Requires NJT to equip trains with defibrillators.

A101

ASSEMBLY, No. 101

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman AL BARLAS

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Dunn

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires NJT to equip trains with defibrillators.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
requiring the New Jersey Transit Corporation to equip
its trains with automated external defibrillators and supplementing P.L.1979,
c.150 (C.27:25-1 et al.).

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.�� The New Jersey
Transit Corporation shall supply and maintain an automated external
defibrillator, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-24), on
every train set used to provide rail passenger service.� Each defibrillator
shall be maintained in an accessible location and shall be made available at
all times during which the train set is in operation and used by the general
public.� The corporation shall ensure that each defibrillator is tested and
maintained and shall provide notification to the appropriate first aid,
ambulance or rescue squad, or other appropriate emergency medical services
provider of the type and location of the defibrillators in accordance with the
provisions of section 3 of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-25).� The corporation shall
mark the location of each defibrillator with a prominent sign.

���� b.��� The corporation shall
ensure at all times during which the train set is in operation that an employee
is present who is trained in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and the use of a
defibrillator.� The corporation shall arrange for the training in cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation and the use of a defibrillator for authorized employees, fare
enforcement officers, and any other staff member designated by the
corporation.� The training shall be in accordance with the provisions of
subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.1999, c.34 (C.2A:62A-25).

���� c.��� The corporation and its
employees shall be immune from civil liability in the acquisition and use of
defibrillators pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1999, c.34
(C.2A:62A-27).

���� d.��� For purposes of this
section:

���� �Authorized employee� and
�fare enforcement officer� shall have the meaning prescribed for those terms by
section 1 of P.L.1997, c.357 (C.27:25-5.6); and

���� �Train set� means a locomotive
and any accompanying railroad car, passenger car, or other car in the train or
a string of connected railroad cars.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the 13th month after enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New
Jersey Transit Corporation (corporation) to supply and maintain an automated
external defibrillator on every railroad train set used by the corporation.�
The bill defines train set to mean a locomotive and any accompanying railroad
car, passenger car, or other car in the train or a string of connected railroad
cars.� The bill requires the corporation to maintain a defibrillator in an
accessible location on each train set, to ensure the availability of each
defibrillator at all times during which the train set is in operation and used
by the general public, to ensure that at all times that a train set is in
operation, an employee is present who is trained in cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation and the use of a defibrillator, and to ensure that each
defibrillator is tested and maintained.� The corporation is required to mark
the location of each defibrillator with a prominent sign.� The corporation is
required to provide notification to the appropriate first aid, ambulance or
rescue squad or other appropriate emergency medical services provider of the
type and location of each defibrillator in addition to providing requisite
training in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and the use of a defibrillator for
appropriate employees.

���� The bill also specifies that
the corporation and its employees are immune from civil liability in the
acquisition and use of defibrillators pursuant to existing State law.