Makes consent to register with Selective Service part of driver's license application process for males under age 26.

A1891

ASSEMBLY, No. 1891

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER

District 28 (Essex and Union)

Assemblyman JAY WEBBER

District 26 (Morris and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Rumpf

SYNOPSIS

���� Makes consent to register with Selective Service part
of driver's license application process for males under age 26.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act

concerning Selective Service registration and
supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� The Legislature finds
and declares that the penalties for young men who disregard their duty to
register with the United States Selective Service System are severe, including
steep fines and imprisonment.� Failure to register also may permanently preclude
a young man from obtaining a variety of federal benefits such as federal
employment, federal student financial assistance, participation in federally
funded job training programs, and eligibility for United States citizenship for
immigrants seeking naturalization. In addition, men who fail to meet the
registration requirement forfeit the ability to obtain certain benefits such as
State-funded student loans.

���� Therefore, in recognition of
the harsh consequences of non-compliance and the importance of ensuring that
any future draft is fair and equitable, it is the intent of the Legislature to
notify New Jersey residents of their responsibility to register with Selective
Service, and to provide them with the opportunity to register concurrently with
applying for a driver�s license or permit or a nondriver identification card.

���� 2.��� A male United States
citizen or immigrant who applies for a special learner�s permit, an examination
permit, a probationary driver�s license, a basic driver�s license, or a
nondriver identification card issued pursuant to P.L.1980, c.47 (C.39:3-29.3 et
seq.), or for renewal of any license or identification card, and who is less
than 26 years of age, shall consent to his registration in compliance with the
requirements of the �Military Selective Service Act,� 50 U.S.C. App. 453.

���� 3.��� The chief administrator
shall forward the personal information required for registration of applicants
pursuant to section 2 of this act to the Selective Service System.� The
applicant�s submission of the application shall serve as an indication that he has
already registered with the Selective Service or that he is authorizing the
chief administrator to forward to the Selective Service the necessary
information for such registration.

���� 4.��� The chief administrator
shall provide written notice on the application that its submission shall serve
as the applicant�s consent to be registered with the Selective Service System
pursuant to federal law.� The chief administrator shall provide for the following
statement to be printed on the application for a special learner�s permit, an
examination permit, a probationary driver�s license, a basic driver�s license,
or a nondriver identification card:

���� �By submitting this
application, I am consenting to registration

with the Selective Service System
if so required by federal law.� If under 18 years of age, I understand that I
will be registered as required by federal law when I attain the age of 18
years.�

���� 5.��� The provisions of this
act shall apply to male citizens of the United States and immigrants under the
age of 26 years who are applying for the initial issuance, renewal or a
duplicate of a special learner�s permit, an examination permit, a probationary
driver�s license, a basic driver�s license, or a nondriver identification card
on or after the effective date of this act.

���� 6.��� The chief administrator
may promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the provisions of this act
pursuant to the �Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410
(C.52:14B-1 et seq.).

���� 7.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the 12th month after enactment, except that section
6 shall take effect immediately, and the chief administrator, prior to the
effective date, may take any needed anticipatory action required for the act�s
effective implementation.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires every male
United States citizen or immigrant under age 26 who applies for a special
learner�s permit, an examination permit, a probationary driver�s license, a
basic driver�s license, or a nondriver identification card, or for renewal of a
license or identification card, to consent to his registration for the draft in
compliance with the requirements of the �Military Selective Service Act,� 50
U.S.C. App. 453.

���� The bill requires the Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) to forward the
personal information required for draft registration to the Selective Service
System. Submission of an application to the MVC would serve as an
indication that the applicant has already registered with the Selective Service
or that he is authorizing the chief administrator to forward to the Selective
Service the necessary information for registration.

���� The chief administrator is
required to print a statement on the application for a permit, driver�s
license, or nondriver identification card stating that the applicant is
consenting to Selective Service registration if required by Federal law or, if
under age 18, registration upon attaining age 18.

���� Failure to register or
otherwise comply with the �Military Selective Service Act� is punishable by a
fine of up to $250,000, imprisonment for up to five years, or both. In
addition, violators may be precluded from obtaining student financial aid, job
training, government employment and U.S. naturalization.�