SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4864

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JANUARY 8, 2026

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 4864.

      As reported, this bill amends P.L.2002, c.44 to permit a municipality, county, school district, or fire district to include the use of a project labor agreement for a public works project that does not meet the total project cost established for public works projects.

      Under current law, the minimum cost of a public works project, which may include a project labor agreement, is $5 million.  The bill does not alter the existing threshold for public works projects.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      Fiscal information for this bill is currently unavailable.