New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A5446: Motor vehicle accident reporting form-include cert info, accident involving fire
Status: In committee, October 15, 2026
Requires motor vehicle accident reporting forms to include certain information concerning motor vehicle accidents involving fires.
What the bill says
An Act concerning motor vehicle accident reporting requirements and amending R.S.39:4-131.
From the amended text, October 15, 2026:
An Act concerning motor vehicle accident reporting requirements and amending R.S.39:4-131. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. R.S.39:4-131 is amended to read as follows: 39:4-131. The Department of Transportation shall prepare and supply to police departments and other suitable agencies [,] forms for accident reports calling for sufficiently detailed information with reference to a motor vehicle accident, including the cause, the conditions then existing, the persons and [ADDED: motor] vehicles involved, [ADDED: whether the accident resulted in a fire and, if so, whether the motor vehicles involved were propelled by gasoline, electricity, or a combination thereof, or any other alternative fuel,] the compliance with P.L.1984, c.179 (C.39:3-76.2e et seq.) by the operators and passengers of the [ADDED: motor] vehicles involved in the accident, whether the operator of the [ADDED: motor] vehicle was using a cellular telephone when the accident occurred, and such other information as the Commissioner of Transportation may require. Every law enforcement officer who investigates a [ADDED: motor] vehicle accident [of] [ADDED: for] which [ADDED: a] report must be made as required in this Title, or who otherwise prepares a written or an electronic report as a result of an accident or thereafter by interviewing the participants or witnesses, shall electronically transmit [a] [ADDED: the accident] report [of …
Sponsors
- Clinton Calabrese (D, 36) · primary sponsor
- Linda S. Carter (D, 22) · primary sponsor
- Robert J. Karabinchak (D, 18) · primary sponsor
- William B. Sampson, IV (D, 31)
Latest actions
- : REP/ACA REF AAP
- : INT 1RA REF ATR
Votes
- Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee: Reported with committee amendments (Aca) (October 15, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: MOTOR VEHICLES
Common questions
- What is A5446?
- A5446 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Motor vehicle accident reporting form-include cert info, accident involving fire.
- What does A5446 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning motor vehicle accident reporting requirements and amending R.S.39:4-131.
- What is the status of A5446?
- In committee as of October 15, 2026. Latest action: REP/ACA REF AAP (October 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored A5446?
- Clinton Calabrese (D, 36), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A5446?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5446
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