A 5325 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Reduces business formation fees.

This bill reduces filing fees for businesses in New Jersey, directly affecting corporations and foreign entities seeking to form, amend, or dissolve their legal status. It lowers the cost for filing original certificates of incorporation from $125 to $100 and reduces the fee for restated certificates from $75 to $50. Additionally, the legislation adjusts charges for various administrative actions, such as mergers, amendments, and annual reports, while introducing a tiered fee structure for bulk changes to registered agent addresses based on the number of corporations involved.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Jun 23, 2026 Signed Jun 30, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
3
Committee
1
Jun 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0)
upper
Jun 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed by the Assembly (78-0-1)
lower
Jun 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 23, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee
lower
2 primary · 6 co-sponsors

Sponsors