New Jersey A 3626: Mandates certification of consent for being named as registered agent of corporation.

Bill Text

A3626 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3626 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman DONALD A. GUARDIAN

District 2 (Atlantic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires retail establishments to allow individuals 
with certain medical conditions access to employee restrooms.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning public health and supplementing Title 26 of 
the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� As used in this act:

���� �Customer� means an individual 
who is lawfully on the premises of a retail establishment who is not an 
employee of the establishment.

���� �Eligible medical condition� 
means Crohn�s disease, ulcerative colitis, any other inflammatory bowel 
disease, irritable bowel syndrome, or any medical condition that requires the 
use of an ostomy device or immediate access to a restroom.

���� �Retail establishment� means a 
place where merchandise is displayed, held, stored, sold or offered to the 
public for sale.� Retail establishment does not include a filling station or 
service station, with a structure of 800 square feet or less, that has an 
employee restroom within that structure.

���� 2.��� a.� Notwithstanding any 
provision of law to the contrary, a retail establishment that has a restroom 
solely for the use of its employees shall allow a customer to use the restroom 
during normal business hours if the restroom is safe, and all the following 
conditions are met:

���� (1)�� the customer requesting 
the use of the restroom suffers from an eligible medical condition;

���� (2)�� three or more employees 
of the retail establishment are working at the time the customer requests the 
use of the restroom;

���� (3)�� the retail establishment 
does not normally make a restroom available to the public;

���� (4)�� the restroom is not 
located in an area where providing public access would create an obvious health 
or safety risk to the customer or a security risk to the retail establishment; 
and

���� (5)�� a public restroom is not 
immediately accessible to the customer.

���� b.��� Nothing in this act 
shall be construed to require the retail establishment to make any physical 
changes to its restroom.

���� 3.��� A retail establishment 
or an employee of a retail establishment shall not be civilly liable for any 
act or omission in allowing a customer with an eligible medical condition to 
use a restroom that is solely for the use of employees if the act or omission:

���� a.���� is not willful or 
grossly negligent;

���� b.��� occurs in an area of the 
retail establishment that is not accessible to the public; and

���� c.���� results in an injury to 
or death of a customer or any individual other than an employee accompanying 
the customer.

���� 4.��� a.� A proprietor or an 
employee of a retail establishment who violates the provisions of this act 
shall be guilty of a petty disorderly persons offense and shall be fined not 
more than $500 for each violation.

���� b.��� The Department of Health 
or the local board of health or the board, body or officers exercising the 
functions of the local board of health according to law, upon written complaint 
or having reason to suspect that a retail establishment covered by the provisions 
of this act is or may be in violation of the provisions of this act, shall, by 
written notification, advise the person having control of the establishment 
accordingly and order appropriate action to be taken.� In addition to the 
penalty provided herein, the court may order immediate compliance with the 
provisions of this act.

���� c.���� A penalty recovered 
under the provisions of this act shall be recovered by and in the name of the 
Commissioner of Health or by and in the name of the local board of health. When 
the plaintiff is the Commissioner of Health, the penalty recovered shall be paid 
by the commissioner into the treasury of the State.� When the plaintiff is a 
local board of health, the penalty recovered shall be paid by the local board 
into the treasury of the municipality where the violation occurred.

���� d.��� A municipal court shall 
have jurisdiction over proceedings to enforce and collect any penalty imposed 
because of a violation of this act if the violation has occurred within the 
territorial jurisdiction of the court.� The proceedings shall be summary and in 
accordance with the �Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999,� P.L.1999, c.274 
(C.2A:58-10 et seq.).� Process shall be in the nature of a summons or warrant 
and shall issue only at the suit of the Commissioner of Health, or the local 
board of health, as the case may be, as plaintiff.

���� 5.��� This act shall take 
effect on the 60th day after the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a retail 
establishment that has a restroom solely for the use of its empl