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A4112 • 2026

Requires sign language interpreters for sessions and committee meetings of Legislature.

Requires sign language interpreters for sessions and committee meetings of Legislature.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Murphy, Carol A.
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires sign language interpreters for sessions and committee meetings of Legislature.

Requires sign language interpreters for sessions and committee meetings of Legislature.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires sign language interpreters for sessions and committee meetings of Legislature.
  • Topic: State and Local Government Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires sign language interpreters for sessions and committee meetings of Legislature.
Topic:
State and Local Government
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4112

ASSEMBLY, No. 4112

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires sign language interpreters for sessions and
committee meetings of Legislature.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning sign language interpreters for
sessions and committees of the Legislature and supplementing chapter 11 of
Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� Commencing on the first
day of the seventh month following the effective date of P.L.�� , c.����
(pending before the Legislature as this bill), a sign language interpreter
shall provide simultaneous interpretation of the proceedings of each session of
the Senate and each session of the General Assembly.

���� Commencing on the first day of
the 25th month following the effective date of P.L.�� , c.���� (pending before
the Legislature as this bill), a sign language interpreter shall provide
simultaneous interpretation of the proceedings of each committee meeting and
hearing of a standing reference committee of the Senate and of the General
Assembly.

���� This section shall apply when
the session, meeting, or hearing is conducted in person or remotely by video.

���� The Department of Human
Services shall provide, in coordination with the Office of Legislative
Services, the sign language interpreters for the sessions and committee
meetings and hearings of the Legislature.

���� As used in this section, �sign
language� means a visual-gestural language that incorporates facial grammatical
markers, physical affect markers, spatial linguistic information, and
fingerspelling, as well as signs made with the hands.

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

STATEMENT

���� The purpose of this bill is to
provide access to legislative proceedings for individuals with hearing loss.

���� This bill requires that a sign
language interpreter provide simultaneous interpretation of the proceedings of
each legislative session and each committee meeting and hearing of the Senate
and the General Assembly of the State Legislature.