STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman BRIAN E. RUMPF
District 9 (Ocean)
Assemblyman GREGORY E. MYHRE
District 9 (Ocean)
Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Fantasia and Rowan
SYNOPSIS
Requires DEP to provide time period during which mobile sport fishing permits may be purchased only by NJ residents.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning certain fishing permits and supplementing Title 13 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:
“Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection.
“Mobile sport fishing permit” means a permit of any type, class, or duration which is made available by the department to allow for the operation of a motor vehicle on a beach for the purpose of fishing, including annual, 3-day, weekday, and daily mobile sport fishing permits.
b. The department shall sell mobile sport fishing permits in a manner that provides for an initial, 14-day time period during which only New Jersey residents are able to purchase the permits.
c. The department may adopt, pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section, including rules and regulations prescribing the types of evidence that may be used to demonstrate that a person is a New Jersey resident.
2. This act shall take effect six months after the date of enactment, except that the Department of Environmental Protection may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to sell mobile sport fishing permits in a manner that provides for an initial, 14-day time period during which only New Jersey residents are able to purchase the permits.
The bill would authorize the DEP to adopt rules and regulations to implement the bill. The bill would take effect six months after enactment.