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S3872 • 2026

Requires NJTA and SJTA to automatically offer toll discounts to senior citizens.

Requires NJTA and SJTA to automatically offer toll discounts to senior citizens.

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
2026-03-12
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires NJTA and SJTA to automatically offer toll discounts to senior citizens.

Requires NJTA and SJTA to automatically offer toll discounts to senior citizens.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires NJTA and SJTA to automatically offer toll discounts to senior citizens.
  • Topic: Transportation Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-12 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires NJTA and SJTA to automatically offer toll discounts to senior citizens.
Topic:
Transportation
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3872

SENATE, No. 3872

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

Senator� JAMES W. HOLZAPFEL

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Henry

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires NJTA and SJTA to automatically offer toll
discounts to senior citizens.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning toll discounts for senior citizens
and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� The New Jersey Turnpike
Authority shall establish and maintain a program to provide a discounted toll
rate to all persons 65 years of age and older who have an account with the New
Jersey electronic toll collection system for passenger vehicles.� The discount
shall be available at all hours and shall be for an amount at least 10 percent
less than the amount of the toll rate for persons with a New Jersey electronic
toll collection system account for a passenger vehicle.� The authority shall
automatically apply the discount when: an account holder who has an electronic
toll collection system account for a passenger vehicle turns 65 years of age;
and when a person who is 65 years of age or older applies for an electronic
toll collection system account for a passenger vehicle.

���� 2.��� The South Jersey
Transportation Authority shall establish and maintain a program to provide a
discounted toll rate to all persons 65 years of age and older who have an
account with the New Jersey electronic toll collection system for passenger
vehicles.� The discount shall be available at all hours and shall be for an
amount at least 10 percent less than the amount of the toll rate for persons
with a New Jersey electronic toll collection system account for a passenger
vehicle.� The authority shall automatically apply the discount when: an account
holder who has an electronic toll collection system account for a passenger
vehicle turns 65 years of age; and when a person who is 65 years or age or
older applies for an electronic toll collection system account for a passenger
vehicle.

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the third month after enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New
Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) and South Jersey Transportation Authority
(SJTA) to establish and maintain a toll discount program for all persons age 65
and older who have an account with the New Jersey electronic toll collection
system (NJ E-ZPass) for passenger vehicles.� The discount is to be available at
all hours and is to be at least 10 percent less than the NJ E-ZPass rate for
passenger vehicles.

���� NJTA and SJTA are required to
automatically apply the discount when a NJ E-ZPass account holder turns 65 and
when a person who is 65 or older applies for a NJ E-ZPass account for a
passenger vehicle.