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S3433 • 2026

Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses.

Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Beach, James
Last action
2026-02-09
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses.

Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses.
  • Topic: Transportation Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-09 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee

Official Summary Text

Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses.
Topic:
Transportation
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3433

SENATE, No. 3433

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 9, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into
cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of
certain motor vehicle driver licenses.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning
cooperative arrangements with foreign
countries for the reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver
licenses
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 Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is authorized,
consistent with federal law, to enter into a cooperative arrangement with a
foreign country for the reciprocal recognition of driver licenses that authorize
the operation of a non-commercial motor vehicle, provided that the:

���� (1)�� chief administrator and
the foreign country have exchanged information allowing each jurisdiction to
assess the other jurisdiction�s non-commercial motor vehicle driver licensing
standards;

���� (2)�� chief administrator
determines that the non-commercial motor vehicle driver licensing standards of
the foreign country correspond substantially to those of this State; and

���� (3)�� foreign country extends
the same privileges within the foreign country to those persons licensed by the
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to operate a non-commercial motor vehicle
within this State.

���� b.��� For the purposes of this
section, �non-commercial motor vehicle� shall have the same meaning as provided
in section 3 of P.L.1990, c.103 (C.39:3-10.11).

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill authorizes the Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (chief administrator),
consistent with federal law, to enter into a cooperative arrangement with a
foreign country for the reciprocal recognition of driver licenses that authorize
the operation of a non-commercial motor vehicle, provided that: (1) the chief
administrator and the foreign country have exchanged information allowing each
jurisdiction to assess the other jurisdiction�s non-commercial motor vehicle
driver licensing standards; (2) the chief administrator determines that the
non-commercial motor vehicle driver licensing standards of the foreign country
correspond substantially to those of this State; and (3) the foreign country
extends the same privileges within the foreign country to those persons
licensed by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission to operate a non-commercial
motor vehicle within this State.