Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, Senate.
Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez
Sponsored
Became law11
Provides US Armed Forces and Reserves members with protection against interference with their employment, trade or business.
Provides US Armed Forces and Reserves members with protection against interference with enjoyment of any accommodation, facility, public accommodation, or privilege.
Establishes "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program."
Extends full protection of Law Against Discrimination to persons having liability for service in Armed Forces of United States; guarantees equal employment opportunity in State contracting to all veterans.
"New Jersey Open Data Initiative;" to require certain information be provided on Internet to public and State agencies.**
Ensures equal rights and opportunities for pregnant students in institutions of higher education.*
Establishes "Adopt a Monarch Butterfly Waystation" program.
Establishes "Milkweed for Monarchs" program.
Authorizes use of tracking dog to search for and recover wild deer during prescribed hunting season.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property in City of Camden, County of Camden to Camden County Improvement Authority.
Prohibits BPU review and approval of property transactions of certain telecommunications companies.
Passed the Senate1
Prohibits sale of certain toy guns and imitation firearms.
Out of committee35
Requires inspection for pest infestation prior to certain demolition.
Applies certain public contract bid threshold amounts to local pay to play and prevailing wage laws.*
Authorizes creation of special Phi Beta Sigma license plates.
Establishes certainl penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*
Authorizes impoundment of all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes for certain crimes and offenses.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Repeals law regulating charges assessed by a miller for grinding grain.
Establishes "Veterans Affordable Housing Section 8 Voucher Pilot Program."
Regulates use of motor vehicle payment assurance devices.
Concerns workers' cooperative societies.
Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.
Permits bowling alleys, including alleys licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, to conduct amusement games.
Establishes process for consideration of offers from short sale buyers during residential mortgage foreclosures.
Establishes certain additional examination and special learner's permit requirements.
Provides State agencies will not enter into contracts with business entities that require persons or public entities to give up rights or remedies provided by State law.
Includes all disabled veterans in NJT discount program for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.
Requires Division of Local Government Services to include certain property tax information on division's web page.
Establishes "High School to College Readiness Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education.
Creates license to manufacture and sell hard cider and mead.
Requires school bus transporting students using wheelchairs to be equipped with four-point securement system; requires school bus operator to secure students using wheelchairs.
Requires State Comptroller to report findings of audit compliance reviews.
Reallocates portion of certain forfeited property as incentive for information of drug-related offenses and to provide inpatient treatment for certain drug-dependent individuals.
Requires DOT to compensate local government entities for contractual delay damages resulting from shutdown of transportation projects funded by Transportation Trust Fund; authorizes local government entities to use certain funds for transportation project
Codifies DEP's New Jersey Recycling Awards Program to annually recognize outstanding recycling achievements.
Extends veterans' property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
Designates USS New Jersey as New Jersey State Ship.
Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for rescue of animal from motor vehicle under inhumane conditions.*
Authorizes Division of Consumer Affairs to extend orders for controlled dangerous substances under certain circumstances.
Appropriates $22,385,743 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Repeals law suspending certain licenses, registrations and certifications for failure to repay student loans.
Streamlines authorization for farmers market programs to participate in WIC and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Makes certain veterans eligible for certificates of registration under Security Officer Registration Act.
In committee94
Limits forum of consumer contract disputes to New Jersey.
Adds conviction of unlawfully possessing weapon to list of crimes that statutorily prohibit someone from buying or owning firearm.
Upgrades crime of manslaughter to aggravated manslaughter under certain circumstances.
Requires institutions of higher education to post information on sexual assaults on website and provide the information to prospective students.
"New Jersey Sexual Assault Violence in Education Act"; requires institutions of higher education to adopt anti-sexual assault theater program, report allegations of sexual assault to county prosecutor, and provide students with information on sexual assau
Authorizes county prosecutor to order removal of municipal police officer unable to perform essential function of office.
Establishes teacher recruitment grant program in DOE; appropriates $6 million to DOE.
Requires appropriate community notification when sex offender is placed in halfway house; prohibits certain county inmates in halfway house.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Prohibits installation of payment assurance device as condition of securing motor vehicle financing.
Provides active duty Armed Forces and Reserves members with exemption from jury duty and protection from assault while on military duty.
Permits local health boards to require minimum temperature of 70 degrees from October through April in certain buildings occupied by seniors and disabled persons.
Authorizes placement of involved animal with animal welfare agency or similar entity pending adjudication of alleged animal cruelty violation when not adjudicated in seven days.
Provides for increase in relocation assistance amounts based on increase of CPI.
Clarifies that compensation may be paid for expenses related to service animals required due to injuries resulting from crime against victim.
Amends "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law"; makes corrections and modifies notice provisions.
"Linnette Lebron's Law"; modifies procedures for marriage or civil union where a party is terminally ill.
Establishes Behavioral Mental Health Advisory Board in Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in DHS.
Requires MVC to issue motor vehicle placard to certain veterans and waives meter fees.
Revises certain aspects of the New Jersey Individual Development Account Program.
Expands municipal authority to license and inspect residential rental property.
Requires county health departments to maintain reserve stock of opioid antidotes and dispense such reserve stock to first responders and hospital pharmacies, on interim basis, in order to ensure uninterrupted supply.
Prohibits certain employment actions against employees affected by a declared state of emergency.
Prohibits employment discrimination based on applicant employment status.
Establishes criminal background check requirement for name change and prohibits name change in certain circumstances.
Clarifies procedures for restoration of driver's license after suspension; authorizes the court to waive imprisonment under certain circumstances.
Clarifies procedures for resignation, removal, and succession of fiduciaries.
Prohibits sale of certain products using advertisements alluding to controlled dangerous substances or analogs.
Limits rescheduling, cancelation, and no-show fees providers of health care services may charge in certain instances.
Revises "New Jersey Money Transmitters Act"; provides consumer protections; increases reporting and record keeping requirements.
Provides exemption from 3-day cancellation provision of home improvement contract in case of bona fide emergency.
Permits charter school to limit admission to single gender, students at-risk of academic failure, students with disabilities, or English language learners.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Revises court filing fees, assessments, penalties, fines, and certain licensing fees to fund Pretrial Services Program, e-court information system and Legal Services of New Jersey; repeals certain statutory provisions concerning court fees.
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.
Temporarily maintains property tax exemption for previously exempt non-profit hospital properties; establishes "Non-Profit Hospital Property Tax Exemption Study Commission."
Eliminates five percent down payment requirement for bond ordinances approved by counties and municipalities.
Establishes teen driver orientation program.
Requires businesses receiving financial assistance from EDA be prohibited from any gender gap payment practice to their employees.
Adds Monmouth County as pilot county for purposes of "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act."
Concerning the "Contractors' Registration Act."
Creates "Economic Gardening Program" in Department of State to provide customized services to certain businesses.
Establishes "New Jersey College Ready Students Program Act"; provides tuition-free dual enrollment opportunity at county college for certain high school students.
Establishes program to provide free tuition under State Tuition Aid Grant Program to certain students who are accepted to public four-year institutions of higher education and elect to attend county college for first two years.
Establishes "Succeed in New Jersey" student loan reimbursement program for certain New Jersey residents employed in designated fields.
Adds new civil penalties and increases surcharges imposed on domestic violence offenders; establishes "Domestic Violence Victims' Legal Assistance Fund.
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
Replaces references to "alien" and "illegal alien" in statutes with "foreign national" and "undocumented foreign national," respectively; prohibits use of those terms by executive branch agencies.
Creates housing purchase matching grant program for members of United States Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard who have served in certain military operations.
Requires certain medical transportation vehicles to be equipped with stop signal arms and requires drivers to stop for vehicles under certain circumstances.
Requires State Treasurer to organize and publish certain contract and grant data and information on State expenditure Internet website.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Requires an annual State debt affordability analysis be included in the State Debt Report.
Designates month of November as "Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Awareness Month" in NJ.
Establishes annual grant program to recognize public institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.
Revises various requirements concerning State medical marijuana program, including facilitating access to medical marijuana for children with debilitating medical conditions and their caregivers.
Requires additional data in annual temporary disability and family leave insurance reports.
Requires one member of board in charge of institution for persons with mental illness or developmental disability to be family member of resident.
Authorizes COAH to credit municipalities with 1.5 units of fair share affordable housing obligation for each housing unit occupied by a veteran; permits municipalities to satisfy fair share affordable housing obligation through 35 percent set aside for ve
Authorizes COAH to credit municipalities with 1.5 units of fair share affordable housing obligation for each unit of transitional housing occupied by a veteran.
Requires video camera on certain school buses with crossing control arms.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Requires prosecutor to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses paying a salary differential to National Guard members or reservists on active duty.
Provides limited civil liability immunity to farmers hosting agritourism activities.
Requires hospital laboratories and bio-analytical or clinical laboratories to offer test for hepatitis C to certain individuals; authorizes certain laboratories to perform rapid tests for hepatitis C.
Requires employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
Requires financial institutions to cash payroll checks under certain circumstances.
Prohibits mortgage loan discrimination based on familial status.
Requires businesses to report email address to Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services.
Authorizes issuance of craft distillery license to certain other alcoholic beverage manufacturing licensees.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
"Children's Caregivers Act"; revises requirements for primary caregivers for medical marijuana patients who are minors.
Creates restricted distillery license; permits holder therof to operate restaurant on licensed premises in Garden State Growth Zone.
Requires soil testing to determine lead content prior to certain home sales.
Requires compilation of, and public access to, tests of soil lead levels.
Appropriates $300,000 from General Fund to New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University.
Concerns equal pay and employment opportunities for women.
Clarifies excuse from jury service for members of the military or reserve under certain circumstances; repeals N.J.S.38A:4-6.
Removes requirement that limited brewery licensees provide tour when selling beer to consumers and permits certain food consumption on premise.
Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Requires State agencies to post Internet links to programs and services for women as applicable.
Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit certain persons unless they pose danger.
Prohibits emergency homeless shelters from conditioning provision of shelter on enrollment in certain programs.
Requires DCA to continuously maintain open enrollment period for federal Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-applications.
Permits temporary rental assistance for emergency assistance recipients.
Changes allocation of fines collected for motor vehicle violations in certain municipalities.
Establishes Task Force on Approved Private Schools for Students with Disabilities to study various issues including improving and streamlining tuition-setting process, funding, and fiscal accountability.
Expands definition of urban campus area; clarifies that employees of renaissance school project are in State-administered retirement system; provides greater flexibility in types of facilities which may be renaissance school projects.
Requires board of education to display information about child abuse hotline in each school.
Eliminates veterans' gross income tax deduction requirement that New Jersey National Guard member serve in federal active duty status.
Revises "Fair Foreclosure Act."
Establishes the "Domestic Violence Tuition Waiver Program."
Revises acreage requirement for plenary winery licenses.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law20
Requires Division of Local Government Services to include certain property tax information on division's web page.
Permits bowling alleys, including alleys licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, to conduct amusement games.
Regulates use of motor vehicle payment assurance devices.
Requires State Comptroller to report findings of audit compliance reviews.
Requires school bus transporting students using wheelchairs to be equipped with four-point securement system; requires school bus operator to secure students using wheelchairs.**
Codifies DEP's New Jersey Recycling Awards Program to annually recognize outstanding recycling achievements.
Makes certain veterans eligible for certificates of registration under Security Officer Registration Act.
Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*
Establishes process for consideration of offers from short sale buyers during residential mortgage foreclosures.
Establishes "Veterans Affordable Housing Section 8 Voucher Pilot Program."
Includes all disabled veterans in NJT discount program for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Repeals law suspending certain licenses, registrations and certifications for failure to repay student loans.
Creates license to manufacture and sell hard cider and mead.*
Requires restaurants to post DOH sign concerning food allergen awareness in kitchen or staff area.
Designates USS New Jersey as New Jersey State Ship.
Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.
Establishes "High School to College Readiness Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education.
Appropriates $22,385,743 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Repeals law regulating charges assessed by a miller for grinding grain.
Streamlines authorization for farmers market programs to participate in WIC and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Vetoed3
Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Passed the General Assembly2
Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for rescue of animal from motor vehicle under inhumane conditions.*
Requires board of education to post information about child abuse hotline in each school.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 22
Permits holding companies of eligible New Jersey emerging technology companies to receive investments under "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act."
Authorizes health care providers to engage in telemedicine and telehealth.*
Creates Veterans Diversion Program to divert eligible servicemembers away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.**
Permits county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages to create Gold Star Parent identification card.
Provides for registration and accreditation of human milk banks.
Requires preservation of certain biological evidence.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for maintenance of certain State memorials honoring war veterans.
Establishes special motorcycle license plates for veterans.
Establishes task force to study and make recommendations concerning mobility and support services needs of NJ adults with autism spectrum disorder.
Provides for retained eligibility for members of NJ National Guard or reserve component of US Armed Forces called to active federal military service who met maximum age requirement at closing date of civil service examination.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by State in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses.
Regulates deed procurement services.
Facilitates coordination of land use planning between civilian and military interests to preserve viability of federal military installations within State.
Requires DOLWD to permit veterans and other groups to apply for UI benefits online.
Establishes Women's Vocational Training Pilot Program to promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations; authorizes allocation of certain funds therefor.*
Concerns employee leasing agreements.*
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide annual New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program report to Governor and Legislature and develop student loan comparison information document to increase program transpa
Revises New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program to require applicants first exhaust federal student loans, require income verification, and limit total student loan amounts.
Requires Adjutant General to create informational webpage for Gold Star families.
Permits local units and school districts to invest in local government investment pools managed in accordance with applicable Governmental Accounting Standards Board guidelines.
Amends Fiscal Year 2018 annual appropriation act to ensure involuntarily furloughed State employees receive retroactive salary payments for State government budget shut down.
Revises animal cruelty law enforcement in NJ.
Vetoed · 5
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Concerns equal pay for women and employment discrimination.
Establishes Service Dog Pilot Program for inmates in Camden County; appropriates $150,000. *
"Nosey's Law"; prohibits use of elephants and other wild or exotic animals in traveling animal acts.*
Establishes grant program for school districts and charter schools to develop dual language immersion programs.
Passed the Senate · 20
Permits installation of GPS navigation devices which do not obstruct motor vehicle operator's vision.
Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.
Establishes a partial return to work TDI program.
Requires public institutions of higher education to establish policies for the implementation of fees.
"Combat to College Act"; grants priority course registration to military service members and veterans attending public institutions of higher education.
Establishes new procedure to fill congressional vacancies by election; eliminates special election option; requires congressional vacancy be filled on general election day; requires Governor to make appointment from same party to temporarily fill Senate v
Establishes Task Force on Safety in School Transportation.
Provides tuition benefits at public institutions of higher education to New Jersey residents who are members of reserve component of Armed Forces of United States.
Prohibits certain possession, sale, trade, distribution, or offering for sale of shark fins.*
Requires institution of higher education to award appropriate credit for student's military service.*
Prohibits certain third-party property tax appeals.
Provides for cost of care of animals involved in animal cruelty violations while being held pending disposition of violation.*
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to establish income-driven repayment option and loan rehabilitation program for borrowers under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.
Requires nursing home facility operated by DMVA for veterans to provide State-funded transportation to health care services outside of facility.
Provides State aid to counties and municipalities to fund transportation services for veterans to VA facilities; appropriates $500,000. *
Requires institutions of higher education to develop open textbook plan.*
Establishes public-private pilot program for level 3 electric vehicle charging stations.
Requires emergency contact information and 2-1-1 telephone system access instructions to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings.
Requires inclusion of information about discriminatory housing practices in Truth in Renting Guide.
Concerns application of residential rental property inspection findings in rental assistance determinations and eviction actions.
Out of committee · 84
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Requires Dept. of Agriculture and DEP to work with US Army Corps of Engineers to establish joint permit application process for aquaculture projects.
Requires Dept. of Agriculture and DEP to adopt coordinated permit application and review program for aquaculture projects.*
Permits charging late fee for rental payments due on self-service storage units and authorizes sale of property via website.
Exempts storage facility space furnished to active duty military personnel from sales and use tax.
Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for purposes of base realignment and closure.*
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.*
Provides for increase and annual adjustment in allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities. *
Establishes veterans' preference for affordable housing in certain housing projects.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.*
Extends health benefits coverage of a newborn infant.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.
Requires DCPP to implement policies and procedures to ensure caseworker safety; "Leah's Law."
Permits inclusion of volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders within municipal eligible employee group for purposes of the small employer health benefits plan statutes.
Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.
Requires DEP to offer to purchase and demolish certain contaminated residential property.
Exempts veterans' organizations from nonprofit corporation annual report filing fee.
Establishes microenterprise training program and assistance for microentrepreneurs; gives priority status to projects involving microenterprises under Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program.*
Makes annual compensation paid to surviving spouses of certain blind or disabled veterans payable from date of veteran's death.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $200,000 to Rutgers University - Camden for support of Citizenship Rutgers events.
Requires boards of education to conduct student vision screenings that include evaluation of acuity and binocular vision.
"Music Therapist Licensing Act."
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Expands eligibility to receive the veteran's property tax deduction and the veteran's property tax exemption.
Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.
Requires any POW-MIA flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in United States.
Provides tax credits to developers for certain affordable housing projects.*
"New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Allows person with allergy to drugs or medications to voluntarily make notation on drivers license.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions.
Establishes Military and Defense Economic Ombudsman in DMVA.*
"New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act," establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million.
Creates exemption from certain MVC fees for prisoners of war.
Allows "100 percent Disabled Veterans" to receive parking privileges reserved for persons with disability.
Requires DMVA to create registry for organizations providing services to veterans.
Jake's Law; Incentivizes counties to design and construct completely inclusive playgrounds as a priority for State funding for recreational and conservation purposes.*
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
Excludes veterans' entitlements from income for determination of PAAD eligibility.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or spouses of veterans and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
Establishes performance and training standards for certain Medicaid transportation services and requires DHS to report compliance with standards.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Authorizes medical marijuana for qualifying patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Establishes loan redemption program for teachers employed in chronically failing schools.
"Rosa-Bonilla Family Act"; concerns development of carbon monoxide poisoning educational program for drivers.
Permits issuance of motorcycle endorsement to certain out-of-State military personnel.
Requires that certain inmates with detainers be provided access to drug treatment programs.
Prohibits MVC from imposing duplicate license or identification card fee and digitized picture fee if duplicate is requested to reflect change in organ donor status.
Directs DEP to adopt standards for drinking water contaminants based upon recommendations of Drinking Water Quality Institute.*
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Establishing New Jersey Commission on Veterans' Benefits in DMVA.
Requires State Auditor to annually report on unspent State account balances.
Establishes Veterans Assistance Grant Program for nonprofit organization to provide certain services to veterans.
Permits increase in municipal free public library tax upon voter approval.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain amino acid-based elemental formulas.
Authorizes pharmacists to dispense up to 90-day supply of certain prescription drugs.
The New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
Provides that Good Samaritans are not required to pay for ambulance service if injured while rendering emergency care.
Requires EDA, in consultation with Department of Agriculture, to establish loan program for certain vineyard and winery capital expenses.
Requires board of education to post information about child abuse hotline in each school.
Requires HMFA to post proposed rules, regulations, policies,and underwriting criteria on its Internet website.*
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to authorize and advise food hubs.
Requires spaying or neutering of cats and dogs prior to sale or other release from animal rescue organization facility, kennel, pet shop, shelter, or pound.
Authorizes certain benefits for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty.
Establishes Gold Star Family Counseling Program in DMVA; creates tax credit for certain health care professionals.
Establishes Gold Star Family Scholarship Program; appropriates $100,000 from General Fund to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Requires public employers to implement certain policies for handling and responding to reports of domestic violence.
Modifies requirements for receipt of distinguished service medal; codifies qualifications for receipt of meritorious service medal.*
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, and certain services to maintain and repair breast pumps.
Clarifies law concerning the advertising and promoting of NJ farm products.
Dedicates $140,000 from NJ Brain Injury Research Fund for community based services provided by Statewide alliance dedicated to assisting persons with brain injury through advocacy, education, information and resources, outreach, and support services.
Authorizes alternate members for farmers on State Agriculture Development Committee.
Expands eligibility for property tax reimbursement program.
Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program by 30 percent over three years and according to Social Security cost of living increases thereafter.
Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.
Requires restaurants to post DOH sign concerning food allergen awareness in kitchen or staff area.
Authorizes virtual net metering for certain electric public utility customers connected to certain hydropower facilities and resource recovery facilities.*
Requires DOT Commissioner to develop public awareness programs and use variable message signs to inform motorists about State's "move over" law.
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Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Establishes "Atlantic City Growth Tax Credit Program" to grant tax credits to promote the development of non-rental housing in Atlantic City.
Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to veterans of Operation "Uphold Democracy."
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for employing immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were killed in action.
Allows shore municipalities to provide spouse and dependent children of veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Creates New Jersey Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act.
Establishes driver's license for residents who cannot prove lawful presence in US.
Revises definition of "necessary care" in the State's animal cruelty law to include more specific requirements.
Creates a civil cause of action for stalking.
Establishes procedures for determining enforceability of standard form contracts; invalidates certain indemnification clauses.
Requires school districts, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education to report allegations of sexual assault to law enforcement.
Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to the families of NJ troops overseas.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Provides veterans with up to 60 credits tuition-free at county college serving county of residence.
Establishes special license plates for veterans.
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Prohibits award of State contracts and development subsidies to inverted domestic corporations.
Increases penalties for failing to secure a child in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat while operating a motor vehicle.
Increases income eligibility cap to receive respite care for certain veterans.
Creates financial planning assistance program for disabled veterans and their caregivers.
Expands timeframe for renewal of driver's license, registration, and inspection by military personnel and immediate family members under certain circumstances.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Study Commission."
Continues tax exempt status of certain real property owned by disabled veterans during reconstruction of homes destroyed by flood, storm, or other act of God.
"New Jersey G.I. Bill"; provides higher education benefits to New Jersey veterans.
Establishes public awareness campaign advising pregnant women and new parents of the benefits of breastfeeding.
Creates housing purchase matching grant program for reserve component of U.S. Armed Forces and the New Jersey National Guard who have served in certain military operations; appropriates $2,000,000.
Prohibits animal cruelty violators from working at, or owning or operating, an animal-related enterprise; designated as "Moose's Law."
Requires various measures to address effects of low levels of lead exposure.
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Requires creditors to maintain interior of vacant and abandoned residential property under foreclosure.
Requires creditors to maintain vacant and abandoned non-residential properties under foreclosure.
Provides tuition benefits at public institutions of higher education for dependents of certain veterans.
Requires four-year public institutions of higher education to have one veteran coordinator for every 200 veteran students; requires veteran coordinator to work with DMVA to ensure veterans have access to all available services.
Expands acceptable military separation forms for county veteran identification card; allows issuance to National Guard veterans of other states; allows issuance only for certain classifications.
Provides certain veteran benefits to veterans of the global war on terror conflicts and those of certain military engagements served during certain periods.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to Cold War veterans.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Provides for increase and annual adjustment in allowance paid to veterans with certain wartime service-connected disabilities.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Extends certain PERS benefits to veterans of "Operation Uphold Democracy".
Provides credits under corporation business tax and gross income tax for qualified wages of certain disabled veterans.
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to veterans of Operation "Praying Mantis."
Establishes program to provide assistance to qualified veterans in in-patient and out-patient treatment programs to travel to medical counseling in State.
Requires school districts to observe Veterans Day as school holiday.
Removes black bear from list of game species.
Allows nonimmigrant alien students who have applied for a green card to qualify for in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education.
Enhances eligibility for State Aid for municipalities co-extensive with historic districts.
Requires bidders on certain State contracts to disclose, and Department of Treasury to publish, certain gender wage information.
Requires limited liability company to disclose ownership information when submitting deed for recording.
Permits juror donation of statutory juror compensation to New Jersey Vet2Vet Hotline program.
Concerns certain continuing professional education requirements for licensed electrologists.
Establishes public-private alternative fueling station pilot program and requires DOT to conduct study.
Limits contributions to legal defense fund of candidate for or holder of elective public office; requires reporting thereof to ELEC.
Upgrades harassment under certain circumstances; restricts cyberbullying offenders' access to the Internet.
Requires destruction of records stored on digital copy machines under certain circumstances.
Establishes central registry for background checks of youth serving organization employees and volunteers.
Prohibits the sale of certain children's products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions, earnings, and qualified distributions associated with special needs trusts.
Requires health benefits coverage for mammograms for women under 40 who lack access to family medical history due to their or their parent's adoption.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Directs DOT, in consultation with other State entities, to study and report on certain solar and wind energy installations.
Increases pension and retirement income exclusions under gross income tax for certain taxpayers.
Requires issue advocacy organization disclosure; increases disclosure of campaign finance information; raises amount of money contributable to committees; modifies restrictions on contributions by certain business entities performing public contracts.
Lowers age of eligibility for surviving spouse under homestead property tax reimbursement program; extends payment of homestead property tax reimbursement to non-eligible surviving spouse for portion of tax year during which deceased spouse lived.
Provides tax credits for performing certain repairs on primary residences of senior citizens or persons with disabilities.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Permits municipalities to use up to 15% of affordable housing trust fund monies to provide financial assistance grants to owners of real property that sustained certain weather-related damage.
Increases State appropriations to Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund by $387 million to restore municipal aid reductions from Fiscal Years 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Requires DLPS to issue guidelines for counties to establish special needs registries.
Requires lead paint inspection prior to home purchases and tenant turnover; establishes educational program on lead hazards.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Requires consumer notification of vehicle warranty for aftermarket and recycled parts.
Permits up to seven dollar increase in surcharge for document recordation with county in support of county homelessness housing trust funds.
Requires all new State buildings to have solar or geothermal energy systems, where feasible.
Permits municipalities, by ordinance, to prohibit release of balloons.
Establishes Emerging Technology Urban Grant Program in EDA; appropriates $20 million.
Establishes New Jersey Civic Information Consortium; transfers $20 million annually from New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority to consortium over five-year period.
Revises certain licensee filing requirements for alcoholic beverage price lists.
"Voter Privacy Act"; establishes protections for privacy of voters; prohibits automated programs to remove names of ineligible voters from official lists of eligible voters; prohibits sharing of certain voter information with federal government.
Increases craft distillery production limits; eliminates tour requirement for on-premises consumption; permits sale of snacks on craft distillery premises.