SAFE Ride Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5265 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5265

     To direct the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the 
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to 
   establish an electric bike safety program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2025

Mr. Gottheimer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To direct the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the 
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to 
   establish an electric bike safety program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``SAFE Ride Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR ELECTRIC BIKE SAFETY PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Transportation, acting through 
the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, shall establish a grant program to provide funds to 
States that have in effect an electric bike safety program.
    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, a 
State shall demonstrate to the Secretary that such State--
            (1) has successful enforcement of the safety requirements 
        for operation of shared e-bike systems;
            (2) provides to the public educational materials or 
        programs on helmet use and safe riding specific to e-bikes, 
        including the use of the curricula developed under subsection 
        (c)(2);
            (3) implements helmet safety laws modeled after the 
        national standards established under subsection (c)(1);
            (4) collects data on e-bike accidents, including by 
        requiring shared mobility operators to report such data by 
        demographic, and report such data to the Secretary;
            (5) supports local law enforcement efforts to implement and 
        enforce the actions described in paragraphs (1) and (3); and
            (6) will provide grant funding and guidance to local law 
        enforcement entities to address unsafe underage riding, 
        including collection of penalties, impounding of unsafe 
        vehicles, and educational outreach.
    (c) National Standards; Safety Curricula.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) establish national standards that recommend helmet use 
        for e-bike riders under the age of 18; and
            (2) develop, and make available to the public, curricula on 
        safety of e-bike usage, including helmet safety.
    (d) Guidelines.--The Secretary shall establish such guidelines as 
are necessary to carry out this section.
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