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A4133 • 2026

Requires each State agency make State forms, applications, and other documents available in certain languages, including Gujarati, Korean, and Punjabi.

Requires each State agency make State forms, applications, and other documents available in certain languages, including Gujarati, Korean, and Punjabi.

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 each State agency make State forms, applications, and other documents available in certain languages, including Gujarati, Korean, and Punjabi.

Requires each State agency make State forms, applications, and other documents available in certain languages, including Gujarati, Korean, and Punjabi.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires each State agency make State forms, applications, and other documents available in certain languages, including Gujarati, Korean, and Punjabi.
  • 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 each State agency make State forms, applications, and other documents available in certain languages, including Gujarati, Korean, and Punjabi.
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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A4133

ASSEMBLY, No. 4133

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Haider

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires each State agency make State forms,
applications, and other documents available in certain languages, including
Gujarati, Korean, and Punjabi.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning State forms and supplementing Title 52 of
the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a. �As used in this act,
P.L.�� , c.�� (C.�� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill):

���� �State agency� means any
principal department in the Executive Branch of State government, and any
division, board, bureau, office, commission or other instrumentality within or
created by such department, and any independent State authority, commission,
instrumentality or agency.

���� b.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, on or after the
effective date of this act, P.L. , c. (C. )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill), all forms, applications, or any
other written or electronic documents furnished to the public for official
business by a State agency shall be made available in at least the five most
commonly spoken languages in this State, based on the most recent federal
decennial census data.� A State agency shall also furnish forms, applications,
or any other written or electronic documents in Gujarati, Korean, and Punjabi,
upon request.

���� c.��� The Secretary of State
shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the �Administrative Procedure
Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as may be necessary to implement
the provisions of this section.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the third month next following enactment, except the
Secretary of State may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as
shall be necessary for the implementation this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires all forms,
applications, or any other written or electronic documents furnished to the
public for official business by a State agency to be made available in at least
the five most commonly spoken languages in this State, based on the most recent
federal decennial census data.� A State agency is also required to furnish
forms, applications, or any other written or electronic documents in Gujarati,
Korean, and Punjabi, upon request.

���� As used in the bill, �State
agency� means any principal department in the Executive Branch of State
government, and any division, board, bureau, office, commission or other
instrumentality within or created by such department, and any independent State
authority, commission, instrumentality or agency.