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Bill Text

A4935 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4935 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 7, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� KENYATTA STEWART

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires State agencies to provide information 
regarding living donations; appropriates $1 million. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning State agencies and living donation 
information, supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes, and making an 
appropriation.� 

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� a.� Each State agency, in 
consultation with the Department of Human Services, shall provide information for the purpose of educating the public 
about living donations.� The information shall be provided in both a hard copy paper 
form at each State agency location and prominently posted in a digital format 
on the respective agency�s Internet website, and in any other location and 
manner as the department deems appropriate.

���� b.� The Department of Human 
Services shall provide each State agency with the appropriate information for 
distribution to the public and shall update the information as necessary and 
appropriate, but not less than on a biennial basis.� 

���� c.� As used in this section:� 

���� �Living donation� means the 
donation of an anatomical gift by a living donor for the purpose of 
transplantation into another individual.

���� "State agency" means 
any State department in the executive branch, and any authority, commission, 
office, department, division, bureau, board, or instrumentality thereof, 
including any State college or public institution of higher education, but not 
including local government units.

���� d.� The Department of Human 
Services shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," 
P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be 
necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

���� 2.� There is appropriated from 
the General Fund to the Department of Human Services the sum of $1,000,000 to 
effectuate the purposes of this act, P.L.�� , c.�� (C.�� ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill).� 

���� 3. �This act shall take effect 
immediately.� 

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires each State 
agency, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, to provide 
information for the purpose of educating the public about living donations.� The 
information will be provided in both a hard copy paper form at each State 
agency location and prominently posted in a digital format on the respective 
agency�s Internet websites.

���� The Department of Human 
Services will provide each State agency with the appropriate information for 
distribution to the public and will update the information on no less than a 
biennial basis.� 

���� The bill defines �living 
donation� to mean the donation of an anatomical gift by a living donor for the 
purpose of transplantation into another individual.

���� The bill also appropriates 
from the General Fund to the Department of Human Services the sum of $1,000,000 
to effectuate the purposes of this bill.� �