---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes penalties for person who commits motor vehicle noise violation.*"
description: "Establishes penalties for person who commits motor vehicle noise violation.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 4686"
citation: "New Jersey A 4686 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICL", "PUB SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Clifton, Robert D.", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Moen, William F.", "Singleton, Troy", "Spearman, William W."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/135ccf3a-65b4-4133-a3fa-46e05ff94c3d"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "320a5cb879ce5c3b5045456d148305bc34971bf7ae8d656dd0a438d6bfd58d5f"
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 4686 (220) — Establishes penalties for person who commits motor vehicle noise violation.*

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4686_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ALP 1/23/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4686_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint Senate 5/22/23 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A5000/4686_R2.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Clifton, Robert D. — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Sacco, Nicholas J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (34-0) (Cruz-Perez) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3131 (1R)
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.135. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/135ccf3a-65b4-4133-a3fa-46e05ff94c3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).