Directs BPU to adopt rules and regulations concerning small modular nuclear reactors; authorizes EDA to incentivize construction and operation of such reactors.
This bill directs New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to create rules and regulations for small modular nuclear reactors, defined as reactors with up to 300 megawatts of capacity that require U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing. It authorizes the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) to use funds from the Global Warming Solutions Fund to incentivize construction and operation of these reactors. The BPU must consider whether proposed reactors will replace capacity lost from retiring coal or natural gas facilities and whether they will create job opportunities for workers displaced by those retirements. The bill also requires reactor owners to meet all federal requirements before storing spent nuclear fuel on-site.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2024
Committee Review
Oct 2025
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 2, 2024
Last action Oct 20, 2025
Floor votes · General Assembly Jun 30, 2025
How they voted
78–0
Passed
Total votes 78
Jun 30, 2025
D
Democratic50
100% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Oct 20, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
upper
Jun 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (80-0-0)
lower
Jun 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
May 2, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
lower
3 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Tully
DDemocratic
P
Cody Miller
DDemocratic
P
Robert Karabinchak
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Moen
DDemocratic
Co
Clinton Calabrese
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Hutchison
DDemocratic
Co
Dawn Fantasia
RRepublican
Co
Don Guardian
RRepublican
Co
Mike Inganamort
RRepublican
Co
Mitchelle Drulis
DDemocratic
Co
Roy Freiman
DDemocratic
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