New Jersey Senate Bills

Requires automatic enrollment into utility bill payment assistance programs for certain individuals and households.

Establishes crime of reckless discharge of firearm.

Requires development of educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools; requires DOE to maintain list of locations providing swim lessons.

Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum.

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

Makes supplemental appropriation of $45,000,000 from Transportation Trust Fund Account - Subaccount for Capital Reserves to Palisades Interstate Park Commission for certain construction projects.

Makes supplemental appropriation of $615,000 to DHS for grant to NJ 2-1-1 Partnership.

Enhances protections under Law Against Discrimination for persons serving in military and military veterans.

Authorizes creation of special license plate honoring Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta.

Permits certain local units to enter into project labor agreements for public works projects below the $5 million threshold.

Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act to reassign distribution of certain Community Resources funding to Neptune American Legion Post #346.

Concerns charter school enrollment, student placements, reporting, and athletics.

Establishes various requirements for charter schools, charter school board of trustees members, and charter management organizations.

Requires Director of Division of Local Government Services in DCA to establish grant program to enhance local government efficiency; appropriates $1.5 million.

Changes certain requirements for inspection of records of motor vehicle sales.

Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV prophylaxis without individual prescription under certain circumstances; mandates prescription benefits coverage.

Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.

Directs DEP to establish scrap tire hauler license and scrap tire storage, collection, and disposal site permit.

Allows State, municipality, and county to implement automatic enrollment of their employees in deferred compensation plans.

Requires each public institution of higher education to develop food waste reduction program on campus.

Requires public transportation employees and certain motorbus operators to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.

Revises process for filling vacancy from this State in United States House of Representatives.

Establishes New Jersey Innovation Authority.

Permits certain wineries to sell their products by the glass for consumption in licensed salesrooms.

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.

Provides for expansion of social services supports at county colleges.

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

Requires AG to report data regarding shootings that did not result in bodily injury.

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

Clarifies licensure requirements of home improvement and home elevation contractors.

Establishes option for students nearing completion of program in chiropractic medicine to participate in preceptorship provided by State-licensed chiropractor.

"Fentanyl and Xylazine Poisoning Awareness Act"; requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of fentanyl and xylazine.

Designates overpass of Stelton Road on Interstate Highway Route 287 as "Officer Conklin-Officer Cady Memorial Overpass."

Modifies method of allocating State aid for providing auxiliary and remedial services to nonpublic school students.

Allows follow up communication from operators of telephone number for mental health and suicide crisis resources or 9-8-8 crisis hotline to minors at risk of committing suicide.

Provides certain requirements concerning railroad safety.

Permits certain motor vehicles to display both amber and green warning lights.

Adjusts qualification threshold for New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program.

Concerns rights of juvenile defendants who elect to be tried as adults.

Permits court to take additional time to consider pretrial release or pretrial detention when firearm offense is involved.

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

Expands culpability requirements for firearms trafficking offenses and violations of regulatory provisions relating to firearms.

Establishes four-year pilot program in Ocean County for electronic monitoring of certain domestic violence offenders; appropriates $2.5 million.

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.

Revises procedures governing audits of election results.

Establishes limits on transcript release restrictions at institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions.

Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.

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

Extends time period in which to enroll newborn infant in health benefits coverage.

Clarifies current law addressing commissions paid to limited liability companies formed by real estate salespersons or broker-salespersons.

Provides for permit of pool and spa service business as general contractor for pool and spa building and installation and pool and spa service contracting.

Clarifies procedures in certain contested child custody cases.

Requires establishment of tracking system in Division of Consumer Affairs to determine compliance with continuing education requirements.

Provides health care benefits to disabled members of TPAF and PERS.

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.

Concerns valuation of board and lodging with respect to workers' compensation.

Requires DMVA to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.

Establishes Farmland Assessment Review Commission to annually review and recommend changes to farmland assessment program, as necessary to ensure fair, equitable, and uniform Statewide application and enforcement of program requirements and allocation of program benefits.

Revises statutory definition of certain waterfront workers.

Permits probationary or temporary appointment of law enforcement officer as State or county investigator under certain circumstances.