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S4343 • 2026

Restricts brightness of motor vehicle headlamps.

Restricts brightness of motor vehicle headlamps.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Corrado, Kristin M.
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Restricts brightness of motor vehicle headlamps.

Restricts brightness of motor vehicle headlamps.

What This Bill Does

  • Restricts brightness of motor vehicle headlamps.
  • Topic: Transportation Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee

Official Summary Text

Restricts brightness of motor vehicle headlamps.
Topic:
Transportation
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4343

SENATE, No. 4343

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED MAY 28, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Restricts brightness of motor vehicle headlamps.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

concerning motor vehicle headlamps and amending R.S.39:3-49.

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

���� 1.��� R.S.39:3-49 is amended
to read as follows:�

����
a.
���� Except as
hereinafter in this article provided, every motor vehicle other than a
motor-drawn vehicle and other than a
[
motor
cycle
]

motorcycle
shall be equipped with at least
[
2
]

two
approved headlamps
mounted at the same level with an equal number on each side of the front of the
vehicle.� Every
[
motor
cycle
]

motorcycle
shall be equipped with at least
[
1
]

one
and not more than
[
2
]

two

approved headlamps.� Every
[
motor
cycle
]

motorcycle
equipped with a side car or other attachment shall be
equipped with a lamp on the outside limit of
[
such
]

the

attachment
, which lamp is
capable of displaying a white light to the
front.

����
b.��� The Chief
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall not issue a
registration certificate for a motor vehicle if any headlamp on the motor
vehicle exceeds 2,513 lumens.� However, this subsection shall not apply to
motor vehicles that were registered in the State prior to the effective date of
P.L. , c. (pending before
the Legislature as this bill) or to any motor vehicles available for sale at a motor
vehicle dealership in the State as of the effective date of
P.L. , c. (pending before the
Legislature as this bill).

(cf:� P.L.1964, c.136, s.2)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the seventh month next following enactment.�
However, the chief administrator may take any anticipatory administrative
action in advance as shall be necessary for the timely implementation of this
act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill restricts the
brightness of motor vehicle headlamps.� Under the bill, each headlamp is to
have a maximum brightness of 2,513 lumens.� The Chief Administrator of the New
Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is not to issue a registration certificate for
a motor vehicle if either headlamp exceeds 2,513 lumens.� This restriction on
headlamp lumens does not apply to motor vehicles that were previously
registered in the State prior to the enactment of the bill and does not apply
to any motor vehicles available for sale at a motor vehicle dealership in the
State as of the enactment of the bill.