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A1141 • 2026

Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.

Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Danielsen, Joe
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.

Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.
  • Topic: Environment and Solid Waste Fiscal note: This bill has 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 Environment and Solid Waste Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.
Topic:
Environment and Solid Waste
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1141

ASSEMBLY, No. 1141

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Murphy, Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblymen Schaer,
DeAngelo, Assemblywoman Swain, Assemblymen Tully, Calabrese and Stanley

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead
exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
requiring the development of a Statewide plan to reduce
lead exposure, and supplementing Title 58 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.�� The Department of
Environmental Protection shall develop and adopt, within one year after the
effective date of this act, a Statewide plan to reduce public exposure to lead
in the environment.� The department shall use existing soil testing results
from site remediations that have been submitted to the department, as well as
public water supply and private well testing results and any other relevant
information it may have, in preparing the plan and any updates thereto.� The
department shall designate those geographic areas where lead in soils or
drinking water poses the greatest danger of exposure to the public.� The
department shall identify public moneys that may be used to address the risks
of exposure to lead and prioritize the expenditure of public moneys to
remediate soils or drinking water supplies to minimize those risks.� The
department shall also develop a public education program to ensure the
widespread dissemination of information concerning the health risks posed by
lead exposure and measures that may be taken to minimize the risks.

���� b.��� The Statewide plan shall
be posted on the department's Internet website and submitted, pursuant to
section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature.� The
department shall update the Statewide plan as appropriate, but no less
frequently than once every five years.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill would require the
Department of Environmental Protection to develop and adopt, within one year
after the effective date of the bill, a Statewide plan to reduce public
exposure to lead in the environment.� The department would be required to use
existing soil testing results from site remediations that have been submitted
to the department, as well as public water supply and private well testing
results and any other relevant information it may have, in preparing the plan
and any updates thereto. �The department would be required to designate those
geographic areas where lead in soils or drinking water poses the greatest
danger of exposure to the public.� The bill would require the department to
identify public moneys that may be used to address the risks of exposure to
lead and prioritize the expenditure of public moneys to remediate soils or
drinking water supplies to minimize those risks.� The bill would also require
the department to develop a public education program to ensure the widespread
dissemination of information concerning the health risks posed by lead exposure
and measures that may be taken to minimize the risks.��