Establishes Red Tape Review Task Force.

A1001

ASSEMBLY, No. 1001

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblywoman HEATHER SIMMONS

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Venezia

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes Red Tape Review Task Force.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
establishing a Red Tape Review Task Force and
supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� There is established
a Red Tape Review Task Force in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury.�
The purpose of the task force shall be to investigate ways to improve New
Jersey�s regulatory process, eliminate burdensome red tape, and promote job
creation and retention, economic growth, and investment in New Jersey.� The
task force shall consist of nine members as follows:

���� (1)� the Lieutenant Governor,
or a designee, who will serve as chair of the task force;

���� (2)� the Chief Counsel to the
Governor, or a designee;

���� (3)� the Commissioner of
Environmental Protection, or a designee;

���� (4)� the Commissioner of
Community Affairs, or a designee;

���� (5)� the Commissioner of Labor
and Workforce Development, or a designee;

���� (6)� the President of the
Senate, or a designee;

���� (7)� the Speaker of the
General Assembly, or a designee;

���� (8)� the Senate Minority
Leader, or a designee; and

���� (9)� the Minority Leader of
the General Assembly, or a designee.

���� b.��� The Lieutenant Governor,
at the Lieutenant Governor�s discretion, may appoint additional members to
provide the task force with necessary and appropriate expertise and
representation on behalf of non-profit organizations, businesses, workers, and
local governments.� Members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor shall serve at
the pleasure of the Lieutenant Governor.

���� c.��� Members of the task
force shall serve without compensation.

���� d.��� The task force shall
meet once every six months and at such other times as the chair of the task
force may determine.

���� 2.��� a.� The task force
shall:

���� (1)� review the rules and
regulations established by the State government to eliminate unnecessarily
burdensome requirements and to streamline interactions between the State
government and private entities by collaboratively working to achieve
regulatory restraint;

���� (2)� call upon any department,
office, division, or agency of this State to supply the task force with data
and other information, personnel, or assistance it deems necessary to discharge
its duties;

���� (3)� solicit both written and
oral comments from the public, including non-profit organizations, businesses,
workers, local governments, and other affected persons or entities as the task
force deems appropriate, and to consider the views expressed by those parties
in any report; and

���� (4)� provide a written report
to the Governor, and to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991,
c.164 (C.52:14-19.1) on its findings and recommendations no later than three
years after the effective date of this act.� The task force shall expire upon
submission of its report.

���� b.��� Each department, office,
division, or agency of the State shall cooperate with the task force and
furnish it with such information, personnel, and assistance necessary for the task
force to accomplish its duties.

���� c.��� Reports provided by the task
force pursuant to this section, including any recommendations to repeal,
rescind, or amend any rules and regulations or Executive Orders contained
therein, shall not confer any legal rights upon any persons or entities
affected by those rules and regulations or Executive Orders.� The task force�s
reports shall be advisory and shall not be used as a basis for any legal
challenges based upon the action or inaction of any department, office,
division, or agency of the State.

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes the Red
Tape Review Task Force.

���� The purpose of the task force
is to provide recommendations to eliminate unnecessarily burdensome
requirements and to streamline State government and private entity interactions
by collaboratively working to achieve regulatory restraint.� The goal of these
efforts is to improve New Jersey�s regulatory process, eliminate burdensome red
tape, and promote job creation and retention, economic growth, and investment
in New Jersey.

���� The task force will consist of
the following nine members who will serve without compensation:

���� (1)� the Lieutenant Governor,
or a designee, who will serve as chair of the task force;

���� (2)� the Chief Counsel to the
Governor, or a designee;

���� (3)� the Commissioner of
Environmental Protection, or a designee;

���� (4)� the Commissioner of
Community Affairs, or a designee;

���� (5)� the Commissioner of Labor
and Workforce Development, or a designee;

���� (6)� the President of the
Senate, or a designee;

���� (7)� the Speaker of the
General Assembly, or a designee;

���� (8)� the Senate Minority
Leader, or a designee; and

���� (9)� the Minority Leader of
the General Assembly, or a designee.

���� The Lieutenant Governor may
appoint additional task force members who have the appropriate expertise and can
represent non-profit organizations, businesses, workers, and local governments.

���� The task force will submit a
report to the Governor and the Legislature of its findings and recommendations
within three years of the effective date of this bill.� The task force will
expire upon submission of the report.