Bills in the 2026–2027 Session, General Assembly.
Al Barlas
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault for State-employed civil investigators.
In committee49
Requires NJT to equip trains with defibrillators.
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.
Creates new excuse from jury service; directs AOC to create and maintain list of persons excused from jury duty due to developmental disability.
Streamlines emergency medical technician certification process for certain veterans.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to automatically offer toll discounts to senior citizens.
Establishes school district grant program in DOE to reimburse public school teachers for classroom material expenditures.
Provides free admission to State parks, forests, and beaches for certain veterans and military personnel.
Provides free tuition at public institutions of higher education for surviving spouses and dependent children of military personnel killed in performance of duties.
Requires MVC to offer driver's license knowledge test in Italian.
Increases degree of crime for unlawful taking of motor vehicle.
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 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.
Concerns bereavement leave for miscarriage and stillbirth.
Allows candidates to file form attesting to their understanding of and adherence to ELEC rules and regulations with their nominating petitions.
Requires blank nominating petition forms for primary election candidates be made available for next primary election within 10 calendar days of county canvassers' general election results certification.
Requires Commissioner of Education to prepare report on learning loss of students with developmental disabilities during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.
Requires school districts to let nonpublic school students participate in district high school interscholastic athletics.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with theft of motor vehicle be detained prior to trial under certain circumstances.
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.
Makes $500,000 supplemental appropriation from General Fund to DEP for dredging and restoration of Peckman River.
Makes $500,000 supplemental appropriation from General Fund to DEP for dredging and restoration of Passaic River.
Requires certain preliminary approval by municipality prior to licensure of cooperative sober living residence.
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.
Establishes Office of River Maintenance in DEP; repeals P.L.1993, c.376 concerning stream cleaning activities.
Provides gross income tax deduction for in vitro fertilization treatment expenses.
Clarifies timing of adjustments to county district boundaries and municipal ward boundaries following congressional and legislative redistricting.
Exempts honorably discharged veterans from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears honorably discharged veteran's placard issued by MVC.
Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force.
Requires DOH to establish guidelines for placement of bleeding control kits in State buildings; requires schools to acquire bleeding control kits.
Requires school bus personnel members working with students with disabilities to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires school buses transporting students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features.
Requires automatic voter registration to be available when applying for certain licenses and permits.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain wages of qualified health care professionals employed by health care entities.
Allows juvenile regardless of age to be tried as adult for committing homicide against law enforcement officer.
Requires notice be provided upon changes to voter registration; prohibits changes in party affiliation from being processed after statutory deadline.
Permits teacher who retired from TPAF to return to employment for two years without reenrollment in TPAF; provides gross income tax relief for certain rehired teachers.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain wages of kindergarten through grade 12 school teachers.
Prohibits online advertisements for casino gaming and sports wagering on platforms intended for children.
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.
Requires consideration of student transportation needs in individualized education program and inclusion of certain transportation personnel on individualized education program team.
Requires board of education to award certain transportation contracts to most appropriate bidder; requires board of education to hold transportation meeting prior to awarding certain transportation contracts for students with disabilities.
Requires school vehicles transporting students with disabilities to display certain information.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain health club membership fees and personal training services.
Requires school bus personnel members to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires certain school buses transportating students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features; makes appropriation.
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters.
Establishes "Fiscal Integrity for Future Attractions (FIFA) Act"; establishes commission to review and approve agreements to host certain major events in this State.
Requires school district to suspend without pay school employees accused of criminal offenses or unbecoming conduct involving child.
Requires primary and general election candidates to use nominating petition forms made available by Secretary of State, county clerk, or municipal clerk.
Requires contracted actuary for SHBP and SEHBP to present annual rate projections and analyses by certain dates.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Establishes program in EDA to encourage employee ownership awareness and provide funding and advisory support.
Passed the General Assembly · 6
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.
Authorizes hospital patient with developmental disabilities to have designated family member, guardian, direct support professional, or other caregiver accompany patient throughout hospital stay.
Creates separate crime for items depicting sexual exploitation or abuse of children; concerns computer generated or manipulated sexually explicit images.
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate to military veteran.
Requires continuation of health benefits dependent coverage for certain children with disabilities who are 26 years of age or older.
Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers.
Out of committee · 6
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening. *
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on accommodations for certain students fasting for religious or medical reasons.*
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Requires public schools to develop policy for administration of nasal seizure rescue medication and use of manual vagus nerve stimulators for students with seizure disorder on emergent basis.
In committee · 97
Requires portable anti-choking devices be placed in schools.
Permits excused absence for student enlisted or planning to enlist in Armed Forces of United States or National Guard.
Establishing veterans' affordable housing preference; authorizing bonus fair share credit for veterans' affordable housing.
Establishes process to exempt municipality from certain fair share affordable housing obligations based on flood risk.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for child sexual abuse and child endangerment.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
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.
Exempts cribs, child restraint systems, nursing bottles, and strollers from sales and use tax.
Requires school districts to award students high school graduation credits in health, safety, and physical education for completing county fire academy course under certain circumstances.
Makes desecration of military monument crime of the third degree.
Establishes mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for second offense involving use of juvenile in automobile theft.
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.
Increases penalty for motor vehicle theft if, during course of theft, vehicle is operated in manner creating risk of injury or property damage.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, upgrades certain residential burglaries to second degree crime; requires juvenile carjacking and home invasion offenses be tried in county where delinquency occurred.
Enters NJ in New Jersey-Delaware Territorial Boundary Adjustment Compact.
Requires school districts to maintain supply of nasal rescue medication and oxygen for seizure emergencies; provides for training of designees to administer nasal rescue medication and oxygen when school nurse is not physically present.
Requires local recreation departments, youth serving organizations, and youth camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
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.
Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.
Prohibits imposition of builder's remedy in exclusionary zoning litigation.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemption.
Reinstates penalty for underage possession and consumption of alcohol and cannabis as disorderly person offense.
Criminalizes interference with monitoring devices on school buses.
"Max's Law"; requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of fentanyl and xylazine.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $75,000 to Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund.
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 grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
"Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Establishes "Cop 2 Cop Sustainability Fund" to support "Law Enforcement Officer Crisis Intervention Services" Cop 2 Cop telephone hotline program; appropriates $500,000.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Requires MVC to issue blue envelopes that hold documents required to operate motor vehicle to persons diagnosed with autism.
"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.
Limits information required to be provided on marriage or civil union license form.
Concerns applicability of sales tax to certain horse-boarding charges in New Jersey.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Establishes "Student Mental Health Task Force."
Subjects certain rooming and boarding houses to municipal land use regulations; requires owners and operators of cooperative sober living residences to submit certain approvals with license applications.
Prohibits deepfake pornography and imposes criminal and civil penalties for non-consensual disclosure.
Requires board of education to provide certain information related to special education in native language of parent or guardian.
Requires public schools to develop policy for emergency administration of nasal seizure rescue medication and use of manual vagus nerve stimulator on student with seizure disorder.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for employers of certain persons with disabilities.
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements.
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Increases amounts of property tax deductions for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, and veterans, from $250 to $500.
Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7 million to increase NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate paid to care management organizations.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Establishes Firefighter Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $1 million.
"Madison Holleran Proper Reporting Act"; requires institutions of higher education to post information on student suicides and attempted suicides on website.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from paying annual charitable registration fee.
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $10 million to DOT for construction of highway guard rail along entirety of Route 208 through Franklin Lakes, Wyckoff, Hawthorne, Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, and Oakland in sections without highway guard rail, where necessary to ensure health and safety of motorists and residents whose properties abut Route 208.
Requires health insurance coverage for annual mental health screening.
Gradually reduces CBT rate.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Requires biennial inspection of nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Requires NJT to provide Wi-Fi service on passenger trains.
Allows candidates for Senate and General Assembly to appear together in same nominating petition.
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 and AAA to contract to allow for provision of certain motor vehicle services at AAA facilities.
Adds Bergen County as pilot county for purposes of "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act."
Permits fair share affordable housing bonus credit for certain housing reserved for occupancy by teachers.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $12 million to Village of Ridgewood for drinking water infrastructure improvements related to per- and poly-fluoralkyl substance pollution.
Provides exemption from DEP permit fees to municipalities after natural disaster involving flooding.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 6.625 to 6 percent.
Eliminates the corporate transit fee.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Directs DEP to waive walk-in and bicycle entrance fees to State parks and forests during certain holidays.
Establishes "Jersey Craft Beverage Retailer Promotion and Grant Program" in EDA.
Provides property tax deduction up to $5,000 to honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability rating less than 100 percent.
Upgrades domestic violence-related assault under certain circumstances.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Allows county sheriffs to issue firearms identification cards and permits to purchase handguns; authorizes county sheriffs to accept applications for permits to carry handguns.
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.
Authorizes State employees to take administrative leave days in observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha; requires school districts to permit students excused absences for observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DOH for Huntington's Disease Grant Program.
Allows gross income tax deduction for up to $1,200 of unreimbursed expenses incurred by eligible educators for purchase of classroom supplies.
Authorizes Division of Gaming Enforcement to participate in national self-exclusion list for gaming activities, and to create necessary forms for participation.
Excludes tips from gross income tax.
Establishes process for submittal and publication of proposed revisions to Governor's budget recommendations and requires publication of proposals by June 1 annually.
Qualifies certain disabled veterans for toll rate exemptions and exemptions from motor vehicle registration fees.
Requires juveniles to appear before court in county where alleged delinquency complaint occurred.
"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.
Permits excused absence for students participating in college visits, visits to postsecondary technical institutions, and military recruitment-related activities.
Establishes matching grant program in DCA to support community-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter services during Code Blue alerts.
Eliminates 16 hour per 24-hour period coverage limit on private duty nursing services for certain Medicaid enrollees who are 21 years of age or older.
Clarifies that amateur sports official is independent contractor for purposes of State employment laws.
Requires additional notice of certain penalties for voter fraud.
Establishes crime of knowingly filing false report against law enforcement officers.
"Election Integrity Through Sensible Ballot Counting Act"; requires mail-in ballots to be received by 8 p.m. on day of election to be canvassed.
"Protecting New Jersey from Predatory Drug Pricing Act."
Establishes standards for timely payment of clean claims by pharmacy benefits managers.
Filed · 1
Removes restrictions on presence of police and law enforcement officers near polling places and ballot drop boxes.