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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles."
+description: "Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "219"
+identifier: "A 5570"
+citation: "New Jersey A 5570 (219)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MV REGULATIO", "SPORTS", "TRAFFIC SAFE"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bucco, Anthony M.", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Stanley, Sterley S.", "Swain, Lisa"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 7
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-08-05T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f36ebb8c-a976-4fbd-b581-f797efe65e0a"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "5f1a2a7024c5c347ba12eb20dec63872b4cb0c1f90c21a8109b965732f766672"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 5570 (219) — Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Committee Substitute S5571 S5579 S5656** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5570_U1.HTM)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/A9999/5570_I1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **34–1** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
+- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
+- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
+- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
+- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
+- **2021-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (68-0-5) `passage`
+- **2021-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2208/1460/1463 (SCS/1R)
+- **2021-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (34-1) `passage`
+- **2021-08-05T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2021, c.194. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f36ebb8c-a976-4fbd-b581-f797efe65e0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+