TRENTON – Today, Governor Murphy signed the following bills into law:
S-216/A-3034 (Smith, Greenstein/Calabrese, Freiman, Spearman) - Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $25,000 appropriation
S-1042/A-1421(Greenstein, Smith/Haider, Swain, Collazos-Gill) - “Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act”; establishes requirements, prohibitions, and programs for regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
S-1425/A-3789 (Singleton, Greenstein/Reynolds-Jackson, Park) - Expands culpability requirements for firearms trafficking offenses and violations of regulatory provisions relating to firearms
S-2376/A-2255 (Beach, Vitale/Lopez, Sampson, Carter) - Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years
S-2493/A-2075 (Sarlo, O'Scanlon/Pintor Marin, Speight) - Establishes minimum base NJ FamilyCare per diem reimbursement rate of $1,100 for special care nursing facility with neurologically impaired young adult unit
S-2495/A-3882 (Ruiz, McKnight/Quijano, Stanley, Sumter) - Requires training of cosmetologists-hairstylists, beauticians, barbers, and hair braiders to include working on textured hair
SCS for S-2498 and 2505/A-3864 (Ruiz, Turner, McKnight/Reynolds-Jackson, Quijano) - Requires Commissioner of Education to establish employment web portal and virtual applicant profile system
S-2697/A-3496 (Diegnan, Holzapfel/Karabinchak, Calabrese, DePhillips) - Permits certain motor vehicles to display both amber and green warning lights
S-3156/A-4381 (Gopal, McKnight/Peterpaul) - Permits boards of education to lease certain school property to federally qualified health centers without bidding
S-3399/A-6005 (Smith, McKeon/Collazos-Gill, Kennedy, Calabrese) - Requires end-of-life recycling of solar and photovoltaic energy generation facilities and structures
S-3772/A-5198 (Lagana, Singleton/Sampson, Verrelli, Egan) - Concerns valuation of board and lodging with respect to workers’ compensation
S-3890/A-5579 (Ruiz, McKnight/Carter, Reynolds-Jackson, Morales) - Requires public institution of higher education to provide students with information on food assistance programs
S-4313/A-5701 (Diegnan, Mukherji/Karabinchak, Stanley) - Designates overpass of Stelton Road on Interstate Highway Route 287 as “Officer Conklin-Officer Cady Memorial Overpass"
SCS for S-4509/A-6295 (Ruiz, Scutari/Karabinchak) - Creates regulatory scheme, in line with federal law, on sale of certain hemp-derived cannabinoid products; repeals law concerning intoxicating hemp
S-4515/A-5824 (Gopal, Turner/Morales, Reynolds-Jackson, Venezia) - Limits certain requirements for certification of career and technical education teachers
S-4737/A-6074 (Sarlo/Calabrese) - Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in Borough of Lodi in Bergen County
S-4881/A-6212 (Scutari, Carter) - Provides for merger of New Jersey City University with Kean University; expands powers and property of Kean University; appropriates $25 million
S-4927/A-6241 (Sarlo, Johnson/Schaer, Calabrese) - Amends FY2026 annual appropriations act to increase Supplemental Graduate Medical Education Subsidy by $496,000 for support to additional acute care hospital
S-4932/A-6116 (Cruz-Perez/Greenwald, Moen, Spearman) - Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million from General Fund to DOH and DCA for Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers
SJR-70/AJR-122 (Gopal/Peterpaul, Venezia) - Designates last weekend in October as “Honor Your Hometown Weekend”
SJR-96/AJR-161 (McKnight, Wimberly/McCoy) - Permanently designates August 17th as “Nonprofit Day” in NJ
A-560/S-1990 (Stanley, Miller, Calabrese/Gopal, Singleton) - Requires transportation network company drivers to complete anti-human trafficking training course
A-583/S-4104 (Stanley, Danielsen/Gopal) - Permits deputy county clerks and municipal clerks to perform marriages and civil unions
A-913/S-2392 (Reynolds-Jackson, Spearman, Atkins/Turner, McKnight) - Authorizes medical cannabis for treatment of sickle cell anemia
A-1657/S-2380 (Lampitt, Greenwald, Speight/Beach, Burgess) - Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors
A-1813/S-3372 (Conaway, Calabrese, Speight/Vitale, Ruiz) - Prohibits delivery of electronic smoking devices and tobacco products to individuals under 21 years of age
A-1997/S-2867 (Speight, Carter, Venezia/Ruiz, Turner) - Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students
A-2090/S-2426 (Kennedy, Stanley, Verrelli/Smith, McKeon) - Requires solid waste management districts to develop strategy to reduce food waste; requires DEP to adopt certain rules and regulations regarding composting facilities
A-2163/S-2361 (Moen, Carter, Reynolds-Jackson/Beach) - Requires DMVA notify certain veteran organizations and county officers and municipal registers of names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries
A-2279/S-1312 (Lopez, Wimberly, Speight/Singleton, McKnight) - Requires State Real Estate Appraiser Board to adopt alternative program to acquire experiential requirements for prospective real estate appraisers attempting to qualify for licensure or certification
A-2316/S-3968 (Swain, Tully, Moen/Cruz-Perez) - Increases traffic threshold for local installation of certain speed humps on certain local streets without DOT approval
A-2437/S-3643 (Quijano, Reynolds-Jackson, Swain, Speight, Conaway/Ruiz, Turner) - Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package
A-2444/S-3869 (Quijano, Haider, McCoy/Burgess, McKnight) - Requires DOH to study racial aspects of ovarian cancer
A-2784/S-2548 (Greenwald, Karabinchak, Wimberly/Beach, Turner) - Authorizes school district that moves its annual school election to November to submit separate proposals for additional spending for budget year and subsequent budget year
A-2804/S-1626 (Greenwald, Tully, Speight/Zwicker, Vitale) - Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications
A-2903/S-691 (Schaer, Calabrese/Singer, Pou) - Concerns licensure of persons rendering barbering services in another state or foreign country
A-2946/S-1125 (Bagolie, Karabinchak/McKeon) - Criminalizes failure to return erroneous person-to-person electronic payments following proper notification
A-3016/S-4050 (Calabrese, Verrelli, Venezia/Diegnan, Burzichelli) - Allows follow-up communication by operators of mental health and suicide crisis resources centers or 9-8-8 crisis hotline centers to minors at risk of death by suicide
A-3099/S-196 (Guardian, Donlon/Polistina) - Establishes option for students nearing completion of program in chiropractic medicine to participate in preceptorship provided by State-licensed chiropractor
A-3340/S-1763 (Greenwald, Stanley, Murphy/Moriarty, McKnight) - Clarifies which health care professional may provide documentation to school district of need for home instruction due to student’s health condition
A-3765/S-3053 (Calabrese/Moriarty) - Requires contract between certain governmental units and online parking payment service providers stipulate service provider not charge user during certain times
A-4006/S-4281 (Calabrese, Karabinchak, Stanley/Burzichelli, Space) - Permits partnerships and joint ventures to bid on certain public works and prevailing wage contracts if each party to partnership or joint venture is independently registered
A-4175/S-2348 (Park, Reynolds-Jackson, Venezia/Singleton, McKnight) - Concerns use of force by law enforcement officers under certain circumstances and requires certain reporting of use of force incidents
A-4182/S-3139 (DeAngelo, Atkins, Quijano/Singleton, Beach) - Concerns conditions of employment of certain cannabis employees
A-4651/S-3508 (Hutchison, Bailey/Moriarty, Sarlo) - Establishes penalties for certain conduct related to public brawl and disorderly conduct
A-4653/S-3506 (Miller, Donlon, Sampson/Moriarty, O'Scanlon) - Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs
A-4763/S-3767 (Collazos-Gill, S. Kean, Reynolds-Jackson/McKnight, Turner) -Requires development of educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools; requires school districts to maintain list of locations providing swim lessons in certain circumstances
A-4813/S-4000 (Hutchison, Bailey/Moriarty, Mukherji) - Imposes conditions on drivers approaching certain stationary vehicles and revises public awareness campaign
A-4814/S-729 (Hutchison/Steinhardt, Singleton) - Establishes tianeptine as Schedule II controlled dangerous substance
A-4818/S-3206 (Donlon, Peterpaul, Moen/Gopal, Turner) - Reduces and clarifies requirements for municipal tourist development commission disbursements for advertising
A-4841/S-3759 (Reynolds-Jackson, Carter, Wimberly/McKnight, Turner) - Concerns housing discrimination based on source of lawful income
A-4854/S-4312 (Schnall, Schaer, Pintor Marin/Diegnan) - Modifies method of allocating State aid for providing auxiliary and remedial services to nonpublic school students
A-4877/S-3615 (Greenwald/Beach) - Replaces definition of "management committee" with "board of authority commissioners" and makes various changes to existing law concerning administration of regional authority
A-4928/S-3401(Peterpaul, Clifton/Gopal, Greenstein) - Establishes eligibility requirements for State small business set-aside program
A-4975/S-3894 (Park, Karabinchak, Carter/Turner) - Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components
A-4981/S-3900 (Peterpaul, Spearman, Bagolie/Singleton) - Permits court to take additional time to consider pretrial release or pretrial detention when firearm offense is involved
A-4986/S-3764 (Karabinchak, Swain, Katz/Greenstein, McKnight) - Codifies early language instruction program for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind children in DHS
A-5076/S-3920 (Danielsen, Egan, Bagolie, Flynn, Quijano/Smith, Diegnan) -Requires State Police to establish recovery leave policy for troopers presenting proof of pregnancy
A-5134/S-1768 (Carter, Karabinchak/McKnight, Turner) - Requires certain providers of transportation services to develop and publish route schedules
A-5146 /S-3892 (Guardian/Polistina) - Removes exception to civil service working test period for political subdivision employees
A-5265/S-3710 (Karabinchak/McKeon) - Authorizes enforcement of landscape irrigation law by local enforcing agency and increases penalties
A-5353/S-4448 (Allen, Ramirez, Sampson/Sarlo, A.M. Bucco) - Exempts health care professionals licensed in a foreign nation from New Jersey’s licensing requirements while providing services to team participating in 2026 FIFA World Cup
A-5422/S-4290 (Haider, Swain, Karabinchak/Ruiz, Mukherji) - Allows businesses to receive information via email concerning new regulations and economic incentives that affect business
A-5435/S-4308 (Tully, Katz, Singh/Burzichelli, Timberlake) - Requires Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA and applicable State agencies and nonprofits to establish a consolidated application for residential utility assistance programs
A-5537/S-4346 (Miller, Hutchison, Stanley/Moriarty, McKnight) - Permits fire departments to use certain Class B firefighting foam for one year after prohibition takes effect
A-5538/S-4344 (Hutchison, Miller/Moriarty) - Prohibits municipal utilities authority from charging fire district and fire department water service charges for fire protection systems in certain circumstances
A-5593/S-4157 (Peterpaul, Karabinchak, Calabrese/Gopal, Wimberly) - Requires DCA to enable certain construction subcode applicants to electronically submit certain materials for permit application review; limits requirements for physical seal on documents at worksite
A-5712/S-4432 (Coughlin, Carter, Haider/Mukherji, Polistina) - Establishes Air Traffic Controller Loan Redemption Program; supports partnership between public institution of higher education and federal Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative and establishment of Center for Study of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena; appropriates $3.5 million
A-5733/S-4522 (DeAngelo, Egan, Pintor Marin/Timberlake, Stack) - 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
A-5978/S-4889 (Stanley, Calabrese, Collazos-Gill/Lagana, Pennacchio) - Clarifies current law addressing commissions paid to limited liability companies formed by real estate salespersons or broker-salespersons
AJR-47/SJR-13 (Karabinchak, Lopez, Stanley/Diegnan, McKnight) - Designates Saturday before Thanksgiving Day as “National Adoption Day” and designates November as “National Adoption Month” in New Jersey
AJR-66/SJR-89 (Park, Tucker, Conaway/Cruz-Perez, Johnson) - Commemorates 71st anniversary of armistice that ended Korean War
AJR-67/SJR-97 (Speight, Atkins, Carter/Ruiz, McKnight) - Designates last week of April of each year as “Reentry Week”
AJR-229/SJR-168 (Haider, Spearman, Speight/Burgess, McKnight) - Recognizes right to adequate food
The Governor conditionally vetoed the following legislation:
S-1016/A-3636 (Greenstein, Beach/Murphy, Quijano, McCoy) – Requires State agencies to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities and on mobile devices
S-4678/A-5930 (Gopal, Mukherji/Swain, Reynolds-Jackson) – Includes retired teachers and county college faculty members in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher grant program
A-1131/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-1400/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
A-2801/S-780 (Greenwald, Pintor Marin, Conaway/Johnson, Singer) – Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program
A-3036/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-4101/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-4642/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 during holiday and weekend hours
A-4973/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-5213/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-5395/S-3877 (Venezia, Calabrese, Sampson/Johnson, Cryan) – Requires cancellation option for any subscription service and establishes certain standards pertaining to use of negative option features
S-2051/A-1802 (Gopal, Singleton/Carter, Stanley, Peterpaul) – Requires law enforcement officer to conduct risk assessment of and provide assistance to domestic violence victims
