Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, Senate.
Holly T. Schepisi
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Authorizes establishment of regional economic development partnerships.
In committee64
Establishes "Affordable Housing Obligation Study Commission."
Regulates the authority of the court to make provision for the educational expenses of an unemancipated child in certain instances involving child support.
Revises emergency care services referral standards for providers of telemedicine and telehealth.
Provides electric public utility customers' right to decline installation of smart meter under certain circumstances.
Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault when committed against registered security officer.
Enhances "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights"; prohibits defendant from entering crime victim's home throughout criminal justice process, including in relation to any investigation or discovery.
"Personal Injury Trust Fund Transparency Act;" requires plaintiff to file personal injury trust claims under certain circumstances; addresses allocation of trust claims; establishes scheduling and discovery requirements for certain tort actions.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain moving expenses for taxpayer moving to New Jersey to commence work in State.
Exempts personal identifying information of minor from disclosure in public record; requires information to be redacted.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Directs DCA to establish online database of affordable housing settlement agreements and other declaratory judgment actions.
Establishes Volunteer Emergency Responder Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Allows municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for their residents.
Prohibits certain property from receiving property tax exemption or abatement.
Prohibits affordable housing obligation exemptions for urban aid municipalities.
Requires COAH to administer affordable housing obligations of municipalities based on Statewide obligation.
Requires additional credit against fair share obligation for abandoned property converted to affordable housing.
Increases maximum municipal percentage of affordable fair share housing satisfied by age-restricted units to 50 percent.
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.
Requires exterior exit doors in school buildings to remain unlocked from egress side and locked from access side at all times.
Permits patient visitation in licensed health care facilities if consistent with federal or State law.
Limits amount of real property that may be exempt from property taxation under "Long Term Tax Exemption Law."
Requires Legislature to approve by concurrent resolution settlements of over $10 million or more of claims for damages against the State.
Prohibits teaching staff members from inputting information and conversations regarding individually identifiable health information into third party software applications managed by entities engaging in partisan political activity.
Extends eligibility for short-term financial assistance under Transitional Aid to Localities program to municipalities that lose a major commercial ratable.
Concerns vaccine mandates and eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain health care workers.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Provides that organ donor designation on driver's license or identification card remains upon renewal of license or card under certain circumstances.
Directs State Board of Education to rescind New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education and directs boards of education to establish Parental Advisory Committees and adopt standards for health instruction.
Requires child care center vehicles to be equipped with alarm system prompting driver to inspect vehicle for children left unattended in vehicle.
Revises requirements for infertility coverage under certain health insurance plans.
Prohibits use of schools as polling places.
Creates offense of tracking for unlawful purpose; imposes enhanced penalties.
Establishes "COVID-19 Learning Loss Study Commission."
Requires parental consent for student to participate in health, family life education, or sex education program and provides parents with access to certain public school curricula.
Concerns the taxation of certain business personal property.
Repeals law providing that violation of rear seat belt law be treated as secondary offense; establishes certain reporting requirements; requires AG to issue report.
Requires State Board of Education to provide five days' notice of public meeting and permit public comment on agenda items of public meeting.
Lowers age at which certain insurers are required to provide coverage for mammograms.
Exempts local utilities from certain reporting requirements.
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.
Provides Supplemental Transportation Growth Aid for school districts in 2023-2024 school year; appropriates $31.6 million.
Prohibits hospital from billing patient for inter-hospital medical transport services under certain circumstances.
Establishes legislative internship program; makes appropriation.
Establishes penalty for certain undeclared possession of hypodermic needle or syringe.
Requires parents and guardians be provided access to medical records of minor patients; provides immunity to health care facilities and professionals that provide access to records.
Regulates residential mental health treatment facilities.
Authorizes licensing of certain sporting event brackets and boxes under raffle law.
"Fentanyl and Xylazine Poisoning Awareness Act"; requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of fentanyl and xylazine.
Directs DOLWD to establish advertising campaign to attract candidates to health care professions; appropriates $1 million.
Designates September 11 of each year "September 11 Remembrance Day."
Requires State Police to maintain 24-hour hotline for receiving anonymous tips regarding potential threats to school safety and security.
Prohibits collecting of certain costs associated with offshore wind projects from ratepayers.
Directs Commission on Human Trafficking to meet and compile report related to prevention of human trafficking during 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Requires enhanced reporting of campaign contributions and expenditures by independent expenditure committees.
Extends statute of limitations for campaign finance violations.
Exempts certain personal information from redaction and nondisclosure requirements in filings regarding election-related financing.
Requires DOH to conduct survey on status of antenatal and prenatal care clinics in New Jersey.
Requires certain employees and candidates for public school employment or service and youth camp employees to undergo child abuse record information check.
Increases threshold for imposition of certain fees and taxes on certain real property transfers from $1 million to $1.5 million, subject to annual adjustment based on Consumer Price Index.
Establishes "Students with Communication Disabilities' Bill of Rights."
Establishes procedure for removal of health care facility from provider network and certain circumstances to allow for special enrollment period.
Makes various revisions to law pertaining to electronic medical records and recording certain minor patients' demographic information.
"Weston's Law"; extends crime of human trafficking to include recruiting or coercing juvenile to join gang or drug trafficking scheme.
Filed1
Requires use of uniform campus climate survey by institutions of higher education.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2027.
Appropriates $77,406,208 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Passed the Senate · 1
Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute epinephrine to officers; requires training.
Out of committee · 16
Establishes certain protections for drivers and holders of non-driver identification cards diagnosed with certain disabilities.*
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
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.
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Requires portable anti-choking devices be placed in schools.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Establishes professional licensure and certification for tobacco treatment counseling.
Establishes "Volunteer Fire Company Assistance Program" in DCA to support operations and sustainability of volunteer fire companies; appropriates $10 million.
Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.
Permits inclusion of volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders within municipal eligible employee group for purposes of the small employer health benefits plan statutes.
"Stop Sepsis Act"; Requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols, train staff, and establish quality measures.*
Supplements FY2026 Appropriations Act; makes $10 million off-budget appropriation to NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program.
Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract.
Requires NJ FamilyCare payment for multiple medical encounters per day for enrollee at federally qualified health center.
Concerns lung cancer screening awareness and access.
Clarifies MVC voter registration prompts for certain persons.
In committee · 71
Modifies requirements for associations to protect structural integrity of certain buildings; expands timeframes for associations to establish adequate reserves.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Establishes affirmative defense to prosecution for any crime committed by victim of human trafficking under certain circumstances.
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 automatic external defibrillators on-site at certain places of public assembly and youth athletic events.
Regulates smoking in casinos and casino simulcasting facilities.
Permits Secretary of Higher Education to appoint antisemitism monitor to any institution of higher education; requires institution to implement recommendations of antisemitism monitor.
Requires MVC to provide certain vehicle and licensing services in each county in State.
Revises factors for determining employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Creates "New Jersey Anti-Semitism Task Force".
Prohibits release of certain substances into atmosphere for purposes of geoengineering.
Establishes independent State Office of Consumer.
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.
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
Requires Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities to align rates for self-directed employees with maximum service provider rates.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.
Permits county clerk to remove voters from vote-by-mail lists under certain circumstances.
Increases degree of crime for unlawful taking of motor vehicle.
Creates second degree crime for operation of stolen vehicle in manner that creates risk of injury to person or property.
Prohibits DOH from issuing recommendations or regulations that are more stringent than recommendations or regulations issued by federal government.
Prohibits mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 as condition of attending public K-12 schools.
Adds Bergen County as pilot county for purposes of "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act."
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent.
Expands NJT Access Link paratransit service area to include certain veterans health care facilities; appropriates $1 million.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $12 million to Village of Ridgewood for drinking water infrastructure improvements related to per- and poly-fluoralkyl substance pollution.
Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.
Requires public schools to develop policy for administration of nasal seizure rescue medication and use of manual vagas nerve stimulators for students with seizure disorder on emergent basis.
Provides for agreement between Secretary of State and AOC to match information in Statewide voter registration system with certain jury records in order to identify and remove ineligible non-citizen voter registrants from system.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
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.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Eliminates the New Jersey Transfer Inheritance Tax and repeals parts of chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
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 state entities purchase five percent of goods and services from Central Nonprofit Agency; requires Division of Purchase and Property establish training protocols for all purchasing agents; grants Central Nonprofit Agency right of first refusal.
Authorizes local governments to provide voluntary contributions to certain nonprofit veterans' organizations.
Requires public utilities to mail customers detailed explanation of rate settlement agreements prior to final BPU vote.
Provides a gross income tax deduction for veterinarian expenses.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
"Energy Security and Affordability Act"; requires BPU to consider energy security, diversity, and affordability when preparing Energy Master Plan and perform economic and ratepayer impact analysis of energy generation projects and Energy Master Plan.
Requires certain public awareness campaigns to include information about duty of motorist to take certain action when approaching pedestrian, bicycle, or personal conveyance.
Expands definition of child under PFRS and SPRS.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Authorizes provision of monetary awards to whistleblowers who report State tax law violations committed by employers in construction industry.
Excludes environmentally sensitive and flood-prone land from designation as vacant or available for purposes of affordable housing construction.
Requires suicide prevention training for mental health practitioners.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD, total brain injury, or traumatic brain injury.
Permits police officers to travel to and from and remain within police station located within 100 feet of polling place; permits Class Three special law enforcement officers to be assigned to certain polling places.
Adjusts method of determining regional need for affordable housing; permits timeline extension for municipalities to determine and plan for adjusted fair share obligations based on revisions to regional need.
Withdraws New Jersey's participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Removes criminal liability for law enforcement officers who have investigative encounter with underage person for possession of alcohol or cannabis unless civil rights are violated.
Permits Legislature to terminate certain declarations by Governor for state of emergency or public health emergency and limits duration of such declarations unless Legislature approves extension.
The "School Safety and Security Act"; establishes penalties for certain criminal acts committed on school property.
Permits taxpayers to deduct the total amount of State property taxes paid on principal residence from gross income tax obligation.
Credits $2.35 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $4.32 billion to Department of Treasury to provide funds to municipalities and counties for debt retirement and avoidance.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters.
Extends affordable housing preference to certain allied South Korean veterans.
Requires Medicaid coverage of social day care services for senior citizens.
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Expands New Jersey's certificate of need exemption list.
"Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act"; authorizes production and use of psilocybin to promote health and wellness.
Provides filing extension and medical documentation requirement for certain members or retirees of PFRS, SPRS, or PERS regarding accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.
"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.
Establishes requirements for preparation and final passage of annual appropriations act; incorporates multi-year revenue and expenditure projections for informational purposes.
Establishes "Justice for Vulnerable Residents Act"; creates Justice Center for the Protection of Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities.
Establishes process for submittal and publication of proposed revisions to Governor's budget recommendations and requires publication of proposals by June 1 annually.
Requires State reimbursement to municipalities of cost of disabled veterans' total property tax exemption; increases amount of State reimbursement to municipalities for amount of veterans' property tax deduction.
Clarifies that amateur sports official is independent contractor for purposes of State employment laws.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing and treatments to slow progression of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Clarifies applicability of "School Ethics Act" to personal statements of board members.