A 1548 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Establishes Bridge Transportation Asset Management Plan Pilot Program; appropriates $9.5 million.

This bill establishes a five-year pilot program for New Jersey's Department of Transportation to inventory, assess, and monitor all state, county, and municipal bridges. It requires creating a digital bridge inventory, a risk scoring model for bridge safety, climate vulnerability assessments, and a public dashboard showing bridge conditions. The $9.5 million appropriation funds the program ($4.5M) and a separate AI-driven "Bridge Infrastructure Innovation Module" ($5M) to test sensor-based monitoring on high-risk bridges. The program mandates annual progress reports and a final evaluation after five years to determine if the approach should be expanded statewide to other infrastructure like roads and tunnels.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

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Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action May 7, 2026

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Introduced → Reprint · 4 edits

MODERATE

This is a first reprint of A1548 following committee action on May 7, 2026. The primary sponsor changed from Assemblywoman Carter to Assemblyman Sampson, and two substantive amendments were made: the reporting deadline language in Section 3(a) was shortened by removing 'until the end of the pilot program,' and the expansion recommendation language in Section 3(b)(3) was softened from 'which shall include' to 'including.' The bill's Statement section was removed as is standard upon reprint.

SCOPE

Primary sponsor changed from Assemblywoman Linda S. Carter (District 36) to Assemblyman Sampson (District 22). Carter moved to co-sponsor.

TIMELINE

Section 3(a) annual reporting requirement: the phrase 'until the end of the pilot program' was deleted, so reports are now required for one year after the effective date and for three years thereafter, without an explicit end-date tied to the pilot program's conclusion.

REQUIREMENT

Section 3(b)(3) final report recommendation language changed from 'which shall include, but not be limited to' to 'including, but not be limited to,' softening the mandatory tone of the Statewide expansion categories (roads, major culverts, critical stormwater tunnels).

TECHNICAL

The entire Statement section (a non-binding explanatory summary) was removed from the bill text, which is standard procedure when a bill is reprinted after committee amendments.

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Committee

May 7, 2026

Committee

Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

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Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

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