New Jersey Senate Bills

Establishes "Jersey Craft Beverage Retailer Promotion and Grant Program" in EDA.

Establishes additional health insurance carrier network adequacy standards with respect to certain physician specialists.

Commemorates 75th anniversary of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

Urges Congress to enact "Find It Early Act."

Proposes constitutional amendment to increase amount of veterans' property tax deduction from $250 to $2,500 over four years.

Proposes constitutional amendment authorizing Legislature to extend civil service hiring preference to veterans who did not serve in time of war.

"Public-Private Alliance to Retain Talent and Expand Regional Health Program Act"; creates grant program within DOH for student-loan and tuition relief and appropriates $5 million.

Establishes certain requirements for online gaming and online sports wagering accounts; prohibits use of credit card payments to engage in online casino games or online sports wagering.

Establishes "Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act."

Establishes Commission on Career and Technical Education and creates initiatives that promote career and technical education programs in State.

Establishes requirements for preparation and final passage of annual appropriations act; incorporates multi-year revenue and expenditure projections for informational purposes.

Incorporates boardwalks into transportation local aid program and provides for Local Aid Infrastructure Fund grants to boardwalk projects.

Establishes "Student Mental Health Task Force."

Reduces alcoholic beverage tax rate on cider and low-percentage alcohol by volume liquors.

Establishes protection from adverse employment action for authorized medical cannabis patients.

Requires certain electronic medical programs to include demographic data entry feature; requires laboratories to record certain patients' demographic information; requires certain hospitals and laboratories to implement cultural competency training program.

Changes monetary threshold for certain fourth degree theft crimes.

Permits qualified person with post-traumatic stress disorder to obtain handicapped parking placard.

Requires court to consider results of domestic violence assessment before dissolving certain domestic violence restraining orders.

"Assistance to Firefighters' Families Act"; doubles pension amounts for beneficiaries of certain deceased volunteer emergency service providers; provides for burial expenses and adjusts life insurance coverage for volunteer firefighters; permits fire code inspection surcharge.

Requires employers to report certain allegations of sexual assault.

"Atlantic City Urban Enterprise Zone and Property Tax Relief Act"; creates urban enterprise zone in Atlantic City for 10 years.

Requires upcoming Educational Adequacy Report to include comprehensive review of certain components of school funding in consultation with certain stakeholders and experts.

Provides free or reduced fee beach access to certain New Jersey National Guard members.

Requires certain ratios of school library media specialists to students in public schools.

Creates pilot program to fund adult education programs for residents of certain communities.

Requires MVC to check Social Security Administration records and mark deceased individuals in MVC database once per month.

Allows public libraries, boards of education, and local governments to dispose of certain personal property without advertising for bids.

"Combat to College Act"; grants priority course registration to military service members and veterans attending public institutions of higher education.

Permits persons who are hearing impaired to apply for vehicle identification placards.

Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to issue vouchers in amount of monthly loan repayment amount for loan borrowers who have child enrolled in Grow NJ Kids-rated child care program.

Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses.

Establishes timelines for review and approval by Commissioner of Education of annual certified audits submitted by approved private schools for students with disabilities.

Exempts disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears veteran's or recipient's special license plate or placard issued by MVC.

Expands duties of Office of School Bus Safety.

Establishes Office of Community Schools; appropriates $10 million.

Permits use of preferred names on student diplomas.

Allows law enforcement agencies to provide juvenile-family crisis information to principal of juvenile's school for planning programs relevant to juvenile's educational and social development.

Requires development of online tax training for small and micro-businesses.

Requires reflective material on children's Halloween costumes.

Authorizes use of certain fish pumps to remove menhaden from purse seines.

"Expediency and Accessibility in State Environmental Permitting Act"; appropriates $3,750,000.

Requires, or sanctions, as appropriate, financial institutions to take certain action when senior or vulnerable customers make certain financial transactions.

Prohibits sports wagering licensee from offering incentive-based wagering to anyone utilizing responsible gaming mechanisms.

Establishes Emergency Services part of PERS; provides enhanced benefits for emergency services employees.

Requires MVC to allow person to indicate special needs with motor vehicle registration.

"Flood Zone Clarification Act"; modifies procedure for delineation of State flood hazard areas.

Requires DEP to establish resident-only priority registration period for sale of permits at Island Beach State Park before opening sales to non-residents.

Requires Attorney General to compile and publicly report certain statistics pertaining to permits to carry for handguns and firearm purchaser identification cards.

Establishes "Entry-Level Home Production Incentive Act of 2026"; provides project gap financing for low- to middle-income housing development; appropriates $300 million.

Prohibits hospital from billing patient for facility fee for services rendered to patient at outpatient facility affiliated with hospital.

Codifies Medicaid coverage for eligible pregnant women for 365-day period beginning on last day of pregnancy.

Designates Hackensack City as urban enterprise zone.

Permits association of planned real estate development to file application with Department of Community Affairs to lower reserve fund obligations based on risk-mitigating features of development.

The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."

Establishes Office of Permitting and Broadband Deployment and Development Efficiency in Department of State and establishes NJ Permit Fast Track Program; appropriates $2 million.

Prohibits casino and sports wagering licensees from utilizing push notifications or text messages for promotional purposes.

Directs EDA to establish New Jersey Energy Independence Bank.

Directs BPU to establish virtual power plant program to reduce peak demand for electric energy.

Prohibits price discrimination for transportation network company services.