E-bike speed limits are an ‘overreach,’ DeSantis says with veto

By: Jay Waagmeester

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: June 26, 2026

Words: 314

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed a speed limit for electric bicycles, a measure that passed the House and Senate unanimously, calling it an “overreach.”

The bill would have capped e-bikes’ speed at 10 miles per hour within 50 feet of a pedestrian on ways shared with pedestrians.

“Do we really want to have policing of e-bikes, and are you going 10 miles [per hour] or 8 miles [per hour] or whatever and it’s just, I …

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