A1237 • 2026

Permits idling of motor vehicles on residential property.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Inganamort, Michael
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Permits idling of motor vehicles on residential property.

What This Bill Does

Permits idling of motor vehicles on residential property.
Topic: Environment and Solid Waste Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee

Official Summary Text

Permits idling of motor vehicles on residential property.
Topic:
Environment and Solid Waste
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1237

ASSEMBLY, No. 1237

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman MICHAEL INGANAMORT

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits idling of motor vehicles on residential
property.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act

concerning the idling of motor vehicles and
supplementing P.L.1954, c.212 (C.26:2C-1 et seq.)
.

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

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding any law,
rule, or regulation to the contrary, no person shall be prevented from or
penalized for causing, suffering, allowing, or permitting the engine of a
gasoline-fueled motor vehicle to idle on residential property.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would allow a person
to idle a gasoline-fueled motor vehicle on residential property.

���� Idling is a common method of
warming up a motor vehicle before driving.� The current Department of
Environmental Protection regulation concerning motor vehicle idling,
N.J.A.C.7:27-15.8, prevents a person from idling a gasoline-fueled motor
vehicle for more than three minutes under most circumstances.� While the
regulation provides seven exemptions from this prohibition, there is no
exemption for warming up a car on residential property.� This bill would
prevent a person from being penalized for warming up a motor vehicle on
residential property.