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State bill data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:16 PM.

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• S 224 In committee
  Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act"; appropriates $5 million.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
• S 267 In committee
  Provides awarding of contracts for professional services by State, county, municipal, and school district through competitive contracting process.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 2832 In committee
  Authorizes creation of local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct; appropriates $600,000.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
• S 1151 In committee
  Establishes "Non-College Advancement Act"; makes appropriation.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
• S 2343 In committee
  Designates May of each year as "Water Safety Month" in NJ; encourages DOE to provide resources on water safety.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
• S 1318 In committee
  Creates New Jersey Innocence Study and Review Commission.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
• S 228 In committee
  Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
• S 261 In committee
  Concerns criminal investigations of law enforcement officers.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
• S 278 In committee
  Requires cultural diversity and implicit bias training be included in police basic training curriculum.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
• S 237 In committee
  Permits voter registration up to 14 days before election.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 2797 In committee
  Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum.
  Jan 13, 2026: Withdrawn Because Approved P.L.2025, c.284.
• S 251 In committee
  Expands Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Programs to include assistance for water utility bill.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
• S 536 In committee
  Makes compulsive gambling prevention, education, and treatment program optional penalty for casino gambling by person under legal age of 21; makes fine optional.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 249 In committee
  Establishes MOM Project oral health three-year pilot program in DOH; appropriates $4,150,000.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
• S 211 In committee
  Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 258 In committee
  Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
• S 594 In committee
  Requires school districts to provide instruction on risks of compulsive gambling as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 248 In committee
  Provides child tax credit for taxpayers with children ages six to 11 and increases amount of credit for taxpayers with children under 12 over period of two years.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
• S 283 In committee
  Provides comparable salary increases and performance advancement adjustments for certain State employees assigned to titles with no range or rate.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 220 In committee
  Establishes standards for expiration of rental housing affordability controls.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
• S 226 In committee
  Increases from six to 10 the number of motor vehicle penalty points necessary to incur surcharges.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
• S 296 In committee
  Requires State Treasurer, in consultation with State Comptroller, to promulgate rules and regulations concerning best practices for awarding independent State authority contracts.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 1653 In committee
  Establishes limits on transcript release restrictions at institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions.
  Jan 13, 2026: Withdrawn Because Approved P.L.2025, c.353.
• S 944 In committee
  Expands epinephrine administration mechanisms permitted in schools, institutions of higher education, and youth camps.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
• S 1200 In committee
  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.
  Jan 13, 2026: Withdrawn Because Approved P.L.2025, c.341.
• S 241 In committee
  Requires that workers' compensation judges and administrative law judges be included in database of appointed officials.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 728 In committee
  Requires BPU to determine and consider lowest reasonable return on equity before approving electric, gas, and water public utility base rate cases.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
• S 2879 In committee
  Establishes "School Finance Reform Commission."
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
• S 279 In committee
  Expands implied consent law to include blood testing; establishes per se standard for driving under influence of marijuana and certain controlled dangerous substances.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
• S 2951 In committee
  Provides allowances for certain redevelopment projects undertaken by institutions of higher education or distressed hospitals under New Jersey Aspire program.
  Jan 13, 2026: Withdrawn Because Approved P.L.2025, c.313.
• S 277 In committee
  Increases amounts of property tax deductions for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, and veterans, from $250 to $500.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
• S 216 In committee
  Requires new employers to reimburse certain former employers for law enforcement training costs.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
• SCR 12 In committee
  Respectfully urges Congress to appropriate emergency funds for and increase staffing at facilities supporting Newark Liberty International Airport.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee
• S 273 In committee
  Prohibits award of State contracts and development subsidies to inverted domestic corporations.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 245 In committee
  Requires Department of Agriculture to establish Farm Vitality Planning Reimbursement Grant Program.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
• S 215 In committee
  Permits use of instant run-off voting in balloting for certain local elective public offices.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 2334 In committee
  Establishes annual fee for sports wagering licensees; directs funds from such fees to Council on Compulsive Gambling and gambling addiction treatment programs.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 268 In committee
  Directs Commissioner of Education to establish three-year pilot program to increase reading levels of certain students; appropriates $1 million.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
• S 234 In committee
  Requires spousal consent to election of certain pension payout options under TPAF, JRS, and PERS.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 232 In committee
  Decreases the penalty for certain parole violations.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
• S 2130 In committee
  Establishes Deep Fake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
• S 217 In committee
  Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras under certain circumstances.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
• S 290 In committee
  Grants court discretion to adjust, reduce, or waive certain mandatory legal financial obligations based on ability of defendant to pay.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
• S 230 In committee
  Requires law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement officers with cultural diversity training and develop diversity action plan.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
• S 2057 In committee
  Requires pay for extracurricular activities to be included in compensation for TPAF purposes.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 298 In committee
  Prohibits use of coupons, price rebates, and price reductions in sales of cannabis items.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
• S 2269 In committee
  Requires each public institution of higher education to develop food waste reduction program on campus.
  Jan 13, 2026: Withdrawn Because Approved P.L.2025, c.309.
• S 244 In committee
  Establishes three-year pilot program in DOE to support school district programs to increase length of school day or school year.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
• S 527 In committee
  Prohibits electioneering within 25 feet of person waiting in line at polling place or ballot drop box; makes electioneering a disorderly persons offense.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
• S 2452 In committee
  "Safer Students Act"; requires school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, contracted service providers, and institutions of higher education to review employment history of prospective employee for allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.
  Jan 13, 2026: Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee