SENATE COMMUNITY AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3759

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 4, 2025

      The Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments, Senate Bill No. 3759.

      As amended and reported, this bill amends the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.) (LAD), to make existing provisions consistent, where appropriate, in prohibiting discrimination based on the source of a person’s lawful income.  Although currently prohibited by the LAD, this form of discrimination is not articulated consistently throughout this existing statute.  This bill clarifies the LAD’s prohibition on discrimination based on the source of a person’s lawful income by defining the term "source of lawful income" and expressly stating that the prohibition applies to the income that is to be used for either rental or mortgage payments.

      This bill also makes certain adjustments to current law to make the language gender neutral, and makes certain technical changes.  This bill takes effect immediately.

      As amended and reported by the committee, Senate Bill No. 3759 is identical to Assembly Bill No. 4841 (1R), which was also reported by the committee on this date.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amended the bill to:

· remove a dollar adjustment to current law concerning when a requirement for an employee to retire constitutes an unlawful employment practice;

· restore a provision of existing law that expressly permits an employer to restrict employment to United States citizens when the restriction is required by federal law or necessary to protect national security; and

· change the title and synopsis to reflect these amendments.