New Jersey A 3883: Prohibits board of education from providing instruction in family life education, sex education, sexual health, sexual orientation, or gender identity to students in preschool through grade four.

Bill Text

A3883 3R 

[Third Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3883 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblywoman� ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Assemblyman� JERRY WALKER

District 31 (Hudson)

Senator� M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Senator� PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Kearney, Assemblywomen Carter, Brennan, Haider, 
Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblyman Spearman, 
Assemblywoman Morales, Assemblyman Stanley, Assemblywomen Drulis, Swain, 
Assemblyman Tully, Senators McKnight and Timberlake

SYNOPSIS

����� Requires Governor�s 
Office of Volunteerism to promote and support volunteerism for compliance with 
certain eligibility requirements for NJ FamilyCare and SNAP recipients; 
appropriate $200,000 to DHS, Office of Volunteerism, and DOLWD. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As reported by the Assembly Budget Committee on June 
28, 2026, with amendments.

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An Act concerning 
volunteerism and compliance with NJ� FamilyCare and SNAP eligibility 
requirements, 1[and]1 
supplementing Title 30 of the Revised Statutes 1, and making an 
appropriation1.

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

���� 1.��� The 
Legislature finds and declares:

���� a.���� On 
July 4, 2025, the federal law 
known as the �One Big Beautiful Bill Act,� Pub.L.119-21, or OBBBA, was adopted, 
requiring New Jersey to implement various changes over the coming years to two 
of the State�s most critical safety-net programs:� NJ FamilyCare and the 
Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP.� 

���� b.��� NJ FamilyCare is New Jersey's State and 
federally funded health insurance program, comprised of Medicaid and the 
Children�s Health Insurance Program, that provides free or low-cost 
comprehensive healthcare coverage to over 1.8 million qualified residents, 
including children, pregnant individuals, single adults, parents, and those 
aged, blind, or disabled. 

���� c.���� SNAP is a nutrition 
assistance program, regulated by the federal government and implemented by the 
states, that provides cash benefits to supplement the grocery budgets of 
425,000 low-income households in New Jersey. 

���� d.��� Under OBBBA, the State 
is required to make changes to program eligibility that will jeopardize current 
and future beneficiaries� access to these programs. 

���� e.���� Notably, most 
non-disabled adults age 19 through 64 who qualify for NJ Family Care coverage 
will be newly required to engage in work or other community engagement 
activities for at least 80 hours per month.

���� f.���� This new NJ FamilyCare 
work requirement will be compounded by an additional OBBBA provision that 
mandates New Jersey to recertify eligibility for this population every six 
months, instead of the existing 12 month interval. 

���� g.��� Additionally, the 
existing work requirement under SNAP, which applies to individuals ages 18 through 54 who are able to work and do not 
have any dependents, will be expanded to include individuals up to age 64 and 
those individuals who have dependents over the age of 14. 

���� h.��� The Legislature fears that these requirements under OBBBA 
will inadvertently push thousands of NJ FamilyCare and SNAP beneficiaries out 
of these programs due to paperwork overload, administrative filing backups, 
confusion regarding compliance, and challenges in submitting documentation to 
demonstrate compliance.

���� i.���� However, because beneficiaries can comply with the 
requirements under both programs through volunteer hours, one avenue of response to preparing the 
State for implementation is to promote and support volunteerism. 

���� j.���� The Legislature, therefore, deems it necessary 
to maximize the State�s existing resources, and to establish any necessary new 
tools, to help residents find bona fide volunteer opportunities that will 
satisfy NJ FamilyCare and SNAP work requirements and to easily demonstrate 
compliance with these requirements via volunteer hours. 

���� 2.��� a. 
The 2[Department of Human Services shall work in collaboration 
with the]2 Governor�s Office of Volunteerism located in the 
Department of State, or any successor entity, 2shall 
work with the Department of Human Services2 1and 
the Department of Labor and Workforce Development,1 to modify and expand the State�s existing volunteer 
resources such that information is easily accessible to State residents 
regarding compliance, via volunteer hours or community service, with the 
Medicaid community engagement requirements, established in section 71119 of the 
federal �One Big Beautiful Bill Act,� Pub.L.119-21, 2on or before October 1, 20272 
and with the expanded work requirements for SNAP 
established in section 10102 of the federal �One Big Beautiful Bill 
Act,� Pub.