S 4614 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Allows certain motor vehicle franchisors to sell, lease, or assign vehicles to employees.

S 4614 allows motor vehicle franchisors (manufacturers/distributors) operating in New Jersey to sell, lease, or assign vehicles to their employees and for promotional, testing, marketing, or product familiarity purposes, with a limit of 50 vehicles total. The bill creates a special "M" license for franchisors to provide vehicles to employees, requiring proof of employment to be kept on file for four years, but does not authorize retail sales to the general public. Vehicles provided under this program are eligible for standard license plates, and franchisors using this program are not required to maintain a physical location for displaying or servicing vehicles. This legislation specifically targets franchisors who are not engaged in typical retail vehicle sales to the public.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jun 19, 2025 Last action Jun 30, 2025
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Introduced Version → Reprint SBA 6/26/25 1R · 2 edits
MINOR
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee made one substantive amendment to this bill: it narrowed the definition of 'new motor vehicle dealer' by removing references to 'agent, distributor, or' and replacing 'the manufacturer' with 'a motor vehicle franchisor, as defined in this section.' This aligns the dealer definition more precisely with the existing 'motor vehicle franchisor' term already used throughout the bill. The legislative statement at the end was also removed, which is a standard procedural change upon committee reprint.
DEFINITION

The definition of 'new motor vehicle dealer' was narrowed. Previously it covered 'the agent, distributor, or an authorized dealer of the manufacturer of the new motor vehicle.' Now it covers only 'an authorized dealer of a motor vehicle franchisor, as defined in this section, of a new motor vehicle.' This removes agents and distributors from the definition and ties the term to the existing 'motor vehicle franchisor' definition rather than the broader word 'manufacturer.'

TECHNICAL

The legislative statement (a summary paragraph explaining the bill's purpose) was removed from the end of the text. This is a standard procedural change when a bill is reprinted after committee action and does not affect the operative provisions.

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Total actions
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Committee
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Jun 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Jun 23, 2025
Committee
Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jun 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
upper
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