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Bill Text

A3927 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3927 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DOT to study ability of each public highway 
to accommodate additional weight of electric vehicles.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning the additional weight of electric 
vehicles on public highways within the State and supplementing Title 27 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):

���� �Department� means the New 
Jersey Department of Transportation.

���� �Electric 
vehicle� means a vehicle that derives all or part of its power from 
electricity, and that has a battery or equivalent energy storage device that 
can be charged from an electricity supply external to the vehicle with an 
electric plug.� "Electric vehicle" includes a plug-in hybrid vehicle.

���� �Plug-in 
hybrid vehicle� means a vehicle that can be charged from a source of 
electricity external to the vehicle through an electric plug, but is not 
exclusively powered by electricity.

���� �Public highways� means public 
roads, streets, expressways, freeways, parkways, motorways and boulevards, 
including bridges, in this State.

���� 2.� a.� No later than six 
months after the effective date 
of P.L. , c. (C. ) 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill), the New Jersey Department of 
Transportation shall conduct a study on the ability of public highways to 
accommodate the additional weight of electric vehicles.� The study shall, at a 
minimum:

���� (1) examine each public 
highway to determine if, and for what time period, each public highway is 
equipped to handle the additional weight of electric vehicles; 

���� (2) provide recommendations to 
improve the ability of each public highway to accommodate the additional weight 
of electric vehicles; and

���� (3) develop a list of public 
highways that ranks each public highway from least-to-most able to accommodate 
the additional weight of electric vehicles.

���� b.� No later than six months 
after the completion of the study pursuant to subsection a. of this section, 
the department shall prepare and submit a report to the Governor and, pursuant 
to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, containing 
the study�s findings and recommendations, and the list developed pursuant to 
paragraph (3) of subsection a. of this section.

���� c.� When considering public 
highway projects for inclusion in the Annual Transportation Capital Program, as 
submitted pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-22), the department 
shall prioritize public highway projects that address public highways that are 
unable to accommodate the additional weight of electric vehicles, based on the 
list developed pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of this section.

���� 3.� As a condition of 
receiving funding for a public highway project under the Annual Transportation Capital 
Program, the project sponsor shall certify, before the completion of the 
project, that the project will enable the public highway to accommodate the 
additional weight of electric vehicles.

���� 4.� The department may adopt, 
pursuant to the �Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et 
seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the 
provisions of this act.

���� 5.� This act shall take effect 
immediately, except that section 3 of this act shall remain inoperable until 
the completion of the study required under subsection a. of section 2 of this 
act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the New 
Jersey Department of Transportation (department), within six months of the 
bill�s effective date, to conduct a study on the ability of the public highways 
of the State to accommodate the additional weight of electric vehicles.

���� Under the bill, this study, at 
a minimum, would: (1) examine each public highway to determine if, and for what 
time period, each public highway is equipped to handle the additional weight of 
electric vehicles; (2) provide recommendations to improve the ability of each 
public highway to accommodate the additional weight of electric vehicles; and 
(3) develop a list of public highways that ranks each public highway from 
least-to-most able to accommodate the additional weight of electric vehicles.

���� The bill also requires the 
department to prepare and submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature 
containing the study�s findings and recommendations, and the list developed by 
the department under the study.

���� When considering public 
highway projects for inclusion in the Annual Transportation Capital Program, 
the bill also requires the department to prioritize