Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, General Assembly.
Dan Hutchison
Sponsored
Became law1
Revises continuing education requirements for real estate licensees and regulation of certain real estate continuing education providers, instructors, and courses.
Passed the General Assembly9
Exempts creditor from paying municipal property registration fee if property is subject to automatic stay under federal Bankruptcy Code.
Eliminates statute of limitations on income tax assessments that arise out of erroneous refunds induced by fraud.
Provides that contracts between subscribers and attorney in fact are not related party transactions.
Requires health benefits coverage of continuous glucose monitoring system for treatment of glycogen storage disease.
Broadens scope of information sharing and civil immunity therefor, related to insurance fraud.
Requires restaurant to disclose mandatory gratuity to patrons.
Requires sports wagering licensees to adopt and publish rules governing wagering account limitations and to notify patrons when accounts are limited.
Establishes Statewide dashboard to compile data for certain permits.*
Requires parties in arbitration hearings to be represented by attorneys in certain circumstances.
Out of committee6
Establishes oversight and qualifications of peer recovery specialists.
Prohibits sports wagering licensees from offering micro bets online; establishes penalties.*
Requires retail food establishments to provide disclosures for certain caffeinated beverages.
Authorizes cremation of unclaimed dead bodies and interment of cremains by counties.*
Prohibits sports wagering licensee from offering incentive-based wagering to anyone utilizing responsible gaming mechanisms.
Enters NJ into Athletic Trainer Compact.
In committee32
Requires electric public utilities to disseminate through social media and text message certain information during power outages.
Requires businesses in financial, essential infrastructure, and health care industries to report cybersecurity incidents.
Restricts genetic testing of newborn and crime victim DNA; permits DNA information to be obtained pursuant to warrant or court order.
Indexes amount of veterans' income tax exemption for inflation.
Revises property tax assessment calendar.
Increases maximum age for pediatric long-term care facility residents to 26.
Limits negotiated plea agreements for crime of burglary when firearm involved.
Requires DOH to establish partnerships with certain entities to improve emergency response to public health crisis.
Requires schools to universally provide free meals to all students, regardless of whether students are federally eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Prohibits cryptocurrency automatic teller machines.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain neurological diseases.
Establishes plan for provision of coverage to homeowners who are otherwise unable to procure homeowners insurance.
Prohibits certain institutional investors from purchasing or acquiring single-family homes.
Requires electric public utilities to apply to BPU for certificate of public convenience and necessity prior to undertaking transmission project.
Requires public utilities to provide certain information on customer bills.
Prohibits electric and gas public utility residential rate increases during certain times of year; requires advance notice of certain rate increases.
Requires municipalities and counties to utilize cost-saving practices under cooperative purchasing systems when procuring energy-related goods and services.
Directs BPU to establish incentive program for geothermal energy systems and grant program to support government energy aggregation program; increases annual target for new community solar projects.
Requires election workers to be paid hourly rate for mandatory training programs.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from making certain changes to contract with network providers during term of contract.
Clarifies licensure requirements of home improvement and home elevation contractors.
Requires automobile insurers to include appraisal provisions in insurance policies.
Directs EDA to establish New Jersey Energy Independence Bank.
Expands cyber-harassment to include reckless online communications.
Establishes certain prescription drug data reporting requirements for hospitals.
Establishes certain requirements for online gaming and online sports wagering accounts; prohibits use of credit card payments to engage in online casino games or online sports wagering.
Reorganizes statues concerning assault and aggravated assault; adds provision concerning assault of court staff, prosecutors, and public defenders.
Establishes licensure requirement for wholesale transactions in real estate and certain rights of consumers in contracts for real property sold in wholesale transaction.
Establishes homestead and bank account exemptions for persons in debt.
Clarifies that amateur sports official is independent contractor for purposes of State employment laws.
Requires that new motor vehicles be equipped with amplitude modulation radio.
Establishes homestead exemptions for persons in debt.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Enters NJ into Athletic Trainer Compact.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.*
Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract.
Establishes "Fair Price Protection Act."*
Passed the General Assembly · 10
Requires State entities to offer optional service for businesses to receive certain notices electronically.
Requires boards of education and boards of trustees to adopt policy on use of surveillance systems with artificial intelligence capabilities.*
Requires Administrative Office of the Courts to collect and publish statistical information about consumer debt lawsuits.
Creates "Patient and Provider Protection Act."*
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.
Requires signs to be posted in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.
Requires creation of license plates that allow disabled veterans to park in parking spots reserved for persons with disabilities.
Requires social media platforms to cooperate with nonprofit organization initiatives to remove nonconsensual intimate images or videos.
Requires issuance of report on certain information and data on processing of applications for professional and occupational licenses and mandates review of training and call intake in Division of Consumer Affairs.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing and treatments to slow progression of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Out of committee · 14
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening. *
"Used Car Buyers' Bill of Rights"; prohibits certain "as is" sales of used motor vehicles.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-and county-owned lakes and reservoirs.*
Requires public institution of higher education to adopt withdrawal policy permitting refund for certain extenuating circumstances.
Requires DOH to revise emergency response plan for pandemic influenzas.
Creates Task Force on Higher Education Governance and Funding; appropriates $200,000.
Modifies child endangerment statute to include AI technology; establishes criminal penalties.
Eliminates statute of limitations for human trafficking and criminal sexual contact prosecutions and eliminates statute of limitations for civil cases arising from human trafficking.*
"Saving Our Diners and Preserving Our Past (SODA POP) Act"; provides sales and use tax exemption and corporation business and gross income tax credits for historic diners and historic restaurants included in online registry.*
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Establishes "New Jersey Private Contractor Registration Act;" appropriates $1.5 million.*
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.
Requires public schools to develop policy for administration of nasal seizure rescue medication and use of manual vagus nerve stimulators for students with seizure disorder on emergent basis.
Expands criminal and civil penalties for human trafficking, and expands human trafficking training requirements for law enforcement.*
In committee · 85
Authorizes provision of monetary awards to whistleblowers who report State tax law violations committed by employers in construction industry.
Allows students to use portion of opportunity grant awards under Educational Opportunity Fund program during summer session.
Requires public institution of higher education to provide alternative scholarship to student-athlete who loses athletic scholarship due to injury.
Establishes Governor's Survivor Leader Advisory Council in DOH; requires council to create report on human trafficking and 2026 FIFA World Cup; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.
Prohibits operation of drone over school under certain circumstances.
"The Manufactured Home Park Protection Act"; expands opportunity to purchase for resident homeowners in certain manufactured home parks; modifies certain requirements for disposition of private residential leasehold communities.
Prohibits advertising artificial intelligence system as licensed mental health professional.
"Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $400,000 from General Fund for grant to nonprofit organization to support purchase of pet food for pet owners undergoing medical care.
Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Requires AG to establish ballistics analysis device pilot program in certain municipalities.
Requires instruction on cybersecurity in grades nine through 12; requires Office of Secretary of Higher Education to develop cybersecurity model curricula; establishes loan redemption programs for individuals in certain cybersecurity occupations.
Permits veteran's property tax deduction for tax year when veteran was previously qualified to receive deduction and became owner of real property after October 1 of pretax year.
Provides for oversight of DHS contracts with providers serving persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires urgent care and retail health clinics to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Establishes electronic lien and titling system for New Jersey motor vehicles.
Prohibits landlord from considering certain actions in tenant screening; clarifies that rent receivership action does not require rent deposit and may be based on implied warranty of habitability.
Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.
Removes certain part-time elected public officials from eligibility for employer-paid health care benefits coverage; makes elected public officials ineligible for payments for waiving health care benefits coverage; codifies Pension Fraud and Abuse Unit.
Requires landlord to provide written explanation for rent increase.
Requires public institution of higher education to post syllabus of each undergraduate course on its website.
Concerns right to repair farm equipment and lawn mowers.
Subjects certain rooming and boarding houses to municipal land use regulations; requires owners and operators of cooperative sober living residences to submit certain approvals with license applications.
Expands Tuition Aid Grant program to include workforce training programs.
Extends requirements on use of restraint and seclusion to all students; requires immediate parental notification; requires DOE to collect and report data regarding use of restraint and seclusion on students.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than two percent over prior academic year.
Establishes "Resident Firefighter Grant Program" in Division of Fire Safety.
Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.
Requires institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions to notify Higher Education Student Assistance Authority of approved federal borrower defense loan discharge.
Requires producer of certain firefighting equipment containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances to provide written notice to purchaser; prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain firefighting equipment containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.
Prohibits BPU from approving electric public utility rate increase without full rate review.
Directs BPU to establish public information campaign concerning public utility meter inspection and calibration.
Prohibits electric and gas public utility rate increases except in extraordinary circumstances.
Directs BPU to study feasibility of developing advanced reactors Statewide.
Imposes 30 percent electric public utility windfall surtax on certain taxpayers with allocated taxable net income in excess of 20 percent above five-year average income under CBT.
Modifies procedure for fire districts to request exemption from property tax levy cap.
Permits fire departments to use certain Class B firefighting foam for one year after prohibition takes effect.
Reduces threshold cost, from $5 million to $3 million, of public works projects which may include project labor agreements.
Increases from two percent to three percent the tax on fire insurance premiums written by out-of-State insurers.
Establishes New Jersey Government Restructuring and Modernization Commission.
Creates disorderly persons offense for persons who conceal or attempt to conceal their identity while committing another crime or offense.
Establishes New Jersey Regulatory Modernization Commission.
"New Jersey Secretary of Commerce Act"; establishes Department of Commerce as principal department in Executive Branch of State government; makes an appropriation.
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for sex offenses and certain violent crimes committed using a deadly weapon.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to notify certain municipal officials of receipt of application for licensure of cooperative sober living residence.
Increases amounts of certain payments in lieu of taxes paid for lands owned by State or nonprofit organization for recreation and conservation purposes.
Makes various changes to provisions of "Administrative Procedure Act."
Prohibits aquaculture of any species of octopus for purpose of human consumption.
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Makes various changes to SHBP plan offerings and governance.
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Allows businesses to receive information via email concerning new regulations and economic incentives that affect business.
Establishes criminal penalties for certain violations of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act."
Prohibits forcibly feeding certain poultry for production of foie gras.
Requires public transportation employees and certain motorbus operators to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.
Requires guidelines on student use of internet-enabled devices to be developed by DOE and policy to be adopted by governing body of each public school.
Imposes additional annual registration fee for electric vehicles; reduces rate of highway fuel taxes; authorizes DOT to conduct alternative revenue feasibility study.
Establishes certain requirements for public utility rate increases.
Prohibits BPU approval of electric and gas public utility rate increases resulting in total increase to average residential customer bill in excess of two percent annually.
Increases PFRS accidental disability and accidental death pension when disability or death is caused by weapon.
Requires high school students to receive financial literacy instruction.
Establishes "Anthony's Legacy Act"; provides special consideration for certain grandparents applying for visitation rights.
Requires certain consumer disclosures relating to rabies testing and establishes optional training for veterinarians.
Expands scope of practice of pediatricians and advanced practice nurses with respect to pediatric behavioral and developmental health care.
Eliminates transaction nexus requirement under Sales and Use Tax and Corporation Business Tax.
Establishes mortgage payment relief and foreclosure protection for certain homeowners impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Authorizes conversion of certain office parks and retail centers to mixed-use developments.
Requires MVC to establish and administer online application for REAL ID identification cards and REAL ID licenses.
Establishes fee refund program for businesses applying for permits, licenses, or certifications in this State.
Requires construction project applicants to disclose project financing.
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Directs BPU to adopt rules and regulations concerning small modular nuclear reactors; authorizes EDA to incentivize construction and operation of such reactors.
"Expediency and Accessibility in State Environmental Permitting Act"; appropriates $3,750,000.
Requires, or sanctions, as appropriate, financial institutions to take certain action when senior or vulnerable customers make certain financial transactions.
Expands school breakfast program to all schools with five percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
"Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act."
Requires SHBP and SEHBP to adopt certain cost-saving measures.
Prohibits private use and regulates government use of automated license plate readers.
Expands oversight and transparency of funds received by State and local entities due to national opioid settlements.
Filed · 1
Requires local units to submit inspection and testing results of all elevator devices for inclusion on DCA Service Portal.