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Yes: 106 • No: 9
New JerseyA3518220th Legislature (2024-2025)HouseWALLET
Requires MVC to create digital driver's licenses and digital non-driver identification cards.*
Sponsored By: Clinton Calabrese (Democratic), Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. (Democratic), Pou, Nellie, Annette Quijano (Democratic), William B. Sampson IV (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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New Jersey adds optional digital IDs
The law takes effect 44 months after enactment. It requires New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission to issue optional digital licenses and non-driver IDs to people eligible for matching printed credentials. The Commission must make them accessible for people with disabilities and post public guidance after consulting the Attorney General. Holders and applicants can update their records, including addresses and organ donor status, with changes becoming official immediately. The Commission can withdraw digital access only for compromised security, issuance errors, fraud, the holder's request, or legal grounds to revoke the printed credential.
Digital ID users control device access
You may choose a wallet that meets required security standards, see each authenticated requester's identity and requested data, and choose what to share. Wallets must keep request logs available only to you, which you can partly or fully delete. The system must support proving facts, such as minimum age, without sharing extra details like your full birth date. No one, including police, may take your device to verify identity; presenting or surrendering it does not consent to a broader search. Each remote request requires express, real-time consent, is limited to requested credential details no broader than a printed ID, and cannot turn incidentally found information into probable cause for a device-search warrant.
Digital IDs limit tracking and data use
Existing legal protections cover digital credentials and their records; signing an application consents to personal-data sharing only for issuing the credential. Credentials and apps cannot collect unnecessary information or location data, and the Commission cannot receive records of ID presentations. ID checkers and Commission contractors cannot collect, keep, share, or use credential data longer than strictly necessary for its presentation purpose. Wallet and verification-tool providers cannot access or use holder information unless law or regulation requires it; contractors must delete related data within 30 days after contracts end. Required safeguards include encryption, sharing only needed information, preventing links between repeated non-unique presentations, and measures against altered, copied, photographed, forged, or counterfeit credentials.
Printed IDs remain a protected choice
You can keep using a printed credential even after getting a digital one. Businesses and other ID checkers cannot require digital IDs, penalize your choice, or change prices solely because of credential format. Different treatment is allowed when reasonably needed for online or remote transactions, considering available technology. ID checkers may request only the minimum data needed to confirm that a transaction meets legal requirements. State and local agencies cannot require digital IDs for in-person goods or services, or vary service quality solely by format.
Digital ID requests can carry fees
The Motor Vehicle Commission may charge a reasonable fee to issue a digital license or non-driver ID. The law does not set the amount or require the Commission to charge a fee.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Clinton Calabrese
Democratic • House
Patrick J. Diegnan Jr.
Democratic • Senate
Pou, Nellie
Affiliation unavailable
Annette Quijano
Democratic • House
William B. Sampson IV
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Rosaura Bagolie
Democratic • House
David Bailey Jr.
Democratic • House
Vin Gopal
Democratic • Senate
Angela V. McKnight
Democratic • Senate
William F. Moen Jr.
Democratic • House
Carmen Theresa Morales
Democratic • House
Carol A. Murphy
Democratic • House
Mu�oz, Nancy F.
Affiliation unavailable
Gabriel Rodriguez
Democratic • House
M. Teresa Ruiz
Democratic • Senate
Troy Singleton
Democratic • Senate
Anthony S. Verrelli
Democratic • House
Andrew Zwicker
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/30/2025
3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Yes: 75 • No: 3 • Other: 2
Senate vote • 6/30/2025
3RDG FINAL PASSAGE
Yes: 31 • No: 6
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor — P.L.2025, c.115.
7/23/2025GovernorPassed Senate, PBH — (31-6)
6/30/2025SenateSubstituted for S1297 (2R)
6/30/2025SenateReceived in Senate, SWR, 2nd Reading in Senate
6/30/2025SenatePassed Assembly — (75-3-2)
6/30/2025HouseREP/ACA, 2nd Reading in Assembly
6/26/2025HouseTRANS Assembly Budget Committee
6/26/2025HouseIntroduced, 1st Reading in Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
2/5/2024House
Bill Text
Version PL2025
9/15/2025
Version AL2025
8/25/2025
Assembly Budget (6/26/25 1R)
7/1/2025
Assembly Budget Substitute (6/26/25)
6/27/2025
As Introduced
3/4/2025
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