A 1552 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Revises penalties for certain violations of limousine laws.

This New Jersey bill (A 1552) increases penalties for repeated violations of limousine safety and licensing laws. It specifically targets operators who: - Run unlicensed limousines or allow unlicensed drivers, - Fail to maintain $1.5 million insurance, or - Overload vehicles beyond seating capacity. For third or subsequent offenses, penalties jump to $7,500 fines, a six-month driver’s license suspension, and immediate vehicle seizure. The bill also raises fines for unregistered limousines or un-inspected vehicles to $7,500 with vehicle seizure for repeat violations.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

General Assembly Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

Signed into Law

Jul 2026

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Signed Jul 22, 2026

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Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill → Introduced · 4 edits · Jan 13, 2026

MODERATE

The bill restructures penalty tiers for limousine law violations, explicitly adding a $7,500 fine for third and subsequent offenses alongside vehicle impoundment. A new bill statement was added summarizing the enhanced penalties, including a six-month driver's license suspension for repeat offenders. Several sponsors were removed from the bill listing.

ENFORCEMENT

Third and subsequent offenses now carry an explicit $7,500 fine in addition to vehicle impoundment, previously the penalty was impoundment only without a specified fine amount at that tier.

TECHNICAL

A new bill statement section was added at the end summarizing the purpose of the legislation and listing the specific enhanced penalties for repeat violations.

Penalty language was restructured throughout, changing bracketed terms like '[failure] failing' to 'failure' and reorganizing how offense tiers are presented, but without altering the fine amounts for first or second offenses.

SCOPE

Senator Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (District 18) and Senator Raj Mukherji (District 32) were removed from the list of sponsoring senators, and Senator Space was removed from the co-sponsor listing.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Committee

Jun 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0)

upper

May 18, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

upper

May 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed by the Assembly (73-3-0)

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

lower

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

lower

4 primary · 1 co-sponsor