February 3, 2025

Governor Murphy Takes Action on Legislation

TRENTON – Today, Governor Murphy signed the following bills into law:

A-1899/S-1981 (Conaway, Speight/Vitale, Mukherji) – Expands authority of pharmacy technician in administering drugs and vaccines and permits certain pharmacists and pharmacy interns, externs, and technicians to administer COVID-19 vaccine

A-3414/SCS for S-2245 (Murphy, Lampitt, Speight/Ruiz, Turner, McKnight) – Modifies regulation of student permits by NJ State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling and establishes oversight of individuals seeking employment as shampoo technicians

A-3894/S-2580 (Murphy, Quijano/Bucco, Singleton) – Amends certain fire safety statutes to update licensure and equipment requirements and liability, fee, and penalty provisions; expands membership of Fire Protection Equipment Advisory Committee

A-5117/S-3994 (Greenwald/Beach, Sarlo) – Modifies number of signatures required for candidates to be placed on primary, general, nonpartisan municipal, and school election ballots; requires Secretary of State to publish certain nominating petition forms by January 1 of each year