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S3816 • 2026

Requires study of vacant commercial space for small businesses.

Requires study of vacant commercial space for small businesses.

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
2026-03-05
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Requires study of vacant commercial space for small businesses.

Requires study of vacant commercial space for small businesses.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires study of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
  • Topic: Community and Urban Affairs Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires study of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
Topic:
Community and Urban Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3816

SENATE, No. 3816

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 5, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� RAJ MUKHERJI

District 32 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires study of vacant commercial space for small
businesses.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
requiring a study of vacant commercial space for small
businesses and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.� The Business Action Center
established in the Department of State pursuant to Reorganization Plan No.
003-2011 shall conduct a study on the impact of vacant commercial real estate
in the State and shall prepare and submit a written report within one year of
the effective date of P.L.��� , c.��� (pending before the Legislature as this
bill) to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164
(C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, which shall include, but not be limited to,
the following:

���� a.� information concerning
existing county and local government efforts to track vacant commercial real
estate within their jurisdictions;

���� b.� the progress and efforts
of municipal governments in utilizing the "Abandoned Properties
Rehabilitation Act," P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et seq.);

���� c.� an assessment of any
existing county and local government programs that provide financial or
technical assistance to address vacant commercial real estate within their
jurisdictions;

���� d.� a survey of business
owners and prospective business owners and their satisfaction with using
private real estate resources to identify vacant commercial real estate; and

���� e.� any further
recommendations that may help guide business owners and prospective business
owners in their search for vacant commercial real estate.

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

STATEMENT

����� This bill requires the Business Action Center in the
Department of State to conduct a study on the impact of vacant commercial real
estate in the State and prepare a report within one year of the effective date
of the bill to be submitted to the Governor and to the Legislature.� The report
is required to include, but not be limited to:�

����� (1)� information concerning existing county and local
government efforts to track vacant commercial real estate within their
jurisdictions;

����� (2)� the progress and efforts of municipal
governments in utilizing the "Abandoned Properties Rehabilitation Act;"

����� (3)� an assessment of any existing county and local
government programs that provide financial or technical assistance to address
vacant commercial real estate within their jurisdictions;

����� (4)� a survey of business owners and prospective
business owners and their satisfaction with using private real estate resources
to identify vacant commercial real estate; and

����� (5)� any further recommendations that may help guide
business owners and prospective business owners in their search for vacant
commercial real estate.