NJ A4322

Authorizes the Governor to issue an executive order during a federal government shutdown prohibiting the removal of eligible residents from residential properties due to eviction or foreclosure proceedings

Defines eligible residents as furloughed federal employees receiving unemployment benefits, federal workers not being paid during the shutdown, or recipients of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Allows eviction and foreclosure proceedings to continue during the shutdown, but stays enforcement of judgments for possession, warrants of removal, and writs of possession

Permits exceptions to the stay when a court determines enforcement is necessary in the interest of justice, or when eviction is not based on nonpayment, habitual late payment, or failure to pay rent increases

Executive order protections would remain in effect for up to one month following the end of the federal government shutdown