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A2132 • 2026

Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.*

Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.*

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Carter, Linda S.
Last action
2026-06-30
Official status
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.*

Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.* Topic: Passed both Houses Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.* Topic: Passed both Houses Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature

    Substituted for S3786 (1R)

  2. 2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0)

  3. 2026-06-01 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

  4. 2026-05-18 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed by the Assembly (77-0-0)

  5. 2026-05-18 New Jersey Legislature

    Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee

  6. 2026-05-07 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading

  7. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.*
Topic:
Passed both Houses
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2132 1R

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2132

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywoman Speight, Assemblymen
Onyema, Inganamort, Assemblywoman Katz, Assemblyman Singh, Assemblywomen Dunn,
Brennan, Drulis, Haider, Senators Tiver and Amato

SYNOPSIS

����� Requires paratransit
vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Transportation and
Independent Authorities Committee on May 7, 2026, with amendments.

��

An Act
concerning paratransit services and supplementing Title
27 of the Revised Statutes.

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

����� 1.�� a.�
As used in this section:�

�����
1
[
�Access Link� means the paratransit service
implemented by the New Jersey Transit Corporation for purposes of complying
with the federal �Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990� (42 U.S.C. s.12101
et seq.), and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
]
1

����� �Operator�
means an operator who is actively engaged in operating
1
[
an Access Link
]

a
1
vehicle
1
for the provision of paratransit services
1
.

�����
1
�Paratransit service� means any transportation
service other than fixed route transportation service, including, but not
limited to, paratransit services provided by:� the New Jersey Transit
Corporation through Access Link, as that term is defined in section 2 of
P.L.2016, c.25 (C.27:25-5c); the Department of Labor and Workforce Development
pursuant to P.L.1987, c.455 (C.34:16-51 et seq.); and counties under the
�Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Act,� P.L.1983,
c.578 (C.27:25-25 et seq.).� �Paratransit service� does not include private or
charter services provided by taxicabs, limousines, or transportation network
companies as that term is defined in section 2 of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-2).
1

����� b.�� An
operator
1
[
of an Access Link vehicle
]
1
shall announce, or cause to be announced by a
recording system, every scheduled stop along the vehicle�s route.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the second month next following the date of
enactment.