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Gerard Scharfenberger

State Assemblymember · New Jersey Assembly District 13

Bills introduced (120)

NJA5617Introduced

Requires DOE to establish supplemental curriculum resources list for Black history studies; appropriates $60,000.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee · October 15, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NJA5616Introduced

"Hire Jersey Act"; provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to small businesses for hiring and retaining certain New Jersey residents.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee · October 15, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NJA5615Introduced

Requires periodic reviews of Statewide voter registration system.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee · October 15, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NJA5628Introduced

Establishes visual standards for certain kinds of identification issued to noncitizens; requires registered voters to present identification when voting at polling place.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee · October 15, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NJA5626Introduced

Provides gross income tax credit to certain active members of volunteer emergency service organizations.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee · October 15, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NJA5592Introduced

Provides corporation business and gross income tax credits to certain businesses for qualified purchases from NJ small businesses.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee · October 5, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NJA5593Introduced

"Main Street Storefront Investment Credit Act"; provides corporation business and gross income tax credits to small businesses for certain property improvements.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee · October 5, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NJA5556Introduced

Prohibits common interest community from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting gardening on residential property.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee · September 24, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NJA5555Introduced

Creates "Conspiracy to Fund Criminal Activities Act;" creates penalties for financing of riots and violent disorderly conduct.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee · September 24, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NJA5557Introduced

Requires health claims utilization data to be shared with public entity plan sponsors.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee · September 24, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NJA5392Introduced

"Enhanced Law Enforcement Protections Act;" upgrades penalties and eliminates presumption of pretrial release for assault against law enforcement and first responders during civil disturbance.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee · September 10, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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NJA5391Introduced

Creates Riot Related Property Destruction and Restitution Act.

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee · September 10, 2026

No recorded vote yet.

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Showing the 12 most recently active.

Recent votes

BillVote onVote
A3435

Requires nursing education on inflammatory breast cancer.

General Assembly · Assembly Regulated Professions Committee: Reported Favorably

October 5, 2026

Yes
A4448

Establishes institutional license for veterinarians employed at accredited veterinary schools.

General Assembly · Assembly Regulated Professions Committee: Reported Favorably

October 5, 2026

Yes
A5404

Establishes "Midwifery Licensing Act."

General Assembly · Assembly Regulated Professions Committee: Reported Favorably

October 5, 2026

Yes
A2474

Prohibits use of "Nurse" title by unlicensed person.

General Assembly · Assembly Regulated Professions Committee: Reported Favorably

October 5, 2026

Yes
A3424

Grants priority course registration to certain student parents attending institutions of higher education.

General Assembly · Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported with Amendments

October 5, 2026

Not Voting
A5493

"Student-Parent Protection Act"; ensures equal rights and opportunities for parenting students enrolled in institutions of higher education.

General Assembly · Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably

October 5, 2026

Not Voting
A2349

Requires institutions of higher education to provide on website certain information on online degree students and graduate degree students.

General Assembly · Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported with Amendments

October 5, 2026

Yes
A3407

Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students who have children to purchase meal plans, live in on-campus housing, or pay gym fees.

General Assembly · Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably

October 5, 2026

Not Voting
A4800

Revises licensure process for out-of-State institutions of higher education.

General Assembly · Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported with Amendments

October 5, 2026

Yes
A1207

Requires unrestricted Medicaid coverage for ovulation enhancing drugs and medical services related to administering such drugs for certain beneficiaries experiencing infertility.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Not Voting
A2001

Establishes pharmacist licensing exemption for certain dialysis-related drugs and devices.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A5064

Requires NJT to publish certain performance-related information.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A2018

Requires publication of guide for licensure as integrated care facility; assigns DOH and DHS employees to communicate with facilities.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
S3386

Authorizes use of campaign funds for security expenses of candidate, officeholder, staff, and certain family members.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

No
AR158

Commemorates 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
AJR139

Designates month of September each year as "Deaf Awareness Month" in New Jersey.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A5071

Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A4186

Enters New Jersey into Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
S4307

"New Jersey History Day Act."

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
AR153

Recognizes the scientific advancements made by the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory at Rutgers University.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
S1395

Allows certain limited liability companies to terminate alternate names before end of five-year registration period.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
AR157

Honors contributions of US Postal Service and its employees to American democracy.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
AJR86

Permanently designates November 8 of each year as "First-Generation College Student Day" in NJ.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
S1340

Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on accommodations for certain students fasting for religious or medical reasons.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A5439

Amends Fiscal Year 2027 annual appropriations act to require portion of funding for Working Class Families State Supplement to be used for outreach purposes.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

No
A2457

Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to include memory care training in annual long-term care training program.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A3558

Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support public humanities programming in NJ.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A4994

Modifies definition of "aquaculture" throughout State law to include construction of facilities and appurtenant structures.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A5151

Prohibits surcharge on transportation network company riders for certain paratransit service.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A5504

Expands and changes membership of Aquaculture Advisory Council.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A5451

Amends FY2027 Appropriations Act to revise language concerning Family and Internal Medicine Residency Expansion Program.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

No
A2342

Requires DVA promote Veterans History Project at Library of Congress.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A3237

Exempts creditor from paying municipal property registration fee if property is subject to automatic stay under federal Bankruptcy Code.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A4236

Designates accounting as STEM subject for various educational and other programs.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

No
A4103

Requires construction permit for certain work involving asbestos on single-family home, duplex, or townhouse.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A5107

Requires DHS to conduct review of reimbursement rates paid by State's child care assistance program to certain child care providers.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A5503

Requires Department of Agriculture to develop guidance on shellfish aquaculture agritourism.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
AR150

Urges prohibition of targeted gambling advertisements to individuals exhibiting signs of problem gambling or addiction.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
AJR103

Designates September 22 as "John Basilone Day."

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A2375

Establishes New Jersey Veteran Gravesite Maintenance Grant Program in DVA.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A3496

Requires State agencies to make good faith effort to increase awarding of contracts procured without advertisement to minority- and women-owned businesses.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

No
A5233

Allows rounding for cash transactions.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Not Voting
S4495

Allows use of Green Acres funds to fully fund certain projects on State-owned land by certain nonprofit organizations.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A4275

Establishes Statewide dashboard to compile data for certain permits.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

September 24, 2026

Yes
A4560

Creates Joint Blue Ribbon Task Force on Impacts of Climate Change on Property Insurance.

General Assembly · Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee: Reported with Amendments

September 17, 2026

Not Voting
A5321

Allows use of Green Acres funds to fully fund certain projects on State-owned land by certain nonprofit organizations.

General Assembly · Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee: Reported with Amendments

September 17, 2026

Yes
AJR86

Permanently designates November 8 of each year as "First-Generation College Student Day" in NJ.

General Assembly · Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably

September 17, 2026

Yes
S3245

Revises high school student financial aid application requirements.

General Assembly · Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably

September 17, 2026

No
A4908

Prohibits expenditure of Green Acres funds for purchase, use, installation, or replacement of artificial turf fields.

General Assembly · Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee: Reported with Amendments

September 17, 2026

Yes
A4103

Requires construction permit for certain work involving asbestos on single-family home, duplex, or townhouse.

General Assembly · Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee: Reported Favorably

September 17, 2026

Yes
A4555

Establishes "Fleet Conversion Task Force" in DEP.

General Assembly · Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee: Reported with Amendments

September 17, 2026

No
S685

Establishes "Fleet Conversion Task Force" in DEP.

General Assembly · Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee: Reported with Amendments

September 17, 2026

No
S687

Creates Joint Blue Ribbon Task Force on Impacts of Climate Change on Property Insurance.

General Assembly · Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee: Reported with Amendments

September 17, 2026

Not Voting
S4495

Allows use of Green Acres funds to fully fund certain projects on State-owned land by certain nonprofit organizations.

General Assembly · Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee: Reported Favorably

September 17, 2026

Yes
A5117

Requires registration of postsecondary education debt creditors; establishes protections for borrowers.

General Assembly · Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported with Amendments

September 17, 2026

Yes
A2470

Revises high school student financial aid application requirements.

General Assembly · Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported with Amendments

September 17, 2026

No
A1319

Requires public institution of higher education to adopt withdrawal policy permitting refund for certain extenuating circumstances.

General Assembly · Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably

September 17, 2026

Yes
A2534

Establishes Jersey Strong Public Service Scholarship Program.

General Assembly · Assembly Higher Education Committee: Reported Favorably

September 17, 2026

Yes
A2388

Requires Division of Travel and Tourism develop and maintain Internet website on historic sites, districts, and roadside markers.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Concur in Senate Amendments

June 30, 2026

Yes
S170

Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts.

General Assembly · Assembly Floor: Third Reading - Final Passage

June 30, 2026

Yes