New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A3389: Professional licensing entities-establish quorum standards, cert circumstances
Status: Passed one chamber, October 29, 2026
Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.
What the bill says
An Act concerning the membership of certain State entities and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.
From the amended text, May 4, 2026:
An Act concerning the membership of certain State entities and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the majority of the members present at a meeting of a professional board, committee or other entity designated in section 1 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.1), including at a meeting with two members in attendance if one of the members in 1[attendence] [ADDED: attendance] 1 is the chair of the entity, shall constitute a quorum for the sole purpose of processing applications for licensure that do not require legal review due to adverse information in any statutorily-required criminal history record background check if, after a 90-day period, the entity is1[: (1)]1 unable to achieve a quorum 1[due to vacancies in the membership of the entity; or (2) only able to achieve a quorum if every current member of the entity is present for each meeting] [ADDED: in accordance with the statutory requirements governing that entity] 1. 1 [ADDED: 2. If, upon expiration of this act, a board, committee, or entity does not have the requisite number of members required to sustain a quorum pursuant to the individual statute governing the board, committee, or entity, the board, committee, or …
Sponsors
- Sterley S. Stanley (D, 18) · primary sponsor
- Shanique Speight (D, 29) · primary sponsor
- Alixon Collazos-Gill (D, 27) · primary sponsor
- Yvonne Lopez (D, 19)
- David Bailey, Jr. (D, 3)
- Clinton Calabrese (D, 36)
- Katie Brennan (D, 32)
Latest actions
- : PA (71-5-0)
- : REP/ACA 2RA
- : INT 1RA REF ARP
Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE - Professional licensing entities-establish quorum standards, cert circumstances (October 29, 2026): 71 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Assembly Regulated Professions Committee: Reported with committee amendments (Aca) (May 4, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: REGULATED PROFESSIONS
Common questions
- What is A3389?
- A3389 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Professional licensing entities-establish quorum standards, cert circumstances.
- What does A3389 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning the membership of certain State entities and supplementing Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.
- What is the status of A3389?
- Passed one chamber as of October 29, 2026. Latest action: PA (71-5-0) (October 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored A3389?
- Sterley S. Stanley (D, 18), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A3389?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A3389
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