ASSEMBLY REGULATED PROFESSIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 5572

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  APRIL 10, 2025

      The Assembly Regulated Professions Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 5572.

      This bill updates current law by establishing that a quorum exists for the sole purpose of processing applications for licensure with majority of the members present at a meeting of a professional board, committee or other entity, overseen by the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety or other State agency.  This includes a meeting with one member in attendance if that member is the chair of the entity.  This quorum standard is applicable to applications that do not require legal review due to adverse information in any statutorily-required criminal history record background check and if after a 90-day period, the entity is: (1) unable to achieve a quorum due to vacancies in the membership of the entity; or (2) only able to achieve a quorum if every current member of the entity is present for each meeting.