As millions of people head to the Jersey Shore this weekend to kick off the unofficial start of the summer season, access to the state’s beaches has never been easier -something Gov. Phil Murphy ensured in signing his 250th bill into law earlier this month.

S-1074, according to a prepared statement released by the governor’s office May 3, enshrines into state law the public trust doctrine, which has historically been tapped as a principle in how New Jersey’s tidal waters and adjacent shorelines…