New Jersey A 426: Establishes "Delaware River Port Authority and Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Consolidation Commission."

Bill Text

A426 

ASSEMBLY, No. 426 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman MICHAEL VENEZIA

District 34 (Essex)

Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblywoman CARMEN THERESA MORALES

District 34 (Essex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen DePhillips and Calabrese

SYNOPSIS

���� Require use of helmets when operating or riding upon 
electric bicycle or electric scooter.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning electric bicycles and scooters and 
supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.� 

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

���� 1.��� a.� The Legislature 
finds and declares that the use of electric bicycles and electric scooters as a 
mode of transportation is increasing in popularity in this State.� The 
increased prevalence of electric bicycles and electric scooters has 
corresponded with an increase in injuries to its users.� Crash testing 
indicates that the risk of serious head injury is greater when operating an 
electric bicycle or electric scooter than when operating a traditional 
bicycle.� The absence of mandatory helmet use has been identified as a 
significant factor contributing to the severity of injuries resulting from a 
crash.� The Legislature, therefore, determines that it is in the public 
interest to require the use of a helmet when operating an electric bicycle or 
scooter.

���� b.��� A person shall not 
operate or ride upon a low-speed electric bicycle or low-speed electric 
scooter, as defined in R.S.39:1-1, unless that person is wearing a properly 
fitted and fastened bicycle helmet that is in accordance with the standards for 
bicycle helmets set forth in section 1 of P.L.1991, c.465 (C.39:4-10.1).� This 
requirement shall apply to a person who rides upon a low-speed electric bicycle 
or low-speed electric scooter while in a restraining seat that is attached to 
and towed by the low-speed electric bicycle or low-speed electric scooter.� 

���� c.���� A person who violates 
the provisions of this section shall be fined a maximum of $25 for a first 
offense and a maximum of $100 for any subsequent offense.

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following enactment.� 

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a person 
operating or riding upon a low-speed electric bicycle or low-speed electric 
scooter to wear a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet.� 

���� A person who violates the 
provisions of the bill is to be fined a maximum of $25 for a first offense and 
a maximum of $100 for any subsequent offense.�