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A2051 • 2026

Requires State-level bodies to include option for remote participation in public meetings.

Requires State-level bodies to include option for remote participation in public meetings.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Haider, Shama A.
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 State-level bodies to include option for remote participation in public meetings.

Requires State-level bodies to include option for remote participation in public meetings.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires State-level bodies to include option for remote participation in public meetings.
  • Topic: State and Local Government Fiscal note: This bill has 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 State-level bodies to include option for remote participation in public meetings.
Topic:
State and Local Government
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2051

ASSEMBLY, No. 2051

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblywoman CARMEN THERESA MORALES

District 34 (Essex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires State-level bodies to include option for
remote participation in public meetings.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
requiring public meetings by State-level bodies to
include an option for remote participation and supplementing P.L.1975, c.231.

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

���� 1.��� a.� Whenever any
department, division, agency, board, commission, authority, task force, or
other public body established by State law or by Executive Order of the
Governor for the purpose of serving the interests of this State as a whole
shall conduct a public meeting within the meaning of P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6
et seq.), the public body shall provide for the remote participation of the
public by means of communication or other electronic equipment.

���� b.��� Nothing in this section
shall be construed to apply to any public body established by a political
subdivision of the State, or any public body concerned exclusively with issues
of a purely local or regional nature.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect 30 days following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires that any
department, division, agency, board, commission, authority, task force, or
other public body established for the purpose of serving the interests of this
State as a whole provide for the remote participation of the public at every
public meeting they hold.

���� This requirement will not
apply to public bodies established by a political subdivision of the State or
concerned exclusively with issues of a local or regional nature.