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A4825 • 2026

Requires DOT to inspect traffic signs and establish public awareness campaign concerning traffic signs in need of maintenance.

Requires DOT to inspect traffic signs and establish public awareness campaign concerning traffic signs in need of maintenance.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Haider, Shama A.
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires DOT to inspect traffic signs and establish public awareness campaign concerning traffic signs in need of maintenance.

Requires DOT to inspect traffic signs and establish public awareness campaign concerning traffic signs in need of maintenance.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires DOT to inspect traffic signs and establish public awareness campaign concerning traffic signs in need of maintenance.
  • Topic: Transportation and Independent Authorities Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires DOT to inspect traffic signs and establish public awareness campaign concerning traffic signs in need of maintenance.
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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A4825

ASSEMBLY, No. 4825

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHAMA A. HAIDER

District 37 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DOT to inspect traffic signs and establish
public awareness campaign concerning traffic signs in need of maintenance.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning New Jersey Department of Transportation
traffic signs 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.� The Commissioner of
Transportation shall inspect, at least annually, all traffic signs in the State
on highways under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Department of
Transportation to ensure that the traffic signs are adequately maintained and
are legible and visible.� The commissioner shall keep a record of each
inspection made pursuant to this section and shall submit an annual report of
these records to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164
(C.52:14-19.1).

���� b.��� The Commissioner of
Transportation shall establish a public awareness campaign to inform the
general public about the importance of informing the New Jersey Department of
Transportation that a traffic sign is missing, is not legible or visible, or is
otherwise in need of maintenance.� The public awareness campaign shall include
information concerning the means by which a person may report to the department
that a traffic sign on a highway under the jurisdiction of the department is
missing, is not legible or visible, or is otherwise in need of maintenance.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Commissioner of Transportation (commissioner) to inspect all traffic signs on
highways under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Department of Transportation
(department) at least once per year, to keep a record of each inspection, and
to submit an annual report of the records to the Legislature.� The inspection
is to ensure that traffic signs are adequately maintained and are legible and
visible.

���� The bill also requires the
commissioner to establish a public awareness campaign to inform the general
public about the importance of informing the department that a traffic sign is
missing, is not legible or visible, or is otherwise in need of maintenance,
including the means by which a person may report to the department that a
traffic sign is missing, is not legible or visible, or is otherwise in need of
maintenance.