Allows child day care providers an extension of time to make necessary changes or accommodations to their facility to meet licensing requirements

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Marianne Buttenschon and 1 co-sponsor

Age‑restricted development associations must provide reasonable remote attendance options for executive board meetings.

REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Summary — A6078 (A6078A introduced version)

Note: The bill header provided names a child day care subject; however, the introduced version text supplied and used for this summary concerns remote meeting access requirements for age‑restricted planned real estate developments (senior/55+ communities). This summary addresses the age‑restricted development bill language contained in the introduced version.

Overview / Purpose

A6078 requires associations that govern age‑restricted planned real estate developments (communities qualifying under the federal “housing for older persons” exception) to offer reasonable options enabling remote attendance at executive board meetings. The intent is to expand access to board meetings for residents who cannot attend in person and to ensure accessible remote options beyond reliance on a resident’s in‑unit computer.

Key provisions

Definitions: “Age‑restricted development” is defined by reference to the federal “housing for older persons” exception (24 C.F.R. §100.301) and applies to planned real estate developments (HOAs, condominiums, cooperatives).

Remote access requirement: Associations must provide one or more reasonable options to accommodate remote attendance at executive board meetings.

Exemption: The requirement does not apply to conferences or working sessions "at which no binding votes are to be taken."

Minimum options: Reasonable options must include group in‑person virtual options held in an accessible room. Associations cannot limit remote access exclusively to options requiring a member’s in‑residence computer.

Rulemaking: The Commissioner of Community Affairs must adopt implementing rules and regulations under the Administrative Procedure Act within four months after enactment.

Effective date: The act takes effect on the first day of the fifth month after enactment. The commissioner is authorized to take anticipatory action before the fourth month to implement the law.

Who is affected

Primary: Associations (boards and management) of age‑restricted planned real estate developments in New Jersey.

Secondary: Residents of those communities (particularly older adults and residents with mobility or accessibility barriers), and vendors providing remote meeting platforms or accessible meeting spaces.

Procedural / timeline notes

The version shown is A6078A. According to the supplied legislative actions, the measure was passed by the Assembly (listed actions dated May 21, 2025) and delivered to the Senate where it was referred to the Senate Committee on Children and Families. The file shows earlier committee activity, reporting, amendment and a printed A6078A version.

The Commissioner of Community Affairs must promulgate rules within four months of enactment; statutory effect begins in the fifth month.

Implementation considerations

Associations will need to: review bylaws and meeting procedures; select and offer one or more remote attendance solutions (including accessible group virtual rooms); update notice and voting procedures consistent with rulemaking; and ensure options are not limited to in‑unit computer access. The Commissioner’s forthcoming regulations will specify additional obligations and acceptable modalities.

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