The Georgia Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that could lead the state to taking a hands-off approach to the regulation of electric scooters.
Senate Bill 159 would define electric scooters in state law but do nothing else, leaving regulation up to local governments. The state Senate passed the bill 47-0, sending it to the House for consideration.
State Sen. Steve Gooch, a Republican from Dahlonega sponsoring the proposal, said the legislation “simply codifies what a scooter is … and it also preserves any further regulation to be left for the local governments.”
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