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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 243: Electric Bicycles

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 243 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on October 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Electric Bicycles. Primary sponsor: Yvette Benarroch (Republican), Government Operations Subcommittee. It lists 20 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 9, 2026): Laid on Table.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Electric Bicycles; Provides requirements for operation of electric bicycles; provides penalties; creates Electric Bicycle Safety Task Force adjunct to DHSMV & provides requirements therefor; requires certain reports to Governor & Legislature by specified dates.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11 · Republican 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Yvette BenarrochPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse81
Government Operations SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Webster BarnabyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Robin BartlemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Omar BlancoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse115
Erika BoothCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Nan CobbCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Bill ConerlyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Lindsay CrossCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse60
Dan DaleyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Anna EskamaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Anne GerwigCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse93
Peggy Gossett-SeidmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Rita HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Christine HunschofskyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Kiyan MichaelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Felicia RobinsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Mitch RosenwaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse98
John SnyderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Leonard SpencerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Allison TantCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Laid on Table
  2. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  3. Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading
  4. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/17/2026)
  5. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  6. Bill released to House Calendar
  7. Reported out of State Affairs Committee
  8. Favorable by State Affairs Committee
  9. Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
  10. Now in State Affairs Committee
  11. Reported out of Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee
  12. Favorable by Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source