---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.*"
description: "Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4653"
citation: "New Jersey A 4653 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["POLICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donlon, Margie", "Miller, Cody D.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "O'Scanlon, Declan J.", "Sampson, William B."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/980000de-32ae-4923-8ae5-caf2701004fd"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "f747841d3538c38358a875041988db157fa449cf92a2af0e2963b822c7682050"
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 4653 (221) — Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.*

## 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/2024/A5000/4653_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 2/20/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4653_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint SBA 3/17/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4653_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR IN SA — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donlon, Margie — primary (person)
- Miller, Cody D. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
- Sampson, William B. — primary (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Bailey, David — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Hutchison, Dan — cosponsor (person)
- Katz, Andrea — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3506 (2R)
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.246. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/980000de-32ae-4923-8ae5-caf2701004fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).