S 1276 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Establishes Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together Program.

S 1276 establishes New Jersey's ARRIVE Together Program within the Department of Law and Public Safety. The bill requires law enforcement agencies (including state police, county departments, and municipal forces) to contract with mental health providers to respond to mental health or substance use crises instead of police-only interventions, offering 24/7 services. It mandates confidentiality for all personal information collected during these responses, prohibiting public disclosure except with consent or for legal requirements. The program also creates coordinator roles for law enforcement agencies and county prosecutors to implement the guidelines, making a 2022 pilot program permanent. This directly affects individuals in mental health crises and law enforcement agencies participating in the program.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Jun 11, 2026

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What changed between versions

Technical Review Of Prefiled Bill → Introduced · 3 edits · Jan 13, 2026

MINOR

This is a technical cleanup moving the bill from its prefiled status to its introduced version. The substantive policy content remains unchanged; edits are limited to minor punctuation fixes, a small terminology change (guidance to Directive), and the standard addition of a legislative statement summarizing the bill's purpose.

TECHNICAL

Changed 'Attorney General guidance' to 'Attorney General Directive' in the confidentiality provision, slightly narrowing the scope of what is overridden by the confidentiality exemption.

Added a legislative statement at the end of the bill summarizing its purpose and key provisions, which is standard for introduced bills in New Jersey.

Minor punctuation and word-order fixes throughout, including comma adjustments, capitalization of 'C.410', addition of 'such' before 'victim,' and rewording of 'alleged to be or suspected of' to 'alleged or suspected to be.'

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Committee

Jun 11, 2026

Committee

Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

upper

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor