New Jersey Votes

Expands the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Act, empowering the Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) to invest more in high-growth startups.

Limits rent hikes in manufactured or modular home parks to 2% annually, with narrow exceptions.

Mandates statewide universal preschool and free full-day kindergarten by 2029 while centralizing funding and oversight under state control.

Requires all public schools (and nonpublic schools in federal meal programs) to follow the USDA's 2012 school-meal standards and any stricter updates, extending them to competitive foods (cafeteria and vending snacks).

Allows the New Jersey Department of Health to create a nonprofit Public Health Institute to run state health programs, address racial disparities, and manage funding and supplies.

Ostensible bans paid ballot harvesting, but makes multiple exceptions that neuters and positive impact.

Expands benefits to include disabled adult dependents, allows full-time students to receive UI if available for work, and removes repayment requirements for overpaid benefits due to employer or agency errors.

Allocates $56.6 billion in state funds and $27.5 billion in federal funds for New Jersey's fiscal year 2025 budget. It introduces a corporate transit fee and a sales tax increase.

Prohibits discriminatory practices in real estate appraisals and mandates that appraisers undergo anti-bias training. The bill specifies that appraisers cannot consider factors such as race, gender, or marital status when assessing property values.

Creates the Stabilized School Budget Aid Grant Program to help school districts facing state aid cuts in the 2024-2025 school year.

Requires the New Jersey Treasury Department to establish a standardized LGBTQ+ business certification process for businesses at least 51% owned and controlled by LGBTQ+ individuals.

Requires each public higher-education institution in New Jersey to form a menstrual equity task force.

Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and investment coins from sales and use tax.

Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to the Department of Environmental Protection for implementation of the Electric School Bus Program.

Requires the establishment of a new state website with information on "rights" related to "health benefits" coverage for reproductive "health care" services, meaning abortion services.

Supports New Jersey's offshore wind projects by allowing owners and investors of these wind projects to keep certain federal tax benefits.

Establishes the "Sustainable New Jersey Fund" in the Department of Environmental Protection to support certain sustainability initiatives and allocates $1 million for enforcement.

Increases the minimum monthly benefit under State SNAP Minimum Benefits Program from $50 to $95 and authorizes Department of Human Services (DHS) to increase program benefit amount.

Allows the Attorney General to exploit public nuisance statutes to bring charges against gun manufacturers.

Would move almost 5.2 billion dollars to the "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund.

Appropriates $50,640,229,000 in State funds and $24,082,639,850 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2022-2023.

Creates new legal restrictions regarding gun ownership in the state of New Jersey.

Creates the Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer.

Would allocate 45 million dollars over three years to the purchase and maintenance of electric school busses.

Codifies into law an absolute "right" to abortion in New Jersey, including late-term abortion, and abortions performed by non-physicians.

Legally affirms the right to same-sex marriage in the state of New Jersey.

A2394 creates recruitment and selection programs to increase police hirings of women and minorities, with a reporting requirement.

Rescinds New Jersey's prior resolutions calling on Congress to organize a constitutional convention.

Mandates individuals seeking a teaching certification be trained in "culturally responsive teaching," a movement linked to critical race theory.

Bans or sharply limits consumer access to single-use plastic bags, paper bags, straws, and foam food containers.