New Jersey S 1647: Permits holders of certain alcohol manufacturing licenses to offer retail memberships to customers.

Bill Text

S1647 

SENATE, No. 1647 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator ANDREW ZWICKER

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Senator RAJ MUKHERJI

District 32 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes certain protections for persons 
providing, receiving, or allowing children to receive gender-affirming health 
care.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning gender-affirming care, amending 
P.L.2004, c.147 (C.2A:34-53 et seq.), and supplementing Title 2A of the New 
Jersey Statutes, and Titles 9, 26, and 45 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.� Section 13 of P.L.2004, 
c.147 (C.2A:34-65) is amended to read as follows:

���� 13.� a.� Except as otherwise 
provided in section 16 of this act, or section 1 of P.L.2013, c.7 (C.9:2-12.1) 
concerning a service member's absence due to a deployment or service-related 
treatment as set forth in that section, a court of this State has jurisdiction 
to make an initial child custody determination only if:

���� (1)� this State is the home 
state of the child on the date of the commencement of the proceeding, or was 
the home state of the child within six months before the commencement of the 
proceeding and the child is absent from this State but a parent or person 
acting as a parent continues to live in this State;

���� (2)� a court of another state 
does not have jurisdiction under paragraph (1) of this subsection, or a court 
of the home state of the child has declined to exercise jurisdiction on the 
ground that this State is the more appropriate forum under section 19 or 20 of 
this act and:

���� (a)� the child and the child's 
parents, or the child and at least one parent or a person acting as a parent 
have a significant connection with this State other than mere physical 
presence; and

���� (b)� substantial evidence is 
available in this State concerning the child's care, protection, training and 
personal relationships;

���� (3)� all courts having 
jurisdiction under paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection have declined to 
exercise jurisdiction on the ground that a court of this State is the more 
appropriate forum to determine the custody of the child under section 19 or 20 
of this act; or

���� (4)� no state would have 
jurisdiction under paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of this subsection.

���� b.� Subsection a. of this 
section is the exclusive jurisdictional basis for making a child custody 
determination by a court of this State.

���� c.� Physical presence of, or 
personal jurisdiction over, a party or a child is neither necessary nor 
sufficient to make a child custody determination.

���� d.� A court of this State may 
assume temporary emergency jurisdiction in accordance with section 16 of this 
act.

���� e.� The presence of the 
child in this State for the purpose of receiving gender-affirming health care 
as defined in section 5 of P.L.,� c.�� (C������� ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill) is sufficient to meet the requirements of 
subparagraph (a) of paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section. 

(cf: P.L. 2013, c.7, s.2)

���� 2.� Section 16 of P.L.2004, 
c.147 (C. 2A:34-68) is amended to read as follows:

���� 16.� a.� A court of this State 
has temporary emergency jurisdiction if the child is present in this State and 
the child has been abandoned, or it is necessary in an emergency to 
protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child, is 
subjected to or threatened with mistreatment or abuse, or the child is 
unable to receive gender-affirming health care as defined in section 5 of 
P.L.���� c.,��� (C.��������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) in 
the child�s home state.

���� b.� If there is no previous 
child custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this act, and 
if no child custody proceeding has been commenced in a court of a state having 
jurisdiction under sections 13 through 15 of this act, a child custody 
determination made under this section remains in effect until an order is 
obtained from a court of a state having jurisdiction under sections 13 through 
15 of this act.� If a child custody proceeding has not been or is not commenced 
in a court of a state having jurisdiction under sections 13 through 15 of this 
act, a child custody determination made under this section becomes a final 
determination if:

���� (1)� it so provides; and

���� (2)� this State becomes the 
home state of the child.

���� c.� If there is a previous 
child custody determination that is entitled to be enforced under this act, or 
a child custody proceeding has been commenced in a court of a state having 
jurisdiction under sections 13 through 15 of this act, any order issued by a 
court of this State under this section must specify in the order a