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S773 • 2026

Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.

Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Singer, Robert W.
Last action
2026-05-11
Official status
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.

Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
  • Topic: Budget and Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-11 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

  2. 2026-05-11 New Jersey Legislature

    Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

  3. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Official Summary Text

Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Topic:
Budget and Appropriations
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S773 FISCAL ESTIMATE

LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE

SENATE, No. 773

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

DATED: JUNE 2, 2026

SUMMARY

Synopsis:

Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products
tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10
million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.

Type of Impact:

No fiscal net impact.

Agencies Affected:

Department of Health; Department of the Treasury.

Office of
Legislative Services Estimate

Fiscal Impact

Annual

State Fiscal Impact

None

�

The
Office of Legislative Services (OLS) determines that this legislation has no
overall fiscal impact on the State. �The legislation does not alter the total
amount of revenue collected or expended from the State�s cigarette tax and tobacco
and vapor products tax.� Rather, the bill shifts an estimated $10.0 million
predominantly from the dedicated Health Care Subsidy Fund to the Cancer
Research Fund that the bill newly establishes.

BILL DESCRIPTION

����� This bill dedicates $10.0 million of annual cigarette
tax collections to the New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research through a newly
established dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund within the Department
of the Treasury.� Fund balances are to be used for cancer research project
grants approved by the commission, with at least $5.0 million to be used to
fund general cancer research and at least $5.0 million to fund pediatric cancer
research.�

FISCAL ANALYSIS

EXECUTIVE BRANCH

����� None received.

OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES

����� The OLS determines that this legislation has no
overall fiscal impact on the State.� The legislation does not alter the total
amount of revenue collected or expended from the State�s cigarette tax and the
tobacco and vapor products tax.� Rather, the bill shifts an estimated $10.0
million predominantly from the dedicated Health Care Subsidy Fund to the Cancer
Research Fund that the bill newly establishes.
�The Cancer Research Fund would support the work of the
New
Jersey Commission on Cancer Research
,
which promotes research in New Jersey into the causes, prevention, treatment,
and palliation of cancer and serves as a resource to providers and consumers of
cancer services.
�

����� The OLS notes that permanent statutes dedicate $1.0
million of cigarette tax revenue collections to the New Jersey Commission on
Cancer Research annually but that the annual appropriations acts have superseded
this requirement for over a decade.� Instead, the commission has received
annual appropriations.� Most recently, the commission has received a $4.0
million appropriation each year from FY 2022 through FY 2026.

Section:

Human Services

Analyst:

Sarah Schmidt

Principal Research Analyst

Approved:

Thomas Koenig

Legislative Budget and Finance Officer

This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the
Office of Legislative Services due to the failure of the Executive Branch to
respond to our request for a fiscal note.

This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980,
c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).