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Bill Text

A4483 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4483 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 24, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� KENYATTA STEWART

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman� CHIGOZIE U. ONYEMA

District 28 (Essex and Union)

Assemblywoman� CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER

District 28 (Essex and Union)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson

SYNOPSIS

���� "Justin Christian El-Abiad, Robert E. Dwight, 
Jr., Raquan Ellis, Zahir Atkins, and Sebastien Manzalaoui Act"; revises 
window guard requirements in certain residential rental units and multiple 
dwellings.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning window guards in certain residential rental 
units and multiple dwellings, amending and supplementing P.L.1995, c.120, and 
supplementing P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.) and Title 40 of the Revised 
Statutes.

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

���� 1.� Section 1 of P.L.1995, 
c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.��� As used in [this act] P.L.1995, 
c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.):

���� ["child-protection window 
guard" or] 
"window guard" means a bar, screen or grille assembly designed to be 
installed in a window for the purpose of preventing accidental fall or ejection 
of a [child] person 
through the window.� It shall be so designed, constructed and installed that no 
person [of 
the age of 10 years or younger] 
may through accident, ignorance or inadvertence, remove, open or dislodge it so 
as to permit such fall or ejection.� Such window guards shall conform to 
specifications developed by the [commissioner] Commissioner 
of Community Affairs regarding design, construction and installation so as 
to accomplish the purpose of [this 
act] P.L.1995, 
c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.).� A municipality may adopt standards that 
afford tenants greater protections than are provided pursuant to the 
commissioner's specifications.� A window guard installed pursuant to 
P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.) shall include a chime, or other sound 
producing capability, that meets certain specifications determined by the 
commissioner.� Additionally, a window on which a window guard is required to be 
installed shall be made of glass and shall be installed by a qualified 
contractor.

���� The commissioner's 
specifications for double hung windows shall ensure that window guards protect 
the full openable area of each lower window.� The specifications shall provide 
that all window guards shall be designed and installed as to ensure that any space 
between the lowest section of the top horizontal bar of the window guard and 
the bottom of the upper sash is less than four inches.� Installation of rigid 
metal stops in the upper tracks of a bottom window or other attempts to limit 
the ability to raise the bottom window shall not be an acceptable method of 
satisfying the specifications provided for in this section.� Window stops may 
be utilized as a safety enhancement when used in addition to installed window 
guards.

���� "common interest 
community" means a horizontal property regime, condominium, cooperative, 
or mutual housing corporation in which some of the property, known as common 
elements, is owned as tenants-in-common by all of the property owners.

���� "person with a 
disability" means a person with a disability, as defined in subsection q. 
of section 5 of P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-5), or a person with an intellectual 
disability, as defined in N.J.S.3B:1-2.

���� "qualified 
contractor" means a contractor certified by the Department of Community 
Affairs pursuant to section 10 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.��������� ) (pending 
before the Legislature as this bill).

���� "unit owners' 
association" means the association organized for the purpose of management 
of the common elements and facilities of a common interest community.

(cf: P.L.2006, c.55, s.1.)

���� 2.� Section 2 of P.L.1995, 
c.120 (C.55:13A-7.13) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2. a. (1) Except as provided 
in subsection b. of this section, the owner, lessor, agent or other person who 
manages or controls a multiple dwelling, other than a multiple dwelling which 
is part of a common interest community, shall [, 
upon the written request of a tenant of a unit in which a child or children 10 
years of age or under reside or will reside or are regularly present for a 
substantial period of time,] 
provide, install and maintain approved [child-protection] window guards 
on the windows of the dwelling unit and on any windows in the public halls of a 
multiple dwelling in which any child or children [of such age] 13 years 
of age or under, or a person with a disability, reside or are regularly 
present for a substantial period of time.

���� (2) (a) Except as provided in 
subsection b. of this section, the owner, lessor, agent, or other person 
who controls a unit of dwelling space in a multiple dwelling within a common 
inte