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All 10 tracked preemption laws for New Jersey.

Overview

All tracked preemption laws for New Jersey. Click any law for its trigger predicate, preempted fields, and source citation.

Laws tracked
10
Preempted fields
26
Required city attrs
10
Last reviewed
2026-04-19
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Tracked laws

New Jersey A4 / S50 — Affordable Housing Act of 20242 fields
Effective
2024-03-20
Authority
state · scope: state:NJ
ID
NJ_A4_AFFORDABLE_HOUSING_ACT_2024
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New Jersey S3442 — Office-to-Residential Conversion By-Right4 fields
Effective
2024-01-16
Authority
state · scope: state:NJ
ID
NJ_S3442_OFFICE_TO_RESIDENTIAL_CONVERSION_2024
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New Jersey Highlands — Preservation Area Council Preemption4 fields
Effective
2004-08-10
Authority
state · scope: state:NJ
ID
NJ_HIGHLANDS_PRESERVATION_AREA
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New Jersey Transit Village Program — TOD Incentive Overlay3 fields
Effective
1999-04-01
Authority
state · scope: state:NJ
ID
NJ_TRANSIT_VILLAGE_PROGRAM
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New Jersey Fair Housing Act — Statutory Fair Share Framework2 fields
Effective
1985-07-02
Authority
state · scope: state:NJ
ID
NJ_FAIR_HOUSING_ACT_NJSA_52_27D_301
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New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Program — Economic Incentive Overlay0 fields
Effective
1983-08-15
Authority
state · scope: state:NJ
ID
NJ_URBAN_ENTERPRISE_ZONE_UEZ
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New Jersey Pinelands — Comprehensive Management Plan Preemption4 fields
Effective
1981-01-14
Authority
state · scope: state:NJ
ID
NJ_PINELANDS_COMMISSION_PREEMPTION
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New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law — ADU Permissive Framework1 field
Effective
1976-01-14
Authority
state · scope: state:NJ
ID
NJ_MLUL_ADU_STATEWIDE_NJSA_40_55D
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New Jersey Mount Laurel Doctrine — Constitutional Fair Share Obligation2 fields
Effective
1975-03-24
Authority
state · scope: state:NJ
ID
NJ_MOUNT_LAUREL_FAIR_SHARE_DOCTRINE
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New Jersey Meadowlands District — NJSEA Zoning Preemption4 fields
Effective
1969-01-13
Authority
state · scope: state:NJ
ID
NJ_MEADOWLANDS_DISTRICT_NJSEA
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Required city attributes

Required city attributes

The evaluator needs these city-level facts present to resolve whether a given law's predicate fires.

  • population
  • county_population
  • mount_laurel_round
  • fair_share_obligation_remaining
  • fair_share_plan_status
  • is_in_pinelands
  • is_in_highlands_preservation
  • is_in_meadowlands_district
  • transit_village_designation
  • is_uez_designated