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NJ S705
Bill
Status
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
John Burzichelli
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AI Summary
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Requires the State Treasurer and Chief Technology Officer to create a free, searchable public website displaying annual State expenditures, revenues, and bonded indebtedness data from fiscal year 2000 onward.
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Website must include agency disbursements, employee salaries, vendor payments, bond debt details, tax receipts, federal grants, and other financial information from the central accounting and payroll systems.
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Establishes a 13-member Public Finance Transparency Committee within the Department of the Treasury, including legislators, state officials, and public members, to advise on website development and expansion.
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Financial data must be posted within 45 days after each fiscal year ends and cannot be removed from the website once posted.
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Website accessibility requirements take effect on the first business day of the seventh month after enactment; private, personal, or confidential information protected by law is exempt from disclosure.
Legislative Description
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
1/13/2026