New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey AR146: Judea and Samaria-recognize as ancestral homeland of Jewish people
Status: In committee, June 23, 2026
Recognizes Judea and Samaria as ancestral homeland of Jewish people.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, June 23, 2026:
AR146 ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION No. 146 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 222nd LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED JUNE 23, 2026 Sponsored by: Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean) Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean) SYNOPSIS Recognizes Judea and Samaria as ancestral homeland of Jewish people. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced. An Assembly Resolution recognizing Judea and Samaria as the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. Whereas, The regions known as Judea and Samaria are the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people, comprising the historical, spiritual, and geographic core of the Land of Israel; and Whereas, Judea and Samaria are repeatedly and explicitly referenced in the Hebrew Bible as the setting for key events that form the foundation of the Jewish religion and national identity of the State of Israel; and Whereas, In the Hebrew Bible, Abraham, the patriarch of the Jewish people, first entered the Land of Israel at Shechem, located in Samaria, where God promised the land to his descendants; and Whereas, Abraham subsequently purchased the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron, in Judea, as a burial place for his wife Sarah, thereby making the first recorded land acquisition by a Jewish person in the Land of Israel; and Whereas, Jacob, Abraham's grandson, had his prophetic dream of a ladder reaching heaven while in Bethel, in Samaria, where …
Sponsors
- Gregory P. McGuckin (R, 10) · primary sponsor
- Sean T. Kean (R, 30) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : INT 1RA REF ASL
Subjects: MINORITY AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS
Common questions
- What is AR146?
- AR146 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Judea and Samaria-recognize as ancestral homeland of Jewish people.
- What does AR146 do?
- Recognizes Judea and Samaria as ancestral homeland of Jewish people.
- What is the status of AR146?
- In committee as of June 23, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RA REF ASL (June 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored AR146?
- Gregory P. McGuckin (R, 10), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for AR146?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/AR146
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