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A1501 • 2026

Requires each principal State department to publish performance metric data monthly.

Requires each principal State department to publish performance metric data monthly.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Freiman, Roy
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires each principal State department to publish performance metric data monthly.

Requires each principal State department to publish performance metric data monthly.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires each principal State department to publish performance metric data monthly.
  • Topic: State and Local Government Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires each principal State department to publish performance metric data monthly.
Topic:
State and Local Government
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1501

ASSEMBLY, No. 1501

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ROY FREIMAN

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires each principal State department to publish
performance metric data monthly.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
requiring each principal State department to publish
performance metric data monthly and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised
Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� Each principal
department in the Executive Branch of State Government shall prepare a monthly
report measuring its performance based on five performance metrics as
determined by the commissioner or head of each department.� The report shall
include trending analysis and benchmarking data surrounding the metrics.� The
report shall be published monthly on the department�s website.

���� Each department shall issue an
annual report summarizing the monthly findings published throughout the year to
the State Comptroller, the Governor, and the Legislature, pursuant to section 2
of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1).

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires each
principal State department to publish performance metric data monthly.

���� Each principal department in
the Executive Branch of State Government will conduct a monthly report
measuring its performance.� The report will be based on five performance
metrics which will be determined by the commissioner or head of each
department.� The report will also include trending analysis and benchmarking
data surrounding the metrics.� The report will be published monthly on the
department�s website.

���� Each department will issue an
annual report summarizing the monthly findings published throughout the year.�
The annual report will be transmitted to the State Comptroller, the Governor,
and the Legislature.