Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, Senate.
Kristin M. Corrado
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Bans unauthorized restaurant reservation arrangement by third-party reservation service.*
Out of committee3
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Requires portable anti-choking devices be placed in schools.
Establishes matching grant program in DCA to support community-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter services during Code Blue alerts.
In committee176
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Establishes minimum level of domestic violence and sexual assault training for judges and judicial personnel.
Upgrades burglary of a residence to a crime of the second degree; requires mandatory period of parole ineligibility if residence was occupied at time of offense.
Establishes "Commission on Statewide Affordable Housing Obligations" to determine Statewide need for low and moderate income housing.
Requires school buses that transport students with special needs to be equipped with certain safety features.
"Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act"; requires institutions of higher education to implement mental health programs and services.
Requires commissioner of registration to move voters with undeliverable mail-in ballots to inactive file; removes such inactive voters from Statewide voter registration system following failure to vote in two consecutive federal general elections.
Requires AG to create voting fraud task force.
Requires Secretary of State create website for voters to report irregularities regarding mail-in ballots; establishes "Vote by Mail Study Commission."
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
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.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Creates "Disability Life-Sustaining Measures Advisory Council."
Provides that disability-owned businesses be included in certain business development programs, direct loan programs, and certification processes; requires Chief Diversity Officer compile information on awarding of State contracts to disability-owned businesses.
Permits exemption from certain civil service examinations for person with disability.
Prioritizes distribution of 9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund monies; permits use of funds for certain expenses incurred by counties and municipalities for the provision and maintenance of 9-1-1 emergency services.
Requires revocation of parole for assaulting or threatening law enforcement officers.
Requires long-term care facilities to submit reports regarding residents with disabilities.
Requires Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities to align rates for self-directed employees with maximum service provider rates.
Authorizes direct shipping by craft distilleries.
Establishes "New Jersey Transit ADA Task Force."
Permits dismissal of certain motor vehicle violations if defendant corrects issue within allotted time frame and provides acceptable documentation.
Bars individual from serving as county prosecutor in acting capacity for longer than one year, including pending nominee for position.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.
Provides free tuition at public institutions of higher education for surviving spouses and dependent children of military personnel killed in performance of duties.
Requires institutions of higher education and government employers to provide certain students and employees with information about Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Requires public schools, and nonpublic schools which receive federal funding, to provide students with information on rights afforded under Title IX, and provide contact information for Title IX coordinator.
Requires DOT, NJT, and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities.
Requires DMVA assist discharged service members who have diagnosed service-connected mental health condition with petitions to change discharge designation.
Establishes "Parents Bill of Rights Act"; prohibits school district from interfering with fundamental right of parent or guardian to engage in and direct student's education; permits opt-out of school district curriculum.
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location.
Permits county clerk to remove voters from vote-by-mail lists under certain circumstances.
Requires Secretary of State and county commissioners of registration to perform audit of voter registration records in Statewide Voter Registration System.
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.
Allows gross income tax deduction for up to $1,200 of unreimbursed expenses incurred by eligible educators for purchase of classroom supplies.
Requires State to reimburse licensing costs for certain school bus drivers.
Requires public officer or employee forfeit pension upon conviction of certain crimes; alters factors determining honorable service; opens pension to garnishment upon conviction of certain offenses.
Prohibits mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 as condition of attending public K-12 schools.
Revises definition of domestic violence to include psychological abuse and economic abuse.
Establishes "Non-College Advancement Act"; makes appropriation.
Streamlines emergency medical technician certification process for certain veterans.
Qualifies certain disabled veterans for toll rate exemptions and exemptions from motor vehicle registration fees.
Requires MVC and AAA to contract to allow for provision of certain motor vehicle services at AAA facilities.
Requires school districts to let nonpublic school students participate in district high school interscholastic athletics.
Establishes student-athlete mental health specialists in school districts and public institutions of higher education; creates student-athlete mental health registry; makes appropriation.
Requires Superintendent of State Police to publish cannabis-related fatal motor vehicle crash statistics.
Prohibits deepfake pornography and imposes criminal and civil penalties for non-consensual disclosure.
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.
Adds Bergen County as pilot county for purposes of "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act."
Makes $500,000 supplemental appropriation from General Fund to DEP for dredging and restoration of Passaic River.
Makes $500,000 supplemental appropriation from General Fund to DEP for dredging and restoration of Peckman River.
Makes $500,000 supplemental appropriation from Property Tax Relief Fund to Borough of North Caldwell to fund restoration of Walker's Family Home at Walker's Park and Walker's Park property.
Permits virtual or remote instruction for public schools used as polling places on election days.
Establishes presumption of pretrial detention for persons who commit carjacking, theft of motor vehicle, or burglary.
Requires NJT to offer discount fares to certain individuals.
Requires DOE to collect and publish data on use of restraints and seclusion on students with disabilities.
Prohibits sports wagering licensees from offering player-specific proposition bets on college sports.
Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.
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.
Prohibits electric and gas public utilities from collecting payment from residential budget billing plan customers whose service was interrupted as a result of major emergency event.
Requires counties to establish crisis intervention services programs for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and sheriff's officers.
Requires certain procedures and training for municipalities, counties, and school districts in response to cybersecurity incidents.
Establishes crime of fertility fraud.
Establishes Office of Disordered Eating Prevention and Disordered Eating Prevention Research Grant Program in DOH; makes appropriation.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $12 million to Village of Ridgewood for drinking water infrastructure improvements related to per- and poly-fluoralkyl substance pollution.
Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force.
Establishes New Jersey Human Trafficking Criminal Registry; requires establishment of educational curricula related to human trafficking.
Concerns policies governing student use of cell phones and social media platforms in public schools.
Requires use of helmets when operating or riding upon electric bicycle or electric scooter.
Designates 9/11 Heart Symbol flag as official State flag; mandates it be displayed at certain public buildings and memorials.
Requires DCA to establish online, Statewide database of local government unit legal notices.
Authorizes creation of "Woman Veteran" license plates with emblem displaying silhouette of woman veteran saluting set against American flag background.
Establishes "Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Grant Program" in DMVA.
Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.
Requires automatic voter registration to be available when applying for certain licenses and permits.
Establishes legislative internship program for veterans.
Establishes luggage donation program for children in resource family care in DCF.
Excludes from gross income tax certain compensation earned by college athletes for use of name, image, or likeness.
Extends eligibility for certain veterans' gross income tax exemptions to include veterans of all Uniformed Services of United States.
Requires school buses transporting students with special needs to be equipped with certain safety features.
Renames Office of Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities, creates position of deputy ombudsman, and expands duties of office.
Bans unauthorized restaurant reservation arrangement by third-party reservation service.
Prohibits online advertisements for casino gaming and sports wagering on platforms intended for children.
Provides gross income tax credit to qualified caregivers for care and support expenses incurred for qualifying relative or individual with disabilities.
Deactivates certain committees, councils, panels, and task forces of advisory or temporary nature if entity does not meet or have quorum at least once every year.
Requires transportation network company to provide live customer service representative and certain notification to riders.
Directs Secretary of State to establish election incident reporting and complaint database; requires certain telephone numbers be provided with voter instructions.
Requires DVA establish Veterans Outdoor Recovery Task Force.
Establishes hotline for reporting behavior negatively affecting integrity of sporting events and excludes persons responsible from future sports wagering activities; prohibits certain sports wagering advertisements; requires independent oversight of sports wagering operations to ensure integrity.
Establishes the New Jersey State Government and Civil Service Student Internship Program; appropriates $750,000.
Requires automatic recount for local elections with vote difference of 10 votes or less at candidate's request; provides for geographic regions for judges to adjudicate election recounts and contests; establishes certain adjudication and hearing timelines.
Allows candidates for Senate and General Assembly to appear together in same nominating petition.
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.
Establishes Open Public Records Act Study Commission.
Establishes Military Suicide Prevention Task Force.
Permits members of NJ National Guard to be election workers under certain circumstances.
Permits fair share affordable housing bonus credit for certain housing reserved for occupancy by teachers.
Requires certain preliminary approval of municipality prior to licensure of community group homes.
Exempts honorably discharged veterans from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears honorably discharged veteran's placard issued by MVC.
Establishes process to exempt municipality from certain fair share affordable housing obligations based on flood risk.
Eliminates prohibition on provision of single-use paper and plastic carryout bags by grocery stores for delivery, pick-up or curbside pickup orders.
Requires licensed child care centers to provide annual notice of emergency procedure requirements.
Increases cap on grants for farmland stewardship activities to $100,000 per application.
Provides exemption from DEP permit fees to municipalities after natural disaster involving flooding.
Requires driver to submit to evaluation by drug recognition expert when involved in motor vehicle accident resulting in death.
Increases maximum gross income tax deduction for homestead property taxes paid to $25,000.
Requires health insurers to cover Lyme disease.
Regulates use of artificial intelligence-enabled video interview in hiring process.
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.
Authorizes issuance of classic NJ license plates.
Requires NJT to provide Wi-Fi service on passenger trains.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with theft of motor vehicle be detained prior to trial under certain circumstances.
Prohibits use of facial recognition technology on consumer except for legitimate safety purpose.
Requires child care centers to establish procedures to notify parents or guardians in event of unexcused child absence as condition of licensure.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to reopen programs providing functional services to persons with developmental disabilities in same manner as schools.
Codifies and revises background check and other requirements for certain individuals working with children.
Prohibits contracts for student-athlete's name, image, or likeness from remaining in effect beyond the date the student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics.
Repeals law prohibiting sale or distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags, single-use paper carryout bags, polystyrene foam food service products, and single-use plastic straws.
Repeals law that prohibits certain establishments from providing or selling various single-use products to customers.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services.
Requires DOLWD to make initial unemployment claim determination within two weeks of filing; establishes claimant hotline for pending unemployment claims.
"College Mental Health Services Act"; establishes grant program for public institutions of higher education and requires public institutions of higher education to report certain information concerning mental health treatment and suicides.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to establish marketing and advertising campaign to promote athletics; appropriates $250,000.
Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sexual assault prevention training program for high school athletic directors and coaches of interscholastic sports programs.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to use lockable cell phone pouches in certain public schools; appropriates $500,000.
Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Requires public institution of higher education to study cost drivers, administrative productivity, organizational structure, space utilization, and faculty productivity.
Requires Commissioner of Education to prepare report on learning loss of students with developmental disabilities during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to develop career and education guide for post secondary students with disabilities.
Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in playoff tournament basketball games.
Requires public institution of higher education to provide alternative scholarship to student-athlete who loses athletic scholarship due to injury.
Requires certain athletic trainers and certain coaches of interscholastic sports, cheerleading and dance programs, and collegiate sports to complete student-athlete eating disorder training program developed by Commissioner of Education.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education.
Establishes Distraction Free Schools Grant Program; appropriates $2 million.
Provides that former law enforcement officers who retired due to disability are eligible to receive tuition assistance to attend public institution of higher education or proprietary institution licensed to confer academic degrees.
Requires school psychologists and school counselors to complete mental health first aid training.
Establishes requirement that county prosecutor reside in county of appointment during term of appointment and until qualified successor is appointed.
Updates certain crimes to include nonconsensual pornographic deepfake threats and disclosure.
Upgrades strict liability vehicular homicide to crime of second degree.
Prohibits creation or disclosure of deceptive audio or visual media, known as "deepfakes," under certain circumstances.
Requires MVC to safeguard automatic voter registration process.
Establishes penalties for harassment and assault of athletes under certain circumstances.
Requires biennial inspection of nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Requires NJT to establish contactless payment system to rail passenger service.
Requires MVC to allow person to indicate special needs with motor vehicle registration.
Establishes mediation process for school ethics complaints.
Requires DOT to study weight limits on State highways.
Authorizes hospital patient with developmental disabilities to have designated family member, guardian, direct support professional, or other caregiver accompany patient throughout hospital stay.
Authorizes purchaser of automobile by private sale to operate automobile for three-day period following purchase without permanent registration or transfer of title.
Requires school calendar to include certain days for inclement weather and emergencies.
Clarifies that amateur sports official is independent contractor for purposes of State employment laws.
Requires NJT to install certain safety features at certain bus stops.
Requires involuntary commitment of certain individuals who have been administered opioid antidotes.
Provides permanent exemption for certain polystyrene foam food service products from law prohibiting sale and provision of polystyrene foam food service products.
Requires emergency departments to provide certain information to parents of children experiencing mental health crisis.
Restricts brightness of motor vehicle headlamps.
Requires NJT to publish certain performance-related information.
Requires social media platforms to cooperate with nonprofit organization initiatives to remove nonconsensual intimate images or videos.
Increases daily compensation for election workers and increases additional compensation rate for election workers managing signature copy registers.
"Gary Letizia Pre-Hospital Blood Transfusion Act"; authorizes advanced life support providers, under medical oversight, to administer blood products to patients in pre-hospital settings, and establishes certain reimbursement for such providers.
Requires creation of central registry of residents with special needs for use during emergencies.
Requires notice prior to utility pole placement and removal.
Exempts election worker compensation from taxation.
Establishes alternative pathway for victims of domestic violence to obtain certain identification cards and licenses from MVC.
Requires employing board of education or contractor to notify DOE regarding termination of employee disqualified from employment.
Exempts municipalities from stream cleaning permit fees.
Requires DCF to expand services provided by NJ Statewide Student Support Services program to include eating disorder services.
Provides certain TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system within period starting after November 1, 2008, and ending on or before May 21, 2010.
Eliminates automatic voter registration, restores "opt-in" voter registration process, and requires proof of citizenship for voter registration at MVC.
"Victoria's Law"; requires video surveillance cameras in certain special education classrooms in public schools for promotion of student safety.
Prohibits sports wagering licensees from offering or accepting wagers on student athlete college transfers.
Filed14
Prohibits advertising cosmetic products with certain chemicals to minors on social media.
Establishes "Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act."
Requires AG to post certain information regarding legal action taken against federal government.
"Election Integrity Through Voter ID Act"; requires photo identification for voting at polling places; updates procedures for challenging voters regarding proof of identity; provides for free non-driver identification for certain persons.
Establishes visual standards for certain kinds of identification issued to noncitizens; requires registered voters to present identification when voting at polling place.
Prohibits voter registration of standard driver's license or identification card applicants.
Prohibits youth serving organizations from imposing "stay-to-play" requirements.
Requires county prosecutors' offices be notified of sexual assault complaints.
Requires MVC and American Automobile Association to contract to allow for provision of certain motor vehicle services at American Automobile Association facilities.
Eliminates fee to reissue motor vehicle certificate of ownership following death of co-owner of motor vehicle.
Upgrades distribution of controlled dangerous substance in edible form to minors under certain circumstances.
Requires school districts to include instruction on dangers of consuming unknown food and beverages.
Requires creation and display of posters concerning consumption of unknown foods or beverages in certain locations.
Requires training for employees in certain settings to recognize and respond to indications of intoxication in children from consumption of cannabis item.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law2
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Bans unauthorized restaurant reservation arrangement by third-party reservation service.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Provides seniority service credit to educational support professionals for military service.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
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.
Appropriates $15,546,575 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses.
Passed the Senate · 7
Requires certain juveniles to appear before court in county where incident giving rise to delinquency complaint allegedly occurred.
Requires school report card to include information about placement of graduates, including apprenticeships.
Requires school bus drivers and school bus aides to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires certain school buses transporting students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features.*
Permits excused absence for students participating in college visits, visits to postsecondary technical institutions, and military recruitment-related activities.
Requires State to provide recipients of State tax refunds, unemployment insurance benefits and State employee compensation certain payment options.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to use therapy dogs in public elementary school wellness programs.
Requires school districts to establish procedures for online reporting of harassment, intimidation, and bullying.
Out of committee · 27
Establishes Anti-Bullying Commission and Anti-Bullying Youth Council in DOE.*
Permits pretrial detention for contempt violation of protective order issued under "Victim's Assistance and Survivor Protection Act."
Permits waiver of juvenile regardless of age under certain circumstances; makes juveniles eligible for waiver for terrorism and human trafficking.
Requires Rutgers University study economic impact of military installations in NJ; appropriates $155,000.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Classifies 7 Hydroxymitragynine as Schedule I drug.
Revises penalty for underage gambling to be civil penalty; provides for all associated fines to be used for gambling addiction treatment.
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 "Jersey Craft Beverage Retailer Promotion and Grant Program" in EDA.
Establishes Law Enforcement Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $3 million.
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.
Concerns facilities used by applicants for new motor vehicle dealer licenses.*
Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly.
Changes certain driver testing and education requirements for persons with disabilities.
Eliminates use of census-based funding of special education aid in school funding law.
Provides certain resources to county prosecutors for enforcement of law regarding failure to pay wages; makes appropriation.
Requires high school students to receive financial literacy instruction.
Makes various revisions to the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights.
Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers.*
Requires youth and sports organizations to obtain criminal history record background checks of certain volunteers, employees and organizers.*
Clarifies MVC voter registration prompts for certain persons.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for transportation infrastructure projects for FY2027; makes appropriation.
Requires State Board of Education to include bullying awareness and prevention in New Jersey Student Learning Standards.*
Requires certain tolling entities and NJT to provide 50 percent discount to service members, veterans, auxiliary members, and Gold Star Family members.*
"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.
In committee · 190
Prohibits requiring students to wear face masks in schools and on school buses.
Permits religious services during state of emergency or public health emergency declarations by Governor.
Concerns installation, modification, and sale of certain mufflers and exhaust systems; requires inspection of mufflers and exhaust systems.
Increases annual income limit for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Establishes Training Clinicians to Support Adults with Autism Workforce Development Program in Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services; appropriates $500,000.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to waive E-ZPass tolls for disabled veteran owned businesses.
Requires MVC to issue blue envelopes that hold documents required to operate motor vehicle to persons diagnosed with autism.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Extends crime of identity theft to include fraudulent impersonation or false depiction by means of artificial intelligence or deepfake technology.
Authorizes reimbursement for EMT training from EMT Training Fund for certain volunteer firefighters.
Increases penalties for human trafficking of children.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $75,000 to Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund.
Amends felony murder, aggravated manslaughter, and aggravated assault statutes to include death or bodily injury occurring during commission of auto theft.
Upgrades degree of crime of auto theft when committed in connection with home invasion or residential burglary.
Requires juveniles to be tried as adult for certain serious offenses under No Early Release Act.
Requires federal funding to be made available to Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse to support Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse if needed to offset unanticipated decrease in dedicated revenues.
"Santiago/Ramos/Liu Police Protection Act"; requires certain law enforcement vehicles to have tinted windows.
Upgrades burglary of residence to crime of second degree.
Criminalizes use of "signal jammers."
Exempts cribs, child restraint systems, nursing bottles, and strollers from sales and use tax.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain neurological diseases.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
Establishes "New Jersey No Patient Left Alone Act"; requires certain facilities to establish policies guaranteeing visitation rights for facility residents.
Expands Community College Opportunity Grant Program to include career and technical education programs at county colleges and county vocational schools.
Requires public institution of higher education to award academic credit to certain volunteer emergency responders.
Requires MVC to provide customers with certain documents in-person, same day.
"CJ's Law"; Criminalizes manufacture, sale, and possession of substances containing kratom.
"Michelle's Law"; requires health benefit plans to cover mammogram for an individual if recommended by health care provider.
Requires EDA to establish program providing grants to qualified veterans purchasing franchises.
Requires MVC to provide certain vehicle and licensing services in each county in State.
Creates "New Jersey Anti-Semitism Task Force".
Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students to receive COVID-19 vaccination.
Establishes "Bring Veterans to New Jersey Program."
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention of defendant charged with aggravated assault of law enforcement officer.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for child sexual abuse and child endangerment.
Abolishes BPU; transfers responsibilities to Department of Treasury.
Authorizes Commissioner of Transportation to allow painting of blue line between double yellow centerline marking on public roads.
Makes desecration of military monument crime of third degree.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention and increases penalties for motor vehicle theft offenses; authorizes home detention for minors adjudicated delinquent for motor vehicle theft offenses; establishes Grants for Underage Auto-Theft Risk Deterrence Pilot Program in Juvenile Justice Commission; appropriates $7 million.
Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to construct suicide prevention barriers at certain bridges or overpasses.
Requires State entities to recycle certain materials and provide recycling bins in State buildings.
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.
"New Jersey Makes, the World Takes Act"; allows corporation business tax credit for selling New Jersey made products.
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.
Provides gross income tax credits to support development of New Jersey-based small business start-ups.
Provides veterans with up to 60 credits tuition-free at county college serving county of residence.
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.
Requires DMVA establish Disabled Veterans Transportation Task Force.
Authorizes grocery stores to provide certain single-use paper carryout bags to customers.
Requires green building standards and impact studies for carbon, traffic, storm water, and schools for certain affordable housing development.
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Reinstates annual sales tax holiday for retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials, and sport or recreation equipment.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, and school instructional materials.
Establishes Veterans Suicide Prevention Commission.
Establishing veterans' affordable housing preference; authorizing bonus fair share credit for veterans' affordable housing.
Encourages expansion of community mental health programs to include mental health services to veterans; prohibits veterans from being denied county mental health services.
Exempts grooming and hygiene products and certain baby products from sales and use tax.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain ambulance transportation services.
"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 Plastics Upcycling Grant Program in DEP to provide proportional awards to eligible schools based on pro rata share of plastics collected, by each school, for upcycling purposes.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
Reduces amount of supervised counseling experience required for professional counselor licensure.
"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.
Establishes counseling program for eligible family members of active duty military members and disabled veterans.
Provides gross income tax deduction for expenses incurred by disabled veterans for service animals.
Suspends sales and use tax and societal benefits charge on electric and gas public utility bills during four-month period.
"Affordable Home Energy Protection Act"; prohibits adoption of State or local rules that restrict the use of certain fossil-fuel powered appliances or heating systems.
"Vehicle Choice Protection Act"; prohibits State agencies from adopting rules, regulations, or policies that restrict or prohibit sale, registration, or use of new internal combustion vehicles in State.
Increases penalty for reckless vehicular homicide committed when driving while intoxicated under certain circumstances.
Suspends sales and use tax and societal benefits charge on electric and gas public utility bills during one year period beginning January 1, 2026 and ending December 31, 2026.
Allows municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for their residents.
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.
Concerns vaccine mandates and eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain health care workers.
Requires State Board of Education to provide five days' notice of public meeting and permit public comment on agenda items of public meeting.
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.
Requires certain employees and candidates for public school employment or service and youth camp employees to undergo child abuse record information check.
Concerns pretrial and post-trial considerations for certain crimes involving operation of vehicles, including rebuttable presumption for pretrial detention, pretial recommendation of no release from detention, suspension or revocation of license, and vehicle forfeiture.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Requires low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters to be insured and registered with MVC; requires MVC to develop a safety training module for registration.
Authorizes provision of monetary awards to whistleblowers who report State tax law violations committed by employers in construction industry.
Increases maximum age for pediatric long-term care facility residents to 26.
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for sex offenses and certain violent crimes committed using a deadly weapon.
Establishes Office of Women's Services in DOC.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Children.
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.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
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.
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.
Permits municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for first responders.
Suspends fines for certain first-time paperwork violations committed by small businesses.
Requires EDA administer small business loan program to provide loans to small businesses owned or controlled by certain veterans.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Establishes "New Jersey COVID-19 Long-Term Health Effects Task Force."
Requires MVC to make mobile units available to reduce service delays at overcrowded agencies.
Requires Firefighter 1 certification of candidate who completes military firefighter training and at least 12 months active duty military service in lieu of training course requirements.
Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.
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.
Requires legislative approval for energy master plan to become State policy.
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.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 6.625 to 6 percent.
Eliminates the corporate transit fee.
Prohibits bill certified for fiscal note or estimate from being released from committee without fiscal note or estimate.
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 school districts to incorporate age-appropriate instruction on menstrual toxic shock syndrome and requires installation of signage in certain women's rooms to enhance public awareness of menstrual toxic shock syndrome.
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.
Requires Commissioner of Education to review school safety and security plans.
Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.
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.
Protects children from certain mandatory vaccinations as a condition of school attendance.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Requires penalty for false or fraudulent voter registration to be displayed on Motor Vehicle Commission electronic signature pads.
Provides that persons between 18 and 21 years of age with disabilities are eligible to receive direct support professional services from DHS.
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters.
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location and to make available certain informational brochures.
"Stephanie's Law"; Requires AOC to establish publicly-accessible domestic violence registry; requires law enforcement officer to search State's domestic violence registries when conducting arrest.
Establishes program to incentivize hiring and continued employment of individuals with developmental disabilities.
Revises law requiring school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and contracted service providers to review employment history of prospective employee for allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.
Creates separate crime for items depicting sexual exploitation or abuse of children; concerns computer generated or manipulated sexually explicit images.
Establishes guardianship monitoring program in Office of Public Guardian for Elderly Adults.
Requires Veterans' Memorial Homes to develop and maintain emergency preparedness and response plans.
The "Certified Medication Aide in Nursing Homes Staffing Support Act;" authorizes certified medication aides to administer medications to nursing home residents.
Requires access to certain assistive services for students with disabilities at public institutions of higher education.
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Requires provision of trauma-informed reentry support services to certain defendants who are victims of abuse.
Establishes new mitigating factor, reduced sentencing, and resentencing for certain defendants who are victims of abuse.
Requires DOE to develop transition checklist for students with disabilities; requires DOE to maintain information on website concerning transition resources.
Requires volunteers, employees, and organizers of certain youth and sports organizations to receive criminal history record background checks.
Clarifies right of crime victim to make in-person statement directly to defendant concerning impact of crime.
Authorizes certain emergency coordinators to operate emergency lights on vehicles.
Eliminates tiered fee structure for fees and taxes imposed on property transfers valued over $1 million.
Caps State use portion of energy tax revenues and ensures balance of such revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.
"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.
Requires Attorney General to compile and publicly report certain statistics pertaining to permits to carry for handguns and firearm purchaser identification cards.
Expands duties of Office of School Bus Safety.
Requires MVC to check Social Security Administration records and mark deceased individuals in MVC database once per month.
Establishes "Student Mental Health Task Force."
Establishes Commission on Career and Technical Education and creates initiatives that promote career and technical education programs in State.
Upgrades penalties for assaulting certain health care support staff and security guards at health care facilities and human services and veterans' facilities.
Requires county boards of election to have bipartisan representation when opening and canvassing mail-in ballots; requires secure storage of mail-in ballots; upgrades penalties for certain election-related crimes.
Permits conduct of Queen of Hearts raffle games.
Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
Establishes "Justice for Vulnerable Residents Act"; creates Justice Center for the Protection of Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
Establishes Autism Education Council.
Prohibits institution of higher education from entering into sports wagering partnership.
Requires local recreation departments, youth serving organizations, and youth camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
Prohibits disclosure of body worn camera recordings under certain circumstances.
Requires employer of volunteer first responder to provide employee with one additional paid sick day per benefit year for healthcare diagnostic testing.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Permits one-time use of virtual or remote instruction for students attending public school used as polling place on certain election day.
The "New Jersey Bleacher Safety Act."
Exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from payment of motor vehicle registration fees; requires notification of eligible motorists.
Delays fourth round of affordable housing obligations, including present and prospective need and related litigation, until July 1, 2028.
Allows distributions from NJBEST account to Roth IRA as qualified withdrawals and excludes such distributions from gross income tax.
Requires MVC to accommodate walk-in services on certain days.
"Video Game Marketplace Trafficking Investigation Act," requires Attorney General to investigate misuse of online video game commerce systems for human trafficking activity.
"Video Game Marketplace Child Protection and Anti-Trafficking Act," creates new penalties for non-reporting of suspected human trafficking through video game marketplaces.
Establishes program for certain individuals to become certified homemaker-home health aides and provide services to certain Medicaid and Medicaid-Medicare dually eligible enrollees under increased reimbursement rates.
Permits person diagnosed with autism or communication disability to voluntarily make notation on driver's license, identification card, and in MVC registry; establishes program to train law enforcement officers in interactions with persons with autism or communication disabilities.
Imposes notice requirement to victim or victim's family when probation or suspended sentence changes or defendant is discharged.
Establishes certain requirements for State and local governments awarding contracts or grants to nonprofit organizations.
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.
Increases certain compensation for poll workers; provides for overtime pay when polls stay open late.
Establishes certain annual certification compliance requirements for school bus contractors; requires Office of School Bus Safety to establish certification compliance pilot program.
Establishes program in New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing for support of residency programs at veterans' memorial homes in New Jersey; appropriates $500,000.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing and treatments to slow progression of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Establishes Firefighter Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes task force to examine public school programs and services designed to address student mental health.
Requires sexual assault forensic evidence to be preserved for 10 years.
"Compassionate Spousal Visits for Veterans Act"; establishes transportation grant program for spouses of veterans; appropriates $500,000.
Establishes task force to strengthen and streamline State's anti-bullying policies, procedures, and guidelines in schools.
Establishes "Veterans Helping Veterans" program in DVA.
Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote New Jersey liquors, beers, and wines.
Waives certain professional and occupational licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
Establishes Veteran's Treatment Court Program.
Requires Secretary of State and Chief Administrator of MVC to conduct audit of certain voter registrations and annual audits thereafter; requires proof of citizenship for voter registration at MVC.
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for rescue of animal from motor vehicle under inhumane conditions.
Eliminates automatic voter registration at MVC; requires photo identification to vote and biannual audit of voter registration records.
Establishes "Jersey Spirits Program" in Department of Agriculture.
Requires video surveillance cameras in certain special education classrooms for promotion of student safety.
Allows gross income tax deduction for income earned in form of tips.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Requires school vehicles transporting students with disabilities to display certain information.