New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A5381: St contractors, cert-provide public w/ option to submit cert info electronically
Status: Passed one chamber, October 29, 2026
Requires certain State contractors to provide members of public with option to submit certain information electronically.
What the bill says
An Act requiring certain State contractors to provide members of the public with the option to submit certain information electronically and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
From the amended text, October 15, 2026:
An Act requiring certain State contractors to provide members of the public with the option to submit certain information electronically and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. 1[The Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury, and any] [ADDED: Any] 1 State agency having authority to contract for the purchase of goods or services1[,]1 shall require that, when the value of a contract is not less than $1 million, the contractor for such contract provides members of the public with the option to submit any required information electronically, when such information is required for the member of the public to establish eligibility to receive any goods, services, or benefits provided by the contractor pursuant to the contract. b. As used in this section: Contractor means a business organization that has entered into a contract with a State agency. State agency means any of the principal departments in the 1[Executive Branch] [ADDED: executive branch] 1 of the State government, and any division, board, bureau, office, commission, or other instrumentality within or created by such department, and any independent State authority, commission, instrumentality, or agency which is authorized by law to award public contracts. 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Sponsors
- William F. Moen, Jr. (D, 5) · primary sponsor
- Roy Freiman (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Clinton Calabrese (D, 36) · primary sponsor
- William B. Sampson, IV (D, 31)
Latest actions
- : PA (75-0-0)
- : REP/ACA 2RA
- : INT 1RA REF ASL
Votes
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE - St contractors, cert-provide public w/ option to submit cert info electronically (October 29, 2026): 75 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly State and Local Government Committee: Reported with committee amendments (Aca) (October 15, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: PUBLIC CONTRACTS - STATE
Common questions
- What is A5381?
- A5381 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): St contractors, cert-provide public w/ option to submit cert info electronically.
- What does A5381 do?
- In its own words: An Act requiring certain State contractors to provide members of the public with the option to submit certain information electronically and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
- What is the status of A5381?
- Passed one chamber as of October 29, 2026. Latest action: PA (75-0-0) (October 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored A5381?
- William F. Moen, Jr. (D, 5), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A5381?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5381
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