Did not become law. It stopped in the General Assembly on June 30, 2026.
2026–2027 Session
Assembly Bill 4836
"Garden State Balcony Solar Act"; exempts portable solar generation devices from certain requirements, and requires certain entities to allow use and installation of portable solar generation devices.*
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Mar 23
Ellen J. Park, Robert J. Karabinchak
Chief co-sponsors from Mar 23
Its course
May 4 to June 30, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action8 actions on 5 days
In the General AssemblyMay 4 to Jun 30 · stopped57 days
HousingMay 4 to Jun 4 · moved on31 days
Telecommunications and UtilitiesJun 4 to Jun 40 days
Public Safety and PreparednessJun 4 to Jun 23 · moved on19 days
State and Local GovernmentJun 23 to Jun 230 days
BudgetJun 28 to Jun 280 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Telecommunications and Utilities9–0
Do pass · Jun 4
Who voted how
Yea Alex Sauickie, Andrea Katz, David Bailey Jr., Jerry Walker, Kevin P. Egan, Paul Kanitra, Robert J. Karabinchak, Wayne P. DeAngelo, William W. Spearman
Not voting Al Barlas
Do pass as amended · Jun 23
Who voted how
Yea Alex Sauickie, Cody D. Miller, Erik K. Simonsen, Lisa Swain, Robert J. Karabinchak, Rosaura Bagolie, Vincent M. Kearney
Budget14–0
Do pass as amended · Jun 28 · 1 present
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 23
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Jun 28
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly May 4 – Jun 30
- May 4Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Housing
- Jun 4Sent to Telecommunications and Utilities
- Telecommunications and Utilities recommended it
- Sent to Public Safety and Preparedness
- Jun 23Sent to State and Local Government
- State and Local Government recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jun 28Sent to Budget
- Budget recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jun 30Carried on in S2368