ASSEMBLY PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS
COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 3751
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: DECEMBER 16, 2024
The Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee reports
favorably Assembly Bill No. 3751.
As reported by the committee, this bill prohibits the use of
license plate flipping devices and increases the penalty for
displaying a fictitious plate number if a flipping device was used.
Current law provides that a person convicted of displaying a
fictitious number on a motor vehicle registration plate, also referred
to in statutory law as a license plate, is subject to a fine of up to
$500 or a term of imprisonment of up to 60 days. The bill provides
that a person convicted of displaying a fictitious number through
the use of a license plate flipping device:
(1) would be subject to a fine of up to $750, imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than 60 days, or both;
(2) if the offense is committed in a residential district or school
zone, would be subject to a fine of up to $1,000, imprisonment in
the county jail for not more than 60 days, or both; and
(3) if the offense is committed during or to aid in the commission
of a crime, offense, or another violation under Title 39 of the
Revised Statutes, would be subject to a fine of up to $1,500,
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90 days, or both.
The bill defines a “license plate flipping device” as a device that
enables a registration plate to be changed to another registration
plate with different identification marks either manually or
electronically. Under the bill, the term also includes technology that
is capable of changing the appearance of a registration plate to
appear as a different registration plate.