222 session

Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for enrollment of student in recovery high school alternative education program.

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

Requires Office of Homelessness Prevention to contract with county agencies or nonprofits to issue certain identification and birth certificates to individuals experiencing homelessness; appropriates $2 million.

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

Provides a corporation business tax credit for investment in certain manufacturing equipment, facility renovation, modernization, and expansion.

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

Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.

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

Authorizes local governments to provide voluntary contributions to certain nonprofit veterans' organizations.

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

Creates "New Jersey Grid Modernization Task Force" in Governor's office.

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

Requires Pretrial Services to recommend pretrial detention of certain repeat offenders.

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

Provides that potable water well construction projects on preserved farms are eligible to receive soil and water conservation grants from SADC.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Provides penalties for sexually offensive or abusive communication through social networking website.

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

Revises law concerning bias intimidation to include members of press or media in protected class.

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

Requires sports wagering advertisements and applications to include warning of risks of gambling.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee

Establishes interstate reciprocity for certain teachers with out-of-State teaching certificates.

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

Directs State Board of Education to authorize issuance of revised military science endorsement.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee

Requires MVC to accept certain documents as proof of name change for driver's license.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

Allows social worker to acquire four hours of continuing education credit for volunteering as poll worker.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee

Provides free telecommunication services for incarcerated persons at State, county, and private adult and juvenile correctional facilities.

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

Requires private health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, Medicaid, and NJ FamilyCare to cover wigs under certain circumstances.

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

Changes term "inmate" to "incarcerated person."

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

Prohibits wholesale dealers from price gouging sale of physical goods.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee

Establishes rock quarry blasting liability and insurance requirements, dedicated and revolving compensation fund, and tax-based funding mechanism, to facilitate reimbursement of costs expended, by eligible individuals, in remediating certain blasting-related damages.

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

Prohibits residential landlord from imposing certain surcharges for rent payments.

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

"Madison Holleran Proper Reporting Act"; requires institutions of higher education to post information on student suicides and attempted suicides on website.

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

Bars public entities and public employees from entering into confidential settlements of claims against them; provides that such settlements constitute public records.

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

Requires health insurance coverage for annual mental health screening.

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

Requires reporting of first responder suicides to DOH.

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

Provides one-time deduction of $10,000 for certain taxpayers under GIT.

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

Provides gross income tax deduction for costs of purchasing and installing battery backups for certain home solar electrical generators.

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

Prohibits bill certified for fiscal note or estimate from being released from committee without fiscal note or estimate.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee

Requires legislative approval of updates or revisions to core curriculum content.

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

The "New Jersey Bleacher Safety Act."

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee

Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for employing immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were killed in action.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee

Provides exemption from DEP permit fees to municipalities after natural disaster involving flooding.

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

Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support programming to address family homelessness.

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

"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.

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

Requires certain preliminary approval by municipality prior to licensure of community group homes.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee

Eliminates the corporate transit fee.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.

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

Reduces gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years.

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

Establishes deadline for DEP implementation of prescribed burn program, and provides for establishment of prescribed burn acreage goals, schedules, calendars, training program, and mobile deployment units to provide on-site prescribed burn training and assistance.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Prohibits certain electric public utility rate increases and requires certain protections for ratepayers.

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

Prohibits electric public utilities from billing customers for certain services during service interruptions and requires repair of certain street lights.

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

Requires DEP to provide time period during which mobile sport fishing permits may be purchased only by NJ residents.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

"Energy Security and Affordability Act"; requires BPU to consider energy security, diversity, and affordability when preparing Energy Master Plan and perform economic and ratepayer impact analysis of energy generation projects and Energy Master Plan.

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

Clarifies that law enforcement officers employed by educational institutions may possess firearms on campus.

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

Establishes "Jersey Vines Program" in Department of Agriculture.

2026-01-13 — Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Heightens grade of theft if property stolen is catalytic converter.

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