NJ A4720

All passenger automobiles manufactured in New Jersey after the law takes effect must be equipped with rear-seat detection systems that detect unattended occupants after the engine is turned off

Detection systems must include auditory, visual, and haptic warnings to alert people inside and outside the vehicle, and cannot be disabled, overridden, reset, or recalibrated

The Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission will prescribe functional design specifications and may require systems to notify emergency response agencies with the vehicle's location

Vehicles manufactured before the effective date are exempt from the requirement

The law takes effect two years after enactment, citing that an average of 38 children die annually from vehicular heatstroke nationally, with roughly half occurring when children are unknowingly left in vehicles