A1734 • 2026

Requires pharmacies to provide 90 days notice to municipality prior to closure.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires pharmacies to provide 90 days notice to municipality prior to closure.

What This Bill Does

Requires pharmacies to provide 90 days notice to municipality prior to closure.
Topic: Regulated Professions Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires pharmacies to provide 90 days notice to municipality prior to closure.
Topic:
Regulated Professions
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1734

ASSEMBLY, No. 1734

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires pharmacies to provide 90 days notice to
municipality prior to closure.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act

requiring pharmacies to provide 90 days notice
to municipality prior to closure and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised
Statutes.

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

���� 1.� Not later than 90 days
prior to a pharmacy closure, the pharmacy permit holder or an authorized legal
representative of the pharmacy permit holder shall provide written notice of
such closure to the governing board of the municipality in which the pharmacy
is physically located, in addition to the required notification to the State
Board of Pharmacy Office of Drug Control, and the Drug Enforcement
Administration.

���� 2.� The Board of Pharmacy
shall adopt rules and regulations, in accordance with the �Administrative
Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as are necessary to
effectuate the provisions of this act.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires pharmacy
permit holders, or their authorized legal representatives, to provide written
notice to the local municipality in which the pharmacy is located at least 90
days prior to an anticipated pharmacy closure.