SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4113

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 24, 2026

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 4113.

      As reported, this bill will enter New Jersey into the Athletic Training Compact.  The compact establishes a multistate license system in which an individual licensed as an athletic trainer needs only to obtain licensure in one state that is a party to the compact in order to practice as an athletic trainer in another member state to the compact, so long as certain requirements established under the compact are met by the individual.  Under the bill, provisions are established regarding, among other items, the authority of a member state’s licensing authority; how an adverse action against a multistate licensee is managed; the set-up of the Athletic Trainer Compact Commission and its Executive Committee; the collection of data on member states; and how to withdraw from the compact, if sought by a member state.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) concludes that entering the State into the interstate Athletic Trainer Compact will result in an annual indeterminate State expenditure increase and State revenue decrease.

      The OLS cannot quantify the net fiscal impact of the bill given the lack of sufficient information regarding:  (1) the increase in operating expenses from joining the Athletic Trainer Compact and regulating additional out-of-state athletic trainers who practice in New Jersey; and (2) the decrease in license fee revenues from an unknown number of athletic trainers practicing in this State who reside in other compact states who no longer will apply for a New Jersey license

      The OLS finds, however, that the State’s participation in the Athletic Trainer Compact may result in ongoing operating costs for New Jersey’s State Board of Medical Examiners, which licenses certified athletic trainers, and may result in one-time expenditures from any modification that may have to be made to existing athletic trainer licenses to comply with compact requirements.

      As the board is required statutorily to pay for its operating expenses out of its fee collections, the OLS notes that the board may adjust its license fee amounts, if necessary, to account for any significant changes in its finances due to joining the Athletic Trainer Compact.