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A4731 • 2026

Directs professional and occupational boards to promulgate rules for licensee use of generative artificial intelligence.

Directs professional and occupational boards to promulgate rules for licensee use of generative artificial intelligence.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
McCoy, Tennille R.
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Directs professional and occupational boards to promulgate rules for licensee use of generative artificial intelligence.

Directs professional and occupational boards to promulgate rules for licensee use of generative artificial intelligence.

What This Bill Does

  • Directs professional and occupational boards to promulgate rules for licensee use of generative artificial intelligence.
  • Topic: Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

  2. 2026-03-16 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Regulated Professions Committee

  3. 2026-03-10 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

Official Summary Text

Directs professional and occupational boards to promulgate rules for licensee use of generative artificial intelligence.
Topic:
Appropriations
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4731 1R

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4731

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� TENNILLE R. MCCOY

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman� BALVIR SINGH

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblywoman� LUANNE M. PETERPAUL

District 11 (Monmouth)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Karabinchak

SYNOPSIS

���� Directs professional and occupational boards to
promulgate rules for licensee use of generative artificial intelligence.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Science, Innovation and
Technology Committee on March 16, 2026, with amendments.

��

An Act
concerning generative artificial intelligence use in
regulated professions and occupations and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised
Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� Within
1
[
three
]

six
1
months
after the date of enactment of this act, and notwithstanding the provisions of
the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et
seq.) to the contrary, the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs shall,
immediately upon filing proper notice with the Office of Administrative Law,
adopt rules and regulations establishing a model policy for the use of
generative artificial intelligence by a licensee in the practice of a
profession or occupation regulated by each professional or occupation board
designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15).

���� b.��� Within
1
[
six
]

nine
1
months
or at the next regularly scheduled meeting of a professional or occupational
board following the establishment by the director of the model policy required
pursuant to subsection a. of this section, each professional or occupational
board shall, notwithstanding the provisions of the "Administrative
Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary,
promulgate rules and regulations adopting the model policy with any profession
or occupation-specific adaptations deemed necessary by the professional or
occupational board.

���� c.���� The rules and
regulations adopted pursuant to subsections a. and b. of this section shall be
in effect for a period not to exceed one year after the date of the filing.�
These rules and regulations shall thereafter be adopted, amended, or readopted
by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs and each professional and
occupational board in accordance with the requirements of the
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).

���� d.��� As
used in this section, �generative artificial intelligence� means a technology
system that: �(1) is trained on data; (2) is designed to simulate human
communication through one or more of the following: (a) text; (b) audio; or (c)
visual communication; and (3) generates non-scripted outputs with limited or no
human oversight.

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