A 2132

[First Reprint]
ASSEMBLY, No. 2132
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywoman Speight, Assemblymen
Onyema, Inganamort, Assemblywoman Katz, Assemblyman Singh, Assemblywomen Dunn,
Brennan, Drulis, Haider, Senators Tiver and Amato
SYNOPSIS
����� Requires paratransit
vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As reported by the Assembly Transportation and
Independent Authorities Committee on May 7, 2026, with amendments.
��
An Act concerning paratransit services and supplementing Title
27 of the Revised Statutes.
���� Be It
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
����� 1.�� a.�
As used in this section:�
����� 1[�Access Link� means the paratransit service
implemented by the New Jersey Transit Corporation for purposes of complying
with the federal �Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990� (42 U.S.C. s.12101
et seq.), and any regulations promulgated thereunder.]1
����� �Operator�
means an operator who is actively engaged in operating 1[an Access Link] a1 vehicle 1for the provision of paratransit services1.
����� 1�Paratransit service� means any transportation
service other than fixed route transportation service, including, but not
limited to, paratransit services provided by:� the New Jersey Transit
Corporation through Access Link, as that term is defined in section 2 of
P.L.2016, c.25 (C.27:25-5c); the Department of Labor and Workforce Development
pursuant to P.L.1987, c.455 (C.34:16-51 et seq.); and counties under the
�Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Act,� P.L.1983,
c.578 (C.27:25-25 et seq.).� �Paratransit service� does not include private or
charter services provided by taxicabs, limousines, or transportation network
companies as that term is defined in section 2 of P.L.2017, c.26 (C.39:5H-2).1
����� b.�� An
operator 1[of an Access Link vehicle]1 shall announce, or cause to be announced by a
recording system, every scheduled stop along the vehicle�s route.
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the second month next following the date of
enactment.