Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Paul D. Moriarty
Sponsored
Became law10
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.*
Authorizes surviving spouse or family member of decedent to use motor vehicle registration certificate of decedent until registration certificate expires.
Updates notice requirements for actions alleging consumer fraud violations and adds indirect purchasers as parties who can receive damages for antitrust violations. *
Establishes professional board to regulate home improvement and home elevation contractors and requires licensure for each type of contractor.
Requires online option for cancellation of automatic renewal of health club services subscriptions entered into online; provides additional options for cancelling health club services contracts under certain circumstances.*
Prohibits seller from imposing certain surcharge for credit card transactions; establishes certain notice requirements regarding surcharge.*
Allows passage of Certified Respiratory Therapist examination to qualify for licensure as respiratory therapist.
Concerns eligibility for senior freeze reimbursement if eligible claimant exceeds income limit.
Enhances customer service experience with Business Action Center in Department of State by collecting and disseminating customer assistance metrics.
Appropriates $48 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.
Passed the General Assembly8
Makes it fourth degree crime to engage in certain tracking and location activities.*
Imposes certain requirements on online marketplaces.
Prohibits public disclosure of names and addresses in certain unemployment, temporary disability, and family leave claim appeals documents.*
Requires public officer or employee to forfeit pension upon conviction of certain crimes; alters factors determining honorable service; opens pension to garnishment upon conviction of certain offenses.
Establishes Small Business Resiliency Project Loan Program in EDA for certain small businesses implementing certain resiliency projects.
Creates requirements for certain long-term real estate listing contracts.
Requires private detectives to register their foreign employers with State Police.
Prohibits production and sale of products containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol.
Out of committee13
Prohibits providers of commercial mobile service and developers of mobile application from disclosing customer's global position system data to third parties under certain circumstances.*
Requires telemarketers to provide name, mailing address, and telephone number of person on whose behalf call is made.
Prohibits tax preparers from engaging in certain practices involving refund anticipation checks and loans.
Imposes certain consumer protection requirements on service contract providers.
Limits certain provisions in restrictive covenants and limits enforceability of restrictive covenants.
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Requires transparency concerning compensation with promotional opportunities and in employment listings.
Prohibits motor vehicle manufacturer or dealer from requiring subscription for certain motor vehicle features and from charging certain fees.*
Bars certain limitations on number of consumer contract claims that are allowed to proceed at same time.
Requires person offering digital coupon to make available in-store alternative of identical value.*
Establishes annual ten-day sales tax holiday for certain sales of disaster preparedness supplies and equipment.
Concerns penalties for motor vehicle dealers that violate rules and regulations regarding temporary license plates or registration; establishes crime for obtaining, displaying, or possessing temporary license plate or registration procured through false information.
Concerns temporary registration certificates and license plates.
In committee55
Requires independent State authority member to disclose contractual relationship between authority and authority member's relatives.
Makes certain changes to public access of government records.
Requires adoption of anti-nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.
Prohibits the sale of certain children's products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium.
Requires printers to display average cost per 1,000 printed pages and ink cartridges to display yield.
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.
Requires DOH to establish uniform standards for retail food establishment health and sanitary evaluation placards.
Requires State Treasurer to organize and publish certain contract and grant data and information on State expenditure Internet website.
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Revises law concerning prohibition of certain unsolicited checks.
Revises penalty provision of law concerning prohibition of certain unsolicited text messages.
Establishes Prescription Drug Review Commission; requires production costs be reported for certain prescription drugs.
Provides State agencies will not enter into contracts with business entities that require persons or public entities to submit disputes to binding arbitration.
Requires secured party to deliver motor vehicle certificate of ownership by certified mail.
Imposes certain requirements on motor vehicle rental companies that equip vehicles with electronic toll transponders.
"Fair Repair Act"; concerns repairs to certain consumer electronics.
Regulates pay-off of trade-in vehicles and certain vehicle title releases.
The "Municipal Volunteer Property Tax Reduction Act"; permits certain municipal property owners to perform volunteer services in return for property tax vouchers.
Expressly prohibits invasive examination of unconscious patient by health care practitioner without patient's prior informed written consent.
Requires disclosure of usual and customary price for merchandise offered in certain advertisements.
Requires cable television, direct broadcast satellite, and television streaming service companies to include certain fees and charges for service in advertised price to consumers.
"Used Car Buyers' Bill of Rights"; prohibits certain "as is" sales of used motor vehicles.
Requires motor vehicle dealers provide loan application to consumers.
"Used Motor Vehicle Dealer Licensing Act."
Concerning the "Contractors' Registration Act."
Provides for legal representation for residential lessees and tenants in any removal or eviction proceeding.
Requires gubernatorial and legislative candidates report contributions within 48 hours of receipt; requires Election Law Enforcement Commission to post reports within 72 hours of filing.
Prohibits sale, distribution, and import of certain products marketed as recyclable, unless DEP determines that products are widely recycled.
Extends immunity relating to COVID-19 claims in planned real estate developments until December 31, 2022.
Requires certain consumer contracts to include translations to languages other than English.
Invalidates consumer contracts which require a waiver of right to file a consumer complaint.
Establishes prohibited practices for creditors.
Authorizes application for dismissal of a "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation" ("SLAPP").
"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.
Provides three-month reduction or suspension of tax on highway fuels based on average retail price of unleaded regular gasoline; makes an appropriation.
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of binary firearm triggers.
Imposes restrictions concerning Port Authority of New York and New Jersey commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Permits EMT, paramedic, or investigator for county medical examiner's office to make determination and pronouncement of death under certain circumstances.
Directs Commissioner of Education to study curriculum requirements for geography education in high school.
Requires school districts to provide for the safe operation of electrically operated partitions in classrooms or other school facilities.
Requires motorcycle passengers to be 10 years of age or older.
Prohibits transport of certain items by motor vehicle on certain roadways; provides standards for loading of motor vehicle with certain items.
Prohibits adoption of any State rule or regulation mandating electric heating or water heating systems in buildings prior to issuance of DCA report.
Concerns use of cannabis by certain law enforcement officers during non-work hours.
Upgrades penalties for assaulting certain health care support staff and security guards at health care facilities and human services and veterans' facilities.
Prohibits purchase and sale of body armor unless certain purchaser eligibility criteria is met.
Requires parental notification when seclusion technique is utilized on student with disabilities; requires DOE to collect data on students with disabilities regarding exclusion from school pending psychiatric clearance and utilization of restraints and seclusion.
Extends requirements on use of restraint and seclusion to all students; requires immediate parental notification; requires DOE to collect and report data regarding use of restraint and seclusion on students.
Requires publication online of Senate Journals, Assembly Minutes, and their indexes.
Prohibiting training repayment agreements.
Prohibits acquisition or disclosure of personal health information without consent.
Requires publication of prices of standard and emergency services provided by veterinarians.
Establishes homestead and bank account exemptions for persons in debt; increases existing exemption amounts for household goods.
Revises property tax assessment calendar.
Carried from the Senate
Became law5
Prohibits tax preparers from engaging in certain practices involving refund anticipation checks and loans.
Imposes certain consumer protection requirements on service contract providers. *
Requires telemarketers to provide name, mailing address, and telephone number of person on whose behalf call is made.
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Concerns temporary registration certificates and license plates.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 25
Establishes Stay NJ property tax credit program; establishes Stay NJ Task Force; expands income limit and modifies ownership requirement for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement; enhances ANCHOR benefits for seniors; and makes appropriations.*
Establishes new transparency standards for pharmacy benefits manager business practices. *
Provides for expedited construction inspections.*
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.
Allows Attorney General to bring cause of action for certain public nuisance violations arising from sale or marketing of firearms.
Amends applicability of law prohibiting sale and distribution of plastic and paper carryout bags to food banks and food pantries; appropriates $600,000. ***
Creates State business assistance program to establish contracting agency procurement goals for socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Establishes "Health Care Heroes Violence Prevention Act."
Establishes "Annual Business Matchmaking Event" in Department of Treasury.*
Allows license plate frame to obscure certain parts of permanent or temporary license plate under certain conditions.
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
Provides one-year waiver of certain MVC fees imposed for driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriations of $71,786,000.
Requires motor vehicle dealer to offer to delete personal information in motor vehicles in certain situations.*
Establishes mentorship program for new businesses and start-ups.
Promotes small business Internet presence.
Allows cure period for businesses to address and resolve certain violations.
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Expands scope of school district employee sick leave.
Revises New Jersey False Claims Act to comply with federal law for purposes of entitling State to enhanced recovery in Medicaid fraud cases.
Concerns qualified offshore wind projects and federal tax benefits for certain offshore wind investments.*
Amends definition of "participating county" under County Option Hospital Fee Program.
Authorizes DOT to establish and administer toll collection and enforcement system on behalf of NJ toll authorities and to enter into reciprocal agreements for enforcement of toll violations with toll authorities from other states.
Vetoed · 2
Establishes bribery in official and political matters applies to person soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept benefit as consideration to act even though not yet in office or otherwise qualified to act.
Vacant Storefront Registry Program; establishes public database of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
Passed the General Assembly · 17
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $3 million.*
Requires DHS and other appropriate state agencies to disseminate information on transportation options for persons with developmental disabilities.
Revises criteria to establish base year for homestead property tax reimbursement after relocation.
Makes $2.5 million in federal funds available to EDA to support veteran-owned businesses in need.
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow service recipients to terminate service contracts following physician's referral to long-term care facility.
Requires MVC to operate call center to assist with online transactions.
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Appropriates $2 million in constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to fund grant program for historic preservation of monuments commemorating veterans.
Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications.*
Requires vehicle identification number be stamped on catalytic converters of motor vehicles.
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
"Pet Insurance Act."
Revises law concerning family leave to extend protection by reducing, over time, employee threshold from 30 employees to five employees in definition of employer.*
Prohibits and imposes criminal penalty on distribution of certain intentionally deceptive audio or visual media within 90 days of election.
Requires DHS to provide information to SNAP and WFNJ recipients regarding card skimming, cloning, and similar fraudulent activities and to submit report to Governor and Legislature on these fraud activities.
Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.
Out of committee · 35
Increases the income eligibility threshold and eliminates asset test for Medicare Savings Programs; appropriates funds.*
Revises income eligibility criteria for, and provides for promotion of, PAAD and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program; establishes "Senior Save Navigator Grant Program" to assist applicants with NJ Save applications.*
Revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Codifies, and increases under certain circumtances, current minimum Medicaid per diem reimbursement rates for assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes, and assisted living programs; makes appropriation.*
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Requires certain documentation of needs of students with disabilities during school security drills and emergency situations and in school security plans; requires staff training on needs of students with disabilities in emergency planning.
Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.
Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; outlines role and duties of school counselor; requires professional development for school counselors; establishes position of School Counselor Liaison in DOE.
Requires long-term care facilities to meet with residents and residents' families to review emergency contact information and to offer residents opportunity to update information.*
Requires notification to consumers of collection and disclosure of personal data by certain entities.*
Implements certain guidelines concerning purchase of catalytic converters.
Requires landlord to provide written explanation for rent increase on tenant of senior citizen housing project.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices and asthma inhalers; limits cost sharing for health insurance coverage of insulin.
Establishes certain data reporting requirements for prescription drug supply chain; establishes Drug Affordability Council; appropriates $1,500,000.*
Extends prohibition on certain utility discontinuances for certain customers.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of military.
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit Program.*
Credits $5.2 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $2.9 billion to NJ Schools Development Authority, NJ DOT, and NJT; and establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects.*
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.*
Modernizes business filing statutes to include entity conversion and domestication.
Prohibits possession and requires registration of body armor in certain circumstances.
"Uniform Public Expression Protection Act"; provides for expedited process for dismissal of "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation" ("SLAPP").*
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Allows tax credit recipients under Grow New Jersey Assistance Program to apply tax credit against gross income tax liability.
Establishes sales and events privileges for certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers.*
Provides for child tax credit to be available in Tax Year 2022.
Implements recommendations of State Comptroller report on municipal sick leave, vacation leave, and supplemental payment policies; establishes certain financial penalties.
Permits conduct of Queen of Hearts raffle games.
Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts; appropriates $103,023,579.*
Authorizes issuance of electronic copies of vital records.
Transfers Motion Picture and Television Development Commision to EDA; revises certain provisions of tax credit program for film and digital media content production; appropriates $30 million.*
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Designates portion of State Highway Route No. 47 in Deptford Township as "Officer Robert J. Shisler Memorial Highway."
Amends Fiscal Year 2024 annual appropriations act to extend ANCHOR Property Tax Relief Program eligibility to homestead owners and tenants who made payments in lieu of taxes.*
In committee · 43
"New Jersey Disclosure and Accountability Transparency Act (NJ DaTA)"; establishes certain requirements for disclosure and processing of personally identifiable information; establishes Office of Data Protection and Responsible Use in Division of Consumer Affairs.
"General Contractor Licensing Act;" provides for licensure of general contractors.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
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 professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
Expands crime of bias intimidation; establishes additional penalties for crimes of bias intimidation and harassment; establishes bias intimidation motivation damages.*
Restricts authority to terminate reciprocal personal income tax agreements with other states.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Requires installation of grab bars in certain public restrooms.
Encourages local unit sharing of services; makes appropriations.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Reduces standard voter registration deadline to eight days before election; allows voter registration at polling place on election day and at offices where mail-in ballots are issued within 45 days before election.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential and prohibit any disclosure, sale, or unauthorized access to subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing to disclose information.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
Provides $3,000 gross income tax deduction for certain taxpayers providing home care for an elderly relative.
Broadens eligibility for gross income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement program into credit program.
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
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.
Increases amounts of property tax deductions for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, and veterans, from $250 to $500.
Provides 60-day reduction in highway fuel taxes; makes appropriation.
Lowers age of eligibility for surviving spouse under homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Prohibits paid first responders from engaging in recreational use of cannabis items.
"Free Means Free Act"; prohibits misleading advertising of free products.
Requires Commissioner of Transportation to arrange for provision of free public transportation for individuals age 75 and older.
Requires partial State reimbursement to municipalities for cost of disabled veterans' total property tax exemption.
Establishes Veteran-Owned Business Contract Financing Loan Program in EDA to help certain veteran-owned businesses perform public contracts; appropriates $5 million.
Requires emergency medical technicians and firefighters to receive training concerning electric vehicle fires.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Establishes "ATV Law Enforcement Task Force" to enhance and coordinate efforts to enforce laws pertaining to ATVs; appropriates $1 million.
Provides $1,000 income tax deduction for certain volunteer firefighters and members of first aid and rescue squads.
Requires registration and regulation of certain hemp-derived cannabinoids manufactured and sold in this State.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Establishes minimum NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for certain out-of-state hospitals that provide services to NJ FamilyCare pediatric beneficiaries.
Allows voter registration at polling place on election day or at early voting site during early voting period.
Requires creation of license plates that allow disabled veterans to park in parking spots reserved for persons with disabilities.