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A 5422

Relates to the reckless use or operation of a vehicle in concert with another

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Clyde Vanel

Allows DRES-registered businesses to opt in to electronic official notices (regulatory updates and economic incentives), replacing paper mail with opt-out, rules, and data sharing.

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Bill Summary · A 5422

Summary — A5422 (Reprint SCM 11/17/25 1R)

Title: Relates to the reckless use or operation of a vehicle in concert with another
(Note: bill text and materials actually address electronic notification of businesses about statutory/regulatory requirements and economic incentives.)

Main purpose

Allows businesses registered with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services (DRES) to opt in to receive official State notifications (statutory/regulatory requirements and information on economic incentives) electronically (by email) instead of by paper mail, and establishes procedures for implementing and managing that option.

Key provisions

  • Opt-in email notifications:
    • A business required to register with DRES may provide an email address (during electronic filing/renewal or via DRES website) to receive official and authoritative notifications electronically.
    • The electronic notification service is to be linked with DRES’s online business filing services and will collect/store email and other contact information.
  • Agencies and information sharing:
    • DRES will provide collected email/contact information to State agencies authorized to send official notifications (explicitly includes the Department of Labor and Workforce Development; committee amendments also require coordination with Division of Taxation and NJEDA).
  • Paper mail requirements and exceptions:
    • A business that opts in will no longer receive paper versions of the specified notifications.
    • Businesses must continue to maintain postal mailing addresses as required by other law; nothing in the bill supersedes statutory requirements that a notice be sent by postal or certified mail where expressly required.
  • Cessation/reversion:
    • A business may request cessation of electronic notifications; upon receipt, DRES must resume paper/other communications within 60 calendar days and notify other State agencies of the change.
  • Rulemaking:
    • The State Treasurer, in consultation with specified officials (including the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, Director of Division of Taxation, and CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority per committee amendments), shall adopt implementing regulations under the Administrative Procedure Act.
  • Effective date:
    • The act takes effect January 1 following enactment; Treasurer may take anticipatory administrative actions.

Who is affected

  • Primary: Businesses required to register with DRES that choose to opt in. The bill defines “business” broadly (individual, partnership, association, corporation, trust, etc.) but excludes nonprofit corporations (including 26 U.S.C. §501(c)(3) organizations) and government agencies.
  • State agencies that send official notifications (e.g., DRES, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Taxation, NJEDA) — they will receive and use the consolidated contact list to send electronic notices.
  • DRES and the recipient agencies will manage email lists and distribution.

Fiscal impact

  • Office of Legislative Services (OLS) estimate (dated July 3, 2025): Potential annual State expenditure savings (indeterminate) due to reduced printing/mailing costs for DRES and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
  • OLS notes modest initial/setup costs to implement the electronic distribution and manage lists, but expects these will be more than offset by mailing/printing savings. Precise savings are indeterminate due to lack of data on opt-in rates and current mailing costs.

Legislative status & history (selected)

  • Introduced: March 6, 2025 (Assembly)
  • Assembly committee reports: Favorably reported March 20, 2025 and June 16, 2025
  • Passed Assembly: June 30, 2025 (80-0-0)
  • Received in Senate: Oct 20, 2025; reported out of Senate Commerce Committee with amendments: Nov 17, 2025 (reprint SCM 11/17/25 1R)
  • Companion bill: S4290 (identical as amended)

Sponsors

  • Primary sponsor (per header): Clyde Vanel
  • Current reprint lists: Assemblywoman Shama A. Haider, Assemblywoman Lisa Swain, Assemblyman Robert J. Karabinchak, with multiple co-sponsors.

Notes / Limitations

  • The bill does not eliminate statutory mailing requirements where law explicitly requires postal or certified mail.
  • The magnitude of net fiscal savings depends on how many businesses opt in and on actual implementation costs; OLS labeled savings “indeterminate.”

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

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