Governor Murphy Takes Action on Legislation

Governor Murphy Takes Action on Legislation

Posted on - 01/20/2026
TRENTON – In his final act in office, Governor Murphy has signed the following bills into law:

S-199/A-2308 (Smith/Swain, Danielsen, Haider) - Requires environmental sustainability plan for State House Complex

SCS for S-699/ACS for A-682 (Singer, Burzichelli/S. Kean, Fantasia, Bailey) - Establishes program in SADC for acquisition of development easements on privately-owned woodlands

S-877/A-3393 (A.M. Bucco, Pennacchio/Barranco, McGuckin, Bailey) - Exempts municipal electric utilities from regulation by BPU in certain circumstances

S-1016wGR/A-3636 (Greenstein, Beach/Murphy, Quijano, McCoy)
 - Requires State agencies to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities and on mobile devices

SCS for S-1029/ACS for A-4137 (Greenstein, Smith/Calabrese, Atkins)
 - "Invasive Species Management Act"; prohibits sale, distribution, import, export, and propagation of certain invasive species; establishes NJ Invasive Species Council

S-1385/A-3731 (Singleton, Amato/Murphy) - Establishes four-year pilot program in Ocean County for electronic monitoring of certain domestic violence offenders; appropriates $2.5 million

S-1458/A-2138 (Lagana, Gopal/Moen, Danielsen, Karabinchak) - Requires Commissioner of Department of Veterans Affairs to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families

S-1487/A-5625 (Turner, Wimberly/Reynolds-Jackson, Carter) - Requires application option enhancement for certain housing, shelter, and rental assistance administered by DCA

S-1965/A-588 (Vitale, Singer/Stanley, Atkins, Sampson)
 - Regulates provision of pharmaceutical services in long-term care facilities

S-2160/A-4860 (Sarlo, Greenstein/Calabrese, Danielsen, Quijano) - Allows seasonal retail consumption alcoholic beverage license holder to exchange license for full-year consumption license

SCS for S-2283/ACS for A-3852 (Scutari, Vitale/Calabrese, Verrelli)
 - Establishes Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Therapy Pilot Program; appropriates $6 million

S-2346/A-2258 (Turner, McKnight/Lopez, McCoy)
 - Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events; appropriates $2.5 million

S-3195/A-5157 (Smith, Mukherji/Collazos-Gill, Donlon, Haider) - Prohibits food service business from providing single-use utensils and condiments to customers under certain circumstances and requires DEP to establish education campaign on benefits of reducing single-use utensils and condiments

S-3278wGR/ACS for A-4280 (Singleton/Calabrese)
 - Extends permission to administer glucagon and blood glucose tests to EMTs

S-3389wGR/A-4460 (Diegnan, Mukherji/Calabrese, Karabinchak, Park) - Provides certain requirements concerning railroad safety

S-3447/A-4607 (Corrado, Diegnan/Barlas, DePhillips, Stanley)
 - Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force

S-3455wGR/A-4597 (Sarlo, Burzichelli/Calabrese, Moen, Stanley) - Provides for automatic renewal of off-track wagering licenses

S-3470/A-4674 (Stack, Steinhardt/Rodriguez, Park, Bagolie) - Upgrades cyber-harassment of public servant or family member to third degree crime; requires Attorney General to establish cyber-harassment prevention initiatives; appropriates funds

S-3517/A-4604 (Greenstein, A.M. Bucco, Sarlo/DeAngelo, Stanley)
 - Expands Division of State Police rank and grade titles

S-3530/A-4694 (Cruz-Perez, Ruiz, Greenstein/Lopez, Hall, Reynolds-Jackson, Sumter) - Establishes “Incarcerated Women’s Protection Act” and concerns correctional facility board of trustees

S-3607/A-4748 (Sarlo, Cryan/Quijano, DeAngelo, Bagolie) - Extends accidental death benefit for survivors of certain SPRS retirees

S-3800/A-5048 (Johnson, Cruz-Perez/Katz, Peterpaul, Tucker)
 - Enhances protections under Law Against Discrimination for persons serving in military and military veterans

S-3802/A-5394 (Smith, McKeon/Venezia, Kennedy)
 - Requires certain State-funded construction projects to utilize plastic construction materials that contain certain amounts of postconsumer recycled content

S-3889/A-5387 (Ruiz, Turner/Moen, Carter) - Requires each public institution of higher education to develop food waste reduction program on campus

S-3906/A-5012 (Sarlo, Lagana/Sauickie, Calabrese, Scharfenberger) - Revises "Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act" to provide enforcement and penalty provisions

S-3993/A-5591 (Gopal/Peterpaul)
 - Changes certain requirements for inspection of records of motor vehicle sales

S-4010/A-5212 (Zwicker, Cryan/Simmons, Donlon, Swain) - Provides for expansion of social services supports at county colleges

S-4135/A-5470 (Mukherji, Turner/Pintor Marin, Morales) 
- Provides allowances for certain redevelopment projects undertaken by institutions of higher education under New Jersey Aspire Program

S-4219/A-5371 (Mukherji/Sampson, McCoy, Ramirez) - Concerns administration of employer payroll tax and requires disclosures of certain State taxpayer information

S-4387/A-5715 (Lagana, Beach/Stanley) - Requires establishment of tracking system in Division of Consumer Affairs to determine compliance with continuing education requirements

S-4510/A-5761 (Lagana, Scutari/Carter) - Clarifies procedures in certain contested child custody cases

S-4678wGR/A-5930 (Gopal, Mukherji/Swain, Reynolds-Jackson) - Includes retired teachers and county college faculty members in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher grant program

S-4733/A-6039 (Johnson/Haider, Park)
 - 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

S-4812/A-6270 (Amato, Stack/Rumpf, Myhre)
 - Requires DCA to resume Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation program with remaining funds for unmet recovery and rebuilding needs for Superstorm Sandy-impacted homeowners

S-4816wGR/A-6119 (Vitale/Greenwald, Murphy) - Expands New Jersey’s certificate of need exemption list

S-4831/A-6315 (Scutari/Swain) - Extends certain provisions of P.L.2021, c.498

S-4835/A-6073 (Sarlo/Calabrese, Park, Danielsen) - Allows voter to cure mail-in ballot due to certain envelope deficiencies or missing certificate, and to vote by provisional ballot following receipt of cure letter

S-4841/A-6105 (Moriarty/Hutchison, Miller) - Clarifies licensure requirements of home improvement and home elevation contractors

S-4845/A-6118 (Burzichelli, Testa/Greenwald) - Concerns Municipal Stabilization and Recovery Act; extends for six years

S-4847/A-6267 (Scutari/Atkins) - Makes various changes to membership on Cannabis Regulatory Commission and to legalized medical and personal use cannabis marketplace

S-4858/A-6000 (Gopal, Mukherji/Tucker, Murphy, Reynolds-Jackson) - Establishes “New Jersey Veterans and Military Spouses Asset Protection Act.”

S-4864/A-5967 (Gopal, Singleton/DeAngelo, Verrelli, Egan) - Permits certain local units to enter into project labor agreements for public works projects below the $5 million threshold

S-4870/A-5968 (McKnight, Ruiz/Lopez, Pintor Marin, Park)
 - Establishes new mitigating factor, reduced sentencing, and resentencing for certain defendants who are victims of abuse

S-4871/A-5969 (Ruiz, McKnight/Lopez, Pintor Marin, Park) - Provides expungement process for certain defendants who are victims of abuse if conviction is substantially related to abuse

S-4877/A-6179 (Smith, Turner/Karabinchak) - Modifies provisions concerning licenses for persons who transport, broker, or process solid waste or soil and fill recyclable materials

S-4879/A-5983 (Greenstein, Amato/DeAngelo, Drulis, Stanley) - Makes supplemental appropriation of $3 million to NJ Division of State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit

S-4904/A-6203 (Greenstein, Mukherji/Danielsen) - Permits probationary or temporary appointment of law enforcement officer as State or county investigator under certain circumstances

S-4905/A-6202 (Greenstein, Mukherji/Danielsen) - Revises statutory definition of certain waterfront workers

S-4925/A-6268 (Sarlo/Swain, Tully) - Expands provisions of P.L.2022, c.9 under certain circumstances

S-4928/A-6237 (Sarlo, Diegnan/Greenwald, Simmons) - Requires payment of prevailing wage for certain data center construction

SCS for S-5015/ACS for A-6294 (Scutari/Calabrese) - Makes changes to how uniform gross receipts assessment are charged to ambulatory care facilities

S-5018/A-6292 (Zwicker/Drulis, Freiman)
 - Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in Township of Clinton in Hunterdon County

S-5021/A-6296 (Sarlo, Steinhardt/Greenwald, Dimaio) - Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act to expand authorized use of grant funding for Centenary University

S-5026/A-6302 (Stack, Turner/Rodriguez)
 - Allocates certain portion of appropriations made to New Jersey Schools Development Authority from “New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund”; appropriates $3.25 million for certain high cost special education services

SJR-143/AJR-214 (McKnight, Wimberly/Reynolds-Jackson, Carter, Sampson) 
- Designates July 30 of each year as “Clarence ‘Coach C’ Collins Day”

A-1131wGR/S-3022 (Murphy, Matsikoudis/Singer, Amato) - Requires Department of Veterans Affairs to verify unclaimed cremains of veterans, spouses, and dependents; requires funeral director to report to Department of Veterans Affairs possession of unclaimed veteran, spouse, and dependent cremains

A-1400wGR/S-984 (Haider, Calabrese, Venezia/Greenstein, Turner) 
- Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards

ACS for A-1921/S-4803 (Park, Quijano, Abdelaziz/Greenstein, McKnight)
 - Concerns AG guidelines on bias incident investigation standards

A-2115/S-2814 (Moen, Murphy, Stanley/Ruiz, Scutari)
 - 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

A-2415wGR/S-2802 (Quijano/Turner, McKnight) - Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System

A-2801wGR/S-780 (Greenwald, Pintor Marin, Conaway/Johnson, Singer)
 - Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program

A-2980wGR/S-4030 (McCoy/Gopal, Singleton) - Requires health care professionals to report cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and motor neuron disease

A-3036wGR/SCS for S-756 (Calabrese, Park, Haider/Johnson) - “Swift Access For Emergency Response Actions Preservation Program (SAFER APP)”; authorizes Attorney General to order turn-by-turn navigation systems to reroute vehicular traffic under certain conditions

A-3360/S-4832 (Carter, Quijano, Abdelaziz/Scutari, Singleton) - Authorizes establishment of municipal homelessness trust funds and adoption of homeless housing plans by municipalities

A-3739/S-3529 (Murphy, Rodriguez/Stack Bramnick)
 - Criminalizes the use of “signal jammers”

ACS for A-3753/SCS for S-3089 (Murphy, Quijano, Haider/Cryan, Singleton)
 - Concerns sexual assault forensic evidence kits

A-3941wGR/S-3071 (Freiman, Karabinchak/Greenstein, McKnight) - Changes classification of State Investigators in civil service

A-4101wGR/S-3017 (Drulis, Freiman, Speight/Zwicker, Sarlo)
 - Requires social media companies to establish toll-free telephone number for NJ account holders to report fraudulent account actions

A-4254/S-3280 (Carter, Wimberly, Reynolds-Jackson/Zwicker, Turner)
 - Establishes limits on transcript release restrictions at institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions

A-4284/S-3366 (Danielsen, Coughlin, Venezia/A.M. Bucco, Corrado)
 - Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads

A-4302/S-3183 (Simmons, Tully, Stanley/Burzichelli, Mukherji)
 - Amends current child labor laws to protect minor working as vlogger in certain circumstances

A-4374/S-3187 (Carter, Lopez, Reynolds-Jackson/Cryan, Wimberly) - Establishes criminal penalties for certain violations of the “New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act”

A-4436/S-3323 (Karabinchak/Henry, Diegnan) - Requires local unit to accept electronic payment of construction code fees

A-4562/S-4554 (Bagolie, Freiman/McKeon) - Allows State, municipality, and county to implement automatic enrollment of their employees in deferred compensation plans

A-4618/S-3435 (Verrelli, Lopez, Calabrese/Cruz-Perez, Turner) - Requires official inspection facility employees covered by collective bargaining agreement to be offered employment following contract renewal or award of new contract; requires collective bargaining agreement to be binding in certain cases

A-4642wGR/S-3864 (Tully, Haider, Atkins/Lagana, Mukherji)
 - Allows certain individuals eligible for family support services to set aside unused agency-after school care service hours for use before official school hours and during official school closures under certain circumstances

A-4750/S-5006 (Murphy, Park/Johnson, Scutari) - Expands certain employer reporting requirements to include entities that employ or contract with individuals for financial compensation, including ride-sharing and delivery technology platforms

A-4973wGR/S-3913 (Bailey, Hutchison, Wimberly/Burzichelli, Moriarty) - "The Manufactured Home Park Protection Act"; expands opportunity to purchase for resident homeowners in certain manufactured home parks; modifies certain requirements for disposition of private residential leasehold communities

A-4974/S-3893 (Greenwald, Reynolds-Jackson, Swain/Greenstein, Singleton) - Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of a machine gun conversion device

A-4976/S-3895 (Moen, Sampson, Sumter/McKnight) - Establishes crime of reckless discharge of firearm

A-4978wGR/S-3897 (Hall, Donlon, Atkins/Zwicker, McKnight) - Requires AG to report data regarding shootings that did not result in bodily injury

A-4984/S-3862 (Katz, Haider, Drulis/Corrado, Amato) - Requires DCF to expand services provided by NJ Statewide Student Support Services program to include eating disorder services

A-5017/S-4259 (Park, Miller/Mukherji) - Exempts certain personal information and entities from certain requirements concerning notification and disclosure of personal data

A-5018/S-357 (Park, Karabinchak, Murphy/Diegnan, Polistina) - Concerns rights of juvenile defendants who elect to be tried as adults

A-5052/S-4018 (Katz, Carter, Bagolie/Vitale, Scutari) - Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for screening, prevention, and treatment services of behavioral health issues affecting children

A-5118/SCS for S-4223 (Swain/Lagana, Mukherji) - Provides health care benefits to disabled members of TPAF and PERS

A-5182/S-4021 (Carter, Murphy/Cryan, Zwicker) - Modernizes responsibilities of New Jersey Council of County Colleges

A-5183wGR/S-4009 (Drulis, Verrelli, Sampson/Zwicker, Cryan) - Directs DOLWD to develop and maintain industry-valued credential list

ACS for ACS for A-5195 and 5223/SCS for S-3946 (Miller, Schaer, Peterpaul, Calabrese/Greenstein) - 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

A-5211wGR/S-4023 (Miller, Freiman, Peterpaul/Cryan, Zwicker) - Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act

A-5213wGR/S-4012 (Venezia, Atkins, Reynolds-Jackson/Zwicker, Singleton) - 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

A-5258/S-4112 (Drulis, Freiman, Simmons/Zwicker, Beach)
 - Permits certain wineries to sell their products by the glass for consumption in licensed salesrooms

A-5308wGR/S-4137 (Donlon, Peterpaul, Karabinchak/Gopal, Greenstein) - Requires Director of Division of Local Government Services in DCA to establish grant program to enhance local government efficiency; appropriates $1.5 million

A-5355/S-4471 (Atkins, Reynolds-Jackson/Timberlake, Singleton)
 - Authorizes creation of special license plate honoring Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta

A-5358/S-4564 (Haider, McCoy, Kane/Singleton, Mukherji) - Revises New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program

A-5517wGR/S-4689 (Miller, Hutchison, Bailey/Burzichelli, Scutari) - Directs BPU to study feasibility of developing advanced reactors Statewide

A-5526/S-4582 (DeAngelo/Lagana) - 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

A-5588/S-4340 (Donlon, Pintor Marin, Peterpaul/Gopal, Mukherji) - Revises child labor laws concerning employment of minor in theatrical production

A-5595wGR/S-4337 (Donlon, Calabrese, Haider/Gopal, Vitale) - Permits individuals to establish voluntary nonopioid directives

A-5598wGR/S-4493 (Stanley, Dunn/A.M. Bucco, Sarlo) - Modifies requirements to obtain licensure in public accountancy

A-5778/S-5007 (Spearman/Turner, Wimberly)
 - 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

A-5785/S-4913 (Simmons/Burzichelli, McKnight) - Requires certain wellness visits to be covered once per year without waiting periods

A-5798/S-4709 (Reynolds-Jackson, Carter, Morales/McKnight, Turner) - Requires automatic enrollment into utility bill payment assistance programs for certain individuals and households

ACS for A-5802/SCS for S-5024 (Lopez/Ruiz, McKnight) - Concerns Statewide Longitudinal Data System for Education and Workforce Development

A-5851/S-4630 (Moen, McCoy/McKeon, Turner) - Directs DEP to establish scrap tire hauler license and scrap tire storage, collection, and disposal site permit

A-5901/S-4690 (Bailey, Karabinchak, DeAngelo/Burzichelli) - Authorizes certain energy projects involving installation of transmission and distribution wires that cross preserved farmland

A-5987/S-4860 (Peterpaul/Gopal) - Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act to reassign and clarify distribution of certain funds

A-6113/S-4998 (Sumter, Abdelaziz, McClellan/Wimberly) - Provides supplemental appropriation of $4 million for Hinchliffe Stadium Partners to support stadium, entertainment, and tourism infrastructure at Paterson Great Falls National Park

A-6124/S-4955 (Greenwald, Moen/Beach) - Updates minimum allocation amounts and poison pill provisions related to revenues collected from hotel and motel occupancy fees

A-6129/S-4732 (Pintor Marin, Reynolds-Jackson, Coughlin/Johnson, Timberlake)
 - Makes supplemental appropriation of $615,000 to DHS for grant to New Jersey 2-1-1 Partnership

A-6201/S-4999 (Verrelli/Scutari, Greenstein) - Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act to remove language requiring achievement of cost savings for SHBP

A-6213/S-4967 (Donlon/Gopal) - 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

A-6276/S-5020 (Venezia/McKeon) - 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

A-6298/S-5025 (Greenwald, Simmons/Cruz-Perez, Diegnan)
 - Modifies provisions concerning net positive benefits test and special economic importance for certain transformative projects under New Jersey Aspire Program.

A-6306/S-5031 (Pintor Marin, Speight/Ruiz)
 - Authorizes tax credits for certain sports and entertainment projects; authorizes additional tax credits for New Jersey Aspire Program and Emerge Program

A-6307/S-5030 (Pintor Marin/Mukherji, Zwicker) - Modifies certain requirements of film and digital media content production tax credit program; modifies criteria for purchase of certain tax credit transfer certificates by Division of Taxation

A-6308/S-5036 (Park, Pintor Marin, Danielsen, Quijano/Johnson, Mukherji, Diegnan) 
- “Safe Communities Act”; requires AG to develop certain model policies

A-6313/S-5034 (Lopez/Vitale, Gopal) - Establishes pilot program to support hospitals that maintain certain services when relocating; appropriates $3 million

A-6316/S-5032 (Coughlin/Scutari) - Requires establishment of financial advisory services program for participants of State’s deferred compensation plan

A-6319/S-5039 (Pintor Marin/Scutari, Sarlo) - Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriations for various purposes

AJR-57/SJR-49 (Atkins, Speight, Venezia/O'Scanlon, Gopal)
 - Designates March 30th of each year “Menstrual Toxic Shock Syndrome Awareness Day”

AJR-231/SJR-171 (Inganamort, Karabinchak, Singh/Space, Greenstein) - Designates March 9 of each year as U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day

A-4899/SCS for S-3659 and 3276 (Carter, Lopez/Stack, Mukherji) - Limits amount of residential rental property application fee; establishes penalty

Governor Murphy pocket vetoed the following bills:

S-1087/A-5703 (Timberlake, McKnight/Speight) - Requires midwives and physicians to provide pregnant women information on birthing options prior to delivery

S-1310/A-4598 (Pou, Singer/Lopez, Flynn) - Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State

S-1577/A-928 (Turner, Mukherji/Reynolds-Jackson, Verrelli) - Requires maintenance of roadways surrounding State capitol complex

S-2840/A-4125 (Singer/S. Kean) - Directs DEP to lift conservation restrictions imposed as condition of CAFRA permit under certain conditions

A-2940/S-2472 (Schaer, Auth, Speight/Lagana, McKnight) - Establishes minimum Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for pediatric special care nursing facilities

A-4434/S-3329 (Katz, Speight, Atkins/Corrado, Mukherji) - Requires DHS and DOH to study disordered eating; establishes “Disordered Eating Prevention Research Grant Pilot Program”

A-4664/S-4153 (Katz, Conaway, Wimberly/Burgess) - Prohibits social media platforms from promoting certain practices or features of eating disorders to child users

A-4913/S-4364 (Coughlin, Speight, Reynolds-Jackson/Mukherji, Wimberly) - Establishes certain State funding preferences for municipalities that enhance opportunities to develop housing

A-5042/S-4040 (Lopez, Calabrese, Sampson/Singleton, McKnight) 
- 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

A-5462/S-4307 (Bailey, Danielsen, Calabrese/Burzichelli, McKeon) - Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for large load customers to protect non-large load customers from increased costs

A-5592/S-4338 (Donlon, Stanley, Bagolie/Gopal, Singer)
 - Establishes licensure requirement for source plasma donation centers

A-6149/S-5029 (Tully/Lagana, Gopal) - Establishes nonpublic school nursing services pilot program to provide funding to county consortium of nonpublic schools for nursing services

A-6309wGR/S-5037 (Quijano, Park/Ruiz, Zwicker, McKeon) - Establishes “Privacy Protection Act”; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information

A-6310/S-5038 (Park, Reynolds-Jackson, Rodriguez, Quijano/Timberlake, Johnson, Mukherji) - Codifies AG Directive, “Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities”

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