A 796 New Jersey 222 session

Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.**

Status

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Floor vote
  4. Passed
  5. Enacted

Passed one chamber — last recorded action July 7, 2026

Approved P.L.2026, c.32.

Passage likelihood

95% Higher than most bills at this stage

This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.

What the estimate is based on

  • Historical base rate About 20% of introduced state bills are enacted.
  • Current stage Passed one chamber.
  • Cosponsors 28 cosponsors.

State-level impact

State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.

Official actions

  1. Approved P.L.2026, c.32.
  2. Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (59-18-0)
  3. Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
  4. Passed by the Senate (27-11)
  5. Substituted for S731 (3R)
  6. Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)
  7. Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)
  8. Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
  9. Passed by the Assembly (55-18-0)
  10. Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
  11. Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee
  12. Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
  13. Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
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