Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, Senate.
Joseph A. Lagana
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires new flooring for schools, community centers, and child care centers to be certified mercury-free.*
Allows certain limited liability companies to terminate alternate names before end of five-year registration period.
Passed both houses1
Exempts reverse mortgage transaction from requirement that secondary mortgage loan payments be made in equal amounts and payment periods.
Passed the Senate2
Prohibits health club services contracts from limiting liability for injuries caused by negligence of health club.
Establishes education requirements for certain officers of State Board of Medical Examiners.
Out of committee18
Requires local boards of education to employ certain number of school psychologists.
Requires public schools that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in healthcare facilities, home care services, and hospice services; makes appropriation.*
Provides that contracts between subscribers and attorney in fact are not related party transactions.
Broadens scope of information sharing and civil immunity therefor, related to insurance fraud.
Establishes professional licensure and certification for tobacco treatment counseling.
Revises certain laws governing police and fire interest arbitration.
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to create open data portal and provide certain datasets online.
Requires parties in arbitration hearings to be represented by attorneys in certain circumstances.*
Requires municipalities to provide basic life support services; establishes basic life support services as essential.
Concerns facilities used by applicants for new motor vehicle dealer licenses.*
Clarifies mortgage loans to mean loans made primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.
Establishes minimum Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare pediatric special care nursing facility reimbursement rates.
Revises continuing education requirements for real estate licensees and regulation of certain real estate continuing education providers, instructors, and courses.
Establishes pilot program in certain counties to provide funding for nonpublic school nursing services through county consortium of nonpublic schools.
Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.
Provides for monthly salary for certain members of State Board of Medical Examiners; appropriates funds.
In committee63
Prohibits leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor under age of 18; requires law enforcement officers who observe unsecured firearms to conduct follow-up.
Requires hospitals to provide breast cancer patients with information concerning reconstructive surgery; prohibits certain provisions in managed care plan contracts.
Requires health insurance companies to cover lead screenings for children 16 years of age or younger.
Establishes gross income tax credit and corporation business tax credit for student loan payments.
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
Provides gross income tax credits to support development of New Jersey-based small business start-ups.
Adds to property tax levy cap exclusions increases in flood insurance premiums.
Provides veterans with up to 60 credits tuition-free at county college serving county of residence.
Directs AOC to establish implicit bias training for judges and judicial personnel.
Makes $1.3 billion in federal funds available to DEP for use in New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program for lead service line replacement projects.
Requires DMVA to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.
Alters procedure for reimbursing nurses who provide nonpublic school nursing services in certain circumstances.
Requires sample ballots to be watermarked as sample ballots.
Requires automatic machine recount for certain elections that result in tie vote and establishes process to resolve subsequent tie votes.
Clarifies that violation of "New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act" results in loss of motor vehicle liability insurance coverage in certain circumstances; provides coverage for innocent persons in certain situations involving insurance fraud.
Requires medical fee schedule by automobile insurers to provide for reimbursement of certain services provided by ambulatory surgical center at rate of 300 percent of Medicare payment rate.
Establishes Train the Trainer Program for Student Wellbeing in DOE; appropriates $1 million.
Provides that public school used as polling place shall not be open for classes on day of election.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Clarifies radiator cover requirements for residential landlords.
Revises personal injury protection coverage for basic automobile insurance policies from $15,000 to $20,000 and requires $50,000 minimum personal injury protection coverage for standard automobile liability insurance policies.
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for certain projects for acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes and certain environmental infrastructure projects that include, or allow for, flood mitigation projects.
Creates "New Jersey Kratom Consumer Protection Act."
Authorizes health care providers to negotiate with carriers regarding fee- and non-fee-related matters.
Requires calculation of national average time needed to approve applications for initial credential in profession or occupation and use of average time as standard in New Jersey.
Expands eligibility for State gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses and increases amount of credit.
Requires Division of Highway Traffic Safety to conduct public awareness campaign regarding bicyclist and pedestrian safety.
Establishes minimum Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for pediatric special care nursing facilities.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 million from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE to support Pantoliano-DePass school based mentoring pilot program in certain Bergen County school districts.
Requires Attorney General to conduct study tracking residential burglaries and issue guidance to law enforcement and public.
Concerns keyless locking mechanisms and burglar's tools.
Permits Department of Human Services to appoint persons separate from civil service eligible list under certain circumstances.
Concerns valuation of board and lodging with respect to workers' compensation.
Allows certain individuals eligible for family support services to set aside unused agency-after school care service hours for use during holiday and weekend hours.
Permits clinical laboratories to provide certain patients discounts without affecting NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rates or violating NJ Familycare rebate prohibitions.
Directs DHS to establish three year advertising campaign to attract certified home health aides to health care professions; appropriates $3 million.
Requires DCA to review and amend State Uniform Construction Code concerning parking structures to address increased weight of electric vehicles.
Provides health care benefits to disabled members of TPAF and PERS.
Excludes contributions made to certain retirement savings plans under gross income tax.
Prohibits non-compete clauses.
Requires establishment of tracking system in Division of Consumer Affairs to determine compliance with continuing education requirements.
Revises film and digital media content production tax credit program to include requirement for production of domestic original music and musical scores.
Amends statutory law to change title of "physician assistant" to "physician associate."
Clarifies procedures in certain contested child custody cases.
Provides for permit of pool and spa service business as general contractor for pool and spa building and installation and pool and spa service contracting.
Permits certain members of Prosecutors Part of PERS to qualify for service retirement with 20 or more years of service.
Allows courier services to sell instant lottery game tickets electronically; establishes self-exclusion list for State Lottery games.
Permits Department of Agriculture to regulate sale and distribution of hemp-derived consumable products under certain circumstances.
Clarifies current law addressing commissions paid to limited liability companies formed by real estate salespersons or broker-salespersons.
Extends time period in which to enroll newborn infant in health benefits coverage.
Clarifies procedures for maintenance of underground storage tanks.
Establishes "Fair Price Protection Act."
Establishes certain annual certification compliance requirements for school bus contractors; requires Office of School Bus Safety to establish certification compliance pilot program.
Revises provisions of State law concerning licensure of ambulatory care facility.
Revises statutory law to change title of "physician assistant" to "physician associate."
Authorizes physician assistants in behavioral health care to provide procedures and services without supervision.
Prohibits credit and debit card interchange fees from being applied to sales tax and gratuity.
Allows liquor stores to sell low dose THC beverages.
Requires owner of transient accommodation to be present at transient accommodation during short-term rental; establishes short-term rental agreement limit.
Makes various changes to SHBP governance and administration.
Requires certain State contractors to provide members of public with option to submit certain information electronically.
Establishes electronic delivery as default method for health insurance communications.
Clarifies circumstances when future medical treatment expenses are "collectible" personal injury protection benefits in civil actions for recovery of damages for bodily injury.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law2
Concerns facilities used by applicants for new motor vehicle dealer licenses.*
Revises continuing education requirements for real estate licensees and regulation of certain real estate continuing education providers, instructors, and courses.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
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.*
Passed the Senate · 1
Bans unauthorized restaurant reservation arrangement by third-party reservation service.*
Out of committee · 8
Establishes additional health insurance carrier network adequacy standards with respect to certain physician specialists.
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 disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and establishes certain responsibilities for litigation funders.
Modifies process to credential licensed health care professionals in carrier provider network.*
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for treatment of stuttering.*
Establishes "Fair Price Protection Act."*
Allows rounding for cash transactions.
In committee · 38
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Requires motor vehicle history checks and adds certain disqualifying offenses for community agency employees.
Makes publishing on Internet home address or unpublished telephone number of judges, prosecutors and certain court personnel a crime of the fourth degree under certain circumstances.
Prohibits public utilities from discontinuing residential electric, gas, water, and sewer service after expiration of coronavirus public health emergency; requires public utilities to implement deferred payment agreements for services.
Provides that act of sexual penetration committed without victim's consent constitutes sexual assault; defines term "consent."
"Naturopathic Doctors Licensing Act."
Establishes "New Jersey Works Dual Enrollment Option Program."
Amends "Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act" to exclude full-time students and au pairs from definition of domestic worker and remove joint and several liability provision from law.
Prohibits release of certain substances into atmosphere for purposes of geoengineering.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
Requires Commissioner of Health to establish maternity care public awareness campaign.
Requires Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities to align rates for self-directed employees with maximum service provider rates.
Requires DOLWD to allow individuals to schedule unemployment service appointments at One Stop Career Centers via telephone or Internet.
Concerns substitution of work experience for certain requirements to obtain licensure and certification in social work.
Requires counties to establish crisis intervention services programs for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and sheriff's officers.
Designates 9/11 Heart Symbol flag as official State flag; mandates it be displayed at certain public buildings and memorials.
Excludes from gross income tax certain compensation earned by college athletes for use of name, image, or likeness.
Bans unauthorized restaurant reservation arrangement by third-party reservation service.
Establishes county veteran transportation grant program; removes certain restrictions to the current veterans transportation assistance program; appropriates $2 million.
Provides PERS members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
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.
Provides electric public utility customers' right to decline installation of smart meter under certain circumstances.
Requires DEP and owners of certain reservoirs to implement certain flood control measures; authorizes Office of Emergency Management to order lowering of reservoirs levels in response to severe weather events.
Regulates residential mental health treatment facilities.
Directs DOLWD to establish advertising campaign to attract candidates to health care professions; appropriates $1 million.
Clarifies regional municipal court jurisdiction over State Police and other matters originating outside of participating municipalities.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of books at school book fairs.
Requires health insurance carriers to use federal resource-based relative value scale when determining reimbursement values for evaluation and management billing codes appended by modifier 25.
Provides for procurement by State of pharmacy benefits manager, automated reverse auction services, and claims adjudication services.
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
Prohibits advertising generative artificial intelligence as able to practice regulated profession or occupation.
Provides permanent exemption for certain polystyrene foam food service products from law prohibiting sale and provision of polystyrene foam food service products.
Requires automobile insurers to provide notice that Medicare and Medicaid may not be used as primary coverage for PIP benefits.
"Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act."
Filed · 2
Establishes "New Jersey Rural Health Access Act" and Mobile Health Partnership Program.
Prohibits use of lapse in automobile insurance coverage as rating factor in automobile insurance underwriting following death of policyholder.