Laws · New Jersey · A796
A796: Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.
New Jersey, 2026-2027 Regular Session. Signed, July 7, 2026.
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A796 at a glance
Status Signed Signed, .
No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.
Measure Bill.
Number A796, as its own legislature prints it. The record files it under A. 796, which is the form this page's address and every export use. The two forms are the same measure. The record normalizes a number so a reader can search one way across fifty states; the legislature's own form is the one printed here.
Sponsors David Bailey (D); Joe Danielsen (D); Clinton Calabrese (D); Eliana Marin (D); John Burzichelli (D); John McKeon (D); Margie Donlon (D); Shanique Speight (D); Luanne Peterpaul (D); Michael Venezia (D); Robert Karabinchak (D); Rosy Bagolie (D); Balvir Singh (D); Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D); Ravi Bhalla (D); Katie Brennan (D); William Moen (D); Andrew Macurdy (D); Christopher Tully (D); Lisa Swain (D); Shirley Turner (D); James Beach (D); Paul Moriarty (D); Patrick Diegnan (D); Troy Singleton (D); Raj Mukherji (D); Joseph Cryan (D); Linda Greenstein (D); Angela Mcknight (D)
Subjects Bills and Joint Resolutions Signed by the Governor The legislature's own list.
Official page www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A796. Found through LegiScan (bill 2099196), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- July 7, 2026 Signed
A. 796 was signed. njleg.state.nj.us primary source [1] The official action text: Approved P.L.2026, c.32..
- June 30, 2026 Passed second chamber
A. 796 passed the Senate. njleg.state.nj.us primary source [1] The official action text: Passed by the Senate (27-11).
- June 30, 2026 Passed first chamber
A. 796 passed the Senate. njleg.state.nj.us primary source [1] The official action text: Passed by the Senate (27-11).
- March 23, 2026 Passed first chamber
A. 796 passed the General Assembly. njleg.state.nj.us primary source [1] The official action text: Passed by the Assembly (55-18-0).
- March 19, 2026 In committee
A. 796 went to committee in the General Assembly. njleg.state.nj.us primary source [1] The official action text: Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading.
- February 12, 2026 In committee
A. 796 went to committee in the General Assembly. njleg.state.nj.us primary source [1] The official action text: Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading.
- January 13, 2026 In committee
A. 796 went to committee in the General Assembly. njleg.state.nj.us primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.
- January 13, 2026 Introduced
A. 796 was introduced in the General Assembly. njleg.state.nj.us primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.
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Data Center Record, "A796: Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.", https://datacenterrecord.org/bills/nj-2026-a-796. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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