---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes surviving spouse or family member of decedent to use motor vehicle registration certificate of decedent until registration certificate expires."
description: "Authorizes surviving spouse or family member of decedent to use motor vehicle registration certificate of decedent until registration certificate expires."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 1550"
citation: "New Jersey A 1550 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MV REGULATIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Corrado, Kristin M.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-11-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6e8113-b81d-4efe-930d-0046deefc2c1"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "151abfcdb4801816e73368ddabb12eb37064da1b56f60491dfdf1ba5daa3c7ac"
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 1550 (220) — Authorizes surviving spouse or family member of decedent to use motor vehicle registration certificate of decedent until registration certificate expires.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2000/1550_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Holzapfel, James W. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- McClellan, Antwan L. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Sacco, Nicholas J. — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3424
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-11-20T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.171. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a6e8113-b81d-4efe-930d-0046deefc2c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).