Benjie Wimberly
State Senator · New Jersey Senate District 35
Bills introduced (163)
Establishes "New Jersey Holistic Representation Model" in Office of Public Defender.
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee · October 15, 2026
Establishes "Pre-Vetted Accessory Design Program" to facilitate development of accessory dwelling units.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee · October 5, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesEstablishes pilot program in EDA to provide grants to eligible community investment projects receiving certain investment contributions; appropriates $30 million.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee · October 5, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesRemoves licensing restrictions for expansion of certain inpatient behavioral health units and establishes minimum reimbursement rate for inpatient behavioral health care services.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee · October 5, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesConcerns availability of fire escape mechanisms in residential dwellings; provides penalty for violation.
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee · October 1, 2026
Expands services provided to homeless youth by street outreach, basic center shelter, and transitional living programs.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee · October 1, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesCaps amount motor vehicle rental company may charge renter to refuel motor vehicle.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee · October 1, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesProvides funds to expand nursing education at William Paterson University of New Jersey; appropriates $2 million.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee · September 28, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesAppropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2027.
Approved P.L.2026, c.37. · July 8, 2026
Extends deadline for submission of temporary certificate of occupancy for certain qualified residential projects or mixed-use parking projects under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program to June 30, 2032.
Substituted by A4525 · June 30, 2026
Authorizes funding for on-demand micro transit service under Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Program.
Substituted by A4761 (1R) · June 30, 2026
Establishes compensatory time lost to investigation of unsubstantiated child abuse, neglect, or other issue in child custody cases.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee · June 26, 2026
No recorded vote yet.
See Bill & VotesShowing the 12 most recently active.
Recent votes
| Bill | Vote on | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| S1800 Requires firearm retailers to provide disclosure of customer's responsibility to report stolen or lost firearms; advises customers it is unlawful to purchase firearms with intent to sell to disqualified persons. | Senate · Senate Law and Public Safety Committee: Reported with Amendments October 15, 2026 | Yes |
| S4312 Requires collection of DNA sample for certain arrests. | Senate · Senate Law and Public Safety Committee: Reported with Substitution October 15, 2026 | Yes |
| S4418 Revises Commission on Women Veterans. | Senate · Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee: Reported with Amendments October 15, 2026 | Yes |
| S4464 Requires certain tolling entities and NJT to provide 50 percent discount to service members, veterans, auxiliary members, and Gold Star Family members. | Senate · Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee: Reported with Substitution October 15, 2026 | Yes |
| S4086 Authorizes PANYNJ employees to take military leave. | Senate · Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee: Reported Favorably October 15, 2026 | Yes |
| SJR26 Designates May of each year as Military Spouse Appreciation Month in New Jersey. | Senate · Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee: Reported Favorably October 15, 2026 | Yes |
| SJR108 Designates November 2026 as Veterans Month in New Jersey. | Senate · Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee: Reported Favorably October 15, 2026 | Yes |
| S4124 Waives certain commercial driver license fees for veterans and spouses of veterans. | Senate · Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee: Reported with Amendments October 15, 2026 | Yes |
| S4437 Permits political subdivisions to require grantees of certain economic development subsidies to enter into community benefits agreements. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported with Amendments October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| S1566 Establishes "Volunteer Fire Company Assistance Program" in DCA to support operations and sustainability of volunteer fire companies; appropriates $10 million. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported Favorably October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| S2191 Expands liability of certain individuals associated with limited liability companies and other commercial entities, when acting as residential landlord. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported Favorably October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| S4304 Prohibits agreements intended to conceal certain information concerning development of data centers under MLUL. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported Favorably October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| A4641 Concerns authority of municipal governing body to notify insurance company if there is activity at rental property which is suspected to violate general terms of rental property insurance policy. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported Favorably October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| S1755 Permits inclusion of volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders within municipal eligible employee group for purposes of the small employer health benefits plan statutes. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported with Amendments October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| S3703 Concerns authority of municipal governing body to notify insurance company if there is activity at rental property which is suspected to violate general terms of rental property insurance policy. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported Favorably October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| S386 Requires certain residential buildings to have fire barriers in common attic areas. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported Favorably October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| S1795 Provides that only registered design professionals or employees with certified fire escape contractors are authorized to install, service, repair, inspect, and maintain fire escapes. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported with Amendments October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| S385 Establishes fire safety standards and protocols for certain light frame residential construction; requires placards identifying primary structural systems of buildings. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported Favorably October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| S3526 Authorizes creation of non-lapsing fire academy trust fund by county. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported Favorably October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| S3042 Concerns availability of fire escape mechanisms in residential dwellings; provides penalty for violation. | Senate · Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported with Amendments October 1, 2026 | Yes |
| A2388 Requires Division of Travel and Tourism develop and maintain Internet website on historic sites, districts, and roadside markers. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S170 Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A2132 Requires paratransit vehicle operators to announce stops for passengers. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S1312 Requires MVC to accept emergency medical technician and paramedic certification cards as two points of documentation for purposes of MVC identification verification program. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4116 Requires public participation be allowed as component of certain public meetings. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| AJR119 Designates November 7 of each year as "Shwachman Diamond Syndrome Awareness Day" in NJ. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4515 Authorizes dual employment by certain employees of Rutgers University and affiliated contracting entities. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4413 Establishes School-based Partnerships for Access and Resilience for Kids program in DCF; requires school districts to develop mental health support and partnership programs. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A5016 Establishes program in EDA to encourage employee ownership awareness and provide funding and advisory support. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| SCR137 Recognizes centennial of Township of Wyckoff. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S3475 Permits DVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A4007 Requires sellers of real property to disclose presence of dams. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A4761 Authorizes funding for on-demand micro transit service under Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Assistance Program. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A5325 Reduces business formation fees. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A5322 Imposes temporary $1 million cap on use of net operating loss deductions under corporation business tax for certain privilege periods. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4531 Increases amount of child tax credit in taxable years 2026, 2027, and 2028. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4513 Concerns temporary use of funding for open space, recreation, floodplain protection, farmland and historic preservation for certain municipalities. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4162 "Affordable Power Purchase Agreements Extension Act"; concerns extension of certain public entity contracts related to energy conservation and renewable energy production. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4162 "Affordable Power Purchase Agreements Extension Act"; concerns extension of certain public entity contracts related to energy conservation and renewable energy production. | Senate · Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A1715 Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey." | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A1715 Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey." | Senate · Senate Floor: Table Motion June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4166 Requires customer consent to material changes to third-party energy supply contracts under certain circumstances. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A796 Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4113 Enters NJ into Athletic Trainer Compact. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4407 Extends certain provisions relating to involuntary commitment. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4193 Establishes "Fortifying Corn Masa Act." | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A5328 Regulates data brokers, data collectors, and collection and dissemination of certain sensitive information. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A5328 Regulates data brokers, data collectors, and collection and dissemination of certain sensitive information. | Senate · Senate Floor: Amend June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S3463 Makes certain changes to regulation of health care service firms. | Senate · Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S3379 Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU. | Senate · Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A3883 Requires Governor's Office of Volunteerism to promote and support volunteerism for compliance with certain eligibility requirements for NJ FamilyCare and SNAP recipients; appropriates $200,000 to DHS, Office of Volunteerism, and DOLWD. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S3412 Requires Social Media Research Center to research and make recommendations concerning addictive social media behaviors. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S3412 Requires Social Media Research Center to research and make recommendations concerning addictive social media behaviors. | Senate · Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S4538 Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriations of $358,811,000; adds and amends various language provisions to FY2026 Appropriations Act. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S188 Requires certain juveniles to appear before court in county where incident giving rise to delinquency complaint allegedly occurred. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S3947 Extends certain pay parity regarding telemedicine and telehealth. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S2275 Establishes certain testing, certification, and labeling requirements for manufacturers and sellers of final hair products; establishes limits on amount of certain intentionally added chemicals. | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| S1281 Prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain apparel and diaper products containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. | Senate · Senate Floor: Concur in Assembly Amendments June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A3497 Establishes "Forbidding the Algorithmic Inflation of Rent (FAIR) Act." | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |
| A4085 Establishes "Fair Price Protection Act." | Senate · Senate Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage June 30, 2026 | Yes |