STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Morales and Assemblyman Sampson
SYNOPSIS
Concerns training curriculum for certain NJT motorbus operators.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning the training of motorbus regular route service operators and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section:
“Corporation” means the New Jersey Transit Corporation.
“Motorbus regular route service” means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.1979, c.150 (C.27:25-3).
“Person with a disability” means any person: who has lost the use of one or more limbs as a consequence of paralysis, amputation, or other permanent disability; who has a permanent disability as to be unable to ambulate without the aid of an assisting device or whose mobility is otherwise limited; or who has any sensory, intellectual, and developmental disability.
b. The New Jersey Transit Corporation shall provide to all operators of motorbus regular route service, provided by the corporation or under contract to the corporation, a training curriculum that includes, at a minimum, the following information pertaining to providing motorbus regular route service to a person with a disability:
(1) basic information about various types of disabilities, including physical, sensory, intellectual, and developmental disabilities;
(2) practical guidance on how to assist a person with a disability to ensure the person’s safety and comfort during motorbus regular route service;
(3) emergency procedures for assisting a person with a disability in the event of an accident or service interruption; and
(4) information regarding available disability organizations that can serve as resources for both operators and passengers of motorbus regular route service.
c. The corporation shall, prior to implementing or updating the curriculum created pursuant to subsection b. of this section, solicit feedback from recognized disability organizations.
d. The corporation shall display the elements of the training curriculum required pursuant to subsection b. of this section on its Internet website and update the curriculum on the website whenever changes or updates are made.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.