Bill Text: NJ A1357 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires NJT to provide Wi-Fi service on passenger trains.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A1357 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A1357-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CHRISTOPHER P. DEPHILLIPS
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Assemblyman ROBERT D. CLIFTON
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Matsikoudis
SYNOPSIS
Requires NJT to provide Wi-Fi service on passenger trains.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act requiring the New Jersey Transit Corporation to provide Wi-Fi service on passenger trains and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Within six months of the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall provide onboard Wi-Fi service on each rail passenger vehicle that is owned or operated by the corporation.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the New Jersey Transit Corporation (corporation) to provide Wi-Fi service on each passenger train owned or operated by the corporation. Currently, the corporation offers high-speed Wi-Fi hotspots at select rail stations, and the corporation's Wi-Fi service has been approved for expansion to the corporation's bus services.
