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Bills affecting Formerly incarcerated or family of in New Jersey (2026 session)
CivicRadar surfaces 48 active New Jersey bills this session that affect formerly incarcerated or family of constituents directly. Your rep needs to hear from you before the vote.
Top 20 bills, ranked
Ranked by how strongly each bill matches the formerly incarcerated or family of community, weighted by stage, recency, advocacy-org consensus, and sponsor support.
- 01NJ · S1110In committee
Upgrades burglary of a residence to a crime of the second degree; requires mandatory period of parole ineligibility if residence was occupied at time of offense.
- 02NJ · A2591In committee
Provides for reduction in suspended sentence, probation, or parole based on compliance with conditions of sentence; requires report on effect on recidivism.
- 03NJ · S2739In committee
Transfers probation employees from Judiciary to State Parole Board.
- 04NJ · A4393In committee
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder committed in course of commission of certain sex offenses regardless of victim's age.
- 05NJ · A930In committee
Permits union officials who represent probation officers to participate in all union activities.
- 06NJ · A2240In committee
Requires law enforcement to notify State Parole Board when parolee violates domestic violence restraining order.
- 07NJ · A589In committee
Establishes geriatric parole for certain eligible inmates.
- 08NJ · A880In committee
Imposes mandatory term of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole on persons who commit particularly brutal sexual assaults.
- 09NJ · A1790In committee
Designates drug court program as the "special probation recovery court program" in statutes.
- 10NJ · A2761In committee
Requires Division of Parole to establish residency restrictions for certain sex offenders.
- 11NJ · A3519In committee
Establishes mitigating factor for sentencing of defendants who are victims of domestic violence and provides for resentencing and trauma-informed reentry support services.
- 12NJ · S455In committee
Makes certain amendments to expungement statutes to reduce filing burdens and expand eligibility.
- 13NJ · S2874In committee
Requires provision of trauma-informed reentry support services to certain defendants who are victims of abuse.
- 14NJ · S3682In committee
Establishes prisoner reentry peer support hotline.
- 15NJ · A621In committee
Establishes limits on future parole eligibility date.
- 16NJ · A1764In committee
Requires certain county inmates be provided with reentry assistance before their release.
- 17NJ · A2194In committee
Authorizes use of county inmate welfare funds for certain reentry services.
- 18NJ · A2769In committee
Requires AOC, in conjunction with State Parole Board, to conduct comprehensive study on Megan's Law.
- 19NJ · A3404In committee
Excludes repeat offenders and persons convicted of certain crimes from eligibility for administrative parole release.
- 20NJ · A4084In committee
Provides earned time credits to reduce parole eligibility date for inmates who participate in substance abuse treatment program.
- What formerly incarcerated or family of bills are moving in New Jersey in 2026?
- CivicRadar currently tracks 48 New Jersey bills this session that affect formerly incarcerated or family of constituents including Upgrades burglary of a residence to a crime of the second degree; requires mandatory period of parole ineligibility if residence was occupied at time of offense.; Provides for reduction in suspended sentence, probation, or parole based on compliance with conditions of sentence; requires report on effect on recidivism.; Transfers probation employees from Judiciary to State Parole Board..
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- How does CivicRadar decide which bills affect formerly incarcerated or family of people?
- CivicRadar matches bill text, sponsor signals, and advocacy-organization positions against a curated set of identity keywords, then ranks by legislative stage and recency. See the Methodology page for the full breakdown.
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