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S4524 • 2026

Requires all operators of low-speed electric bicycles to wear helmets.

Requires all operators of low-speed electric bicycles to wear helmets.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Singer, Robert W.
Last action
2026-06-26
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires all operators of low-speed electric bicycles to wear helmets.

Requires all operators of low-speed electric bicycles to wear helmets.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires all operators of low-speed electric bicycles to wear helmets.
  • Topic: Transportation Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-26 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires all operators of low-speed electric bicycles to wear helmets.
Topic:
Transportation
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4524

SENATE, No. 4524

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED JUNE 26, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ROBERT W. SINGER

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires all operators of low-speed electric bicycles
to wear helmets.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning helmet requirements for low-speed electric
bicycle operators and amending and supplementing P.L.2019, c.121.

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

���� 1.��� Section 2 of P.L.2019,
c.121 (C.39:4-14.16) is amended to read as follows:�

���� 2.��� a.� A low-speed electric
bicycle or low-speed electric scooter, as defined in R.S.39:1-1, may be
operated on the streets, highways, roadways, and bicycle paths of this State,
except as otherwise provided in this section, section 2 of P.L.1975, c.250 (C.39:4-14.3),
section 9 of P.L.1983, c.105 (C.39:4-14.3i), and P.L.2025, c.285 (C.39:6A-4.8
et al.), and may be parked on a sidewalk provided that the low-speed electric
bicycle or low-speed electric scooter does not impede the normal movement of
pedestrian or other traffic upon the sidewalk.

���� b.��� On and after January 1,
2019, manufacturers and distributors of low-speed electric bicycles shall apply
a label that is permanently affixed, in a prominent location, to each low-speed
electric bicycle.� The label shall contain the classification number, top
assisted speed, and motor wattage of the low-speed electric bicycle and shall
be printed in Arial font in at least 9-point type.

���� c.��� A person shall not
tamper with or modify a low-speed electric bicycle so as to change the
motor-powered speed capability or engagement of a low-speed electric bicycle.

���� d.��� A low-speed electric
bicycle or low-speed electric scooter may be operated on bicycle paths, except
that a local government entity or State agency may prohibit the operation of
low-speed electric bicycles or low-speed electric scooters on bicycle paths under
its jurisdiction.

���� e.��� Unless permitted by a
local government entity or State agency with jurisdiction, a low-speed electric
bicycle or low-speed electric scooter shall not be operated on a trail
designated for non-motorized traffic if such trail has a natural surface tread
made by clearing and grading the soil and no surfacing materials have been
added.

���� f.���� (1) The operator of a
low-speed electric scooter shall not be required to register the low-speed
electric scooter or have a driver's license.

���� (2)� The operator of a
low-speed electric bicycle shall be required to register the low-speed electric
bicycle and have a driver�s license to operate the low-speed electric bicycle
pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1975, c.250 (C.39:4-14.3).

���� g.��� Except as otherwise
provided by this section, section 2 of P.L.1975, c.250 (C.39:4-14.3), section 9
of P.L.1983, c.105 (C.39:4-14.3i),
section 2 of
P.L. ,
c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill)
,
and P.L.2025, c.285
(C.39:6A-4.8 et al.), all statutes, including the provisions of chapter 4 of
Title 39 of the Revised Statutes, rules, and regulations applicable to
bicycles, as defined in section 1 of P.L.1991, c.465 (C.39:4-10.1), shall apply
to low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters, except those
provisions which by their very nature may have no application to low-speed
electric bicycles or low-speed electric scooters.

���� h.��� A low-speed electric
scooter shall be considered a motor vehicle to the extent required by 23 U.S.C.
s.154.

���� i.���� No person shall operate
a low-speed electric bicycle from dusk to dawn without a reflector installed on
the low-speed electric bicycle.

���� j.���� No person shall sell,
or offer for sale, modification kits designed to turn a low-speed electric
bicycle into a motorized bicycle or an electric motorized bicycle.

(cf:� P.L.2025, c.285, s.3)

���� 2.��� (New section) A person
shall not operate a low-speed electric bicycle, as that term is defined in
R.S.39:1-1, unless the person wears a protective helmet of a type approved by
the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires every
person operating a low-speed electric bicycle to wear a protective helmet of a
type approved by the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle
Commission.