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A1623 • 2026

Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations from being displayed or flown on State property.

Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations from being displayed or flown on State property.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kean, Sean T.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations from being displayed or flown on State property.

Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations from being displayed or flown on State property.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations from being displayed or flown on State property.
  • Topic: Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations 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 Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations from being displayed or flown on State property.
Topic:
Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1623

ASSEMBLY, No. 1623

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblywoman ROSAURA "ROSY" BAGOLIE

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Scharfenberger, McGuckin, Azzariti Jr., Auth
and Peterson

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations
from being displayed or flown on State property.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act

prohibiting certain flags from being displayed
or flown on State property and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 52 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, at no time shall the flag of an
organization designated by the United States Department of State as a terrorist
organization be permitted to be displayed or flown on State property.� Any
State entity occupying State property, as defined herein, upon which such a
flag was permitted by such entity to be displayed or flown shall be penalized
by the immediate loss of State or other funding in such amount as the Secretary
of State and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the
Department of the Treasury shall determine is necessary and appropriate.� All
such penalties assessed for noncompliance shall be paid to the Department of
the Treasury and shall be deposited in the General Fund for reallocation by the
State Treasurer as may be permissible.

���� For the purposes of this
section, "State property" means land and improvements owned or leased
by the State and includes, but shall not be limited to, State offices,
hospitals, parks and recreational areas, institutions, and schools, including colleges
and universities, together with abutting vacant land held for future use for
the same purposes.�

���� This section shall not
prohibit the displaying or flying of such flags for news, theatrical, historical,
or educational purposes.�

���� The Secretary of State shall
adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968,
c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to
implement the provisions of this section.�

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits the flag
of a United States Department of State-designated terrorist organization from
being displayed or flown on State property.� Any State entity occupying State property
that permits such a flag to be displayed or flown will be penalized by the
immediate loss of State or other funding in such amount as the Secretary of
State and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the
Department of the Treasury determine is necessary and appropriate.� All such
penalties will be deposited in the General Fund for reallocation by the State
Treasurer as may be permissible.

���� Under the bill, "State
property" means land and improvements owned or leased by the State and
includes, but is not limited to, State offices, hospitals, parks and
recreational areas, institutions, and schools, including colleges and universities,
together with abutting vacant land held for future use for the same purposes.�

���� The bill does not prohibit the
displaying or flying of such flags for news, theatrical, historical, or
educational purposes.� �