New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey S4214: Greenhouse gas emissions-codifies finding, contribute to climate change
Status: In committee, October 8, 2026
Codifies finding that greenhouse gas emissions contribute to climate change and endanger public health, safety, welfare, and environment; amends "Air Pollution Control Act (1954)" to define greenhouse gases as air pollutants subject to regulation.
What the bill says
An Act concerning greenhouse gas emissions, supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statues, and amending various parts of the statutory law.
From the introduced text, May 11, 2026:
An Act concerning greenhouse gas emissions, supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statues, and amending various parts of the statutory law. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. (New section) a. The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may reasonably be anticipated both to endanger public health and to endanger public welfare; (2) air pollution should now reasonably be understood to include greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride; (3) the body of scientific evidence compellingly supports the finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, including the major assessments by the U.S. Global Climate Research Program, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the National Research Council; (4) elevated concentrations of greenhouse gases and associated climate change affect public health by causing changes in air quality, increases in temperatures, changes in extreme weather events, increases in food- and water-borne pathogens, and changes in aeroallergens; (5) increases in ambient ozone are expected to occur over broad areas of the country, and they are expected to increase serious adverse health effects in large population areas, including the State of New Jersey, that are and may continue to be in nonattainment; (6) the impact on mortality and morbidity associated with …
Sponsors
- Raj Mukherji (D, 32) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REF SBA
- : REP 2RS
- : INT 1RS REF SEN
Votes
- Senate Environment and Energy Committee: Reported favorably (October 8, 2026): 3 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: ENVIRONMENT
Common questions
- What is S4214?
- S4214 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Greenhouse gas emissions-codifies finding, contribute to climate change.
- What does S4214 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning greenhouse gas emissions, supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statues, and amending various parts of the statutory law.
- What is the status of S4214?
- In committee as of October 8, 2026. Latest action: REF SBA (October 8, 2026).
- Who sponsored S4214?
- Raj Mukherji (D, 32).
- Where is the official record for S4214?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S4214
Source: official New Jersey record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.