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A2128 • 2026

Repeals law that requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.

Repeals law that requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.

Education
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
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Repeals law that requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.

Repeals law that requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.

What This Bill Does

  • Repeals law that requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.
  • Topic: Higher Education Fiscal note: This bill has not 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 Higher Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Repeals law that requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.
Topic:
Higher Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2128

ASSEMBLY, No. 2128

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER

District 37 (Bergen)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Kennedy, Assemblywomen Collazos-Gill, Speight,
Park, Assemblymen Abdelaziz, E.Rodriguez, Assemblywomen Sweeney, Brennan,
Assemblymen Karabinchak, Onyema and Scharfenberger

SYNOPSIS

���� Repeals law that requires funds for legislative
agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
concerning tuition fees at public institutions of
higher education and repealing P.L.1995, c.63.

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

���� 1.� P.L.1995, c.63
(C.18A:62-22) is repealed.�

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill repeals P.L.1995,
c.63 (C.18A:62-22), which requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed
on student tuition bills in a certain manner.� It is the sponsor�s belief that
this law restricts the rights of students who participate in certain student
organizations at public institutions of higher education from engaging in State
legislative activity, effectively silencing these students.

���� Under P.L.1995, c.63, the
governing body of a public institution of higher education is prohibited from
allowing funds for legislative agents or organizations which attempt to
influence legislation to be assessed on student tuition bills.� However, optional
fees may be assessed for nonpartisan organizations that employ legislative
agents or attempt to influence legislation provided that the fee has been
authorized by a majority vote in a student referendum.� An optional fee is an
amount payable on a student tuition bill, appearing as a separately assessed
item, but not a mandatory charge or a waivable fee.� Optional fees that appear
on student tuition bills are currently required to be accompanied by a
statement as to the nature of the item along with an explanation that the item
is not a charge required to be paid by the student, the student may add the
charge to the total amount due, and that the item has appeared on the bill at the
request of the student body and does not necessarily reflect the endorsement of
the governing body of the public institution of higher education.