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A1714 • 2026

Requires MVC to provide customers with certain documents in-person, same day.

Requires MVC to provide customers with certain documents in-person, same day.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina
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 customers with certain documents in-person, same day.

Requires MVC to provide customers with certain documents in-person, same day.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires MVC to provide customers with certain documents in-person, same day.
  • 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 customers with certain documents in-person, same day.
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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A1714

ASSEMBLY, No. 1714

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblywoman ANDREA KATZ

District 8 (Atlantic and Burlington)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Speight and Assemblyman Sampson

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires MVC to provide customers with certain
documents in-person, same day.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act

concerning the in-person, same-day issuance of
certain documents by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and supplementing
Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.� a.� Notwithstanding any
law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle
Commission shall provide all customers who have an in-person appointment to
receive a new document listed in subsection b. of this section or to renew a
document listed in subsection b. of this section at any commission agency
location within the State with the option to receive the new or renewed
document on the same day as the appointment and prior to leaving the commission
agency location, provided that the customer has completed the proper
application and provided any necessary payment.

���� b.� The commission shall, at a
minimum, make the following documents available for same-day issuance pursuant
to subsection a. of this section:

���� (1) standard basic driver's
license;

���� (2) standard motorcycle
license;

���� (3) standard special learner�s
permit;

���� (4) standard examination
permit;

���� (5) standard probationary
driver�s license;

���� (6) standard non-driver
identification card;

���� (7) REAL ID basic driver's
license;

���� (8) REAL ID motorcycle
license;

���� (9) REAL ID probationary
driver�s license;

���� (10) REAL ID identification
card;

���� (11) commercial driver
license; and

���� (12) motor vehicle
registration certificate.

���� c.� The commission shall
ensure that one or more cameras and license printers are available at each
commission agency location for the same-day issuance of the documents listed in
subsection b. of this section.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the third month after enactment, but the Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission may take anticipatory
actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New
Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (commission) to provide all customers who have
an in-person appointment to receive certain documents at any commission agency
location within the State with the option to receive the new or renewed
document on the same day as the appointment and prior to leaving the the
commission agency location, provided that the customer has completed the proper
application and provided any necessary payment.

���� Upon request from the
applicant, the commission is required to issue the following documents on the
same day as the appointment: (1) a standard basic driver's license; (2) a standard
motorcycle license; (3) a standard special learner�s permit; (4) a standard
examination permit; (5) a standard probationary driver�s license; (6) a standard
non-driver identification card; (7) a REAL ID basic driver's license; (8) a
REAL ID motorcycle license; (9) a REAL ID probationary driver�s license; (10) a
REAL ID identification card; (11) a commercial driver license; and (12) a motor
vehicle registration certificate.

���� The bill also requires the
commission to ensure that one or more cameras and license printers are
available at each commission agency location for the same-day issuance of the
documents.