Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Louis D. Greenwald
Sponsored
Became law14
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.
Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.
Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications.
Enters NJ in Social Work Licensure Compact.
Clarifies which health care professional may provide documentation to school district of need for home instruction due to student's health condition.*
Appropriates $5 million to the Department of State for Cultural Projects.
Replaces definition of "management committee" with "board of authority commissioners" and makes various changes to existing law concerning administration of regional authority.
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of machine gun conversion devices.
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.*
Requires third-party discounts and payments for individuals covered by health benefits plans to apply to copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs for covered benefits.
Establishes Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program to incentivize in-State manufacturing investments and job creation.
Updates minimum allocation amounts and poison pill provisions related to revenues collected from hotel and motel occupancy fees.*
Modifies provisions concerning net positive benefits test and special economic importance for certain transformative projects under New Jersey Aspire Program.
Passed the General Assembly4
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.
Prohibits and imposes criminal penalty on disclosure of certain intentionally deceptive audio or visual media within 90 days of election.*
Revises assessment imposed on nursing homes if permissible under federal law.
"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 committee17
Establishes program in DOLWD to connect persons with disabilities with job training and employment.
Exempts certain plastic materials processed at advanced plastic processing facilities from State laws regulating solid waste disposal and recycling.
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.
Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and investment coins from sales and use tax.
Modifies down payment assistance program for benefit of first-generation and first-time homebuyers.
Revises various provisions of the New Jersey Aspire Program.
Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in healthcare facilities, home care services, and hospice services; makes appropriation.*
Requires NJ FamilyCare reimbursement for comprehensive medication management services provided for certain children by licensed pharmacist.
Requires NJ FamilyCare payment for multiple medical encounters per day for enrollee at federally qualified health center.
Creates excuse from jury service for students enrolled in certain education programs.
Provides for annual fellowship stipends for Direct Support Professional Career Development Program participants.
Limits general application of certain consumer contracts.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million from General Fund to DOH and DCA for Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers.
Concerns Municipal Stabilization and Recovery Act; extends for six years.*
Expands New Jersey's certificate of need exemption list.
Requires payment of prevailing wage for certain data center construction.
Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act to expand authorized use of grant funding for Centenary University.
In committee86
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 restaurant employees to receive periodic sexual harassment training.
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.
Establishes teacher recruitment grant program in DOE; appropriates $6 million to DOE.
Revises law concerning the rights and responsibilities of motor vehicle franchisees and franchisors.
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.
Authorizes conversion of certain office parks and retail centers to mixed-use developments.
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."
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 municipality to return to taxpayer property taxes paid in error due to assessor's or owner's mistake.
Provides certain volunteer and other workers with maximum compensation benefit for workers' compensation claim regardless of outside employment.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Requires certain hospitals to establish bereavement areas.
Prohibits sale, distribution, and import of certain products marketed as recyclable, unless DEP determines that products are widely recycled.
Removes exception of self-insured health benefits plans from law concerning pharmacy benefits managers.
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.
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.
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.
Eliminates one percent tax on purchasers of Class 4A commercial property transferred for consideration in excess of $1 million.
Restricts discharge of firefighting foams containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances for training or testing purposes.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of fuel cell devices and systems and certain tangible personal property powered by fuel cells.
Establishes four-year "Rent for Credit Pilot Program" in Department of Community Affairs.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of certain compressed natural gas vehicles.
Establishes process for independent informal dispute resolution hearings in DOH.
Concerns development of accessory dwelling units and related municipal land use regulations.*
Requires food delivery network company to maintain certain automobile insurance.
Establishes pilot program for 24-hour urgent care for behavioral health.
Establishes pilot program to refer certain emergency department patients for development of coordinated behavioral health care treatment and support services plan.
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.
Requires redaction and nondisclosure of home address of elected officials and candidates for elected office.
Reduces employer unemployment taxes by adjusting the unemployment compensation fund experience rate column for FY2024.
Requires State to take steps to create additional graduate medical education program slots focused on behavioral health care.
Requires availability of accessible mail-in ballot for voters with disabilities.
Requires mail-in ballot applications to include prepaid postage.
Permits municipalities to issue additional retail alcoholic beverage licenses regardless of population limitation.
Requires delivery network companies to maintain automobile insurance.
Requires copies of certain law enforcement records to be provided to victims of domestic violence upon request.
Concerns New Jersey Civic Information Consortium.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to Election Law Enforcement Commission in DLPS for enforcement and staffing activities.
Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
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.
Prohibits creation or disclosure of deceptive audio or visual media, known as "deepfakes," under certain circumstances.
Requires Division of Purchase and Property to issue annual report on State-owned property and potential for use as affordable housing.
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 bonuses for certain essential healthcare workers; appropriates $400,000,000.
Authorizes regional authority to develop and operate regional rehabilitation and reentry center.
Establishes Children's Partial Hospitalization Pilot Program in DHS.
Revises registered apprenticeship requisites of public works contractors and creates opt-out from participation in registered apprenticeship program for public works projects.
"New Jersey Housing Opportunity Act"; enhances opportunities for housing production.
Establishes special enrollment period for covered persons whose in-network health care provider leaves network of health benefits plan.
Requires MVC to establish and administer online application for REAL ID identification cards and REAL ID licenses.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from denying payment of claim while seeking coordination of benefits information.
Prohibits election-related identity theft; upgrades dissemination of false campaign communications to third degree crime.
Removes practical examination as requirement for licensure in certain professions regulated by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Requires public electric vehicle charging stations to display price per kilowatt-hour.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million from General Fund to DHS for Larc Norcross School Special Needs Adult Program transportation.
Updates law governing votes by shareholders for items other than for election of members to board of directors.
Prohibits BPU from retiring electric generation facilities in certain circumstances.
"Public Utility Rate Stabilization Act"; permits gas and electric public utilities to employ alternative ratemaking mechanisms.
Expands protections under "Daniel's Law"; requires Office of Information Privacy to establish portal for prohibiting disclosure of personal information by private entities and establishes penalties for failure to comply.
Establishes Department of Energy.
Supplements FY2026 Appropriations Act; makes $10 million off-budget appropriation to NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program.
Carried from the Senate
Became law8
Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and certain investment coins from sales and use tax.
Modifies down payment assistance program for benefit of first-generation and first-time homebuyers; makes an appropriation.
Limits general application of certain consumer contracts.
Expands New Jersey's certificate of need exemption list.
Concerns Municipal Stabilization and Recovery Act; extends for six years.*
Requires payment of prevailing wage for certain data center construction.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million from General Fund to DOH and DCA for Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers.
Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act to expand authorized use of grant funding for Centenary University.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors.*
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 criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."
"New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program.
Revises statutes implementing certain property tax relief programs pursuant to recommendations promulgated by Stay NJ Task Force.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of certain election related deadlines.
Passed the General Assembly · 1
Allows counties and municipalities to use open space trust funds for remediation of collapsed mine shafts and sinkholes on property owned by county or municipality.
Out of committee · 12
Prohibits use of biometric surveillance system by business entity under certain circumstances.
Establishes Deepfake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.*
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Appropriates $28,670,924 in 2003 and 1992 bond act monies for loans for dam restoration and repair projects and inland waters projects.*
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey"; appropriates $5 million.**
Authorizes school districts to submit separate proposals for additional spending for subsequent budget year at special school election.
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.**
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.
"Patient and Provider Protection Act."
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Amends Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act to assign distribution of funding for Community Security Initiatives to Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey.
Revises definition of health care professional in aggravated assault statute to match definition under "Health Care Heroes Violence Prevention Act."
In committee · 23
Retains organ donor designation upon renewal and issuance of certain documents.
Creates restricted distillery license; permits holder thereof to operate restaurant on licensed premises in Garden State Growth Zone.
Provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for four years; requires training prior to issuance of firearms cards and handgun purchase permits; revises procedures for passing of firearms to heir or legatee.
Requires DOH to establish Community Health Center Integrated Care Loan Program.
Expands permitted sales and activities on licensed premises of certain alcohol manufacturers.
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.
Requires publication of guide for licensure as integrated care facility; assigns DOH and DHS employees to communicate with facilities.
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Vacant Storefront Registry Program; establishes public database of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
Supplemental appropriation of $3.6 million to DHS to increase adult medical day care Medicaid per diem rate from $89.55 to $93.10.
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 certain information to be included in SHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
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.
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.
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.
Reduces parking spaces required in Statewide site improvement standards at residential developments relative to development's proximity to public transportation.
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.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of date on which primary elections will be held if date coincides with period of religious observance.
Revises statutory obligations of Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey.