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A4815 • 2026

Prohibits DEP from requiring person under 16 years of age to obtain horseback riding permit to ride in State wildlife management areas.

Prohibits DEP from requiring person under 16 years of age to obtain horseback riding permit to ride in State wildlife management areas.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Fantasia, Dawn
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits DEP from requiring person under 16 years of age to obtain horseback riding permit to ride in State wildlife management areas.

Prohibits DEP from requiring person under 16 years of age to obtain horseback riding permit to ride in State wildlife management areas.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits DEP from requiring person under 16 years of age to obtain horseback riding permit to ride in State wildlife management areas.
  • Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits DEP from requiring person under 16 years of age to obtain horseback riding permit to ride in State wildlife management areas.
Topic:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4815

ASSEMBLY, No. 4815

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Scharfenberger and Assemblywoman Flynn

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits DEP from requiring person under 16 years of
age to obtain horseback riding permit to ride in State wildlife management
areas.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

concerning horseback riding permits and
supplementing Title 23 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.� a.� The Department of
Environmental Protection shall not require a person under 16 years of age to
obtain a horseback riding permit from the Division of Fish and Wildlife, or
charge a person under 16 years of age a $2.00 nonrefundable permit application
fee pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1986, c.198 (C.23:3-1c), to engage in
horseback riding in a State wildlife management area.

���� b.� The department may adopt,
pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410
(C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to implement this
section.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill would prohibit the
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) from requiring a person under 16
years of age to obtain a permit from the Division of Fish and Wildlife to
engage in horseback riding in a State wildlife management area.� The bill
further prohibits the DEP from charging a person under 16 years of age a $2.00
nonrefundable permit application fee.