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Bill Text

A4127 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4127 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes permanent task force to review and guide 
implementation of process improvement programs for government entities based on 
Lean Six Sigma management approach. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning the review and implementation of 
process improvement programs for government entities and supplementing Title 52 
of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.� a. �There is established 
within, but not of, the Department of the Treasury, a Process Improvement 
Program Task Force.� The purpose of the task force shall be to:

���� (1)�� conduct a comprehensive 
review initially, and periodic reviews thereafter, to identify, assess, and 
select those government processes in the State, a county, a municipality, or a 
board of education of a local school district that would benefit from the implementation 
of a process improvement program utilizing the Lean Six Sigma management 
approach;

���� (2)�� develop a priority order 
for the implementation of process improvement programs utilizing the Lean Six 
Sigma management approach for those government processes selected;

���� (3)�� develop recommendations 
and guidelines for the manner of implementation of a process improvement 
program for each government process selected; and

���� (4)�� provide guidance and 
monitoring on a continuing basis for each process improvement program.

���� The task force shall conduct, 
periodically as deemed appropriate, a review and assessment of each program 
that has been implemented and make recommendations and provide guidelines, as 
may be deemed necessary and appropriate, for the continued implementation.

���� b.��� The task force shall be 
comprised of:

���� (1)�� the head of each State 
department in the Executive Branch of State government, serving ex officio;

���� (2)�� such other State 
officers or employees as the Governor shall deem appropriate; 

���� (3)�� three members of the 
public appointed by the Governor as follows: one member upon the recommendation 
of the New Jersey Association of Counties, one member upon the recommendation 
of the New Jersey League of Municipalities, and one member upon the recommendation 
of the New Jersey School Boards Association; and

���� (4)�� three members of the 
public appointed by the Governor with education, training, or experience in the 
management approach called Lean Six Sigma, preferably with some education, 
training, or experience in the application of the approach in the public sector.

���� c.���� The other State 
officers and employees and the members of the public shall serve at the 
pleasure of the Governor.� The six members of the public shall serve without 
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance 
of their duties within the limits of funds made available for that purpose.

���� d.��� The members of the task 
force shall meet within 30 days following the effective date of P.L.��� , c.��� 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill).� Thereafter, the members of the 
task force shall meet at least once each calendar month for the first 12 months 
and at least quarterly in each succeeding 12-month period.

���� e.���� At the direction of the 
task force, each department, agency, commission, or board of the State, a 
county, a municipality, and a board of education of a local school district 
shall conduct an initial comprehensive review and assessment of all government 
processes performed within that department, agency, commission, or board for 
the purpose of identifying which of those could benefit from the implementation 
of a process improvement program utilizing the Lean Six Sigma management 
approach.� The task force shall provide such information in such adequate 
detail to each department, agency, commission, and board as to ensure that each 
review and assessment results in a comprehensive report that is focused, 
specific, and useful.� Each department, agency, commission, or board shall 
submit its review and assessment to the task force, in writing, within 60 days 
following receipt of the request by the task force for the review and 
assessment.

���� f.���� The task force shall 
issue a written report within six months following the effective date of P.L.�� 
, c.�� (pending before the Legislature as this bill), and in each year 
thereafter, describing in detail the reviews, assessments, selections, 
recommendations, and guidelines of the task force; the probable impact of the 
implementation of each process improvement program and the progress and results 
of each program since the last report; and the identification of those rules, 
regulations, codes, ordinances, and statutes administered by a department, 
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