New Jersey Bills

Recognizes right to adequate food.

Designates July 30 of each year as "Brian Sicknick Day" in New Jersey.

Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.*

Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.*

"Swift Access For Emergency Response Actions Preservation Program (SAFER APP)"; authorizes Attorney General to order turn-by-turn navigation systems to reroute vehicular traffic under certain conditions.

Establishes tianeptine as Schedule II controlled dangerous substance.

Concerns licensure of persons rendering barbering services in another state or foreign country.

Expands certain employer reporting requirements to include entities that employ or contract with individuals for financial compensation, including ride-sharing and delivery technology platforms.

Creates crime of political violence; establishes independent review board and training requirement for law enforcement.

Requires adoption of policy addressing job-related issues of pregnant firefighters.

Provides for State agency reviews and increases of income thresholds for residential customers to participate in certain utility bill payment assistance and energy efficiency programs.

Modifies requirements to obtain licensure in public accountancy.

Exempts health care professionals licensed in a foreign nation from New Jersey's licensing requirements while providing services to team participating in 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Exempts certain personal information and entities from certain requirements concerning notification and disclosure of personal data.*

Eliminates five-year residency requirement for employees of NJ Racing Commission.

Permits deputy county clerks and municipal clerks to perform marriages and civil unions.*

Requires health care professionals to report cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and motor neuron disease.*

Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.

Establishes "New Economy Opportunity Skills System Pilot Program" to strengthen alignment and collaboration between local workforce development boards, community colleges, and county vocational school districts; makes appropriation.*

Directs DOLWD to develop and maintain industry-valued credential list.

Imposes conditions on drivers approaching certain stationary vehicles and revises public awareness campaign.*

Increases traffic threshold for local installation of certain speed humps on certain local streets without DOT approval.

Requires producer of certain firefighting equipment containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances to provide written notice to purchaser; prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain firefighting equipment containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.*

Requires State Police to establish recovery leave policy for troopers presenting proof of pregnancy.*

"The Manufactured Home Park Protection Act"; expands opportunity to purchase for resident homeowners in certain manufactured home parks; modifies certain requirements for disposition of private residential leasehold communities.

Removes exception to civil service working test period for political subdivision employees.

Requires cancellation option for any subscription service and establishes certain standards pertaining to use of negative option features.

Requires DOH to study racial aspects of ovarian cancer.

Allows certain individuals eligible for family support services to set aside unused agency-after school care service hours for use during holiday and weekend hours.

Requires third-party discounts and payments for individuals covered by health benefits plans to apply to copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs for covered benefits.

Concerns housing discrimination based on source of lawful income.*

Requires health care professionals to perform lead screening on pregnant persons under certain circumstances.

Replaces definition of "management committee" with "board of authority commissioners" and makes various changes to existing law concerning administration of regional authority.

Enters New Jersey into Interstate Physician Assistant Licensure Compact.

Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.*

Establishes eligibility requirements for State small business set-aside program.

Prohibits delivery of electronic smoking devices and tobacco products to individuals under 21 years of age.

Establishes exemption from ban on importation of woodchucks under certain circumstances.

Requires public institution of higher education to invite Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey on institution's campus.*

Requires contract between certain governmental units and online parking payment service providers stipulate service provider not charge user during certain times.

Requires Department of Veterans Affairs to verify unclaimed cremains of veterans, spouses, and dependents; requires funeral director report to Department of Veterans Affairs possession of unclaimed veteran, spouse, and dependent cremains.*

Requires social media companies to establish toll-free telephone number for NJ account holders to report fraudulent account actions.

Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*

Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.

Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."

Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors.*

Requires DMVA notify certain veteran organizations and county officers and municipal registers of names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries.

Concerns use of force by law enforcement officers under certain circumstances and requires certain reporting of use of force incidents.*

Requires transportation network company drivers to complete anti-human trafficking training course.

Requires certain providers of transportation services to develop and publish route schedules.

Clarifies which health care professional may provide documentation to school district of need for home instruction due to student's health condition.*

Requires DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications.*

Requires certain disclosures by providers of commercial financing.

Requires State Real Estate Appraiser Board to adopt alternative program to acquire experiential requirements for prospective real estate appraisers attempting to qualify for licensure or certification.

Criminalizes failure to return erroneous person-to-person electronic payments following proper notification.

Requires Medicaid coverage for ovulation enhancing drugs and medical services related to administering such drugs for certain beneficiaries experiencing infertility.

Requires health benefits coverage for certain immunizations recommended by DOH.

Designates July of each year as "Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month" in NJ.

Requires end-of-life recycling of solar and photovoltaic energy generation facilities and structures.

Appropriates $3,750,990 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.