Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, General Assembly.
William W. Spearman
Sponsored
Became law3
Requires DHS to establish electronic portal to promote surplus food donation collaboration among nonprofit organizations, gleaners, and food retailers.
Requires filing of certain creditor contact information with residential mortgage foreclosure complaint and lis pendens.
Revises certain penalties for illegal operation of snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike.**
Passed the General Assembly1
Amends Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations act to revise increase in Work First New Jersey benefits.
Out of committee2
Requires reservation of portion of tenant-based vouchers under State rental assistance program for persons displaced due to redevelopment of an affodable housing development; provides displaced persons with affordable housing priority status.*
Extends economic recovery term under "Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act; bars appeal of certain property assessments.*
In committee4
"New Jersey Works Act"; Permits businesses to create pre-employment training programs in partnership with nonprofit organizations or educational institutions; provides tax credit to businesses that provide financial assistance to pre-employment training p
Concerns sign fabrication, prevailing wage requirements, and project labor agreements.
Expands inmate eligibility for residential community programs.
Requires public water systems to replace customer lead service lines at expense of all public water system customers.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Amends Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations act to revise increase in Work First New Jersey benefits.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Raises, over time, hourly minimum wage to $15.00.
Restricts use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.
Creates two categories of driver's licenses and identification cards; allows residents unable to prove lawful presence in US to receive permits, and standard driver's licenses or identification cards; permits MVC to increase certain fees.
Requires AG to establish program to detect fentanyl in State's illegal drug supply and make information related to presence of fentanyl available in database accessible by law enforcement.
Requires health benefits and Medicaid coverage for breastfeeding support.*
Increases gross income tax deduction available to veterans from $3,000 to $6,000.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Passed the General Assembly · 1
Requires Commissioner of Health to establish maternity care public awareness campaign.*
Out of committee · 15
Directs certain unclaimed electric and gas utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund and societal charge revenues to be paid to Statewide nonprofit energy assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.*
Concerns service of food or refreshments on mortuary premises.
Authorizes school food authority to use cost reimbursable contract or fixed price contract for school meals.
Establishes New Jersey Violence Intervention Program to fund violence reduction initiatives.
Requires Medicaid cover professional violence prevention counseling services.
Requires VCCO's victim counseling service to partner with trauma centers to refer certain victims to violence intervention programs.
Requires that one public member of EDA be a representative of State's small business community.
The "Liberty State Park Protection Act"; establishes Liberty State Park Advisory Committee and requirements concerning DEP actions related to Liberty State Park.
Requires disclosure of breach of security of geolocation data.
"Sign Fabrication Safety Quality Assurance Act."
Revises neighborhood revitalization tax credit program to increase permitted annual tax credit allocation to $15 million.
Permits local governments to request civil service law enforcement examinations; increases training reimbursement for law enforcement positions; removes certain law enforcement appointees from civil service eligible list; allows county hiring preference f
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Establishes program to increase participation of underrepresented students in New Jersey's science and engineering workforce.
Concerns local taxation of business personal property of local exchange telephone companies.
In committee · 18
Directs DOT Commissioner to allocate Transportation Trust Fund monies for concept development and design of Route 55 extension.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, application to roadway, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Removes limit on number of alternate deputy registrars local registrars may appoint.
Amends Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations act to increase appropriation from "Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund" to DOH for certain grant purposes.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services.
Increases amount of credit for incarceration resulting from default of court-imposed financial obligation or motor vehicle penalty.
Appropriates total of $160,000 from General Fund to Rutgers University-Camden and Rutgers University-Newark to establish Civic Leadership Summer Program.
Creates rebuttable presumption in workers' compensation cases of respiratory disease of casino employees working in smoking areas.
Permits license plate frames which do not obscure numbers or letters on motor vehicle license plates.
Permits municipalities having population under 2,500 to withdraw from civil service by ordinance.
Requires use of common enrollment system in renaissance school districts.
Allows certain voters to obtain and vote mail-in ballot on election day under certain circumstances.
"Mary's Law"; requires Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide direct payments for purchases of specialized, modified motor vehicles.
Establishes School Security Task Force.
Prohibits person under 18 years of age from using tanning bed.
Exempts certain individuals from vehicle registration and driver's license fees.