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A798 • 2026

Requires State entities to offer optional service for businesses to receive certain notices electronically.

Requires State entities to offer optional service for businesses to receive certain notices electronically.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Bailey, David, Jr.
Last action
2026-03-02
Official status
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires State entities to offer optional service for businesses to receive certain notices electronically.

Requires State entities to offer optional service for businesses to receive certain notices electronically.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires State entities to offer optional service for businesses to receive certain notices electronically.
  • Topic: State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-02 New Jersey Legislature

    Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

  2. 2026-02-24 New Jersey Legislature

    Passed by the Assembly (79-0-0)

  3. 2026-02-12 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

  4. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires State entities to offer optional service for businesses to receive certain notices electronically.
Topic:
State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A798 TR

ASSEMBLY, No. 798

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DAVID BAILEY, JR.

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblywoman HEATHER SIMMONS

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblyman� CLINTON CALABRESE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Peterpaul, Assemblymen Hutchison, Freiman,
Assemblywoman Drulis, Assemblyman Miller, Assemblywoman Fantasia, Assemblyman
Venezia, Assemblywoman Haider, Assemblymen Kearney and Karabinchak

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires State entities to offer optional service for
businesses to receive certain notices electronically.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Assembly Commerce and Economic
Development Committee with technical review.

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An Act
concerning the distribution of certain notices to
businesses by State entities 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.� Notwithstanding any
law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, upon and after the effective date of P.L.��
, c. (C.���� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), any State entity
that issues legally required notices to businesses operating in this State shall
provide, to the maximum extent practicable, an optional service for businesses
to receive such notices electronically.� Such notices may include, but need not
be limited to, notices of violations, underpayment notifications, and employee
unemployment claims.

���� Within 60 days of the
effective date of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature
as this bill), each State entity responsible for issuing legally required
notices to businesses shall notify any business within their purview of the optional
notification service to be provided pursuant to this section and provide such
businesses with the necessary information to opt into the electronic
notification service.

���� b.��� For the purposes of P.L.��
, c. (C.���� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), �State entity�
means a State department or agency in the Executive Branch of State Government,
and any board, commission, corporation, authority, or instrumentality thereof.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the 90th day following the date of enactment.