URGENT:

Contact Your

Assembly Representatives NOW!

ACT NOW: STOP S4834/A6235

to SAVE Low-Speed E-Bikes before it’s too late!

NJBWC along with many safe streets advocates has spoken out in opposition to the e-bike bill legislation (S4834/A6235) requiring insurance, registration and a license to ride ANY e-bike in NJ, including low speed e-bikes that go under 20mph.

After hearing from many NJBWC and coalition partners, alongside more than 3600 co-signers who opposed this bill, a new version was put forward at the end of December that continues to raise major concerns.

This bill was rushed through during the lame duck session, passed through Senate committees, and will be heard tomorrow, January 8th, in the last Assembly committee needed before it can be voted through on full votes from both houses.

We need you to CALL or WRITE your

Assembly Representatives

and Committee Members IMMEDIATELY

to STOP this bill from advancing to a full vote.

The new version of the bill continues to undermine New Jersey’s transportation goals:

• Eliminates the current classifications used in 46 states and instead creates new and confusing categories using the terms low speed e-bike, motorized bicycle, and electric bicycle.

• Still requires registration and license for low speed e-bikes (class 1), placing an undue burden on vulnerable populations including seniors, families using cargo bikes, people with disabilities, delivery workers and commuters, and others who benefit from mobility aids or may not have access to other modes of transportation.

• Installs new age requirements for young riders, which are needed for high speed motorized bicycles or e-motos, but also includes requirements for license and registration on low-speed e-bikes that do not have a throttle and can only go up to 20 mph.

• Doesn’t provide a clear plan to implement the law. Existing legislation passed in 2019 for class 3 e-bikes that requires registration, insurance and a license has not been implemented or enforced and this bill calls for a massive increase in those requirements.

Requiring registration and a license will not meaningfully address roadway fatalities. This critical issue needs a fuller discussion with impacted constituents to develop a bill that addresses the real safety issues: unregulated high speed e-motos and motor vehicles. As we saw in 2025, the number-one source of over 500 fatalities and 3,000 serious injuries on New Jersey’s roadways were motor vehicles.

New Jersey residents deserve a bill that meets their needs and does not eliminate the important economic, equitable mobility and environmental benefits of low speed e-bikes.

We urge you to CALL or WRITE your legislators and tell them to hit the brakes on this bill.

Rather than creating barriers to this equitable, low cost mobility option, the state should instead focus its resources on: 

• Enforcing the law which already requires licensing, registration and insurance for faster, higher-powered electric devices; 

• Requiring vendors to register and clearly label and inform customers on safety and the laws governing low speed vs high speed devices

• Educating vendors, law enforcement, and parents on the difference between these devices; 

•  Implementing proven strategies for reducing fatal and serious injury crashes on our streets, such as infrastructure improvements for people walking, biking and taking public transit. 

Reach out to your legislators to STOP this bill before it’s too late!

Join the E-Bike Policy Conversation

at our next SAFE Network Webinar!

SAFE Network Webinar Series:

Consensus on Model Policy for E-Bikes

One Week Away! – Tuesday, December 16, 1-2pm

E-Bike Legislation Update Alert!

Over the last several months, there has been a lot of discussion and media coverage surrounding e-bike crashes. In response, local areas have passed ordinances to regulate e-bikes and state level legislation has also been proposed. Lost in this discussion is the very important difference between low speed e-bikes and higher speed motorized bicycles, or e-motos which can reach much faster speeds, comparable to motorcycles. The current proposed statewide bill eliminates the current definitions that distinguish between low speed e-bikes and high speed e-motos and combines them into a single category that designates them all as “motorized bicycles” and requires licensing, insurance and registration for all types.

This approach limits critical transportation options for e-bike users creating unnecessary barriers for seniors, people with disabilities, our immigrant communities, and many who do not have access to other modes of transportation. This bill creates many unintentional obstacles while it does not resolve the real safety concerns with high speed and illegal out of class motorized bicycles.

We need enforcement of existing laws and illegally modified devices, registration and information provided by vendors, and education for parents and young riders, especially on use of high speed e-motos. To determine where the real dangers lie we also need to collect and study data on the use and crashes involving low speed e-bikes and higher speed motorized bicycles.

We have recently testified at the Senate Transportation Committee hearing and at the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee in opposition to the current legislation, S4834. There is also now a similar version going through the Assembly, A6235.

At NJBWC, we recognize the importance of this issue and want to work together with families, communities, and lawmakers to develop smart solutions to keeping all road users safe including those on e-mobility devices. Micromobility is rapidly growing as a critical and equitable transportation alternative to driving a car. We need solutions that identify and address legitimate safety concerns while expanding safe places for e-mobility to grow. While we work on updating micromobility policy we must continue to focus on the major causes of traffic violence, where over 99% of traffic fatalities and serious injuries result from car crashes on our roads.

Call and let your legislator know you oppose S4834/A6235 today!

Look for our Action Network Letter, later this week, to add your voice and oppose this bill.

Join us at our upcoming webinar as we move this conversation forward with opportunities for discussion and shared learning about this pressing topic.

Hear from our panel of experts and share your thoughts to help us form consensus on what model policy for “E-bikes” should look like on

Tuesday, December 16, 1-2pm.

Panelists

• Matt Moore, General and Policy Counsel at PeopleForBikes
• Leigh Ann Von Hagen, Executive Director at Voorhees Transportation Center & Samuel Rosenthal, Research Project Coordinator at New Jersey Bike & Pedestrian Resource Center
• Corey Hannigan, Active Transportation Program Manager at Tri-State Transportation Campaign
• Karin Vanoppen, LDU NJ, Los Deliveristas Unidos

Moderator

Paul Mickiewicz, Program Manager, New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition 

PLUS: Info Session Tomorrow

for Parents of Teens

Today! – Wednesday, December 10, 1pm & 8pm

In addition to the upcoming policy webinar, NJBWC has also been hosting info sessions for parents of teens who may have already or are considering purchasing an e-bike.

Please join us for our next free, virtual information sessions TODAY Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 1:00-1:45pm and 8:00-8:45pm, to learn more about e-bikes, training options for your teens, parents’ liability and how to monitor both the bike and the rider moving forward.

Facilitated by Paul Mickiewicz, NJBWC Program Manager and Certified Cycling Instructor.