New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A5713: Hookah lounges-permit establishment under certain conditions
Status: In committee, October 29, 2026
Permits establishment of hookah lounges under certain conditions; establishes municipal application deadlines.
What the bill says
An Act concerning indoor smoking, amending P.L.2005, c.383, and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
From the introduced text, October 29, 2026:
An Act concerning indoor smoking, amending P.L.2005, c.383, and supplementing Title 26 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.2005, c.383 (C.26:3D-57) is amended to read as follows: 3. As used in this act: "Bar" means a business establishment or any portion of a nonprofit entity, which is devoted to the selling and serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by the public, guests, patrons or members on the premises and in which the serving of food, if served at all, is only incidental to the sale or consumption of such beverages. "Cigar bar" means any bar, or area within a bar, designated specifically for the smoking of tobacco products, purchased on the premises or elsewhere; except that a cigar bar that is in an area within a bar shall be an area enclosed by solid walls or windows, a ceiling and a solid door and equipped with a ventilation system which is separately exhausted from the nonsmoking areas of the bar so that air from the smoking area is not recirculated to the nonsmoking areas and smoke is not backstreamed into the nonsmoking areas. "Cigar lounge" means any establishment, or area within an establishment, designated specifically for the smoking of tobacco products, purchased on …
Sponsors
- Kenyatta Stewart (D, 35) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : INT 1RA REF AOF
Subjects: HUMAN SERVICES, HEALTH
Common questions
- What is A5713?
- A5713 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Hookah lounges-permit establishment under certain conditions.
- What does A5713 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning indoor smoking, amending P.L.2005, c.383, and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.
- What is the status of A5713?
- In committee as of October 29, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RA REF AOF (October 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored A5713?
- Kenyatta Stewart (D, 35).
- Where is the official record for A5713?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5713
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