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Read. Follow. Verify.New Jersey requires electric vehicle sellers to provide lithium-sourcing disclosures and buyer affirmation signatures
Last action · January 13, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs CommitteeSponsor: Gerry Scharfenberger
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What This Bill Would Do
The Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs must develop a disclosure statement detailing ecosystem impacts and mineral scarcity for lithium ion batteries, which New Jersey electric vehicle sellers must distribute and have buyers sign. Businesses violating these disclosure or signature requirements face civil penalties of $150 for a first offense and $300 for subsequent violations.
Electric vehicle buyers will receive mandatory informational notices about battery mineral origins, and vehicle dealerships face financial penalties for failing to collect signed acknowledgments.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
electric vehicle purchasers
Purchasers must receive an environmental disclosure statement and sign an affirmation of receipt when buying an electric vehicle.
businesses selling vehicles powered by a lithium ion battery
Sellers must distribute the state-produced disclosure statement, obtain buyer signatures, and face civil fines of $150 or $300 for non-compliance.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee
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