New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A4588: Multiple dwellings-prov priority status to cert residents moving to lower floors
Status: Introduced, October 5, 2026
Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disabled residents moving to lower floors.
What the bill says
An Act concerning services available to certain residents in multiple dwellings and supplementing P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.).
From the amended text, October 5, 2026:
An Act concerning services available to certain residents in multiple dwellings and supplementing P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.). Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. For purposes of this section, qualifying resident means a senior citizen or a person with a disability which hinders or limits mobility. b. The owner of a multiple dwelling with three or more floors that is not held in a cooperative 1 [ADDED: , condominium, or other common interest] 1 form of ownership 1 [ADDED: governed by "The Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act," P.L.1977, c.419 (C.45:22A-21 et seq.), the "Condominium Act," P.L.1969, c.257 (C.46:8B-1 et seq.), the "Horizontal Property Act," P.L.1963, c.168 (C.46:8A-1 et seq.), or "The Cooperative Recording Act of New Jersey," P.L.1987, c.381 (C.46:8D-1 et seq.),] 1 shall grant priority status to a qualifying resident who 1 [ADDED: already resides in the building, and] 1 is seeking to move into a unit with the same number of bedrooms located on a lower floor within the multiple dwelling. A qualifying resident shall be granted the right of first refusal over applicants seeking to move into the multiple dwelling and over other non-qualifying residents of the multiple dwelling seeking to move into a unit on a lower floor. The requirements of this subsection …
Sponsors
- Carol A. Murphy (D, 7) · primary sponsor
- Annette Quijano (D, 20) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REP/ACA 2RA
- : INT 1RA REF AHO
Votes
- Assembly Housing Committee: Reported with committee amendments (Aca) (October 5, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: HUMAN SERVICES - DISABLED, VETERANS AND MILITARY, HOUSING - HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS
Common questions
- What is A4588?
- A4588 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Multiple dwellings-prov priority status to cert residents moving to lower floors.
- What does A4588 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning services available to certain residents in multiple dwellings and supplementing P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.).
- What is the status of A4588?
- Introduced as of October 5, 2026. Latest action: REP/ACA 2RA (October 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored A4588?
- Carol A. Murphy (D, 7), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for A4588?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A4588
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