Mississippi Senate Bill 2483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 12 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-12 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 63-3-1314, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Classify Electric Bicycles As Bicycles And Not As Motor Vehicles; To Provide That Manufacturers And Distributors Of Electric Bicycles Shall Apply To Each Electric Bicycle A Label That Is Permanently Affixed, In A Prominent Location, And Containing The Classification Number, Top Assisted Speed, And Motor Wattage Of The Electric Bicycle, And Printed In Arial Font In At Least 9-point Type; To Prohibit Tampering With Or Modifying An Electric Bicycle So As To Change Its Motor-powered Speed Capability Or Engagement, Unless The Required Label Indicating The Classification Is Replaced After Modification; To Require Electric Bicycles To Comply With The Equipment And Manufacturing Requirements For Bicycles Adopted By The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission In 16 Cfr Part 1512; To Require Electric Bicycles To Operate In A Manner So That The Electric Motor Is Disengaged Or Ceases To Function When The Rider Stops Pedaling Or When The Brakes Are Applied; To Allow Electric Bicycles To Be Ridden In Places Where Bicycles Are Permitted, Including, But Not Limited To, Streets, Highways, Roadways, Bicycle Lanes, Bicycle Paths And Multiuse Paths; To Specify The Rights Of Municipalities, Local Authorities And State Agencies To Prohibit The Use Of Different Categories Of Electric Bicycles On Bicycle Paths, Multiuse Paths And Nonmotorized Trails; To Prohibit Persons Under The Age Of 16 From Operating Class 3 Electric Bicycles; To Require That All Class 3 Electric Bicycles Be Equipped With A Speedometer That Displays The Speed The Bicycle Is Traveling In Miles Per Hour; To Amend Section 63-3-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define "electric Bicycle" And To Define Further Three Classes Of Electric Bicycles; To Amend Sections 17-17-403, 21-37-3, 27-19-3, 27-51-5, 63-15-3, 63-17-55, 63-17-155, 63-19-3, 63-21-5 And 63-31-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Above; And For Related Purposes.

Electric bicycles; classify as bicycles and not as motor vehicles, and regulate.

Sen. Neil Whaley [R]

2021-03-09 - House - House Passed (Y: 121 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-04 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-12	House	Died On Calendar
2021-03-09	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Busby, Massengill)
2021-03-09	House	Passed
2021-03-02	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2021-02-24	House	Referred To Transportation
2021-02-05	Senate	Transmitted To House
2021-02-04	Senate	Passed
2021-01-28	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2021-01-18	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
17	17	403	Amended Code	See Bill Text
21	37	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	19	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
27	51	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text
63	15	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
63	17	155	Amended Code	See Bill Text
63	17	55	Amended Code	See Bill Text
63	19	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
63	21	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text
63	3	103	Amended Code	See Bill Text
63	31	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2483.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2483IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2483PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/senate/0310051.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/house/0640053.pdf