Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Vincent J. Polistina
Sponsored
Became law3
Authorizes CRDA to finance transportation projects between Atlantic City Airport and Atlantic City Tourism District.
Requires health benefits coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants.
Concerns jurisdiction and operations of regional municipal courts.*
Passed the Senate2
Establishes New Jersey Higher Education Student Advisory Commission.
Expands definition of child under PFRS and SPRS.
Out of committee2
Establishes "County Tourism Incentive Grant Fund" within Department of Treasury to provide funding for grants to counties to support tourism advertising and promotion.
Requires all counties to establish mosquito control commissions and report certain mosquito control activities to State Mosquito Control Commission; requires State Mosquito Control Commission to develop guidelines to aid county commissions.
In committee42
Eliminates shellfish license fee for veterans and active duty service members.
Provides gross income tax credit for A-list performing artists for income derived from certain live performances contracted for and rendered within the Atlantic City Tourism District on a recurring basis and within the State.
Provides amounts remaining in inactive Internet gaming accounts will be abandoned property after three years under unclaimed property law.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to conduct study to determine extent and cause of outmigration of high school graduates to out-of-State colleges.
Establishes "Supporting Educational and Entrepreneurial Development (S.E.E.D.) Program" in Office of Secretary of Higher Education.
Establishes pilot program to provide guidance to students applying for federal financial aid.
Establishes "New Jersey Higher Education Funding Formula Commission."
Requires preservation of employee benefits and contractual rights as condition of sale of Atlantic City International Airport.
Requires MVC to issue one license plate instead of two.
Enhances State fiscal oversight of certain school districts.
Establishes certain exceptions for emergency personnel operating personal watercraft while providing rescue services.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Authorizes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security at public and private colleges.
Creates offenses related to election officials; permits election workers to shield personal information from public.
Provides tuition-free credits to certain institutions of higher education for certain law enforcement officers and firefighters and their spouses and dependents.
Requires professional boards to issue licenses under certain circumstances to veterans with credentials in good standing from another jurisdiction.
Establishes school district grant program in DOE to reimburse public school teachers for classroom material expenditures.
Provides family leave for employee to attend certain events of child of employee; establishes tax credits for employer that provide full paid family leave benefits.
Requires public institutions of higher education to adopt test-optional admissions policy.
Authorizes creation of Stockton University license plates.
Permits appointment of Class Three special law enforcement officers by county sheriffs.
Establishes "ATV Law Enforcement Task Force" to enhance and coordinate efforts to enforce laws pertaining to ATVs; appropriates $1 million.
Provides sales tax exemption for maintaining, servicing, or repairing of aircraft and sales of machinery or equipment and replacement parts installed on aircraft within aviation district.
Establishes New Jersey Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Program.
Creates Wind and Nuclear Production Apprenticeship Grant Program.
Provides that certain sending school districts will continue to have representation on certain receiving boards of education despite decreases in enrollment numbers.
Requires cost of living increase to be granted in each of two calendar years for certain retired members and beneficiaries of PFRS; makes appropriation.
Requires temporary detention and notification to parent or guardian of underage person who unlawfully purchases or possesses alcoholic beverages or cannabis.
Increases gross income tax relief based on rent constituting property taxes for residential tenants and establishes refundable gross income tax credit in place of gross income tax deduction for residential tenants.
Exempts from "Sales and Use Tax Act" certain retail sales of computers and school supplies; allows $500 gross income tax deduction to teachers purchasing school supplies for classroom use.
Requires DOLWD to undertake study on effects of temporary employment on work force.
Establishes Elementary Home Reading Grant Program; appropriates $500,000 to DOE from federal funds.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by campus medical professional or trained employee.
Prohibits State Board of Education from limiting number of certain two-year college credits that may be applied towards meeting teacher certification requirements.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish guidelines regarding best practices for student financial aid offers.
Establishes "Scientific Conference Grant Program"; appropriates $250,000.
Requires grading of offenses involving manufacturing, distributing, and dispensing heroin based on dosage units in addition to weight.
Classifies xylazine as Schedule III controlled dangerous substance under certain circumstances.
Requires public employers that offer deferred compensation retirement plans to also offer Roth contribution option.
Creates behavioral health court pilot program.
Establishes option for students nearing completion of program in chiropractic medicine to participate in preceptorship provided by State-licensed chiropractor.
Requires establishment of pilot program for mosquito control activities by State Mosquito Control Commission for certain municipalities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission" in DHS.*
Provides retirement allowance after 20 years of service regardless of age for members of PFRS.
Establishes "Boardwalk Preservation Fund" in DCA; appropriates $100 million from federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021."
Passed the Senate · 2
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy. *
Provides police officers may be present at senior residential center or school being used as polling place under certain circumstances; requires school to establish election day security plan.*
Out of committee · 9
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats program in the DMVA; appropriates $400,000.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Establishes "Health Care Heroes Violence Prevention Act."
Includes electronic sports event as sports wagering; authorizes electronic sports wagering at certain locations.*
Exempts discharge of student loan debt of certain veterans through the federal Total and Permanent Disability discharge process from taxation under the gross income tax.
Extends authorization for Internet gaming law to 2028.*
In committee · 19
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
Eliminates supplemental realty transfer fee.
Makes permanent certain immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Permits Legislature to terminate certain declarations by Governor for state of emergency or public health emergency and limits duration of such declarations unless Legislature approves extension.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Permits police officers to travel to and from and remain within police station located within 100 feet of polling place; permits Class Three special law enforcement officers to be assigned to certain polling places.
Allows public schools to let certain students not enrolled in school participate in high school interscholastic athletics; allows public high schools in same district to enter into cooperative sports programs under certain conditions.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Requires cost of living increase to be granted in each of two State fiscal years when retirement allowance or benefit is below certain amount for retiree or beneficiary in PERS, TPAF, PFRS, SPRS, and JRS; makes appropriation.
Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
Establishes certain shellfish aquaculture activities as eligible for Right to Farm protections.
Removes limit in annual budget requests of certain county offices.
Requires establishment of grant programs to provide workforce shuttles and cover transportation costs; appropriates $10 million in federal funds.
Requires Administrative Law Judges to be enrolled in Workers Compensation Judges Part of PERS.
Credits $2.35 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $4.32 billion to Department of Treasury to provide funds to municipalities and counties for debt retirement and avoidance.
Establishes third degree crime of gang assault.