Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Erik K. Simonsen
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly1
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
In committee26
Eliminates veterans' gross income tax deduction requirement that New Jersey National Guard member serve in federal active duty status.
Requires licensure for veterinary technicians.
Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of cannabis and marijuana use.
Permits board of education to employ certain veterans in coaching positions in school district's interscholastic athletic program.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to develop career and education guide for post secondary students with disabilities.
Provides in-State tuition status to certain veterans and family members who attend public institutions of higher education during period of mandatory remote instruction due to public health emergencies.
Establishes disabled veteran tenant gross income tax credit.
Establishes "Task Force on Supportive Technology for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities."
Requires DOLWD to take measures to ensure State unemployment offices reopen immediately and remain open during and after public health emergency.
Concerns removal of abandoned vessels; appropriates $25 million.
Requires emergency medical services provider to provide certain information regarding person who experienced drug overdose to DLPS.
Allows use of fish pumps to remove menhaden from purse seines in certain circumstances.
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring student growth objectives to evaluate teachers.
Encourages expansion of community mental health programs to include mental health services to veterans; prohibits veterans from being denied county mental health services.
Concerns classification of musicians for purposes of State employment laws.
Requires public schools to develop policy for emergency administration of nasal seizure rescue medication and use of manual vagus nerve stimulator on student with seizure disorder.
Creates grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through DOLWD; makes appropriation.
Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.
Provides gross income tax credit of up to $500 to taxpayers who utilize high impact tutoring.
Requires person convicted, or fleeing charge, of sex offense in foreign country to register under Megan's Law; requires law enforcement to inquire about immigration status of sex offenders and cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Permits school districts to allow nonpublic school students to participate in resident district high school interscholastic athletics in certain circumstances.
Allows active duty members of United States military to carry firearm at all times.
Establishes maximum size for lands leased as shellfisheries areas along the Atlantic Coast by Shellfisheries Council.
Revises formula for State aid to municipalities and counties for public highway projects.
Requires automatic external defibrillators on-site at certain places of public assembly and youth athletic events.
Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Requires public transportation employees and certain motorbus operators to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.*
Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.
Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer.
Establishes limit on rent increase for certain dwelling sites for modular or industrialized buildings or manufactured homes.*
Requires Commissioner of Education to permit certain school districts losing State school aid to submit budgets after enactment of FY2025 appropriations act.
Requires DOH to develop informational materials on type 1 diabetes and DOE to distribute to parents and guardians of enrolled students.*
Establishes Stabilized School Budget Aid Grant Program to restore certain portions of State school aid reductions; permits certain school districts to exceed tax levy growth limitation in 2024-2025 school year; appropriates $44.7 million.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Allows commercial farmer to be awarded reasonable costs and attorney fees for defending against bad faith complaints under "Right to Farm Act".
Extends statutory pause on collection of student growth objective data.
Requires enforcing agency to conduct inspection of construction in specified time window.
Vetoed · 1
Requires pay for extracurricular activities to be included in compensation for TPAF purposes.
Passed the General Assembly · 4
Authorizes creation and issuance of veteran license plates.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.*
Permits designation of special event zones for traffic regulation purposes during certain large events.
Requires transfer of certain participants of DCRP to PERS.*
Out of committee · 28
Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning student use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing at school and school-sponsored functions.
Upgrades offense of prostitution as patron; directs fines collected to "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund."
Establishes NJT Office of Customer Advocate and Rider Advocacy Commission.
Revises "Athletic Training Licensure Act."
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Directs Attorney General to establish program for anonymous reporting of potential threats to school safety.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.
Authorizes creation of honorably discharged veteran license plates.*
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $1 million.*
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Exempts certain plastic materials processed at advanced plastic processing facilities from State laws regulating solid waste disposal and recycling.
Creates database of veteran separation documents.
Establishes New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force; clarifies collection of student growth data.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Establishes New Jersey Veterans' Organization Building Grant Program.
Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*
Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five.*
Allows certain public high school student-athletes to substitute study hall for physical education during their athletic seasons.
Creates pilot program to provide corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for value of certain fruit and vegetable donations made by commercial farm operators.*
Requires DCPP to consult with Division of Developmental Disabilities following finding of child abuse or neglect to create services plan for person with developmental disability under certain circumstances.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for employers of certain persons with disabilities.
Requires study of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
Establishes certain requirements for State and local governments awarding contracts or grants to nonprofit organizations.
Provides project grant under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for career and technical education expansion; appropriates $7.65 million.
Establishes School Supervisor Mentorship Pilot Program; appropriates $500,000.
Appropriates $34 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 107
Allows holder of disabled veteran or Purple Heart license plate or placard to park in parking spots for persons with disability.
Criminalizies interference with monitoring devices on school buses.
Requires temporary detention and notification to parent or guardian of underage person who unlawfully purchases or possesses alcoholic beverages or cannabis.
Repeals law that prohibits certain establishments from providing or selling various single-use products to customers.
Establishes "New Jersey Pandemic Bill of Rights for the Welfare of Individuals."
Concerns eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits for certain seasonal employees.
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
Permits police departments to donate unclaimed bicycles to nonprofit organizations.
Removes principal place of business requirement of "Set-Aside Act for Disabled Veterans' Businesses.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Establishes NJ Animal Abuser Registry.
Requires at least one member of BPU to reside in either Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, or Ocean County.
Authorizes payment of just compensation to businesses for losses due to public health emergency closures.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Prohibits certain medical examinations on female patients without informed consent.
Establishes Red Tape Review Commission.
Requires MVC to issue blue envelopes that hold documents required to operate motor vehicle to persons diagnosed with autism.
"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.
Provides for full funding of extraordinary special education State aid.
Provides gross income tax deduction to surviving spouses of certain veterans.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in Chinese pharmaceutical companies.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Authorizes Surrogate of every county to establish electronic systems to accept electronic signatures on qualifying documents in probate matters.
Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
Requires court to consider results of domestic violence assessment before dissolving certain domestic violence restraining orders.
Increases penalties for identity theft when victim is a senior citizen or veteran.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Requires Attorney General to perform outreach and provide services to victims of human trafficking under certain circumstances.
Expands duties of Commission on Human Trafficking to prevent human trafficking in women and children of color.
Exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from payment of motor vehicle registration fees; requires notification of eligible motorists.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Limits "tobacco and vapor products tax" on cigars to up to $0.50 per cigar.
Requires health insurance carriers to categorize mental health treatment and therapy received by victim of domestic violence as medically necessary treatment and provide full benefits coverage therefor.
Establishes grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through DOLWD; makes appropriation.
Directs AG to enter into agreement with U.S. Attorney General to empower certain corrections officers to investigate immigration status of inmates.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to compile and annually update list of all unfunded State and federal mandates on municipalities and counties.
Requires chief law enforcement officer or Superintendent of State Police to notify federal immigration authorities when non-citizen applies for firearms purchaser identification card or handgun purchase permit.
Establishes State Debt Capacity Advisory Commission.
"Murphy's Law"; nullifies Governor's order, rule, or regulation to address declared emergency, or relevant portion thereof, when Governor violates same; creates affirmative defense to prosecution for same violation committed by Governor.
Dedicates State reserve of certain federal funds to in-person and hybrid school districts.
Redistributes fiscal year 2023 transportation and security aid from remote school districts to in-person school districts.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Provides for priority consideration, by State, of permit applications by counties and municipalities with 10 or more shared services.
Prohibits elected officers of municipality from accepting employment with municipality in which they hold office.
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Grant Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Establishes NJ Military Family Relief Fund; provides for designation on State gross income tax return to permit taxpayers to make voluntary contributions to military family relief fund.
Provides additional home ownership assistance for certain military service members.
Requires EDA to establish program providing grants to qualified veterans purchasing franchises.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive tuition and fees for Medal of Honor and Purple Heart Medal military recipients.
Increases from $750 to $3,000 annual State payment made to certain veterans and their surviving spouses.
Exempts certain veterans from gross income tax.
Directs DCA to end veteran homelessness within three years.
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Expands EDA small business loan program to include certain broadband telecommunications service providers.
Allocates all revenue from hotel and motel occupancy fee for arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes.
Requires MVC to provide certain vehicle and licensing services in each county in State.
"Michelle's Law"; requires health benefit plans to cover mammogram for an individual if recommended by health care provider.
Requires State employees work in person if job requires face-to-face interaction with public; requires State agency provide alternatives if closure is unpreventable.
Requires development of manufacturing business attraction, expansion, and retention marketing plan for areas located in certain counties within southern New Jersey.
Establishes "Manufacturing Workforce Development Grant Program" for students enrolled at county colleges.
Repeals $100,000 cap on sales and use tax exemption for certain capital improvements made by businesses participating in Urban Enterprise Zone program.
Removes limit in annual budget requests of certain county offices.
Establishes deadlines for publishing quarterly crime data, issuance of annual report by Attorney General.
Creates temporary grant program for electric vehicle fire suppression technology.
Exempts sales of passenger automobiles to honorably discharged veterans with a service-connected disability from sales and use tax.
Establishes position of Youth Disconnection Prevention and Recovery Ombudsperson; establishes "School Disconnection Prevention Task Force."
Requires converting portion of Paramus and Menlo Park veterans' memorial homes into single occupancy rooms; requires upgrades to ventilation systems; provides Adjutant General discretion for additional room considerations.
Requires electric public utility to identify communities within service territory where at least 40 percent of residential customers rely on private well water, develop service restoration plan for those communities, and provide watering stations.
Requires MVC to review certain services and provide certain services online.
Permits county clerk to remove voters from vote-by-mail lists under certain circumstances.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD and total brain injury.
Establishes Mental Health Awareness Pilot Program in DOE.
Requires public schools to post curriculum plans online; requires school districts to make textbooks or other materials used in implementing curriculum plans available for inspection by parents and legal guardians.
Creates "Unemployment Intake Accountability Pilot Program."
Provides that salary and other costs associated with Commissioner of Education's appointment of State monitor and other staff under "School District Fiscal Accountability Act" will be paid by State.
Requires SJTA to suspend certain tolls on the Atlantic City Expressway in certain circumstances.
Increases transparency and accountability for NJT and independence of NJT board members; establishes Office of Customer Advocate; requires greater detail for capital program.
Establishes State aid reduction cap of one percent for calculation of State school aid.
Establishes EMS part of PERS; provides enhanced benefits for emergency medical services employees.
Requires green building standards and impact studies for carbon, traffic, storm water, and schools for certain affordable housing development.
Establishes certification process for non-physicians to perform laser tattoo removal.
Increases penalties for drag racing; provides for impoundment under certain circumstances.
Exempts honorably discharged veterans from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears honorably discharged veteran's placard issued by MVC.
Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to ensure toll collection monitoring system is functioning properly prior to issuing advisory and payment request and administrative fee.
Establishes "Cyber Security Reserve Corps;" appropriates $500,000.
Requires school bus personnel members working with students with disabilities to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires school buses transporting students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features.
Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Codifies Bringing Veterans Home Initiative.
Prohibits health care professionals from providing gender-affirming health care services to persons under 21 years of age.
Requires regional representation for members of BPU.
"Road to Tax Relief Act"; provides credit for sales tax remittances for businesses impacted by public highway projects, including Interstate 80 project; provides tax credits for certain businesses and persons impacted by same projects; makes appropriation.
Establishes minimum acreage goal and schedule for prescribed burns in pinelands area and Statewide.
Creates disorderly persons offense for persons who conceal or attempt to conceal their identity while committing another crime or offense.
Increases penalty for crime of manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing certain Schedule I or II controlled dangerous substances.
Reduces tax rate by 50 percent on sales and use of used motor vehicles.
Directs DEP to use funds from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination settlement with 3M Company for purchase of equipment to remediate perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination.
Increases threshold from $1 million to $2 million for imposition of certain fees and taxes on certain real property transfers.
Exempts retail sales of used motor vehicles from New Jersey sales and use tax.
Requires governing board of public school to verify employment eligibility of teaching staff members and school employees.
Sets flat gross income tax rate at 5.9 percent tax for all taxable income over $37,500 or $75,000, depending on filing status; exempts taxpayers with less income from gross income tax.