222 session

Modifies collective statewide transfer agreement and reverse transfer agreement; establishes New Jersey Transfer Ombudsperson within Office of Secretary of Higher Education.

2026-03-09 — Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

Expands Tuition Aid Grant program to include workforce training programs.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Extends requirements on use of restraint and seclusion to all students; requires immediate parental notification; requires DOE to collect and report data regarding use of restraint and seclusion on students.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-and county-owned lakes and reservoirs.*

2026-02-19 — Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

Requires public institution of higher education to adopt withdrawal policy permitting refund for certain extenuating circumstances.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

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.

2026-03-09 — Withdrawn from Consideration

Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than two percent over prior academic year.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

Requires DOH to revise emergency response plan for pandemic influenzas.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee

Establishes "Resident Firefighter Grant Program" in Division of Fire Safety.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Requires boards of education and boards of trustees to adopt policy on use of surveillance systems with artificial intelligence capabilities.*

2026-03-02 — Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Requires social media companies to take certain actions concerning accounts maintained by or featuring minors.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

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

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Creates Task Force on Higher Education Governance and Funding; appropriates $200,000.

2026-06-28 — Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee

Requires institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions to notify Higher Education Student Assistance Authority of approved federal borrower defense loan discharge.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

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.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee

Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

Requires automatic voter registration to be available when applying for certain licenses and permits.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

Requires certain institutions of higher education to make annual payment to municipality.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

Prohibits BPU from approving electric public utility rate increase without full rate review.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Directs BPU to establish public information campaign concerning public utility meter inspection and calibration.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Prohibits electric and gas public utility rate increases except in extraordinary circumstances.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Directs BPU to study feasibility of developing advanced reactors Statewide.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Imposes 30 percent electric public utility windfall surtax on certain taxpayers with allocated taxable net income in excess of 20 percent above five-year average income under CBT.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Modifies procedure for fire districts to request exemption from property tax levy cap.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

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

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee

Reduces threshold cost, from $5 million to $3 million, of public works projects which may include project labor agreements.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee

Increases from two percent to three percent the tax on fire insurance premiums written by out-of-State insurers.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee

Provides gross income tax deduction for certain wages of qualified health care professionals employed by health care entities.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Infrastructure Committee

Requires Administrative Office of the Courts to collect and publish statistical information about consumer debt lawsuits.

2026-05-18 — Passed by the Assembly (77-0-0)

Requires child in home education program and parents to meet annually with representative of resident school district.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Establishes New Jersey Government Restructuring and Modernization Commission.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

Creates disorderly persons offense for persons who conceal or attempt to conceal their identity while committing another crime or offense.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

Establishes New Jersey Regulatory Modernization Commission.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

"New Jersey Secretary of Commerce Act"; establishes Department of Commerce as principal department in Executive Branch of State government; makes an appropriation.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee

Establishes program to provide guaranteed admission to public institutions of higher education for certain public school students.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

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

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee

Concerns enforcement of public work project requirements; establishes penalties for failure to submit payroll records.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee

Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for sex offenses and certain violent crimes committed using a deadly weapon.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Allows juvenile regardless of age to be tried as adult for committing homicide against law enforcement officer.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to notify certain municipal officials of receipt of application for licensure of cooperative sober living residence.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee

Increases amounts of certain payments in lieu of taxes paid for lands owned by State or nonprofit organization for recreation and conservation purposes.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee

"Dementia Dignity and Advance Care Planning Act."

2026-03-09 — Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

Criminalizes act of "stealthing"; removing or tampering with a condom during sexual activity without consent of one's sexual partner.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

Replaces references to "alien" and "illegal alien" in statutes with "foreign national" and "undocumented foreign national," respectively; prohibits use of those terms by executive branch agencies.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

Expands scope of law enforcement sexual assault training; codifies certain responsibilities of county sexual violence programs and rape care advocates.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Requires health benefits plans and carriers to meet certain requirements concerning network adequacy and mental health care.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee