Bill Text: NJ AR21 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires 14 days between introduction and consideration of annual appropriations act in General Assembly.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-01-13 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee [AR21 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-AR21-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman PAUL KANITRA
District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
SYNOPSIS
Requires 14 days between introduction and consideration of annual appropriations act in General Assembly.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Assembly Resolution concerning the annual appropriations act and supplementing the Rules of the General Assembly.
Be It Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Rule 15:30 is added to the Rules of the General Assembly as follows:
(New) 15:30 Bill to Enact Annual Appropriations Act
a. The bill to enact an annual appropriations act shall be introduced no fewer than 14 days in advance of when the bill may be considered on third reading.
b. The Speaker shall schedule a minimum of four quorums of the General Assembly in the period between introduction of the bill to enact an annual appropriations act and consideration on third reading.
2. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This resolution would supplement the Rules of the General Assembly to require the bill to enact an annual appropriations act to be introduced no fewer than 14 days in advance of when the bill may be considered on third reading. To facilitate discussion on the bill, the new rule would require the Speaker of the General Assembly to schedule a minimum of four quorums of the General Assembly in the period between introduction of the annual appropriations act and consideration on third reading.
