Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, General Assembly.
John DiMaio
Sponsored
In committee31
Clarifies that BB guns are not firearms under New Jersey law.
Provides one-third of motor vehicle fine moneys generated through State Police issued tickets go to municipality where violation occurred.
Excludes gains on sales of certain real estate purchases from taxation under corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Defines a day in session for purposes of a school district's receipt of State school aid.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers to General Fund on gross income tax return.
Requires certain commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with certain global positioning systems.
Excludes under gross income tax certain contributions to qualified pension plans, deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings.
Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.
Permits taxpayers to deduct total amount of State property taxes paid on principal residence from gross income tax obligation.
Modifies certain tax brackets under gross income tax.
Requires MVC to issue blue envelopes that hold documents required to operate motor vehicle to persons diagnosed with autism.
"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.
Exempts certain local utilities from certain land use approval requirements.
Restricts all ownership of agricultural land in State by foreign governments and persons.
Concerns business hours of licensed used motor vehicle dealer.
Requires school districts and municipalities to enter into shared services agreements for purpose of verifying student residency.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Creates crime of political violence; establishes independent review board and training requirement for law enforcement.
Requires DCA to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide growth-share calculation method.
Excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.
Establishes additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for housing obligations.
Removes exemption from fair share housing obligation for urban aid municipalities in future rounds of affordable housing obligations.
Requires affordable housing obligations of municipalities to be based on Statewide need.
Establishes bill credit for certain utility customers, eliminates societal benefits charge, and concerns certain rate treatment and utility charges.
Revises BPU membership terms and requires BPU members to have certain experience.
Provides "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act" exemption, and clarifies municipal planning or zoning authority, for certain development along commercial corridors in Highlands Region.
Extends foreclosure protections for certain homeowners impacted by remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Requires public referendum prior to issuance of general obligation bonds by local units.
Co-sponsored
Out of committee · 2
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening. *
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.
In committee · 107
Requires school bus personnel members working with students with disabilities to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires school buses transporting students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features.
Eliminates requirement for State residency for public officers and employees with limited historic exceptions.
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.
Provides research and development tax credit under gross income tax.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Requires each public school to post on website comprehensive list of all resources available in school library.
Creates offense of tracking for unlawful purpose; imposes enhanced penalties.
Establishes mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for second offense involving use of juvenile in automobile theft.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to develop guidelines for tiered group home placements and transfers.
Establishes civil immunity for damages arising out of birth injury or congenital defect for physicians providing prenatal care under certain circumstances.
Establishes New Jersey Property Tax Relief and Education Empowerment Program to provide both property tax relief to citizens and educational grants to certain students enrolled in nonpublic schools.
Provides amounts remaining in inactive Internet gaming accounts will be abandoned property after three years under unclaimed property law.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Prohibits candidates from nomination for more than one elective office at primary or general election.
Requires that fuel stations specify taxes levied on motor fuel sales.
Requires certain toll road operators and bi-state agency to allow drivers to choose towing company.
Makes it a crime of the first degree to coerce a patient to request medication pursuant to the "Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act" or to forge a patient's request for such medication.
Repeals "Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act."
Provides that public school parent who objects to learning material or activity that parent considers harmful may receive voucher from school district to enroll student in nonpublic school.
Repeals law that prohibits certain establishments from providing or selling various single-use products to customers.
Establishes "New Jersey Pandemic Bill of Rights for the Welfare of the People."
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.
Concerns false public alarms involving places of worship.
Establishes crime of doxxing.
Prohibits imposition of builder's remedy in exclusionary zoning litigation.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Grant Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Establishes NJ Military Family Relief Fund; provides for designation on State gross income tax return to permit taxpayers to make voluntary contributions to military family relief fund.
Establishes "Bring Veterans to New Jersey Program."
Requires EDA to establish program providing grants to qualified veterans purchasing franchises.
Exempts qualified veterans from paying certain firearm related fees.
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.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive tuition and fees for Medal of Honor and Purple Heart Medal military recipients.
Requires enhanced reporting by independent expenditure committees; extends statute of limitations for campaign finance violations; exempts reports filed with Election Law Enforcement Commission from certain document redaction requirements.
Revises Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid program; requires all energy taxes to be paid directly to municipalities.
Requires registered voters to present identification when voting at polling place.
"Max's Law"; requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of fentanyl and xylazine.
"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.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Limits "tobacco and vapor products tax" on cigars to up to $0.50 per cigar.
Expands Division of State Police rank and grade titles.
Requires State Police to establish recovery leave policy for troopers presenting proof of pregnancy.
Modifies method of calculating impervious surface percentage for municipal parks in Highland preservation area.
Allows use of fish pumps to remove menhaden from purse seines in certain circumstances.
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring student growth objectives to evaluate teachers.
Concerns classification of musicians for purposes of State employment laws.
Requires State employees work in person if job requires face-to-face interaction with public; requires State agency provide alternatives if closure is unpreventable.
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 school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Sets flat gross income tax rate at 5.9 percent tax for all taxable income over $37,500 or $75,000, depending on filing status; exempts taxpayers with less income from gross income tax.
Makes FY2023 supplemental appropriation of $17 million to DEP for grants for certain lake management activities.
Establishes certain benefits for Class Two special law enforcement officers; allows arson investigators to carry a firearm at all times.
Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Prioritizes distribution of 9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund monies; permits use of funds for certain expenses incurred by counties and municipalities for the provision and maintenance of 9-1-1 emergency services.
Allows certain public high school student-athletes to substitute study hall for physical education during their athletic seasons.
Repeals surtax imposed on certain businesses.
Gradually reduces CBT rate.
Criminalizes fifth or subsequent drunk driving offenses.
Requires NJEDA to establish loan program to assist beginning farmers in financing capital purchases.
Requires municipal governing bodies and boards of education to provide sufficient time for all requested public comment at open public meetings.
Clarifies that first aid, ambulance or rescue squads, as entities, have immunity from civil damages in certain circumstances.
Prohibits employment of illegal aliens and requires use of E-Verify program in public contracts.
Establishes reasonableness standard for persons lawfully transporting firearm who deviate from course of travel.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Prohibits voter registration of standard driver's license or identification card applicants.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Revises elements of offense of agricultural trespass, expands number and type of activities constituting agricultural trespass, and expands definition of "lands" susceptible to agricultural trespass.
Requires adoption of school tick remediation policy in public and private schools.
Establishes process for selection, instruction, and oversight of commissioners to Article V convention for proposing amendments to United States Constitution; establishes criminal penalties for certain violations.
Authorizes chiefs of part-time municipal police forces to issue firearms ID cards and handgun purchase permits.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
"Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act in New Jersey."
"Home Business Jobs Creation Act"; classifies certain home businesses as permitted accessory uses.
Excludes certain Medicaid income from gross income tax.
Creates crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with disability.
Prohibits awarding of economic development subsidy to business if payment of principal and interest on previously awarded loan or loan guarantee is greater than 24 months overdue.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Concerns baked goods sold at farm markets.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in student's resident district.
"Murphy's Law"; nullifies Governor's order, rule, or regulation to address declared emergency, or relevant portion thereof, when Governor violates same; creates affirmative defense to prosecution for same violation committed by Governor.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Prohibits wrongful life and wrongful birth suits.
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Requires DEP to submit annual financial report on status of certain fund balances.
"New Jersey Disability Savings Act."
Allocates $7.5 million annually of constitutionally dedicated CBT revenue for preservation of land in Highlands Region.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD and total brain injury.
Requires public schools to post curriculum plans online; requires school districts to make textbooks or other materials used in implementing curriculum plans available for inspection by parents and legal guardians.
Requires MVC to safeguard automatic voter registration process.
Removes requirement that certain government officers disclose the address of their home or secondary residence, or that of their immediate family on financial disclosure statements.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Authorizes issuance of classic NJ license plates.
Concerns documents, driver's licenses, and non-driver identification cards issued by MVC.
Requires school bus personnel members to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires certain school buses transportating students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features; makes appropriation.
Concerns lung cancer screening awareness and access.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct two sentence oral recitation from Declaration of Independence before opening of school each day in grades three through 12; appropriates $10,000.
Filed · 1
Removes restrictions on presence of police and law enforcement officers near polling places and ballot drop boxes.