The complete text of state law as it impacts E-bikes (346.79 (5) is
the critical item):
Electric bicycles in Wisconsin are defined as motor bicycles. Motor
bicycle operators are required to have a valid driver’s license. Motor
bicycles cannot be used on bike paths unless they are being operated
solely by pedal power, like a bike. When operating you also need to
follow the rules of the road. Here are the relevant state statutes.
*340.01 (30)
<https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/340/01/30>*****Motor
bicycle means any of the following:
(a) A bicycle to which a power unit not an integral part of the vehicle
has been added to permit the vehicle to travel at a speed of not more
than 30 miles per hour with a 150-pound rider on a dry, level, hard
surface with no wind and having a seat for the operator.
(b) A 2-wheeled or 3-wheeled vehicle that has fully operative pedals for
propulsion by human power and an electric motor of less than 750 watts
and that is capable, when powered solely by the motor, of a maximum
speed of less than 20 miles per hour with a 170-pound rider on a dry,
level, hard surface with no wind.
*343.05(3)(c)
<https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/343/II/05/3/c>****Operators
to be licensed; exceptions.*
*(3)***NONCOMMERCIAL VEHICLES
(c) No person may operate a moped or motor bicycle unless the person
possesses a valid operators license or a special restricted operators
license issued under s. 343.135 or a restricted license issued under s.
343.08. A license under this paragraph does not authorize operation of a
moped or motor bicycle if the license is revoked, suspended, canceled or
expired.
*346.02(4) Applicability to persons riding bicycles and motor
bicycles.<http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1995/statutes/statutes/346/02/4>*
**
*(a)*Subject to the special provisions applicable to bicycles, every
person riding a bicycle upon a roadway or shoulder of a highway is
granted all the rights and is subject to all the duties which this
chapter grants or applies to the operator of a vehicle, except those
provisions which by their express terms apply only to motor vehicles or
which by their very nature would have no application to bicycles. For
purposes of this chapter, provisions which apply to bicycles also apply
to motor bicycles, except as otherwise expressly provided.
**
*(b)*Provisions which apply to the operation of bicycles in crosswalks
under ss. 346.23
<http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/1995/346.23>, 346.24
<http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/1995/346.24>, 346.37
(1) (a) 2.
<http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/1995/346.37%281%29%28a%292.>,
(c)
<http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/1995/346.37%281%29%28c%29>
2 and (d) 2.
<http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/1995/346.37%281%29%28d%292.>
and 346.38
<http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/1995/346.38> do not
apply to motor bicycles.
*346.79
<https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/346/XII/79>****Special
rules applicable to bicycles.*
*(5)***No person may ride a moped or motor bicycle with the power unit
in operation upon a bicycle way.
**
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