STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED MARCH 23, 2026
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ANTHONY ANGELOZZI
District 8 (Atlantic and Burlington)
Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER
District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman VINCENT M. "VINNIE" KEARNEY
District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Haider
SYNOPSIS
Permits county vocational schools to operate State House Annex cafe.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the State House cafe and supplementing P.L.1999, c.146.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Business Enterprise New Jersey program administered by the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the Department of Human Services shall permit county vocational schools to operate the State House Annex cafe.
The Department of Human Services shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations as necessary to implement this act.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month next following enactment, except that the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the Department of Human Services may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
Under this bill, the Business Enterprise New Jersey (BENJ) program administered by the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired of the Department of Human Services will allow county vocational schools to operate the State House Annex cafe. Current law provides for the operation of the State House cafe through the BENJ, but only by visually impaired persons.