S3555 • 2026

Requires DOH to establish Statewide standardized requirements for licensure and operations of mobile food vendors; designated as "Streamlined Food Truck Licensure Act."

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Bucco, Anthony M.
Last action: 2026-02-19
Official status: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires DOH to establish Statewide standardized requirements for licensure and operations of mobile food vendors; designated as "Streamlined Food Truck Licensure Act."

Requires DOH to establish Statewide standardized requirements for licensure and operations of mobile food vendors; designated as "Streamlined Food Truck Licensure Act." Topic: Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

What This Bill Does

Requires DOH to establish Statewide standardized requirements for licensure and operations of mobile food vendors; designated as "Streamlined Food Truck Licensure Act." Topic: Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires DOH to establish Statewide standardized requirements for licensure and operations of mobile food vendors; designated as "Streamlined Food Truck Licensure Act."
Topic:
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3555

SENATE, No. 3555

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DOH to establish Statewide standardized
requirements for licensure and operation of mobile food vendors; designated as
�Streamlined Food Truck Licensure Act.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning mobile food vendors and supplementing Title
24 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a. The Commissioner of
Health, pursuant to the �Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410
(C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations
concerning the licensure and operation of mobile food vendors.

���� b.��� A mobile food vendor
license issued under the rules and regulations established pursuant to this
section shall be valid throughout the State, and shall allow the licensee to
operate without the need for any additional licensure by any other authority.�

���� c.���� Local and county
authorities may, by ordinance, restrict the location and hours of operation of
mobile food vendors, provided that such restrictions are consistent with the
rules and regulations established pursuant to this section.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Commissioner of Health to adopt rules and regulations concerning the licensure
and operation of mobile food vendors.� A mobile food vendor license will be
valid throughout the State, and licensees will be permitted to operate without
the need for any additional licensure from any other authority.� Local and
county authorities will be permitted to enact ordinances restricting the
location and hours of operation of mobile food vendors, provided such
restrictions are consistent with the rules and regulations established under
the bill.

���� Food trucks have become an
increasingly popular dining option both throughout New Jersey and nationwide,
and it is the sponsor�s intent to facilitate the licensure and operation of
these mobile food vendors by establishing standardized requirements applicable
throughout the State, thereby avoiding the need to navigate potentially
conflicting county and local requirements for operation and eliminating the
possible need to obtain separate licenses in order to operate in more than one
jurisdiction.