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Bill Text

S793 

SENATE, No. 793 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator ROBERT W. SINGER

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Diegnan

SYNOPSIS

���� Allows persons diagnosed with Irritable Bowel 
Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn's disease to receive parking 
privileges reserved for persons with disability.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning parking for persons with a disability and 
amending P.L.1949, c.280.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� Section 1 of P.L.1949, 
c.280 (C.39:4-204) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.��� The phrase "person 
with a disability" means:

���� a.���� any person who has lost 
the use of one or more limbs as a consequence of paralysis, amputation, or 
other permanent disability or who has a permanent disability as to be unable to 
ambulate without the aid of an assisting device or whose mobility is otherwise 
limited as certified by a physician with a plenary license to practice medicine 
and surgery in this State or a bordering State; a podiatrist licensed to 
practice in this State or a bordering state; a physician stationed at a 
military or naval installation located in this State who is licensed to 
practice in any state; a chiropractic physician licensed to practice in this 
State or a bordering state; a physician assistant licensed to practice in this 
State or a bordering state; or a nurse practitioner licensed to practice in 
this State or a bordering state ; [or]

���� b.��� any citizen and resident 
of this State honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances 
from active service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States who 
is adjudicated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or its 
successor, as being permanently 100 percent disabled; or

���� c.� any person who has been 
diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn�s 
Disease as certified by a physician with a plenary license to practice medicine 
and surgery in this State or a bordering State; a physician stationed at a 
military or naval installation located in this State who is licensed to 
practice in any state; a physician assistant licensed to practice in this State 
or a bordering state; or a nurse practitioner licensed to practice in this 
State or a bordering state.

(cf: P.L.2017, c.166, s.1)

���� 2.� This act shall take effect 
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill permits a person who 
has been diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or 
Crohn�s Disease, as certified by a physician with a plenary license to practice 
medicine and surgery in this State or a bordering State; a physician stationed 
at a military or naval installation located in this State who is licensed to 
practice in any state; a physician assistant licensed to practice in this State 
or a bordering state; or a nurse practitioner licensed to practice in this 
State or a bordering state, to park a motor vehicle in parking spaces reserved 
for persons with a disability.� Under the bill, persons diagnosed with 
Irritable Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn�s Disease are 
eligible to receive from the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission a person with 
a disability identification card, a vehicle identification placard, and license 
plates that display the national wheelchair symbol.

���� People living with Irritable 
Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn�s Disease often suffer from 
the debilitating urgency to use a restroom immediately.� In addition, the 
chronic nature of these conditions can result in certain mobility issues, such 
as difficulty walking, standing, or traveling for long periods of time.� This 
bill would help to alleviate some of the obstacles facing people who have been 
diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn�s Disease.