ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTATION AND INDEPENDENT AUTHORITIES COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 5507

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: OCTOBER 15, 2026

      The Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 5507.

      As reported, this bill requires the State superintendent and assistant superintendents of the New Jersey Office of Weights and Measures (office) to inspect, or cause to be inspected, baggage scales at a qualified airport at least once each year.  The bill requires the State superintendent and assistant superintendents, within 30 days of a completed inspection, to publish on the office’s Internet website a summary of certain information concerning the inspection of baggage scales at such airports, as outlined in the bill.

      Under the bill, a “qualified airport” means an airport located, in whole or in part, in a city of the first class within the State, which airport contains multiple airport terminals, including, but not limited to, an international airport terminal.