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A2078 • 2026

Establishes registry of out-of-state contractors who are awarded public works contracts in this State.

Establishes registry of out-of-state contractors who are awarded public works contracts in this State.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Carter, Linda S.
Last action
2026-03-02
Official status
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes registry of out-of-state contractors who are awarded public works contracts in this State.

Establishes registry of out-of-state contractors who are awarded public works contracts in this State.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes registry of out-of-state contractors who are awarded public works contracts in this State.
  • Topic: State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-02 New Jersey Legislature

    Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

  2. 2026-02-24 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed by the Assembly (73-6-0)

  3. 2026-02-12 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

  4. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes registry of out-of-state contractors who are awarded public works contracts in this State.
Topic:
State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2078 TR

ASSEMBLY, No. 2078

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Venezia, Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson,
Drulis, Assemblymen Freiman and Kearney

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes registry of out-of-state contractors who
are awarded public works contracts in this State.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Commerce and Economic
Development Committee with technical review.

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An Act
establishing a public registry of certain out-of-state
contractors in this State and supplementing chapter 11 of Title 34 of the
Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.� a. �As used in this
section:

���� �Contractor� means a person,
partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, or other
legal business entity or successor thereof who enters into a contract which is
subject to the provisions of the �New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act,� P.L.1963,
c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.) and �The Public Works Contractor Registration
Act,� P.L.1999, c.238 (C.34:11-56.48), and includes any subcontractor or lower
tier subcontractor of a contractor as defined herein.

���� �Out-of-state contractor�
means a contractor, including a subcontractor, whose principal place of
business is not in this State.� A �principal place of business� shall not
include a satellite office, an office maintained, occupied, and used by an
out-of-state contractor only for the duration of a contract, or an office
maintained, occupied, and used by a person affiliated with an out-of-state
contractor.

���� b. �The State Treasurer shall
establish and maintain an up-to-date and public registry of out-of-state
contactors who are awarded public works contracts to engage in the performance
of construction, installation, or any work covered under Title 34 of the Revised
Statues or for which the payment of a prevailing wage is required in this
State.� The registry shall include, but need not be limited to, a description
of the public works project of each out-of-state contractor operating in this
State along with the trade name, owner name, and principal business address of
that out-of-state contractor.� The State Treasurer shall prominently display
the registry on a website maintained by the Department of the Treasury and
shall distribute a printed or electronic copy of the registry to any
contractor, out-of-state contractor, or public body, upon request.

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