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S3800 • 2026

Requires EDA to include social media development services in services offered through Small Business E-commerce Support Program.

Requires EDA to include social media development services in services offered through Small Business E-commerce Support Program.

Small Business
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Ruiz, M. Teresa
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires EDA to include social media development services in services offered through Small Business E-commerce Support Program.

Requires EDA to include social media development services in services offered through Small Business E-commerce Support Program.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires EDA to include social media development services in services offered through Small Business E-commerce Support Program.
  • Topic: Economic Growth Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires EDA to include social media development services in services offered through Small Business E-commerce Support Program.
Topic:
Economic Growth
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3800

SENATE, No. 3800

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 5, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires EDA to include social media development
services in services offered through Small Business E-commerce Support Program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning the Main Street Recovery Finance Program and
supplementing P.L.2020, c.156 (C.34:1B-269 et al.).

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

���� 1.��� a.� As part of the Small
Business E-commerce Support Program, established as a pilot product under the
Main Street Recovery Finance Program, the New Jersey Economic Development
Authority shall include the provision of social media development services among
the services offered to eligible small businesses through the pilot product.

���� b.��� Upon the termination of
the Small Business E-commerce Support Program, nothing in this section shall be
construed to require the provision of social media development services through
any other pilot product established under the Main Street Recovery Finance
Program.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires that the
New Jersey Economic Development Authority (authority) include the provision of
social media development services among the services offered to eligible small
businesses through its Small Business E-commerce Support Program.

���� The authority created the
Small Business E-commerce Support Program as a pilot product under the Main
Street Recovery Finance Program, established pursuant to the �New Jersey
Economic Recovery Act of 2020.�� Under this pilot product, the authority offers
e-commerce and digital marketing consulting services to eligible small
businesses, including restaurants, retail stores, and personal care businesses
that are situated in a commercial location within the State.� Currently, the
consultancy services offered through the pilot product generally include
assistance related to the development of Internet websites, e-commerce
platforms, and digital marketing plans.� The bill requires that these services
also include assistance related to the development of social media platforms. �