New Jersey A 2825: Requires carriers to classify medically necessary procedures as covered benefits and remit certain payments to hospitals for services rendered.

Bill Text

A2825 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2825 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman BRIAN E. RUMPF

District 9 (Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DiMaio

SYNOPSIS

���� Criminalizes fifth or subsequent drunk driving 
offenses.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning driving while under the influence and 
supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� A person who is 
convicted of a fifth or subsequent violation of R.S.39:4-50 shall be guilty of 
a crime of the third degree and, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 
c. of N.J.S.2C:43-2, shall forfeit his right to operate a motor vehicle over the 
highways of this State for 10 years.

���� Notwithstanding the provisions 
of subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:43-2, the person shall forfeit his right to 
operate a motor vehicle over the highways of this State for 20 years if the 
fifth or subsequent violation occurs while:

���� (1)�� on any school property 
used for school purposes which is owned by or leased to any elementary or 
secondary school or school board, or within 1,000 feet of such school property;

���� (2)�� driving through a school 
crossing as defined in R.S.39:1-1 if the municipality, by ordinance or 
resolution, has designated the school crossing as such; or

���� (3)�� driving through a school 
crossing as defined in R.S.39:1-1 knowing that juveniles are present and if the 
municipality has not designated the school crossing as such by ordinance or 
resolution.

���� b.��� Pursuant to the 
requirements set forth in R.S.39:4-50, a person convicted under this section 
shall satisfy the screening, evaluation, referral, program and fee requirements 
of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services' Intoxicated Driving Program 
Unit, and of the Intoxicated Driver Resource Centers and a program of alcohol 
and drug education and highway safety, as prescribed by the Chief Administrator 
of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. The sentencing court shall inform 
the person convicted that failure to satisfy such requirements shall result in 
a mandatory two-day term of imprisonment in a county jail and a driver license 
revocation or suspension and continuation of revocation or suspension until 
such requirements are satisfied, unless stayed by court order in accordance 
with the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey or R.S.39:5-22.� 
Upon sentencing, the court shall forward to the Division of Mental Health and 
Addiction Services' Intoxicated Driving Program Unit a copy of a person's 
conviction record.� A fee of $100 shall be payable to the Alcohol Education, 
Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund established pursuant to section 3 of 
P.L.1983, c.531 (C.26:2B-32) to support the Intoxicated Driving Program Unit.

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately and shall be applicable to offenses committed on or after 
the effective date. 

STATEMENT

���� This bill would establish 
criminal penalties for fifth and subsequent offenses of driving under the 
influence (DUI). Currently, DUI is a traffic offense under Title 39 of the 
Revised Statutes (the State motor vehicle code).

���� Under the provisions of the 
bill, a person who is convicted of a fifth or subsequent DUI offense would be 
guilty of a crime of the third degree.� A crime of the third degree is 
punishable by a fine of up to $15,000, imprisonment for three to five years, or 
both.� The person�s driver�s license would also be suspended for 10 years, 
which is the period of suspension required under current law.

���� The bill also provides that if 
the fifth or subsequent violation occurs in a school zone or in or near a 
school crosswalk the person�s driver�s license would be suspended for 20 years.