Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
William F. Moen Jr.
Sponsored
Became law7
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.*
Requires DMVA notify certain veteran organizations and county officers and municipal registers of names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries.
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
Requires geotechnical testing and certain monitoring of transportation projects.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in City of Camden in Camden County.
Establishes crime of reckless discharge of firearm.
Directs DEP to establish scrap tire hauler license and scrap tire storage, collection, and disposal site permit.
Passed the General Assembly7
Requires institutions of higher education and government employers to provide certain students and employees with information about Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism develop and maintain Internet website on historic sites, districts, and roadside markers.
Prohibits casino licensees from using non-wagering casino games to solicit future gaming.
Establishes requirements for receipt and purchase of scrap metals containing lithium-ion or propulsion batteries.*
Establishes safety measures for scrap metal businesses.
Requires DEP to regulate scrap metal facilities as recycling facilities.
Amends Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations act to reassign appropriation for City of Camden for Capital Projects to Parkside Business & Community in Partnership.
Out of committee23
Requires Commissioner of Department of Veterans Affairs to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.*
Requires certain supermarkets, grocery stores, and food suppliers to donate food under certain circumstances.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Authorizes creation of honorably discharged veteran license plates.*
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of military.
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Permits students at public institutions of higher education to donate unused meal plan funds to emergency meal fund for distribution to New Jersey food banks.
Includes electronic sports event as sports wagering; authorizes electronic sports wagering at certain locations.
Establishes "Remote Methadone Dosing Pilot Program;" appropriates $225,000.
Requires municipalities, counties, and school districts to report cybersecurity incidents.
Creates pilot program to provide corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for value of certain fruit and vegetable donations made by commercial farm operators.*
Requires DOT to develop program to implement adaptive traffic signal technology at certain intersections.
Eliminates five-year residency requirement for employees of NJ Racing Commission.
Establishes matching grant program in Department of State for local government units hiring storytellers with Revolutionary War expertise for United States Semiquincentennial; makes appropriation.
Permits use of credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment for raffles and penny auctions.*
Prohibits amusement games licensees from offering or advertising gambling activities related to amusement games.
Authorizes creation of "250th Anniversary Revolutionary War" license plates.
Requires each public institution of higher education to develop food waste reduction program on campus.
"Public Utility Fair Profit Act"; requires public utilities to take certain actions regarding excess profits and directs fines for violations to fund utility assistance programs.
Authorizes imposition of penalties and forfeiture of economic development subsidies for certain businesses that violate State environmental laws.*
Requires certain facilities that store or process automotive shredder residue to obtain DEP permit; defines "hazardous waste" to include automotive shredder residue.
Establishes pilot program for solar energy generation in roadside right-of-way.*
Allows courier services to sell instant lottery game tickets electronically; establishes self-exclusion list for State Lottery games.
In committee94
Permits county improvement authorities to establish student loan refinancing loan programs.
"New Jersey Intergenerational Poverty Reduction Act."
Permits qualified person with post-traumatic stress disorder to obtain handicapped parking placard.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from payment of motor vehicle registration fees; requires notification of eligible motorists.
Exempts customer with account for electronic toll collection system, commonly known as E-ZPass, from certain fees if motor vehicle is stolen.
Requires availability of free parking at polling places on election day.
Requires initial Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare eligibility determinations to be made not later than 21 days following application submission; provides that NJ FamilyCare coverage is terminated whenever required premium is not paid for three consecutive months.
Allows gross income tax deduction for employees for amounts paid by employers for certain educational assistance programs for employees and for employee's student loans.
Authorizes issuance of special license plates for alumni of four-year public institutions of higher education.
Provides for establishment of three-year pilot program to expand provision of paratransit services in New Jersey.
Increases fines for littering; requires DOT to develop program for litter reporting.
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 projects.
Requires DMVA promote Veterans History Project at Library of Congress.
Requires registration of private education lenders; establishes protections for private education borrowers.
Establishes "Remote Work Study Commission."
Requires certain solid waste incinerator facilities to install baghouse filters when making certain modifications to facility.
Establishes New Jersey Baby Bond Account Program.
Exempts personal protective equipment from sales and use tax.
Requires MVC to provide customer service telephone number at motor vehicle inspection facilities.
Concerns certain requirements regarding experience and examination for nonresident military spouses seeking professional or occupational licensure.
Authorizes South Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Association license plates with proceeds to veterans' and emergency management operations.
Create COVID-19 Memorial Commission.
Establishes one-time grant to study and recommend best practices for encouraging youth participation in government.
Requires certain employers to provide certain employees with notifications concerning federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Permits use of preferred names on student diplomas.
Requires four-year public institutions of higher education to provide on website certain information on online degree students and graduate degree students.
Prohibits four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.
Makes $2.5 million in federal funds available to EDA to support veteran-owned businesses in need.
Establishes "Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Affairs."
Directs MVC to implement and offer to public wireless telephone application technology that allows person to add digital version of certain identification to wireless telephone.
Grants gross income tax deduction to mental health care professionals providing services in the State.
Exempts protective face coverings from sales and use tax during public health emergencies.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to extend payment period for violations of electronic toll collection monitoring system, commonly known as E-ZPass, during COVID-19 public health emergency and state of emergency.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate to military veteran.
Establishes Outstanding Scholars Recruitment Program.
Requires four-year institutions of higher education to offer accelerated three-year baccalaureate degree programs.
Establishes loan redemption program for licensed mental health professionals.
Creates Office of Sustainability.
Creates New Jersey Cold War medal.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning programs and services for first responders, healthcare workers, other frontline workers, and their families experiencing mental health issues related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Requires undergraduate students to file degree plan and requires institutions of higher education and certain propriety institutions to develop pathway systems to graduation.
Prohibits open public records requests for commercial purposes.
Requires MVC to operate call center to assist with online transactions.
Establishes School Transportation Safety Commission in Department of Law and Public Safety.
Establishes pilot program to provide guidance to students applying for federal financial aid.
Authorizes county vocational school districts to establish electric vehicle certification programs.
Provides gross income tax deduction for volunteers of New Jersey Medical Reserve Corps that serve at least 150 hours during public health emergency.
Establishes Gold Star Family Scholarship Program; appropriates $100,000 from General Fund to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Establishes Veteran-Owned Business Contract Financing Loan Program in EDA to help certain veteran-owned businesses perform public contracts; appropriates $5 million.
Requires public service employer to certify employment of qualifying employees under federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop materials to promote Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Establishes "State House Flag Program"; makes appropriation.
Requires State agencies to enroll State employees into federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Establishes New Jersey Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Program.
Requires certain disclosures by sellers of single-family homes with solar panels installed.
Enhances requirements for applicant seeking to locate substance use disorder treatment center within 500 feet of school.
"Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit Act"; establishes gross income tax credit of up to $5,000 for certain student loan payments and makes an appropriation.
Removes expected family contribution from calculation of financial need under circumstances in which public institutions of higher education may reduce student's institutional financial aid.
Requires school districts to provide information on free application for federal student aid to students in grades 11 and 12.
Eliminates five percent down payment requirement for bond ordinances approved by counties and municipalities.
Requires publication online of Senate Journals, Assembly Minutes, and their indexes.
Revises reporting requirements of "New Jersey Student and Parent Consumer Information Act."
Authorizes MVC to enter into contract with private vendor for marketing and sale of certain license plates.
Requires registration of data brokers and prohibits brokering of certain health records.
Establishes Urban Enterprise Zone Microloan Program in EDA to help certain businesses in Urban Enterprise Zones and UEZ-Impacted districts; appropriates $5 million.
Requires ticket website operators to display certain information regarding ticket availability.
Requires law enforcement develop protocol for social media in certain circumstances.
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Gravesite Maintenance Grant Program in DMVA.
Requires DOT to publish information concerning vertical clearances of certain bridges overpassing certain waterways.
Requires State Board of Education to reduce clinical practice requirements for certain teacher candidates.
Requires NJT and county transit agencies to offer transit pass for individuals seeking access to One Stop Career Centers.
Requires creation of license plates that allow disabled veterans to park in parking spots reserved for persons with disabilities.
Establishes New Jersey Imagination Library Project in DOE; appropriates $2 million.
Expands involuntary commitment clinical testimony requirement to include wider range of mental health service providers.
Establishes Rail Passenger Bill of Rights with certain protections and authorizes Division of Consumer Affairs to enforce provisions.
Requires certain nursing homes to improve quality ratings.
Requires MVC to issue special windshield stickers marking electric vehicles exempt from emission inspections.
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.
Concerns fire service training.
Directs Department of Environmental Protection to develop and provide motor vehicle driving maps for State forests.
"Securing Access to Funding for Educating Drivers (SAFE) Act"; establishes NJ Behind-The-Wheel Driver Education Scholarship Program; appropriates $1 million.
Requires controller or processor to de-identify personal data and prohibits re-identification of de-identified data.
Establishes annual fee for sports wagering licensees; directs funds from such fees to Council on Compulsive Gambling and gambling addiction treatment programs.
Establishes electric and gas utility medical baseline program for certain persons.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits to employers that hire certain individuals through One-Stop Career Centers.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning risks of gambling and resources available to compulsive gamblers; appropriates $200,000.
Requires certain school facilities projects constructed by SDA to include solar energy component.
Establishes targets for roadside solar projects in State's solar energy incentive program.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $600,000 to Joseph's House of Camden to provide shelter and services to people experiencing homelessness.
Establishes alternative compliance payment to satisfy Class II renewable energy requirements.
Requires all revenue generated by casino hotel parking fee to be provided to CRDA; expands permitted uses of parking fee revenues by CRDA.
Requires DCF to develop a unified child care finder; appropriates $3.6 million.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Requires Commissioner of Department of Veterans Affairs to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.*
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Requires each public institution of higher education to develop food waste reduction program on campus.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.
Increases traffic threshold for local installation of certain speed humps on certain local streets without DOT approval.
Enters NJ in Social Work Licensure Compact.
Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of certain property for lead drinking water hazards.*
Establishes limit on rent increase for certain dwelling sites for modular or industrialized buildings or manufactured homes.*
Requires MVC to create digital driver's licenses and digital non-driver identification cards.*
Requires Commissioner of Education to permit certain school districts losing State school aid to submit budgets after enactment of FY2025 appropriations act.
Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000.
Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.
Reduces and clarifies requirements for municipal tourist development commission disbursements for advertising.
Directs DOLWD to develop and maintain industry-valued credential list.
Requires BPU to study effects of data centers on electricity costs.*
Permits individuals to establish voluntary nonopioid directives.
Establishes New Jersey Innovation Authority.
Provides for workers' compensation coverage of certain counseling services for first responders and provides that certain mental health related communications are confidential.
Updates minimum allocation amounts and poison pill provisions related to revenues collected from hotel and motel occupancy fees.*
Appropriates $44.4 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.
Passed the General Assembly · 9
Authorizes creation and issuance of veteran license plates.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Increases maximum age for pediatric long-term care facility residents to 26.
Permits designation of special event zones for traffic regulation purposes during certain large events.
Directs BPU to adopt rules and regulations concerning small modular nuclear reactors; authorizes EDA to incentivize construction and operation of such reactors.
Promotes housing availability and prevents speculation by imposing fee for institutional ownership of certain unproductive residential property.
Concerns parking violations that obstruct NJT bus operations and bicycle lanes in certain circumstances.
Requires health benefits coverage for treatment of lipedema.
"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 · 38
Exempts disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears veteran's or recipient's special license plate or placard issued by MVC.
Provides for expansion of county transportation services to include disabled veterans; provides funding source for expansion.*
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.
Directs BPU to establish rebate program for purchase of electric bicycles.*
"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.*
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care staff and registered family day care providers.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events; appropriates $2.5 million.**
Requires environmental sustainability plan for State House Complex.
Modifies down payment assistance program for benefit of first-generation and first-time homebuyers.
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.
Broadens eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DMVA for New Jersey SOS Veterans Stakeholders Group.
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; requires new charge for filing of eviction action.*
Provides gross income tax credit to active members of volunteer emergency service organizations for use of personal motor vehicle in performance of active duty.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Renames Juvenile Justice Commission as Youth Justice Commission.
Revises provisions of "Dry Cell Battery Management Act."
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.**
Designates State Highway Route 42 and Interstate Highway Route 295 interchange as "Ensign John R. Elliott Memorial Interchange."*
Provides for automatic renewal of off-track wagering licenses.*
Requires MVC to utilize legal name including roman numerals on certain documents issued by MVC.
"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 electric and gas public utilities to establish "Energy Bill Watch" program and include certain information in bills and notices to customers.
Concerns alcoholic beverage licenses for sporting facilities.
Appropriates $18,518,738 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Extends economic recovery term under "Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act."
Dedicates certain wine tax receipts to "Jersey Fresh Program Fund."
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.*
Revises process for reporting lost or stolen registration plates to law enforcement agencies and MVC.
Exempts minor league baseball players from certain State wage laws under certain circumstances.
Establishes Bridge Transportation Asset Management Plan Pilot Program; appropriates $9.5 million.
Establishes Chronic Absenteeism Task Force.
Appropriates $13,640,000 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities for open space acquisition, park development, and planning projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million from General Fund to DOH and DCA for Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers.
In committee · 50
Requires president of public institution of higher education to regularly report on-campus criminal and fire events to the institution's governing board.
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.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Establishes three-year sickle cell disease pilot program; appropriates $10,200,000.
Requires certain health care professionals to undergo bias training.
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Allows shore municipalities to provide spouse and dependent children of veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
Requires certain school districts to enter into dual enrollment agreements with one or more institutions of higher education.
Requires health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of lymphedema.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Provides secondary classroom experience credit towards meeting requirements of classroom training portion of registered apprenticeship.
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Establishes "NJpass Program" to provide discounted fares to eligible organizations; establishes "GO NJ Transit Card Program" to develop transit cards that can be used to purchase any NJT service.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Requires Department of Health to provide information to Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system regarding the location of safe disposal sites for hypodermic syringes and needles and prescription drugs.
Requires carriers to offer health care providers more than one method of payment for reimbursement.
Revises State marriage license application form to permit certain changes in middle name and surname.
Requires NJT rail stations and bus and rail terminals to display historical information about area in or around stations and terminals.
Establishes gross income tax credit for cost of certain postage for sending goods to members of United States Armed Forces and National Guard who are serving their country away from home.
Requires DOC and county correctional facilities to provide certain inmates with medication-assisted treatment.
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Requires hazard mitigation plans to include climate change-related threat assessments and hazard prevention and mitigation strategies.
Requires public water systems and landlords to provide certain notice of elevated perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances levels in drinking water; requires DEP to establish educational program.
Requires Director of Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to establish grant program to encourage local governments to promote New Jersey as innovation hub in certain fields; appropriates $100,000.
Requires calculation of national average time needed to approve applications for initial credential in profession or occupation and use of average time as standard in New Jersey.
Provides $1,000 income tax deduction for certain volunteer firefighters and members of first aid and rescue squads.
Amends definition of "participating county'' under County Option Hospital Fee Program.
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Passaic, Union, Essex, Hudson, Gloucester, Atlantic, Camden, and Mercer counties; appropriates $400,000.
Allows gross income tax deduction for surviving spouses of certain veterans.
Requires rail passenger service to provide purchasers with proof of payment at time of purchase.
"Made in New Jersey Tax Credit Act"; provides CBT tax credits to taxpayers that purchase "New Jersey made" products.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Requires State Board of Education high school graduation requirements include instruction on tuition assistance programs and student loan debt; requires high school students to meet with guidance counselor to discuss tuition assistance and dual enrollment.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support public humanities programming in NJ.
Requires mail-in ballot applications to include prepaid postage.
Establishes "Succeed in New Jersey" student loan reimbursement program for certain New Jersey residents employed in designated fields.
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.
Requires certain notice when redirecting consumers to website for ticket resale and establishes certain requirements for websites offering tickets for resale.
Provides for reciprocity of certain out-of-State EMT certification; establishes criminal history record background check process.
Establishes maximum rate of interest for New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Student Loan Program; establishes protections for private student loan borrowers.
Requires DOH to develop Statewide Emergency Medical Services Plan.
"Cancer Patient Care and Compassion Act."
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.
Concerns eviction and homelessness prevention; requires new charge for filing for eviction action.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Imposes restrictions on the use of expunged records.
Directs MVC Chief Administrator to enter into driver's license reciprocity agreement with Republic of Ireland.