Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 1:3-3.1

  • Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
Every bill and joint resolution enacted into law during the first annual session of a Legislature shall be numbered and printed as a public law of that legislative year. Every bill and joint resolution introduced in the first annual session of a Legislature and enacted into law after the convening of the second annual session of the same Legislature shall be numbered and printed as a public law of the legislative year of the second annual session.

L.1970, c. 1, s. 1, eff. Jan. 26, 1970.