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S4436 SBA Statement 6/28/26
SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No.
4436
with
committee amendments
STATE
OF NEW JERSEY
DATED:
�JUNE 28,
2026
����� The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports
favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 4436.
����� As amended, this bill requires the County of Hudson to
return the unexpended balances of State appropriations provided to the county
to support capital improvements at the Hudson County Correctional and
Rehabilitation Center.� The annual State appropriations acts for State Fiscal
Years 2023, 2024, and 2025 appropriated a total of $28.1 million from the
Property Tax Relief Fund (PTRF) to Hudson County for this purpose.� The bill
requires the unexpended balances to be returned to the State Treasurer by June
30, 2026 for deposit into the PTRF.
����� The bill also authorizes a General Fund appropriation,
not to exceed $28.1 million, to the County of Hudson for general operating
aid.� The bill provides that the total amount appropriated to the County of
Hudson for general operating aid cannot exceed the total amount of unexpended
balances returned by the County of Hudson from the appropriations for Hudson
County Jail (PTRF) in State Fiscal Years 2023, 2024, and 2025 and the
appropriation for Hudson County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation �
Capital Renovations (PTRF) in State Fiscal Year 2025.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
:
����� The committee amended the bill to require the County
of Hudson to return the unexpended balance from the State Fiscal Year 2025
appropriation for Hudson County Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation �
Capital Renovations (PTRF).
FISCAL IMPACT
:
����� This bill is not certified as requiring a fiscal note.
MINORITY STATEMENT
By Senators
O�Scanlon, Testa, Steinhardt, and Amato
����� The minority members of the Senate Budget and
Appropriations Committee have called for the return of over $400 million of
unexpended balances to be used towards the fair funding of schools, tax relief,
the restoration of funding for critical social services providers, and other
critical priorities, like restoring some cost of living adjustments for the
oldest public sector retirees who have been impacted by a freeze for more than
a decade.
����� This bill finally acknowledges that there are
considerable unexpended balances from prior years that could be distributed to
fund the State�s most pressing needs.� The committee�s decision to advance
legislation that reallocates certain unexpended balances of prior
appropriations for special projects based on favoritism and without any fair or
objective standards is an abdication of the Legislature�s responsibility to
ensure that the State�s precious resources are dedicated in a wise and
efficient manner.