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A1493 • 2026

Requires MVC to conduct study and issue report comparing online transactions and in-person transactions.

Requires MVC to conduct study and issue report comparing online transactions and in-person transactions.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Freiman, Roy
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 conduct study and issue report comparing online transactions and in-person transactions.

Requires MVC to conduct study and issue report comparing online transactions and in-person transactions.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires MVC to conduct study and issue report comparing online transactions and in-person transactions.
  • 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 conduct study and issue report comparing online transactions and in-person transactions.
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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A1493

ASSEMBLY, No. 1493

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ROY FREIMAN

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Assemblywoman MITCHELLE DRULIS

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires MVC to conduct study and issue report
comparing online transactions and in-person transactions.

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
conduct a study and issue a report comparing online transactions and in-person
transactions.

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

���� 1.� a.� The New Jersey Motor
Vehicle Commission shall conduct a study and prepare a written report comparing
online transactions processed by the commission through the commission�s
Internet website against transactions processed in-person at commission agencies.�
The study shall examine, but not be limited to the:

���� (1)�� productive efficiency of
each transaction processed through the commission�s Internet website compared
to the same transaction processed at each commission agency;

���� (2)�� operational throughput
of transactions processed through the commission�s Internet website compared to
the same transactions processed at each commission agency; and

���� (3)�� marginal cost comparison
for each transaction processed through the commission�s Internet website
compared to the same transaction processed at each commission agency.

���� b.� Within six months of the
effective date of this act, the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor
Vehicle Commission shall submit a detailed written report of the study�s
findings to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1),
to the Legislature.

���� c.� For the purposes of this
section, �operational throughput� means the number of transactions that the
commission is able to process within a certain period of time.

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately and shall expire upon submission of the report required pursuant to
subsection b. of section 1 of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New
Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (commission) to conduct a study and prepare a
written report comparing online transactions processed by the commission
through the commission�s Internet website against transactions processed in-person
at commission agencies.

���� Under the bill, the Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is required to submit
a detailed written report of the study�s findings to the Governor and
Legislature within six months of the effective date of the bill.� The bill expires
upon submission of the report.