ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION AND INDEPENDENT AUTHORITIES COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 2383

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MAY 7, 2026

      The Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 2383.

      As amended and reported, this bill requires the Chief Administrator (chief administrator) of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (commission) to issue special windshield stickers for electric vehicles that are owned or leased and registered in New Jersey to indicate that the electric vehicles are exempt from emission inspections.

     Specifically, the bill requires the chief administrator, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety (director), to design the windshield stickers.  The windshield stickers are to be issued free of charge.  The bill further requires the windshield stickers to be displayed in a manner prescribed by the chief administrator, in consultation with the director, and to be clearly visible to law enforcement officers.  The windshield stickers are to be removed and returned to the commission within 30 days of the date on which the ownership or leasehold period of the vehicle ended.

     Finally, the bill requires the chief administrator, in consultation with the director, to adopt regulations specifying the size, placement, and other formal requirements or additional safeguards as the chief administrator deems necessary for the issuance and display of the windshield stickers.

      This bill was prefiled for introduction in the 2026-2027 session pending technical review.  As reported, the bill includes the changes required by technical review, which has been performed.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amended the bill to: 

      (1)  revise the definition of “electric vehicle” to remove the exclusion of solar-powered vehicles from the definition of electric vehicle and clarify that the provisions of the bill do not apply to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles;

      (2)  revise the title of the bill; and

      (3)  make technical changes.