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A4818 • 2026

Prohibits Department of Agriculture from regulating minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.

Prohibits Department of Agriculture from regulating minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Fantasia, Dawn
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits Department of Agriculture from regulating minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.

Prohibits Department of Agriculture from regulating minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits Department of Agriculture from regulating minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.
  • Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources 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

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits Department of Agriculture from regulating minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.
Topic:
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4818

ASSEMBLY, No. 4818

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits Department of Agriculture from regulating
minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning the regulation of bees and apiary
activities, and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding any law
or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto to the contrary, the Department
of Agriculture shall not regulate the minimum property size required per number
of hives for the purpose of keeping honeybees or related apiary activities.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits the
Department of Agriculture from regulating the minimum property size required
per number of hives for the purpose of keeping honeybees or related apiary
activities.