Provides for State agency reviews and increases of income thresholds for residential customers to participate in certain utility bill payment assistance and energy efficiency programs.
This bill requires New Jersey state agencies (including the Department of Community Affairs, Department of Human Services, and the Board of Public Utilities) to review and potentially increase income thresholds for residential customers to qualify for utility bill assistance and energy efficiency programs. It directly affects low- and moderate-income households by expanding eligibility if agencies determine an increase is appropriate. Key mechanisms include mandating public input during reviews, aligning income thresholds across programs, and ensuring households aren't eligible for both low- and moderate-income energy efficiency programs. The review must be completed within one year of the bill's effective date, with agencies considering factors like State median income and program costs. The bill does not change current program rules but sets a process for future eligibility adjustments.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Dec 2025
General Assembly Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Dec 2025
Signed into Law
Jan 2026
Introduced May 15, 2025
Signed Jan 12, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Dec 18, 2025 · General Assembly May 22, 2025
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Dec 18, 2025
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican15
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Jan 12, 2026
Signed into law
Approved P.L. 2025, c.270.
executive
Dec 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0)
upper
Dec 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Dec 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Dec 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
May 29, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
upper
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (58-18-2)
lower
May 15, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading
lower
5 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brian Stack
DDemocratic
P
Britnee Timberlake
DDemocratic
P
Eliana Pintor Marin
DDemocratic
P
Kevin Egan
DDemocratic
P
Wayne DeAngelo
DDemocratic
Co
Heather Simmons
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Cryan
DDemocratic
Co
Reginald Atkins
DDemocratic
Co
Renee Burgess
DDemocratic
Co
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
Co
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
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