S 2576 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Permits issuance of motorcycle endorsement to certain out-of-State military personnel.

This bill allows active-duty military members, their spouses, and dependents stationed outside New Jersey to obtain a motorcycle endorsement on their existing New Jersey driver’s license without returning to New Jersey. To qualify, applicants must provide proof of completing an approved motorcycle safety course (similar to New Jersey’s standard MSF course) and documentation showing their out-of-state military assignment. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission would issue the endorsement by mail after receiving the required documentation and payment of the standard fee, eliminating the need to retake written or road tests. The policy directly affects military-affiliated individuals serving in other states while maintaining their New Jersey license validity.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action May 21, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced Reprint · 3 edits
MINOR
The Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee reported this bill with amendments, adding a new requirement that recipients of the mail-in motorcycle endorsement must complete a road test within 30 days of returning to New Jersey. This narrows the practical benefit of the original bill, which allowed out-of-state military members to obtain a motorcycle endorsement by mail without any in-person testing. The committee also removed the explanatory statement from the text.
Scope change
The bill's practical scope is narrowed: while it still allows out-of-state military members to receive a motorcycle endorsement by mail, recipients must now complete a road test within 30 days of returning to New Jersey, meaning the mail-in endorsement is effectively temporary until the road test is completed.
REQUIREMENT

New subsection 1b requires that within 30 days of returning to New Jersey (upon demobilization, return from duty, or permanent return to NJ residence), the person must complete a road test for a motorcycle endorsement under R.S.39:3-10.

TECHNICAL

Subsections a and b were renumbered to (1) and (2) with amendment markup indicators, reflecting committee changes to the bill structure.

The explanatory STATEMENT section was removed from the reprint version, as is standard when a bill moves past introduction.

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Total actions
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Committee
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May 21, 2026
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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