Banning eBikes

There’s a bill in the legislature that could ban e-bikes, so I’m sounding the alarm.

I am writing to everyone who has shown an interest in these bills (or should be interested). This was done rather quickly, so excuse the crude exposition.

Here’s the situation as of 20 February 2026.

SB 1782 – HB 1712 was introduced by two representatives from Williamson County, Senator Jack Johnson and Representative Lee Reeves. The amended bill would allow local governments to ban class 1 and class 2 e-bikes, and would ban class 3 unless a local government specifically allows them. It also raises the age to ride a class 3 to 16 y/o.

The Senate bill is now on the calendar in the Transportation Committee on February 25. We are attempting to make sure the bill will be deferred, but we don’t know if we will succeed.

We need to let members of the Senate Transportation Committee know we oppose the bill, and it should be deferred until we can have more discussions (next year is good).

If you are from Williamson County (or know someone),  call Senator Johnson and Representative Reeves to voice your opposition to the bills. They claim this is coming from the Franklin City government.

Senator Jack Johnson

Representative Lee Reeves

If your Senator is on the Senate Transportation Committee, call and ask them to oppose the bill and request that the sponsor defer the bill.

If you or your organization uses a lobbyist, please have them convey your concern to the sponsors and the chair of the Senate Transportation Committee. We have advocates who are requesting that the chair defer the bill.

Bike Walk Tennessee and Walk Bike Nashville are aware of and oppose the bill.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or ideas. Forward to anyone who should know about this.

Carey Rogers
615-828-6551