A4993 • 2026

Deems farming permitted and inherently beneficial use in all municipal zoning districts under MLUL.

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Sponsor: Sauickie, Alex
Last action: 2026-05-07
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Deems farming permitted and inherently beneficial use in all municipal zoning districts under MLUL.

What This Bill Does

Deems farming permitted and inherently beneficial use in all municipal zoning districts under MLUL.
Topic: Agriculture and Natural Resources Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-05-07 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

Official Summary Text

Deems farming permitted and inherently beneficial use in all municipal zoning districts under MLUL.
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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A4993

ASSEMBLY, No. 4993

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 7, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ALEX SAUICKIE

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Fantasia

SYNOPSIS

���� Deems farming permitted and inherently beneficial use
in all municipal zoning districts under MLUL.��

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning farming as a permitted use and supplementing
P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.).�

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

���� 1.��� a.���� For the purposes
of this section:

���� �Farming� means the production
of agricultural or horticultural products, consistent with applicable law.�

���� b.���
Notwithstanding any law, ordinance, rule, or regulation to
the contrary,
farming on a parcel or parcels of land, whether contiguous
or noncontiguous, shall be a permitted use in all municipal zoning districts
and shall be considered an inherently beneficial use.� �

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill deems farming a
permitted use in all municipal zoning districts and provides that farming is to
be considered an inherently beneficial use.� For the purposes of this bill, �farming�
is defined as the production of agricultural or horticultural products,
consistent with applicable law.� �