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NJ A5933

Bill

Status

Introduced

7/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Victoria Flynn

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires all New Jersey counties without a county mosquito control commission to establish one within one year, with members appointed per existing statutory requirements; currently only Camden, Middlesex, Ocean, and Warren counties have such commissions

  • Expands State aid appropriations for mosquito extermination airplane spraying from only Atlantic Ocean-bordering counties to all counties statewide

  • Mandates each county mosquito control commission submit annual reports by November 1 to the State Mosquito Control Commission, detailing control activities, methods used (source reduction, biological, chemical), surveillance data, and costs

  • Requires the State Mosquito Control Commission to develop statewide mosquito control guidelines within two years, including best management practices, control techniques, water management information, and criteria for when action is needed

  • Renames "county mosquito extermination commissions" to "county mosquito control commissions" and updates statutory references from "board of chosen freeholders" to "board of county commissioners"

Legislative Description

Requires all counties to establish mosquito control commissions and report certain mosquito control activities to State Mosquito Control Commission; requires State Mosquito Control Commission to develop guidelines to aid county commissions.

Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee

7/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee7/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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