New Jersey Bills

Changes classification of State Investigators in civil service.

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

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

Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components.

Enters New Jersey into Interstate Physician Assistant Licensure Compact.

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

Concerns AG guidelines on bias incident investigation standards.

Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP under FY2026 environmental infrastructure funding program.

Permits fire departments to use certain Class B firefighting foam for one year after prohibition takes effect.

Directs BPU to study feasibility of developing advanced reactors Statewide.

Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.

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

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

Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.

Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force.

Requires enforcing agency to conduct inspection of construction in specified time window.

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

Changes MVC voter registration procedures.

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

Revises statutory definition of certain waterfront workers.

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

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

Makes supplemental appropriation of $3 million to NJ Division of State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit.

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

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.

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.

Expands Division of State Police rank and grade titles.

Concerns conditions of employment of certain cannabis workers.

Permanently designates August 17th as "Nonprofit Day" in NJ.

Designates last weekend in October as "Honor Your Hometown Weekend."

Designates March 30th of each year "Menstrual Toxic Shock Syndrome Awareness Day."

Designates March 9 of each year as U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day.

Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriations for various purposes.

Codifies AG Directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."

Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.

"Safe Communities Act"; requires AG to develop certain model policies.

Establishes pilot program to support hospitals that maintain certain services when relocating; appropriates $3 million.

Requires establishment of financial advisory services program for participants of State's deferred compensation plan.

Authorizes tax credits for certain sports and entertainment projects; authorizes additional tax credits for New Jersey Aspire Program and Emerge Program.

Modifies certain requirements of film and digital media content production tax credit program; modifies criteria for purchase of certain tax credit transfer certificates administered by Division of Taxation.

Establishes nonpublic school nursing services pilot program to provide funding to county consortium of nonpublic schools for nursing services.

Modifies provisions concerning net positive benefits test and special economic importance for certain transformative projects under New Jersey Aspire Program.

Concerns Statewide Longitudinal Data System for Education and Workforce Development.*

Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act to reassign distribution of certain State aid related to Ivy Hill Park from City of Newark to County of Essex.

Prohibits State agency from entering into certain State contracts that limits ability of State agency to install or run certain software.

Directs Garden State Preservation Trust to perform audit of State's land preservation programs, authorizes local governments and nonprofit organizations to utilize certain constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for administrative expenses; appropriates $150,000.

Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act concerning language requiring achievement of cost savings for SHBP.*

Provides supplemental appropriation of $4 million for Hinchliffe Stadium Partners to support stadium, entertainment, and tourism infrastructure at Paterson Great Falls National Park.

Allows cities to close existing life guard pension plans to new entrants and modifies certain life guard pension benefits; makes new life guard pension plans permissive.

Updates minimum allocation amounts and poison pill provisions related to revenues collected from hotel and motel occupancy fees.*

Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million from General Fund to DOH and DCA for Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers.

Amends FY2026 annual appropriations act to increase Supplemental Graduate Medical Education Subsidy by $496,000 for support to additional acute care hospital.

Requires certain wellness visits to be covered once per year without waiting periods.*

Provides for merger of New Jersey City University with Kean University; expands powers and property of Kean University; appropriates $25 million.*

Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act to reassign and clarify distribution of certain funds.*

Authorizes establishment of municipal homelessness trust funds and adoption of homeless housing plans by municipalities.

Concerns AG guidelines on bias incident investigation standards.

Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in Borough of Lodi in Bergen County.

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