New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A5638: Endangered & threatened wildlife & plant species-align criteria w/ fed standards
Status: In committee, October 15, 2026
Aligns criteria for designating endangered and threatened wildlife and plant species with federal standards.
What the bill says
An Act concerning regulations of endangered and threatened species, amending P.L.1973, c.309 and P.L.1989, c.56, and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.
From the introduced text, October 15, 2026:
An Act concerning regulations of endangered and threatened species, amending P.L.1973, c.309 and P.L.1989, c.56, and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Section 3 of P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-3) is amended to read as follows: 3. For the purposes of P.L.1973, c.309 (C.23:2A-1 et seq.), unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: [ADDED: Best available scientific and commercial data means all relevant and objective empirical and commercial information available at the time of agency action, including credible and reliable data, quantitative analyses, conceptual and numerical models, and model results, that account for known or potential sources of error, are applied using prevailing principles, methods, tools, and professional standards of practice, and are impartially gathered and objectively applied without reliance on precautionary assumptions in favor of a species or other assumptions or policy prescriptions that bias the application;] "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection; "Department" means the Department of Environmental Protection; "Endangered species" means any species or subspecies of wildlife whose prospects of survival or recruitment are in jeopardy or are likely within the foreseeable future to become so due to any of the following factors: (1) the destruction, drastic modification, or severe curtailment of its habitat, or (2) its …
Sponsors
- Alixon Collazos-Gill (D, 27) · primary sponsor
- James J. Kennedy (D, 22) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : INT 1RA REF AEN
Subjects: ENVIRONMENT - FISH AND WILDLIFE
Common questions
- What is A5638?
- A5638 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Endangered & threatened wildlife & plant species-align criteria w/ fed standards.
- What does A5638 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning regulations of endangered and threatened species, amending P.L.1973, c.309 and P.L.1989, c.56, and supplementing Title 4 of the Revised Statutes.
- What is the status of A5638?
- In committee as of October 15, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RA REF AEN (October 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored A5638?
- Alixon Collazos-Gill (D, 27), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for A5638?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5638
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