Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Paul D. Moriarty
Sponsored
Became law8
Prohibits sending unsolicited advertising by text messaging, and requires companies offering text messaging services to allow customers to block all incoming and outgoing text messages.
Prohibits sale of certain products containing dextromethorphan to minors under 18 years of age.*
Prohibits certain unsolicited checks.
Requires certain police vehicles to be equipped with cameras.
Limits access to data recorded by motor vehicle recording devices.
Prohibits sale of powdered alcohol.
Upgrades crime of false public alarm under certain circumstances and establishes reporting requirements concerning crime.
Extends use of stored driver's license picture for person undergoing chemotherapy or other treatment for certain medical illnesses.
Passed the General Assembly2
Requires DOH to establish uniform standards for retail food establishment health and sanitary evaluation placards.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Out of committee7
Requires printers to display average cost per 1,000 printed pages and ink cartridges to display yield.
Authorizes hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Establishes pilot project to permit voters in military service on active duty overseas, and their eligible family members, to vote in certain elections using the Internet; makes appropriation.*
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Regulates use of motor vehicle payment assurance devices.*
Prohibits certain provisions in consumer contracts.
Requires notification of member or retiree of State-administered retirement system under certain circumstances when member or retiree requests change in beneficiary for group life insurance.
In committee39
Requires independent State authority member to disclose contractual relationship between authority and authority member's relatives.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain sales of personal computers and certain sales of school supplies and equipment during first full weekend of August.
Makes certain changes to public access of government records.
Directs Attorney General to develop guidelines for positive identification of suspects before release.
Requires the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.
Requires breath or blood sample to be obtained from certain drivers involved in motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
Requires school districts to provide for the safe operation of electrically operated partitions in classrooms or other school facilities.
Prohibits the sale of certain children's products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to veterans of Operation "Praying Mantis."
Concerns compensation and benefits of officers, employees, and members of State and local authorities.
Permits counties and municipalities to withdraw from civil service system by ordinance.
Repeals restriction on weights and measures officers' and employees' duties.
Requires destruction of records stored on digital copy machines under certain circumstances.
Authorizes county and municipal consumer affairs directors to conduct administrative hearings, assess civil and other penalties, and issue cease and desist orders.
"Government Reality Check Act"; prohibits public employers from providing certain benefits to public employees; restricts gifts to public employees; restricts travel by public employees; imposes post-employment restriction on public contracting employees.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River Port Authority commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River and Bay Authority commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Imposes restrictions concerning Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Requires State Auditor review of certain Department of Corrections privatization contracts.
Requires each hospital board of trustees to adopt a written policy governing conflicts of interest.
Requires State Treasurer to organize and publish certain contract and grant data and information on State expenditure Internet website.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in hedge funds and derivative contracts.
Prohibits employees of certain organizations from enrolling in State-administered retirement system or health care plan of public employer.
Permits EMT, paramedic, or investigator for county medical examiner's office to make determination and pronouncement of death under certain circumstances.
Establishes bio-recovery specialist license and requires first responders to provide certain support to victims.
Provides alternative pathway for architects licensed in another state to be licensed as architects in New Jersey.
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.
Directs Commissioner of Education to study curriculum requirements for geography education in high school.
Prohibits mandatory predispute arbitration provisions in consumer contracts.
Increases pension and retirement income exclusions under gross income tax for certain taxpayers.
Requires certain law enforcement officers to wear cameras.
Upgrades crime of false public alarm under certain circumstances.
Revises law concerning prohibition of certain unsolicited checks.
Revises penalty provision of law concerning prohibition of certain unsolicited text messages.
Requires certain professional boards to report licensure exam passage rates.
Increases number of signatures required for petition of nomination for election to school board of education.
Establishes Prescription Drug Review Commission; requires production costs be reported for certain prescription drugs.
Establishes "Police Body Camera Implementation Task Force" to study and make recommendations concerning use of body cameras by law enforcement agencies in this State.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Authorizes hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Requires notification of member or retiree of State-administered retirement system under certain circumstances when member or retiree requests change in beneficiary for group life insurance.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.
Requires DOH to provide information about crib safety on its Internet website.*
"Art Therapist Licensing Act."
Grants immunity from liability for certain professional services rendered during emergencies under certain circumstances.
Requires issuance of one free copy of a veteran's death certificate to certain authorized persons upon request.
"Military Dependents Scholarship Fund Act"; provides college scholarships to the spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn.
Permits the incorporation of psychologists.
Concerns authority of DOLWD to inspect prevailing wage public work projects.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to disseminate certain information to contractors who bid on or perform prevailing wage public work.
Prohibits manufacture, sale or promotion of personal care products containing microbeads.*
Permits certain zero emission vehicle manufacturers to directly sell motor vehicles to consumers and requires them to operate service facilities.
Revises certain laws governing police and fire interest arbitration; incorporates compounding in base salary calculation; extends two-percent cap on base salary awards.
Extends for one year expiration date of certain permits pursuant to "Permit Extension Act of 2008." *
Prohibits religious entities from engaging in certain practices involving cemeteries, funeral homes and mortuaries, memorials, mausoleums and burial vaults.
"New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace Act."*
Vetoed · 9
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from NJEDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that the prevailing wage will be paid.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to review construction work on public utilities.*
Establishes telemarketing fraud investigation unit.
Prohibits smoking at public parks and beaches.
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
"Casino Property Taxation Stabilization Act."
Reallocates casino investment alternative tax to Atlantic City to pay debt service on municipal bonds issued.
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Passed the General Assembly · 28
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Establishes criminal penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide to prospective students certain cost, loan, and debt information in financial aid shopping sheet.
Prohibits automatic renewal of service contracts.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.*
Imposes moratorium on DHS transitions and transfers of certain individuals with developmental disabilities to new residential placements until certain conditions are met. *
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.*
The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."
Regulates mailed manufacturer's rebates.
"Safe Motor Vehicle Rental Act"; prohibits rental companies from renting, leasing, or selling unrepaired motor vehicles which are subject to safety recall.*
Permits a witness who is under the age of 16 or a victim of any age to testify by closed circuit television in prosecutions for crimes or offenses involving domestic violence.
Exempts nursing mothers from jury duty.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to prepare and implement annual advertising and promotion plan.
Directs Attorney General to develop plan to disseminate Amber and Silver Alert information through social media.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish a communication and incentive plan to encourage re-enrollment in college; requires Statewide reverse transfer agreement.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education.*
Prohibits four-year public and independent institutions of higher education from increasing New Jersey resident undergraduate tuition and fees for nine continuous semesters following student's initial enrollment.*
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to revoke proprietary school's license to award academic degrees if school fails to achieve certain minimum graduation rates.
Requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide to parents or guardians of enrolled students information on certain tests to be administered during the school year.
Creates Education Reform Review Task Force; delays implementation of certain assessments and certain changes to teacher evaluation system.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
"Personal Information and Privacy Protection Act"; restricts collection and use of personal information by retail establishments for certain purposes.*
Allows parent or guardian to exclude student from administration of certain assessments.
Imposes three-year moratorium on use of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for certain purposes.
Out of committee · 29
Enacts "Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act."
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Requires disclosure of water damage prior to household appliance sales.
Requires DOH to establish "New Jersey Autism Website."
Creates cause of action for failure to maintain certain vacant properties; requires out-of-state creditors to designate in-State representative.
Extends "Right to Farm" protection to certain agricultural tourism acttivities and events; requires adoption of agricultural management practices therefor; permits special occasion events that promote agricultural tourism conducted at wineries under certa
Authorizes Attorney General to coordinate Statewide law enforcement efforts against opioid drug abuse.*
Establishes forest stewardship program for State-owned lands.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits.
Permits voter registration of certain persons at age 17 for voting at next election occurring on or after 18th birthday.
Establishes "College Affordability Study Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to increase the affordability of higher education in New Jersey.
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature. *
"Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act"; enhances film and digital media tax credits, revises and expands tax credit eligibility requirements, and requires EDA to study development of film studio at North Jersey location.*
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Grants prescriptive authority to certain psychologists.
Provides that school districts must ensure that students with disabilities have opportunities to participate in athletic activities equal to those of other students.
Requires certain information regarding Down syndrome be provided to certain parents and families.
Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.
Eliminates consumer data collection requirements for certain gift cards.
Permits county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages to create Gold Star Parent identification card.
Authorizes optometrists to continue prescribing medications containing hydrocodone.
The "Municipal Volunteer Property Tax Reduction Act"; permits certain municipal property owners to perform volunteer services in return for property tax vouchers.
Establishes pilot program to allow certain counties and municipalities to use single firm for design and inspection services on certain transportation projects.
Prohibits purchaser of used motor vehicle from waiving dealer's obligation regarding emissions control equipment.
Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail.
Appropriates $4,750,000 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.*
Prohibits Division of Developmental Disabilities from compelling transfers of individuals with developmental disabilities from out-of-State to in-State facilities unless certain exceptions apply.
Authorizes establishment of recovery high school alternative education programs.
In committee · 51
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Prohibits soliciting or phishing for personal identifying information.
Prohibits delivery of more than one magazine issue before billing information is obtained.
Requires appointments for safety-related recalls on vehicles to be scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
"New Jersey College Student and Parent Consumer Information Act"; requires each four-year public institution of higher education to provide on its website certain information regarding its costs, faculty, and graduation rates.
Provides for licensure of pediatric respite care facilities.
Creates Construction Trades Licensing Board for licensing and regulation of several construction professions; creates new division for homeowner protection in Department of Law and Public Safety.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.
Creates Task Force on Distracted Driving.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges and the county colleges.
Provides for the removal of a State Board of Education member for failure to attend three consecutive board meetings without good cause.
Establishes certain consumer protections related to arbitration organizations.
Prohibits use of anti-concurrent causation clauses in homeowners insurance policies.
Requires causes of driver inattention to be noted in traffic accidents.
Allows homestead property tax reimbursement program participants who lose income eligibility due to an IRA withdraw for certain purposes to maintain base year upon requalification.
Requires health insurers to disclose broker commissions to purchasers.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.
Encourages local unit sharing of services; makes appropriations.
Limits use and supplemental compensation for certain leave; limits employment for certain public employees.
Requires each public institution of higher education to post its budget on the institution's website.
Regulates advertising of manufacturer’s rebates by retail mercantile establishments.
"New Jersey Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."
Requires certain purchasers of precious metals and jewelry to maintain certain records; grandfathers certain municipal ordinances regarding sales of used and secondhand jewelry.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
Removes limousine services from sales and use tax imposition.
"New Jersey Open Data Initiative;" requires certain information be made available on Internet by State departments and agencies.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
The New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
Consumer Electronics Warranty Lemon Law.
Requires institutions of higher education to develop open textbooks available to students at no charge and requires buyback of used textbooks at 50 percent of purchase price.
Allows gross income tax deduction for certain student loan interest.
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Requires telemarketers to provide name, mailing address, and telephone number of person on whose behalf call is made.
Regulates passenger transportation companies that use an online application program to connect drivers to passengers.
Limits certain unused sick leave pay and vacation leave carry-forward for school and local employees; limits sick leave use by new public employees before retirement.
Requires distribution of homestead benefits on or before October 31 of the State fiscal year during which an appropriation is made.
Makes it a crime of the fourth degree for a private citizen to use a tracking device to track another person without that person's consent.
"Free Means Free Act"; prohibits misleading advertising of free products.
Requires installation of grab bars in certain public restrooms.
Limits authority of court to order one or both parents to pay post-high school education expenses on behalf of a child if both parents agree that they will not pay such expenses.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers and wholesale distributors accept and provide a rebate for certain returned drugs.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Clarifies law concerning conduct of certain legislative investigations.
Requires certain disclosures by non-fiduciary investment advisors.