Highway Safety and Policy Subcommittee

Wednesday, February 4, 2026·19m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Highway Safety and Policy Subcommittee advanced three bills unanimously — an e-bike/moped work group bill, a coal truck citation bill, and a corrected vote on a previously amended bill — while laying a fourth bill on the table after a similar measure had already passed the committee and moved to the House floor.

Key Actions

·HB 1417 – Laid on Table (Similar to HB 661)No Vote

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Notable Quotes

“Class 1 and 2E bikes go up to 20 miles an hour, but differ in how power is delivered. Class 3 bikes can go as fast as some mopeds but don't require a DMV registration while mopeds do.”
JJ Singh, Delegate (bill sponsor) — Singh was presenting his work group bill to address inconsistent laws governing e-bikes and mopeds, arguing that the regulatory patchwork creates safety and enforcement problems.

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Votes

Motion to gently lay HB 1417 on the tablePassed

Motion to report Singh bill [number unclear] as amendedPassed

Voice vote to adopt substitute for HB 1457Passed

Motion to report HB 1457 as substitutedPassed

Motion to reconsider HB 1120Passed

Motion to report HB 1120 as amended (after reconsideration)Passed

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TranscriptPreview

The Transportation Safety and Policy subcommittee will come to order and will go at ease there. Okay. The Transportation Highway Safety and Policy subcommittee will come to order and if the clerk would please open the roll for attendance. Okay. If the clerk would close the roll. We have a quorum present, so we will begin with our legislation. And I'm going to ask Delegates Singh, I know I had said to you that we have. We're going to go first with you, but we're going to do an administrative one first. Where House Bill 1417 is very much, very similar to House Bill 661, which this particular committee has already taken up and passed and is now, I believe, the House floor. And so Delegate Keys Gamora has done a lot of work with this and has signed on to Delegate Willetts bill. So she has asked that we gently lay this on the table. So I will so move. Okay, we have a motion and we have a second. And if the clerk would please open the roll. Sorry. It's thinking. There we go. All right. So the motion for House Bill 1417 to gently lay it on…

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