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A1746 • 2026

Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.

Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Verrelli, Anthony S.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.

Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
  • Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources 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 Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
Topic:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1746

ASSEMBLY, No. 1746

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblyman ERIK K. SIMONSEN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Rumpf, Guardian, DiMaio, McClellan and
Assemblywoman Fantasia

SYNOPSIS

���� Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on
Drugs Program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act

appropriating $450,000 from the �Drug
Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund� for the Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs
Program.

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

���� 1.��� There is appropriated
the sum of $450,000 from the �Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund,�
established pursuant to subsection c. of N.J.S.2C:35-15 to the Department of
Environmental Protection to fund the cost of implementing the Hooked on
Fishing-Not on Drugs Program established pursuant to P.L.2012, c.46 (C.23:2-13
et seq.).� The Legislature, to the extent possible, shall ensure that
sufficient appropriations from the �Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund�
or any other appropriate source are provided annually to maintain the operation
of the program.

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

STATEMENT

���� The bill appropriates $450,000
to the Department of Environmental Protection to fund the cost of implementing
the Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.� The money would be appropriated
from the �Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund,� a statutory account
established to receive fines and penalties from convicted drug offenders that
are used to support State-authorized drug and alcohol abuse abatement
programs.� The bill encourages the Legislature to appropriate sufficient
funding annually from the �Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund� or any
other appropriate source to maintain the operation of the program in future
years.