No budget yet as NJ once more approaches deadline

June 23, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org

State lawmakers have once again put themselves up against a tight deadline to pass a new budget that will fund everything from direct property-tax relief programs to state aid for public schools and mass transit.

As the last full week of the fiscal year begins, lawmakers have still not introduced the spending bill that will become the state’s next annual budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Under the New Jersey Constitution, state government is required to shut down if an annual spending bill is not introduced, approved in both the Senate and Assembly and signed into law by the governor, all by July 1.

To be sure, some time still remains for action. The current group of legislative leaders, in recent years, has not shied away from holding marathon voting sessions during the final days of June to ensure compliance with the constitutional deadline.

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