Text of NJ A 4878 (2019)
Permits undesignated non-binary gender individuals to indicate "X" for sex on any driver's license or non-driver identification card issued by MVC.
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As introduced
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ASSEMBLY, No. 4878
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED JANUARY 15, 2019
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JAMES J. KENNEDY
District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)
Assemblywoman MILA M. JASEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Assemblyman NICHOLAS CHIARAVALLOTI
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Permits undesignated non-binary gender individuals to
indicate "X" for sex on any driver's license or non-driver identification card
issued by MVC.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning information on driver's licenses and
non-driver identification cards and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised
Statutes.
Be It
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Each motor vehicle
driver's license issued pursuant to R.S.39:3-10, probationary license issued pursuant
to section 4 of P.L.1950, c.127 (C.39:3-13.4), commercial driver's license
issued pursuant to P.L.1990, c.103 (C.39:3-10.9), non-driver identification
card, or any other driver's license or identification card issued by the New
Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, shall allow a person who identifies as an
undesignated non-binary gender individual to indicate "X" for sex, if
applicable. The commission shall not require a person to provide documentation
for the indication.
b. Any change to a driver's
license or non-driver identification card issued pursuant the provisions of
subsection a. of this section shall be subject to any fee required by law applicable
to changes to that driver's license or non-driver identification card.
2. This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires that any motor
vehicle driver's license, probationary license, non-driver identification card,
or any other identification card issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission
(commission), is to allow a person who identifies as an undesignated non-binary
gender individual to indicate "X" for sex, if applicable. The bill prohibits
the commission from requiring a person to provide documentation for the indication.
The bill also provides that changes to any driver's licenses or non-driver
identification cards are to be subject to any fee already required by law.