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A1461 • 2026

Requires MVC to provide certain vehicle and licensing services in each county in State.

Requires MVC to provide certain vehicle and licensing services in each county in State.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
McClellan, Antwan L.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires MVC to provide certain vehicle and licensing services in each county in State.

Requires MVC to provide certain vehicle and licensing services in each county in State.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires MVC to provide certain vehicle and licensing services in each county in State.
  • Topic: Transportation and Independent Authorities Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires MVC to provide certain vehicle and licensing services in each county in State.
Topic:
Transportation and Independent Authorities
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1461

ASSEMBLY, No. 1461

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ANTWAN L. MCCLELLAN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblyman ERIK K. SIMONSEN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires MVC to provide certain vehicle and licensing
services in each county in State.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
requiring the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to
provide vehicle and licensing services in each county in the State and
supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding the
provision of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the New Jersey Motor
Vehicle Commission shall operate a vehicle agency and a licensing agency in
each county in the State, or shall operate an agency in each county in the State
that provides both vehicle and licensing services.

���� For purposes of this section:

���� �Licensing agency� shall mean
a commission office that provides licensing and identification services,
including, but not limited to, the issuance of basic driver�s licenses,
examination permits, special learner�s permits, probationary driver�s licenses,
and identification cards;

���� �Vehicle agency� shall mean a
commission office that provides motor vehicle registration services, including,
but not limited to, the registration of motor vehicles and the issuance of
registration certificates, motor vehicle certificates of ownership, and motor
vehicle license plates; and

���� �Vehicle and licensing
services� shall include, but not be limited to, the issuance of basic driver�s
licenses, examination permits, special learner�s permits, probationary driver�s
licenses, identification cards, registration certificates, motor vehicle
certificates of ownership, and motor vehicle license plates.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New
Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to operate a vehicle agency and a licensing
agency in each county in the State, or to operate a commission agency in each
county in the State that provides both vehicle and licensing services.