New Jersey State Legislation

Bill would remove the 'without prior knowledge or consent' limit from mentally incapacitated in New Jersey sexual-offense statutes, letting voluntary intoxication inform aggravated-sexual-assault prosecutions.

Lawmakers would require annual consent training for incoming undergrad students in New Jersey. The measure would apply to four-year institutions after enactment.

The bill would restrict federal, state, and local officers and active-duty troops from standing within 100 feet of polling places or drop boxes.

County offices could coordinate county-wide health-insurance bids for districts with a premium cap. The Department of Banking and Insurance must decide applications within 60 days.

Lawmakers would establish a temporary abandoned-property pilot ending December 1, 2031, run by the Division of Local Government Services, with DCA or CRDA acquiring designated properties.

Lawmakers would establish a three-stage teacher residency program with stipends of $2,000, $10,000, and $15,000 for high school seniors and staff, requiring four years of in-state teaching after completion.

Senate bill would require bath salts to be kept locked or behind the counter. First violation would be a warning; later violations could be unlawful practices under Consumer Fraud Act.

State Board of Education would create new endorsements for disabilities, bilingual education, and general science, rename the deaf-endorsement, and adopt a composite-score rule for elementary candidates.

Bill would create a Minor Protection Order Act for 14+ minors, allowing guardians to seek protective orders against other minors and require firearm surrender.

Bill would create the Division of Artificial Intelligence Learning in the DOE and bar AI use for students through grade 10. It would require AI curriculum in grades 11-12.

A bill would require low bidders at least 10% below the next-lowest bid to provide estimates and wage certifications within short deadlines on public projects.

By the end of the first week of November, the bill would require the Commissioner of Education to issue a preliminary State aid notice to districts.

Legislation would require data-center owners to file annual DEP reports and publish a public dashboard within 90 days for existing centers. Nearby residents would get annual notices.

Bill would expand prevailing wage coverage to public-work projects on leased or publicly owned sites, applying wage rules to contractors, tenants, and others; takes effect 90 days after enactment.

The bill would require at least 30% of development fees to fund transportation projects within the municipality where the development occurs, with the municipality's governing body sole consent, effective immediately.

Lawmakers would ban recreational cannabis use for law enforcement, first responders, commercial drivers, and heavy-equipment operators under this bill.

A bill would extend annual CPI-based salary adjustments for judges and justices beyond 2027, with increases capped at 2% when CPI rises.

May-election municipalities would be required to offer early voting, with the state reimbursing costs for up to three sites.

Lawmakers would require the municipal construction official or a designee to sit on planning, zoning, and redevelopment boards, effective immediately.

A bill would require New Jersey municipalities to maintain at least one licensed Basic Life Support ambulance per 10,000 residents, effective the first day of the third month after enactment.

Bill would require the Education Commissioner to stop the 6% increase limit for 2026–2027 and appropriate $332,570,597 from the Property Tax Relief Fund to the Department of Education.

A bill would move the June primary to the Tuesday after the second Monday.

The bill would exempt up to $300,000 in annual purchases from sales tax for qualifying large urban enterprise zone communities and their contractors in New Jersey.

A bill would let local contracting units award contracts up to 10% above the lowest bid, with reasons in a governing resolution.