Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, General Assembly.
Balvir Singh
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly1
Designates "John Bull" as NJ State steam locomotive.
In committee26
Directs Secretary of State to establish grant program for counties to improve paper ballot counting process; appropriates $10 million.
Establishes "Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force."
Establishes requirements for certain tobacco product retailers to stock and sell nicotine replacement therapy products.
Requires automatic registration with New Jersey Immunization Information System upon administration of vaccine for certain persons who consent to registration.
Expands scope of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman; appropriates $1 million.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide adequate network of physicians.
Limits service fees charged to restaurants by third-party food takeout and delivery applications.
Increases debt execution exemption amounts for household goods, establishes for persons in debt homestead, bank account, and disposable earnings exemptions, and caps medical debt interest rate.
Creates standards for independent bias auditing of automated employment decision tools.
Establishes cap and invest program in DEP to regulate major emitters of greenhouse gases.
Requires workers' compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage for the medical use of cannabis under certain circumstances.
Requires State Police to inform local law enforcement if certain prohibited persons attempt to purchase firearm or ammunition.
Requires MVC to offer driver's license knowledge test in Punjabi.
Authorizes creation of additional urban enterprise zone.
Requires distribution of certain eviction prevention information.
Prohibits operation of certain prediction markets in this State; authorizes athletic event markets operating in compliance with sports wagering regulations; establishes public awareness campaign.
Permits school districts to define excused absences, and provide home-instruction, for certain students whose parents are detained.
Establishes "Support for Immigration Enforcement-Affected Students Fund" in DOE to support public schools in addressing impact of immigration enforcement activities.
Establishes protections for immigrant students and their families.
Modifies conditions for use of virtual or remote instruction to meet 180-day school year requirement.
Requires customer consent to material changes to third-party energy supply contracts.
Expands Brownfields Redevelopment Incentive Program to provide tax credits to developers of residential redevelopment projects undertaken on remediated brownfield sites.
Imposes temporary surtax on taxpayers that receive certain tariff refunds; dedicates surtax revenues towards consumer price relief.
Concerns State court motions related to Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.
Concerns noise abatement of data centers.
Authorizes municipalities to lower speed limits in historic districts without engineering and traffic investigation.
Filed1
"Ratepayer-Indifference Act"; establishes certain requirements for provision of electric public utility service to certain data centers.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.**
Provides for representation of Burlington County on SJTA.
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey." **
Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.*
Establishes "Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act." *
"New Jersey Kids Code Act"; adopts New Jersey Age-Appropriate Design Code and requires certain online service providers to implement certain measures concerning minors' use of online service.*
Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.
Codifies AG directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."
Establishes "Fair Price Protection Act."*
Authorizes funding for on-demand micro transit service under Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Program.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for transportation infrastructure projects for FY2027; makes appropriation.
Passed the General Assembly · 12
Waives certain professional and occupational licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
Allows for issuance of two-year temporary courtesy license for nonresident military spouses in certain professions.
Creates "Patient and Provider Protection Act."*
Prohibits health insurance carriers from denying coverage of nonopioid prescription drugs in favor of opioid prescription drugs.
Expands responsibilities of Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and establishes Problematic Sexual Behavior Program.*
Requires continuation of health benefits dependent coverage for certain children with disabilities who are 26 years of age or older.
Prohibits social media platforms from promoting certain practices or features of eating disorders to child users.
Requires social media platforms to cooperate with nonprofit organization initiatives to remove nonconsensual intimate images or videos.
Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers.
Requires private detectives to register their foreign employers with State Police.
"Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act"; prohibits harassment or bullying of nonpublic school students and requires nonpublic schools to adopt anti-harassment and bullying policy.
Revises certain deadlines and State funding regarding support provided by DHS, DOLWD, and Office of Volunteerism to NJ FamilyCare and SNAP recipients to meet federal eligibility requirements via volunteering.
Out of committee · 21
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening. *
Requires Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.
Requires law enforcement officer to reveal facial identity during certain public interactions and to present sufficient identification prior to arresting or detaining person.
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing reproductive health care services; establishes right of residents to reproductive health care activity that is restricted in other states.*
Requires MVC to issue special windshield stickers marking electric vehicles exempt from emission inspections.
Provides seniority service credit to educational support professionals for military service.
Requires AG to study use of artificial intelligence for certain law enforcement purposes and issue report.
Requires State entities purchase five percent of goods and services from Central Nonprofit Agency; requires Division of Purchase and Property establish training protocols for all purchasing agents; grants Central Nonprofit Agency right of first refusal.*
Supplements FY2027 Appropriations Act; makes $10 million off-budget appropriation to NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program.*
"Polluters Pay to Make New Jersey More Affordable Act"; imposes cost recovery payments on certain fossil fuel companies for funds needed for climate change adaptation; establishes program in DEP to collect and oversee distribution of funds.**
Establishes fully autonomous vehicle pilot program.*
Establishes certain electric vehicle supply equipment development processes and standards concerning public health and safety; removes certain existing approval requirements while preserving applicable safety and inspection standards.
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.
Directs professional and occupational boards to promulgate rules for licensee use of generative artificial intelligence.
"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.*
"End Data Center Tax Credits Act"; reduces tax credits available for Next New Jersey Program.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2027.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2027.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program projects for FY2027.
Increases amount of child tax credit in taxable years 2026, 2027, and 2028.
Establishes surtax on certain incomes derived from operation of prediction markets.*
In committee · 55
Authorizes provision of monetary awards to whistleblowers who report State tax law violations committed by employers in construction industry.
Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
Makes $3 million supplemental appropriation for bonus awards for certain COVID-19 emergency essential frontline State workers of Local 195 of International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Prohibits revival of certain time-barred consumer debt litigation claims.
Prohibits aquaculture of any species of octopus for purpose of human consumption.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Allows voter registration at polling place on election day or at early voting site during early voting period.
Provides for rehabilitative release for certain incarcerated persons.
Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Creates Health Care Cost Containment and Price Transparency Commission, Office of Healthcare Affordability and Transparency, and hospital price transparency regulations.
Allows ranked-choice voting options for municipal and school board elections under certain circumstances.
Allows gross income tax deduction for union dues paid to labor organizations.
Makes various changes to SHBP plan offerings and governance.
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Establishes criminal penalties for certain violations of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act."
Repeals law that requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.
Prohibits forcibly feeding certain poultry for production of foie gras.
Establishes New Jersey Baby Bond Account Program.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Establishes distinction between residential tenant and other occupants of hotel or motel for purpose of determining permitted removal actions.
Requires school districts to alert school employees of threats to school community.
Requires certain candidates for teaching certifications to complete youth mental health education course or online module.
Establishes pilot program to provide for same-day voter registration on election day in certain years.
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Requires health insurance coverage of diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations without cost-sharing.
Prohibits cryptocurrency automatic teller machines.
Requires public utility to charge nonprofit organization residential rate.
Requires certain consumer disclosures relating to rabies testing and establishes optional training for veterinarians.
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters; increases tax on fire insurance premiums.
Prohibits sports wagering licensees from offering player-specific proposition bets on college sports.
Establishes "Equitable Drug Pricing and Patient Access Act."
Requires construction project applicants to disclose project financing.
"Welcome Home Veterans Act"; requires MVC to provide veteran benefit information packets.
Increases penalty for reckless vehicular homicide committed when driving while intoxicated under certain circumstances.
Requires school bus personnel members to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires certain school buses transportating students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features; makes appropriation.
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Clarifies that amateur sports official is independent contractor for purposes of State employment laws.
Expands school breakfast program to all schools with five percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Prohibits fur farming.
"AI Likeness Protection Act"; concerns distributing realistic representation of individual's image, likeness, or voice created using generative artificial intelligence.
"AI Image Disclosure Act"; concerns disclosure of certain AI-generated content.
"GAI Accountability Act;" imposes civil penalties on generative artificial intelligence platforms engaging in harmful activity, including exploitation of children.
Establishes certain protections for drivers and holders of non-driver identification cards diagnosed with certain disabilities.
"Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act."
"Responsible Data Center Development and Resource Protection Act"; establishes Statewide framework concerning siting, land use approval, energy sourcing, water use, and environmental impacts of large load data center development.
Establishes six month moratorium on approvals, construction, expansion, subsidies, and tax incentives for certain artificial intelligence data centers; creates Artificial Intelligence Data Center Impact Commission.
Establishes Office of Algorithmic Civil Rights in DLPS to prevent discrimination in use of algorithms.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to small businesses for portion of costs paid for advertisements with local news organizations.
Requires schools to serve free breakfast to all students in public schools.
Filed · 4
Establishes requirements concerning celiac disease identification on patient intake forms; provides for voluntary type 1 diabetes and celiac disease screening guidance and public education.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Requires carriers to provide covered persons with option to electronically send and receive correspondence.
Requires school districts to provide at least 30 minute seated lunch period for students.