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SAFE Ride Act of 2025

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.

Introduced Sep 10, 2025

Latest action (Sep 10, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Referred to
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Policy area
Transportation and Public Works

Summary
  • Establishes a grant program through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to fund States with electric bike safety programs.
  • Requires eligible States to enforce safety requirements for shared e-bike systems and collect and report e-bike accident data by demographic.
  • Requires States to provide public educational materials and programs on helmet use and safe e-bike riding.
  • Requires States to implement helmet safety laws modeled after national standards established by the Secretary.
  • Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish national standards recommending helmet use for e-bike riders under age 18.
  • Directs the Secretary to develop and make available safety curricula on electric bike usage.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Josh Gottheimer’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • BLACKSTONE $116,700
  • APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $71,500
  • KKR & CO INC. $50,600
  • CENTERVIEW PARTNERS $25,000
  • FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP $23,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Josh Gottheimer → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Sep 10, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
  2. Sep 10, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

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  • HR 623 — LICENSE Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 73%
  • HR 4699 — BIKE Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 4904 — PHASE Act of 2025 · Introduced Aug 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 72%
  • S 2023 — Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • HR 546 — Investing in Safer Traffic Stops Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 3936 — Bicycle Commuter Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Sep 10, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 10, 2025

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

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. <all>

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