STATE LEGISLATION

New Jersey bills.

Active bills in New Jersey's current legislative session, mirrored from public legislative records.

ACTIVE BILLS

Current legislation.

Lists include only active bills from the current session. Latest reported stage, body, and action come from mirrored public records and may not reflect real-time changes.

Active bill stages

10,846 active bills in the current session, grouped by latest reported stage.

10,530Introduced: Filed and awaiting committee or floor action.
90In committee: Assigned to a committee for review.
213Floor or other chamber: On a chamber floor or moving between chambers.
13Enrolled or executive: Enrolled for signature or awaiting executive action.
0Terminal outcomes: Became law, vetoed, or failed. Active directories list only open bills.
0Unspecified stage: Latest action could not be mapped to a precise stage. These bills are still active, not closed.

A4573
Codifies regulations concerning State-excused absences; permits excused absence for students attending military service activities, certain school visits, and open-houses.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4574
Requires Director of Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to establish sandbag reserve program for local government to mitigate flooding.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4575
Amends eligibility for expungement of criminal records.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4576
Legalizes growing or possessing up to six marijuana plants for personal recreational use, and up to 10 plants for personal medical use, by persons aged 21 or older.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4577
Requires intervention of at least two days between second reading and passage of State budget bill in either house of Legislature.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4578
Requires proportional distribution of payment between employers for health benefit payment obligations for certain retirees.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4579
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4580
Requires certain disclosures by providers of commercial financing.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4581
Requires boards of education to post on website information summarizing payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4582
Requires placement of portable FDA-approved anti-choking devices in schools.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4583
Authorizes special "We Support the Arts" license plates with proceeds to New Jersey State Council on Arts.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4584
Establishes pilot program to study feasibility of regionalization of certain school districts; appropriates $150,000.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4585
Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for rescue of animal from motor vehicle under inhumane conditions.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4586
Requires SHBP coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for covered persons.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4587
Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4589
Extends eligibility for Military Dependents Scholarships to students enrolled in approved career and technical education programs and to dependents of certain military members who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Operation Inherent Resolve.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4590
Establishes "Supporting Educational and Entrepreneurial Development (S.E.E.D.) Program" in Office of Secretary of Higher Education.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4591
Permits school districts to define excused absences from school to include illness based on student's mental or behavioral health and requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for defining excused absence for this reason.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4592
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to consider combined income of all cosigners on application for participation in New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
A4593
Extends eligibility for tuition benefit to dependents of members of United States Armed Forces who died while on active duty.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
Mar 10, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source

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New Jersey bills.

Current legislation.

Active bill stages

Codifies regulations concerning State-excused absences; permits excused absence for students attending military service activities, certain school visits, and open-houses.

Requires Director of Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to establish sandbag reserve program for local government to mitigate flooding.

Amends eligibility for expungement of criminal records.

Legalizes growing or possessing up to six marijuana plants for personal recreational use, and up to 10 plants for personal medical use, by persons aged 21 or older.

Requires intervention of at least two days between second reading and passage of State budget bill in either house of Legislature.

Requires proportional distribution of payment between employers for health benefit payment obligations for certain retirees.

Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.

Requires certain disclosures by providers of commercial financing.

Requires boards of education to post on website information summarizing payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable.

Requires placement of portable FDA-approved anti-choking devices in schools.

Authorizes special "We Support the Arts" license plates with proceeds to New Jersey State Council on Arts.

Establishes pilot program to study feasibility of regionalization of certain school districts; appropriates $150,000.

Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for rescue of animal from motor vehicle under inhumane conditions.

Requires SHBP coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for covered persons.

Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."

Extends eligibility for Military Dependents Scholarships to students enrolled in approved career and technical education programs and to dependents of certain military members who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Operation Inherent Resolve.

Establishes "Supporting Educational and Entrepreneurial Development (S.E.E.D.) Program" in Office of Secretary of Higher Education.

Permits school districts to define excused absences from school to include illness based on student's mental or behavioral health and requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for defining excused absence for this reason.

Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to consider combined income of all cosigners on application for participation in New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.

Extends eligibility for tuition benefit to dependents of members of United States Armed Forces who died while on active duty.