Became P.L.2025, c.246, on January 12, 2026.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 4653
Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Jun 24
Margie Donlon M.D., William B. Sampson IV
Chief co-sponsors from Jun 28
11 co-sponsors
William W. Spearman, Luanne M. Peterpaul Esq., Carol A. Murphy, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Yvonne Lopez, Sterley S. Stanley, Rosaura Bagolie, Dan Hutchison, Benjie E. Wimberly, David Bailey Jr., Andrea Katz
In the Senate
Sponsor from Dec 18, 2025
Chief co-sponsor from Dec 18, 2025
2 co-sponsors
Its course
June 25, 2024 to January 12, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action12 actions on 9 days
In the General AssemblyJun 25 to Feb 27247 days
Public Safety and PreparednessJun 25 to Feb 13 · moved on233 days
JudiciaryFeb 13 to Feb 130 days
AppropriationsFeb 13 to Feb 207 days
In the SenateFeb 27 to Dec 18294 days
Budget and AppropriationsMar 3 to Mar 1714 days
Back in the General AssemblyDec 18 to Dec 224 days
With the GovernorDec 22 to Jan 1221 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading75–0
Passed · Feb 27, 2025
Do pass as amended · Mar 17, 2025
Senate, third reading37–0
Passed · Dec 18, 2025
General Assembly, third reading72–0
Passed · Dec 22, 2025
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Feb 20, 2025
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Mar 17, 2025
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Jun 25 – Feb 27, 2025
- Jun 25Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Public Safety and Preparedness
- Feb 13, 2025Sent to Judiciary
- Judiciary recommended it
- Sent to Appropriations
- Feb 20, 2025Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Feb 27, 2025Passed the General Assembly, 75 to 0
In the Senate Mar 3, 2025 – Dec 18, 2025
- Mar 3, 2025Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Budget and Appropriations
- Mar 17, 2025Budget and Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 18, 2025Passed the Senate, 37 to 0
Back in the General Assembly Dec 18, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025
- Dec 18, 2025Returned to the General Assembly to agree to the Senate's changes
- Dec 22, 2025Passed the General Assembly, 72 to 0, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 12, 2026
- Jan 12, 2026Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.246
All 12 actions, as published
- Jun 25INT 1RA REF APSGeneral Assembly
- Feb 13, 2025TRANS AJUGeneral Assembly
- Feb 13, 2025REP REF AAPGeneral Assembly
- Feb 20, 2025REP/ACA 2RAGeneral Assembly
- Feb 27, 2025PAGeneral Assembly
- Mar 3, 2025R/S REF SBASenate
- Mar 17, 2025REP/SCA 2RSSenate
- Dec 18, 2025SUB FORSenate
- Dec 18, 2025PSSenate
- Dec 18, 2025R/A 2RACGeneral Assembly
- Dec 22, 2025PA PBHGeneral Assembly
- Jan 12, 2026APPGovernor