---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires driver education and testing on responsibilities when approaching and passing pedestrians and persons operating bicycles and personal conveyances; requires driver's manual to include information on sharing roadway with motorists for certain road users.*"
description: "Requires driver education and testing on responsibilities when approaching and passing pedestrians and persons operating bicycles and personal conveyances; requires driver's manual to include information on sharing roadway with motorists for certain road users.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4765"
citation: "New Jersey A 4765 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey, David", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Simmons, Heather", "Swain, Lisa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d4ee404-6553-4c89-9f4b-1f341f34ab12"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "2416c91d3b2271fa072d4cafceb2eb9f641bcf92d0ad8d2f149e36aaad88bd5d"
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 4765 (221) — Requires driver education and testing on responsibilities when approaching and passing pedestrians and persons operating bicycles and personal conveyances; requires driver's manual to include information on sharing roadway with motorists for certain road users.*

## 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/A5000/4765_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint STR 3/17/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4765_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR IN SA — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey, David — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Simmons, Heather — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S4146 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (80-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-07-17T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.103. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d4ee404-6553-4c89-9f4b-1f341f34ab12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).