Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, General Assembly.
Robert D. Clifton
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Designates portion of State Highway Route 35 in Laurence Harbor as "James Francisco and Walter Schmidt Memorial Roadway."
In committee18
Designates, as State and public holiday, September 11 as Patriot Day.
Provides supplemental appropriation from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE to provide additional State aid to certain school districts.
Provides emergency State school aid to certain school districts located in historic communities.
Permits counties to charge a fee to fund infrastructure through voter approval.
Requires disclosure of original purchase price for land to be sold to a county, county agriculture development board, or municipality for farmland preservation purposes.
Authorizes Division of Travel and Tourism to accept gifts and grants to promote NJ tourism.
Authorizes NJ Historical Commission to establish program to promote developing historic projects on website and collect donations for projects on behalf of historic site or organization.
Requires testing for infectious disease for certain persons who have been administered opioid antidote by first responder.
Establishes Overdose Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board.
Includes certain canvassing and solicitation activities as violation of consumer fraud act.
Establishes certain requirements concerning resident supervision at residential health care facilities.
Requires additional credit against fair share obligation for abandoned property converted to affordable housing.
Prohibits modification of mufflers and exhaust systems to produce audible sounds; increases penalties for violations.
Prohibits use of fireworks under certain circumstances.
Requires court to consider additional factors in awarding custody of child.
Requires detailed disclosure of information concerning required payments in lieu of property taxes to be provided to purchaser of real property constructed pursuant to financial agreement containing long term tax exemption.
Establishes one-time grant program to support implementation of free, full-day kindergarten programs in certain school districts; appropriates $5 million.
Requires creation of central registry of residents with special needs for use during emergencies.
Filed1
Provides gross income tax credit for taxpayers who donate blood.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Designates portion of State Highway Route 35 in Laurence Harbor as "James Francisco and Walter Schmidt Memorial Roadway."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Authorizes creation of "250th Anniversary Revolutionary War" license plates.
Out of committee · 4
Requires certain State employees to receive training in cybersecurity best practices.
Clarifies choice of independent contractor status for certain licensed or regulated professionals.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.
Expands criminal and civil penalties for human trafficking, and expands human trafficking training requirements for law enforcement.*
In committee · 108
Requires certain law enforcement entities and courts to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.
Requires Attorney General to compile and publicly report certain statistics pertaining to permits to carry for handguns and firearm purchaser identification cards.
Provides research and development tax credit under gross income tax.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
Requires issuance of tourniquets to law enforcement officers; requires emergency service vehicles be equipped with tourniquets.
Modifies requirements for associations to protect structural integrity of certain buildings; expands timeframes for associations to establish adequate reserves.
Removes criminal liability for law enforcement officers who have investigative encounter with underage person for possession of alcohol or cannabis unless civil rights are violated.
Prohibits use of fireworks on property adjacent to animal shelter, pound, or kennel.
Lowers age which family court may waive jurisdiction of juvenile delinquency case.
Directs DCA to establish grants division to oversee grant administration, establish grants application portal, and implement public information campaign.
"Honoring and Listening to Our First Responders Act"; establishes offense of interfering with official duties of first responder under certain circumstances.
Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Makes it a crime of the first degree to coerce a patient to request medication pursuant to the "Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act" or to forge a patient's request for such medication.
Repeals law that prohibits certain establishments from providing or selling various single-use products to customers.
Requires DEP and owners of certain reservoirs to implement certain flood control measures; authorizes Office of Emergency Management to order lowering of reservoirs levels in response to severe weather events.
Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt policies of cooperation with federal immigration officials.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.
Establishes crime of doxxing.
Prohibits imposition of builder's remedy in exclusionary zoning litigation.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
Requires law enforcement officers and recruits to undergo self-defense training; appropriates $250,000 to Police Training Commission.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemption.
Permits any member of PERS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for disability resulting from participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.
"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.
Establishes pilot program in Office of Planning Advocacy to reimburse municipalities for certain expenditures concerning warehouse development; appropriates $1 million.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Excludes under gross income tax certain contributions to qualified pension plans, deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings.
Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.
"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.
Concerns applicability of sales tax to certain horse-boarding charges in New Jersey.
Allows exclusion of certain small business income from taxation under gross income tax and corporation business tax.
Permits designation of special event zones for traffic regulation purposes during certain large events.
Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.
Prohibits aquaculture of any species of octopus for purpose of human consumption.
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
"Small Modular Nuclear Energy Incentive Act."
Prohibits health insurance carriers from placing time limit on coverage of anesthesia services before, during, or after medical or surgical procedures.
Requires DEP and New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to provide priority for principal forgiveness on environmental infrastructure project loans to municipalities in coastal areas.
Expands available protections against fraudulent recording of quitclaim deed.
Prohibits health care professionals from providing gender-affirming health care services to persons under 21 years of age.
Requires governing board of public school to verify employment eligibility of teaching staff members and school employees.
Sets flat gross income tax rate at 5.9 percent tax for all taxable income over $37,500 or $75,000, depending on filing status; exempts taxpayers with less income from gross income tax.
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC.
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Establishes eligibility requirements for State small business set-aside program.
Prohibits forcibly feeding certain poultry for production of foie gras.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Requires assisted living residences and certain facilities under DCA, DCF, and DHS to be equipped with standby emergency power generators.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Increases, from 18 percent to 30 percent, amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments.
Requires NJT to provide Wi-Fi service on passenger trains.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent.
Designates salt water taffy as New Jersey State Candy.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Prohibits certain electric public utility rate increases and requires certain protections for ratepayers.
Requires DCA to resume Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation program with remaining funds for unmet recovery and rebuilding needs for Superstorm Sandy-impacted homeowners.
Extends eligibility for property tax benefits to veterans, 100 percent service-disabled veterans, and senior citizens and persons with disabilities who pay payments in lieu of property taxes.
Establishes School Funding Commission to study school funding formula and prepare report that will serve as basis of new formula.
Requires State Planning Commission to adopt model ordinance for siting certain warehouses and permits conforming updates to municipal master plans and zoning ordinances and establishes fund in DCA; appropriates $5 million.
Provides that salary and other costs associated with Commissioner of Education's appointment of State monitor and other staff under "School District Fiscal Accountability Act" will be paid by State.
Requires NJEDA to establish loan program to assist beginning farmers in financing capital purchases.
Permits school districts to receive loans from State to support operating budget under certain circumstances.
Establishes "Jersey Vines Program" in Department of Agriculture.
Establishes "Jersey Craft Beverage Retailer Promotion and Grant Program" in EDA.
Modifies cost thresholds for reimbursement of extraordinary special education costs; requires State to bear full cost of nonpublic school transportation for certain school districts.
Requires appointment of State monitor to school districts that receive 70 percent or more of revenue from State aid.
Revises contiguous acre requirement for farmland assessment eligibility under certain circumstances.
Authorizes creation of 25th anniversary of 9/11 license plates.
Requires DEP to develop, and solid waste management districts to use, standardized labels for recycling bins.
Prohibits terminal leave compensation for local government employees.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate and graduate tuition and fees by more than four percent over prior academic year.
Creates temporary grant program for electric vehicle fire suppression technology.
Establishes loan redemption program and gross income tax credit for mental health professionals who serve children and adolescents.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Establishes "Justice for Vulnerable Residents Act"; creates Justice Center for the Protection of Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities.
"Fair Funding for Vulnerable Residents Act"; establishes direct care ratio requirement for certain providers of services to adults or children with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Establishes matching grant program in DCA to support community-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter services during Code Blue alerts.
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder committed in course of commission of certain sex offenses regardless of victim's age.
Lowers age of eligibility for surviving spouse under homestead property tax reimbursement program from 65 to 62 years of age.
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.
Requires State to participate in federal tax credit scholarship program and directs Commissioner of Education to provide required information to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
"Fairness for School Districts in Development Restricted Areas Act"; provides additional State school aid to certain school districts located in municipalities that are part of Highlands or Pinelands preservation areas.
Regulates medication administration in certain residential facilities.
Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct two sentence oral recitation from Declaration of Independence before opening of school each day in grades three through 12; appropriates $10,000.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to provide toll discount to veterans.
"Enhanced Law Enforcement Protections Act;" upgrades penalties and eliminates presumption of pretrial release for assault against law enforcement and first responders during civil disturbance.
Requires superintendent to verify to DOE that school district policy on harassment, intimidation, or bullying includes anonymous reporting procedure.
Permits senior citizens to designate third party to be notified of delinquency in payment of mortgage or property taxes.
Creates mobility assistance vehicle services hotline.
Establishes required class sizes in school districts.
Expands definition of terrorist organization; establishes civil action for damages against person that supports terrorism.
Establishes crime of transnationally organized criminality.
"Emergency Crop Loss Relief Act of 2026"; appropriates $60 million.
"Election Integrity Through Sensible Ballot Counting Act"; requires mail-in ballots to be received by 8 p.m. on day of election to be canvassed.
Provides corporation business and gross income tax credits to certain businesses for qualified purchases from NJ small businesses.
"Main Street Storefront Investment Credit Act"; provides corporation business and gross income tax credits to small businesses for certain property improvements.
Provides gross income tax deduction of up to $10,000 for certain motor fuel expenses.
"Jackson's Law"; requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for leaving scene of accident resulting in death and makes certain juveniles eligible for waiver for this offense.
Provides gross income tax deduction for homeowner's payments of certain homeowners association assessments.
Filed · 1
Removes restrictions on presence of police and law enforcement officers near polling places and ballot drop boxes.