Requires MVC to allow person to indicate special needs with motor vehicle registration.

S3417

SENATE, No. 3417

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 9, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Diegnan

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires MVC to allow person to indicate special
needs with motor vehicle registration.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning motor vehicle registrations and persons with
special needs 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.� As used in this
section, �special needs� means a physical, mental, or developmental disability
that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

���� b.��� The Chief Administrator
of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall permit a person to designate,
as part of the person�s motor vehicle registration and on a voluntary basis,
that the person has special needs or that an immediate family member of the
person who regularly operates the motor vehicle has special needs.�

���� The commission shall permit a
person to make this designation upon an application for a motor vehicle
registration, upon renewal of a motor vehicle registration, or at any time
through the commission�s Internet website.� In addition to the designation, the
person may submit any additional information that may assist law enforcement
officials in communicating with the person with special needs.� The commission
shall allow a person to revise and update the designation and information or
remove the designation and information at any time.

���� c.���� The designation and
information submitted pursuant to this section shall only be available to: (1)
employees of the commission who are selected by the chief administrator to
collect and maintain the designation and information; and (2) law enforcement
officials when accessing the person�s motor vehicle records.� The designation
and information shall be used only during a motor vehicle stop to assist law
enforcement officials in identifying and effectively communicating with a
person who has special needs and shall not be used for any other purpose.

���� Any designation and
information submitted to the commission pursuant to this section shall not be
considered a government record pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.),
P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.), or the common law concerning access to government
records and shall not be discoverable as a government record by any person,
entity, or governmental agency, except upon a subpoena issued by a grand jury
or a court order in a criminal matter.

���� d.��� The chief administrator
may adopt, pursuant to the �Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410
(C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules or regulations necessary for the
implementation of this section.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the seventh month following enactment, but the Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission may take any
administrative action in advance of that date as shall be necessary for the
timely implementation of this act.

STATEMENT

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This bill requires the Chief Administrator of
the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (commission) to permit a person to
voluntarily designate as part of the person�s motor vehicle registration that
the person has special needs or that an immediate family member of the person
who regularly operates the motor vehicle has special needs.� The bill defines
�special needs� to mean a physical, mental, or developmental disability that
substantially limits one or more major life activities.

���� The bill requires the
commission to permit a person to make the designation upon an application for a
motor vehicle registration, upon renewal of a motor vehicle registration, or at
any time through the commission�s Internet website.� A person may also submit
any additional information that may assist law enforcement officials in
communicating with the person with special needs.� The commission is to allow a
person to revise and update the designation and information or remove the
designation and information at any time.

���� The designation and
information is to be available only to certain employees of the commission and
law enforcement officials when accessing the person�s motor vehicle records.�
The designation and information is to be used only during a motor vehicle stop
to assist law enforcement officials in identifying and effectively
communicating with a person who has special needs and is not to be used for any
other purpose.

���� The designation and
information submitted to the commission is not to be considered a government
record and is not to be discoverable as a government record except upon a
subpoena issued by a grand jury or a court order in a criminal matter.