"Safe Commercial Routes Act - Commercial Driver Human Trafficking Awareness Training"; requires applicants for commercial driver licenses and drivers renewing commercial driver licenses to complete human trafficking awareness training.

The training course content requirements were significantly expanded. Previously it only required information about signs/signals victims use and indicators in transportation settings. Now the course must also include: a clear plain-language explanation of human trafficking consistent with state and federal law, information about human trafficking specifically in the commercial transportation industry, and guidance on safe and appropriate procedures for reporting suspected activity.

New subsection (e)(7) permits the MVC Chief Administrator to develop and make available resource materials (such as wallet cards or digital resources) with information on reporting suspected human trafficking and relevant contact information. This is permissive, not mandatory.

The statutory citation defining 'commercial driver license' was changed from the broad reference 'P.L.1990, c.103 (C.39:3-10.9 et seq.)' to the more specific 'section 3 of P.L.1990, c.103 (C.39:3-10.11),' narrowing the definitional source to a single section rather than an entire chapter.

In subsection (e)(4), the reference 'C:39:3-10.9 et seq.' was changed to 'C:39:3-10.9 et al.' This changes the legal meaning from 'and following sections' to 'and others,' which may narrow or alter the scope of referenced requirements.