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A1030 • 2026

Requires DCA to verify income of low-income home energy assistance benefit applicants.

Requires DCA to verify income of low-income home energy assistance benefit applicants.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
DeAngelo, Wayne P.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires DCA to verify income of low-income home energy assistance benefit applicants.

Requires DCA to verify income of low-income home energy assistance benefit applicants.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires DCA to verify income of low-income home energy assistance benefit applicants.
  • Topic: Telecommunications and Utilities Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires DCA to verify income of low-income home energy assistance benefit applicants.
Topic:
Telecommunications and Utilities
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1030

ASSEMBLY, No. 1030

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DCA to verify income of low-income home
energy assistance benefit applicants.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act

requiring income verification for low-income
home energy assistance benefits and supplementing chapter 27D of Title 52 of
the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� The Department of
Community Affairs shall verify that applicants for benefits under the federal
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, established by 42 U.S.C. s.8621 et
seq., meet the applicable income requirements prior to awarding benefits under
the program, using appropriate data supplied by the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development and the Division of Taxation in the Department of the
Treasury.

���� b.��� The requirements of
subsection a. of this section may be satisfied by verifying the income of a
portion of all applicants for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
benefits on a random or risk basis; provided, however, that the Department of

Community Affairs shall conduct an income verification review of each
applicant claiming to have no income.

���� c.��� The Department of
Community Affairs may utilize a third-party commercial consumer reporting
agency, in accordance with the federal �Fair Credit Reporting Act,� 15 U.S.C.
s.1681 et seq., for the purpose of acquiring an applicant�s necessary income
information, required pursuant to subsection a. of this section.

���� d.��� The Commissioner of
Community Affairs, in consultation with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce
Development and the Director of the Division of Taxation, shall promulgate
rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act,"
P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), in order to effectuate the provisions of
this section.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the third month next following enactment, except the
commissioner may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as
shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to verify the income of applicants for
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) benefits before awarding
benefits under LIHEAP.� The bill requires the DCA to cross-check applicants with
income data supplied by both the Department of Labor and Workforce Development
and the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury before awarding
LIHEAP benefits. This bill also permits the DCA to utilize a third-party
commercial consumer reporting agency, in accordance with the federal �Fair
Credit Reporting Act,� for the purpose of acquiring an applicant�s necessary
income information.� The cross-check required by this bill may be made on a
random or risk basis, except that every applicant claiming to have no income is
to be subjected to an income verification review.