Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, General Assembly.
Annette Quijano
Sponsored
Became law1
Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.
Passed the General Assembly2
Prohibits telecommunications, utility or cable television companies from charging certain customers prior to actual billing due date.
Establishes pharmacist licensing exemption for certain dialysis-related drugs and devices.
Out of committee5
Waives certain commercial driver license fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
"Stop Sepsis Act"; requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols, train staff, and establish quality measures.*
Enters New Jersey in Women's Reproductive Health Care Compact.
Requires Chief Diversity Officer in Department of Treasury to develop and implement programs to increase utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State.
Requires business using text-based chat to offer transcription of chat to consumer.
In committee119
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
Establishes New Jersey Healthy Soils Program; establishes grant program for soil testing of urban agriculture sites; establishes Urban Agriculture Site Soil Testing Fund.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.
Requires disclosure of usual and customary price for merchandise offered in certain advertisements.
Prohibits providers of commercial mobile service and developers of mobile application from disclosing customer's global position system data to third parties under certain circumstances.
Creates fourth degree crime of operating drone equipped with weapon.
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Passaic, Union, Essex, Hudson, Gloucester, Atlantic, Camden, and Mercer counties; appropriates $400,000.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Requires boil water notices to be provided by certain public water systems via telephone, email or text message.
Requires State, county, and municipal employees and certain State contractors to complete cybersecurity awareness training.
Provides that State pay high school equivalency exam fees for low-income individuals.
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Prohibits use of education, occupation, and credit score as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Increases accidental death benefit for surviving spouse or surviving children of certain PERS members and retirants; provides accidental death benefit to beneficiary of certain PERS and PFRS members and retirants; redefines child.
Authorizes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in places of religious worship; makes certain clarifications concerning their use in nonpublic schools.
Imposes certain duties on persons or entities engaged in business pertaining to criminal records and imposes penalties for disseminating expunged record; increases maximum fine for current disorderly persons offense.
Requires electronic voting system vendors disclose financial ties prior to electronic voting system approval by Secretary of State.
Establishes "School Opening and School Closing Student Safety Task Force" to review safety of students when schools open and close for school day.
Requires health insurance companies to cover lead screenings for children 16 years of age or younger.
Establishes one New Jersey Suicide Prevention Advisory Council in DOH.
Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids.
Provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for certain employers that invest in human capital.
Requires DOE to develop credential to introduce teachers to culturally responsive teaching practices, characteristics, and methods.
Concerns unlawful discrimination and harassment.
Requires health care professionals to order bi-lateral ultrasounds concurrently when ordering mammograms; requires insurers to cover concurrent mammograms and bi-lateral ultrasounds.
Requires training of planned real estate development association board members.
Requires licensure of community management entity that contracts to conduct management services for planned real estate development association.
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.
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC.
Provides that defendant who participated in diversion program for certain marijuana offenses on prior occasion may again participate under certain circumstances.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to establish "Urban Gardening Pilot Program"; appropriates $100,000.
Allows gross income tax deduction for surviving spouses of certain veterans.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support United Way of New Jersey.
Clarifies excuse from jury service for members of the military or reserve under certain circumstances; repeals N.J.S.38A:4-6.
Requires DLPS to establish and make available to law enforcement agencies training materials concerning interactions with hearing impaired; requires annual training for law enforcement and contracting with qualified interpreters.
Requires teachers to biennially complete two hours of professional development related to cultural competence.
Prohibits cloud computing service providers from disclosing data collected from public, private, or charter schools.
Requires institutions of higher education to test for lead in drinking water annually, report test results, and install lead filters or treatment devices.
Establishes cap on amount that hospital can charge patients for laboratory services to 150% of Medicare.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to conduct study to determine extent and cause of outmigration of high school graduates to out-of-State colleges.
Codifies AG recommendations for issuing Amber Alert when family member abducts child.
Prohibits insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP from charging fee for paper bills and notices.
Increases accidental death benefit for certain members of PERS.
Eliminates fee for filing certified copy of name change order.
Concerns the "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program."
Requires Director of Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to establish grant program to encourage municipalities to develop recreational sports and STEM programs for children; appropriates $10 million.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Revises law concerning family leave to extend protection by reducing, over time, employee threshold from 30 employees to five employees in definition of employer.
Establishes occupational heat stress standard and "Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program" in DOLWD.
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Requires training of cosmetologists-hairstylists, beauticians, barbers, and hair braiders to include working on textured hair.
Expands Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Programs to include assistance for water utility bill.
Permits service credit in Prosecutors Part of PERS for judicial clerk service; increases salary of Presiding Judge of Appellate Division and county prosecutor; permits retired judges to collect pension while serving as county prosecutor.
Establishes "Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program"; appropriates $95,000.
Provides same military service credit for compensation purposes to noncertificated employees of school districts that is provided to certificated employees under current law.
Establishes task force to study and make recommendations concerning health care service needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer or questioning individuals, and persons with intersex conditions in the State.
Creates certain assistance and set-aside programs for businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons, by persons with a disability, and by veterans.
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information concerning court administrators and deputy court administrators.
Revises process for certain medical schools to receive authorization to operate clinical clerkship programs in New Jersey.
Allows written palimony agreements to be entered into without advice of counsel.
Authorizes grocery stores to provide certain single-use paper carryout bags to customers.
The "Farm Labor Equality Act."
Requires employer to disclose information concerning leave eligibility in hiring package.
Requires transparency concerning compensation in employment listings and with promotional opportunities.
Restricts landlord from imposing charge on applicant or tenant for keeping pets in residential rental units.
Extends accidental death benefit for survivors of certain SPRS retirees.
Makes certain procedural and substantive reforms to expungement statutes to reduce filing burdens and expand eligibility.
Establishes immigration unit within Office of Public Defender.
Establishes "Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program" and occupational heat stress standard in DOLWD.
Enhances protections under Law Against Discrimination for immigrants and persons who are not United States citizens.
Restores Department of Public Advocate as principal department in Executive Branch.
Revises certain laws governing police and fire interest arbitration.
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information concerning certain court administrators.
Clarifies court procedure for considering expungement applications when no objections are filed.
"Tariff Transparency Act;" requires disclosure of final retail price attributable to tariffs and other import taxes.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies engaging in government contracts or business operations infringing on data privacy of individuals for purpose of determining immigration status.
Prohibits law enforcement officer from concealing identity during certain public operations.
Revises Fish and Game Council membership.
Prohibits immigration enforcement on certain public lands; appropriates funds.
Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated.
Provides for certain pediatric NJ FamilyCare beneficiaries to maintain private duty nursing hours when transitioning to Managed Long Term Services and Supports; codifies and expands appeals provisions for private duty nursing services.
Regulates pay-off of trade-in vehicles and certain vehicle title releases.
Requires registration and regulation of certain hemp-derived cannabinoids manufactured and sold in this State.
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information concerning court administrators and deputy court administrators.
Provides earned time credits to reduce parole eligibility date for inmates who participate in substance abuse treatment program.
"Free Means Free Act"; prohibits misleading advertising of free products.
Bans distribution or sale of food containing animal cell-based product.
"Santiago/Ramos/Liu Police Protection Act"; requires certain law enforcement vehicles to have tinted windows.
Establishes loan redemption program for certain bilingual education teachers.
Requires campus diversity actions at public institutions of higher education and directs Secretary of Higher Education and Division on Civil Rights to develop guidance regarding diversity in faculty search and selection process.
Concerns discrimination based on membership in a labor organization.
Allows gross income tax deduction for amounts paid for removal of lead, asbestos, sodium, chloride, and other contaminants from taxpayer's property.
Requires certain persons and business entities to maintain comprehensive information security program.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes involving heroin and fentanyl; establishes new crimes concerning heroin mixtures; allows certain defendants to be eligible for drug court.
Concerns implementation of fire sprinkler system requirements in newly constructed townhouses.
Authorizes local governments to impose convenience fees for accepting electronic payments.
Establishes Office of New Americans in Department of Human Services.
Requires inclusion of information about discriminatory housing practices in Truth in Renting Guide.
"Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."
Requires certain public and private entities to publicize receipt of State funds or economic development subsides in certain circumstances.
Requires businesses receiving financial assistance from EDA be prohibited from any gender gap payment practice to their employees.
Implements procedures for automated "Clean Slate" expungements.
Requires DCF to develop child welfare emergency response plan for DCPP caseworkers.
Prohibits sale of minor's personal data; requires controllers and processors to provide mechanism for requesting deletion of certain personal data.
Requires school districts to include instruction on significance of Juneteenth Independence Day as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Authorizes provision of adult day health services on remote basis.
Requires State agencies to redact handwritten signatures prior to publishing documents on agency's Internet website.
Establishes special license plates supporting American Red Cross.
Requires certain State and municipal record-keeping concerning abandoned property in municipalities electing to take certain action concerning abandoned property.
Requires law enforcement officer to report to AG certain unlawful conduct by federal immigration agent or other law enforcement officer.
Establishes School Ventilation and Energy Efficiency Grant Program in DOE; appropriates $500 million.
Bars sexual activity in certain government facilities; establishes civil penalties for violations.
Limits retention period for automated license plate reader data.
Establishes six month moratorium on approvals, construction, expansion, subsidies, and tax incentives for certain artificial intelligence data centers; creates Artificial Intelligence Data Center Impact Commission.
Filed8
Requires developers to reserve at least 20 percent of residential units for occupancy by low- or moderate-income households for certain residential development projects.
Establishes Student Tuition Recovery Fund in Office of the Secretary of Higher Education to compensate students impacted by failing or fraudulent proprietary institutions.
Establishes "Data Center Standards Task Force" in DCA.
Directs Division of Local Planning Services in DCA to develop and publish Data Center Planning and Community Engagement Toolkit.
Codifies requirements for cottage food operators and increases scope of permitted sales by cottage food operators.
Requires institution of higher education to provide victim-centered training to employees who assist student victims of sexual assault.
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs in DPLS establish web portal for consumers to opt out of certain data processing.
Concerns licensure and regulation of last-mile facilities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey." **
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism develop and maintain Internet website on historic sites, districts, and roadside markers.
Establishes "Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act." *
Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.*
Requires Governor's Office of Volunteerism to promote and support volunteerism for compliance with certain eligibility requirements for NJ FamilyCare and SNAP recipients; appropriates $200,000 to DHS, Office of Volunteerism, and DOLWD.*
Codifies AG directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."
Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract.
Establishes "Fair Price Protection Act."*
Modifies certain requirements for transmission-scale energy storage procurement under BPU incentive program.
Revises certain restrictions concerning hemp, intoxicating hemp beverages, and medical cannabis.
Authorizes HMFA to make certain reimbursements to support pre-purchase homebuyer counseling under Foreclosure Mediation Assistance Program.
Passed both houses · 1
Establishes NJ Native Seed Commission to develop plan to increase production and use of native seeds in State.
Passed the General Assembly · 17
Waives certain professional and occupational licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
Direct BPU to establish certain incentive programs for energy storage and management.**
Requires unrestricted Medicaid coverage for ovulation enhancing drugs and medical services related to administering such drugs for certain beneficiaries experiencing infertility.
Creates "Patient and Provider Protection Act."*
Prohibits health insurance carriers from denying coverage of nonopioid prescription drugs in favor of opioid prescription drugs.
Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages.
Requires creation of license plates that allow disabled veterans to park in parking spots reserved for persons with disabilities.
Establishes "pollinator-friendly" label for plants.
Requires restaurant to disclose mandatory gratuity to patrons.
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; requires new charge for filing of eviction action.
Establishes standards for determining an unconscionable rent increase; excludes from public access landlord tenant records in certain circumstances.
Imposes various taxes and fees on correctional service businesses to offset social costs of incarceration.*
Establishes Statewide dashboard to compile data for certain permits.*
Makes it fourth degree crime to engage in certain tracking and location activities.
Establishes that Superintendent of State Police holds rank of Colonel of State Police; permits appointment of retirant without reenrollment in SPRS.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing and treatments to slow progression of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Requires certain new residential construction to have pre-installed sufficient raceways to allow post-construction broadband cable deployment.*
Out of committee · 36
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Requires Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.
Requires law enforcement officer to reveal facial identity during certain public interactions and to present sufficient identification prior to arresting or detaining person.
Directs DOLWD to identify, and post on website, employment opportunities with minimal barriers to entry for persons returning to workforce after imprisonment.
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.
Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.
Establishes protected leave under "Family Leave Act" and family temporary disability leave benefits for bereavement for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances.
The "Certified Medication Aide in Nursing Homes Staffing Support Act;" authorizes certified medication aides to administer medications to nursing home residents.
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.*
Concerns "Sexual Violence Restorative Justice Pilot Program."
Establishes legislative internship program.
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Requires AG to study use of artificial intelligence for certain law enforcement purposes and issue report.
Establishes requirements for on-demand micro transit programs operating in NJ.
"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.**
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Requires emergency medical technicians and firefighters to receive training concerning electric vehicle fires.
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.
Revises Work First New Jersey program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program procedures to require information on security protocols be provided when replacement benefit cards are issued.
Establishes Chief Executive Nurse position in DOH.
Concerns accessibility in certain multistory buildings; provides for penalties.
"Immigrant Tenant Protection Act"; provides certain protections to residential tenants and codifies certain warranty of habitability protections.
Prohibits sharing automated license plate reader information for interstate investigation concerning reproductive health care services that are legal in NJ.
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.
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.
Provides televisions in State buildings shall display closed captioning for programming.
Establishes "New Jersey Holistic Representation Model" in Office of Public Defender.
Establishes "New Jersey Small Business Indoor Air Quality Management Support Program."
Authorizes creation of Borinqueneers license plates.
Establishes "LGBTQIA+ Pride Month" in New Jersey.
"End Data Center Tax Credits Act"; reduces tax credits available for Next New Jersey Program.*
Establishes certain protections against deed theft.
Clarifies sentencing under certain circumstances.
Requires removal of online images of interior of residential property after sale of property upon request of purchaser or seller.*
Requires State superintendent of NJ Office of Weights and Measures to inspect baggage scales at certain airports within State.
In committee · 167
Require use of helmets when operating or riding upon electric bicycle or electric scooter.
Requires institutions of higher education to have automatic external defibrillator on premises and maintain supply of naloxone hydrochloride.
Directs Commission on Human Trafficking to meet and compile report related to prevention of human trafficking during 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Establishes Governor's Survivor Leader Advisory Council in DOH; requires council to create report on human trafficking and 2026 FIFA World Cup; appropriates $1 million.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
Expands crime of bias intimidation; establishes additional penalties for crimes of bias intimidation and harassment; establishes bias intimidation motivation damages.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.
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 marriage or civil union license to be obtained in any municipality in State.
Directs DOE to conduct study concerning student caregivers.
"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.
Imposes time constraints on submission and analysis of rape kits.
Requires campus police officers to wear body worn cameras.
Requires Commissioner of Health to establish maternity care public awareness campaign.
Prohibits motor vehicle liability insurance policy from restricting full payment of recovery amounts under covered person's policy.
Expands definition of personal data to include use of reproductive health care services and prohibits collection of reproductive health care prescription drugs from Prescription Monitoring Program.
Allows teaching experience to be considered for out-of-State individuals seeking licensure from New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Makes $3 million supplemental appropriation for bonus awards for certain COVID-19 emergency essential frontline State workers of Local 195 of International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.
Concerns conditions of employment of certain cannabis workers.
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Creates certain protections for insurers and insurance producers engaging in business of insurance in connection with cannabis-related businesses.
Requires physicians and other prescribers to obtain electronic or written consent for certain medications with "black box warnings."
Requires State Police to establish recovery leave policy for troopers presenting proof of pregnancy.
Requires social media companies to take certain actions concerning accounts maintained by or featuring minors.
Replaces references to "alien" and "illegal alien" in statutes with "foreign national" and "undocumented foreign national," respectively; prohibits use of those terms by executive branch agencies.
Authorizes provision of comprehensive health care coverage to undocumented immigrant aliens.
Prohibits unfair discrimination in issuing or rating life insurance policies based on transgender status or certain gender identity information.
Concerns AG guidelines on bias incident investigation standards.
Modifies languages that examinations are to be conducted in for applicants seeking professional license issued by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Allows follow up calls from operators of NJ Suicide Hopeline to minors at risk of committing suicide.
Allows seasonal retail consumption alcoholic beverage license holder to exchange license for full-year consumption license.
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.
Criminalizes certain actions of individuals who offer rental of residential property that they do not own or legally possess.
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities.
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 Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
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.
Establishes "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
Allows gross income tax deduction for union dues paid to labor organizations.
Changes underage gambling from disorderly persons offense to civil penalty; provides for deposit of all associated fines to local public safety funds.
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.
Prohibits use of paper receipts containing bisphenol-A or bisphenol-S; provides for phased-in prohibition on use of all paper receipts; authorizes continued use of electronic receipts.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
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.
Provides gross income tax deduction to eligible educators and paraprofessionals for expense of classroom supplies.
Authorizes creation of registered nurse license plates.
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Requires establishment of residential rental habitability database and provides certain penalties and causes of action concerning residential leases.
Broadens eligibility of NJ STARS Program by permitting later entry into program.
Requires low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters to be registered with MVC and to be insured.
Authorizes establishment of municipal homelessness trust funds and adoption of homeless housing plans by municipalities.
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to grant deferment of New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) student loan payments to new parent.
Establishes EMS part of PERS; provides enhanced benefits for emergency medical services employees.
Requires health insurance coverage of screening for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders for certain covered persons.
Requires public institution of higher education to provide students with information on food assistance programs.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain imaging related to breast cancer detection.
Prohibits person experiencing coin shortage from charging consumers higher price for cash payment.
Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.
Authorizes health care professionals to engage in the use of remote patient monitoring devices; requires health care insurance coverage by certain insurers for remote patient monitoring devices.
Requires implicit bias training for physicians.
Establishes commission to study impact of certain Medicaid reimbursement rate change on nursing homes.
Requires distribution of family leave informational materials to certain patients.
Increases resource threshold limit for certain Medicaid eligibility groups.
Eliminates sales tax on baby necessities and sunscreen.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of books at school book fairs.
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 Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare to provide medically tailored nutrition services for certain enrollees.
Requires at least one drive-up ballot drop box in each county; requires certain information to be posted at ballot drop boxes and locations.
Requires ballot scanning machines to have privacy screen, shield, or curtain; requires use of privacy screens and shields at polling places.
Establishes programs to address needs of toddlers and certain children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $1 million.
Concerns carbon monoxide detectors in certain multiple dwellings and certain hotels.
Allows State, municipality, and county to implement automatic enrollment of their employees in deferred compensation plans.
Establishes New Jersey Low Income Household Water Assistance Program to provide water service and water bill payment assistance to certain low-income households; appropriates $25 million.
Requires school districts to alert school employees of threats to school community.
Requires certain candidates for teaching certifications to complete youth mental health education course or online module.
Requires landlords to provide tenants with certain notice concerning conditions that may cause damage or hazards on rental property.
Regulates use of automated employment decision tools in employment decisions to minimize discrimination in employment.
Establishes standards for court-ordered counseling for domestic violence offenders.
"Electricity Bill Transparency Act"; requires electric utilities to separately list amounts of certain charges.
Provides that certain veterans are entitled to free admission to, and free parking at, State parks and forests.
Requires health insurance coverage for testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
Establishes Training Clinicians to Support Adults with Autism Workforce Development Program in Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services; appropriates $500,000.
Requires high school students to receive financial literacy instruction.
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain neurological diseases.
Establishes Sports Equipment Equity Pilot Program.
Updates definition of veteran to include discharged LGBTQ veteran; requires DVA develop review process for such veterans.
Requires certain consumer disclosures relating to rabies testing and establishes optional training for veterinarians.
Designates and preserves Caven Point Peninsula in Liberty State Park as natural habitat.
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location and to make available certain informational brochures.
Requires DOLWD, in consultation with DOE, to establish database of novice teachers and to host job fairs.
Requires State and private correctional facilities to allow inmates to make telephone and video calls at no cost to inmate or other party.
Requires certain warehouse developments to include adequate number of onsite tractor trailer parking spaces.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events.
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.
Amends "Daniel's Law" to provide exemptions for land surveyors for certain property record redaction requirements.
Establishes teacher recruitment grant program in DOE; appropriates $6 million to DOE.
"Food Desert Elimination Act"; provides incentives to supermarkets and grocery stores that locate in "food deserts."
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Exempts certain plastic materials processed at advanced plastic processing facilities from State laws regulating solid waste disposal and recycling.
"New Jersey Safe Storage of Firearms Act"; establishes certain requirements and penalties regarding firearm storage; repeals law governing minor's access to firearm; requires AG to establish public awareness campaign regarding firearm storage; appropriates $500,000.
Permits marriage or civil union license to be issued and solemnized via audio-visual technology.
Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV prophylaxis without individual prescription under certain circumstances; mandates prescription benefits coverage.
Requires rental car company to provide notice to renter to delete personal information from motor vehicle computer system upon return of vehicle.
Requires licensed health care professionals providing prenatal care to offer and screen, upon request, pregnant patients with history of depression for postpartum depression.
Requires construction project applicants to disclose project financing.
Requires evidence-based early reading instruction be implemented in public schools.
Requires juveniles to appear before court in county where alleged delinquency complaint occurred.
Increases penalty for reckless vehicular homicide committed when driving while intoxicated under certain circumstances.
Requires SNAP retailers to take measures to help prevent card skimming.
Excludes veteran disability compensation from income qualification limits under homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Permits municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for first responders.
Establishes "Art in Storefronts" initiative within the "Main Street New Jersey" program.
Doubles amount of State child tax credit; raises age and income eligibility criteria needed to receive credit.
Requires each county and municipality to adopt anti-sexual harassment policy.
Permits municipality to establish restricted parking spaces for certain volunteer firefighters.
Authorizes special plate for holders of "Combat Action Ribbon."
Limits use of State, county, and municipal property or funding to support immigrant detention facilities.
Requires DOH to develop mobile senior citizen assistance program.
Provides certain employment protections for working parents due to school closure during state of emergency and public health emergency.
Establishes "Fallen Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Commission;" appropriates $2.5 million.
Requires expunged records to be accessible for immigration purposes.
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.
Imposes minimum staffing requirements and certain reporting requirements on certain long-term care facilities.
Revises certain requirements concerning reported cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
Requires sexual assault forensic evidence to be preserved for 10 years.
Prohibits discrimination on basis of height or weight under "Law Against Discrimination."
Requires DCF to adopt policies and procedures providing child care facilities with security services, equipment, or technology.
Requires municipal participation in sheltering homeless individuals.
Requires certain school districts to partner with union apprenticeship programs for development of career exploration program.
Permits boards of education to provide chess instruction to students in grades two through eight in certain circumstances.
Requires notification prior to certain mosquito control spraying applications.
Prohibits automobile insurers from increasing automobile insurance rates on persons deemed not at fault in automobile accidents.
Establishes funding for transportation services for preschool students.
Codifies regulations concerning State-excused absences; permits excused absence for students attending military service activities, certain school visits, and open-houses.
Amends eligibility for expungement of criminal records.
Provides that student is ineligible for State financial aid upon conviction for hazing.
Establishes alternative pathway for victims of domestic violence to obtain certain identification cards and licenses from MVC.
Establishes minimum health and safety standards for, and oversight of, State prisons, county jails, and privately-operated secure facilities in New Jersey.
Prohibits credit and debit card interchange fees in certain circumstances.
Expands child tax credit eligibility to resident taxpayers with children ages six to 11.
Requires primary and general election candidates to use nominating petition forms made available by Secretary of State, county clerk, or municipal clerk.
Makes various changes to SHBP governance and administration.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Requires school districts to include instruction on dangers of consuming unknown food and beverages.
Prohibits private use and regulates government use of automated license plate readers.
Clarifies when MVP Emergency Alert may be issued.
Requires academic credits awarded by public institutions of higher education to remain valid and transferable for certain time periods.
Expands public notification requirements for contaminated site remediation activities.
Strengthens detection of, and support measures for individuals diagnosed with, pancreatic cancer.
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"Sensory-Inclusive Haircare Act"; requires training in providing certain sensory-inclusive cosmetology-hairstyling services to neurodivergent individuals.