ASSEMBLY, No. 2132
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)
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywoman Speight, Assemblymen Onyema, Inganamort, Assemblywoman Katz, Assemblyman Singh, Assemblywomen Dunn, Brennan, Drulis, Haider, Senators Tiver and Amato
SYNOPSIS
Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee on May 7, 2026, with amendments.
An Act concerning paratransit services 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:
1[“Access Link” means the paratransit service implemented by the New Jersey Transit Corporation for purposes of complying with the federal “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990” (42 U.S.C. s.12101 et seq.), and any regulations promulgated thereunder.]1
“Operator” means an operator who is actively engaged in operating 1[an Access Link] a1 vehicle 1for the provision of paratransit services1.
1“Paratransit service” means any transportation service other than fixed route transportation service, including, but not limited to, paratransit services provided by: the New Jersey Transit Corporation through Access Link, as that term is defined in section 2 of P.L.2016, c.25 (C.27:25-5c); the Department of Labor and Workforce Development pursuant to P.L.1987, c.455 (C.34:16-51 et seq.); and counties under the “Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Act,” P.L.1983, c.578 (C.27:25-25 et seq.). “Paratransit service” does not include private or charter services provided by taxicabs, limousines, or transportation network companies as that term is defined in section 2 of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-2).1
b. An operator 1[of an Access Link vehicle]1 shall announce, or cause to be announced by a recording system, every scheduled stop along the vehicle’s route.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the second month next following the date of enactment.