---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creates two categories of driver's licenses and identification cards; allows residents unable to prove lawful presence in US to receive permits, and standard driver's licenses or identification cards; permits MVC to increase certain fees."
description: "Creates two categories of driver's licenses and identification cards; allows residents unable to prove lawful presence in US to receive permits, and standard driver's licenses or identification cards; permits MVC to increase certain fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "A 4743"
citation: "New Jersey A 4743 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["IMMIGRATION", "MV REGULATIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz-Perez, Nilsa", "Cryan, Joseph P.", "Danielsen, Joe", "Gill, Nia H.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pou, Nellie", "Quijano, Annette", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Vitale, Joseph F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa194cf9-b4a4-4e30-a21c-f6c62e76a9c2"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "7343ada61816613cfc570a6c730ec08b1cffbfd803f8c3f4d015e586ffb0d84c"
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 4743 (218) — Creates two categories of driver's licenses and identification cards; allows residents unable to prove lawful presence in US to receive permits, and standard driver's licenses or identification cards; permits MVC to increase certain fees.

## 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/2018/Bills/A5000/4743_I2.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/A5000/4743_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **42–30** (pass) · lower
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **47–25** (pass) · lower
- TABLE MOTION — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kennedy, James J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Sacco, Nicholas J. — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-12-09T05:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (Peterson)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (47-25-0) (Greenwald)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (42-30-5) `passage`
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3229 (1R)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (Testa)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table Sa (22-15) (Weinberg)
- **2019-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (21-17) `passage`
- **2019-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.271. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa194cf9-b4a4-4e30-a21c-f6c62e76a9c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).