AB1614

Vehicles: bicycles.

Complete·6/30/26

California AB1614 amends the Vehicle Code to prohibit riding bicycles without a seat unless designed for it and bans passengers on bicycles unless on.

California AB1614 amends the Vehicle Code to specify that a person operating a bicycle on a highway or Class I bikeway must ride astride a permanent and regular seat unless the bicycle was designed by the manufacturer to be ridden without a seat. It also prohibits passengers on bicycles unless they are on a separate seat. If the passenger is four years of age or younger, or weighs 40 pounds or less, the seat must have adequate provision for retaining the passenger in place and for protecting the passenger from the moving parts of the bicycle.

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Sponsors

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Roll Call Votes

37 Yea

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0 Nay

3 Absent

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Calendar

Jun 15

10:00 AM

Senate Appropriations Hearing

Jun 9

1:30 PM

Senate Transportation Hearing

History

Jun 30

Approved by the Governor.

Jun 30

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 40, Statutes of 2026.

Jun 24

Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.