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A1540 • 2026

Requires certain products with electric motor and batteries to have red tag attached to charging cord that warns to unplug product when not in use.

Requires certain products with electric motor and batteries to have red tag attached to charging cord that warns to unplug product when not in use.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Calabrese, Clinton
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires certain products with electric motor and batteries to have red tag attached to charging cord that warns to unplug product when not in use.

Requires certain products with electric motor and batteries to have red tag attached to charging cord that warns to unplug product when not in use.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires certain products with electric motor and batteries to have red tag attached to charging cord that warns to unplug product when not in use.
  • Topic: Transportation and Independent Authorities Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires certain products with electric motor and batteries to have red tag attached to charging cord that warns to unplug product when not in use.
Topic:
Transportation and Independent Authorities
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1540

ASSEMBLY, No. 1540

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires certain products with electric motor and
batteries to have red tag attached to charging cord that warns to unplug
product when not in use.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act

concerning certain products with electric motors
and batteries and supplementing Title 56 of the Revised Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� As used in this
section:

���� "Division" means the
Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety.

���� �Lithium-ion battery� means
any button, coin, cylindrical, rectangular, or other-shaped dry cell battery
consisting of lithium and other chemicals commonly used in electrical devices.

���� "Low-speed electric
bicycle" means the same as that term is defined in R.S.39:1-1.

���� "Low-speed electric
scooter" means the same as that term is defined in R.S.39:1-1.

���� �Motorized bicycle� means the
same as that term is defined in R.S.39:1-1 and includes only those motorized
bicycles that are powered by an electric motor and shall not include
wheelchairs or other mobility devices designed for use by persons with disabilities.

���� �Motorized scooter� means the
same as that term is defined in R.S.39:1-1 and includes only those motorized
scooters that are powered by an electric motor and shall not include
wheelchairs or other mobility devices designed for use by persons with disabilities.

���� �Motorized skateboard� means
the same as that term is defined in R.S.39:1-1 and includes only those
motorized skateboards that are powered by an electric motor.

���� �Storage battery� means a
battery or cell used for storing electrical energy.

���� b.��� A person shall not sell,
lease, rent, or otherwise distribute, or offer for sale, lease, rental, or
distribution, a low-speed electric bicycle, low-speed electric scooter,
motorized bicycle, motorized scooter, or motorized skateboard, or any
lithium-ion or storage battery used to power such product, unless there is a
red tag affixed to the charging cord of such product near the end that is
plugged into the electricity source, which tag clearly and conspicuously states
"UNPLUG WHEN NOT IN USE."

���� c.��� The Division of Consumer
Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall post, on the
division�s Internet website, a model tag containing the information outlined in
this section that persons selling, leasing, renting, or otherwise distributing
a low-speed electric bicycle, low-speed electric scooter, motorized bicycle,
motorized scooter, or motorized skateboard, or any lithium-ion or storage
battery used to power such product, can affix to such charging cords as
required by this section.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect 180 days following enactment.

STATEMENT

����� This bill prohibits a person
from selling, leasing, renting, or otherwise distributing, or offering to sell,
lease, rent, or otherwise distribute, a low-speed electric bicycle, low-speed
electric scooter, motorized bicycle, motorized scooter, or motorized
skateboard, or any lithium-ion or storage battery used to power such product,
unless there is a red tag affixed to the charging cord of such product near the
end that is plugged into the electricity source.� Under the bill, the tag is
required to clearly and conspicuously state �UNPLUG WHEN NOT IN USE.��

����� In addition, the Division of
Consumer Affairs (division) is required to post, on its Internet website, a
model tag containing this warning so that any person selling, leasing, renting,
or otherwise distributing a low-speed electric bicycle, low-speed electric
scooter, motorized bicycle, motorized scooter, or motorized skateboard, or any
lithium-ion or storage battery used to power such product, can affix the tag to
the charging cord of such products.�