Executive Order No. 2 (“EO 2”), promulgated by Governor Murphy on January 17, 2018, requires the annual filing of a Financial Disclosure Statement ("FDS") by certain designated public officials as either public employees or public officers. In addition to those individuals required to file under EO 2, some individuals are required to file an FDS under their agency’s enabling legislation. Generally, filers will be identified at onboarding and yearly thereafter, by their agency’s Ethics Liaison Officer (“ELO”), and filers will be notified of their filing deadlines by their ELOs and State Ethics Commission (“SEC”) Staff.

The Executive Order requires that designated high-level State Officers and Employees and Special State Officers file an FDS, including members of boards, commissions, and authorities, as well as the New Jersey members of designated interstate or bi-state agencies.

Electronic filing is mandatory for all filers utilizing the SimpliGov link that will be provided by the SEC. State Officers and Employees must provide their State email addresses in the FDS. Special State Officers should use a personal email address that they check on a frequent basis. Please note, all email addresses are redacted from the FDS prior to it being posted to the SEC’s website.

Instructions are available for both the Public Officer and Public Employee forms.

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:13D-21(n) of the Conflicts Law, FDSs required to be submitted to the Commission by law, regulation, or executive order must be made available to the public, promptly after receipt, on the Commission's website. 

[Please note that State Officers and Employees required to file an FDS by law or executive order are subject to the casino and cannabis-related post-employment restrictions of N.J.S.A. 52:13D-17.2(c).]

Last updated July 1st, 2024