Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, General Assembly.
Yvonne Lopez
Sponsored
Became law2
Establishes "Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act." *
Authorizes HMFA to make certain reimbursements to support pre-purchase homebuyer counseling under Foreclosure Mediation Assistance Program.
Passed the General Assembly3
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; requires new charge for filing of eviction action.
Requires State agencies to make good faith effort to increase awarding of contracts procured without advertisement to minority- and women-owned businesses.
Establishes standards for determining an unconscionable rent increase; excludes from public access landlord tenant records in certain circumstances.
Out of committee4
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.*
Authorizes creation of Borinqueneers license plates.
Establishes "Fortifying Corn Masa Act."
Requires DEP to modify certain timelines and requirements for certain approvals associated with development of affordable housing projects.
In committee84
Establishes Task Force on Child Care Deserts in New Jersey.
Requires DHS to develop incentives to encourage private investment in child care deserts.
Provides refundable gross income tax credits to staff members at childcare centers.
Establishes the "Female Inmates' Rights Protection Act."
Requires health benefits coverage for private duty nursing services.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for certain children, youth, and family services organizations.
Concerns procedures with respect to repair of certain public utility facilities and related street repaving.
Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras and security camera systems to be installed in State correctional facilities.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership of certain boards of directors.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Prohibits court from awarding custody of or limiting visitation with child based on certain factors.
Requires Governor to appoint Chief Accountability Officer to supervise all State ombudsmen, compliance officers, comptrollers, and other officers with substantially similar positions.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care staff and registered family day care providers.
Requires State provider subsidy payments for child care services to be based on enrollment.
Requires DHS to establish quality-based reimbursement system for registered family child care providers participating in Grow NJ Kids.
Establishes criminal penalties for production, sale, and use of false COVID-19 vaccination verification card; requires AG to establish COVID-19 vaccination fraud prevention program.
Requires Corrections Ombudsperson review criminal investigations under certain circumstances.
"Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act."
Requires persons to report incidents of domestic violence to law enforcement and makes it a disorderly persons offense to fail to report.
Permits municipality, fire district or authority to approve transfer of certain firefighters from PERS to PFRS.
Requires reporting agencies to report to Division of Consumer Affairs number of free consumer reports furnished to New Jersey resident consumers annually.
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events.
Provides additional ways for transferring deceased voter's record to Statewide voter registration system's death file; requires Secretary of State match registration system with Social Security Administration deceased persons database.
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Requires each school district to have certified school nurse at each school building in district.
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
Imposes requirements on video visitation service contracts for inmates in certain correctional facilities; requires correctional facilities to allow contact visits.
Prohibits emergency homeless shelters from conditioning provision of shelter on enrollment in certain programs.
Clarifies exceptions regarding certain requirements for person seeking to be made party in certain foreclosure actions.
Requires association of age-restricted common interest community to permit dwelling owner to transfer property without regard to age of buyer.
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Requires each State cabinet level department to establish office dedicated to language and disability access.
Establishes "Guaranteed Rental Payment Pilot Program" for certain low-income tenants; appropriates $10,000,000.
Establishes program in DOH for health care provider evaluation and response for patients who are victims of domestic violence.
Requires AOC to release domestic violence central registry records to certain health care practitioners.
Requires employers to adopt domestic violence policies and protocols established by DOLWD.
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Establishes Office of Resilience in DCF.
The "Family and Private Burial Grounds Preservation Act."
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services by $4.
Establishes fund in DEP for Blue Acres acquisition and relocation projects; appropriates $25 million.
Provides categorical eligibility for subsidized child care services to certain child care workers.
Establishes mortgage payment relief and foreclosure protection for certain homeowners impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
"Better Care Dog Act."
Requires landlord provide various kitchen appliances in certain dwelling units offered for rent.
Requires court to consider results of domestic violence assessment before dissolving certain domestic violence restraining orders.
Revises tax lien foreclosure process to protect equity accrued by property owner in tax lien foreclosure.
Excludes environmentally sensitive and flood-prone land from designation as vacant or available for purposes of affordable housing construction.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Coordination Among Nonprofit Social Service Organizations.
Concerns development of accessory dwelling units and related municipal land use regulations.
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
Exempts personal information from redaction and nondisclosure requirements in certain public filings and records.
Permits companion to receive PFRS accidental death pension when there is no surviving spouse; requires adjustment of final compensation for calculation of accidental death benefit for surviving spouse, companion, and children of PFRS members.
Establishes certain requirements for State and local governments awarding contracts or grants to nonprofit organizations.
Reduces membership of State Real Estate Appraiser Board and prohibits discriminatory practices in property appraisals.
Establishes "Incarcerated Women's Protection Act" and concerns correctional facility board of trustees.
Creates Office of Nonprofit Ombudsperson in Department of Treasury; appropriates $329,000.
Authorizes residential tenant action for alleged unconscionable rent increase; appropriates $2 million.
Concerns safety measures at apartment complex swimming pools.
Clarifies that bribery statute applies to unlawful gratuities received either before or after official acts.
Requires DHS and DCF to employ Director of Medical Services; appropriates $480,000.
Mandates Division of Developmental Disabilities service providers to complete workforce survey.
Modifies capital reserve funding requirements for planned real estate developments in certain circumstances.
Increases FY 2025 Grants-in-Aid appropriation to DCA for "NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program" by $5 million.
Promotes housing availability and prevents speculation by imposing fee for institutional ownership of certain unproductive residential property.
Requires standards for maximum development costs per unit for project supported by affordable housing trust fund.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to exempt certain disabled veterans from E-ZPass tolls.
Requires DOC to report incidents of suicide and self-harm among inmates housed in prison Restorative Housing Units.
Requires DOC to establish standards of habitability for prison housing units.
Establishes "Equitable Drug Pricing and Patient Access Act."
Establishes "Business Growth Protection Act"; revises law concerning temporary help service firms and temporary laborers.
Adds training concerning coercive control to domestic violence training for judges and law enforcement officers.
Requires senior housing applications be made available by mail and email.
Clarifies requirements for land use plan element and housing plan element of municipal master plan.
Concerns Statewide Longitudinal Data System for Education and Workforce Development.
Amends "Daniel's Law" to provide exemptions for land surveyors for certain property record redaction requirements.
Establishes mitigating factor for sentencing of defendants who are victims of domestic violence and provides for resentencing and trauma-informed reentry support services.
Establishes new mitigating factor, reduced sentencing, and resentencing for certain defendants who are victims of abuse.
Provides expungement process for certain defendants who are victims of abuse if conviction is substantially related to abuse.
Revises certain membership requirements of Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage.
Requires children's meals and beverages served in certain settings to meet nutritional standards.
Modifies requirements for licensure in marriage and family therapy.
Filed1
Concerns Work First New Jersey family violence option.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Authorizes creation of Borinqueneers license plates.
Establishes "Fortifying Corn Masa Act."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey." **
Passed the General Assembly · 15
Requires AG to review Statewide policy regarding investigation of human trafficking.
Requires certain providers to perform intimate partner violence screenings and all health care professionals to take certain actions to prevent perpetrators of intimate partner violence from obtaining copies of victim's medical record.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.
Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages.
The "New Jersey Online Foreclosure Sale Act;" permits online foreclosure sales for real property.
Establishes "pollinator-friendly" label for plants.
Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.
Prohibits use of biometric surveillance system by business entity under certain circumstances.
Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers.
Permits certain for-profit movie theaters to sell alcoholic beverages under specified conditions.*
Establishes that Superintendent of State Police holds rank of Colonel of State Police; permits appointment of retirant without reenrollment in SPRS.
Concerns school district finances regarding unanticipated cost increases and unused leave liabilities.*
Establishes additional procedures for financial oversight and reporting to ensure fiscal stability of school districts.
Expands duties of executive county business official; establishes processes for fiscal review of school districts by executive county superintendent and Commissioner of Education.
"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.
Out of committee · 17
Provides for expansion of county transportation services to include disabled veterans; provides funding source for expansion.
Provides certain deceptive practices in advertising of pregnancy-related services or health care services violate consumer fraud act.*
"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."*
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.*
Amends Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations act to reassign appropriation for City of Camden for Capital Projects to Parkside Business & Community in Partnership.
Establishes Deepfake Technology Unit in DLPS. *
Permits certain consumers up to five business days to cancel home improvement contracts and up to three days to cancel certain consumer goods contracts.
Requires State to issue biennial report of unutilized State-owned property and potential for use as affordable housing.*
"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.**
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.
Prohibits class action waivers in residential rental agreements for claims arising from violations of rent control laws.
Requires limited liability company to disclose ownership information when submitting deed for recording.
Concerns accessibility in certain multistory buildings; provides for penalties.
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.*
Clarifies sentencing under certain circumstances.
Modifies procedures for parole release, early discharge from parole, and penalties for certain parole violations.
In committee · 126
Requires school districts to institute policies to improve emergency communications to increase school security.
Requires Department of Education to annually report use of federal COVID-19 relief funds.
Replaces certain fixed interest rate award in eminent domain cases with interest rate based on just compensation awards.
Requires cancellation option for any subscription service and establishes certain standards pertaining to use of negative option features.
Requires defibrillators in certain multiple dwellings; establishes Affordable Housing Defibrillator Fund.
Prohibits sale of certain lithium-ion devices; establishes restrictions on sale, lease, or rental of certain bicycles and scooters; creates fire risk awareness campaigns.
Upgrades certain penalties for criminal street gang recruitment and criminality; imposes mandatory minimum sentence for certain offenses; establishes accomplice liability and imposes restrictions for certain recruiters.
Requires public community water systems to provide customers with certain information regarding lead in drinking water.
Codifies protections in Law Against Discrimination for persons suffering discrimination on grounds of disparate impact.
Requires landlords of certain properties providing child care services who refuse lead service line replacements to install and maintain water filters.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of date on which primary elections will be held if date coincides with period of religious observance.
Permits union officials who represent probation officers to participate in all union activities.
"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.
Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
Requires State Police to establish recovery leave policy for troopers presenting proof of pregnancy.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.
Requires adoption of policy addressing job-related issues of pregnant firefighters.
Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.
Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.
Modifies languages that examinations are to be conducted in for applicants seeking professional license issued by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Concerns use of force by law enforcement officers under certain circumstances and requires certain reporting of use of force incidents.
Facilitates construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing built in part through sweat equity by eventual occupant.
Directs DEP to establish leasing program for State-owned land to be used and managed as pollinator habitat.
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.
Requires social media companies to establish toll-free telephone number for NJ account holders to report fraudulent account actions.
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Concerns housing discrimination based on source of lawful income.
Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Dedicates 50 percent of revenues collected from additional fees and taxes imposed on real property transfers valued over $1 million to Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing.
Requires notice to be provided by municipal court to applicant for public defender of fee and process to waive fee for inability to pay.
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources (WATER) Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million.
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
Requires official inspection facility employees covered by collective bargaining agreement to be offered employment following contract renewal or award of new contract; requires collective bargaining agreement to be binding in certain cases.
Makes various changes to SHBP plan offerings and governance.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Prohibits retaliation against inmates in State correctional facilities who report sexual abuse; criminalizes retaliation and failure to report abuse.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.
Requires electronic voting system vendors disclose financial ties prior to electronic voting system approval by Secretary of State.
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Requires State Treasurer to collect and study certain demographic information on corporate boards and in senior management.
Eliminates fee for filing certified copy of name change order.
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize issuance of new endorsements in certain fields.
Establishes criminal penalties for certain violations of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act."
Limits amount of residential rental property application fee; establishes penalty.
Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach regarding VCCO.
Establishes State board to oversee implementation and evaluation of State pilot programs.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to Department of Law and Public Safety for public awareness campaign of victims' rights and VCCO assistance.
Expands duties of Commission on Human Trafficking to prevent human trafficking in women and children of color.
Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.
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.
Establishes eligibility requirements for State small business set-aside program.
Requires Office of Homelessness Prevention to contract with county agencies or nonprofits to issue certain identification and birth certificates to individuals experiencing homelessness; appropriates $2 million.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Requires MVC to operate call center to assist with online transactions.
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Requires development of online tax training for small and micro-businesses.
"Cancer Patient Care and Compassion Act."
Establishes "Teacher Certification Reform Act of 2025."
Vacant Storefront Registry Program; establishes public database of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
Provides free telecommunication services for incarcerated persons at State, county, and private adult and juvenile correctional facilities.
Establishes standards for court-ordered counseling for domestic violence offenders.
Requires State colleges to close on Election Day.
Requires State domestic violence public awareness campaign to add information on coercive control; requires annual reporting on activities of campaign and expands range of languages.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Creates "Pollinator Pathway" designation for municipalities.
Directs DEP to establish pollinator habitat program for closed landfills.
Establishes "Responsible School Violence Prevention, Preparation, and Protection Pilot Program" in certain counties and cities of first class; makes an appropriation.
Prohibits public officials from accepting virtual currency and non-fungible tokens as gifts.
Establishes advertisement grant program for emerging businesses in science and technology.
Establishes Office of Financial Assistance in EDA to help eligible entities access opportunities for public financial assistance; requires office to develop common application platform.
Requires EDA to create needs-matching website for eligible entities.
Requires calculation of national average time needed to approve applications for initial credential in profession or occupation and use of average time as standard in New Jersey.
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship Program.
Requires environmental sustainability plan for State House Complex.
Establishes "Menstrual Hygiene Products Program," appropriates $200,000.
Requires public water systems and landlords to provide certain notice of elevated perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances levels in drinking water; requires DEP to establish educational program.
Increases maximum age for pediatric long-term care facility residents to 26.
Directs EDA to establish New Jersey Energy Independence Bank.
Requires certain consumer disclosures relating to rabies testing and establishes optional training for veterinarians.
Requires MVC to establish system for salvage processors to electronically process salvage certificates of title.
Permits court to order counseling for children in households with domestic violence in appropriate cases; establishes presumption of award of custody to domestic violence victim in appropriate cases.
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location and to make available certain informational brochures.
Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.
Requires BPU members to have certain experience and complete certain training.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Eliminates one percent tax on purchasers of Class 4A commercial property transferred for consideration in excess of $1 million.
Concerns development of accessory dwelling units and related municipal land use regulations.
Prohibits and imposes criminal penalty on disclosure of certain intentionally deceptive audio or visual media within 90 days of election.
Exempts certain motor vehicles that are owned by certain nutrition programs and certain nonprofit organizations that offer social services from motor vehicle registration fees.
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for homeless persons.
"New Jersey Disability Savings Act."
Requires State entities to recycle certain materials and provide recycling bins in State buildings.
Permits marriage or civil union license to be issued and solemnized via audio-visual technology.
Requires public schools, and nonpublic schools which receive federal funding, to provide students with information on rights afforded under Title IX, and provide contact information for Title IX coordinator.
Requires construction project applicants to disclose project financing.
Prohibits collection of biometric identifier information by public or private entity under certain circumstances.
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.
Requires SNAP retailers to take measures to help prevent card skimming.
Imposes 50 percent tax on gross receipts from operation of private carceral facilities in State; establishes "Immigrant Protection Fund."
Authorizes State, county, and municipal law enforcement officers to access certain crime scenes and evidence.
Prohibits certain employment of certain US Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees in certain State and local positions.
Establishes New Jersey Dominican-American Commission.
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Establishes Whole-Home Repairs Program in HMFA; appropriates $25 million.
Removes exclusion of certain institutions of higher education under "Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Concerns lung cancer screening awareness and access.
Prohibits fur farming.
Requires municipality with over 4,000 residents to provide public with list of certain community service organizations.
Establishes certain protections for drivers and holders of non-driver identification cards diagnosed with certain disabilities.
"Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act."
Concerns listing name of minor child on residential lease agreements and related court documents.
Filed · 1
Makes certain debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.