NJBMDA Regulatory Update: April 2025

This month, NJBMDA Lobbyist Scot Mackey is sharing important updates regarding New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection’s (NJ DEP) evolving environmental and transportation regulations. Members are encouraged to review the following summaries prepared by his office: The NJBMDA Legislative Committee, in partnership with NRLA Government Affairs staff and Lobbyist Scot Mackey, is closely monitoring these […]

Builders’ General Hosts Senator O’Scanlon to Highlight Regulatory Impacts on Small Business

Press ReleaseSenator Declan O’ScanlonApril 2025 Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-N.J., District 13) was invited to Builders’ General Supply (BGS) for a yard tour of the company’s corporate headquarters. Builders’ General, founded in 1931 in Cranford, N.J. (Union County), is a fourth-generation, family-owned and -operated LBM retailer with seven locations spanning over four counties in New Jersey. […]

NJBMDA Legislative Update: February 2025

Governor’s Final Budget: Republicans Call It ‘Lipstick on a Pig’ Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled a $58 billion budget Tuesday amid uncertainty over whether billions of dollars the state expects from Washington will materialize. Murphy’s final spending plan before leaving office next year is $70 million smaller than last year’s and includes a $6.3 billion surplus. […]

New Jersey State Legislators Tour Builders’ General Supply Company’s Direct Millwork Facility

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 11, 2024  New Jersey State Legislators Tour Builders’ General Supply Company’s Direct Millwork Facility Washington, N.J. – On Friday, October 11, Builders’ General Supply Company welcomed New Jersey legislators to their Direct Millwork location from the 23rd district for a yard tour, where members of the Assembly and Senate gathered to engage […]

NJBMDA Legislative Update: June 2024

New Jersey Corporate Tax Hike for Five Years, and No Sales Tax Increase   As New Jersey continues to address the Fiscal Year 2025 budget and the funds needed for the NJ Transit System, an increase to the state sales tax is not expected to be part of the budget deal. Instead, the state’s most profitable […]

Understanding the New Jersey Elections Transparency Act (ETA)

On April 3, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy enacted the Elections Transparency Act (ETA). This act brings substantial changes to the state’s campaign finance and pay-to-play regulations. Representing the most significant revision in nearly twenty years, the ETA will significantly impact the management of political campaigns and public contracts in New Jersey. On June […]

New Jersey Building Materials Dealer License

The New Jersey Office of Weights and Measures requires each building material dealer in the state of New Jersey to have a license in order to deliver materials. The license must be renewed each year (they expire one year from the date of issuance) and the agency does not send out renewal notices. When you […]

NJBMDA Engages With New Jersey General Assembly Speaker at VIP Event

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Woodbridge, N.J. – June 3, 2024 The NJBMDA was invited to a VIP reception featuring the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, the Honorable Craig J. Coughlin (D-19). The event was hosted by NJBMDA’s government affairs firm, MBI-Gluckshaw, at Il Costello’s in Woodbridge, N.J., on the evening of Monday, June 3. […]

NJBMDA Joins Meet and Greet with State Senate President Nicholas Scutari

On May 20, the New Jersey Building Materials Dealers Association (NJBMDA), NRLA’s New Jersey-based affiliate, joined a meet and greet with New Jersey State Senate President, Nicholas Scutari (D-22), in Kenilworth, N.J., at Galloping Hills Golf Course. Local businesses attended the reception. TJ Shaheen, Executive Vice President of Builders’ General Supply, founded in Cranford, N.J. […]

NJBMDA Legislative Committee

Committee Member Contact Information ChairSteve Gerard Reeb Millwork Corp.Attn: Accounts Payable1000 Maloney CircleBethlehem, PA 18015 Vice-ChairTJ Shaheen, Jr. Builders’ General Supply Co.15 Sycamore Ave.Little Silver, NJ 07739 MemberDavid Bernstein US Lumber200 Industrial Pkwy.Branchburg, NJ 08876-3488 MemberBryan Jaeger Jaeger Lumber2322 Morris Ave.Union, NJ 07083-5704 MemberNick Kuiken Kuiken Brothers Company, Inc.6-02 Fair Lawn Ave.Fair Lawn, NJ 07410-0810 […]