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.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   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.