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AL SB113
Bill
Status
2/10/2022
Primary Sponsor
Gerald Allen
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AI Summary
SB113 Summary
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Prohibits individuals under 14 years of age from operating Class 1 or Class 2 electric bicycles (existing law prohibited those under 16 from operating Class 3 only).
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Requires all operators and passengers of Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 electric bicycles to wear properly fitted and fastened protective bicycle helmets meeting Consumer Product Safety Commission or American Society for Testing and Materials standards.
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Specifies that helmet use violations are not admissible as evidence of negligence in any legal action.
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Maintains existing requirement that all Class 3 electric bicycles be equipped with a speedometer displaying speed in miles per hour.
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Takes effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Motor vehicles, electric bicycles, age and equipment requirements, further provided, Act 2021-134, 2021 Reg. Sess., am'd; Sec. 32-5A-267 am'd.
Motor Vehicles
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
2/10/2022