Requires certain municipalities to include certain information concerning beach costs and revenues in municipality's public access plan.
This bill (A5755) requires New Jersey municipalities that operate public beaches with fee-based access to include specific financial details in their public access plans. It mandates that these municipalities provide: (1) an itemized budget of actual beach operation costs from the previous season, (2) the revenue generated from beach fees for that season, (3) a projected cost budget for the upcoming season, and (4) an explanation of how any excess revenue (revenue exceeding costs) will be spent. The requirement applies specifically to the "public access plan element" of municipal master plans under the Municipal Land Use Law (P.L.1975, c.291). This transparency measure directly affects beach-operating municipalities and aims to clarify how public beach finances are managed.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2026
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 12, 2025
Last action Jan 6, 2026
Floor votes · General Assembly Dec 22, 2025
How they voted
83–23
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 118
Dec 22, 2025
D
Democratic80
90% Yea
R
Republican38
60% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jan 6, 2026
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
upper
Dec 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (51-23-0)
lower
Dec 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 12, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Margie Donlon
DDemocratic
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