Florida SB 904: Judicial Process

Bill Text

904 
Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices 
2025-12-15T05:33:23Z 
Increasing the minimum age requirements relating to the use of helmets for electric personal assistive mobility devices, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 904 

 By Senator Rouson 

 16-01195-26 2026904__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to electric personal assistive 
 3 mobility devices; amending s. 316.2068, F.S.; 
 4 increasing the minimum age requirements relating to 
 5 the use of helmets for electric personal assistive 
 6 mobility devices; providing an effective date. 
 7 
 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 9 
 10 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 316.2068, Florida 
 11 Statutes, is amended to read: 
 12 316.2068 Electric personal assistive mobility devices; 
 13 regulations.— 
 14 (4) A person who is under the age of 18 16 years may not 
 15 operate, ride, or otherwise be propelled on an electric personal 
 16 assistive mobility device unless the person wears a bicycle 
 17 helmet that is properly fitted, that is fastened securely upon 
 18 his or her head by a strap, and that meets the standards of the 
 19 American National Standards Institute (ANSI Z Bicycle Helmet 
 20 Standards), the standards of the Snell Memorial Foundation (1984 
 21 Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling), or any 
 22 other nationally recognized standards for bicycle helmets which 
 23 are adopted by the department. 
 24 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.