Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHAMA A. HAIDER
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman LISA SWAIN
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK
District 18 (Middlesex)
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Senator RAJ MUKHERJI
District 32 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Flynn, Fantasia, Drulis, Assemblyman Hutchison, Assemblywoman Ramirez, Assemblyman Inganamort, Assemblywomen Murphy, Speight, Assemblyman Freiman, Assemblywoman Simmons, Assemblyman Miller, Senators Tiver and Wimberly
SYNOPSIS
Allows businesses to receive information via email concerning new regulations and economic incentives that affect business.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Commerce Committee on November 17, 2025, with amendments.
An Act concerning the communication of certain statutory and regulatory requirements and supplementing Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
“Business” means an individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, 1non-profit corporation,1 or other legal business entity or successor thereof 1that files business registration documents with the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services in the Department of the Treasury1, but does not include 1[a nonprofit corporation, organization created pursuant to 26 U.S.C. s.501(c)(3), or]1 a government agency.
1“Official and authoritative notification” means information concerning new statutory or regulatory requirements with which a business is required to comply, including tax and employer requirements, and information on economic incentives, which are determined appropriate for distribution in accordance with this section pursuant to the rules adopted pursuant to subsection f. of this section.1
b. 1(1)1 A business required to comply with any business registration requirement of the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Service in the Department of the Treasury or any successor agency, shall have the option to 1[provide, when electronically filing or renewing a registration, an email address to the division, for the purpose of receiving electronic notifications concerning new statutory or regulatory requirements for the business to comply with and information on economic incentives affecting industries in which the business operates. The division shall also provide a method for a business to provide the email address independent of the renewal process through the division’s website or other electronic means as determined by the division] register for a computer-based service administered or made available by the division for the purpose of receiving official and authoritative notifications electronically from State agencies capable of sending the notifications. The service shall be linked with the division’s online business filing services and shall collect and store electronic mail addresses and other contact information, including cellular telephone numbers, provided by business registrants1.
1(2) A business that accepts the option to receive electronic notifications pursuant to this subsection shall maintain postal mailing addresses pursuant to the various registry filing statutes for service of process and other forms of notice and contact by the public.
(3) Nothing in this act shall be construed to supersede or modify any statutory requirement that a notice be sent by postal mail or certified mail, where that method is expressly required by law.1
c. The Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services shall provide the Department of Labor and Workforce Development 1[with the email addresses] , Division of Taxation, New Jersey Economic Development Authority, and any other State government agency that sends official and authoritative notices with the electronic addresses and other contact information1 provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section to allow 1[the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to communicate with and provide notices to businesses] for the implementation of the provisions of this section and rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section1.
d. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a business that accepts the option to receive email notifications, pursuant to subsection b. of this section, shall no longer receive paper 1[or other forms of communication concerning new statutory or regulatory requirements for the business to comply with and information on economic incentives affecting industries in which the business operates] versions of official and authoritative notifications from the agencies receiving contact information from the division1.
e. 1[A] The division shall allow a1 business 1[may provide notification to the Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, in a form and manner prescribed by the division, requesting] that is registered for the service established under subsection b. of this section to request1 a cessation of 1[email] the electronic1 notifications provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section. Upon receipt of this request, the division shall1[, within 60 calendar days of receiving notification from the business, cease email] notify all agencies receiving contact information from the division that the business has elected to cease electronic1 notifications and 1that the agencies shall1 resume 1sending1 paper or other forms of communication to the business.
f. The State Treasurer, in consultation with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, 1the Director of the Division of Taxation, and the Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority,1 shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to implement the provisions of this act.
2. This act shall take effect on January 1 next following the date of enactment, except that the State Treasurer may take any anticipatory administrative action as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.