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Declan O'Scanlon R

State Senator
New Jersey Senate District 11 — Seat 1
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2027
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On Record (74)

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Apr 14, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Withdrawn Because Approved
Designates March 30th of each year "Menstrual Toxic Shock Syndrome Awareness Day."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Moves fire district elections to date of general election in November.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Clarifies applicability of "School Ethics Act" to personal statements of board members.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
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Establishes process for submittal and publication of proposed revisions to Governor's budget recommendations and requires publication of proposals by June 1 annually.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Budget and Appropriations
Establishes process for submittal and publication of proposed revisions to Governor's budget recommendations and requires publication of proposals by June 1 annually.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill TRANSPORTATION
Permits certain passenger automobiles to be registered for more than one year.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Economic Growth
Permits refund of additional fee paid in excess of one percent of consideration of certain real property transfers if contract was executed prior to July 10, 2025.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Commerce
Establishes certain requirements for asserting cause of action under consumer fraud act and limits awarding of attorneys' fees.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Regulates medication administration in certain residential facilities.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill TRANSPORTATION
Concerns parking violations that obstruct NJT bus operations and bicycle lanes in certain circumstances.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Requires school district capital project referendums to be voted on at primary or general elections, or certain municipal or special elections.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill TRANSPORTATION
Requires DOT to study use of zipper merge method on State roadways.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Requires penalty for false or fraudulent voter registration to be displayed on Motor Vehicle Commission electronic signature pads.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Establishes Bureau of Short-Term Local Government Note Investments and requires bureau to bid on or offer to purchase certain short term obligations issued by local governments.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Establishes third degree crime for certain trespasses involving victim of domestic violence.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Permits public high school student-athletes to opt out of physical education during their athletic seasons.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Public Safety and Preparedness
Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute epinephrine to officers; requires training.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Commerce
Provides gross income tax exclusion for capital gains from sale of certain employer securities.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill TRANSPORTATION
Prohibits State from disclosing New Jersey driver's license holders' personal information to other states seeking to issue speed camera or red light camera citations.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Requires additional information in assessment notices required to be provided to property taxpayers.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Exempts from sales and use tax sales of carbon monoxide detectors and any device or equipment sold for residential use to detect, warn of, abate, or extinguish fires.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Requires Governor to file annual report disclosing expenditures made from funds provided as allowance.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Protects children from certain mandatory vaccinations as a condition of school attendance.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Reinstates penalty for underage possession and consumption of alcohol and cannabis as disorderly person offense.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Requires court to provide certain defendants with referral for mental health and substance abuse evaluation.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Requires pretrial detention of defendant who violates conditions of pretrial release.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Permits court to incarcerate persons who violate conditions of special probation; requires monitoring of incarcerated person.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Requires registration and regulation of certain hemp-derived cannabinoids manufactured and sold in this State.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Expands prosecutor's ability to motion for transfer of certain juvenile delinquency cases to adult court.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Budget and Appropriations
Restricts authorization of new debt by State Treasurer.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Establishes Office of Leave Time Compliance in DCA to ensure municipal, county, and school district compliance with accumulated sick leave and vacation leave laws.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Requires municipalities to publish employee supplemental payment policies electronically and to provide enhanced notice and oversight of payments.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Higher education
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to appoint special auditor to investigate claims of abuse of public funds at public institutions of higher education.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill LABOR
Prohibits certain non-disclosure and non-disparagement provisions in employment contracts.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Requires emergency medical technicians and firefighters to receive training concerning electric vehicle fires.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Requires school districts to institute policies to improve emergency communications to increase school security.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Permits use of tents and other fixtures for outdoor dining on certain property.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Directs Attorney General to establish program for anonymous reporting of potential threats to school safety.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Requires Commissioner of Education to review school safety and security plans.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Requires that in-service training for school employees on safety and security include component on behavioral threat assessment.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Military and Veterans' Affairs
Establishes price preference program on State contracts for service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Budget and Appropriations
Permits taxpayers to deduct the total amount of State property taxes paid on principal residence from gross income tax obligation.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Commerce
Requires menstrual products include ingredient list; requires toxic shock syndrome warnings be printed on tampon package.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires certain doctors and nurses to ask patients questions regarding menstrual cycles, previous tampon use, and toxic shock syndrome.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission to study financial impact of all enacted mandated health benefits.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill TRANSPORTATION
Requires Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax rate reduction if certain Legislative action is taken that includes increases in other State tax rates and revenue; dedicates revenues from certain sales and use tax increases to "Transportation Trust Fund Account."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
The "School Safety and Security Act"; establishes penalties for certain criminal acts committed on school property.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Commerce
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Permits Legislature to terminate certain declarations by Governor for state of emergency or public health emergency and limits duration of such declarations unless Legislature approves extension.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Limits increase of assessed value of property subject to appeal judgment following implementation of reassessment.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Eliminates requirement for State residency for public officers and employees with limited historic exceptions.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Military and Veterans' Affairs
Extends eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Budget and Appropriations
Requires Governor to transmit budget sustainability statement along with annual budget message.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Removes criminal liability for law enforcement officers who have investigative encounter with underage person for possession of alcohol or cannabis unless civil rights are violated.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Provides act of domestic violence or child endangerment committed during state of emergency may be classified one degree higher than underlying offense.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Revises Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid program; requires all energy taxes to be paid directly to municipalities.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Increases membership and provides for certain meeting requirements of Council on Local Mandates.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Increases penalties for purposely desecrating any public monument, insignia, symbol, or structure, or place of worship or burial.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Economic Growth
Criminalizes impounding cat or dog in shelter, pound, or kennel without consent of other party.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Economic Growth
Establishes certain animal abuse offenses committed in manner manifesting extreme indifference to value of animal's life as crime of second degree; designated as "River's Law."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Prohibits bill certified for fiscal note or estimate from being released from committee without fiscal note or estimate.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Provides for development of searchable "Municipal Penalty Database."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Increases term of municipal court judge to five years.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill TRANSPORTATION
Requires posted speed limit on certain limited access highways be based on speed at which 85 percent of vehicles are traveling; designated as Speed Limit Sanity Act.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Permits counties to establish county-municipal courts with limited, countywide jurisdiction.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes New Jersey Statewide Suicide Prevention Coordination and Oversight Council in DHS.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
Expands categories of individuals who may bring a claim under wrongful imprisonment statute.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Budget and Appropriations
Credits $2.35 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $4.32 billion to Department of Treasury to provide funds to municipalities and counties for debt retirement and avoidance.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Neutral Education
Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate instruction on menstrual toxic shock syndrome and requires installation of signage in certain women's rooms to enhance public awareness of menstrual toxic shock syndrome.
Mar 16, 2026 · source · details / share

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Designates July 30 of each year as "Brian Sicknick Day" in New Jersey.
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Eliminates property tax exempt status of certain school faculty housing.
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Enhances protections under Law Against Discrimination for persons serving in military and military veterans.
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Requires BPU to study potential deployment of advanced transmission technologies in NJ.
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Permits certain wineries to sell their products by the glass for consumption in licensed salesrooms.
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Clarifies licensure requirements of home improvement and home elevation contractors.
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Extends veteran's gross income tax exemption to spouses of deceased veterans.
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Increases penalties for identity theft when victim is a senior citizen or veteran.
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Provides for permit of pool and spa service business as general contractor for pool and spa building and installation and pool and spa service contracting.
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Expands Division of State Police rank and grade titles.
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Extends accidental death benefit for survivors of certain SPRS retirees.
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Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
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Enters New Jersey into Interstate Physician Assistant Licensure Compact.
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Requires DCA to enable certain construction subcode applicants to electronically submit certain materials for permit application review; limits requirements for physical seal on documents at worksite.
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