resources shall require that local municipalities, businesses, or nonprofit organizations provide at least a certain percentage of matching money for the initiative.

(f) The department of energy resources shall develop periodic reporting requirements for a grantee to demonstrate that the money awarded is being used in compliance with the purposes of this section, as well as procedures for addressing a grantee’s noncompliance with this section, including procedures for reimbursement of money awarded.

(g) The department of energy resources may use up to ten percent of the money in the fund to cover its direct and indirect costs incurred in administering the grant initiative in this section.

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