Requires DEP to establish online flood, rainfall, river level, and sewer capacity dashboard.

A3078 1R

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3078

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CHRIS TULLY

District 38 (Bergen)

Assemblywoman� MARISA SWEENEY

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

Assemblyman� VINCENT M. "VINNIE" KEARNEY

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Haider

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DEP to establish online flood, rainfall,
river level, and sewer capacity dashboard.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Science, Innovation and
Technology Committee on June 1, 2026, with amendments.

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An Act
requiring the Department of Environmental Protection
to
develop Statewide flood monitoring dashboard and supplementing Title 40 of the
Revised Statutes.
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����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

����� 1.�� a.�
No later than 12 months after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill) the Department of Environmental
Protection shall develop and publish on its Internet website, a
publicly-accessible and searchable dashboard to track
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county and
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municipal flood risks in real time.

����� b.�� (1)�
The online flood dashboard shall include, but not be limited to, the following
information:�

����� (a)� rainfall
and precipitation levels;

����� (b)� local
river levels;

����� (c)� total
water level rise in waterways or flood zones, including surface water rise, sea
level rise, river level rise, and sewer overflow, as relevant;

����� (d) storm
and flood surge;

����� (e)� drainage
complaints;

����� (f)� reported
flood damage;

����� (g)� current
sewer and stormwater system capacity;

����� (h)� history
of
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county and
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municipal flooding incidents during the previous year; and

����� (i)�� any
other features that the department determines to be necessary to establish a
comprehensive dashboard system.

����� (2)� During
periods of active storms or flood risk, as determined by the National Weather
Service, the department shall ensure the information on the dashboard is
updated, at a minimum, on a weekly basis, using the most current information
obtained by the department.�

����� c.�� Counties
and municipalities shall report to the department such information as the
department determines necessary to operate the dashboard.� The department shall
establish a process, including the standardized digital formats required for
reporting, for counties and municipalities to report data to the department
pursuant to this section.

����� d.�� The
department may apply for federal grant funds or any other federal assistance
that may be available to support the establishment and maintenance of the
dashboard.

����� 2.��
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a.
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� Beginning one year after the dashboard has been
made publicly available, the
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[
department
]

Department of Environmental Protection
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shall annually review the dashboard, as well as
data collection and reporting requirements, and shall take steps to standardize
and consolidate those requirements for the purpose of:�

����� (1)� reducing
the administrative demand on
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counties and
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municipalities;

����� (2)� updating
and standardizing data reporting protocols; and

����� (3)� improving
the utility of the reported data and the ability to share the data across
systems, including, as appropriate, systems maintained by other State
departments and agencies, county and
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[
local
]

municipal
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agencies, and federal authorities.�

�����
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b.
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� The department's review shall include, but not be
limited to:�

����� (1)� identifying
and eliminating duplicative reporting;

����� (2)� assessing
the need to establish or change standardized formats, requirements, protocols,
and systems for data reporting, which may require
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[
local governments
]

counties and municipalities
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to report data in machine-readable formats to
facilitate the processing and analysis of reported data;

����� (3)� assessing
State information technology needs to support technology-enabled and
data-driven regulatory flood risk monitoring;

����� (4)� anticipating
potential uses for the enhanced technologies and systems;

����� (5)� enabling
systems to readily accept and analyze additional data metrics;

����� (6)� identifying
opportunities to centralize and modernize State flood and stormwater
infrastructure, processes, and analytic capabilities; and

����� (7)� identifying
federal funding to support flood data collection improvement.

���� 3.��� The Department of
Environmental Protection shall, in accordance with the "Administrative
Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) adopt rules and
regulations as necessary to implement this act.

���� 4.��� This act shall take
effect one year following the date of enactment except that the Commissioner of
Environmental Protection may take any anticipatory administrative action in
advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.