Section 1 of the bill: •
Requires that a seller of an electrical assisted bicycle must make certain disclosures to the purchaser regarding the characteristics of the electrical assisted bicycle;
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Requires that, on or after January 1, 2026, a manufacturer or distributor of an electrical assisted bicycle must label each electrical assisted bicycle with certain information about the electrical assisted bicycle;
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Requires that, on or after January 1, 2026, a seller of an electrical assisted bicycle must provide a customer with certain written information about existing resources where the customer can find safety information for electrical assisted bicycles;
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Prohibits a person from selling or offering to sell a vehicle that is not an electrical assisted bicycle if the vehicle is falsely labeled as an electrical assisted bicycle; and
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Prohibits a person from advertising, offering for sale, or selling a vehicle that is not an electrical assisted bicycle by using certain words associated with electrical assisted bicycles without providing a disclosure that the vehicle is not in fact an electrical assisted bicycle.
Currently, electrical assisted bicycle is defined as having to
conform to one of 3 classes based on the highest achievable speed and type of motor of the electrical assisted bicycle. Section 2 amends the existing definition of electrical assisted bicycle to clarify that the following vehicles are not an electrical assisted bicycle:
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A vehicle that is modified so that it no longer meets the requirements for any electrical assisted bicycle class; or
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A vehicle that is designed, manufactured, or intended by the manufacturer or seller to be easily configured so as not to meet all the requirements of an electrical assisted bicycle class. Section 2 also defines multiple mode electrical assisted bicycle
to account for electrical assisted bicycles that are capable of switching between different classes. Section 3 clarifies that a multiple mode electrical assisted bicycle
must meet all the requirements applicable to each respective class of electrical assisted bicycle for which the multiple mode electrical assisted bicycle provides for operation.
