Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, Senate.
James Beach
Sponsored
Became law6
Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.*
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Authorizes certain types of permanent structures, recently constructed or erected on preserved farmland, to be used, in certain cases, for purposes of holding special occasion events thereon.
Amends Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act to assign distribution of funding for Community Security Initiatives to Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey.
Appropriates $3,750,990 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Passed the Senate4
Prohibits electioneering within 25 feet of person waiting in line at polling place or ballot drop box; makes electioneering a disorderly persons offense.*
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to use therapy dogs in public elementary school wellness programs.
Eliminates five-year residency requirement for employees of NJ Racing Commission.
Out of committee41
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education tuition and fee expenses.
Requires members of Sexual Assault Response Team to receive training on interacting with victims with developmental disabilities.*
Requires automatic external defibrillators on-site at certain places of public assembly and youth athletic events.*
Increases penalties for failing to secure a child in a child passenger restraint system or booster seat while operating a motor vehicle.
Incorporates boardwalks into transportation local aid program and provides for Local Aid Infrastructure Fund grants to boardwalk projects.
Establishes a gross income tax credit for attendance at New Jersey county colleges.
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to require criminal history records check for person to serve as official at athletic events sanctioned by association.
Expands duties of Office of School Bus Safety.*
Makes compulsive gambling prevention, education, and treatment program optional penalty for casino gambling by person under legal age of 21; makes fine optional.
Requires mail-in ballot applications be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections.
Authorizes special "We Support the Arts" license plates with proceeds to New Jersey State Council on Arts.
Establishes County-Based School Security Pilot Program in DOE; appropriates $15 million.
Makes disabled persons receiving disability payments pursuant to federal Railroad Retirement Act eligible to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Gravesite Maintenance Grant Program in DMVA.
Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers; repeals law establishing alternative certificate of eligibility.*
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism; creates a public awareness campaign; appropriates $100,000.
"New Jersey Works Act"; permits businesses to apply for tax credits for establishing approved pre-employment and work readiness training programs in partnership with schools, nonprofit organizations, or educational institutions.*
Requires MVC to check Social Security Administration records and mark deceased individuals in MVC database once per month.
Requires DMVA notify certain veteran organizations and county officers and municipal registers of names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries.
Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Provides gross income tax deduction to eligible educators and paraprofessionals for expense of classroom supplies.
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors.*
Authorizes school district that moves its annual school election to November to submit separate proposals for additional spending for budget year and subsequent budget year.
Establishes "The Voter Convenience Act" to allow voters to vote at any polling place in their municipality on election day.
Requires definitions of Antisemitism and Islamophobia be included in State's diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging policies, and in any such policy for recipients of State's funds.
Creates neutral safe exchange zones at county sheriff offices for certain custody and visitation exchanges of minor children; makes appropriation.*
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
Requires Commissioner of Education to permit certain school districts losing State school aid to submit budgets after enactment of FY2025 appropriations act.
Changes monetary threshold for certain fourth degree theft crimes.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Replaces definition of "management committee" with "board of authority commissioners" and makes various changes to existing law concerning administration of regional authority.
Requires health care professionals to perform lead screening on pregnant persons under certain circumstances.
Requires county clerks to send applications for mail-in ballots to registered voters upon their 18th birthday.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on risks of compulsive gambling as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Revises definition of "contracting unit" for government cooperative purchasing agreements.
Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances.*
Modifies number of signatures required for candidates to be placed on primary, general, nonpartisan municipal, and school election ballots; requires Secretary of State to publish certain nominating petition forms by January 1 of each year.
Permits county clerk to require electronic submission of certain documents.
Updates minimum allocation amounts and poison pill provisions related to revenues collected from hotel and motel occupancy fees.*
In committee178
Directs Attorney General to provide annual training to public and nonpublic school students and staff on roles and responsibilities before, during, and after school emergencies.
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.
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 24 hours.
Regulates pay-off of trade-in vehicles and certain vehicle title releases.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Requires dealerships to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sales; limits attorneys' fees in certain consumer actions.
Reduces alcoholic beverage tax rate on cider and low-percentage alcohol by volume liquors.
Increases accidental death benefit for surviving spouse or surviving children of certain PERS members and retirants; provides accidental death benefit to beneficiary of certain PERS and PFRS members and retirants; redefines child.
Permits county board of elections to open inner envelopes containing mail-in ballots up to five days prior to election day.
"Assistance to Firefighters' Families Act"; doubles pension amounts for beneficiaries of certain deceased volunteer emergency service providers; provides for burial expenses and adjusts life insurance coverage for volunteer firefighters; permits fire code inspection surcharge.
Provides primary and school election sample ballots may be sent to registered voter by electronic mail if so requested.
Permits qualified person with post-traumatic stress disorder to obtain handicapped parking placard.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside; restricts locations of certain child care centers and school bus stops.
Authorizes temporary waiver from requirement that farm winery use NJ grown fruit.
Exempts certain plenary winery licensees from filing requirements imposed on retail sellers of litter-generating products.
Requires hospitals to inquire whether patients have substance use disorder and establish protocols for providing or referring to treatment.
Prohibits pharmacies from charging additional fee for processing prescriptions transmitted by telephone or electronic means.
Requires counties to make available voluntary medical identification cards containing relevant patient health information.
Permits patients to indicate that they should not be prescribed opiates and certain other controlled substances in prescription monitoring program information.
Revises certain requirements concerning reported cases of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
Creates certain assistance and set-aside programs for businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons, by persons with a disability, and by veterans.
Authorizes certain restaurants to advertise that patrons may bring their own beer or wine or purchase wine from on premises salesroom.
Revises certain licensee filing requirements for alcoholic beverage price lists; removes requirement that limited brewery and distillery licensees provide tour when selling certain alcoholic beverages to consumers.
Makes pilot program for special occasion events at wineries on preserved farmland permanent program.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish Jersey Fresh sales pilot program; appropriates $500,000.
Requires disclosure of original purchase price for land to be sold to a county, county agriculture development board, or municipality for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires cable television, direct broadcast satellite, and television streaming service companies to include certain fees and charges for service in advertised price to consumers.
Expands school breakfast program to all schools with five percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Concerns certain actions brought under "Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act."
Invalidates consumer contracts which require a waiver of right to file a consumer complaint.
Bars nondisclosure agreements to settle sexual assault and harassment claims against certain State officers and employees and members of Legislature; bars use of campaign funds to settle claims.
"Atlantic City Urban Enterprise Zone and Property Tax Relief Act"; creates urban enterprise zone in Atlantic City for 10 years.
Extends gross income tax medical expense deduction to certain cord blood banking services.
"Holocaust Reparations Tax Exemption Act"; exempts value of certain payments to Holocaust survivors and their eligible descendants from transfer inheritance tax.
Increases dedication of certain revenues to "New Jersey Wine Promotion Account."
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under open public records act.
Establishes one-time grant to study and recommend best practices for encouraging youth participation in government.
Directs Secretary of State to contract with qualified vendor to develop national marketing campaign promoting State's innovation economy; appropriates $1,000,000.
"The Smarter Lunchroom Act;" promotes healthy food choices in school cafeterias.
Enhances requirements for applicant seeking to locate substance use disorder treatment center within 500 feet of school.
Prohibits sex offenders from holding any job, position, or type of employment that primarily consists of contact with children.
Requires DOT to develop common design for signs that indicate historic district or site.
Requires DHS and other appropriate state agencies to disseminate information on transportation options for persons with developmental disabilities.
Establishes central registry for background checks of youth serving organization employees and volunteers.
Establishes "School Bus Safety and Child Protection Act," requires periodic criminal background checks for certain school employees; and prohibits interference with school bus monitoring devices.
Exempts certain health information contained in 9-1-1 calls from definition of government record.
Requires local recreation departments and youth serving organizations to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
Requires health benefits coverage of hearing aids for all ages.
Allows registered voters to submit application to vote by mail using online voter registration website maintained by Secretary of State up to seven days before election.
Permits use of uniform ballot for emergency and provisional ballot purposes.
Makes various changes to law governing winery salesrooms.
Prohibits distribution to students of literature that promotes, favors, or opposes candidacy of any candidate for election at any general, municipal, or school election.
Requires use of protective headgear when horseback riding on State-owned lands.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism develop and maintain Internet website on historic sites, districts, and roadside markers.
Permits government records custodians to redact certain personal information.
Prohibits release of personal identifying information of violent crime victims and witnesses under State's open public records law.
Provides that required instruction on sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention in grades preschool through 12 include content on Internet safety and dangers of online predators.
Establishes Gold Star Family Scholarship Program; appropriates $100,000 from General Fund to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Establishes school breakfast kiosk pilot program.
Allows certain breweries to operate off-premises retail salesrooms; permits breweries and wineries to operate joint salesrooms.
Establishes tuition reimbursement program for certain advanced practice nurses who provide home health care services.
Permits county improvement authorities to establish student loan refinancing loan programs.
Establishes pilot program to refer certain emergency department patients for development of coordinated behavioral health care treatment and support services plan.
Permits certain breweries, wineries, cideries, meaderies, and distilleries to sell each other's products on licensed premises.
Allows qualified school to be called "New Jersey Farm Fresh School."
Requires redaction and nondisclosure of home address of elected officials and candidates for elected office.
Exempts sales of reusable carryout bags from sales and use tax.
Requires health insurance coverage of prenatal genetic test during first trimester of pregnancy.
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP and SEHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Permits certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers to coordinate food service with certain third-party vendors and operate restaurant on licensed premises.
Eliminates restriction on sale of beer by limited brewery licensee for on-premises consumption only when in connection with tour; requires licensee to provide tours during certain business hours.
Removes certain limitations on manufacturers regarding direct sale of zero emission light-duty trucks to consumers.
Prohibits motor vehicle manufacturer or dealer from requiring subscription for certain motor vehicle features.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Requires certain disclosures regarding lithium ion powered electric vehicles.
Authorizes creation of non-lapsing fire academy trust fund by county.
Requires that new motor vehicles be equipped with amplitude modulation radio.
Requires boards of education, municipalities, counties, and certain other local contracting units to determine and utilize cost-saving practices when procuring goods and services.
Provides free or reduced fee beach access to certain New Jersey National Guard members.
Provides credits under corporation business tax and gross income tax for qualified wages of certain disabled veterans.
Establishes "Zero Energy Construction Act"; requires all new residential and commercial developments to be zero energy ready; requires developers to offer zero energy construction.
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 counties to charge a fee to fund infrastructure through voter approval.
Provides spouses of military servicemembers with gross income tax credit, up to $500, for professional relicensing fees incurred upon relocating to State.
Reduces allowed diversion of funds from stormwater, water, and sewer purposes to municipal and county budgets; requires municipalities and counties to notify Division of Local Government Services of diversions.
Limits amount of fee for issuance and renewal of permits for sale of certain alcoholic beverages and related products at seasonal farm markets.
Provides for receipts for applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Requires DCA to approve credentialing entity to develop and administer voluntary recovery residence certification program.
Requires certain ratios of school library media specialists to students in public schools.
Revises and updates law pertaining to guardianship to encourage ethical conduct by guardians and to provide stronger protections for wards and proposed wards.
Revises and updates law pertaining to conservatorship to encourage ethical conduct by conservators and to provide stronger protections for conservatees and proposed conservatees.
Requires residential psychiatric and long-term care facilities to provide certain financial information to facility residents and other individuals.
Provides that children under care, custody or supervision of DCPP may not be home-schooled.
Revises requirements concerning disqualification from registration as, and duties of, a professional guardian.
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" to provide every person engaged in raising a dog for guide or service the right to access public facilities.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to make comprehensive list of its programs available to public.
Provides for uniform regulation of small wireless facility deployment in this State.
Allows reverse auctions for certain health benefits.
Requires State to use at least half of future federal "Help America Vote Act" funds for voting systems with paper record.
Requires State to use certain energy-efficient outdoor lighting fixtures.
Revises membership of New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Provides same military service credit for compensation purposes to noncertificated employees of school districts that is provided to certificated employees under current law.
Creates gallery space on State House grounds for display of certain art works.
Establishes Commission on Career and Technical Education and creates initiatives that promote career and technical education programs in State.
Requires court to consider results of domestic violence assessment before dissolving certain domestic violence restraining orders.
Requires feasibility study to examine establishment of regional medical examiner office facility in Southern New Jersey and collaborative development of new medical examiner education initiatives; appropriates $40,000.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Upgrades penalties for assaulting certain health care support staff and security guards at health care facilities and human services and veterans' facilities.
Increases mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain repeat sex offenders.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 72 hours.
Creates pilot program to fund adult education programs for residents of certain communities.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Allows public libraries, boards of education, and local governments to dispose of certain personal property without advertising for bids.
Allows gross income tax deduction for certain student loan interest.
Requires health benefits plan and carriers to meet certain requirements concerning network adequacy and mental health care.
Creates task force to study feasibility of paperless State government.
Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for purposes of base realignment and closure.
Permits DOC and DCF to award contracts for medical and dental services to vendors.
Allows certain members of PFRS to serve until age 70 upon approval by municipal governing body.
Requires new voting machines purchased or leased for use in elections in this State to produce voter-verifiable paper record of each vote cast.
Permits non-instructional staff member retired from PERS to return to employment in school district for up to two years without reenrollment in PERS if employment commences during remainder of 2023-2024 and entirety of 2024-2025 school years.
Establishes "New Jersey Elections Security Act."
Creates New Jersey Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act.
Prohibits open public records requests for commercial purposes.
Permits State and county boards of election to purchase or lease decomissioned letter collection boxes for use as ballot drop boxes.
Includes electronic sports event as sports wagering; authorizes electronic sports wagering at certain locations.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by State in entities that avoid Superfund obligations to State.
Permits wagering by business entities with horse racing and sports pool operators.
Creates New Jersey Cold War medal.
Makes consent to register with Selective Service part of driver's license application process for males under age 26.
Allows certain licensees of New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling to teach in private schools of cosmetology and hairstyling.
Permits persons who are hearing impaired to apply for vehicle identification placards.
Provides for inclusion of alcohol manufacturers on highway signs; provides for internet site for alcohol manufacturers in New Jersey.
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.
Requires use of email for certain community notification under Megan's Law.
Establishes "Student Mental Health Task Force."
"Combat to College Act"; grants priority course registration to military service members and veterans attending public institutions of higher education.
Requires institution of higher education to have automatic external defibrillator on premises of each athletic facility and student center.
Requires certain public utilities to provide customers notice of certain utility work that could impact traffic.
Establishes three-year pilot program in DOE to provide certain students with information and assistance regarding federal financial aid application.
Establishes tuition reimbursement program for certain advanced practice nurses who provide mental health care services in underserved areas in New Jersey.
Requires school districts to observe Veterans Day as school holiday.
Prohibits institution of higher education from authorizing, funding, or supporting hate speech or antisemitic events and organizations.
Establishes process for county colleges to offer baccalaureate degree nursing programs.
Requires second enrollment count for determining State school aid.
Exempts fuel used for operation of certain school buses from petroleum products gross receipts tax and motor fuel tax.
Requires upcoming Educational Adequacy Report to include comprehensive review of certain components of school funding in consultation with certain stakeholders and experts.
Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses.
Increases flexibility, clarity, and available tools of certain municipal consolidation processes.
Creates "New Jersey Life Sciences Internship Challenge" program.
Creates grant program for business accelerator and incubator networks; transfers $1 million in societal benefits charge revenues to EDA to administer program.
Authorizes certain types of permanent structures, newly constructed or erected on preserved farmland, to be used, in certain cases, for purposes of holding special occasion events thereon.
Permits home health care services agencies to employ certified nurse aides as homemaker-home health aides.
Establishes "Jersey Vines Program" in Department of Agriculture.
Dedicates sales tax revenues collected on retail sales of locally produced wine for promotion of New Jersey wine.
Prohibits seller from charging credit card surcharges; establishes notice requirements for credit card minimums and cash discounts.
Requires mandatory imprisonment for crime or offense committed against elderly person.
Include skin cancer as medical condition that permits certain materials on motor vehicle windows and windshields.
Revises penalty for underage gambling to be civil penalty; provides for all associated fines to be used for gambling addiction treatment.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain neurological diseases.
Requires DOH to establish public awareness campaign and develop policies and procedures to promote recognition and treatment of perinatal anxiety.
Establishes Animal Cruelty Offender Registry; prohibits purchase, adoption, and breeding of animals by animal cruelty offenders.
Allows dog owners to procure identification cards for guide or service dogs; appropriates $100,000.
Establishes Department of State Police as principal department in executive branch of State government.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for individuals who leave work for student teaching experience.
Authorizes regional authority to develop and operate regional rehabilitation and reentry center.
Directs DHS to establish Children's Partial Hospitalization Pilot Program.
Increases flexibility, clarity, and available tools of certain municipal consolidation processes.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million from General Fund to DHS for Larc Norcross School Special Needs Adult Program transportation.
"Dylan's Law," requires information be provided regarding types of US Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices under certain circumstances.
Requires holders of certain alcoholic beverage licenses to offer for sale beverage lids to customers.
Establishes program to provide guaranteed admission to public institutions of higher education for certain public school students.
Modifies membership of New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Establishes timelines for review and approval by Commissioner of Education of annual certified audits submitted by approved private schools for students with disabilities.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to issue vouchers in amount of monthly loan repayment amount for loan borrowers who have child enrolled in Grow NJ Kids-rated child care program.
Prohibits child care providers from charging any fees for service on days when providers are unable to provide child care services due to contraction of, or exposure to, COVID-19.
Establishes protection from adverse employment action for authorized medical cannabis patients.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law12
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors.*
Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers; repeals law establishing alternative certificate of eligibility.*
Makes disabled persons receiving disability payments pursuant to federal Railroad Retirement Act eligible to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
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.
Authorizes school district that moves its annual school election to November to submit separate proposals for additional spending for budget year and subsequent budget year.
Requires Commissioner of Education to permit certain school districts losing State school aid to submit budgets after enactment of FY2025 appropriations act.
Requires health care professionals to perform lead screening on pregnant persons under certain circumstances.
Replaces definition of "management committee" with "board of authority commissioners" and makes various changes to existing law concerning administration of regional authority.
Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances.*
Modifies number of signatures required for candidates to be placed on primary, general, nonpartisan municipal, and school election ballots; requires Secretary of State to publish certain nominating petition forms by January 1 of each year.*
Updates minimum allocation amounts and poison pill provisions related to revenues collected from hotel and motel occupancy fees.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Requires State agencies to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities and on mobile devices.
Requires Commissioner of Department of Veterans Affairs to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.*
Changes MVC voter registration procedures.
Permits restaurants and certain alcoholic beverage retailers and manufacturers to conduct business within designated outdoor space or on public sidewalk.
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP under FY2025 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Provides for expansion of social services supports at county colleges.
Requires establishment of tracking system in Division of Consumer Affairs to determine compliance with continuing education requirements.
Passed the Senate · 1
Permits excused absence for students participating in college visits, visits to postsecondary technical institutions, and military recruitment-related activities.*
Out of committee · 45
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.
Establishes "County Tourism Incentive Grant Fund" within Department of Treasury to provide funding for grants to counties to support tourism advertising and promotion.
Expands definition of child under PFRS and SPRS.
Permits school bus driver to administer epinephrine to student in emergency under certain circumstances.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD, total brain injury, or traumatic brain injury.
Permits dogs to visit at State veterans' residential facilities.
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.*
Establishes program in DOLWD to connect persons with disabilities with job training and employment.
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Services Grant Program in DMVA; makes appropriation.
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.
Eliminates use of census-based funding of special education aid in school funding law.
Requires DOH to develop Statewide Emergency Medical Services Plan.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Provides tax credits for hiring certain military spouses.
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.
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons.
Allows certain individuals, including those on active duty or fulfilling reserve obligations, to participate remotely in certain governmental meetings.*
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Establishes Sports Equipment Equity Pilot Program.
Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*
Authorizes school districts to establish electric vehicle certification programs.*
Requires geotechnical testing and certain monitoring of transportation projects.
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to hire staff to alleviate professional license application backlog; appropriates $10,000,000 in fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Concerns conditions of employment of certain cannabis employees.**
Requires eligible children from birth to five to receive early intervention services.
Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute epinephrine to officers; requires training.*
Requires DMVA establish Disabled Veterans Transportation Task Force.
Requires creation of license plates that allow disabled veterans to park in parking spots reserved for persons with disabilities.
Establishes Office of Veteran Advocate and ombudsman for DMVA; appropriates funds.
"Welcome Home Veterans Act"; requires MVC to provide veteran benefit information packets.
Establishes Veterans Suicide Prevention Commission.
Requires EDA to provide grants to certain small businesses affected by State infrastructure and construction projects.*
Requires DCA to establish online, Statewide database of local government unit legal notices.
Authorizes creation of "250th Anniversary Revolutionary War" license plates.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of certain election related deadlines.*
Establishes "New Economy Opportunity Skills System Pilot Program" to strengthen alignment and collaboration between local workforce development boards, community colleges, and county vocational school districts; makes appropriation.*
Permits certain wineries to sell their products by the glass for consumption in licensed salesrooms.
Permits certain winery license holders to produce wine on behalf of another winery under certain circumstances; establishes supplemental wine production facility license.*
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits to businesses employing and retaining certain neurodiverse individuals.
Establishes Veterans Care Commission to study and address issues facing returning members of US Armed Forces, Reserve components of US Armed Forces, and NJ National Guard.
"NJ Veterans to Local Government Employment Act;" requires DMVA provide certain information on website and at Veteran Service Offices and certain outreach events; requires DLGS provide certain information on website.
Provides that State contract for non-commercial sustaining announcements will be awarded as single contract for all State agencies without public advertising for bids.
Requires Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA and applicable State agencies and nonprofits to establish a consolidated application for residential utility assistance programs.
In committee · 96
Eliminates one percent tax on purchasers of Class 4A commercial property transferred for consideration in excess of $1 million.
Provides corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of certain electric vehicle charging stations.
Establishes the "Domestic Violence Tuition Waiver Program."
"Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Establishes loan program and provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for establishment of new vineyards and wineries.
Provides tax credits to vineyards and wineries for qualified capital expenses.
Eliminates veterans' gross income tax deduction requirement that New Jersey National Guard member serve in federal active duty status.
Requires public employers that offer deferred compensation retirement plans to also offer Roth contribution option.
Requires utility service providers to notify BPU of scheduled service work; permits government agencies and utility service providers to access BPU online database of scheduled service work.
Establishes "Food Innovation District Pilot Program."
Permits purchase of service credit in PERS for period of time after termination of public employment due to COVID-19 pandemic if member returned to PERS employment within 12 months.
Establishes pilot program for 24-hour urgent care for behavioral health.
Requires State Board of Education to permit candidates awaiting teacher certification to submit affidavit to hiring school district affirming certification requirements have been met.
Eliminates prohibition on provision of single-use paper bags by grocery stores for delivery orders; requires certain retailers to repurpose cardboard boxes if feasible.
"New Jersey Disability Savings Act."
Revises requirements for signage indicating accessible facilities for people with disabilities.
Requires urgent care and retail health clinics to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Creates sexual assault prevention and response program and coordinator for service members.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids.
"New Jersey Safe Haven for Protection of Domestic Companion Animals Act."
Provides for certain pediatric NJ FamilyCare beneficiaries to maintain private duty nursing hours when transitioning to Managed Long Term Services and Supports; codifies and expands appeals provisions for private duty nursing services.
"Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act"; requires institutions of higher education to implement mental health programs and services.
Provides that disability-owned businesses be included in certain businesses development programs, direct loan programs, and certification processes; requires Chief Diversity Officer compile information on awarding of State contracts to disability-owned businesses.
Permits exemption from certain civil service examinations for person with disability.
Authorizes direct shipping by craft distilleries.
Requires public schools, and nonpublic schools which receive federal funding, to provide students with information on rights afforded under Title IX, and provide contact information for Title IX coordinator.
Exempts election worker compensation from taxation.
The New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
Requires municipalities to designate parking spaces for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish New Jersey STEM Entrepreneur Fellowship Program to support entrepreneurs in STEM fields.
Requires association of age-restricted community to retain emergency contact information for residents.
Requires State agency to redact person's handwritten signature prior to publishing documents on agency's Internet website.
Creates "New Jersey Anti-Semitism Task Force".
Requires organizations training disabled veteran assistance dogs to register with Division of Consumer Affairs and provide disabled veteran assistance dogs with vests or harnesses.
Establishes requirements for State entities to enter into bulk purchasing arrangements for pharmaceutical products.
Allows canvassing of early votes and mail-in ballots before election day under certain conditions.
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate teacher certification of veterans.
Establishes gross income tax credit and corporation business tax credit for student loan payments.
Provides that public school used as polling place shall not be open for classes on day of election.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to develop pathway to nursing scholarship for health care workers who want to become nurses; appropriates $1 million.
Requires DOE to establish comprehensive searchable website concerning educational programs and resources available to special education students.
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State colleges and universities.
Establishes "State House Flag Program"; makes appropriation.
Creates online job portal for behavioral health care workers and online internship and externship portal for health care students.
Prohibits public officials from accepting virtual currency and non-fungible tokens as gifts.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Establishes School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force.
Requires five-year average of equalized property valuation be used in calculation of local share under State school funding formula.
Requires employers to post information concerning veterans' benefits and services.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $20 million for loan redemption program and tuition reimbursement program for certain teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Requires CATV company to establish toll-free telephone number for customers to report and to receive updates concerning CATV service outages.
Establishes signs and Internet websites for State tourism attractions, historic sites, and historic districts.
Establishes grant program in Department of State for preservation of certain Revolutionary War sites; appropriates funds.
Requires MVC to allow customers to schedule appointments on MVC's website; extends expiration date of certain documents under certain circumstances.
Permits individual holding a nursing multistate license to be eligible for school nurse certification.
Regulates smoking in casinos and casino simulcasting facilities.
Includes crime of creating false public alarms as form of bias intimidation.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop emergency notification system to alert students and staff of active shooter on school grounds.
Prohibits public institution of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition for four continuous academic years following student's initial enrollment.
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 State department, agency, authority, or instrumentality thereof to provide link on its website for members of public to submit complaints.
The "Farm Labor Equality Act."
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Requires public institution of higher education post bias intimidation statistics; requires governing board to adopt bias intimidation policy.
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.
Modifies Community College Opportunity Grant Program to permit adult students enrolled in postsecondary career and technical education programs to receive financial assistance.
Creates home purchase grant program in HMFA for certain veterans who served in federal active duty; appropriates $2,000,000.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts; makes an appropriation.
Ensures no school district receives State school aid reduction greater than five percent.
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.
Prohibits institution of higher education which boycotts or divests from Israel-supporting or Israeli businesses from receiving State funds.
Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations from being displayed or flown on State property.
Requires institution of higher education to adopt policy on use of campus facilities and grounds for camping.
Concerns false public alarms involving places of worship.
Provides gross income tax deduction for expenses incurred by disabled veterans for service animals.
Modifies requirements for operation of certain food and service stands in State, county, and municipal buildings, grounds, and premises.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning risks of gambling and resources available to compulsive gamblers; appropriates $200,000.
Permits Secretary of Higher Education to appoint antisemitism monitor to any institution of higher education; requires institution to implement recommendations of antisemitism monitor.
Establishes "Service Dogs Assisting Veterans Grant Program" in DMVA.
Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.
Directs DOH to establish food bank for pets pilot program; appropriates $1 million.
Includes Jewish persons with definitions of "minority," "minority group member," and "minority business."
Requires health insurance coverage of screening for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders for certain covered persons.
Requires DHS to reformat MyNJHelps web-based platform as centralized online resource for all State administered public assistance programs.
Prohibits certain substances in sale, distribution, and manufacture of commercial foods within two years; immediately bans certain dyes in school food.
Establishes a senior citizens telephone chat-line.
Permits State and certain local government employees to work on Good Friday in exchange for alternate religious holiday leave.
Permits farm brewery licensees to sell products to consumers for consumption on licensed premises.
Requires volunteers, employees, and organizers of certain youth and sports organizations to receive criminal history record background checks.
"Tariff Transparency Act;" requires disclosure of final retail price attributable to tariffs and other import taxes.
"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.