Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, Senate.
Shirley K. Turner
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires institutions of higher education to collect and report employment data for certain graduates.
Provides televisions in State buildings shall display closed captioning for programming.
Passed the Senate4
Establishes guidelines for creditworthiness determinations concerning affordable housing programs.
Prohibits public utilities from assessing surcharges and certain fees.
Revises high school student financial aid application requirements.
Appropriates $3,479,032 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Out of committee16
Broadens definition of "harassment, intimidation, or bullying" in Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey." **
Requires MVC to establish certain surcharge promotional incentives every three years.
Implements Blue Band Program to address preeclampsia in New Jersey.
Prohibits businesses from charging convenience fees on cash transactions.
Classifies 7 Hydroxymitragynine as Schedule I drug.
Establishes notice requirements for certain water utilities.
Requires DEP to provide time period during which mobile sport fishing permits may be purchased only by NJ residents.
Authorizes creation of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. license plates.
Requires maintenance of roadways surrounding State capitol complex.
Establishes permanent daylight saving time in NJ.
Requires driver's manual to include information on driver's rights and responsibilities during police stop.
"Homeowners' Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; allows homeowners to claim credit against gross income tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Establishes "Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act."
Requires DEP to establish maximum contaminant level for certain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water and establish private well testing program.
In committee189
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
Imposes requirements on video visitation service contracts for inmates in certain correctional facilities; requires correctional facilities to allow contact visits.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Establishes crime of law enforcement officer choking another person; designated as George Floyd's Law.
Eliminates driver's license suspension for failure to pay parking tickets; requires registration suspension for more than five parking tickets.
Permits use of instant run-off voting in balloting for certain local elective public offices.
Requires new employers to reimburse certain former employers for law enforcement training costs.
Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras under certain circumstances.
Concerns body worn cameras for law enforcement officers.
Establishes standards for expiration of rental housing affordability controls.
Concerns automobile insurance practices.
Enhances penalties upon corporate violators of housing codes.
Enhances penalties upon certain violators of housing codes.
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act"; appropriates $5 million.
Requires State Investment Council to publish reports comparing returns earned by external and internal managers and requiring Council to make recommendations regarding investments.
Increases from six to 10 the number of motor vehicle penalty points necessary to incur surcharges.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing qualified ex-offenders.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement officers with cultural diversity training and develop diversity action plan.
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
Decreases the penalty for certain parole violations.
Revises and codifies schedule for childhood lead screenings; requires lead screenings as precondition of child's initial entry into school system.
Requires spousal consent to election of certain pension payout options under TPAF, JRS, and PERS.
Establishes Extended School Day and School Year Study Commission.
Permits voter registration at polling place on election day.
Permits voter registration up to 14 days before election.
Revises gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses by expanding income eligibility and increasing credit.
Eliminates use of standardized assessments as measure of student growth or progress in evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals.
Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.
Requires that workers' compensation judges and administrative law judges be included in database of appointed officials.
Establishes grant program for alternate route police officer training.
Increases benefit amount under New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit program from 40 percent to 60 percent of federal benefit amount.
Establishes three-year pilot program in DOE to support school district programs to increase length of school day or school year.
Requires Department of Agriculture to establish Farm Vitality Planning Reimbursement Grant Program.
Establishes increased penalties for smoking cannabis or marijuana on public beaches.
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Provides child tax credit for taxpayers with children ages six to 11 and increases amount of credit for taxpayers with children under 12 over period of two years.
Establishes MOM Project oral health three-year pilot program in DOH; appropriates $4,150,000.
Concerns annual reporting requirements of SHBP and SEHBP commissions.
Expands Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Programs to include assistance for water utility bill.
Requires advance notice of water supply discontinuations for non-payment of local government water bills; requires offer of payment plan in certain circumstances.
Mandates that certain personnel critical to certain State finance and revenue generating activities are essential employees during state of emergency or government shutdown.
Requires access to law enforcement disciplinary records as government records; requires such records to be retained for certain period of time.
Requires State Investment Council report certain information quarterly; requires council's regulations addressing political contributions apply to federal or national committees and non-State political committees.
Excludes certain unemployment compensation recipients from paying civil service open competitive examination application and appeal fees.
Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in hedge funds and derivative contracts.
Prohibits State from investing pension and annuity funds in manufacturers or wholesale distributors of tobacco products.
Concerns criminal investigations of law enforcement officers.
Prohibits State administered pension fund investment in corporations shifting ownership or operations outside U.S. for tax purposes.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Establishes pre-loan counseling requirements and borrower rights of recission for reverse mortgage loans.
Sets State's mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Requires bidder on State contract to be evaluated on report of its gender-based pay equity and job equality standards for its employees.
Provides awarding of contracts for professional services by State, county, municipal, and school district through competitive contracting process.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish three-year pilot program to increase reading levels of certain students; appropriates $1 million.
Concerns certain contracts to privatize State services.
Provides that private passenger automobile insurance rating territories shall not place exposure in territory based on ZIP code under certain circumstances.
Requires State agencies to submit notice of request for proposals or other documents pertinent to privatization contracts to certain State employees.
Prohibits award of State contracts and development subsidies to inverted domestic corporations.
Debars permanently from government contracting any person convicted of certain crimes involving government contracts.
Requires cost analysis in certain cases when State department contracts out work.
Establishes certain medical billing requirements concerning specific nature of charges or expenses for health care services.
Increases amounts of property tax deductions for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, and veterans, from $250 to $500.
Requires cultural diversity and implicit bias training be included in police basic training curriculum.
Expands implied consent law to include blood testing; establishes per se standard for driving under influence of marijuana and certain controlled dangerous substances.
Lowers age requirement of compulsory school attendance from six to five years old.
Requires public question to allow fire district to raise amounts that exceed permissible property tax levy increase to be submitted at general election.
Provides comparable salary increases and performance advancement adjustments for certain State employees assigned to titles with no range or rate.
Requires Medicaid coverage for self-administered hormonal contraceptives dispensed by pharmacist under standing order.
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.
Amends "three strikes law" to apply only to persons over 18 years of age.
Prohibits institution of higher education from giving preferential consideration for admission to legacy student.
Requires Chief Diversity Officer in Department of Treasury and other State officers to conduct certain outreach events, training workshops, and educational programs for minority and women-owned businesses.
Grants court discretion to adjust, reduce, or waive certain mandatory legal financial obligations based on ability of defendant to pay.
Reduces copayments and coinsurance for asthma inhalers covered by certain health benefits plans.
Requires air conditioning in certain residential rental units.
Establishes permanent standard time in NJ.
Requires certain school districts and DOE to address chronic absenteeism.
Revises SNAP application process to include certain notices, and certification and recertification requirements.
Requires State Treasurer, in consultation with State Comptroller, to promulgate rules and regulations concerning best practices for awarding independent State authority contracts.
Establishes 60-day special enrollment period to initiate when provider in carrier's network of providers is leaving carrier's network.
Prohibits use of coupons, price rebates, and price reductions in sales of cannabis items.
Permits up to 10 children to be cared for by a registered family day care provider.
Changes certain allocations and amounts of constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for Fiscal Year 2026 and thereafter; authorizes Garden State Preservation Trust and local governments to acquire lands in urban areas for agricultural or horticultural purposes.
Establishes "Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund" and tax on opioid drugs.
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues dedicated to anti-smoking initiatives from one to three percent.
Revises "New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act" to prohibit smoking at certain outdoor public places.
Requires schools and child care centers to test drinking water for lead every two years and install filters certified to reduce lead levels.
Prohibits sale and distribution of food and beverages containing non-nutritive sweeteners in public and nonpublic schools.
Regulates institutional investor activities related to ownership of single-family homes, including purchase and lease; supports certain homebuyer assistance programs.
Authorizes municipal assessment of development impact fees following State guidelines and makes an appropriation.
Enhances transparency in exercise of municipal redevelopment powers.
Requires certain electric public utilities to file emergency response plan with BPU.
Requires Pretrial Services to recommend pretrial detention of defendants charged with certain firearms offenses.
Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from second to first degree.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.
Requires Type I school districts and charter schools to establish citizen budget oversight committee to monitor district's or charter school's financial position.
Clarifies that teachers and professional support staff employed in charter schools and other public schools must meet the same certification requirements.
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 voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to the establishment of charter school.
Makes various changes in the charter school program in regard to student enrollment procedures, charter revocation, and monitoring of charter schools.
Requires State Board of Education to reduce clinical practice requirements for certain teacher candidates.
Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
Prohibits public institution of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition for four continuous academic years following student's initial enrollment.
Authorizes establishment of charter school payment reserve account in school districts.
Requires textbook publishers to provide public institutions of higher education with information on price and availability of textbooks.
Exempts sales of condoms from sales and use tax.
Enhances transparency and accountability of online tax sales.
Amends eligibility for expungement of criminal records.
Provides certain deceptive practices in advertising of pregnancy-related services violate consumer fraud act.
Requires Medicaid cover emergency contraception without requiring prescription or other authorization.
Requires DHS to implement payment strategy to encourage the use of long acting reversible contraceptives.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Requires planning board reexamination report to set forth recommendations for the siting of warehouses consistent with State Plan and with warehouse siting guidance policy adopted by State Planning Commission.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply and develop policy governing use of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies.
Requires notification to patients when State-licensed physician has credential revoked or suspended and provides access to contact information with State.
Subjects most State property to local property taxation beginning on July 1, 2026.
Requires notice to be provided by municipal court to applicant for public defender of fee and process to waive fee for inability to pay.
Eliminates property tax exempt status of certain school faculty housing.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
Concerns local taxation of business personal property of local exchange telephone companies.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for persons 18 or younger with diagnosed complex medical needs.
Requires boil water notices to be provided by certain public water systems via telephone, email or text message.
Requires certain public contracts for insurance coverage and consulting services to be awarded through competitive contracting process.
Requires contracts for professional services be awarded by certain bi-state authorities pursuant to competitive contracting process.
Upgrades crime of stalking when victim is less than 18 years old.
Clarifies intent of Legislature that the attempt or conspiracy to commit certain offenses may constitute acts of domestic violence.
Provides that Probation Division would file child support judgment as a lien only when amount of judgment equals or exceeds amount of child support due for a one-month period.
Authorizes the court to issue restraining orders to defendants charged with a crime as a condition of release on bail.
Permits persons participating in Drug Court and other programs to earn credit against amount owed on certain court-imposed financial obligations.
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Establishes greater discretion in court concerning child support related license suspension and credit reporting.
Increases statutory mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court Justices, Superior Court Judges, Tax Court Judges, Administrative Law Judges, and Workers' Compensation Judges from 70 to 75.
Clarifies that school bus for purpose of upgraded penalties in "school zone" criminal drug laws includes any bus owned and operated by board of education or by private contractor.
Upgrades crime of invasion of privacy under certain circumstances; eliminates presumption of nonimprisonment.
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Establishes "Task Force for Community Based Juvenile Rehabilitation."
Establishes "gun-free" and "weapon free" zones around certain school and public properties.
The "Owners' Rights and Obligations in Shared Ownership Communities Act."
Establishes gross income tax credit for full-time tuition cost at certain New Jersey institutions of post-secondary education.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to establish "Urban Gardening Pilot Program"; appropriates $100,000.
Requires same limitation on public employee contributions to medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts as provided by federal law.
Establishes loan program in DCRP.
Expands Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Revises mileage limit for mandatory school transportation for students in preschool through grade four.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to develop pathway to nursing scholarship for health care workers who want to become nurses; appropriates $1 million.
Requires nonpublic secondary schools and independent institutions of higher education to make payment to school districts for educational costs of students residing in tax-exempt housing upon adoption of resolution by municipal governing body.
Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions of higher education; redirects State tuition aid grant funding for students enrolled in proprietary institutions to summer tuition aid grant program.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to revoke proprietary school's license to award academic degrees if school fails to achieve certain minimum graduation rates.
Requires proprietary degree-granting institutions to disclose status as for-profit business; requires institution of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institution to disclose accreditation status.
Applies provisions of "New Jersey College Student and Parent Consumer Information Act" to proprietary schools and limits eligibility for State student assistance programs to students enrolled in certain proprietary schools.
Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide assistive technology to elementary and middle school students with dyslexia and related conditions.
Extends eligibility for certain SDA grant funding to Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Concerns private entities that own, operate or manage correctional facilities or jails.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Establishes New Jersey Veterans' Organization Building Grant Program.
Increases minimum income thresholds requiring filing and paying of gross income tax.
Establishes a Gun Court Pilot Program in Mercer County.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Establishes Teaching Scholars Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Prohibits institution of higher education from entering into sports wagering partnership.
Prohibits operation of certain prediction markets in this State; authorizes athletic event markets operating in compliance with sports wagering regulations; establishes public awareness campaign.
Requires State agencies to vacate certain property in Trenton; allows EDA to offer incentives to private entities to locate to that property.
Establishes "Revolutionary War Park Study Commission."
Requires MVC to accommodate walk-in services on certain days.
Establishes timeline for DOE to provide State assessment results to public schools and for public schools to provide results to parents.
Increases monetary thresholds for grading of theft offenses.
Establishes EDA grant program to support increased business expenses incurred by certain businesses impacted by emergency bridge projects; appropriates $1 million.
Authorizes school districts to award alternate high school diploma to certain students with disabilities.
Establishes Center for Black Policy, Research, and Development in Department of State; makes appropriation.
Prohibits information from Statewide voter registration system from being published on Internet.
Prohibits conditioning certain heating and cooling assistance on medical note.
Requires televisions in places of public accommodation display closed captioning for programming.
Codifies requirements for cottage food operators and increases scope of permitted sales by cottage food operators.
Requires video surveillance cameras in certain special education classrooms for promotion of student safety.
Establishes farm pesticide, herbicide, and fertilizer collection and disposal program.
Requires NJT and BPU to establish railroad right-of-way solar energy pilot program.
Requires transparency, standards, and discontinuance of certain Statewide assessments; eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop and implement Statewide framework for high school graduation.
Requires school districts to provide support services to certain students prior to grade 12; requires reporting on support services provided.
Imposes 10 percent tax on computer processing for certain artificial intelligence systems and dedicates revenue to "AI Workforce Impact Transition Fund."
Concerns speech rights of student journalists at nonpublic schools and independent institutions of higher education; prohibits prior administrative review of school-sponsored media at all schools and institutions of higher education.
Provides law enforcement officer benefits to certain public employees enrolled in PERS; prohibits appointment by State or county of public employees after age 35 in certain positions eligible for PFRS.
Filed7
Requires Office of Special Education in DOE to determine compensatory education services in certain circumstances.
Requires additional monitoring and enforcement of certain orders of compliance and corrective action plans issued during special education disputes.
Requires State Board of Education to promulgate certain regulations concerning special education complaint investigations and corrective action plans.
Requires Commissioner of Education to appoint independent investigators for complaints against DOE regarding special education.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish standards for assessing and awarding academic credit for prior learning.
Requires DOE to publish special education complaint investigation reports and provide links to certain relevant court decisions.
Requires disclosure of all fees and charges for goods and services sold or offered for sale.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law2
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey." **
Authorizes creation of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. license plates.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain apparel and diaper products containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.*
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.*
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU.
Requires Social Media Research Center to research and make recommendations concerning addictive social media behaviors.*
"End Data Center Tax Credits Act"; reduces tax credits available for Next New Jersey Program.*
Appropriates $15,546,575 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses.
Increases amount of child tax credit in taxable years 2026, 2027, and 2028.
Passed the Senate · 15
Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disabled residents moving to lower floors.
Creates "Youth Detention Task Force."
Requires consumer reporting agencies to provide a consumer with a free credit report three times during any 12-month period upon request.
Increases penalties for identity theft when victim is a senior citizen or veteran.
Increases amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments; increases property tax credit option for certain individuals.
Requires nonpublic school to forward student discipline records of students who transfer to public school.
Prohibits cryptocurrency automatic teller machines.
Requires licensed health care professionals providing prenatal and postnatal care to provide education and screenings to certain patients.*
Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute epinephrine to officers; requires training.
Clarifies choice of independent contractor status for certain licensed or regulated professionals.
Requires State to issue biennial report of unutilized State-owned property and potential for use as affordable housing.
Requires school districts to establish procedures for online reporting of harassment, intimidation, and bullying.
Requires county college to notify graduating high school students of acceptance into local county college.
Prohibits agreements intended to conceal certain information concerning development of data centers under MLUL.
Requires electric public utilities to notify customers of Residential Universal Bill Credit.
Out of committee · 73
Establishes certain protections for drivers and holders of non-driver identification cards diagnosed with certain disabilities.*
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-and county-owned lakes and reservoirs.
Establishes fire safety standards and protocols for certain light frame residential construction; requires placards identifying primary structural systems of buildings.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism develop and maintain Internet website on historic sites, districts, and roadside markers.
Establishes County-Based School Security Pilot Program in DOE; appropriates $15 million.
Establishes "The Voter Convenience Act" to allow voters to vote at any polling place in their municipality on election day.
Revises penalty for underage gambling to be civil penalty; provides for all associated fines to be used for gambling addiction treatment.
Requires BPU to establish distributed energy storage incentive program.*
Requires energy usage plan for proposed artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities; requires all electricity for artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities to be derived from new clean energy sources.
Modifies procedures for determination and payment of fair market value in distressed municipalities; concerns real property that is abandoned, vacant, or subject to unpaid taxes.*
Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for large load customers to protect non-large load customers from increased costs.*
Expands responsibilities of Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and establishes Problematic Sexual Behavior Program.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses paying a salary differential to National Guard members or reservists on active duty.
Establishes "Jersey Craft Beverage Retailer Promotion and Grant Program" in EDA.
Establishes matching grant program in DCA to support community-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter services during Code Blue alerts.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Requires installation of fuel gas sensor devices in certain dwelling units.
Permits exception to VCCO compensation reporting requirement for unreported sexual offenses if victim received certain forensic medical services.
Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly.
Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.
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.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.
Requires stress testing on State's ability to provide services in various economic conditions.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Allows gross income tax credits to certain renters whose rent exceeds 35 percent of gross income.
Authorizes establishment of regional economic development partnerships.
Authorizes Division of Gaming Enforcement to participate in national self-exclusion list for gaming activities, and to create necessary forms for participation.
Requires private detectives to register their foreign employers with State Police.
Prohibits sports wagering licensees from offering micro bets; establishes penalties.
Permits certain winery license holders to sell wine produced by other winery licensees under certain circumstances; establishes supplemental wine production facility license.
Requires BPU to study potential deployment of advanced transmission technologies in NJ.
Expands liability of certain individuals associated with limited liability companies and other commercial entities, when acting as residential landlord.
Creates pilot program to provide corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for value of certain fruit and vegetable donations made by commercial farm operators.
"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.*
Creates "Patient and Provider Protection Act."*
Requires Division of Gaming Enforcement to arrange study and implement certain language requirements in gambling advertisements; restricts advertisements and promotions in certain locations.
Requires those on self-exclusion lists to watch educational and counseling videos prior to removal from self-exclusion lists; permits third party requests for individuals to be excluded from gambling under certain circumstances.
Establishes four-year Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant Program.
Requires State to bear partial cost of transportation of certain homeless students to school.
Permits farm brewery licensees to sell products to consumers for consumption on licensed premises.
Requires law enforcement officers to have updated photograph.
Requires children's meals and beverages served in certain settings to meet nutritional standards.*
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Requires certain golf courses to maintain automated external defibrillator.
Makes supplemental General Fund appropriation of $45 million to DHS for opioid related care and treatment at certain hospitals.
Establishes "New Jersey Earn and Learn Program;" provides tax credits for employers providing structured apprenticeships and paid internships.
Requires food service businesses to provide written notice of major food allergens in each menu item.
Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract.
Establishes Social Media Research Center at four-year public institution of higher education.
"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.*
Requires sports wagering licensees to adopt and publish rules governing wagering account limitations and to notify patrons when accounts are limited.
Requires high school students to receive financial literacy instruction.
Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.
"New Jersey Works Act"; permits businesses to apply for tax credits for establishing approved pre-employment and work readiness training programs in partnership with schools, nonprofit organizations, or educational institutions.
Establishes advertising set-asides for eligible local news organizations.*
Creates Task Force on Higher Education Governance and Funding; appropriates $200,000.
Authorizes DOH to establish partnerships in international public health.
Increases cap on personal care assistant services from 40 hours to 91 hours per week for Medicaid beneficiary determined clinically eligible for nursing facility level of care.
Permits Division of Taxation to share certain tax data with New Jersey Innovation Authority.*
Exempts school refunding bond issuances from prior Local Finance Board approval under certain circumstances.*
Prohibits wearable technology companies from selling users' health information without consent.
Regulates use of artificial intelligence-based systems for electronic monitoring regarding employment and public services.
Establishes program in EDA to encourage employee ownership awareness and provide funding and advisory support.
Authorizes HMFA to make certain reimbursements to support pre-purchase homebuyer counseling under Foreclosure Mediation Assistance Program.
Requires jury, rather than court, to determine whether certain defendants are persistent offenders.
"Everyone Counts in New Jersey Act"; establishes "New Jersey Census Complete Count Commission," "New Jersey Office of Census," and "New Jersey Census Complete Count Trust Fund." *
Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports.
"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.
Permits Director of Division of Pensions and Benefits to initiate temporary transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
Reduces business formation fees.
Establishes NJ Native Seed Commission to develop plan to increase production and use of native seeds in State.
Amends Fiscal Year 2027 annual appropriations act to require portion of funding for Working Class Families State Supplement to be used for outreach purposes.
Amends FY2027 Appropriations Act to revise language concerning Family and Internal Medicine Residency Expansion Program.
In committee · 160
Increases penalties for unlawfully manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing fentanyl.
Concerns installation, modification, and sale of certain mufflers and exhaust systems; requires inspection of mufflers and exhaust systems.
Requires publication online of Senate Journals, Assembly Minutes, and their indexes.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Requires creation of license plates that allow disabled veterans to park in parking spots reserved for persons with disabilities.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
Requires chief law enforcement officer of municipal police departments to hold two community roundtables on police relations each year.
Permits certain local units and authorities to reduce water, sewer, and stormwater fees and other charges for low-income persons.
Concerns carbon monoxide detectors in multiple dwellings and certain hotels.
Requires mail-in ballot applications to include prepaid postage.
Requires Administrative Law Judges to be enrolled in Workers Compensation Judges Part of PERS.
Provides free telecommunication services for incarcerated persons at State, county, and private adult and juvenile correctional facilities.
Makes certain amendments to expungement statutes to reduce filing burdens and expand eligibility.
Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.
Expands school breakfast program to all schools with five percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Prohibits electioneering within 25 feet of person waiting in line at polling place or ballot drop box; makes electioneering a disorderly persons offense.
Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to require criminal history records check for person to serve as official at athletic events sanctioned by association.
Makes compulsive gambling prevention, education, and treatment program optional penalty for casino gambling by person under legal age of 21; makes fine optional.
Requires mail-in ballot applications be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections.
Permits certain breweries, wineries, cideries, meaderies, and distilleries to sell each other's products on licensed premises.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on risks of compulsive gambling as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Establishes standards for food date labeling; requires Commissioner of Health to establish public education program and promulgate guidelines related to food safety.
"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.
Requires BPU to determine and consider lowest reasonable return on equity before approving electric, gas, and water public utility base rate cases.
Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities; transfers certain resources and employees from DOH to Department of Agriculture.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement for in-person partial care and intensive outpatient behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services, and associated transportation services, for adults.
Establishes one-year pilot program for certain persons with disabilities; appropriates up to $85,000.
Establishes Capital City Commission to study and make recommendations concerning promotion and improvement of City of Trenton.
Expands epinephrine administration mechanisms permitted in schools, institutions of higher education, and youth camps.
"NJ Healthy Schools Act"; prohibits sale and distribution of ultraprocessed foods in schools participating in federally funded or assisted meal programs.
Establishes "Mass Violence Care Fund"; appropriates $10 million.
Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Requires school meal service providers, when procuring local and regional foods for students, to give purchasing preference to foods produced by in-State farmers and other food producers located within 100 miles of destination school.
Establishes fire protection requirements for short-term farm labor housing.
Establishes "Non-College Advancement Act"; makes appropriation.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent.
Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force.
Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.
Requires DOE and DCF to establish online reporting systems for schools and child care centers to report lead testing results.
"Invasive Species Management Act"; prohibits sale, distribution, import, export, and propagation of certain invasive species; establishes NJ invasive Species Council.
Requires DOH to study indoor air quality at public schools, develop list of common indoor air contaminants at public schools, and establish guidance regarding potential mitigation measures.
"Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act"; establishes requirements, prohibitions, and programs for regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Requires public schools to develop policy for administration of nasal seizure rescue medication and use of manual vagas nerve stimulators for students with seizure disorder on emergent basis.
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of machine gun conversion device.
Provides PERS members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Provides that fusion energy and fusion technology companies are eligible to receive benefits under certain economic incentive programs.
Creates New Jersey Innocence Study and Review Commission.
Establishes Farmland Assessment Review Commission to annually review and recommend changes to farmland assessment program, as necessary to ensure fair, equitable, and uniform Statewide application and enforcement of program requirements and allocation of program benefits.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Provides health care benefits to disabled members of TPAF and PERS.
Concerns psychological testing of police officers.
Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
Requires same limitation on public employee contributions to flexible spending accounts as provided by federal law adjusted for inflation.
Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.
Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.
Establishes ranked-choice voting procedure for elections for Governor, State Senate, State General Assembly, United States Senate and House of Representatives, and presidential primaries and general elections for electors for United States President and Vice-President.
Allows ranked-choice voting options for municipal and school board elections under certain circumstances.
Establishes limits on transcript release restrictions at institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions.
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits to businesses employing and retaining certain neurodiverse individuals.
Repeals law that requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.
Removes municipal authority to charge application fee for representation by municipal public defender.
Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.
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.
Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
Requires Medicaid coverage for community violence prevention services; establishes training and certification program for violence prevention professionals.
Consolidates certain affordable housing and assistance applications.
"Moose's Law"; prohibits persons convicted of animal cruelty offenses from owning animals and from working or volunteering at animal-related enterprises; establishes presumption against pretrial intervention for certain persons.
Makes $3 million supplemental appropriation for bonus awards for certain COVID-19 emergency essential frontline State workers of Local 195 International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
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.
Upgrades offense of prostitution as patron; directs fines collected to "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund."
Requires age verification to prohibit minors from accessing sexually explicit material online.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
Directs DCA to establish online database of affordable housing settlement agreements and other declaratory judgment actions.
Establishes "County Tourism Incentive Grant Fund" within Department of Treasury to provide funding for grants to counties to support tourism advertising and promotion.
Requires pay for extracurricular activities to be included in compensation for TPAF purposes.
Establishes Deep Fake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.
Prohibits payment of subminimum wage due to age, disability, injury, or status as apprentice, learner, or student through special license issued by DOLWD.
Establishes "New Economy Opportunity Skills System Pilot Program" to strengthen alignment and collaboration between local workforce development boards, community colleges, and county vocational school districts; makes appropriation.
Permits certain wineries to sell their products by the glass for consumption in licensed salesrooms.
Requires DOE to maintain list of textbook vendors that use inclusive material and school districts to use textbooks from those vendors.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $20 million for loan redemption program and tuition reimbursement program for certain teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
Requires DOH to encourage health care facilities and licensed health care professionals to develop a "Reach Out and Read Program."
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Provides temporary corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Requires each public institution of higher education to develop food waste reduction program on campus.
Requires use of uniform silver flags to mark certain pesticide applications.
Provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for four years; requires training prior to issuance of firearms cards and handgun purchase permits; revises procedures for passing of firearms to heir or legatee.
Excludes environmentally sensitive and flood-prone land from designation as vacant or available for purposes of affordable housing construction.
Establishes annual fee for sports wagering licensees; directs funds from such fees to Council on Compulsive Gambling and gambling addiction treatment programs.
Requires sports wagering advertisements and applications to include warning of risks of gambling.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning risks of gambling and resources available to compulsive gamblers; appropriates $200,000.
Designates May of each year as "Water Safety Month" in NJ; encourages DOE to provide resources on water safety.
Directs DEP to establish scrap tire hauler license and scrap tire storage, collection, and disposal site permit.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD, total brain injury, or traumatic brain injury.
"Safer Students Act"; requires school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, contracted service providers, and institutions of higher education to review employment history of prospective employee for allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.
Increases penalties for denying access to public facilities, NJT, and transportation network companies to service dogs and their handlers.
"Home Business Jobs Creation Act"; classifies certain home businesses as permitted accessory uses.
Provides that potable water well construction projects on preserved farms are eligible to receive soil and water conservation grants from SADC.
Legalizes growing or possessing up to six marijuana plants for personal recreational use, and up to 10 plants for personal medical use, by persons aged 21 or older.
Requires certain providers to perform intimate partner violence screenings and all health care professionals to take certain actions to prevent perpetrator of intimate partner violence from obtaining copies of victim's medical record.
Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV prophylaxis without individual prescription under certain circumstances; mandates prescription benefits coverage.
Requires voting machines to be recertified annually and after software modifications.
"Stephanie's Law"; Requires AOC to establish publicly-accessible domestic violence registry; requires law enforcement officer to search State's domestic violence registries when conducting arrest.
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship.
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish matching grant program for certain school districts and schools using federal funds to increase instructional time and accelerate learning.
Revises law requiring school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and contracted service providers to review employment history of prospective employee for allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.
Clarifies consent to being photographed, filmed, or recorded in sexual manner does not include or imply consent to disclosure of image.
Establishes various requirements for charter schools, charter school board of trustees members, and charter management organizations.
Concerns charter school enrollment, student placements, reporting, and athletics.
Increases Work First New Jersey Child Care appropriation by $28 million in FY2026 annual appropriations act to ensure full funding of child care subsidy program.
Provides supplemental transportation aid to certain districts participating in interdistrict public school choice program.
Prohibits school district from denying admittance to student due to tardiness or violation of dress code or school uniform policy.
Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum.
Authorizes creation of local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct; appropriates $600,000.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Requires development of educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools; requires DOE to maintain list of locations providing swim lessons.
Requires key boxes at public school buildings with certain expectations; permits reimbursement of costs related to key box installation.
Requires automatic enrollment into utility bill payment assistance programs for certain individuals and households.
Establishes "School Finance Reform Commission."
Allows voter registration at polling place on election day or at early voting site during early voting period.
Implements child safety provisions in custody disputes.
Establishes requirements for on-demand micro transit programs operating in NJ.
Implements recommendations of New Jersey Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission to remove mandatory minimum sentences for certain non-violent drug crimes.
Establishes Office of Cybersecurity Infrastructure.
Provides allowances for certain redevelopment projects undertaken by institutions of higher education or distressed hospitals under New Jersey Aspire program.
Requires restaurants to provide healthy beverages with meals designated for children.
Prohibits sale of flavored cigarettes, non-premium cigars, and oral nicotine pouches.
Clarifies coverage requirements for health insurers of over-the-counter contraceptive drugs.
Requires use of merchant category codes for purchases of firearms and ammunition.
"Healthy Smiles Act"; increases NJ FamilyCare fee-for-service reimbursement rates for pediatric dental services; requires NJ FamilyCare managed care rates for identical services be no less than fee-for-service rates.
Creates Health Care Cost Containment and Price Transparency Commission, Office of Healthcare Affordability and Transparency, and hospital price transparency regulations.
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
Imposes certain requirements on use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement agencies.
Establishes Co-Curricular Activity Emergency Grant Program to support operations of co-curricular activities at public schools; appropriates $750,000.
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in playoff tournament basketball games.
"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 Office of Community Schools; appropriates $10 million.
Establishes "Justice for Vulnerable Residents Act"; creates Justice Center for the Protection of Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Directs DEP to establish rebate program for purchase of microfiber washing machine filter or replacement filter; appropriates $2.5 million.
Appropriates $3 million annually to Freedom Schools in New Jersey using funds collected under Social Equity Excise Fee.
Requires age verification and parent or guardian consent for minor's use of social media platform; prohibits certain messaging between adults and minors on social media platform.
Prohibits certain substances in sale, distribution, and manufacture of commercial foods within two years; immediately bans certain dyes in school food.
Implements Mom Project oral health program in DOH; appropriates $3,000,000.
Concerns deployment of military or other federal forces at polling places in the State.
Requires annual competitive tax credit auctions; dedicates proceeds to NJ Civic Information Consortium and public broadcasting system; reduces tax credits available for certain film productions; appropriates $15 million.
"Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act."
Makes various changes to SHBP governance and administration.
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"Election Integrity and Voter Protection Act"; restricts presence of active duty military and certain law enforcement near polling places and ballot drop boxes.