Requires owner of transient accommodation to be present at transient accommodation during short-term rental; establishes short-term rental agreement limit.

S4453

SENATE, No. 4453

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED JUNE 15, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JOSEPH A. LAGANA

District 38 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires owner of transient accommodation to be
present at transient accommodation during short-term rental; establishes
short-term rental agreement limit.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning the rental of transient accommodations and
supplementing chapter 27D of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� As used in P.L.��� ,
c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill):���������������

���� �Obtained through a transient
space marketplace� means that payment for the accommodation is made through a
means provided by the marketplace or travel agency, either directly or
indirectly, regardless of which person or entity receives the payment, and
where the contracting for the accommodation is made through the marketplace or
travel agency.

���� �Professionally managed unit�
means a room, group of rooms, or other living or sleeping space for the lodging
of occupants in the State, that is offered for rent as a rental unit that does
not share any living or sleeping space with any other rental unit, and that is
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a person offering for rent two or
more other units during the calendar year.

���� �Transient accommodation�
means a room, group of rooms, or other living or sleeping space for the lodging
of occupants, including but not limited to residences or buildings used as
residences, that is obtained through a transient space marketplace or is a
professionally managed unit. ��Transient accommodation� does not include: a
hotel or hotel room; a room, group of rooms, or other living or sleeping space
used as a place of assembly; a dormitory or other similar residential facility
of an elementary or secondary school or an institution of higher education; a
hospital, nursing home, or other similar residential facility of a provider of
services for the care, support, and treatment of individuals that is licensed
by the State; a campsite, cabin, lean-to, or other similar residential facility
of a campground or an adult or youth camp; a furnished or unfurnished private
residential property, including but not limited to condominiums, bungalows,
single-family homes and similar living units, where no maid service, room
service, linen changing service or other common hotel services are made
available by the lessor and where the keys to the furnished or unfurnished
private residential property, whether a physical key, access to a keyless
locking mechanism, or other means of physical ingress to the furnished or
unfurnished private residential property, are provided to the lessee at the
location of an offsite real estate broker licensed by the New Jersey Real
Estate Commission pursuant to R.S.45:15-1 et seq.; or leases of real property
with a term of at least 90 consecutive days.

���� �Transient space marketplace�
means a marketplace or travel agency through which a person may offer transient
accommodations to customers and through which customers may arrange for
occupancies of transient accommodations. ��Transient space marketplace� does
not include a marketplace or travel agency that exclusively offers transient
accommodations in the State owned by the owner of the marketplace or travel
agency.

���� 2.��� a.�������� An owner of a
transient accommodation, or an agent acting on behalf of an owner of a
transient accommodation, shall be present at the transient accommodation during
the length of an agreement for short-term rental unless the length of the stay
is greater than 30 days or there is a written agreement between the owner and
the transient tenant to the contrary.

���� b.��� An owner of a transient
accommodation that is found to be in violation of subsection a. of this section
shall be liable to a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation, recoverable by
a summary proceeding under the �Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999� P.L.1999,
c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).� The Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil
Part in the county in which the transient accommodation is located shall have
jurisdiction over such proceedings.

���� 3.��� a.�������� Notwithstanding
the provisions of any other law, rule, regulation, or agreement to the
contrary, transient accommodations shall be limited to one short-term rental
agreement at a time.

���� b.��� An owner of a transient
accommodation that is found to be in violation of subsection a. of this section
shall be liable to a civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation, recoverable by
a summary proceeding under the �Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999� P.L.1999,
c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).� The Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil
Part in the county in which the transient accommodation is located shall have
jurisdiction over such proceedings.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires an owner of
a transient accommodation, as defined in the bill, or an agent of an owner of a
transient accommodation, to be present at the transient accommodation during
the length of the short-term rental agreement unless the length of the stay is
greater than 30 days or there is a written agreement between the owner and the
transient accommodation tenant otherwise.� The bill imposes a civil penalty of
$1,000 for each violation of this requirement.

���� Additionally, the bill
requires that transient accommodations be limited to one short-term rental
agreement at a time.� The bill also imposes a civil penalty of $1,000 for each
violation of this requirement.

���� This bill would take effect on
the first day of the first month following enactment.