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S2955 • 2026

Requires county welfare agencies to direct clients to, and promote use of, Department of Treasury's personal finance web-based platform.*

Requires county welfare agencies to direct clients to, and promote use of, Department of Treasury's personal finance web-based platform.*

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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
Mukherji, Raj
Last action
2026-05-11
Official status
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires county welfare agencies to direct clients to, and promote use of, Department of Treasury's personal finance web-based platform.*

Requires county welfare agencies to direct clients to, and promote use of, Department of Treasury's personal finance web-based platform.* Topic: Budget and Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires county welfare agencies to direct clients to, and promote use of, Department of Treasury's personal finance web-based platform.* Topic: Budget and Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-11 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading

  2. 2026-05-11 New Jersey Legislature

    Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

  3. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires county welfare agencies to direct clients to, and promote use of, Department of Treasury's personal finance web-based platform.*
Topic:
Budget and Appropriations
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S2955 SHH Statement 5/11/26

SENATE HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND SENIOR CITIZENS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
2955

with
committee amendments

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
�MAY 11,
2026

����� The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 2955.

����� As amended by the committee, this bill directs the
Commissioner of Human Services to require each county welfare agency located in
the State to direct clients to, and in addition to any financial planning
services provided at the agency, promote the use of, the Department of the
Treasury�s free personal finance web-based platform, or any subsequent platform
provided by that department or the State.

����� This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the
2026-2027 session pending technical review.� As reported, the bill includes the
changes required by technical review, which has been performed.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
:

����� The committee amendments remove provisions of the bill
that would have required county welfare agencies to provide certain financial
planning services.� The committee amendments provide that county welfare
agencies will promote any financial planning services provided offered at the
agency.

����� The committee amendments remove an appropriation that
would have been allocated to county welfare agencies to provide certain
financial planning services.