New Jersey transportation bills

What it would do: Requires applicants for and renewers of commercial driver licenses to complete human trafficking awareness training developed and approved by the Attorney General in consultation with the Motor Vehicle Commission chief administrator.

What it would do: Waives transfer and licensing fees charged by the Motor Vehicle Commission for commercial driver licenses when a veteran or their spouse transfers from another state, defining veteran as someone with an honorable discharge from U.S. Armed Forces or state National Guard.

What it would do: Establishes a three-year pilot program for fully autonomous vehicles, requiring the Department of Transportation to develop an application process for testers, create a nine-member task force, collect crash data, and coordinate smart infrastructure deployment with counties and municipalities.

What it would do: This resolution condemns an EPA rule adopted February 18, 2026 that rescinds the EPA's 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding and repeals greenhouse gas emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles and engines.

What it would do: Requires dangerous hazardous trains to have minimum two-person crews and display railroad company names. Prohibits trains exceeding 8,500 feet on main or branch lines, mandates wayside detector systems, requires bridge inspection reports, and permits labor organizations to inspect railroad property for safety hazards.

What it would do: Requires railroad companies operating dangerous hazardous trains in New Jersey to maintain minimum two-person crews, limits train length to 8,500 feet, mandates wayside detector systems, requires bridge inspection reports, permits labor representatives to inspect for safety hazards, and establishes a funding assistance program for system compliance.

What it would do: Establishes a five-year pilot program for autonomous vehicle testers to operate fully autonomous vehicles in New Jersey in closed and open-road testbeds, with requirements for operator licensing, liability insurance of at least $5,000,000, safety equipment, and data reporting.

What it would do: Prohibits county or municipal approving authorities from approving site plans for construction of large warehouses (at least 100,000 square feet) on lots within 1,000 feet of historic districts listed on the National or New Jersey Register of Historic Places.

What it would do: Prohibits the Department of Environmental Protection from implementing or enforcing Advanced Clean Trucks regulations before January 1, 2027, delaying requirements for manufacturers to sell increasing percentages of zero-emissions medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles.

What it would do: Requires private entities using delivery drivers to create and distribute two reflective or illuminable identifying markers to each driver for display on front windshield and rear window while providing delivery services, with markers illuminated during darkness.

What it would do: Establishes a three-year pilot program allowing autonomous vehicle testers to operate fully autonomous vehicles in New Jersey in closed and open-road testbeds, with requirements for liability insurance of at least $5,000,000, safety systems, crash reporting, and oversight by a nine-member task force.

What it would do: Amends the definition of commercial motor vehicle to require 15 or more passengers in addition to the driver, and removes the provision requiring a commercial driver license for vehicles designed to transport 8 to 15 persons used for daily employment transportation.

What it would do: Requires the Motor Vehicle Commission to verify commercial learner's permit and commercial driver license applicants and holders are lawfully in the United States using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, deny or downgrade ineligible applicants and holders, and report those found illegally present to the Department of Homeland Security.

What it would do: Requires the State Planning Commission to publish regulatory guidance for local planning boards on warehouse development approvals within three months, addressing traffic, safety, and environmental concerns, and mandates inclusion of this guidance in training courses for local land use officials.

What it would do: Requires warehouses of 100,000 square feet or larger that generate 500 or more vehicle trips per working day to obtain an air pollution control permit from DEP demonstrating greenhouse gas emissions of no more than 100 tons annually, with offsets for purchased carbon credits.

What it would do: Requires the Department of Environmental Protection to evaluate cumulative stormwater impacts when reviewing permits for warehouse and high-density development, considering effects on the municipality, adjoining municipalities, and watershed, and ensuring stormwater management minimizes runoff and pollution.

What it would do: Prohibits approving authorities from scheduling hearings or voting on applications for speculative warehouse development on active farmland until the State Agriculture Development Committee catalogs 500,000 acres of preserved farmland, unless the applicant commits to preserve farmland equal in size to the proposed development.

What it would do: Prohibits municipal agencies from approving warehouse development applications exceeding 100,000 square feet unless the Office of Local Planning Services issues a certificate of need, requiring developers to prove at least 90 percent occupancy for multi-tenant or 100 percent for single-tenant warehouses.

What it would do: Allows a corporation business tax credit equal to 25 percent of allowable costs for constructing or retrofitting warehouses to meet green building standards, with credits capped at 50 percent of tax liability and carryable for seven years.

What it would do: Requires the Office of Planning Advocacy to compile and publish a bi-annual listing on its website of warehouses greater than 100,000 square feet in New Jersey, including information about speculation, square footage, occupancy, employees, traffic, farmland conversion, location, construction year, green building standards, watersheds, and overburdened community status.

What it would do: Requires the Commissioner of Transportation to conduct a study on weight limits for commercial trucks on State highways and submit a written report of findings to the Governor and Legislature within one year.

What it would do: Amends the planning board reexamination requirement to require recommendations concerning appropriate warehouse development locations that are consistent with the State Development and Redevelopment Plan and the State Planning Commission's warehouse siting guidance policy.

What it would do: Establishes a pilot program in the Office of Planning Advocacy to reimburse municipalities for expenses related to warehouse zoning ordinances and mitigation studies, and appropriates $1,000,000 for this purpose.

What it would do: Requires commercial motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds operating on New Jersey public highways to be equipped with a GPS navigation program that provides information about low vertical clearance and weight restrictions and dynamic routing based on the vehicle's height and weight.

What it would do: Requires dangerous hazardous trains to have minimum two-person crews and display railroad company names, prohibits trains exceeding 8,500 feet on main or branch lines, mandates wayside detector systems on railroad tracks, and requires bridge inspection reports be submitted to state officials.