Bill Text: NJ S4261 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-05-14 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee [S4261 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-S4261-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH A. LAGANA
District 38 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the membership of certain State entities and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the majority of the members present at a meeting of a professional board, committee or other entity designated in section 1 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.1), including at a meeting with two members in attendance if one of the members in attendance is the chair of the entity, shall constitute a quorum for the sole purpose of processing applications for licensure that do not require legal review due to adverse information in any statutorily-required criminal history record background check if, after a 90-day period, the entity is unable to achieve a quorum in accordance with the statutory requirements governing that entity.
2. If, upon expiration of this act, a board, committee, or entity does not have the requisite number of members required to sustain a quorum pursuant to the individual statute governing the board, committee, or entity, the board, committee, or entity shall submit a written report to the Legislature with a recommendation for another board, committee, or entity with which it should be merged. The report shall be submitted within 30 days of the expiration of section 1 of this act.
3. This act shall take effect immediately. Section 1 of this act shall expire one year after the effective date. Section 2 of this act shall expire on the 31st day after the expiration of section 1.
STATEMENT
This bill updates current law by temporarily establishing, for one year, that a quorum exists for the sole purpose of processing applications for licensure with a majority of the members present at a meeting of a professional board, committee or other entity, overseen by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety or other State agency. This includes a meeting with two members in attendance if one of those members is the chair of the entity. This quorum standard is applicable to applications that do not require legal review due to adverse information in any statutorily-required criminal history record background check. The quorum standard becomes applicable only if, after a 90-day period, the entity is unable to achieve a quorum in accordance with statutory requirements governing that entity.
After one year, if a board, committee, or entity does not have the requisite number of members required to sustain a quorum pursuant to the individual statute governing the board, committee, or entity, the board, committee, or entity is to submit a written report to the Legislature with a recommendation for another board, committee, or entity with which it should be merged. The report is to be submitted within 30 days of the expiration of the bill.
