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Bill Text

A4421 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4421 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

wAssemblyman� JAY WEBBER

District 26 (Morris and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires public institution of higher education to 
annually submit capital projects report to Secretary of Higher Education; 
requires secretary to post reports on website. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning capital projects at public 
institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 3B of Title 18A of 
the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� Each public 
institution of higher education in the State shall annually submit a capital 
projects report to the Secretary of Higher Education.� The report shall 
include, but not be limited to, the following information: the name and 
description of each project in the planning or construction phase; the location 
of the project; estimated cost; projected completion date; the progress of 
completion to date; sources of funding; the amount of funds from each source; 
the amount of any bonds to be issued for the project by the State, the 
institution, the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, or the county, as 
applicable, and the schedule for the issuance of those bonds; and the total 
amount of the institution�s bonded indebtedness.� The report shall be submitted 
to the secretary by January 1 of each year.

���� b.��� The secretary shall make 
each institution�s capital projects report, required pursuant to subsection a. 
of this section, available for public inspection on its website in an easily 
accessible location.

���� c.���� As used in this act, a 
�public institution of higher education� means: Rutgers, The State University; 
the New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rowan University; Montclair State 
University; Kean University; a State college or university established pursuant 
to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes; a county college and any 
other public university or college now or hereafter established or authorized 
by State law. 

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

STATEMENT

���� Under this bill, a public 
institution of higher education in the State will be required to submit a 
capital projects report to the Secretary of Higher Education by January 1 of 
each year. �The report will include, but not be limited to, the following 
information: the name and description of each project in the planning or 
construction phase; the location of the project; estimated cost; projected 
completion date; the progress of completion to date; sources of funding; the 
amount of funds from each source; the amount of any bonds to be issued for the 
project by the State, the institution, the New Jersey Educational Facilities 
Authority, or the county, as applicable, and the schedule for the issuance of 
those bonds; and the total amount of the institution�s bonded indebtedness.

���� The bill also requires the 
Secretary of Higher Education to make each institution�s capital projects 
report available for public inspection on its website in an easily accessible 
location.