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

10,856 active bills in the current session, grouped by latest reported stage.

10,531Introduced: Filed and awaiting committee or floor action.
90In committee: Assigned to a committee for review.
222Floor 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.

S1519
Allows gross income deduction for all wage income received by high school and college graduates during two consecutive taxable years following graduation from in-State school.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S152
Requires certain employers with State contracts to pay their employees their usual compensation for each day of jury service.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1520
Requires payment of minimum wage to minors; requires payment of overtime to minors in certain circumstances; codifies certain exemptions to overtime payment requirements.
- StageIn committee
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate · Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Official source
S1521
Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1522
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1523
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1524
Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Labor Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1527
Establishes special dredging account; directs $5,000,000 of sales tax collected annually be deposited therein; directs DEP to administer account and dredging program with certain requirements.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1528
Appropriates $26,140,000 for dredging projects and dredged material disposal projects related to navigational waterways.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1529
Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S153
Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1530
Requires DEP to assume responsibility for dredging of waterways providing boat access to lagoon communities; appropriates $6,000,000.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1531
Eliminates the New Jersey Transfer Inheritance Tax and repeals parts of chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1532
Establishes immunity for youth sports leagues and senior planned real estate development associations relating to COVID-19.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1534
Authorizes municipalities to establish dredging control reserve fund.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1535
Allows judgment for restitution of stolen public funds to be levied against convicted employee's retirement allowance or pension contributions.
- StageIn committee
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Senate · Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Official source
S1536
Provides that civil actions concerning home improvement contracts for residential or non-commercial property may be brought in the county where the property is located.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1537
Imposes mandatory term of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole on persons who commit particularly brutal sexual assaults.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1538
Authorizes counties to reduce greenhead fly populations; appropriates $50,000.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
Jan 13, 2026
Details updating — summary is available while full bill details sync.
Official source
S1539
Makes public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes or found at fault in certain civil actions liable and subject to pension garnishment for public legal expenses and illegally obtained funds.
- StageIntroduced
- StatusActive
- Session2026-2027 Regular Session
Latest reported action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
Jan 13, 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

Allows gross income deduction for all wage income received by high school and college graduates during two consecutive taxable years following graduation from in-State school.

Requires certain employers with State contracts to pay their employees their usual compensation for each day of jury service.

Requires payment of minimum wage to minors; requires payment of overtime to minors in certain circumstances; codifies certain exemptions to overtime payment requirements.

Excludes certain illegal aliens from workers' compensation and temporary disability benefits.

Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service.

Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.

Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.

Establishes special dredging account; directs $5,000,000 of sales tax collected annually be deposited therein; directs DEP to administer account and dredging program with certain requirements.

Appropriates $26,140,000 for dredging projects and dredged material disposal projects related to navigational waterways.

Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.

Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.

Requires DEP to assume responsibility for dredging of waterways providing boat access to lagoon communities; appropriates $6,000,000.

Eliminates the New Jersey Transfer Inheritance Tax and repeals parts of chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.

Establishes immunity for youth sports leagues and senior planned real estate development associations relating to COVID-19.

Authorizes municipalities to establish dredging control reserve fund.

Allows judgment for restitution of stolen public funds to be levied against convicted employee's retirement allowance or pension contributions.

Provides that civil actions concerning home improvement contracts for residential or non-commercial property may be brought in the county where the property is located.

Imposes mandatory term of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole on persons who commit particularly brutal sexual assaults.

Authorizes counties to reduce greenhead fly populations; appropriates $50,000.

Makes public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes or found at fault in certain civil actions liable and subject to pension garnishment for public legal expenses and illegally obtained funds.