New Jersey S 4461: Authorizes cremation of unclaimed bodies by counties and storage of unclaimed bodies by hospitals.

Bill Text

S4461 

SENATE, No. 4461 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED JUNE 15, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Authorizes parking privileges for certain immediate 
family members of persons with dementia.� 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning parking and supplementing Title 39 of 
the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� As used in 
P.L. , c. 
(C. ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill):� 

���� �Chief Administrator� means 
the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.

���� �Commission� means the New 
Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission established by section 4 of P.L.2003, c.13 
(C.39:2A-4).

���� �Dementia� means a chronic or 
persistent disorder of the mental processes due to organic brain disease that 
has no curative treatment and is marked by memory disorders, changes in 
personality, deterioration in personal care, impaired reasoning ability, and 
disorientation.

���� �Immediate family member� means 
a spouse, child, parent, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, first cousin, 
grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, 
daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, 
or half sister, whether the individual is related by blood, marriage, or 
adoption.

���� 2.��� a.� The Chief 
Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall, upon 
application, issue a special parking placard to be used by an immediate family 
member of a person with dementia.� The placard is to be displayed on a motor 
vehicle operated by the immediate family member when the vehicle is parked 
while the immediate family member is rendering health or personal care services 
to the person with dementia to whom the immediate family member provides care.

���� b.��� When a placard is 
displayed, as authorized pursuant to this section, the immediate family member 
shall be authorized to park the motor vehicle:� 

���� (1)�� in on-street areas that 
are generally reserved for municipal residents, municipal parking lots, and 
college and university parking lots;

���� (2)�� overnight in on-street 
areas that are generally reserved for municipal residents, municipal parking 
lots, and college and university parking lots when overnight parking is 
prohibited; 

���� (3)�� overtime at metered 
parking for up to 24 hours in one location with no penalty imposed; and

���� (4)�� in parking spaces 
restricted for use by persons with disabilities at medical facilities and 
retail locations.

���� c.���� The parking placards 
shall be valid for two years from the date of issuance and may be renewed 
provided that the immediate family member continues to provide health or 
personal care services to the person with dementia to whom the immediate family 
member provides care.� The commission may impose on each immediate family 
member a fee of not more than $50 for each parking placard application and a 
renewal fee of not more than $20 for each parking placard renewal.� Each 
placard or renewal shall be valid until the last day of the 24th calendar month 
following the calendar month in which that placard or renewal was issued.

���� d.��� A parking placard shall 
display a unique identifying number that shall be recorded by the commission 
and maintained by the commission in a central registry.

���� 3.��� a.� A person who uses a 
placard to receive parking privileges established pursuant to 
P.L. , c. 
(C. ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill) for any purpose other than parking a vehicle while 
rendering health or personal care services to the person�s immediate family 
member with dementia shall be subject to a fine of $250 for the first offense 
and a fine of $250 and up to 90 days of community service, on such terms and in 
such a form as the court shall deem appropriate, for each subsequent offense.� 
Each parking placard is for the exclusive use of the person to whom it has been 
issued, is nontransferable to, and will be forfeited if presented by, any other 
person.� Abuse of any privilege, benefit, use, or consideration granted to any 
person to whom a placard is issued shall be sufficient cause for revocation of 
the placard and shall subject the person to all other penalties in . P.L. , 
c. (C. ) 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill)

���� b.��� The chief administrator 
shall notify the Attorney General, who shall, in turn, notify the appropriate 
law enforcement agencies of the placard established pursuant to P.L. , c. 
(C. ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill).

���� c.���� Any person who submits 
a false statement or provides false information on an application to obtain or 
facilitate the receipt of a placard, or the misuse of a placard pursuant to 
P.L. , c. (C. ) 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall be subject to a