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S693 • 2026

Prohibits municipalities from requiring certain plan approval related to addition of up to five van accessible parking spaces to existing parking facilities.

Prohibits municipalities from requiring certain plan approval related to addition of up to five van accessible parking spaces to existing parking facilities.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr.
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits municipalities from requiring certain plan approval related to addition of up to five van accessible parking spaces to existing parking facilities.

Prohibits municipalities from requiring certain plan approval related to addition of up to five van accessible parking spaces to existing parking facilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits municipalities from requiring certain plan approval related to addition of up to five van accessible parking spaces to existing parking facilities.
  • Topic: State and Local Government Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed by the Senate (36-0)

  2. 2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature

    Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

  3. 2026-05-11 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

  4. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits municipalities from requiring certain plan approval related to addition of up to five van accessible parking spaces to existing parking facilities.
Topic:
State and Local Government
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S693 TR

SENATE, No. 693

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Wimberly

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits municipalities from requiring certain plan
approval related to addition of up to five van accessible parking spaces to
existing parking facilities.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Senate Community and Urban Affairs
Committee with technical review.

��

An Act

concerning van accessible parking spaces and
amending P.L.1977, c.202.

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

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.1977,
c.202 (C.39:4-197.5) is amended to read as follows:

����
1.��� a.
�
[
Any
]

A

municipality may, by ordinance, resolution
,
or regulation, establish
restricted parking spaces in front of residences, schools, hospitals and other
public buildings and in shopping and business districts for use by persons who
have been issued special vehicle identification cards by the Division of Motor
Vehicles pursuant to the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1949, c.280 (C.39:4-205),
when using a motor vehicle on which is displayed a certificate, for which a
special vehicle identification card has been issued, pursuant to section 3 of
[
said law
]

P.L.1949,
c.280
(C.39:4-206).

����
b.��� (1)� Notwithstanding
any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, and consistent with federal law,
a municipality shall not require approval of a minor site plan or site plan, as
defined in sections 3.2 and 3.4 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-5 and C.40:55D-7),
respectively, or any other approval required by an approving authority or
enforcing agency pursuant to P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.) or P.L.1975,
c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.),
that is solely for an
improvement to an existing parking lot or parking structure within a commercial
zone to provide up to five van accessible parking spaces that meet the criteria
established by chapter five of the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, or
its successor.

����
(2)�� For the purposes of
this subsection:

����
�2010 ADA Standards for Accessible
Design� means the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design published by the
United States Department of Justice on September 15, 2010;

����
�Van accessible� means an
accessible parking space that is wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair lift
or ramp, has higher vertical clearance specifications, and requires a sign
identifying the space as van accessible.

(cf: P.L.1980, c.178, s.2)

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