New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A1730: Census Complete Count Trust Fund-creates in Department of State
Status: In committee, October 15, 2026
"Everyone Counts in New Jersey Act"; establishes "New Jersey Census Complete Count Commission," "New Jersey Office of Census," and "New Jersey Census Complete Count Trust Fund."*
What the bill says
An Act establishing the Everyone Counts in New Jersey Act for the purpose of ensuring a complete and accurate count of the States population each federal decennial census and supplementing chapter 4 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Everyone Counts in New Jersey Act. 2. a. Within 60 days after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), and not later than April 1 of the fourth year preceding the conduct of each federal decennial census thereafter, there shall be created in, but not of, the Depar.
From the committee substitute text, October 15, 2026:
An Act establishing the Everyone Counts in New Jersey Act for the purpose of ensuring a complete and accurate count of the States population each federal decennial census and supplementing chapter 4 of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Everyone Counts in New Jersey Act. 2. a. Within 60 days after the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), and not later than April 1 of the fourth year preceding the conduct of each federal decennial census thereafter, there shall be created in, but not of, the Department of State, the New Jersey Complete Count Commission. b. The commission shall consist of 29 members as follows: (1) the President of the Senate, or a designee; (2) the Speaker of the General Assembly, or a designee; (3) the Minority Leader of the Senate, or a designee; (4) the Minority Leader of the General Assembly, or a designee; (5) two members of the New Jersey Legislative Latino Caucus, one of whom shall be a member of the Senate and one of whom shall be a member of the General Assembly, to be appointed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the General Assembly, respectively, at the recommendation of the …