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A2313 • 2026

Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program.

Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program.

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Sponsor
Peterpaul, Luanne M., Esq.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program.

Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program.
  • Topic: Science, Innovation and Technology 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 Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Official Summary Text

Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program.
Topic:
Science, Innovation and Technology
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2313

ASSEMBLY, No. 2313

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman LUANNE M. PETERPAUL

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.

District 11 (Monmouth)

SYNOPSIS

���� Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $10
million for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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A
Supplement
to the annual appropriations act
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, P.L.2024, c.22.

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

���� 1.��� In addition to the
amounts appropriated under P.L.2024, c.22, the annual appropriations act for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, there is appropriated from the General
Fund the following amount for the purpose specified:

66 DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC
SAFETY

10 Public Safety and Criminal Justice

19 Central Planning, Direction and
Management

GRANTS-IN-AID

13-1005� Homeland Security
and Preparedness .............. $10,000,000

���������������� Total
Grants-in-Aid Appropriation,��������������������������������������

������������������ Central
Planning, Direction and Management������������������ ����������������
$10,000,000

Grants-in-Aid:

�������� 13��� Unmanned
Aircraft Systems Grant Program ($10,000,000)

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

STATEMENT

���� The bill supplements the
FY2025 appropriations act by appropriating $10 million to the Office of
Homeland Security and Preparedness to create a grant program for State and
local officials to purchase equipment or training necessary to address sightings
of unidentifiable Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as drones.

���� The recent surge in mass
sightings of UAS and unexplained usage of this technology in national airspace
is disconcerting to the citizens of New Jersey and a potential threat to
critical infrastructure.

���� This supplemental
appropriation provides needed funds to support State and local law enforcement
in safeguarding vital assets and ensuring strict adherence to all regulations
and requirements associated with UAS ownership and operation in New Jersey.