Sen. Shirley Turner says the restriction on law enforement at election sites and ballot drop boxes is needed to guard against voter intimidation and supression.
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal last week announced that his office would be updating guidelines on use of force, which have been unchanged in 20 years.
A proposed constitutional amendment will be before voters next November after it barely achieved the needed three-fifths supermajority in the legislature.
As a new law that bans smoking in parks and beaches takes effect, a new push is being made to stop people from lighting up in other recreational areas all over New Jersey.
More than two dozen Urban Enterprise Zones are operating in cities across the Garden State, charging customers half the normal sales tax. But the UEZs are set to expire over the next couple of years.
A measure being considered for a third time by New Jersey lawmakers would require public school districts to provide a daily recess period of at least 20 minutes for students from kindergarten through fifth grade.