A 3389 — Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.

A3389 1R [First Reprint] ASSEMBLY, No.

3389 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 222nd LEGISLATURE   PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION     Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman LopezLopez, andAssemblymen Assemblyman Bailey and Calabrese         SYNOPSIS      Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.

  CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT      IntroducedAs Pendingreported Technicalby Reviewthe byAssembly LegislativeRegulated Counsel.Professions Committee on May 4, 2026, with amendments.

       1.    Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the majority of the members present at a meeting of a professional board, committee or other entity designated in section 1 of P.L.1971, c.60 (C.45:1-2.1), including at a meeting with two members in attendance if one of the members in attendence1[attendence] attendance1 is the chair of the entity, shall constitute a quorum for the sole purpose of processing applications for licensure that do not require legal review due to adverse information in any statutorily-required criminal history record background check if, after a 90-day period, the entity is:is1[:

     (1)(1)]1 unable to achieve a quorum due1[due to vacancies in the membership of the entity;

or      (2)   only able to achieve a quorum if every current member of the entity is present for each meeting.meeting] in accordance with the statutory requirements governing that entity1.

       2.   12.  If, upon expiration of this act, a board, committee, or entity does not have the requisite number of members required to sustain a quorum pursuant to the individual statute governing the board, committee, or entity, the board, committee, or entity shall submit a written report to the Legislature with a recommendation for another board, committee, or entity with which it should be merged.  The report shall be submitted within 30 days of the expiration of section 1 of this act.1        1[2.] 3.1     This act shall take effect immediately.

 1Section   STATEMENT         This bill updates current law by establishing that a quorum exists for the sole purpose of processingthis applicationsact forshall licensureexpire withone majorityyear ofafter the memberseffective presentdate.  atSection a2 meeting of athis professionalact board,shall committeeexpire oron other entity, overseen by the Division31st ofday Consumerafter Affairs in the Departmentexpiration of Lawsection and1.1  Public Safety or other State agency.  This includes a meeting with two members in attendance if one of those members is the chair of the entity.  This quorum standard is applicable to applications that do not require legal review due to adverse information in any statutorily-required criminal history record background check and if after a 90-day period, the entity is:

(1) unable to achieve a quorum due to vacancies in the membership of the entity;

or (2) only able to achieve a quorum if every current member of the entity is present for each meeting.