Exempts certain motor vehicles that are owned by certain nutrition programs and certain nonprofit organizations that offer social services from motor vehicle registration fees.*
This bill exempts motor vehicles owned by specific senior nutrition programs (like Meals on Wheels America members) and nonprofit organizations providing social services (including addiction, mental health, and behavioral health support) from New Jersey's motor vehicle registration fees. It adds these entities to the existing list of organizations already exempt from such fees, which includes government agencies, hospitals, and volunteer groups. The key mechanism is amending the state's vehicle registration code to explicitly include these organizations' vehicles under the fee exemption. This directly affects eligible nonprofits and nutrition programs by reducing their operational costs for vehicles used in their core services.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2024
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2024
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Jan 8, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Jan 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (35-0)
upper
Jan 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jun 1, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Jun 20, 2022
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
upper
Jun 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (78-0-0)
lower
Jun 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
lower
4 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DR
Daniel R. Benson
DDemocratic
P
Jim Holzapfel
RRepublican
P
Patrick Diegnan
DDemocratic
P
RS
Ronald S. Dancer
RRepublican
Co
AM
Angelica M. Jimenez
DDemocratic
Co
GM
Gabriela M. Mosquera
DDemocratic
Co
Gordon Johnson
DDemocratic
Co
Kristin Corrado
RRepublican
Co
Nilsa Cruz-Perez
DDemocratic
Co
TP
Thomas P. Giblin
DDemocratic
Co
Yvonne Lopez
DDemocratic
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