Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
William W. Spearman
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires municipalities in compliance with affordable housing obligations be provided priority consideration for certain State grants and assistance.
Directs Garden State Preservation Trust to perform audit of State's land preservation programs, authorizes local governments and nonprofit organizations to utilize certain constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for administrative expenses; appropriates $150,000.
Passed the General Assembly1
Authorizes soil conservation districts to have more than five supervisors.
Out of committee11
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $1 million.*
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Establishes Firefighter Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $1 million.
Requires inspections of retail cigarette and vapor product dealers.
Appropriates $500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Directs DEP to select consultant to perform Statewide needs assessment regarding recycling of packaging products; establishes "Statewide Recycling Needs Assessment Advisory Council" in DEP; appropriates $500,000.
Requires school meal service providers to give purchasing preference to foods produced by in-State farmers and other food producers located within State borders or within 100 miles of destination school.*
Extends economic recovery term under "Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act."
Dedicates certain wine tax receipts to "Jersey Fresh Program Fund."
Provides for presumption of pretrial detention of certain repeat offenders charged with first or second degree crime or crime of domestic violence.*
"Farmland and Woodland Tax Assessment Integrity and Investment Act."
In committee29
Allows municipalities to revoke and reissue plenary retail consumption licenses that are inactive for five years.
Prioritizes distribution of 9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund monies; permits use of funds for certain expenses incurred by counties and municipalities for the provision and maintenance of 9-1-1 emergency services.
Concerns New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation; requires annual appropriation.
Permits hiring police officers prior to taking training course.
Establishes NJ State Parks and Open Space Foundation.
Establishes certain hiring preferences for Class Two special law enforcement officers seeking position with municipal law enforcement agency.
Requires MVC to permit individuals with certain medical conditions to display decal on license plate.
Permits PERS retiree to return to elective public office after retirement under certain circumstances.
Concerns licensing of security officer companies.
Provides $1,000 income tax deduction for certain volunteer firefighters and members of first aid and rescue squads.
Prohibits disclosure of certain information of probation officers.
Establishes Community Crisis Response Advisory Council and community crisis response teams pilot program; appropriates $10 million.
Establishes Law Enforcement Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $3 million.
Creates "New Jersey Grid Modernization Task Force" in Governor's office.
Concerns consideration of factors by court at hearing for pretrial detention or violation of condition of pretrial release.
Amends definition of "participating county'' under County Option Hospital Fee Program.
Establishes offense of harassing, intimidating, or bullying minor; establishes diversionary program for juveniles charged with offense.
Concerns carbon monoxide detectors in certain multiple dwellings and certain hotels.
Requires Pretrial Services to recommend pretrial detention of certain repeat offenders.
Provides that potable water well construction projects on preserved farms are eligible to receive soil and water conservation grants from SADC.
Establishes fire protection requirements for short-term farm labor housing.
Establishes Responsible Animal Breeding Working Group within Department of Agriculture.
Establishes distinction between residential tenant and other occupants of hotel or motel for purpose of determining permitted removal actions.
Requires certain school districts to hold annual, multi-day program on bullying prevention and intervention.
Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities; transfers certain resources and employees from DOH to Department of Agriculture.
Permits dual-use solar facilities to participate in community solar program.
Establishes "STEM Curriculum Grant Program" for certain school districts; makes appropriation.
Establishes invasive species control grant program in Department of Agriculture; appropriates $3 million.
Concerns facilities used by new motor vehicle dealer licenses; establishes provisional new motor vehicle dealer licenses.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Appropriates $500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
"Farmland and Woodland Tax Assessment Integrity and Investment Act."*
Extends economic recovery term under "Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Requires transportation network company drivers to complete anti-human trafficking training course.
Authorizes medical cannabis for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
Establishes "New Jersey Target Zero Commission."
Increases traffic threshold for local installation of certain speed humps on certain local streets without DOT approval.
Requires geotechnical testing and certain monitoring of transportation projects.
Extends certain accommodations for businesses participating in State economic development programs.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2025.
Allows exemption from New Jersey gross income of certain capital gains from sale or exchange of qualified small business stock.**
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.
Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.*
Permits court to take additional time to consider pretrial release or pretrial detention when firearm offense is involved.
Requires establishment of automated platform to expedite construction code approval of applications to install residential solar energy systems.
Passed the General Assembly · 7
Requires DEP to consider potential impacts to natural resources when classifying dams according to hazard potential.
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for certain projects for acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes and certain environmental infrastructure projects that include, or allow for, flood mitigation projects.
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 Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.*
Requires NJEDA to establish loan program to assist beginning farmers in financing capital purchases.
Provides for rehabilitative release for certain incarcerated persons.
Requires hospitals and birthing facilities to request new parents watch water safety video prior to discharge.
Out of committee · 33
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
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.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Requires study of ocean energy potential; directs BPU to establish wave and tidal energy generation goals and take other action to establish NJ as nationwide leader in ocean energy.
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
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."*
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Exempts certain plastic materials processed at advanced plastic processing facilities from State laws regulating solid waste disposal and recycling.
Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $25,000 appropriation.*
Concerns hospitality franchise agreements.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Appropriates $28,670,924 in 2003 and 1992 bond act monies for loans for dam restoration and repair projects and inland waters projects.*
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey"; appropriates $5 million.**
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.**
Revises film and digital media content production tax credit program to include requirement for production of domestic original music and musical scores.
Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to adopt agricultural management practice for housing resident farm employees on commercial farms, and establishes such housing as eligible for "Right to Farm" protection.
Establishes "Minority and Women-Owned Businesses State Contractor Remedies Act."
"Climate Superfund Act"; imposes liability on certain fossil fuel companies for certain damages caused by climate change and establishes program in DEP to collect and distribute compensatory payments.
Requires Department of Treasury to update New Jersey Disparity Study every five years.
Requires State agencies to make good faith effort to increase awarding of contracts procured without advertisement to minority- and women-owned businesses.
Modifies title and role of Chief Diversity Officer; establishes New Jersey Office of Supplier Development and Business Opportunities.*
Establishes sheltered market program for certain business enterprises seeking State contracts.
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.*
Establishes "Jersey Craft Beverage Retailer Promotion and Grant Program" in EDA.*
Requires DEP to implement Advanced Clean Trucks regulations no earlier than January 1, 2027.
Makes annual allocation of $500,000 from Clean Communities Program Fund for public outreach concerning single-use plastics reduction program permanent.
Modifies procedures for determination and payment of fair market value in distressed municipalities; concerns real property that is abandoned, vacant, or subject to unpaid taxes.*
Requires Office of Information Technology to create platform to integrate multiple state websites into single centralized hub.
Appropriates $3,750,990 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Makes various changes to SHBP plan offerings and governance.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million from General Fund to DOH and DCA for Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers.
In committee · 98
Establishes "ATV Law Enforcement Task Force" to enhance and coordinate efforts to enforce laws pertaining to ATVs; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Provides emergency State school aid to certain school districts located in historic communities.
Requires candidate for teacher certification to complete course or training on anti-racism in education.
Requires State agencies update demographic data collection methods on Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian and Indian Diaspora residents of this State.
Authorizes court to include in domestic violence restraining orders a provision making the order applicable to a pregnant victim's child upon birth of the child.
Amends certain requirements for installation of electric vehicle supply equipment and Make-Ready parking spaces.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Designates portion of State Highway Route 71 as "John Tarantino Highway."
Eliminates conviction of indictable offense as automatic disqualifier for jury service under certain circumstances.
Criminalizes certain actions of individuals who offer rental of residential property that they do not own or legally possess.
Provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for four years; requires training prior to issuance of firearms cards and handgun purchase permits; revises procedures for passing of firearms to heir or legatee.
Requires new employers to reimburse certain former employers for law enforcement training costs.
Establishes license to allow wineries that produce more than 250,000 gallons per year to directly ship wine to consumers.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for After School Recreation in Urban Areas; stipulates uses of, and eligibility criteria for, funds.
Establishes three-year sickle cell disease pilot program; appropriates $10,200,000.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey."
Permits certain winery licensees to engage in direct shipping.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply and develop policy governing use of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies.
Prohibits information from Statewide voter registration system from being published on Internet.
Allows voter registration at polling place on election day or at early voting site during early voting period.
Provides an excused absence for pupil who serves as poll worker on election day.
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Expands permitted sales and activities on licensed premises of certain alcohol manufacturers.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Specifies additional services for victims of sex trafficking and domestic violence; makes $1,000,000 appropriation.
Establishes NJ Forensic Science Laboratory at Rutgers University-Camden; appropriates up to $500,000.
Provides loan redemption for certain veterinarians who work at approved site for five years; annually appropriates $500,000.
Requires NJ Clean Energy Program incentives be made available to commercial farms.
Increases PFRS accidental disability and accidental death pension when disability or death is caused by weapon.
Requires certain providers to perform intimate partner violence screenings and all health care professionals to take certain actions to prevent perpetrators of intimate partner violence from obtaining copies of victim's medical record.
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Permits public high school students to opt out of physical education and sports programs during Ramadan.
Requires school districts to provide information on process of obtaining US citizenship.
Establishes Office of Supportive Action Functionality Experts to prepare for catastrophic loss of technological services.
Authorizes issuance of electronic copies of vital records.
Concerns operation of cruise lights on patrol vehicles.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Increases amount of credit for incarceration resulting from default of court-imposed financial obligation or motor vehicle penalty.
Requires disclosure of breach of security of geolocation data.
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization.
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to Department of Law and Public Safety for public awareness campaign of victims' rights and VCCO assistance.
Requires police misconduct training course be included in police basic training curriculum.
Establishes First Responders COVID-19 Supplemental Benefits Program; appropriates $20 million.
"New Jersey Intergenerational Poverty Reduction Act."
Requires certain solid waste incinerator facilities to install baghouse filters when making certain modifications to facility.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Establishes New Jersey Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Program.
Requires law enforcement develop protocol for social media in certain circumstances.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for certain children, youth and family services organizations.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Prohibits use of education, occupation, and credit score as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
The "Liberty State Park Protection Act"; establishes Liberty State Park Advisory Committee and requirements concerning DEP actions related to Liberty State Park.
Authorizes creation of urban enterprise zone in Hoboken City.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
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.
Increases annual income limitation for senior and disabled citizens' eligibility for $250 property tax deduction and bases future annual income limitations on annual CPI changes.
"New Jersey Safe Storage of Firearms Act"; establishes certain requirements and penalties regarding firearm storage; repeals law governing minor's access to firearm; requires AG to establish public awareness campaign regarding firearm storage; appropriates $500,000.
Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
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.
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.
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Establishes sales and events privileges for certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers.
Prohibits Commissioner of Education from approving certain tests for teacher certification candidates with extended retake waiting periods.
Removes limit in annual budget requests of certain county offices.
Authorizes development and operation of computer system which would allow electronic access to outstanding arrest warrant information.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Establishes Safe Haven Homeless Housing Program; appropriates $30 million.
Establishes certain protections against deed theft.
Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
Establishes pilot program in Office of Planning Advocacy to reimburse municipalities for certain expenditures concerning warehouse development; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing legally protected health care activities; establishes right of residents to legally protected health care services, which are restricted in other states.
Requires AG to establish uniform police training curriculum.
Establishes Office of Farm Ombudsman in Department of Agriculture; appropriates $250,000.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Permits Department of Agriculture to regulate sale and distribution of hemp-derived consumable products under certain circumstances.
Prohibits school district from denying admittance to student due to tardiness or violation of dress code or school uniform policy.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Authorizes State Treasurer to appoint Garden State Preservation Trust acting executive director under certain conditions.
Requires disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and establishes certain responsibilities for litigation funders.
Expands categories of individuals who may bring a claim under wrongful imprisonment statute.
Creates "Census Complete Count Trust Fund" in Department of State for funding efforts to achieve full count of State's population each federal decennial census.
Changes certain allocations and amounts of constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for Fiscal Year 2026 and thereafter; authorizes Garden State Preservation Trust and local governments to acquire lands in urban areas for agricultural or horticultural purposes.
Requires DEP to adopt rules and regulations establishing alternative provisions by which vehicle manufacturers may comply with Low Emission Vehicle program.
Directs BPU to establish virtual power plant program to reduce peak demand for electric energy.
Permits certain substitute teachers to enroll in TPAF.
Permits for-profit movie theater to acquire plenary retail consumption license.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to waive electronic toll collection system fees for disabled veteran-owned businesses.