Diversifies use of "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program" to include training and intelligence gathering.

S3610 1R

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 3610

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Senator� ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Greenstein and McKnight

SYNOPSIS

���� Diversifies use of "New Jersey Nonprofit
Security Grant Program" to include training and intelligence gathering.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Senate Law and Public Safety
Committee on May 18, 2026, with amendments.

��

An Act

concerning the �New Jersey Nonprofit Security
Grant Program� and amending P.L.2021, c.439.

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

���� 1.��� Section 3 of P.L.2021,
c.439 (C.App.A:9-89) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.��� a. There is hereby
established the "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program"
(NJNSGP) in the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, which shall
provide grants to eligible nonprofit organizations at greatest risk of attack
as annually appropriated (1) to hire permanent or temporary security personnel
limited to federal, State, county, or municipal law enforcement officers,
special law enforcement officers appointed pursuant to P.L.1985, c.439
(C.40A:14-146.8 et seq.), or security officers registered pursuant to P.L.2004,
c.134 (C.45:19A-1 et seq.)
1
or
for security-related training or planning
1
, and (2) for acquisition
of target-hardening equipment
or intelligence gathering and analysis
for
the purpose of preparedness against threats, attacks, and other violent acts.

���� b.��� The director shall
administer the New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program.� There shall
annually be distributed to approved eligible nonprofit organizations a maximum
grant of up to
[
$10,000
]

$50,000

per approved application for personnel
or security-related training or
planning,
and a maximum grant of up to
[
$50,000
]

$150,000

for target-hardening equipment
or intelligence
gathering and analysis
.� The director may adjust these amounts based
upon the final availability of funds, analytical trends, and emerging threats.

���� c.���� An eligible nonprofit
organization shall apply to the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness to
receive a grant under the program, for
[
either
]
costs of
security personnel
[
or
]

,

1
[
security related
]

security-related
1

training
or planning,
intelligence gathering and analysis
,
or
acquisition of target-hardening equipment, or
[
both
]

all the foregoing

[
; however, an
applicant only may be awarded funds for either personnel or for equipment in a
fiscal year
]
.�
The Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness first shall evaluate all
applications as to whether they are at high-risk of terrorist attack, threats,
domestic extremism, and other violent acts.� The costs of hiring security
personnel shall include the cost of hiring security personnel for an event
within the geographic boundaries of the State primarily organized by the
applicant away from the applicant's physical location as recorded on the grant
application and for which the applicant bears legal liability.� The funds
distributed under the program shall be utilized solely for security investments
made within this State.� No funds shall be utilized to support security needs
while traveling outside of this State.

���� Applicants may apply annually
for a disbursement of funds for costs of security personnel
or
security-related training or planning,
and may be awarded grants in
successive years.� The Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness shall
assign a preference for applicants who have not received a federal security
grant that includes funding for hiring security personnel
1
or
security-related training or planning
1

in the last two federal grant cycles.

���� Applicants may apply annually
for grant funds for acquisition of target-hardening equipment
or
intelligence gathering and analysis
.� The Office of Homeland Security and
Preparedness shall assign a preference for applicants who have not received
either a federal or State security grant for target-hardening equipment
or
intelligence gathering and analysis
in the last two grant cycles.

���� d.��� The Office of Homeland
Security and Preparedness shall request annually as part of its annual budget
proposal a minimum of
[
$2,000,000
]

$10,000,000

to fund the grants authorized pursuant to this section.� The office also shall
pursue and develop, with the Department of Law and Public Safety, the United
States Department of Homeland Security, and any other applicable State or
federal agency, any available federal, State, local, and private funding for
the grants authorized pursuant to this section.

���� e.���� Of the amount
appropriated to the program, five percent shall be allocated to the Office of
Homeland Security and Preparedness to be used to administer the program.

(cf: PL.2021, c.439, s.3)

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