A 2536 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Establishes task force to examine issues and make recommendations concerning youth sports, including abusive coaching, confrontational parents, and bullying of players.

This bill establishes a 13-member Youth Sports Task Force to study issues in youth sports, including abusive coaching, confrontational parents, and bullying of players. The task force will include experts in bullying-related fields, parents/guardians of youth athletes, a youth victim of bullying, and coaches representing different youth sports settings. It will examine six key areas: protecting against unscrupulous for-profit sports entities, improving financial oversight for youth sports organizations, training coaches to recognize bullying, promoting youth sports as educational, developing parent workshops on proper conduct, and protecting officials from abuse. The task force must issue a final report with recommendations to the Governor and Legislature within one year of its formation, after which it will expire. This bill does not create new laws but initiates a study process to address specific concerns in youth sports programs.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
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