Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, Senate.
M. Teresa Ruiz
Sponsored
Became law6
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.*
Requires notification to members of health club if club is to be sold and health club services contract assigned to new owner.
Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU.
Authorizes creation of Borinqueneers license plates.
Establishes "Fortifying Corn Masa Act."
Increases amount of child tax credit in taxable years 2026, 2027, and 2028.
Passed the Senate5
Establishes tuition reimbursement program for students enrolled in certain private postsecondary educational schools.
Requires each public institution of higher education to develop menstrual plan.*
Requires licensed health care professionals providing prenatal and postnatal care to provide education and screenings to certain patients.*
Establishes certain testing, certification, and labeling requirements for manufacturers and sellers of final hair products; establishes limits on amount of certain intentionally added chemicals. **
Prohibits seller providing service or selling goods from charging surcharge to customer using debit card or gift card.*
Out of committee14
Expands liability of certain individuals associated with limited liability companies and other commercial entities, when acting as residential landlord.
Establishes pilot program providing tuition fee waiver for certain apprenticeship courses.*
Creates pilot program to provide corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for value of certain fruit and vegetable donations made by commercial farm operators.
Limits perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in menstrual products.*
Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.
Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.*
Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.
"Immigrant Tenant Protection Act"; provides certain protections to residential tenants and codifies certain warranty of habitability protections.
Increases and modifies certain fees and penalties regarding weighing, measuring, labeling, packaging, and inspection of certain commodities and commercial products.
Requires EDA to include social media development services in services offered through Small Business E-commerce Support Program.
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.**
Permits Director of Division of Pensions and Benefits to initiate temporary transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
Amends Fiscal Year 2027 annual appropriations act to require portion of funding for Working Class Families State Supplement to be used for outreach purposes.
Amends Fiscal Year 2027 annual appropriations act to transfer certain funds for Office of Volunteerism to Department of Human Services and Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
In committee124
Revises certain requirements concerning graduation proficiency test and eliminates requirement that graduation proficiency test be administered to eleventh grade students.
Requires landlords to disclose existence of lead service lines and lead water supply plumbing to tenants.
Requires school districts to employ at least one certified nutrition specialist, registered dietitian, or registered dietitian nutritionist.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Requires DOE to maintain list of textbook vendors that use inclusive material and school districts to use textbooks from those vendors.
Authorizes local tax on storage of empty shipping containers.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers to qualify.
Eliminates US citizenship requirement for student representatives on boards of trustees of certain public institutions of higher education.
Revises certain requirements related to cash assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.
Permits female inmate in correctional facility to request certain medication to prevent pregnancy.
Establishes Office of Women's Services in DOC.
Requires DOC to provide prenatal and post-partum education and services for certain inmates.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $20 million for loan redemption program and tuition reimbursement program for certain teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
Requires installation of diaper changing station in certain public restrooms.
Requires State to reimburse counties for portion of holiday pay to county employees performing State services on certain holidays.
Requires owners of multiple dwellings with at least nine units to provide certain maintenance services; permits municipalities to require owners of multiple dwellings with six to eight units to provide these services.
Establishes NJEDA urban farming grant and loan program.
Establishes Emerging Technology Urban Grant Program in EDA.
Requires DOH to encourage health care facilities and licensed health care professionals to develop a "Reach Out and Read Program."
Requires disclosure of cellular telephone transmitters upon sale or lease of certain residential property.
Requires distribution of family leave informational materials to certain patients.
Requires certain ultrasounds on pregnant women to be performed by licensed health care professionals.
Establishes "Summer Earn and Learn Pilot Program."
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to create and maintain database of Educational Opportunity Fund student admissions.
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.
Permits municipal, county, and regional police and fire forces to establish five-year residency requirement for police officers and firefighters; allows exceptions to requirement under certain circumstances.
Requires certain officers of education organizations to sign acknowledgement and undergo training concerning duties to report child abuse.
Establishes requirements to screen certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for endometriosis.
Requires institutions of higher education to adopt affirmative consent standard and other policies regarding sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Requires VCCO to provide certain emergency assistance and establish hotline.
Establishes summer transition pilot program for rising kindergarten students who meet certain criteria.
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Requires public schools to offer or expand summer school programs to students.
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Provides temporary corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Expands membership of State Health Benefits Commission and School Employees' Health Benefits Commission.
Establishes emergency teacher endorsements in certain circumstances.
Establishes Office of New Americans in Department of Human Services.
Establishes five-year conception to cradle pilot program in DOE.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Children.
Revises eligibility for Educational Opportunity Fund grants and campus-based Educational Opportunity Fund programs.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize issuance of new endorsements in certain fields.
Requires DOE to develop credential to introduce teachers to culturally responsive teaching practices, characteristics, and methods.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person who commits domestic violence by strangling victim be detained prior to trial.
Provides police officers may be present at senior residential center or school being used as polling place under certain circumstances; requires school to establish election day security plan.
Requires DOH to collect and coordinate data on language proficiency of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Requires private health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, Medicaid, and NJ FamilyCare to cover wigs under certain circumstances.
Requires public transportation employees and certain motorbus operators to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.
Establishes the "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Product Donations Immunity Act."
Requires non-invasive prenatal testing for pregnant persons and health insurance coverage for non-invasive prenatal testing.
Prohibits use of education, occupation, and credit score as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Requires DCA, in consultation with Commission on Human Trafficking, to establish Statewide initiative for Red Sand Project.
Codifies federal regulations requiring bilingual materials and services for SNAP under certain circumstances.
Requires DOH to expand services provided under plan to improve perinatal mental health services and health insurers to cover costs of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder screening.
Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages.
Concerns notification requirements for certain utility assistance programs; repeals law establishing notification requirements for public and local utilities during coronavirus 2019 pandemic.
Revises responsibilities and duties of Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board.
Allows gross income tax deduction for donations of menstrual products to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for family planning and reproductive health care services; prohibits adverse actions by medical malpractice insurers in relation to performance of legally protected health care services.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to provide written notice of toll violations and process for remedying violations prior to issuing administrative fee.
Codifies authority for certain health care providers to provide abortions and clarifies certain operational requirements for abortion facilities.
Creates "Reproductive Health Care Access Fund" to strengthen access to reproductive health care.
Requires affirmative written consent for certain entities to disclose individual's medical information regarding reproductive health care services, with limited exceptions, unless disclosure is necessary to provide those services.
Requires four-year public institution of higher education to develop and implement reproductive health services plan; requires county college to develop referral network for reproductive health care services.
Provides for voluntary contributions for taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support reproductive health care services.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education and public institutions of higher education to develop programs for improving Hispanic and Latino representation in higher education leadership positions.
Requires health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, and NJ FamilyCare coverage for sign language interpreter services for covered individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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 each public institution of higher education to develop food waste reduction program on campus.
Adds language authorizing transfer of General Fund appropriations for certain licensed health care entities to Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to maximize federal Medicaid payments to certain faculty physicians and non-physician professionals.
"CJ's Law"; Criminalizes manufacture and distribution of substances containing kratom under certain circumstances.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to make feminine hygiene products of varying absorbency levels available to female inmates.
Prohibits certain uses of perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene.
Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU.
Requires governing board of public institution of higher education to notify Secretary of Higher Education of proposed merger or consolidation.
Eliminates sales tax on baby necessities and sunscreen.
Requires State to reimburse federally unreimbursed costs of snacks provided to children at certain preschools; appropriates $100,000.
Increases EDA bonding limit for State share of school facilities projects of SDA districts and school districts other than SDA districts, subject to voter approval.
Codifies Medicaid coverage for eligible pregnant women for 365-day period beginning on last day of pregnancy.
Requires reflective material on children's Halloween costumes.
Requires development of online tax training for small and micro-businesses.
Allows law enforcement agencies to provide juvenile-family crisis information to principal of juvenile's school for planning programs relevant to juvenile's educational and social development.
Permits use of preferred names on student diplomas.
Establishes Office of Community Schools; appropriates $10 million.
Requires NJTA, SJTA, EDA, CRDA, PANYNJ, and DRPA to consider minorities and women when hiring or awarding contracts.
Establishes New Jersey Community Learning Program in DOE to provide comprehensive extended learning time programs in certain communities; dedicates portion of State cannabis revenue to support program.
Enhances protections under Law Against Discrimination for immigrants and persons who are not United States citizens.
Revises requirements for cash assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.
Requires DOH to prepare resource guide on preeclampsia and gestational diabetes for distribution to pregnant persons.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
Prohibits juror disqualification based on gender identity or sexual orientation; codifies procedures when discriminatory use of peremptory challenges is alleged.
Increases benefit amounts and expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
"Listening to Mothers Survey Act"; requires DOH to establish survey to evaluate and improve maternity care access and services.
Requires AG to establish public awareness campaign concerning Crime Victim's Bill of Rights and VCCO.
Requires inmate to participate in Medicaid enrollment session 60 days prior to release.
Requires Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain primary and mental health care services match reimbursement rates under Medicare.
Establishes pilot program to create student mental health assistance programs in selected school districts.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Provides for State agencies to issue advanced payments to certified business enterprises awarded State contracts.
Requires female inmates be provided with family planning services prior to release from correctional facility.
Requires DCF and DOE to establish policies and procedures relating to child abuse and neglect and child abuse prevention during certain public health emergencies.
Establishes ReadyReturn Program; requires Taxation to prepare initial tax filing for certain taxpayers; requires several State agencies to use tax data to facilitate identification and enrollment for certain social services programs; makes an appropriation.
Establishes "Period Equity and Menstrual Disorders Committee" in DOH.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain imaging related to breast cancer detection.
Requires certain court documents to be translated into languages other than English.
Requires Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners to maintain minutes of meetings; provides Governor veto over minutes.
Requires health insurers to cover self-measured blood pressure monitoring for subscribers with preeclampsia; requires health care professionals to provide home blood pressure monitor to pregnant patients diagnosed with preeclampsia.
Requires Medicaid coverage for remote stress tests for pregnant women.
Requires institution of higher education to provide victim-centered training to employees who assist student victims of sexual assault.
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.
Requires SNAP retailers to take measures to help prevent card skimming.
Establishes "Employment First Commission."
Requires Division of Family Development to establish and maintain registration system for persons applying for State's child care assistance program.
Allows certain parties to sue construction company for commission of or alleged commission of various actions.
Establishes certain water and wastewater utility shutoff protections for tenants.
Permits alternative student transportation providers to transport certain students in certain vehicles; regulates alternative student transportation providers; clarifies types of vehicles that may be used by school personnel to transport certain students.
Increases income and resource threshold limit for certain Medicaid eligibility groups.
Prohibits landlords from using certain living situations as cause for eviction of residential tenants.
Establishes Teacher Residency Program.
Requires retailers to lock up or place bath salts behind counter.
Establishes "Teacher Certification Reform Act of 2025."
Filed1
"Election Integrity and Voter Protection Act"; restricts presence of active duty military and certain law enforcement near polling places and ballot drop boxes.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law4
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.*
Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.
Permits Director of Division of Pensions and Benefits to initiate temporary transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
Passed both houses1
Amends Fiscal Year 2027 annual appropriations act to require portion of funding for Working Class Families State Supplement to be used for outreach purposes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Passed both houses · 2
Eliminates statute of limitations for human trafficking and criminal sexual contact prosecutions and eliminates statute of limitations for civil cases arising from human trafficking.*
Concerns enrollment of twins or higher order multiples in public preschool programs.
Passed the Senate · 13
Establishes guidelines for creditworthiness determinations concerning affordable housing programs.
Establishes reproductive health travel advisory.
Creates "Youth Detention Task Force."
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on accommodations for certain students fasting for religious or medical reasons.*
Prohibits discrimination on basis of height or weight under "Law Against Discrimination."
Requires annual report on New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program to include information on borrower delinquency and administrative wage garnishments.
Increases amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments; increases property tax credit option for certain individuals.
Prohibits cryptocurrency automatic teller machines.
Permits victims and witnesses of human trafficking to testify in criminal proceedings via closed circuit television; permits judge to make motion to seek closed circuit testimony.
Establishes "LGBTQIA+ Pride Month" in New Jersey.
Provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities and long-term acute care hospitals.
Prohibits purposeful obstruction of license plate and possession or transfer of merchandise that obstructs license plate.
Prohibits agreements intended to conceal certain information concerning development of data centers under MLUL.
Out of committee · 23
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey." **
Requires health benefits coverage for treatment of lipedema.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Establishes "Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act." *
Establishes "The Voter Convenience Act" to allow voters to vote at any polling place in their municipality on election day.
Expands responsibilities of Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and establishes Problematic Sexual Behavior Program.
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.
Establishes "Civil Air Patrol Fund" to be supported by annual appropriations of $275,000; appropriates $275,000.*
Establishes Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together Program.
Requires public schools that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.
Modifies collective Statewide transfer agreement and reverse transfer agreement; establishes New Jersey Transfer Ombudsperson within Office of Secretary of Higher Education.
Requires Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
"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 midwives and physicians to provide pregnant women information on birthing options prior to delivery.
Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Supplements FY2026 Appropriations Act; makes $10 million off-budget appropriation to NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program.
Requires food service businesses to provide written notice of major food allergens in each menu item.
"Homeowners' Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; allows homeowners to claim credit against gross income tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Permits Paterson and Newark police who were promoted following February 2019 police sergeant exam to have those promotions deemed regular appointments.
Prohibits surcharge on transportation network company riders for certain paratransit service.
In committee · 96
Increases criminal penalties if leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor results in injury or death.
Permits any member of PERS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for disability resulting from participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.
Requires certain employers with State contracts to pay their employees their usual compensation for each day of jury service.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Requires limited liability company to disclose certain information when recording deed concerning residential rental property.
Provides exception for Legal Services of New Jersey and other public interest organizations from confidentiality of certain eviction actions.
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.
Expands definition of child abuse or neglect.
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.
"Tariff Transparency Act"; requires disclosure of final retail price attributable to tariffs and other import taxes.
Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.
Requires automatic external defibrillators on-site at certain places of public assembly and youth athletic events.
Expands school breakfast program to all schools with five percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Establishes central registry for background checks of youth serving organization employees and volunteers.
Requires health insurance coverage of prenatal genetic test during first trimester of pregnancy.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Establishes NJ Wind Institute for Innovation and Training.
Requires BPU to allow low- and moderate-income residential customers to self-attest to income for participation in community solar programs.
Repeals $100,000 cap on sales and use tax exemption for certain capital improvements made by businesses participating in Urban Enterprise Zone program.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.
Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Establishes "Incarcerated Women's Protection Act" and concerns correctional facility board of trustees.
Establishes "Minority and Women-Owned Businesses State Contractor Remedies Act."
Establishes "Mental and Behavioral Health for Hispanics and Latinos Act"; appropriates $1 million.
Requires DOE to collect and publish data on use of restraints and seclusion on students with disabilities.
Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force.
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.
Prohibits gender-based price discrimination.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Protects equity accrued by property owner in tax sale foreclosure.
Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
"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.
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State colleges and universities.
Requires State blanks, forms, documents, and applications to incorporate new standards for collection of information about sex, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
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.
Requires Medicaid coverage for community violence prevention services; establishes training and certification program for violence prevention professionals.
"New Jersey Fostering Success Voucher Act"; provides rental assistance and case management services for certain young adults leaving foster care or kinship care; appropriates $10 million.
Establishes school district grant program in DOE to reimburse public school teachers for classroom material expenditures.
Provides paid leave for employee to attend certain events of child of employee; establishes tax credits for employer that provide those leave benefits.
Establishes "ATV Law Enforcement Task Force" to enhance and coordinate efforts to enforce laws pertaining to ATVs.
Exempts from "Sales and Use Tax Act" certain retail sales of computers and school supplies; allows $500 gross income tax deduction to teachers purchasing school supplies for classroom use.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish guidelines regarding best practices for student financial aid offers.
Establishes license to allow wineries that produce more than 250,000 gallons per year to directly ship wine to consumers.
Provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for four years; requires training prior to issuance of firearms cards and handgun purchase permits; revises procedures for passing of firearms to heir or legatee.
Establishes New Jersey Statewide Suicide Prevention Coordination and Oversight Council in DHS.
Requires registration and regulation of certain hemp-derived cannabinoids manufactured and sold in this State.
Prohibits State from disclosing New Jersey driver's license holders' personal information to other states seeking to issue speed camera or red light camera citations.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
Provides that persons between 18 and 21 years of age with disabilities are eligible to receive direct support professional services from DHS.
"Penny's Law"; requires DEP to develop beach accessibility guidelines for persons with disabilities.
Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV prophylaxis without individual prescription under certain circumstances; mandates prescription benefits coverage.
Requires 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.
Establishes Advisory Commission on Advancing LGBTQIA+ Youth Equity and Inclusion in Schools.
Establishes "New Jersey Migrant and Refugee Assistance Act."
Codifies various centers and programs at Rutgers University - Newark; appropriates $6.5 million.
Requires standards for organization and deployment of career fire fighters to be consistent with certain national standards.
Requires Civil Service Commission establish mentoring program for certain civil service firefighter applicants.
Permits companion to receive PFRS accidental death pension when there is no surviving spouse; requires adjustment of final compensation for calculation of accidental death benefit for surviving spouse, companion, and children of PFRS members.
Establishes marine firefighting training course requirements for certain firefighters; appropriates $140 million.
Establishes survivor support liaison in Department of Treasury to assist beneficiaries of emergency responders who die in line of duty; designated as "Captain Augusto Acabou's, Wayne Brooks', and Plainfield Firefighter Marques Hudson's act"; appropriates $1,000,000.
Establishes grant program to provide thermal imaging and radio equipment to certain fire departments.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Establishes interagency council on menopause in DOH and requires certain lincensed health care professionals to distribute menopause informational pamphlets under certain circumstances.
Requires menopause information to be distributed under certain circumstances.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Establishes new mitigating factor, reduced sentencing, and resentencing for certain defendants who are victims of abuse.
Requires prescription drug coverage for serious mental illness without prior authorization or utilization management, including step therapy.
Requires restaurants to provide healthy beverages with meals designated for children.
Expands scope of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
Establishes requirements for sanctions and other actions involving low-performing nursing homes.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on bleed control as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Provides categorical eligibility for subsidized child care services to certain child care workers.
Establishes "Disability Mortality and Abuse Prevention Advisory Committee" in DHS; makes appropriation.
Requires Medicaid coverage for fertility preservation services in cases of iatrogenic infertility caused by medically necessary treatments.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for screening, prevention, and treatment services of behavioral health issues affecting children.
Establishes Co-Curricular Activity Emergency Grant Program to support operations of co-curricular activities at public schools; appropriates $750,000.
"Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act"; authorizes production and use of psilocybin to promote health and wellness.
Establishes Office of Resilience in DCF.
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Requires Department of Treasury and DHS to annually identify State funds available for NJ FamilyCare and child care services, evaluate programs, and create prioritized list of initiatives to improve quality of care under programs.
Requires notification to patients when State-licensed physician has credential revoked or suspended and provides access to contact information with State.
Requires employer of volunteer first responder to provide employee with one additional paid sick day per benefit year for healthcare diagnostic testing.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing and treatments to slow progression of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
"Community-led Birthing Justice and Equity Resource Initiative Program Act;" appropriates $12 million.
Establishes "Targeted Midwifery Workforce Development Act"; appropriates $12 million.
Implements procedures for automated "Clean Slate" expungements.
Requires certain consumer disclosures relating to rabies testing and establishes optional training for veterinarians.
Clarifies law of emergency parental delegation of care of children and provides additional method to delegate care.
Establishes Youth Well-Being and Digital Accountability Act and Fund; creates independent authority to administer funds from social media settlements once threshold is met.
Permits establishment of street medicine programs.
Establishes Social Housing Program; establishes Workforce Housing Investment Program; establishes Human Infrastructure Bank Fund in NJ Infrastructure Bank.