SENATE, No. 975

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator  KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Senator  ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

     Requires Superintendent of State Police to publish cannabis-related fatal motor vehicle crash statistics.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

An Act concerning motor vehicle crash statistics and supplementing Title 52 of the New Jersey Statutes.

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

     1.  The Superintendent of State Police shall collect and publish data concerning the number of cannabis-related motor vehicle crash fatalities that occur in the State annually. For the purposes of this section, "cannabis" shall have the same definition as set forth in section 3 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-33).

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

     This bill requires the Superintendent of State Police to collect and publish data concerning the number of cannabis-related motor vehicle crash fatalities that occur in the State annually.

     Under current practice, the State Police publish an annual Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash Report that provides statistics on the prior year's fatal motor vehicle crashes. The report provides specific details concerning alcohol-related crashes. The provisions of this bill require the superintendent to collect and report similar information for cannabis-related crashes.