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S 1768

Enacts the "drag racing and speeding enforcement act"

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Nathalia Fernández

Mandates that ferries, certain private buses, NJT, and port authorities publish accessible route schedules online and at facilities and update them within 30 days of changes.

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
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Bill Summary · S 1768

Summary — S.1768: "Drag racing and speeding enforcement act" (actual text: requires publication of route schedules)

Note: Although captioned here as the “drag racing and speeding enforcement act,” the bill text and reports concern requirements for transportation providers to develop and publish route schedules.

Purpose

Require certain public- and private-sector transportation providers to prepare and publish route schedules (online and at facilities) so passengers have accessible, up-to-date route and fare information.

Key provisions

  • Ferries (R.S.48:8-2)

    • Owners/operators must post a table of rates and a route schedule where the ferry is kept and visible to boarding passengers, and publish both on the operator’s website.
    • When rates or route schedules change, postings and website information must be updated within 30 days of the change taking effect.
    • Civil penalty: $1 per day for failure to maintain the required postings (existing law’s $1/day penalty is retained and expanded to the website/posting requirement).

  • Private autobuses (definition from P.L.2013, c.224)

    • Owners/operators of certain privately‑owned autobuses (vehicles transporting up to 40 passengers for hire, with enumerated exceptions such as motorbus regular route service, taxicabs, hotel buses, school buses, etc.) that provide fixed-route service must:
    • Develop a route schedule for each fixed route.
    • Publish the route schedule on the operator’s website and at each transportation facility, station, stop, or stand where the fixed route is served.
    • No monetary penalties are added in the bill for autobus noncompliance.

  • New Jersey Transit (NJT)

    • NJT must develop route schedules for each motorbus regular route service, rail passenger route, and ferry passenger route it operates.
    • NJT must publish route schedules on its website and at each transportation facility and station providing service to the route.
    • When route schedules change, NJT must update its website and post revised schedules within 30 days. (Committee amendments narrow NJT’s posting obligation to transportation facilities and stations; prior draft included stops/stands.)

  • Port Authorities

    • Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) must develop and publish route schedules for each commuter railroad route it or its subsidiaries operate — on the PANYNJ website and at each facility/station serving those routes — and update postings/websites within 30 days of changes.
    • Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) must do the same for PATCO routes.

  • Interstate compact authority

    • The Governor is authorized to enter supplemental compacts with New York and Pennsylvania (amendments to the Port Authority and Delaware River compacts) and to apply to Congress for consent. In the absence of congressional approval, the bill preserves powers the states may confer without such consent.

Who is affected

  • Ferry owners/operators providing service in New Jersey (estimated ~6 operators).
  • Owners/operators of privately‑owned autobuses that run fixed routes (≤ 40 passengers) — subject to statutory exceptions.
  • New Jersey Transit Corporation.
  • Port Authority of NY & NJ and the Delaware River Port Authority (and their subsidiaries).
  • Passengers and institutions relying on route information (greater public access to schedules).

Timeline / status (selected)

  • Introduced: May 14, 2025 (pre-filed in 2024 session).
  • Referred to Transportation Committee; reported by Senate Transportation Committee (Sept. 30, 2024) and later reported with amendments by Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee (Nov. 13, 2025).
  • Current status (per file): REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION.

Fiscal impact

  • Office of Legislative Services estimates potential State revenue increase of less than $1,000 annually from $1/day penalties for ferry posting failures (a single operator could incur up to $365/year). No fiscal penalties specified for autobus noncompliance.

Related / technical notes

  • Committee amendments narrowed NJT posting duties (facilities/stations only).
  • Companion/related bills: A.5134 (companion), A.2585, A.8840, A.2643, S.D.181 (replaces), and prior-session measures listed in file.
  • Sponsors listed across documents include Senators Andy Kim, Angela V. McKnight, and others (multiple sponsors/co-sponsors noted).

If you want, I can:
- Extract the exact statutory text changes for inclusion in a legislative memo;
- Compare this bill’s requirements to current NJT/PANYNJ/DRPA posting practices; or
- Produce a one-page briefing for impacted operators summarizing compliance steps and deadlines.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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