Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Dan Hutchison
Sponsored
Became law7
Establishes limit on rent increase for certain dwelling sites for modular or industrialized buildings or manufactured homes.*
Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000.
Establishes penalties for certain conduct related to public brawl and disorderly conduct.
Establishes offense of inciting public brawl; upgrades penalty for disorderly conduct in certain circumstances.
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching certain stationary vehicles and revises public awareness campaign.**
Establishes tianeptine as Schedule II controlled dangerous substance.
Prohibits municipal utilities authority from charging fire district and fire department water service charges for fire protection systems in certain circumstances.*
Passed the General Assembly6
Increases maximum age for pediatric long-term care facility residents to 26.
Exempts creditor from paying municipal property registration fee if property is subject to automatic stay under federal Bankruptcy Code.
Eliminates statute of limitations on income tax assessments that arise out of erroneous refunds induced by fraud.
Limits negotiated plea agreements for crime of burglary when firearm involved.
Requires health benefits coverage of continuous glucose monitoring system for treatment of glycogen storage disease.
Requires restaurant to disclose mandatory gratuity to patrons.*
Out of committee6
Restricts genetic testing of newborn and crime victim DNA; permits DNA information to be obtained pursuant to warrant or court order.
Requires DOH to establish partnerships with certain entities to improve emergency response to public health crisis.
Establishes "Anthony's Legacy Act"; provides special consideration for certain grandparents applying for visitation rights.
Requires electric public utilities to apply to BPU for certificate of public convenience and necessity prior to undertaking transmission project.
Appropriates $500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Clarifies licensure requirements of home improvement and home elevation contractors.
In committee20
Indexes amount of veterans' income tax exemption for inflation.
Revises property tax assessment calendar.
Establishes homestead and bank account exemptions for persons in debt; increases existing exemption amounts for household goods.
Provides that contracts between subscribers and attorney in fact are not a related party transaction.
Requires schools to universally provide free meals to all students, regardless of whether students are federally eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Prohibits cryptocurrency automatic teller machines.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain neurological diseases.
Requires public utilities to provide certain information on customer bills.
Prohibits electric and gas public utility residential rate increases during certain times of year; requires advance notice of certain rate increases.
Requires municipalities and counties to utilize cost-saving practices under cooperative purchasing systems when procuring energy-related goods and services.
Directs BPU to establish incentive program for geothermal energy systems and grant program to support government energy aggregation program; increases annual target for new community solar projects.
Requires election workers to be paid hourly rate for mandatory training programs.
Broadens scope of information sharing and civil immunity therefor, related to insurance fraud.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from making certain changes to contract with network providers during term of contract.
Prohibits sports wagering licensees from offering micro bets; establishes penalties.
Authorizes cremation of unclaimed bodies by counties and storage of unclaimed bodies by hospitals.
Requires automobile insurers to include appraisal provisions in insurance policies.
Directs EDA to establish New Jersey Energy Independence Bank.
Expands cyber-harassment to include reckless online communications.
Establishes certain prescription drug data reporting requirements for hospitals.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Appropriates $500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Clarifies licensure requirements of home improvement and home elevation contractors.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 27
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.*
Makes disabled persons receiving disability payments pursuant to federal Railroad Retirement Act eligible to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Requires State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards pertaining to labor movement; requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement.*
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.*
Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer.
Criminalizes failure to return erroneous person-to-person electronic payments following proper notification.
Allows follow-up communication by operators of mental health and suicide crisis resources centers or 9-8-8 crisis hotline centers to minors at risk of death by suicide.*
Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."
Revises process for property tax lien holder to foreclose right to redeem a property tax lien; allows property owner to protect remaining equity.
Requires geotechnical testing and certain monitoring of transportation projects.
Requires DOH to develop informational materials on type 1 diabetes and DOE to distribute to parents and guardians of enrolled students.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.
"New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program.
Establishes criminal penalties for certain violations of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act."
Allows exemption from New Jersey gross income of certain capital gains from sale or exchange of qualified small business stock.**
Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.*
"The Manufactured Home Park Protection Act"; expands opportunity to purchase for resident homeowners in certain manufactured home parks; modifies certain requirements for disposition of private residential leasehold communities.
Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances.*
Requires producer of certain firefighting equipment containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances to provide written notice to purchaser; prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain firefighting equipment containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.*
Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.
Permits certain wineries to sell their products by the glass for consumption in licensed salesrooms.
Requires BPU to procure and incentivize transmission-scale energy storage.
Allows businesses to receive information via email concerning new regulations and economic incentives that affect business.
Directs BPU to study feasibility of developing advanced reactors Statewide.**
Permits fire departments to use certain Class B firefighting foam for one year after prohibition takes effect.*
Provides for workers' compensation coverage of certain counseling services for first responders and provides that certain mental health related communications are confidential.
Vetoed · 2
Establishes mortgage payment relief and foreclosure protection for certain homeowners impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Requires cancellation option for any subscription service and establishes certain standards pertaining to use of negative option features.
Passed the General Assembly · 16
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.*
Requires 60 day notice concerning tuition rate changes by licensed child care centers.
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Permits court to order counseling for children in households with domestic violence in appropriate cases; establishes presumption of award of custody to domestic violence victim in appropriate cases.**
Requires signs to be posted in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.*
Subjects certain rooming and boarding houses to municipal land use regulations; requires owners and operators of cooperative sober living residences to submit certain approvals with license applications.
Directs BPU to adopt rules and regulations concerning small modular nuclear reactors; authorizes EDA to incentivize construction and operation of such reactors.
Requires social media platforms to cooperate with nonprofit organization initiatives to remove nonconsensual intimate images or videos.
Establishes separate crime of burglary of residential dwelling.
Extends statute of limitations for civil cases arising from human trafficking.**
Requires transfer of certain participants of DCRP to PERS.*
Requires State entities to offer optional service for businesses to receive certain notices electronically.
Modifies child endangerment statute to include AI technology; establishes criminal penalties.
Requires retail food establishments to provide disclosures for certain caffeinated beverages.
"Saving Our Diners and Protecting Our Past (SODA POP) Act"; provides sales and use tax exemption and corporation business and gross income tax credits for historic diners and restaurants included on annual registry.
Out of committee · 45
Requires AG to establish rape kit tracking system.
Establishes central registry for background checks of youth serving organization employees and volunteers.
"Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.*
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.
Makes various changes to "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act" and Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program; repeals "New Jersey Ignite Act."*
Requires issuance of report on certain information and data on processing of applications for professional and occupational licenses and mandates review of training and call intake in Division of Consumer Affairs.
Permits veteran's property tax deduction for tax year when veteran was previously qualified to receive deduction and became owner of real property after October 1 of pretax year.
Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.*
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Establishes right of sexual assault victim to notification of certain developments in criminal case.
Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*
Establishes oversight and qualifications of peer recovery specialists.*
Expands scope of public works subject to prevailing wage requirements; concerns prevailing wage law requirements for public institutions of higher education.*
Requires employer or contractor engaged in work for public body to submit payroll records to DOLWD.*
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Establishes penalties for employers who disclose or threaten to disclose employee's immigration status for purpose of concealing violation of State wage, benefit or tax laws.*
Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract.
Prohibits cooperative from receiving public works contract when cooperative-approved vendor fails to pay prevailing wage; concerns cooperative purchasing agreements with other states; and permits contracting units to award certain indefinite contracts.*
Establishes crimes of home invasion burglary and residential burglary.*
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.**
Allows pharmacists to transfer Schedule II attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder prescriptions.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to create report on human trafficking related to 2026 FIFA World Cup; appropriates $1 million.*
"Real Estate Consumer Protection Enhancement Act."
Establishes fee refund program for businesses applying for permits, licenses, or certifications in this State.
Requires DOH to revise emergency response plan for pandemic influenzas.
Requires boards of education to adopt policy on use of surveillance systems with artificial intelligence capabilities.
Upgrades, and in some circumstances provides for extended terms of imprisonment for, certain retail theft crimes, addresses gift card fraud, and authorizes new Attorney General initiatives to address organized retail theft.*
Creates Task Force on Higher Education Governance and Funding; appropriates $200,000.*
Requires electric and gas public utilities to establish "Energy Bill Watch" program and include certain information in bills and notices to customers.
Requires institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions to notify Higher Education Student Assistance Authority of approved federal borrower defense loan discharge.*
Requires guidelines on student use of internet-enabled devices to be developed by DOE and policy to be adopted by governing body of each public school.**
"Patient and Provider Protection Act."
Provides project grant under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for career and technical education expansion; appropriates $7.65 million.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Makes annual allocation of $500,000 from Clean Communities Program Fund for public outreach concerning single-use plastics reduction program permanent.
Permits certain winery license holders to produce wine on behalf of another winery under certain circumstances; establishes supplemental wine production facility license.*
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for sex offenses committed against minor.
Makes various changes to provisions of "Administrative Procedure Act."
Prohibits BPU from approving electric public utility rate increase without full rate review.
Requires AG to establish ballistics analysis device pilot program in certain municipalities.
Requires public institution of higher education to provide students with information on food assistance programs.
Prohibits advertising artificial intelligence system as licensed mental health professional.
Establishes program to provide guaranteed admission to public institutions of higher education for certain public school students.
Requires BPU to study potential deployment of advanced transmission technologies in NJ.
Makes various changes to SHBP plan offerings and governance.
In committee · 62
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for programs providing mental health, substance use treatment, or services to persons with developmental disabilities.
Excludes veteran disability compensation from income qualification limits under homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Increases PFRS accidental disability and accidental death pension when disability or death is caused by weapon.
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Requires creation of license plates that allow disabled veterans to park in parking spots reserved for persons with disabilities.
Requires businesses in financial, essential infrastructure, and health care industries to report cybersecurity incidents.
Authorizes conversion of certain office parks and retail centers to mixed-use developments.
Requires instruction on cybersecurity in grades nine through 12; requires Office of Secretary of Higher Education to develop cybersecurity model curricula; establishes loan redemption programs for individuals in certain cybersecurity occupations.
Provides for oversight of DHS contracts with providers serving persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires urgent care and retail health clinics to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Establishes electronic lien and titling system for New Jersey motor vehicles.
Prohibits landlord from considering certain actions in tenant screening; clarifies that rent receivership action does not require rent deposit and may be based on implied warranty of habitability.
Removes certain part-time elected public officials from eligibility for employer-paid health care benefits coverage; makes elected public officials ineligible for payments for waiving health care benefits coverage; codifies Pension Fraud and Abuse Unit.
Requires landlord to provide written explanation for rent increase.
Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Requires public institution of higher education to post syllabus of each undergraduate course on its website.
"Used Car Buyers' Bill of Rights"; prohibits certain "as is" sales of used motor vehicles.
Concerns right to repair farm equipment and lawn mowers.
Imposes additional annual registration fee for electric vehicles; reduces rate of highway fuel taxes; authorizes DOT to conduct alternative revenue feasibility study.
Provides certain resources to county prosecutors for enforcement of law regarding failure to pay wages; makes appropriation.
Prohibits operation of drone over school under certain circumstances.
Concerns discrimination based on membership in a labor organization.
Authorizes provision of monetary awards to whistleblowers who report State tax law violations committed by employers in construction industry.
Permits greater diversity in creation of new health sharing ministries and establishes and exempts certain mandates and reporting requirements.
Expands scope of practice of pediatricians and advanced practice nurses with respect to pediatric behavioral and developmental health care.
Expands Tuition Aid Grant program to include workforce training programs.
Allows students to use portion of opportunity grant awards under Educational Opportunity Fund program during summer session.
Promotes trauma-informed care in State to mitigate negative effects of adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress.
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 DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $2 million.
Requires public institution of higher education to adopt withdrawal policy permitting refund for certain extenuating circumstances.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than two percent over prior academic year.
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
Requires certain consumer disclosures relating to rabies testing and establishes optional training for veterinarians.
Establishes "Resident Firefighter Grant Program" in Division of Fire Safety.
Requires public institution of higher education to provide alternative scholarship to student-athlete who loses athletic scholarship due to injury.
Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $400,000 from General fund for grant to nonprofit organization to support purchase of pet food for pet owners undergoing medical care.
Prohibits aquaculture of any species of octopus for purpose of human consumption.
Eliminates transaction nexus requirement under Sales and Use Tax and Corporation Business Tax.
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.
Requires manufacturer of firefighting personal protective equipment containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances to provide written notice to purchaser.
Establishes certain requirements for public utility rate increases.
Prohibits BPU approval of electric and gas public utility rate increases resulting in total increase to average residential customer bill in excess of two percent annually.
Establishes plan for provision of coverage to homeowners who are otherwise unable to procure homeowners insurance.
Prohibits certain institutional investors from purchasing or acquiring single-family homes.
Directs BPU to establish public information campaign concerning public utility meter inspection and calibration.
Prohibits electric and gas public utility rate increases except in extraordinary circumstances.
Imposes 30 percent electric public utility windfall surtax on certain taxpayers with allocated taxable net income in excess of 20 percent above five-year average income under CBT.
Modifies procedure for fire districts to request exemption from property tax levy cap.
Reduces threshold cost, from $5 million to $3 million, of public works projects which may include project labor agreements.
Increases from two percent to three percent the tax on fire insurance premiums written by out-of-State insurers.
Requires MVC to establish and administer online application for REAL ID identification cards and REAL ID licenses.
Establishes New Jersey Government Restructuring and Modernization Commission.
Creates disorderly persons offense for persons who conceal or attempt to conceal their identity while committing another crime or offense.
Establishes New Jersey Regulatory Modernization Commission.
"New Jersey Secretary of Commerce Act"; establishes Department of Commerce as principal department in Executive Branch of State government; makes an appropriation.
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for sex offenses and certain violent crimes committed using a deadly weapon.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to notify certain municipal officials of receipt of application for licensure of cooperative sober living residence.
Increases amounts of certain payments in lieu of taxes paid for lands owned by State or nonprofit organization for recreation and conservation purposes.