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Bills affecting Low-income / working-class in New Jersey (2026 session)
CivicRadar surfaces 26 active New Jersey bills this session that affect low-income / working-class constituents directly. Your rep needs to hear from you before the vote.
Top 20 bills, ranked
Ranked by how strongly each bill matches the low-income / working-class community, weighted by stage, recency, advocacy-org consensus, and sponsor support.
- 01NJ · A1374In committee
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.
- 02NJ · A3717In committee
Requires DHS and DOH, respectively, to provide information to SNAP, WFNJ, and WIC recipients regarding card skimming, cloning, and similar fraudulent activities and to replace stolen benefits; makes appropriation.
- 03NJ · S2577In committee
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are victims of domestic abuse to claim credit with filing status of married filing separately.
- 04NJ · A3773In committee
Provides for student recipients of educational opportunity funds to be exempt from 20 hour weekly work requirement ordinarily required for student SNAP participation.
- 05NJ · A4102In committee
Requires SNAP retailers to take measures to help prevent card skimming.
- 06NJ · A4441In committee
Requires DHS to distribute contactless EBT cards to SNAP recipients by January 31, 2027.
- 07NJ · A1741In committee
Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriation of $175 million from General Fund to DHS for Emergency SNAP Replacement Benefits.
- 08NJ · A2331In committee
"New Jersey Intergenerational Poverty Reduction Act."
- 09NJ · A4442In committee
Requires SNAP retailers to display information on how to protect SNAP recipients from fraud used to steal benefits.
- 10NJ · A680In committee
Prohibits local units of government from adopting increased minimum wage and mandatory paid sick leave for private employers.
- 11NJ · S941In committee
"New Jersey Healthy SNAP Act"; requires DHS to submit waiver to federal government to prohibit purchase of soft drinks with SNAP benefits.
- 12NJ · A3883In committee
Requires DHS to promote and support volunteerism in connection to compliance with certain eligibility requirements for NJ FamilyCare and SNAP recipients.
- 13NJ · A3983In committee
Excludes certain income earned from health promotion or disease prevention work from income eligibility determination under NJ FamilyCare, WFNJ, and NJ SNAP.
- 14NJ · S295In committee
Revises SNAP application process to include certain notices, and certification and recertification requirements.
- 15NJ · S2967In committee
Requires State to adopt practices to reduce SNAP benefits theft and to replace stolen SNAP benefits under certain circumstances; upgrades criminal penalties for SNAP benefits theft; makes appropriation.
- 16NJ · A1735In committee
Creates certain requirements for certain earned income access services and related provider contracts.
- 17NJ · A1812In committee
Requires payment of minimum wage to minors; requires payment of overtime to minors in certain circumstances; codifies certain exemptions to overtime payment requirements.
- 18NJ · A4439In committee
Requires certain disclosure of earned income by health insurance producers.
- 19NJ · S243In committee
Increases benefit amount under New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit program from 40 percent to 60 percent of federal benefit amount.
- 20NJ · S465In committee
Establishes Stolen SNAP Benefits Replacement Fund in Department of Treasury, requires DHS to replace stolen SNAP benefits from fund, and appropriates $20 million to AOC.
- What low-income / working-class bills are moving in New Jersey in 2026?
- CivicRadar currently tracks 26 New Jersey bills this session that affect low-income / working-class constituents including Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.; Requires DHS and DOH, respectively, to provide information to SNAP, WFNJ, and WIC recipients regarding card skimming, cloning, and similar fraudulent activities and to replace stolen benefits; makes appropriation.; Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are victims of domestic abuse to claim credit with filing status of married filing separately..
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- How does CivicRadar decide which bills affect low-income / working-class 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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