Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Melinda Kane
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Amends Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act to assign distribution of funding for Community Security Initiatives to Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey.
In committee16
Clarifies that owners of self-driving motor vehicles must comply with existing insurance requirements.
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.
Requires carbon monoxide detectors in school buildings.
Establishes protection from adverse employment action for authorized medical cannabis patients.
Requires employers to report certain allegations of sexual assault.
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.
Clarifies that veterinarians are not within ambit of telemedicine and telehealth law.
Establishes timelines for review and approval by Commissioner of Education of annual certified audits submitted by approved private schools for students with disabilities.
Restricts use of restrictive employment covenants for physicians and nurses.
Requires certain electronic medical programs to include demographic data entry feature; requires laboratories to record certain patients' demographic information; requires certain hospitals and laboratories to implement cultural competency training program.
Establishes database containing information on traffic stops by certain law enforcement officers.
Allows dog owners to procure identification cards for guide or service dogs; appropriates $100,000.
Requires DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to construct suicide prevention barriers at certain bridges or overpasses.
"Mattress Stewardship Act;" requires mattress producers to join stewardship organization and implement mattress stewardship program.
Allows physicians to report patients with epilepsy or related conditions to MVC.
Modifies membership of New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Amends Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act to assign distribution of funding for Community Security Initiatives to Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Requires establishment of automated platform to expedite construction code approval of applications to install residential solar energy systems.
Establishes "New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments.
Permits up to three credits of continuing medical education on menopause to be used by nurses and physicians for license renewal.*
Revises New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program.*
Requires electric public utilities to submit annual report on voting to BPU.
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Authorizes creation and issuance of veteran license plates.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.*
Provides for rehabilitative release for certain incarcerated persons.
Requires Medicaid coverage for fertility preservation services in cases of iatrogenic infertility caused by medically necessary treatments.
"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 · 14
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.*
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey"; appropriates $5 million.**
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.
"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 BPU to establish beneficial building electrification and decarbonization program and requires certain entities to submit plans to implement individual beneficial building electrification and decarbonization programs.*
Establishes "Anthony's Legacy Act"; provides special consideration for certain grandparents applying for visitation rights.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Creates Health Care Cost Containment and Price Transparency Commission, Office of Healthcare Affordability and Transparency, and hospital price transparency regulations.*
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects in FY2026.
Makes various changes to SHBP plan offerings and governance.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million from General Fund to DOH and DCA for Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers.
In committee · 16
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Establishes New Jersey Baby Bond Account Program.
Requires creation of license plates that allow disabled veterans to park in parking spots reserved for persons with disabilities.
Requires children's meals served in restaurants to meet certain nutritional standards.
Requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols.
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for reproductive health care services; prohibits adverse actions by medical malpractice insurers in relation to performance of health care services.
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.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Prohibits aquaculture of any species of octopus for purpose of human consumption.
Requires electric public utilities to submit to BPU and implement electric infrastructure improvement plans.
Prohibits forcibly feeding certain poultry for production of foie gras.
Eliminates court filing fees for individuals who are sued for consumer debt.
Lowers minimum amount of uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers.
Permits certain substitute teachers to enroll in TPAF.
Establishes "New Jersey Gold Star Family Annuity Program."