Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Louis D. Greenwald
Sponsored
Became law18
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system of electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.*
Requires information on seizure first-aid to be disseminated to employers.*
Establishes "Health Care Heroes Violence Prevention Act."
Requires Medicaid reimbursement for covered behavioral health services provided by local education agency to student who is eligible Medicaid beneficiary.
Permits alternating proprietorship of certain wineries.
Updates educational and experience requirements to obtain licensure as architect.
Adjusts municipal ballot question for amusement games for future elections and repeals section of law creating office of Amusement Games Control Commissioner.*
Requires firearm retailers to sell microstamping-enabled firearms upon determination of availability by AG.
Modifies Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program.
Establishes Medicaid per diem rate for pediatric medical day care services delivered by provider offering on-site services; appropriates $3.6 million to DHS.
Requires copies of certain law enforcement records to be provided to victims of domestic violence upon request.
Modifies employee health benefits requirements under certain economic development programs.
Concerns New Jersey Civic Information Consortium.
Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
Provides down payment assistance for benefit of certain first-time homebuyers; establishes Resilient Home Construction Pilot Program.*
Revises penalties for possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by underage persons.
Concerns qualified offshore wind projects and federal tax benefits for certain offshore wind investments.*
Authorizes regional authority to develop and operate regional rehabilitation and reentry center.
Vetoed1
Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and investment coins from sales and use tax.
Passed the General Assembly11
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
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.
Eliminates one percent tax on purchasers of Class 4A commercial property transferred for consideration in excess of $1 million.
Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.*
Requires State to take steps to create additional graduate medical education program slots focused on behavioral health care.*
Codifies and extends authorization for certain out-of-State health care practitioners and recent graduates of health care training programs to practice in New Jersey.
Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications.*
Requires availability of accessible mail-in ballot for voters with disabilities.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to Election Law Enforcement Commission in DLPS for enforcement and staffing activities.
Prohibits and imposes criminal penalty on distribution of certain intentionally deceptive audio or visual media within 90 days of election.
Prohibits creation or disclosure of deceptive audio or visual media, known as "deepfakes," under certain circumstances.
Out of committee16
Establishes teacher recruitment grant program in DOE; appropriates $6 million to DOE.
Authorizes conversion of certain office parks and retail centers to mixed-use developments.
Requires law enforcement agency to provide copy of certain police reports to crime victims.
Establishes healthcare careers pilot program for certain institutions of higher education and proprietary schools.
Requires municipality to return to taxpayer property taxes paid in error due to assessor's or owner's mistake.
Includes duct cleaning as public work subject to the prevailing wage law.*
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.
Implements certain guidelines concerning purchase of catalytic converters.
Establishes New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program under gross income tax for certain home purchases during qualified periods by first-time homebuyers.
Requires redaction and nondisclosure of home address of elected officials and candidates for elected office.
Requires automobile insurance policies to provide certain minimum amounts of liability, uninsured motorist, and underinsured motorist coverage.
Establishes "Elections Transparency Act;" requires reporting of campaign contributions in excess of $200; increases contribution limits; concerns independent expenditure committees, certain business entity contributions, and certain local provisions; requires appropriation.*
Requires mail-in ballot applications to include prepaid postage.
Requires Division of Purchase and Property to issue annual report on State-owned property and potential for use as affordable housing.
Establishes "Boardwalk Preservation Fund" in DCA; appropriates $100 million from federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021."
Requires boards of education, municipalities, counties, and certain other local contracting units to determine and utilize cost-saving practices when procuring goods and services.
In committee49
Removes plenary retail distribution license limit for certain stores.
Establishes limited retail religious distribution license.
Decreases the premium receipts tax for surplus lines insurance coverage.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Revises law concerning the rights and responsibilities of motor vehicle franchisees and franchisors.
Provides a plan to rebalance State resources to provide community services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires DEP to submit annual financial report on status of certain fund balances.
Provides that cabinet-level public officials, Attorney General, and county prosecutors may serve in acting capacity for no longer than six months without nomination.
Excludes certain services rendered in connection with installation of carpeting and other flooring from sales and use tax.
Requires data collection and issuance of report on drug evidence testing by New Jersey State Police Office of Forensic Sciences.
Establishes 180 day prohibition on purchase of handgun for certain individuals who fail to report loss or theft of firearm.
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.
Directs BPU to establish two-year innovative drinking water supply and wastewater infrastructure grant program.
Restricts authority to terminate reciprocal personal income tax agreements with other states.
"Food Desert Elimination Act"; provides incentives to supermarkets and grocery stores that locate in "food deserts."
Clarifies intent of P.L.2018, c.74 regarding local government utility connection fees.
Concerns prevailing wage payments in residential construction projects.
Requires certain public contract bid advertisements to contain certified cost estimate ranges, specifies grounds for rejection of all bids, and requires 50% guaranty on bids; designated as the Fairness in Bidding Act.
Revises certain requirements for individual and small employer health benefits plans and for small employer members of multiple employer welfare arrangements.
Prohibits toll-free passage for SJTA employees, officers, and members except while commuting or carrying out official duties.
Realigns transfer inheritance tax payment due date to coincide with payment due date for federal estate tax.
Modifies requirements for preliminary site plans and subdivisions under Municipal Land Use Law.
Requires Treasurer and Divisions of Pensions and Benefits and Investment Directors to report on status of State-administered pension plans to Legislature by May 15 and November 15 each year.
Expands indoor capacity for food or beverage establishments and banquet and wedding venues under certain circumstances during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Establishes program in DOLWD to connect persons with disabilities with job training and employment.
Provides certain volunteer and other workers with maximum compensation benefit for workers' compensation claim regardless of outside employment.
Allocates sufficient funds to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
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.
Decreases rental motor vehicle surcharge from $5 per day to $2 per day.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support public humanities programming in NJ.
Authorizes expenditures from open space trust funds to develop or maintain recreation and conservation land although the land was not acquired by the municipality.
"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.
Requires newly manufactured semi-automatic handguns to be micro-stamped; establishes handgun database.
Requires report and public hearing prior to DEP recommendation of site for inclusion on Superfund list.
Shortens certain school board members' terms when annual school election is moved from November to April; requires approval of both school board and municipal governing body in order to move school election from November to April.
Excludes payments made for unemployment compensation benefits related to layoffs resulting from public health emergency or state of emergency from calculation of employer contribution for unemployment compensation benefits.
Establishes four-year "Rent for Credit Pilot Program" in Department of Community Affairs.
Requires food delivery network company to maintain certain automobile insurance.
Establishes pilot program for 24-hour urgent care for behavioral health.
Authorizes establishment of regional economic development partnerships.
Revises law concerning partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies.
Permits law enforcement agencies to prohibit recreational use of cannabis items by law enforcement officers.
Reduces employer unemployment taxes by adjusting the unemployment compensation fund experience rate column for FY2024.
Permits municipalities to issue additional retail alcoholic beverage licenses regardless of population limitation.
Enters NJ in Social Work Licensure Compact.
Authorizes Government Records Council to use annual appropriations to employ staff attorneys exclusively to assist council in handling complaints.
Permits Government Records Council staff attorneys to adjudicate certain government records complaints.
Provides bonuses for certain essential healthcare workers; appropriates $400,000,000.
Modifies down payment assistance program for benefit of first-generation and first-time homebuyers.
Carried from the Senate
Became law5
Implements certain guidelines concerning purchase of catalytic converters.
Requires automobile insurance policies to provide certain minimum amounts of liability, uninsured motorist, and underinsured motorist coverage.
Includes duct cleaning as public work subject to the prevailing wage law.*
Establishes "Elections Transparency Act;" requires reporting of campaign contributions in excess of $200; increases contribution limits; concerns independent expenditure committees, certain business entity contributions, and certain local provisions; requires appropriation.*
Establishes "Boardwalk Preservation Fund" in DCA; appropriates $100 million from federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Establishes Stay NJ property tax credit program; establishes Stay NJ Task Force; expands income limit and modifies ownership requirement for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement; enhances ANCHOR benefits for seniors; and makes appropriations.*
Provides for expedited construction inspections.*
Establishes New Jersey Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.*
Extends authorization for Internet gaming law to 2028.*
Requires training prior to issuance of firearms purchaser identification card and permit to purchase handgun under certain circumstances; provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for ten years.*
Allows passage of Certified Respiratory Therapist examination to qualify for licensure as respiratory therapist.
Makes various revisions to requirements for obtaining a firearm purchaser identification card, permit to purchase a handgun, and permit to carry a handgun; codifies sensitive places in which firearms and destructive devices are prohibited.*
Concerns accommodations related to COVID-19 public health emergency for businesses participating in certain State economic development programs.*
Vetoed · 3
Requires issuance of report on certain information and data on processing of applications for professional and occupational licenses and mandates review of training and call intake in Division of Consumer Affairs.
Vacant Storefront Registry Program; establishes public database of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
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.
Passed the General Assembly · 6
Provides for transfers from General Fund to UI trust fund, reduces employer contributions to UI trust fund, assesses contributions from employers to repay transferred amounts, and provides tax credits to small businesses to offset UI tax increases.**
Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of residential units for lead drinking water hazards.*
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to private professional counselors.
Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in health care facilities; makes appropriation.
Creates online job portal for behavioral health care workers and online internship and externship portal for health care students.
Establishes Deep Fake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.*
Out of committee · 11
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
Increases income eligibility threshold, over three-year period, to 50 percent of federal poverty level for families with dependent children under Work First New Jersey program.
Requires outer envelope for mailing of voted mail-in ballot by voter to include postage prepaid.
Increases contribution limit by counties and municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance, and rescue squads.
Directs DOE to establish advertising campaign to attract candidates to teaching and education support professions; appropriates $1 million. *
Increases Medicaid reimbursement for in-person partial care and intensive outpatient behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services, and associated transportation services, for adults.*
Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from third degree to second degree.
Extends temporary waiver of certain basic life support services and specialty care transport unit crewmember requirements.*
Reduces parking spaces required in Statewide site improvement standards at residential developments relative to development's proximity to public transportation.
In committee · 29
Requires uniform response procedures for all domestic crisis teams established or participated in by law enforcement agencies, and strengthens Statewide supervision over teams.
Provides for uniform regulation of small wireless facility deployment in this State.
Expands permitted sales and activities on licensed premises of certain alcohol manufacturers.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing.
Provides that institutions of higher education may permit final-year students in graduate degree programs for mental health care professions to graduate or be matched with residency or clinical programs early.
Authorizes special license plate for distinguished service medal recipients.
Permits certain physical therapists to perform dry needling.
Permits physical therapists to perform dry needling under certain circumstances.
Requires each county to establish inmate reentry services committee.
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.
Raises statutory threshold for certain public bidding, permits bidder disqualification due to prior negative experience, adds exemptions to public bidding requirement under "State College Contracts Law," and establishes process for cooperative pricing system.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Permits county improvement authorities to establish student loan refinancing loan programs.
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.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Exempts certain plastic materials processed at advanced plastic processing facilities from State laws regulating solid waste disposal and recycling.
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.
Requires school districts to take certain actions in circumstances when school meal bill is in arrears; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.
Permits government records custodians to redact certain personal information.
Requires publication of guide for licensure as integrated care facility; assigns DOH and DHS employees to communicate with facilities.
Requires DOH to establish Community Health Center Integrated Care Loan Program.
Establishes pilot program to refer certain emergency department patients for development of coordinated behavioral health care treatment and support services plan.
Creates restricted distillery license; permits holder thereof to operate restaurant on licensed premises in Garden State Growth Zone.
Retains organ donor designation upon renewal and issuance of certain documents.
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Directs DOLWD to establish advertising campaign to attract candidates to health care professions; appropriates $1 million.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Provides tax credits to small businesses to offset increases in unemployment insurance contributions.
Prohibits use of biometric surveillance system by business entity under certain circumstances.