222 session

Expands Community College Opportunity Grant Program and Tuition Aid Grant Program to provide aid for certain career and technical education programs.

2026-09-10 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

Requires transportation network companies to inquire about child riders and confirm availability of certain child car seats before confirming prearranged ride.

2026-09-14 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

"Stolen Car Accountability Act;" Creates duty in transportation industry to prevent theft of stolen motor vehicles and permits civil penalties.

2026-09-17 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Provides for agreement between Secretary of State and AOC to match information in Statewide voter registration system with certain jury records in order to identify and remove ineligible non-citizen voter registrants from system.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

Provides gross income tax credits to support development of New Jersey-based small business start-ups.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee

Provides tax credits for hiring certain military spouses.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee

Requires state entities purchase five percent of goods and services from Central Nonprofit Agency; requires Division of Purchase and Property establish training protocols for all purchasing agents; grants Central Nonprofit Agency right of first refusal.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

Increases penalty for reckless vehicular homicide committed when driving while intoxicated under certain circumstances.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Establishes pilot program providing tuition fee waiver for certain apprenticeship courses.*

2026-02-05 — Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

Authorizes municipality to enact ordinance regulating where certain sex offenders may reside.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Requires health insurance coverage of scalp cooling systems in connection with cancer chemotherapy treatment; requires physicians to inform patients of scalp cooling therapy.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee

Allows school district to appoint certain specialists to provide school security services to schools.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Establishes requirements and prohibitions for sale and distribution of certain products containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

Eliminates general purpose, supplemental and mansion realty transfer fees.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee

"Weston's Law"; extends crime of human trafficking to include recruiting or coercing juvenile to join gang or drug trafficking scheme.

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

Allows Right to Farm Act complaints to be filed with county agriculture development board in adjacent county under certain circumstances and creates alternate voting members on such boards.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee

Upgrades offense of prostitution as patron; directs fines collected to "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund."

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee

Suspends sales and use tax and societal benefits charge on electric and gas public utility bills during one year period beginning January 1, 2026 and ending December 31, 2026.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

Requires EDA administer small business loan program to provide loans to small businesses owned or controlled by certain veterans.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee

Requires school districts to include information on events of September 11, 2001 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies; requires public schools to hold annual events commemorating September 11, 2001.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship.

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee

Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."

2026-01-13 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

Prohibits motor vehicle liability insurance policy from restricting amount that may be recovered under policy.

2026-05-18 — Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

Revises mileage limit for mandatory school transportation for students in preschool through grade four.

2026-02-05 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Creates alternate voting members on county agriculture development boards.

2026-02-19 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee

Expands eligibility for pension and retirement income exclusion to taxpayers with incomes exceeding $150,000, and increases amount of exclusion that qualifying taxpayers may claim.

2026-02-24 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

Requires DEP to perform certain assessments concerning regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

2026-03-10 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

Requires State reimbursement to municipalities of cost of disabled veterans' total property tax exemption; increases amount of State reimbursement to municipalities for amount of veterans' property tax deduction.

2026-03-19 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee

Establishes Firefighter Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $1 million.

2026-05-04 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Establishes municipal election mobile voting pilot program.

2026-05-11 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

Establishes "End-Stage Kidney Disease Prevention and Innovation Act"; appropriates $10 million.

2026-05-14 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Provides for oversight of DHS contracts with providers serving persons with developmental disabilities.

2026-06-22 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Requires long-term care facilities to provide its employees with necessary supplies and equipment at no cost.

2026-06-22 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Establishes compensatory time lost to investigation of unsubstantiated child abuse, neglect, or other issue in child custody cases.

2026-06-26 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee

Requires BPU to establish distributed energy storage incentive program.*

2026-06-08 — Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

"Student-Parent Protection Act"; ensures equal rights and opportunities for parenting students enrolled in institutions of higher education.

2026-03-16 — Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

Commemorates 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

2026-05-28 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

Prohibits purposeful obstruction of license plate and possession or transfer of merchandise that obstructs license plate.

2026-09-14 — Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

Requires prescription drug coverage for serious mental illness without prior authorization or utilization management, including step therapy.

2026-09-28 — Transferred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

"New Jersey Pharmacy Fair Reimbursement and Anti-Steering Act."

2026-01-28 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee

Concerns local taxation of business personal property of local exchange telephone companies.

2026-02-05 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee

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

2026-02-09 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

Increases accidental death benefit for surviving spouse or surviving children of certain PERS members and retirants; provides accidental death benefit to beneficiary of certain PERS and PFRS members and retirants; redefines child.

2026-02-19 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

Imposes various taxes and fees on operators of private prisons to offset social costs of incarceration.

2026-06-22 — Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

Establishes "New Jersey Cybersecurity Grant Program"; appropriates $5 million from General Fund.

2026-02-24 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Concerns New Jersey 2-1-1 information and referral system; makes appropriation.

2026-03-05 — Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee