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Bill Text

A703 

ASSEMBLY, No. 703 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman PAUL KANITRA

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires law enforcement officers to issue 
preliminary suspension of driver's license for certain drunk driving offenses.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning driving under the influence and 
supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.�� In the name of the 
Chief Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Commission, a law enforcement officer 
shall issue an immediate preliminary suspension of the driver�s license of a 
person who is arrested for operating a motor vehicle in violation of R.S.39:4-50, 
section 2 of P.L.1981, c.512 (C.39:4-50.4a), or section 1 of P.L.1992, c.189 
(C.39:4-50.14). If the person�s driver�s license was issued by another state, 
the law enforcement officer shall issue an immediate preliminary suspension of 
the nonresident reciprocity privilege.� 

���� The law enforcement officer 
shall immediately confiscate the person�s driver�s license, unless the driver�s 
license was issued by another state. 

���� The law enforcement officer 
shall inform the person orally and in writing that if the person is convicted 
of operating a motor vehicle during the period of license suspension imposed 
pursuant to this subsection that the person shall be subject to the penalties 
set forth in R.S.39:3-40. 

���� b.��� The law enforcement 
officer shall immediately forward to the chief administrator the confiscated 
driver�s license, the notice of the immediate preliminary suspension of the 
driver�s license or nonresident reciprocity privilege, and a report which 
includes the reason for the suspension.

���� c.���� The chief administrator 
shall notify, in writing, the person whose driver�s license or nonresident 
reciprocity privilege has been suspended that the person has the right to 
request a hearing to contest the issuance of the suspension.� The notification 
shall be sent by certified mail within five days after the receipt of the items 
listed in subsection b. of this section by the chief administrator. 

���� The purpose of the hearing 
shall be to determine if, pending adjudication of the charge against the person 
by a municipal court, the preliminary suspension issued by the law enforcement 
officer pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall remain in effect. 

���� A��� person may request a 
hearing by notifying the chief administrator within 10 days from the date on 
which the notice informing the person of the right to a hearing was mailed.� A 
hearing shall be held by an administrative law judge within 10 days of receipt 
of a request for a hearing.� 

���� d.��� At the hearing, the 
judge shall determine by clear and convincing evidence if there was a factual 
basis upon which the person was initially stopped by the law enforcement 
officer and whether the person was properly charged with a violation of 
R.S.39:4-50, section 2 of P.L.1981, c.512 (C.39:4-50.4a), or section 1 of 
P.L.1992, c.189 (C.39:4-50.14) and, if so, the preliminary suspension shall be 
continued pending adjudication of the charge against the person by the 
municipal court. 

���� In making the decision, the 
judge shall consider all available documents, including the summons, police 
report, and any relevant evidence submitted by the person whose driver�s 
license or nonresident reciprocity privilege has been suspended. 

���� e.���� The period of 
preliminary suspension imposed under this section shall be deducted from any 
suspension imposed as a result of the adjudication of the charge against the 
person by a municipal court. 

���� f.���� Any determination made 
by an administrative law judge pursuant to a hearing held in accordance with 
this section shall not be admissible as evidence at any criminal or 
quasi-criminal proceedings for the alleged violation of R.S.39:4-50, section 2 
of P.L.1982, c.512 (C.39:4-50.4a), or section 1 of P.L.1992, c.189 
(C.39:4-50.14). 

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect on the first day of the fourth month after enactment. 

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires law 
enforcement officers to issue an immediate preliminary suspension of a person�s 
driver�s license for certain drunk driving offenses. 

���� Under the bill, a law 
enforcement officer is required to issue an immediate preliminary suspension of 
the driver�s license of any person who is arrested for driving while 
intoxicated, refusal to submit to a breath test, or, in the case of a person 
who under 21 years of age, operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration 
of 0.01 percent or more, but less than 0.08 percent.� If the person�s driver�s