A1834 • 2026

Authorizes hunters to ride in bed of pickup trucks under certain circumstances.

Agriculture

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Myhre, Gregory E.
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Authorizes hunters to ride in bed of pickup trucks under certain circumstances.

What This Bill Does

Authorizes hunters to ride in bed of pickup trucks under certain circumstances.
Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources 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 Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Authorizes hunters to ride in bed of pickup trucks under certain circumstances.
Topic:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1834

ASSEMBLY, No. 1834

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GREGORY E. MYHRE

District 9 (Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes hunters to ride in bed of pickup trucks
under certain circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
concerning hunters as passengers in certain motor
vehicles and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding any
other law, or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, it
shall be lawful for a person engaged in hunting who is in possession of a valid
hunting license to ride outside of the passenger compartment in the bed of a
passenger motor vehicle commonly referred to as a pickup truck, provided that
the pickup truck is moving at a speed of less than 35 miles per hour and the
person is riding between hunting sites or a hunting site and a clubhouse or
hunting lodge.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes that it
would be lawful for a person engaged in hunting who is in possession of a valid
hunting license to ride outside of the passenger compartment in the bed of a
truck commonly referred to as a pickup truck, provided that:

���� 1)��� the pickup truck is
moving at a speed less than 35 miles per hour; and

���� 2)��� the person is riding
between hunting sites or a hunting site and a clubhouse or hunting lodge.