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NJ A4112

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/19/2026

Primary Sponsor

Carol Murphy

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Origin

General Assembly

2026-2027 Regular Session

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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