A 1476 New Jersey General Assembly · 2022-2023 Regular Session

Exempts certain motor vehicles that are owned by certain nutrition programs and certain nonprofit organizations that offer social services from motor vehicle registration fees.*

This bill exempts motor vehicles owned by specific senior nutrition programs (like Meals on Wheels America members) and nonprofit organizations providing social services (including addiction, mental health, and behavioral health support) from New Jersey's motor vehicle registration fees. It adds these entities to the existing list of organizations already exempt from such fees, which includes government agencies, hospitals, and volunteer groups. The key mechanism is amending the state's vehicle registration code to explicitly include these organizations' vehicles under the fee exemption. This directly affects eligible nonprofits and nutrition programs by reducing their operational costs for vehicles used in their core services.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2024
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2024
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Jan 8, 2024
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Jan 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0)
upper
Jan 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Jun 20, 2022
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
upper
Jun 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (78-0-0)
lower
Jun 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
lower
4 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors