Vin Gopal

Excludes certain properties from definition of public work and payment of prevailing wage under certain conditions.

Requires health insurance carriers to provide opportunity to clinical laboratory and laboratory services provider to participate as preferred or contracting provider in carriers' provider network.

Requires long-term care facilities to provide its employees with necessary supplies and equipment at no cost.

"Jack Reid Law: Protect All Students Act"; prohibits harassment or bullying of nonpublic school students and requires nonpublic schools to adopt anti-harassment and bullying policy.

"Public School Employees' Health Benefits Trust Act."

Makes various revisions to the laws governing alcoholic beverage licensing.

Makes permanent temporary enactment allowing certain sale and delivery of alcoholic beverages and clarifies privileges.*

Permits for-profit movie theater to acquire plenary retail consumption license.

Permits unexpended State aid for nonpublic school nursing services and nonpublic school security services to be used to support other program.

Provides funding for Division of State Police opioid-related initiatives; appropriates up to $5 million annually.

Modifies additional fees and taxes imposed on certain real property transfers valued over $1 million; expands imposition of fees and taxes to real property classified Industrial Property and certain Apartments.

Extends certain pay parity regarding telemedicine and telehealth.*

Requires certain persons to register and report as governmental affairs agents.

"Public Utility Rate Stabilization Act"; permits gas and electric public utilities to employ alternative ratemaking mechanisms.

Clarifies public school student attendance recording and reporting requirements.

Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters; increases tax on fire insurance premiums.

Designates November 2026 as Veterans Month in New Jersey.

Prohibits workplace discrimination based on menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause.

Permits one-time use of virtual or remote instruction for students attending public school used as polling place on certain election day.

Prohibits health insurance carriers from making certain changes to contract with network providers during term of contract.