Murphy effed us right up till the very end of his tenure. On his last full day in office, he signed an extremely unpopular e-bike bill into law requiring full registration, licensing and insurance for the bikes. I was about to drop a couple thousand bucks on one because of the convenience and relative freedom that they offer. That money will never see the inside of an e-bike store, nor will I have to give another cent to the state for it’s registration and licensing and more to be saved by not paying any insurance company snother additional cent.
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What’s the chance that law actually gets enforced? I think my local PD could occupy 2 officers full time for a month busting the teens on ebikes around town.
A huge piece of 
until the end. I hope he gets hit by a car driven by one of the illegal aliens that he gave drivers licenses to.
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I wonder if the law will be applied to illegal aliens, as they are the ones using e-bikes the most. At least from what I’ve seen. They ride around ignoring traffic laws and even defying common sense for road safety. They also modify the bikes to go faster than they were meant to.
I also see kids riding around like tiny biker gangs, the only thing missing are cuts. iirc, During the moped fad of the 70s, kids could get moped licenses at 15 and they had to be registered, tagged and insured.
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Laugh my azz off
Per Grok AI - no actual statute text available on the internet yet, but there is this summary:
Key Practical Impacts
- Standard pedal-assist e-bikes (now strictly defined as “low-speed electric bicycles” up to 20 mph) now require registration and a license.
- Throttle-equipped or higher-speed models fall under “motorized bicycle” or higher categories, with stricter rules (including insurance in many cases).
- Grace periods exist: 6 months for insurance/registration/license compliance on previously exempt bikes, and 1 year fee waiver.
- The law aims to address safety concerns from crashes but has drawn criticism for adding burdens to lower-speed e-bikes.
Here is the complete official description of the law’s provisions, taken directly from the Assembly Appropriations Committee’s statement on the enacted Assembly Committee Substitute for A6235 (the identical version signed into law):
The committee substitute amends current law concerning certain electric and motorized bicycles. The substitute creates a new defined term of “electric motorized bicycle,” which is defined under the substitute to mean any two-wheeled vehicle with fully operable pedals and an electric motor capable of greater than 750 watts that can reach a speed greater than 28 miles per hour. Additionally, the substitute redefines several terms, including “low-speed electric bicycle,” “motorized bicycle,” and “motorcycle.” Under the substitute, “low-speed electric bicycle” is defined to mean a two-wheeled vehicle with fully operable pedals and an electric motor that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling, and that ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of 20 miles per hour. “Motorcycle” is defined to include electric motorized bicycles and “motorized bicycle” is defined to include a pedal bicycle that is equipped with an electric motor that can provide assistance when the rider is pedaling or that, through the use of a throttle, can be used to exclusively propel the bicycle to a speed of not more than 15 miles per hour; a helper motor that is powered by an electric drive motor that provides assistance when the rider is pedaling and has a maximum speed between 21 miles per hour and 28 miles per hour on a flat surface; or an electric motor that is capable of propelling the bicycle in excess of 15 miles per hour through the use of a throttle with a maximum motor-powered speed of no more than 28 miles per hour on a flat surface.
The substitute also requires any law enforcement officer investigating an accident in which a low-speed electric bicycle or motorized bicycle is involved to report the accident to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) and to the Department of Transportation (DOT). Under current law, officers were required to report accidents only involving motorized bicycles and to report only to the MVC.
The substitute requires the operator of a low-speed electric bicycle to register the low-speed electric bicycle and to have a driver’s license to operate the low-speed electric bicycle. Under current law, operators of low-speed electric bicycles are not required to register the bicycle or have a driver’s license. Additionally, the substitute prohibits any person from operating a low-speed electric bicycle from dusk to dawn without a reflector installed on the low-speed electric bicycle and prohibits the sale or offer for sale of modification kits designed to turn a low-speed electric bicycle into a motorized bicycle or an electric motorized bicycle.
The substitute provides that if a pedestrian is involved in an accident resulting in injury or death to the pedestrian, the injury or death is required to be covered by the pedestrian’s personal injury coverage.
Under the substitute, no person who is under 15 years of age is permitted to operate a low-speed electric bicycle or motorized bicycle and no person who is 17 years of age or older is permitted to operate a low-speed electric bicycle or motorized bicycle, unless the person is in possession of a valid basic driver’s license or a valid motorized bicycle license or permit. Additionally, no person who is 15 years of age or older but under the age of 17 is permitted to operate a low-speed electric bicycle or motorized bicycle, unless the person is in possession of a valid motorized bicycle license or permit. The substitute exempts any person who is operating a low-speed electric bicycle from the requirement to be in possession of a valid basic driver’s license or valid motorized bicycle license or permit if the person is renting a low-speed electric bicycle from a company operating shared low-speed electric bicycles under a contract with a local government, provided that the company requires the operator to be 16 years of age or older. To obtain a valid license or permit to operate a low-speed electric bicycle, a person is required to meet the requirements to obtain a motorized bicycle license under current law.
The substitute requires the motorized bicycle examination to test the applicant’s knowledge of the mechanisms of low-speed electric bicycles and the person’s ability to operate a low-speed electric bicycle.
Under the substitute, the MVC is required to make registration forms for low-speed electric bicycles and motorized bicycles available at all MVC agency locations and on the MVC’s Internet website. Additionally, all sellers of low-speed electric bicycles, motorized bicycles, and electric motorized bicycles are required to make the applicable registration forms available to individuals purchasing such bicycles. The form and content of the registration forms for low-speed electric bicycles and motorized bicycles are to conform to the requirements established by the rules and regulations adopted by the Chief Administrator of MVC (chief administrator). However, a company operating shared low-speed electric bicycles under a contract with a local government may provide the serial number or other identifying numbers of each low-speed electric bicycle owned by the company to the commission on a quarterly basis in lieu of registering each shared low-speed electric bicycle.
The chief administrator may accept as proof of ownership an affidavit from the owner of a low-speed electric bicycle or motorized bicycle if certain conditions apply as provided in the substitute. The substitute makes it a crime of the fourth degree for a person to knowingly submit a false bill of sale, false receipt of purchase, or any other false proof of ownership, or to knowingly submit any false affidavit or false supporting document regarding proof of ownership of a low-speed electric bicycle or motorized bicycle.
Under the substitute, the MVC and the DOT are required to prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature concerning all information collected regarding the registration of motorized bicycles in this State since 2019 and one year following the effective date of the substitute, and annually thereafter, the MVC and the DOT are required to prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature concerning the registration of low-speed electric bicycles and motorized bicycles in the State. The report is to include certain information outlined in the substitute.
The MVC is required to waive, for one year following the effective date of the substitute, all examination, registration, and licensing fees for the operation of low-speed electric bicycles and motorized bicycles.
Under the substitute, a person is to have six months following the effective date of the substitute to obtain insurance for a motorized bicycle that was not required to have insurance prior to the effective date, a registration certificate for a low-speed electric bicycle or motorized bicycle that was not required to be registered prior to the effective date, and a license to operate a low-speed electric bicycle or motorized bicycle if the person was not required to obtain a license to operate these bicycles prior to the effective date.
Finally, the substitute prohibits the sale or offer for sale on the Internet of any electric motorized bicycle for one year following the effective date of the substitute.
This every day here, all day.
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I was one of those kids, there was no registration or insurance on mine.
hmmmm how can we make money to waste on stupid sht? I GOT IT!!! Let make them register the E-bikes!!! With as many bikes as there out there, we’ll make even more money to spend on illegal’s…
Inside the mind of a guy who’s teeth is as Fd up as this shthole state..
Interesting that this much regulation and registration applies to electric bicycles. When it comes to verifying eligibility to vote, however, …
They are like the moped of the 80’s/90’s, I do see some kids fn-all on them but not like the Hells Angels of E-bikes stuff. It’s the State with a money grab, and over regulation of everything
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US Code means nothing to the state legislators in Trenton.
Surprised?
Try to get full auto or a suppressor here.
How are they going to register ebikes if they don’t have a vin number? I know for a fact that class 1 bikes don’t have them. It’s another law designed by senseless dummies.
By mfg serial number.
Guess the ebikers will be filing suit to get NJ to recognize Federal pre-emption. Oh hey, just like the 2nd Amendment!
Fortunately my bike identifies as an Illegal Immigrant and is protected under the NJ State Sanctuary policy.
So what’s gonna happen to all the illegal delivery people riding around on these things. Oh, NOTHING! Kids and law abiding citizens will get fucked.