ASSEMBLY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 5381

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  OCTOBER 15, 2026

      The Assembly State and Local Government Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 5381.

      As amended and reported by the committee, this bill requires certain State contractors to provide members of the public with the option to submit certain information electronically.

      Under the bill, any State agency having authority to contract for the purchase of goods or services will require that, when the value of a contract is not less than $1 million, the contractor for such contract provides members of the public with the option to submit any required information electronically, when such information is required for the member of the public to establish eligibility to receive any goods, services, or benefits provided by the contractor pursuant to the contract.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amended the bill to remove the reference to the Division of Purchase and Property in the Department of the Treasury.