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S303 • 2026

Requires DEP to provide time period during which mobile sport fishing permits may be purchased only by NJ residents.

Requires DEP to provide time period during which mobile sport fishing permits may be purchased only by NJ residents.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Turner, Shirley K.
Last action
2026-03-16
Official status
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires DEP to provide time period during which mobile sport fishing permits may be purchased only by NJ residents.

Requires DEP to provide time period during which mobile sport fishing permits may be purchased only by NJ residents.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires DEP to provide time period during which mobile sport fishing permits may be purchased only by NJ residents.
  • Topic: 2nd Reading in the Senate Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-16 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

  2. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires DEP to provide time period during which mobile sport fishing permits may be purchased only by NJ residents.
Topic:
2nd Reading in the Senate
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
S303 SEN Statement 3/16/26

SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
303

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
�MARCH
16, 2026

����� The Senate Environment and Energy Committee reports
favorably Senate Bill No. 303.

����� This
bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to sell
mobile sport fishing permits in a manner that provides for an initial, 14-day
time period during which only New Jersey residents are able to purchase the
permits.

���� The
bill would authorize the DEP to adopt rules and regulations to implement the
bill.� The bill would take effect six months after enactment.

����� 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.