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NJ A4112
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/19/2026
Primary Sponsor
Carol Murphy
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AI Summary
- Sign language interpreters must provide simultaneous interpretation at all New Jersey Senate and General Assembly sessions, beginning 7 months after the bill's enactment
- Committee meetings and hearings of standing reference committees must have sign language interpretation starting 25 months after enactment
- Requirements apply to both in-person and remote video proceedings
- Department of Human Services will provide interpreters in coordination with the Office of Legislative Services
- Sign language is defined as a visual-gestural language incorporating facial grammatical markers, physical affect markers, spatial linguistic information, fingerspelling, and hand signs
Legislative Description
Requires sign language interpreters for sessions and committee meetings of Legislature.
State and Local Government
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
2/19/2026
Committee Referrals
State and Local Government2/19/2026
Full Bill Text
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