Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, General Assembly.
Aura K. Dunn
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Requires information to be provided regarding levels of US Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices under certain circumstances.*
In committee140
Authorizes creation of childhood cancer awareness license plates.
Requires county clerks to send confirmation notice to vote-by-mail applicant that requests mail-in ballot at separate mailing address than address at which applicant is registered to vote.
Requires DOH to provide information regarding spina bifida to certain parents and families of newborns; "Levi's Law."
Creates requirements for certain long-term real estate listing contracts.
Creates offense for electronically sending unsolicited nude image.
Requires certain employees and candidates for public school employment or service and youth camp employees to undergo child abuse record information check.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research.
Authorizes municipality to deliver property tax bills, construction permits, and receipts for payment via e-mail.
Permits dogs as service and emotional support animals at State veterans' residential facilities.
Provides for student recipients of educational opportunity funds to be exempt from 20 hour weekly work requirement ordinarily required for student SNAP participation.
Permits certain drivers' schools to conduct road tests.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website; requires certain public entities receiving State funds to establish similar website; makes an appropriation.
Establishes fund to reimburse municipalities for police and sanitation costs related to crowding at MVC sites; appropriates $500,000.
Permits county clerk to remove voters from vote-by-mail lists under certain circumstances.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD and total brain injury.
Establishes testing and visitation requirements and employment restrictions for long-term care facilities in response to outbreaks of infectious disease.
Establishes Mental Health Awareness Pilot Program in DOE.
Requires Secretary of State create website for voters to report irregularities regarding mail-in ballots; establishes "Vote by Mail Study Commission."
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research from $1 million to $4 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Requires DOH to conduct study on causes of youth suicide.
Provides accidental death benefit to surviving spouse, surviving child, or surviving parent of a State Police recruit who dies during required pre-service training.
Requires do not forward label on mail-in ballot envelopes; allows mail-in voter to cure mail-in ballot due to missing or detached certificate; requires certain voter data be entered into voter file within 30 days.
Establishes Digital Divide Solutions Grant Program in DOE to assist public schools in purchase of connected devices and Internet access for students during periods of remote instruction.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for suicidal ideation and attempted suicide for postpartum women.
Creates sexual assault prevention and response program and coordinator for service members.
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.
Permits certain non-US citizen military service members to take civil service examinations and be eligible for civil service veterans preference.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for minimum required distributions from qualified retirement plans.
Requires board of education to publicly post full meeting agenda 48 hours prior to meeting.
Requires health care facilities to screen health care workers and first responders for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires State Treasurer to publish certain State expenditure and revenue information on government transparency website.
Prohibits public institution of higher education from charging tuition to student who is dependent child of veteran who died or is disabled as result of service-related injury.
Establishes loan redemption program and gross income tax credit for mental health professionals who serve children and adolescents.
Requires Secretary of State and county commissioners of registration to perform audit of voter registration records in Statewide Voter Registration System.
Permits U.S. citizens who are full time college students to be district board members in county of college even if student is not a resident of county or State.
Requires school performance report to include information about positive placement of graduates, including apprenticeships.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies and permits emergency administration of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray by licensed campus medical professionals and resident assistants.
Permanently requires certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Requires MVC to safeguard automatic voter registration process.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Children.
Extends time period required for public notice of certain land use applications.
Establishes process for submittal and publication of proposed revisions to Governor's budget recommendations and requires publication of proposals by June 1 annually.
Requires DCA to approve credentialing entity to develop and administer voluntary recovery residence certification program.
Exempts sales of pet food purchased for pets from the sales and use tax.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions made to animal shelters.
Revises definition of domestic violence to include psychological abuse and economic abuse.
Provides for reduced sales tax imposition on certain sales in certain Highlands Region Preservation Area municipalities.
Qualifies certain disabled veterans for toll rate exemptions and exemptions from motor vehicle registration fees.
Permits excused student absences for mental or behavioral health reasons.
Provides for direct State payment of cost of special education and related services for certain students.
Establishes the New Jersey State Government and Civil Service Student Internship Program; appropriates $750,000.
Upgrades burglary of a residence as a crime of the second degree; upgrades it to a crime of the first degree if committed while armed.
Establishes New Jersey Revenue Advisory Board; modifies executive State budget presentation; updates State revenue and expenditure reporting and disclosure requirements; and requires annual State financial stress testing.
Increases amount of State child tax credit and revises income and age eligibility criteria.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish criteria and make recommendations on designation of school districts as SDA districts.
Requires 11th grade students to complete civics course as part of high school graduation requirements.
Requires school districts to observe Veterans Day as school holiday.
Requires evidence-based early reading instruction be implemented in public schools.
Establishes State occupational safety and health standard for toilets at construction sites.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention of defendant charged with aggravated assault of law enforcement officer.
Expands eligibility for pension and retirement income exclusion to taxpayers with incomes exceeding $150,000, and increases amount of exclusion that qualifying taxpayers may claim.
Requires COAH to credit municipalities with units against fair share affordable housing obligation for certain types of housing; provides certain types of affordable housing units will be credited as two units.
Establishes initiatives related to behavioral health care, including increasing reimbursement rates, providing cost-of-living adjustments, establishing grant programs for facility upkeep and provider training, and relaxing clinical supervision requirements.
Establishes additional manner of employer compliance to provide earned sick leave for certain employees subject to collective bargaining agreements.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Requires school districts classified as child care deserts to provide preschool education vouchers for certain students.
"Welcome Home Veterans Act"; requires MVC to provide veteran benefit information packets.
Allows distributions from NJBEST account to Roth IRA as qualified withdrawals and excludes such distributions from gross income tax.
Establishes new mitigating factor for defendant who is survivor of abuse.
Establishes Distraction Free Schools Grant Program; appropriates $2 million.
Establishes temporary sales tax exemption for small businesses impacted by ongoing public highway projects.
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.
Allows municipality to use school bus video footage to ticket driver for illegally passing school bus.
Establishes "Welcome Home Veterans Bonus" program in DMVA.
Codifies Bringing Veterans Home Initiative.
Establishes legislative internship program for veterans.
Requires fiscal notes for all bills that establish new programs or expand existing programs.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 for Main Library Alliance.
Provides for preservation bonus credit against affordable housing obligations to certain municipalities.
Provides police training course credit to prior military law enforcement officer seeking employment as law enforcement officer in NJ.
Permits interment of military working dogs at State-operated veterans' memorial cemeteries.
Exempts oral healthcare products from sales and use tax.
"Road to Tax Relief Act"; provides credit for sales tax remittances for businesses impacted by public highway projects, including Interstate 80 project; provides tax credits for certain businesses and persons impacted by same projects; makes appropriation.
Provides license renewal fee relief for businesses and individuals impacted by public highway projects.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus property certain land and improvements in Town of Morristown in Morris County.
Requires Rutgers University study economic impact of military installations in NJ; appropriates $155,000.
Requires reporting on post-secondary placement in registered apprenticeships and enlistment in military services as part of school district accountability measure.
Requires public libraries to provide free menstrual hygiene products and requires State to pay costs.
Requires DEP to designate municipalities with critical headwaters as headwater guardians.
Establishes State Parkinson's disease registry and awareness campaign.
Extends time period in which gross income taxpayers may file amended tax returns to correct overpayment of tax related to military pension payments or military survivor's benefit payments.
Permits member of New Jersey National Guard to transfer 50 percent of certain tuition benefit to dependent child or 100 percent of certain tuition benefit to spouse.
Requires MVC to provide applicant with certain information during driver's license renewal.
Revises notice requirements for certain local land use hearings to at least 21 days.
Authorizes creation of "Sons of the American Legion" license plates.
Upgrades crime of invasion of privacy under certain circumstances; eliminates presumption of nonimprisonment.
Upgrades crime of stalking when victim is less than 18 years old.
Exempts medical alert devices and services from sales and use tax.
Establishes Office of the State Chief Efficiency Officer and Efficiency Officer positions in each State Executive Branch department.
Provides spouses of military servicemembers with gross income tax credit, up to $500, for professional relicensing fees incurred upon relocating to State.
Establishes abandoned mine reclamation program in DEP.
Permits DVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $4.8 million to provide additional operational aid to Jefferson Township Public Schools.
Establishes timelines for application review process for certain credentials issued by New Jersey Board of Nursing.
Permits member of New Jersey National Guard to transfer certain tuition benefit to spouse or dependent child.
Provides relief from liability of coerced debt for aggrieved person; assigns liability to pay debt to perpetrator of coerced debt.
Codifies certain cannabis packaging requirements; establishes offense for minor gaining access to improperly stored cannabis products.
Clarifies that unlawful gifting of marijuana or cannabis is prohibited under "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act."
Regulates medication administration in certain licensed, residential facilities.
Requires New Jersey State Board of Dentistry to include oralfacial pain as a special area of dentistry.
Requires resource family parent, relative, preadoptive parent, or caretaker to be party to reviews or hearings involving a child under the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families' care.
Requires DHS to provide psychiatric service dogs to first responders, health care workers, and other frontline workers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires State agencies, when developing and proposing rules, to utilize approaches that will accomplish objectives of statutory law while minimizing adverse economic impact on municipalities.
Requires State agencies to submit certain documentation for procurement of certain information technology projects.
Requires boards of education to adopt suicide prevention policies and DOE to establish model suicide prevention policy.
Permits licensed motor vehicle dealers to facilitate issuance of titles and registrations for used motor vehicles purchased by private sale.
Prohibits solicitation of business based on death notices and obituaries.
Establishes Public Service Management Fellows Program and advisory committee.
Creates alternate voting members on county agriculture development boards.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines on outdoor education opportunities.
Concerns windshield and window tint requirements for motor vehicles; requires motor vehicle windshield and window tint inspection.
Increases amounts of aid paid to certain municipalities that host watershed lands; increases amount annually appropriated to "Highlands Protection Fund" from realty transfer fee revenues.
Creates "Unemployment Intake Accountability Pilot Program."
Requires State Auditor to conduct performance audits of certain school districts.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations during public health emergency.
Regulates medication administration in certain residential facilities.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions made to nonprofit entities supported by State funds or subsides.
Prohibits DEP from charging fee for resident mobile sportfishing vehicle permit to veterans, active military members, former or current members of the NJ National Guard or Reserve, or volunteer emergency workers.
Requires certain school districts and Commissioner of Education to submit reports on social and emotional learning.
Requires public institutions of higher education to report certain information concerning remedial course placement of Office of Secretary of Higher Education; requires secretary to produce report on course placements.
Requires establishment of hotline for purpose of reporting certain acts of misconduct by public officials.
Reforms certain MVC procedures.
Extends eligibility for certain veterans' gross income tax exemptions to include veterans of all Uniformed Services of United States.
Requires school districts to provide certain minimum periods of lunch and recess for certain students.
Establishes New Jersey Civics and Debate Initiative in public schools; appropriates $4.5 million.
"Fair Repair Act"; concerns repairs to certain consumer electronics.
Requires cannabis retailer to display notice of risks of high potency cannabis.
Permits physicians to provide certain stem cell therapy under certain circumstances.
"RE-PLAN Act"; authorizes cumulative impact assessment for land identified as developable for affordable housing; requires DCA to establish educational campaign for municipalities concerning affordable housing obligations.
Requires hotels and harm reduction service providers to cooperate in providing opioid antidotes and harm reduction supplies at hotels.
Filed1
Requires parents or guardians of students to submit dental health certificate.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.*
Concerns facilities used by applicants for new motor vehicle dealer licenses.*
Passed the General Assembly · 10
Waives certain professional and occupational licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
Requires DOH to establish public awareness campaign and develop policies and procedures to promote recognition and treatment of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.*
Allows for issuance of two-year temporary courtesy license for nonresident military spouses in certain professions.
Requires Division of Children's System of Care to make changes to certain polices regarding the provision of family support and respite care services for certain eligible individuals.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.
Expands responsibilities of Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and establishes Problematic Sexual Behavior Program.*
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Gravesite Maintenance Grant Program in DVA.
Requires creation of license plates that allow disabled veterans to park in parking spots reserved for persons with disabilities.
Upgrades offense of prostitution as patron; directs fines collected to "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund." and "Victims of Crime Compensation Board Account."*
"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 · 18
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening. *
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-and county-owned lakes and reservoirs.*
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.
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.
Establishes price preference program on State contracts for businesses owned by women veterans or women in military service.
Makes various changes to address sexual assault and child abuse and neglect involving military personnel; addresses protection, penalties, enforcement, jurisdiction, and victim compensation matters.
Requires Division of Family Development to establish and maintain registration system for persons applying for State's child care assistance program.*
Establishes legislative internship program.
Establishes Jersey Strong Public Service Scholarship Program.
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Provides seniority service credit to educational support professionals for military service.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
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.
Requires artificial intelligence companion operators to provide notifications that users are not communicating with human.
Expands criminal and civil penalties for human trafficking, and expands human trafficking training requirements for law enforcement.*
Requires DOT to develop universal application for grant programs.
In committee · 225
Requires NJT to equip trains with defibrillators.
Provides for direct property tax relief from Highlands Property Tax Stabilization Fund.
Allows possession of bear spray under certain conditions.
Permits excused absence for student enlisted or planning to enlist in Armed Forces of United States or National Guard.
Excludes bonuses for reenlistment or voluntary extension of enlistment in armed forces from gross income.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
Permits conduct of Queen of Hearts raffle games.
Modifies requirements for associations to protect structural integrity of certain buildings; expands timeframes for associations to establish adequate reserves.
Adds postpartum depression services to State's behavioral health crisis services system.
Prohibits school districts and public institutions of higher education from adopting policies that bar military members or veterans from addressing students.
Provides gross income tax deduction for expenses incurred by disabled veterans for service animals.
Establishes NJ Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council.
Establishes New Jersey Statewide Suicide Prevention Coordination and Oversight Council in DHS.
Requires school buses that transport students with special needs to be equipped with certain safety features.
Requires local recreation departments, youth serving organizations, and youth camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Permits police officers to be assigned to polling places located at public schools.
Requires appropriate official file information on deaths in county with county clerk; provides additional ways for transferring deceased voter's record to Statewide voter registration system's death file.
Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.
Excludes certain retirement savings plan contributions, withdrawals, and rollovers from gross income tax.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Requires installation of certain rescue supplies on certain bridges.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.
Excludes military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
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.
Allows tax credits for employing members of NJ National Guard and members of reserve component of US Armed Forces.
Eliminates payments for unused sick leave earned after effective date; limits carry forward of unused vacation leave; requires suspension and forfeiture of certain payments; limits use of unused sick leave in year before retirement.
Increases daily compensation for election workers and increases additional compensation rate for election workers managing signature copy registers.
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.
Requires nursing homes to permit use of electronic monitoring devices at request of resident.
Allocates nondedicated portion of State realty transfer fee collections to municipal property tax relief.
Permits veterans, for civil service purposes, to be defined as a veteran or disabled veteran under federal or State definition of veteran.
Revises Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid program; requires all energy taxes to be paid directly to municipalities.
Suspends running of timeframes for county planning board action during state of emergency.
Requires State agencies to develop and submit information technology strategic plan.
Requires Secretary of State to establish voter list maintenance and crosscheck program and to include certain voter registration data in annual report to Governor and Legislature.
Extends membership in TPAF to four years after discontinuance of service and to 20 years for those who were laid off or had 10 or more years of continuous service upon voluntary termination.
Revises definition of child abuse or neglect to include additional perpetrators; establishes requirements concerning provision of services to children who engage in problematic sexual behaviors.
Establishes Office of Child Advocate.
Directs fines collected for certain prostitution crime to "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund."
"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.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sexual assault prevention training program for high school athletic directors and coaches of interscholastic sports programs.
"Vegetation Management Response Act"; concerns vegetation management related to electric public utility infrastructure.
Revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.
Establishes one-time grant program to support implementation of free, full-day kindergarten programs in certain school districts; appropriates $5 million.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Clarifies that BB guns are not firearms under New Jersey law.
Excludes under gross income tax certain contributions to qualified pension plans, deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings.
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.
Expands crime of human trafficking to include individuals who benefit financially.
Prohibits adoption of any State rule or regulation mandating electric heating or water heating systems in buildings prior to issuance of DCA report.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Expands eligibility for gross income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Increases penalties for denying access to public facilities, NJT, and transportation network companies to service dogs and their handlers.
Requires urgent care and retail health clinics to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Subjects certain rooming and boarding houses to municipal land use regulations; requires owners and operators of cooperative sober living residences to submit certain approvals with license applications.
Extends requirements on use of restraint and seclusion to all students; requires immediate parental notification; requires DOE to collect and report data regarding use of restraint and seclusion on students.
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.
Broadens statute that criminalizes cyber-harassment of minor.
Eliminates veterans' gross income tax deduction requirement that New Jersey National Guard member serve in federal active duty status.
Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of cannabis and marijuana use.
Requires public schools to develop policy for emergency administration of nasal seizure rescue medication and use of manual vagus nerve stimulator on student with seizure disorder.
Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.
Permits designation of special event zones for traffic regulation purposes during certain large events.
Suspends fines for certain first-time paperwork violations committed by small businesses.
Excludes contributions made to certain retirement savings plans under gross income tax.
Prohibits sale, distribution, import, export, or propagation of certain invasive species without permit from Department of Agriculture; establishes NJ Invasive Species Council.
Requires underground structural assessment prior to commencing public highway or public transportation projects within close proximity to operating or retired mines.
Establishes abandoned mine reclamation program in DOT.
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.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply and develop policy governing use of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies.
Adopts Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.
Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to disseminate outage information to customers through autodialed telephone call, text message, and electronic mail alert service.
Establishes pilot program to create student mental health assistance programs in selected school districts.
Requires Special Investigations Division to issue monthly report on sexual abuse in State correctional facilities.
Provides tuition benefits at public institutions of higher education for dependents of certain veterans.
Requires certain health insurers to provide coverage for counseling and behavioral therapies for any person receiving medication-assisted treatment.
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.
Increases amounts of property tax deductions for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, and veterans, from $250 to $500.
Allows small private theater used for musical or theatrical performances to acquire alcoholic beverage retail license.
Requires green building standards and impact studies for carbon, traffic, storm water, and schools for certain affordable housing development.
Establishes certification process for non-physicians to perform laser tattoo removal.
Expands available protections against fraudulent recording of quitclaim deed.
Makes FY2023 supplemental appropriation of $17 million to DEP for grants for certain lake management activities.
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Broadens eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
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.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Establishes one New Jersey Suicide Prevention Advisory Council in DOH.
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC.
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."
Decreases from 55 days to 21 days minimum time required to change political party affiliation prior to primary.
Requires MVC to implement corrective measures concerning agency operations.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $615,000 to DHS for grant to NJ 2-1-1 Partnership.
"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.
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.
Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7 million to increase NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate paid to care management organizations.
Exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from payment of motor vehicle registration fees; requires notification of eligible motorists.
Increases fines for littering; requires DOT to develop program for litter reporting.
Prohibits four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
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 public service employer to certify employment of qualifying employees under federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop materials to promote Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Establishes "State House Flag Program"; makes appropriation.
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.
Makes $250,000 supplemental appropriation to New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome and Associated Disorders for pediatric clinical services at Tourette Syndrome Clinic of Rutgers University.
Requires guidelines on student use of internet-enabled devices to be developed by DOE and policy to be adopted by governing body of each public school.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for military compensation paid to State residents for out-of-State military service.
Provides tax credits to companies contributing to loan and loan redemption program for residents who attend institutions of higher education in State and work at such company upon graduation.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Provides assistance to business accelerators and incubators and startup businesses located within those business accelerators and incubators.
Requires health insurance coverage for annual mental health screening.
Requires annual suicide prevention training for mental health practitioners.
Directs State Auditor to audit DOLWD Division of Unemployment Insurance.
Prohibits, under certain circumstances, disclosure of certain personal identifying information, including home address and photographic image, concerning any federal, State, or municipal judicial officer, or that judicial officer's immediate family members.
Establishes child care costs reimbursement grant program in DCF; appropriates $500,000.
Adds county and municipal representation to State Health Benefits Commission.
Eliminates the corporate transit fee.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent.
Establishes task force to study issues facing returning members of United States Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard and make recommendations on how State should address issues.
Creates new offense of theft by financial exploitation of vulnerable person.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Exempts veterans from camping facilities fees at State parks and forests.
Upgrades penalty for assault on law enforcement to second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Requires school districts to receive written permission from parent or legal guardian before administering certain student health surveys.
Provides additional State pupil transportation aid to school districts that meet certain criteria.
Establishes grant program in Department of State for preservation of certain Revolutionary War sites; appropriates funds.
Requires legislative approval for energy master plan to become State policy.
Requires legislative approval of funding for certain BPU plans, programs, and projects.
"Grid Reliability Protection Act"; prohibits State agencies from decommissioning electric generation facilities in State under certain circumstances.
Provides property tax deduction up to $5,000 to honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability rating less than 100 percent.
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Requires certain officers of education organizations to sign acknowledgement and undergo training concerning duties to report child abuse.
Gives Director subpoena powers in administration of Division of Pensions and Benefits.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Requires NJT to expand or modify routes and hours of certain transportation services and to solicit input from individuals diagnosed with autism.
Provides that public school used as polling place shall not be open for classes on day of election.
Requires health insurance carriers to categorize mental health treatment and therapy received by victim of domestic violence as medically necessary treatment and provide full benefits coverage therefor.
Provides that unlawful use, manufacture, or distribution of controlled dangerous substance by parent or caregiver in presence of child constitutes crime of endangering welfare of child.
Requires certain candidates for employment with DOE to undergo criminal history background check.
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.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Prohibits legislative aide who works, or worked, directly for legislator in district office from making political contribution greater than $30 per election to that legislator; prohibits receipt of such contribution.
"Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act in New Jersey."
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.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display name and telephone number on any caller identification service.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes committed during state of emergency.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in student's resident district.
Prohibits mail-in ballot outer envelope from containing political affiliation or designation visible to public.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Dedicates $500,000 annually in revenues from vessel registration and renewal fees to NJ Greenwood Lake Fund.
Permits members of Community Emergency Response Teams to perform traffic duties under certain circumstances.
Requires public school to allow certain students not enrolled in school to participate in interscholastic athletics.
Provides that no more than four of seven public members appointed to Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council may be of same political party.
Requires State agency to identify at least two existing rules for repeal for every one new rule adopted.
Requires distribution of State aid to certain municipalities located in whole or in part in the Highlands preservation area.
Requires institutions of higher education to review employment history of prospective employees who will have regular contact with students to ascertain allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.
Requires entities to verify age of persons accessing certain online material and prohibits minors from accessing certain online material.
Indexes amount of veterans' income tax exemption for inflation.
Requires municipality to provide free beach access to certain veterans.
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.
Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.
Establishes Task Force on Child Care Deserts in New Jersey.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for certain children, youth, and family services organizations.
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.
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Excludes environmentally sensitive and flood-prone land from designation as vacant or available for purposes of affordable housing construction.
Requires establishment of central database of State programs on official website.
Allows gross income tax deduction for up to $1,200 of unreimbursed expenses incurred by eligible educators for purchase of classroom supplies.
Requires State employer to ascertain child abuse or sexual misconduct in employment applications for certain positions involving children; requires background checks for current and prospective employees.
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.
Establishes certain animal abuse offenses committed in manner manifesting extreme indifference to value of animal's life as crime of second degree; designated as "River's Law."
Requires public school with any of grades 9 through 12 to discuss with students and parents employment opportunities as skilled laborer or through military enlistment or in agriculture.
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit program to benefit certain low-income households.
Authorizes Division of Gaming Enforcement to participate in national self-exclusion list for gaming activities, and to create necessary forms for participation.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3,000,000 to Division on Civil Rights.
Allocates $7.5 million annually of constitutionally dedicated CBT revenue for preservation of land in Highlands Region.
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Permits paid leave by public officers and employees for inactive duty military training.
Establishes "New Jersey Gold Star Family Annuity Program."
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.
New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
Prohibits surgical declawing of cats and other animals.
Creates new level of barbering license and apprenticeships in barbering, and establishes limits to hours of instruction for certain barbering training.
Permits excused absence for students participating in college visits, visits to postsecondary technical institutions, and military recruitment-related activities.
Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.
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.
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
Requires prescription drug coverage for serious mental illness without prior authorization or utilization management, including step therapy.
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Clarifies that amateur sports official is independent contractor for purposes of State employment laws.
Requires child care subsidy rate paid for certain children to equal school district's per pupil preschool education aid; appropriates funds.
"Fairness for School Districts in Development Restricted Areas Act"; provides additional State school aid to certain school districts located in municipalities that are part of Highlands or Pinelands preservation areas.
Increases benefit amounts and expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
Establishes State Seal of Civic Readiness to recognize certain students attaining high level of proficiency in civics.
Establishes 90-day State tax amnesty period ending no later than January 15, 2027; dedicates revenues collected during tax amnesty period for Stabilization Aid to school districts; appropriates up to $15 million.
Prohibits fur farming.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Establishes child care stabilization and operation grant program in DHS.
Establishes certain protections for drivers and holders of non-driver identification cards diagnosed with certain disabilities.
Expands child tax credit eligibility to resident taxpayers with children ages six to 11.
Establishes abandoned mine reclamation programs and funding in DOT and DEP.
"Emergency Crop Loss Relief Act of 2026"; appropriates $60 million.