Last week, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill No. 3235—a bill temporarily banning the unlicensed sale of hemp products in New Jersey and proposing a new regulatory framework for future sales. The law, which is...more
The Governor of New Jersey signed into law Senate Bill No. 3235 (the “Intoxicating Hemp Law”), designed to regulate the production and sale of certain intoxicating hemp products. At a high level, this law would limit the...more
The Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) proposed new rules this week (56 N.J.R. 1684(a) and 56 N.J.R. 1699(a)), finally implementing the legislature’s creation of reporting requirements for independent expenditure (IE)...more
In early July 2024, Governor Murphy signed Bill S3192/A4454, also known as the “Real Estate Consumer Protection Enhancement Act” (the “Act”), into law. The Act incorporates certain additional protections for consumers...more
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed flip-flop, which reneges on his promise to allow the state’s 2.5% corporate business tax surtax to expire, has now passed both the New Jersey State Assembly and Senate and been...more
Following extensive deliberations and legislative actions, Governor Phil Murphy signed the Fiscal Year 2025 New Jersey Appropriations Act on Friday night, setting the state’s financial course for the upcoming fiscal year. The...more
On June 5, 2024, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the first comprehensive reform to New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA) since its passing in 2002. This amendment to the long standing legislation was met with much...more
On June 5, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed long-contested legislation, S2930 (2024 OPRA Amendment), amending the Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, et seq. As most New Jersey environmental practitioners...more
New Jersey is ushering in a new era of state affordable housing guidelines. The New Jersey Assembly and Senate recently passed affordable housing legislation and Gov. Phil Murphy has signed it into law. For New Jersey...more
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law the Flood Risk Notification Law (P.L. 2023, c.93) on July 3, 2023, amending the Truth-in-Renting Act (P.L. 2001, c.313) and supplementing the Consumer Fraud Act (P.L. 1960, c.39),...more
Governor Phil Murphy’s recent budget address included a significant proposal: a corporate transit fee targeting large corporations. This proposal aims to address transportation infrastructure challenges and diversify funding...more
The New Jersey Legislature passed affordable housing legislation today that will usher in a new era of state affordable housing guidelines. While A4 has passed in both the New Jersey Assembly and Senate, it still awaits the...more
On January 16, 2024, Governor Murphy signed S4265/A5912 into law, reforming New Jersey’s long-standing liquor license practices. The law was enacted to provide open opportunities for new development in communities, in the...more
Last month, Governor Murphy signed a bill that affects the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in firefighting foam. The law, approved as P.L.2023, c.243 (Bill A4125 or S2712), accomplishes a few things: it...more
After months of insisting that he would not allow New Jersey’s 2.5% corporate business tax surtax to be extended – and previously having allowed it to lapse for tax years beginning on January 1, 2024 – New Jersey Governor...more
New Jersey rang in the new year with the signing of a state privacy bill. On Jan. 16, Gov. Phil Murphy signed SB No. 322, stating he was proud that New Jersey had joined the ranks of states with consumer privacy bills....more
Earlier this month, Governor Phil Murphy and Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio announced the release of a “comprehensive statewide disparity study examining public contracting opportunities” for Minority and Women-Owned...more
On January 12, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the New Jersey Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act (S-723/A-822) (the “Act”) into law. The new law not only supports domestic workers’ rights and expands their legal...more
On January 16, Gov. Phil Murphy (D) of New Jersey signed Senate Bill No. 332 into law. The New Jersey privacy law generally follows the same framework found in many of the comprehensive privacy laws enacted by other states...more
On January 16, Governor Murphy signed legislation requiring legal entities who collect consumer information to make certain disclosure to consumers. The law further requires that businesses provide consumers with an option to...more
Comprehensive consumer privacy protections have arrived in the Garden State and appear to be coming soon to the Granite State. With Governor Phil Murphy's signing of Senate Bill 332 on January 17th, New Jersey became the...more
On January 16, 2024, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 322 ("the Act"), making New Jersey the fourteenth state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, joining California, Virginia,...more
On January 16, 2024, New Jersey (NJ) Governor Phil Murphy signed into law S332/A1971, making New Jersey the latest state with a comprehensive state privacy law. (This follows similar comprehensive state privacy laws in CA,...more
On January 8, 2024, the New Jersey Assembly and Senate passed Senate Bill 332 (S. 332, or the “Act”), and it was signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy on January 16. This makes New Jersey the first state to enact a...more
New Jersey’s 221st Legislature is officially underway with yesterday’s swearing in of 37 new members (10 in the Senate and 27 in the General Assembly), followed by Governor Murphy’s annual State of the State Address....more