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A3389 • 2026

Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.

Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Stanley, Sterley S.
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.

Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.
  • Topic: 2nd Reading in the Assembly Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading

  2. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.
Topic:
2nd Reading in the Assembly
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A3389 1R

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3389

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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Sponsored by:

Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Assemblywoman ALIXON COLLAZOS-GILL

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Lopez, Assemblymen Bailey and Calabrese

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes quorum standards for professional
licensing entities under certain circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Regulated Professions
Committee on May 4, 2026, with amendments.

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An Act

concerning the membership of certain State
entities and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding any
other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the majority of the members
present at a meeting of a professional board, committee or other entity
designated in section 1 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.1), including at a meeting
with two members in attendance if one of the members in
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attendence
]

attendance
1
is the
chair of the entity, shall constitute a quorum for the sole purpose of
processing applications for licensure that do not require legal review due to
adverse information in any statutorily-required criminal history record
background check if, after a 90-day period, the entity is
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[
:

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]
1
unable to achieve a
quorum
1
[
due to
vacancies in the membership of the entity; or

���� (2)�� only able to achieve a
quorum if every current member of the entity is present for each meeting
]
in
accordance with the statutory requirements governing that entity
1
.

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2.� If,
upon expiration of this act, a board, committee, or entity does not have the
requisite number of members required to sustain a quorum pursuant to the
individual statute governing the board, committee, or entity, the board, committee,
or entity shall submit a written report to the Legislature with a
recommendation for another board, committee, or entity with which it should be merged.�
The report shall be submitted within 30 days of the expiration of section 1 of
this act.
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2.
]

3.
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���� This
act shall take effect immediately.
1
Section
1 of this act shall expire one year after the effective date.� Section 2 of
this act shall expire on the 31st day after the expiration of section 1.
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