HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
184
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO ELECTRIC BICYCLES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 291C-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By adding five new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read:
"[Underlined: "][Underlined: Class 1 electric bicycle" means an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour.]
[Underlined: "][Underlined: Class 2 electric bicycle" means an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that may be used exclusively to propel the bicycle and that is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour.]
[Underlined: "][Underlined: Class 3 electric bicycle" means an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty-eight miles per hour and equipped with a speedometer.]
[Underlined: "Electric bicycle" means a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of no more than seven hundred fifty watts. "Electric bicycle" does not include a high-speed electric device.]
[Underlined: "High-speed electric device" means a two-wheeled electric device with a motor exceeding seven hundred fifty watts and capable of speeds over twenty-eight miles per hour. "High-speed electric device" does not include a moped or motorcycle that can legally be operated on a road or street, as provided by law.]"[Underlined: ]
2. By amending the definition of "bicycle" to read:
""Bicycle" means:
(1) A vehicle propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, and including any vehicle generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels except a toy bicycle; or
[[Struck through: (2)] [Struck through: A low-speed electric bicycle, as defined under title 15 United States Code section 2085.]]
[Underlined: (2)] [Underlined: An electric bicycle.]"
SECTION 2. Section 291C-143.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[Struck through: []]§291C-143.5[[Struck through: ]]] [[Struck through: Low-speed electric]] [Underlined: Electric] bicycles; operator [[Struck through: age.]] [Underlined: requirements.] [Underlined: (a)] No person under the age of fifteen shall operate a [[Struck through: low-speed]] [Underlined: class 3] electric bicycle [[Struck through: as defined under title 15 United States Code section 2085]]. [Underlined: No person sixteen years of age or older shall operate a class 3 electric bicycle unless they satisfy one of the following:]
[Underlined: (1)] [Underlined: Possesses a valid driver's license, instruction permit, or provisional license at all times; or]
[Underlined: (2)] [Underlined: Completes and prints a State of Hawaii driver's license application for a motorcycle instruction permit; provided that:]
[Underlined: (A)] [Underlined: The person shall not be required to take the motorcycle written test; and]
[Underlined: (B)] [Underlined: If the person does not possess a driver's license pursuant to section 286-102(b)(3), the person shall have taken and passed the general driver knowledge examination; provided that the person shall not be required to complete a road test.]
[Underlined: (b) Any individual may operate a class 1 electric bicycle or class 2 electric bicycle, regardless of their age.]
[Underlined: (c) This section shall only apply to a county with a population of five hundred thousand or more.]"
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.
Report Title:
Electric Bicycles; Operator Requirements
Description:
Prohibits a person under the age of fifteen from operating a class 3 electric bicycle. Prohibits a person sixteen years of age or older from operating a class 3 electric bicycle unless the person satisfies certain requirements. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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