JP

Joseph Pennacchio R

State Senator
New Jersey Senate District 26 — Seat 2
Term: — – Jan. 3, 2027
1 Total

On Record (56)

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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Establishes New Jersey Government Efficiency Commission.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Military and Veterans' Affairs
Designates July 16 of each year as "Atomic Veterans Day" in New Jersey.
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Bill Law and Public Safety
Directs AG to investigate whether pedophile organizations use the internet to encourage sex offenders to violate State law.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Establishes New Jersey Pharmacogenomics Commission.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health
Designates October of each year as "Eczema Awareness Month" in New Jersey.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Requires State Police to develop public database of criminally charged or convicted undocumented immigrants.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Revises processing of valid mail-in ballots received after closure of polls.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill TRANSPORTATION
Requires NJT to establish a transportation network company pilot program in certain counties.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Military and Veterans' Affairs
Expands eligibility for gross income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to assign paid or volunteer advocates to long-term care facilities; makes appropriation.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Establishes State Pension Cost of Living Reform Commission.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill 2nd Reading in the Senate
Permits students to be eligible for high school graduation credits in health, safety, and physical education for completing county fire academy course under certain circumstances.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Eliminates State residency requirement for mathematics and science public school teachers.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to develop guidelines for tiered group home placements and transfers.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Permits public high school students to opt out of physical education and sports programs during Ramadan.
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Bill Environment and Energy
Prohibits adoption of State and local rules that prohibit use of fossil fuel-powered kitchen appliances.
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Bill Higher education
Prohibits institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions from withholding transcript due to outstanding student account balance; establishes penalties for noncompliance.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Environment and Energy
Establishes Office of River Maintenance in DEP; repeals P.L.1993, c.376 concerning stream cleaning activities.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Judiciary
The "Uniform Electronic Wills Act"; authorizes electronic wills.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Removes diversity and inclusion instruction requirements for students in grades kindergarten through eight.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Military and Veterans' Affairs
Creates permanent commission to study various statutory definitions of veteran, disabled veteran, and service-disabled veteran.
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Bill Economic Growth
Modifies rate-regulation over municipal electric utilities.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Requires board of education to publicly post full meeting agenda 48 hours prior to meeting.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Education
Provides for direct State payment of cost of special education and related services for certain students.
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Bill Education
Provides three-year phase-in of full funding of extraordinary special education State aid.
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Bill Law and Public Safety
Revises method of determining reimbursement costs when a law enforcement entity hires a recently trained officer from another law enforcement entity.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Clarifies spitting in law enforcement officer's food or drink constitutes aggravated assault; requires certain sanctions on restaurant employees who commit this crime.
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Bill Law and Public Safety
Encourages wearing blue to honor law enforcement officers on Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Eliminates age restriction for issuing special permits to carry handgun to retired law enforcement officers.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Law and Public Safety
Requires sex offenders in satellite-based monitoring program to pay for certain equipment and monitoring costs.
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Bill Commerce
Requires consumer reporting agencies to provide a consumer with a free credit report three times during any 12-month period upon request.
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Bill Commerce
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from requiring certain consumer identification for return of merchandise.
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Bill Commerce
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for treatment of tick-borne diseases.
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Bill Judiciary
Creates New Jersey Innocence Study and Review Commission.
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Bill Budget and Appropriations
Provides gross income tax deductions for membership fees, dam project assessments, and potable water system project assessments paid to lake associations.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Economic Growth
Establishes NJ Fusion Technology Industry Commission.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Community and Urban Affairs
Permits municipality to obtain affordable housing credit for each resident of alternative living arrangement.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Environment and Energy
Exempts expansion or reconstruction, within 125% of existing footprint, of municipal and county buildings and certain emergency services buildings from "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Environment and Energy
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
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Bill 2nd Reading in the Senate
Requires MVC to accept emergency medical technician and paramedic certification cards as two points of documentation for purposes of MVC identification verification program.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires managed care plans to allow any clinical laboratory to participate in provider network.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Expands audit powers of State Auditor; requires online publication of certain materials; requires performance review audits of certain business incentive programs.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Requires informed consent for breast implant surgery.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
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Bill State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Requires use of paper ballots during conduct of election; requires use of open source voting technology; makes appropriation.
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Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
"Children's Vaccination Bill of Rights"; provides children in State with certain protections concerning vaccines.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Revises requirements for administration of vaccines to patients.
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Bill Environment and Energy
Establishes home elevation fund and dedicates up to $5 million of realty transfer fee revenue annually for this purpose.
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Bill Economic Growth
Directs NJ Sports and Exposition Authority to conduct feasibility study of Meadowlands convention center project.
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Bill Environment and Energy
"Flood Control, Mitigation, and Prevention Bond Act"; authorizes bonds for up to $2 billion and appropriates $5,000.
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Bill Economic Growth
"Fusion Technology Industry Promotion Act"; establishes program to promote fusion technology industry and attract fusion technology businesses.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Economic Growth
Provides that fusion energy and fusion technology companies are eligible to receive benefits under certain economic incentive programs.
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Bill Higher education
Establishes scholarship program for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in field of fusion science.
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Bill Environment and Energy
Adds fusion to types of Class I renewable energies as defined for purposes of "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act."
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share
Bill Environment and Energy
Allocates 10 percent of Green Acres funding to local government units for development of completely inclusive playgrounds.
Mar 31, 2026 · source · details / share