Establishes low-speed electric bicycle public awareness campaign in MVC; appropriates $250,000.

A4898

ASSEMBLY, No. 4898

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 7, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� MITCHELLE DRULIS

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Kearney

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes low-speed electric bicycle public
awareness campaign in MVC; appropriates $250,000.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

establishing a public awareness campaign
concerning low-speed electric bicycles, supplementing Title 39 of the Revised
Statutes, and making an appropriation.

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

���� 1.��� a.� The Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall establish a
public awareness campaign to inform the general public about the safety
concerns related to low-speed electric bicycles and the legal requirements when
riding a low-speed electric bicycle.� The campaign shall include, at a minimum,
dissemination of information relating to the traffic laws the operator of a
low-speed electric bicycle is required to follow.

���� b.��� The chief administrator
shall, at a minimum:

���� (1)�� provide for the
development of printed educational materials and public service announcements
in English and Spanish; and

���� (2)�� disseminate information
for distribution to the public, through a variety of entities, including, but
not limited to, businesses in the State that sell low-speed electric bicycles,
community centers, other child-focused community-based outreach programs and
organizations, libraries, middle schools, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
agencies and regional service centers, and the New Jersey Motor Vehicle
Commission�s official Internet website.

���� 2.��� There is appropriated
from the General Fund to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission the sum of
$250,000 to effectuate the provisions of this act.

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) to establish a
low-speed electric bicycle public awareness campaign.

���� Under the provisions of the
bill, the Chief Administrator of the MVC is required to inform the general
public of the safety concerns related to operating low-speed electric bicycles
and the legal requirements for riding low-speed electric bicycles.� The information
provided in the public awareness campaign is required to include, but is not
limited to, traffic laws the operator of a low-speed electric bicycle is
required follow.

���� To carry out the public
awareness campaign, the chief administrator is required to, at minimum, develop
educational materials and public service announcements in English and Spanish
and disseminate the information on the MVC�s website and to a variety of
organizations throughout the State, such as local MVC offices, community
organizations, businesses selling low-speed electric bicycles in the State, and
middle schools.

���� The bill appropriates $250,000
to the MVC for this purpose.� By introducing this legislation, the sponsor
intends to reduce the number of people who are injured or killed while using a
low-speed electric bicycle.� As the incidence and seriousness of injuries
sustained by children using low-speed electric bicycles is rising, the bill
specifically provides for the dissemination of informational materials to the
public at various locations where children and their parents may access the
information.