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S3991 • 2026

Prohibits NJT from displaying advertisements that promote gambling, tobacco products, or vapor products.

Prohibits NJT from displaying advertisements that promote gambling, tobacco products, or vapor products.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Vitale, Joseph F.
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits NJT from displaying advertisements that promote gambling, tobacco products, or vapor products.

Prohibits NJT from displaying advertisements that promote gambling, tobacco products, or vapor products.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits NJT from displaying advertisements that promote gambling, tobacco products, or vapor products.
  • Topic: Transportation Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits NJT from displaying advertisements that promote gambling, tobacco products, or vapor products.
Topic:
Transportation
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3991

SENATE, No. 3991

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits NJT from displaying advertisements that
promote gambling, tobacco products, or vapor products.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
prohibiting the New Jersey Transit Corporation from
displaying certain advertisements and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised
Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� As used in this
section, �vapor product� means any device that may be used to deliver any
aerosolized or vaporized substance to the person inhaling from the device,
including, but not limited to, an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, vape pen, or
e-hookah.� �Vapor product� includes any component, part, or accessory of the
device and also includes any substance that may be aerosolized or vaporized by
such device, regardless of whether the substance contains nicotine.� �Vapor
product� does not include any drug, device, or combination product approved by
the federal Food and Drug Administration pursuant to the �Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act,� 21 U.S.C. s.301 et seq.

���� b.��� Notwithstanding any
other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the New Jersey Transit
Corporation shall not display or maintain any advertisement that:

���� (1) proposes the use of, or
promotes, a casino game or sports pool, including an Internet casino game or
Internet sports pool, unless such advertisement is promoting prevention,
education, and treatment programs for compulsive gamblers, such as those
provided by the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey;

���� (2) proposes the use of, or
promotes, tobacco or tobacco-related products; or

���� (3) proposes the use of, or
promotes, vapor products.

���� 2.��� The New Jersey Transit Corporation
shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the �Administrative Procedure
Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this
act.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits the New
Jersey Transit Corporation (NJT) from displaying or maintaining an
advertisement that promotes gambling, tobacco products, or vapor products.

���� Specifically, this bill
prohibits NJT from displaying or maintaining any advertisement that:� (1)
proposes the use of, or promotes, a casino game or sports pool, unless such
advertisement is promoting prevention, education, and treatment programs for
compulsive gamblers; (2) proposes the use of, or promotes, tobacco or
tobacco-related products; or (3) proposes the use of, or promotes, vapor
products.

���� This bill defines �vapor
product� as any device that may be used to deliver any aerosolized or vaporized
substance to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited
to, an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, vape pen, or e-hookah.� �Vapor product�
includes any component, part, or accessory of the device and also includes any
substance that may be aerosolized or vaporized by such device, regardless of
whether the substance contains nicotine.� �Vapor product� does not include any
drug, device, or combination product approved by the federal Food and Drug
Administration pursuant to the �Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.�