GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 822

Short Title:      Moped Regulation.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Adams, Shepard, and Setzer (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

April 9, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to modify laws governing operation of mopeds.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1. G.S. 20‑140.4 reads as rewritten:

"§ 20‑140.4.  Special provisions for motorcycles and mopeds.

(a)        No person shall operate a motorcycle or moped upon a highway or public vehicular area:

(1)        When the number of persons upon or within such motorcycle or moped, including the operator, shall exceed the number of persons which it was designed to carry. For purposes of this subdivision, a moped is presumed to be designed for use by one person, unless the operator provides documentation from the manufacturer that indicates otherwise.

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SECTION 2. G.S. 20‑146 is amended by adding the following new subsections to read:

"(f) Except when preparing for a left turn, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a moped on a highway in any lane other than the right‑hand side of the right‑hand lane then available for through traffic where the posted speed limit is greater than 35 miles per hour. A person who operates a moped in violation of this subsection shall have committed an infraction.

(g) No person shall operate a moped upon a highway where the posted speed limit is greater than 35 miles per hour."

SECTION 3. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to a moped operated on or after that day.