---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles; requires that Attorney General issue guidelines or directives."
description: "Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles; requires that Attorney General issue guidelines or directives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "A 856"
citation: "New Jersey A 856 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMER SVCS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dancer, Ronald S.", "Madden, Fred H.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Quijano, Annette"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b021cfcc-7882-4a31-9ce0-d0d82f3fc181"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ecb5a0cbd4f2c0246077bf56bb6df4c6967046dbd8d0341011afc3bd753449f1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---

# New Jersey A 856 (217) — Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles; requires that Attorney General issue guidelines or directives.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A1000/856_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/A1000/856_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2016-09-26T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S1498 (1R)
- **2017-12-18T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2018-01-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, c.259. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b021cfcc-7882-4a31-9ce0-d0d82f3fc181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).