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A4605 • 2026

Requires DEP to conduct public awareness campaign about hunting, and requires posting of orange flag at entrances to State parks and forests when hunting is permitted.

Requires DEP to conduct public awareness campaign about hunting, and requires posting of orange flag at entrances to State parks and forests when hunting is permitted.

Agriculture
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
2026-03-10
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Requires DEP to conduct public awareness campaign about hunting, and requires posting of orange flag at entrances to State parks and forests when hunting is permitted.

Requires DEP to conduct public awareness campaign about hunting, and requires posting of orange flag at entrances to State parks and forests when hunting is permitted.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires DEP to conduct public awareness campaign about hunting, and requires posting of orange flag at entrances to State parks and forests when hunting is permitted.
  • Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires DEP to conduct public awareness campaign about hunting, and requires posting of orange flag at entrances to State parks and forests when hunting is permitted.
Topic:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4605

ASSEMBLY, No. 4605

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblyman� WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires DEP to conduct public awareness campaign
about hunting, and requires posting of orange flag at entrances to State parks
and forests when hunting is permitted.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning public awareness of hunting in the State,
and supplementing Title 13 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.� The Department of
Environmental Protection, in conjunction with the Fish and Game Council, shall
conduct a public awareness campaign concerning hunting in the State.� The
purpose of the public awareness campaign shall be to educate residents of the State,
and in particular residents living in areas in close proximity to areas where
hunting is allowed, concerning hunting seasons, and the rules therefor, and to
inform the public about hunting on State-owned land.� The program shall
include, but need not be limited to, educational programs and public service
announcements.� In developing the public awareness campaign, the department and
council shall review methods used by other states to inform residents about
hunting activities.

���� 2.� The Director of the
Division of Parks and Forestry in the Department of Environmental Protection
shall provide for the display, at each State park and forest in which hunting
is allowed, of an orange flag at every entrance on any day that hunting is permitted
in the State park or forest.�

���� 3.� The Commissioner of
Environmental Protection shall include with the annual budget request for the
Department of Environmental Protection a request for funds sufficient to
implement the provisions of this act.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill would require the
Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to take certain actions to inform
the public about hunting in the State.

���� The bill would require the
DEP, in conjunction with the Fish and Game Council, to conduct a public
awareness campaign concerning hunting in the State.� The purpose of the public
awareness campaign would be to educate residents of the State, and in particular
residents living in areas in close proximity to areas where hunting is allowed,
concerning hunting seasons, and the rules therefor, and to inform the public
about hunting on State-owned lands.

���� In addition, the bill would
require the DEP�s Director of the Division of Parks and Forestry to provide for
the display of an orange flag at each entrance of a State park or forest on any
day on which hunting is permitted in the park or forest.