Amends Constitution to allow public funds to be used for historic preservation of places of worship.

ACR 38 proposes amending the New Jersey Constitution to explicitly permit public funds to be used for historic preservation of places of worship, such as churches, as part of a government historic preservation program. This directly affects counties and municipalities that maintain historic preservation funds, which were previously restricted from funding church repairs under the state's Religious Aid Clause. The amendment would override a 2023 New Jersey Supreme Court ruling (Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Morris County) that deemed such funding unconstitutional. It does not change existing rules about public funding for religious activities unrelated to historic preservation.