RESOURCES
Easy-to-use downloadables posters with information for parents and interactive games for kids! Spanish versions are also available!
Interactive map of sites where lead has been found as well as key information about each site. List of potential sites to test also listed!
Important Legislative Changes
Last updated January 16, 2026 8:15PM EST.
A2882 *STALLED in Children, Families and Food Security Committee
Status: In Committee as of January 2024.
Requires schools to test drinking water every 2 years, install certified filters on regularly used fountains and faucets, and go through specific protocols if lead levels exceed 5 parts per billion (ppm)
NJ Lead Service Line Replacement
Status: Currently Enacting
Requires every public water system to identify, publicly report, and fully replace all lead and galvanized service lines by 2031.
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Status: Passed Assembly (both houses) as of December 2025.
Requires licensed healthcare officials to test pregnant patients for lead, notify them of risks and test household members under six for lead, and ensure data confidentiality.
A572 *STALLED IN Assembly Education Committee
Status: Introduced as of January 2024.
A572/S988 Requires N.J. Department of Energy (DOE) and the N.J. Department of Children and Families (DCF) to create online reporting systems for schools/child care centers to report lead testing results.
A2830 *STALLED IN Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee
Status: Introduced as of January 2024
Allows common-law public nuisance lawsuits related to lead paint (and adjusts Attorney General constraints in lead-paint nuisance actions)
A4623 *STALLED IN Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee
Status: Introduced as of January 2024
Streamlines New Jersey’s lead-based paint inspection laws by expanding municipal inspection options, adjusting exemption and certification timelines, shifting certain reporting requirements, modernizing education and data standards, and repealing duplicative state inspection mandates under the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law.
A2938 *STALLED IN Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee
Status: Introduced as of January 2024
Mandates that landlords of qualifying child care facilities who decline lead service line replacement must install and maintain water filtration systems.