Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 2834 — State of New Jersey (February 12, 2026)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to the Senate on Senate Bill No. 2834, State of New Jersey, dated February 12, 2026, reporting the bill favorably with committee amendments. The bill removes the equal reciprocity requirement so the Elevator, Escalator, and Moving Walkway Mechanics Licensing Board may license without examination applicants from states with equal or comparable standards, or whose apprenticeship program is registered by the United States Department of Labor. Such licensees must complete New Jersey continuing education for renewal, and the bill expands the types of certification that may be completed to qualify for a license. Through the amendments, a license based on the Local 3, IBEW, EE division training program is a limited license that bars construction of elevators, escalators or moving walkways in the State.

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SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
2834

with
committee amendments

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: FEBRUARY
12, 2026

The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and
with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 2834.

This
bill revises the requirements concerning licensure for elevator, escalator, and
moving walkway mechanic's licenses, including provisions regarding out-of-State
reciprocity.

Current
law provides that the Elevator, Escalator, and Moving Walkway Mechanics
Licensing Board may in its discretion grant licenses without examination to
applicants so licensed by other states; provided that equal reciprocity is
provided for New Jersey licensed mechanics by the law of the applicant's
domiciliary state and that the domiciliary state's standards are equal to or
comparable to those of New Jersey.

This
bill removes the requirement of equal reciprocity, thereby allowing the board
to grant licenses without examination to applicants with comparable licenses in
other states, provided that the domiciliary state's standards are equal to or
comparable to those of this State, even if the domiciliary state does not
provide reciprocity to New Jersey licensees, or that the domiciliary state’s
apprenticeship program is registered by the United States Department of Labor.

The
bill further stipulates that an individual who obtains a license through
reciprocity and seeks renewal of the license is to complete the continuing
education requirements in New Jersey to qualify for renewal. Additionally, the
bill expands the types of certification that may be completed to qualify an
individual to obtain a license through the board. Lastly, the bill establishes
that an individual who obtains an elevator, escalator, and moving walkway
mechanic license on the basis of successfully completing the joint apprentice
and training committee of the elevator industry of Local 3, IBEW, EE division
training program is to be issued a limited license that prohibits the person from engaging in
the construction of elevators, escalators or moving walkways within the State.

This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the
2026-2027 session pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the
changes required by technical review, which has been performed.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS :

The committee amended the bill to establish that an individual who
obtains an elevator, escalator, and moving walkway mechanic license on the
basis of successfully completing the joint apprentice and training committee of
the elevator industry of Local 3, IBEW, EE division training program is to be
issued a limited license that
prohibits the person from engaging in the construction of elevators, escalators
or moving walkways within the State.

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