S 205 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Revises penalties for certain violations of limousine laws.

S 205 revises New Jersey's penalties for limousine violations, directly affecting limousine operators and drivers who break state regulations. It increases fines for operating without a license or proper insurance to $2,500 for a first offense, $5,000 for a second, and $7,500 plus a six-month driver's license suspension and vehicle impoundment for third offenses. For missing special registration plates or failing safety inspections, penalties rise to $1,250 for a first offense and $7,500 with impoundment for third offenses. The bill also specifies that limousines must have safety equipment like two-way communication systems and fire extinguishers, with $50 fines for first offenses on missing equipment.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Jun 30, 2026

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Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill → Introduced · 3 edits · Jan 13, 2026

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This diff reflects the transition of S 205 from a pre-filed technical review version to an introduced version. The primary substantive addition is a formal STATEMENT section at the end summarizing the bill's purpose: increasing penalties for repeat limousine violations up to $7,500 fines, six-month license suspensions, and vehicle impoundment for third and subsequent offenses. The remaining changes are technical corrections to bracketed legislative markup (resolving alternative wordings like '[failure] failing' into a single final term).

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A STATEMENT section was added at the end of the bill summarizing its purpose: it increases penalties for third and subsequent limousine violations to $7,500 fines, six-month driver's license suspensions, and vehicle impoundment for offenses including operating without a municipal license, permitting an unlicensed driver, failing to file required insurance, exceeding seating capacity, lacking special registration plates, or failing inspection.

Multiple instances of bracketed alternative wording in the penalty provisions were resolved to single final terms (e.g., '[failure] failing' became 'failure', '[$5000] $5,000' became '$5,000', '[and] ; a' became '; a'). These are markup corrections with no change to substantive penalty amounts or structure.

The bill's status line changed from 'As reported by the Senate Transportation Committee with technical review' to 'Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel,' reflecting its procedural stage.

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Committee

Feb 5, 2026

Committee

Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor