S1312 • 2026

Requires MVC to accept emergency medical technician and paramedic certification cards as two points of documentation for purposes of MVC identification verification program.

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Pennacchio, Joseph
Last action: 2026-06-30
Official status: Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires MVC to accept emergency medical technician and paramedic certification cards as two points of documentation for purposes of MVC identification verification program.

What This Bill Does

Requires MVC to accept emergency medical technician and paramedic certification cards as two points of documentation for purposes of MVC identification verification program.
Topic: Transportation and Independent Authorities Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature
Passed by the Senate (40-0)
2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
2026-03-02 New Jersey Legislature
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires MVC to accept emergency medical technician and paramedic certification cards as two points of documentation for purposes of MVC identification verification program.
Topic:
Transportation and Independent Authorities
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S1312 TR

SENATE, No. 1312

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JOSEPH PENNACCHIO

District 26 (Morris and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Tiver

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires MVC to accept emergency medical technician
and paramedic certification cards as two points of documentation for purposes
of MVC identification verification program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Senate Transportation Committee
with technical review.

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An Act
concerning identification verification by the New
Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission 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.��� a.� For the purposes of
complying with the identification verification program administered by the New
Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, commonly referred to as the Six-Point
Identification Verification Program, each applicant for an examination permit,
a driver�s license, a commercial driver license, a non-driver identification
card, or a power vessel operator�s license may furnish to the commission a
valid emergency medical technician or paramedic certification card issued by
the Department of Health, which shall count for two points for the purposes of
identification verification.

���� b.��� The chief administrator
shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of P.L.��� ,
c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately but shall remain inoperative until the first day of the
fourth month following the date of enactment except, that the Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall take such
anticipatory acts as may be necessary for the timely implementation of this
act.