Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Troy Singleton
Sponsored
Became law9
"New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act," establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million.
Requires Division of Local Government Services to include certain property tax information on division's web page.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Ensures project deadline fairness, enhances transparency, and establishes foreclosure protection and mortgage relief program for Superstorm Sandy- impacted victims.*
Establishes veterans' preference for affordable housing in certain housing projects.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.
Establishes microenterprise training program and assistance for microentrepreneurs; gives priority status to projects involving microenterprises under Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program.
Eliminates sales and use tax on certain transportation services provided by a limousine operator.*
Requires analyses and reporting of investment performance of pension funds; requires disclosure of fees paid to managers of certain funds in which State invests pension funds.
Vetoed2
Requires disclosure of breach of security of online account.
Establishes an animal abuser registry.
Passed the General Assembly15
Enhances the reporting and disclosure requirements concerning State tax expenditures and limits the duration of new State tax expenditure enactments.
Prohibits persons convicted of criminal animal cruelty offenses from owning domestic companion animals and from working or volunteering at animal-related enterprises; designated as "Moose's Law."
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Requires an annual State debt affordability analysis be included in the State Debt Report.
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.
Waives annual teacher evaluation requirement for certain teachers who supervise student teachers.
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
Requires Governor's annual budget message to include description and fiscal analyses of recommendations to raise State revenue estimated at $1 million or more.
Prohibits awarding of economic development subsidy to business if payment of principal and interest on previously awarded loan or loan guarantee is greater than 24 months overdue.
Requires certain workers subject to prevailing wage requirements to be enrolled in, or have completed, registered apprenticeship.
Revises certain aspects of the New Jersey Individual Development Account Program.
Imposes corporate business tax and gross income tax on income attributable to certain investment management services that a corporate or individual partner provides on behalf of a partnership.
Prohibits surgical declawing of cats and other animals.
Establishes "Monica's Law" requiring evidence-based risk assessments in certain domestic violence cases. *
Requires training for law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases.
Out of committee50
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
The New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
Prohibits bad faith assertion of patent infringement.
Establishes four-year pilot program in Ocean County for electronic monitoring of certain domestic violence offenders; designated as "Lisa's Law"; appropriates $2.5 million.
Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for purposes of base realignment and closure. *
Requires municipalities to file copies of tax abatement and exemption agreements with county chief financial officer and county counsel within 30 days of execution.
Requires municipalities to share certain payments received in lieu of property taxes with school districts; informs counties and school districts of application for property tax exemption.*
Regulates the authority of the court to make provision for the educational expenses of an unemancipated child in certain instances involving child support.
Modifies certain provisions of EDA incentive programs; requires EDA to provide report with review and analysis of those programs.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses.
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
Authorizes political subdivisions to require recipients of economic development incentives to enter into community benefits agreements.
Permits landlords to take actions after death of tenant in certain situations.
Concerns standard for involuntary commitment to outpatient treatment.*
Directs Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish a pilot program to assist certain unemployed and underemployed individuals to complete a career and technical education certificate program in 12 months.
Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs.
Requires 90 days' notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of stop loss insurance for small employer health benefits plans.
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from NJEDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.
"Health Care Consumer Cost Transparency Act"
Expands duties and responsibilities of Lieutenant Governor; includes Lieutenant Governor in existing laws governing recall and ethics; establishes Lieutenant Governor's salary and budget.
Creates the New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing Council.
Credits increases in employee contributions required by P.L.2011, c.78 as additional contributions to TPAF, JRS, PERS, PFRS, and SPRS unavailable to reduce normal contributions of State and local employers for actuarial valuations beginning July 1, 2015.
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Provides tax credits to developers for certain affordable housing projects.
Increases minimum annual amounts for appropriation for certain arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes from hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues.
Requires certain contractors to register under "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."
Codifies donated leave program for State employees in career, senior executive, and unclassified service.
Regulates certain servicing activities provided by mortgage servicing organizations for residential mortgage loans.
Places two-year moratorium on moving date of Type II school district's annual school election from day of general election in November back to third Tuesday in April; creates study commission.*
Requires police training for interactions with persons who may have behavioral health issues.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.
Requires school district to adopt policy allowing students in grades 9 through 12 who participate in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities to earn varsity letter.
Establishes Hunterdon-Somerset Flood Advisory Task Force.
Provides exception to weight limits for natural gas vehicles consistent with federal law.
Clarifies applicability of statutory presumption concerning alimony payor's retirement and alimony termination.
Prohibits sale of expanded polystyrene food containers by public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Establishes New Jersey First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Program; provides gross income tax bebefits for certain contributions to and earnings on assets maintained in accounts established under program.*
Provides a voucher to certain TANF recipients to purchase diapers.
Requires health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for digital tomosynthesis for screening and diagnostic purposes related to breast cancer.
"Antwan's Law"; allows counties and municipalities to establish, or request DOT to establish, reduced speed limits near schools.*
"Prescription Drug Consumer Transparency Act;" requires pharmacy benefits managers to disclose certain information to benefit plan purchasers and to establish toll-free telephone number for certain inquiries.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills.
Establishes system for portable benefits for workers who provide services to consumers through contracting agents.
Removes certain bars to employment for convicted offenders.
Permits court to order transfer of billing responsibility for, and rights to, wireless telephone number to certain victims of domestic violence or stalking.*
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 295 in West Deptford Township as "State Trooper Sean E. Cullen Memorial Highway."
Revises tax credit transfer provisions for certain tax incentive programs and revises certain tax treatment of tax credit transfer certificates.
In committee104
Requires State Board of Education to adopt standards and benchmarks of performance for the improvement of teacher preparation programs and teacher certification candidates who complete the programs, and develop a program rating system.
Concerns registration of contractors and sets criteria for responsible bidders in public work.
Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly.
Modifies various aspects of the charter school program, including authorization, regulation, and monitoring of charter schools; appropriates $250,000 from General Fund to DOE.
Requires electric public utilities to install smart meters and associated infrastructure at the request of customer.
Establishes patient-centered medical home program.
Establishes pilot reentry court program.
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
Establishes surplus revenue reserve account in the Property Tax Relief Fund if certain levels of unanticipated gross income tax revenue are collected.
Regulates certain auditing and disclosure practices of pharmacy benefits management companies.
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate for child born in New Jersey to active duty service member.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses which employ eligible apprentices.
Increases gross income tax exclusion for certain pension, annuity, and retirement income to $45,000.
Codifies standards for court to consider in determining application for removal of child of divorced or separated persons from jurisdiction.
Allows school districts to enter into school construction public-private partnership agreements with private entities.
Establishes green infrastructure financing program.
Establishes Flexible Pathways Initiative in the Department of Education.
Establishes a loan redemption program for public school teachers who meet certain academic requirements and teach Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics subjects or special education.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education, in consultation with various entities, to design a manufacturing career pathway to provide students with skills necessary to gain employment in manufacturing sector.
Creates corporate business tax and gross income tax credits to fund education enrichment demonstration program.
Establishes "New Jersey Community Health Worker Program" in DOH to facilitate linking medically underserved communities with health care resources.
Expands exemption to wage and hour requirements for certain summer camp workers.
Establishes a manufacturing reinvestment account program to incentivize capital investment and workforce training in New Jersey with income tax rate reductions, deferrals, and accelerated deductions.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Provides advance care planning coverage for Medicaid recipients.
Establishes the "Veterans Court Pilot Program," in two vicinages including Burlington County.
Establishes pilot program allowing municipality and engineering firm to contract to serve as construction code enforcing agency.
Exempts homeless student or student in resource family home who transfers between school districts after second year of high school from local graduation requirements.
Prohibits anti-tiering clauses in managed care health benefits plans.
Prohibits cloud computing service providers from disclosing data collected from public, private, or charter schools.
Provides corporation business tax and the gross income tax credits for insourcing business to New Jersey.
Increases fine for violation of certain laws concerning pedestrian safety and traffic control; dedicates funds to certain roadways.
Increases penalties for motor vehicle violations resulting in serious bodily injury or death to certain persons in highway.
Requires percentage of motor vehicle fines be used to support safe routes to school initiatives.
Requires certain school board vacancies to be filled by special election within 90 days of annual school election.
Requires Governor, certain State officers and employees, and legislators to file annual report disclosing certain expenditures; requires reimbursement from such persons under certain circumstances.
Authorizes executor or administrator to access digital assets of account holder.
Requires cost-benefit analyses and local government financial impact findings for approval of long term property tax exemption.
Requires course in civics or U.S. government as part of high school graduation requirements; requires school districts to use DOE's curriculum guidelines for civics.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Establishes certain exclusions and credits under the gross income and corporation business taxes for contributions to lifelong learning accounts.
Raises minimum wage to amounts that vary throughout State based on unemployment and provides for certain other increases.
Requires University Behavioral Health Care of Rutgers University to undertake comprehensive study of firearms violence.
Raises minimum wage to varying amounts throughout State based on cost of living and provides for certain other increases.
Appropriates $50,000,000 from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE to provide additional State school aid to certain school districts that spend below adequacy.
Imposes certain qualification requirements for members of State Ethics Commission; provides process for appointment of members.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to award pupil transportation contracts that exceed bid threshold through request for proposals.
Provides a gross income tax deduction for homeowner's payments of certain homeowners association assessments.
Requires disclosure by independent expenditure committees; raises certain campaign contribution limits; repeals ban on certain intraparty fund transfers.
Increases disclosure of political contributions by business entities with public contracts; creates uniform law for contributions by such entities; repeals local option to set contribution limits for business entities.
Requires carrier of construction materials to maintain commercial general liability insurance with a minimum of one million dollars in coverage per accident.
"Student Online Personal Protection Act."
Directs the suspension, by operation of law, of certain offenders' child support obligations.
Directs the Department of Corrections to advise new inmates of child support obligations and modification procedures.
Appropriates up to $20 million from societal benefits charge to DEP for remediation of lead contamination in drinking water in public buildings.
Establishes annual grant program to recognize public institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.
Establishes State pension fund preference for certain in-State infrastructure investment.
Establishes payment incentive program for home health agencies and health care service firms.
Establishes arts program for acquisition and display of visual artwork by New Jersey artists in State House and Annex.
Requires color photo on firearms identification cards, permits to purchase handgun, and permits to carry handgun.
Establishes Extended School Day and School Year Study Commission.
Affords certain confidentiality privileges in civil proceedings to sponsors of individuals in treatment for drug or alcohol addiction.
Provides gross income tax deduction for State fuel taxes paid on purchases of motor fuel for personal use of motor vehicles.
Requires institutions of higher education to test for lead in drinking water and disclose test results.
Raises minimum wage to $10.10 and provides for certain other increases.
Permits referendum question on sale or lease of municipal public utility at time of primary election and, if applicable, municipal regular election.
Establishes endangerment of a domestic companion animal as an animal cruelty offense.
Requires individual health benefits plans to be offered solely through the federally-facilitated Health Insurance Marketplace for New Jersey.
Allows counties and municipalities to establish, or request DOT to establish, reduced speed limits near schools.
Increases penalty for speeding in school zone.
Establishes bundled payments pilot program in Medicaid.
Imposes minimum age and educational requirements for county and municipal law enforcement officers with certain exceptions.
Requires DOT to establish reduced speed limits near schools on certain highways.
Establishes "Safe Streets Law Enforcement Grant Program Fund" to disburse grant funds to eligible municipalities.
Creates presumption that certain firefighters who develop cancer are eligible for workers' compensation and accidental disability pension.
Establishes database with certain information about individuals elected to public office in this State.
Provides that demonstration of specific threat establishes justifiable need for issuance of permit to carry.
Exempts specialty heart hospital from 0.53 percent hospital assessment under certain circumstances.
Requires Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare reimburse for telemedicine in public schools if school nurse coordinates the care.
Requires cosmetology and hairstyling licensees to complete domestic violence and sexual assault awareness education.
Provides for reduction in suspended sentence, probation, or parole based on compliance with conditions of sentence; requires report on effect on recidivism.
Requires public and nonpublic secondary schools to annually conduct written or verbal substance use screening on all students using a particular screening program.
Imposes certain notification and reporting requirements on certain persons not required or authorized to collect sales and use tax.
Requires use of zip code-level data to calculate rental assistance payments.
Concerns calculation of allocation factor for purposes of Corporation Business Tax and provides for "throwback" rule.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to develop gainful employment requirement that public institutions of higher education and certain proprietary schools must meet to participate in State student assistance programs.
Provides gross income tax credit for certified teachers who incur expenses for classroom supplies.
Requires applicants for commercial driver license to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
Provides for civil actions against persons or entities profiting from commission of human trafficking offenses, or maintaining victims of such offenses.
Increases monetary thresholds for certain theft offenses.
Concerns State-administered retirement savings plan; establishes "Garden State MEP."
Requires disclosure of identifying information prior to sale of horse at auction.
Ensures continued access of family planning services in event of federal action.
Permits choice districts to enroll students on tuition basis under certain circumstances.
Requires access to certain prepaid account information; limits fees and liability associated with use of prepaid accounts.
Allows club license holder to sell alcoholic beverages in connection with fund raising events held by non-profits and charitable organizations.
Prohibits dumping dredge spoils on and around certain islands without municipal approval.
Includes accredited nonsectarian nonpublic schools not specifically approved for education of special education students on list of suitable placements for such students.
Restores property tax exemption for nonprofit hospitals with on-site for-profit medical providers; requires these hospitals to pay community service contributions to host municipalities; establishes Nonprofit Hospital Community Service Contribution Study
Prohibits carriers that withdraw from New Jersey individual or small employer health insurance markets from acting as Medicaid program carriers in the State.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services.
Provides gross income tax credit to certain totally and permanently disabled veterans for rent constituting property taxes.
Requires DEP to establish maximum contaminant level for 1,2,3-trichloropropane in drinking water.
Filed1
Concerns Medicaid reimbursement for personal care services.
Carried from the Senate
Became law7
Establishes Hunterdon-Somerset Flood Advisory Task Force.
Places two-year moratorium on moving date of Type II school district's annual school election from day of general election in November back to third Tuesday in April; creates study commission.*
Requires school district to adopt policy allowing students in grades 9 through 12 who participate in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities to earn varsity letter.
Requires health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for digital tomosynthesis for screening and diagnostic purposes related to breast cancer.
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 295 in West Deptford Township as "State Trooper Sean E. Cullen Memorial Highway."
Revises tax credit transfer provisions for certain tax incentive programs and revises certain tax treatment of tax credit transfer certificates.*
Provides exception to weight limits for natural gas vehicles consistent with federal law.
Vetoed1
Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.
Passed the Senate2
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.*
Codifies donated leave program for State employees in career, senior executive, and unclassified service.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 38
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act"; establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank within NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust; renames NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Appropriates $34,293,697 from "Building Our Future Bond Act" and provides for reallocating amount remaining from project grants not awarded, for public and private institutions of higher education.
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Establishes crimes of operating school bus with suspended or revoked driving privileges and being involved in accident causing bodily injury; permanently prohibits passenger and school bus CDL endorsements for persons convicted of those crimes.
Concerns Code Blue alert plans to shelter at-risk individuals. *
Establishes "Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*
Permits a victim or witness of any age to testify by closed circuit television under certain circumstances in prosecutions for domestic violence, sexual assault, and certain other crimes.*
Requires State Board of Education regulations regarding school nurse certification to include certain minimum eligibility requirements.
Establishes licensure for associate marriage and family therapists.
Requires health care professionals engaged in prenatal care to provide parents of newborns with information on health insurance coverage for newborn children.*
Requires local governments and authorities to obtain financing cost estimate from NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust for certain projects.*
Allows fire district elections to be moved to November; eliminates certain fire district budget referenda; and eliminates certain fire district capital purchase referenda.
Concerns calculation of net premiums on certain life insurance policies for purposes of certain DOBI assessments.
Establishes Chief Diversity Officer to monitor participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.*
Adds cyber-harassment to the domestic violence statutes.
Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.
Establishes "Veterans Affordable Housing Section 8 Voucher Pilot Program."
Permits homeless to receive certified copy of birth certificate without fee.
Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.
Establishes Military and Defense Economic Ombudsman in DMVA.*
Directs institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to provide Higher Education Student Assistance Authority with graduation and transfer rates of State tuition aid grant recipients.
Modifies charter of Board of Island Managers of Burlington Island to move elections to November.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.*
"Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act"; authorizes executor, agent, guardian, or trustee, under certain circumstances, to manage electronic records of decedent, principal, incapacitated person, or trust creator.
Revises application deadline for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Permits authorities and local units operating water supply or sewerage facilities to waive, reduce, or defer sewerage and water service fees for deployed military personnel.
Regulates transportation network companies.
Requires DMVA to create registry for organizations providing services to veterans.
Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.
Provides that motor vehicle registration expires on registrant's numerical calendar day of birth.
Provides increased tax credit amounts under Grow New Jersey Assistance Program for certain businesses that have collaborative research relationships with colleges or universities.*
Provides certain immunity to board of director members and employees of private schools for students with disabilities if they report incidents of bullying in compliance with school policy.
Appropriates $22,385,743 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $32.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Appropriates $2,988,859 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund and constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to provide capital preservation grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Requires certain State and local government agency employees with access to federal tax information to undergo criminal history background checks.
Vetoed · 9
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Provides for licensing of pool and spa service contractors, and pool and spa builders and installers.
Requires DHS to give priority to temporary rental assistance over use of hotels or motels in emergency assistance to Work First New Jersey recipients.
Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.
Authorizes local units of government subject to "Local Public Contracts Law." and "Public School Contracts Law" to use electronic procurement technologies.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Concerns employer inquiries about worker's wage and salary experience.*
Jake's Law; Incentivizes counties to design and construct completely inclusive playgrounds as a priority for State funding for recreational and conservation purposes.*
"Safe Transportation Jobs and Fair Employment Rules Act."
Passed the General Assembly · 24
Authorizes application for dismissal of a "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation " ("SLAPP").
The "Municipal Volunteer Property Tax Reduction Act"; permits certain municipal property owners to perform volunteer services in return for property tax vouchers.
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
"Student Online Personal Protection Act." *
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Directs DOT to add certain portion of Rising Sun Road in Bordentown Township to State highway system.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Provides that President of Municipal Clerks' Association of New Jersey and one additional public member serve as members of Government Records Council.
Requires DCPP to implement policies and procedures to ensure caseworker safety; "Leah's Law."
Establishes "Blue Alert System."*
Provides that PFRS definitions of widow, widower and spouse will include domestic partners of all PFRS members.
Establishes "Art in Storefronts" initiative within the Main Street New Jersey program.
Permits cosmetology and hairstyling school clinics to charge certain fees for services rendered to general public.
Provides transition period of 90 days during which building service employees subject to certain building service transfers must be retained.
Establishes Statewide program to provide treatment services for children exposed to domestic violence. *
Creates "New Jersey Criminal Justice Information Sharing Environment Coordinating Council."
Requires employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
Expands health insurance coverage for behavioral health services and autism and enhances enforcement and oversight of mental health parity laws. *
Requires DCA to continuously maintain open enrollment period for federal Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-applications.
Directs Department of Agriculture in consultation with DOE to establish online applications for National School Lunch Program and school breakfast programs.*
Clarifies provisions concerning expungement of certain criminal records.
Out of committee · 74
Requires NJ Clean Energy Program's Residential New Construction incentives be made available Statewide.*
Permits county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages to create Gold Star Parent identification card.
Restricts use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.
Provides preferences for certain businesses applying for workforce development grants.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Retitles State correction officer as State correctional police officer; clarifies law enforcement powers.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to compile and annually update list of all unfunded State and federal mandates on municipalities and counties.
Establishes a partial return to work TDI program.
Requires professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Child Support Reform.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.
Requires paint producers to implement or participate in paint stewardship program.
Authorizes health care providers to engage in telemedicine and teleheath. *
Requires use of pervious concrete by State agencies under certain circumstances.
Establishes a joint legislative and executive branch New Jersey Revenue Advisory Board to provide consensus revenue forecasting advice for State budget purposes.
Prioritizes investment of State administered pension funds in in-state infrastructure project investments over comparable out-of-state infrastructure project investments.
Establishes procedures for awarding of design-build contracts.
Prohibits BPU review and approval of property transactions of certain telecommunications companies.
Requires DEP to conduct vibration analysis along routes for disposal of dredged material from Delaware River.
Provides post-traumatic stress disorder from military service during combat may be mitigating factor during sentencing.
Authorizes Drinking Water Quality Institute to study and recommend maximum contaminant level for 1,2,3-trichloropropane to DEP.
Requires written security plan when school is polling place and open to students; provides that schools may be used as polling places only under certain circumstances; makes an appropriation.
Requires party bidding on, or performing, a State contract to provide employee health care benefits.
"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."
Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police.
Requires DOH to develop New Jersey Report Card of Hospital Maternity Care.
Revises "Pet Purchase Protection Act" to establish new requirements for pet dealers and pet shops. *
Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism.
Requires certain undergraduate students to file degree plan and requires public institutions of higher education to develop pathway systems to graduation.
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of student borrower's death or total and permanent disability and grant deferment for temporary total disability.*
Permits municipalities to authorize property tax reward programs; validates actions of municipalities that have created them.
Allows certain materials to be included in corporation's proxy solicitation materials.
Establishes requirements concerning necessary care of dogs, domestic companion animals, and service animals, and for tethering of dogs.***
Requires county elections board give notice by Internet posting or mail when polling place location changes unexpectedly before election; requires board develop plan for polling place change notification.
Establishes two-year innovative drinking water supply and wastewater infrastructure grant program in DEP; appropriates up to $20 million from societal benefits charge therefor.
Permits hospitals to establish system for making performance-based incentive payments to physicians.
Requires DOH regulations regarding elevated blood lead levels in children, and appropriate responses thereto, to be consistent with latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
Requires DOH to establish single license for facilities providing integrated behavioral and physical health care.*
Establishes "Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Program" in EDA to assist certain small businesses meet State or federal contract surety bond requirements.*
Establishes procedure for removal of certain abandoned flood control structures causing property erosion.
Requires DOLWD to permit veterans and other groups to apply for UI benefits online.
Increases accidental death benefit to 70 % of final compensation for surviving children of SPRS or PFRS member; redefines child in SPRS.*
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools and county colleges.
Requires racial and ethnic impact statement for certain bills and regulations affecting sentencing.
Directs DOE to make database of special education decisions available on website.
"New Jersey Open Data Initiative" to require certain information be provided on Internet to public and State agencies.
Requires uniform response procedures for all domestic crisis teams established or participated in by law enforcement agencies, and strengthens Statewide supervision over teams.
Establishes standards for Batterers' Intervention Programs in domestic violence cases.
Concerns certain unused portions of tax credits issued to insurance premiums taxpayers under the Business Employment Incentive Program; exempts certain purchasers of business development incentives from certain State tax notification requirements.*
Directs DEP to adopt standards for certain drinking water contaminants based upon recommendations of Drinking Water Quality Institute.*
Establishes Lake Hopatcong Fund and dedicates $500,000 annually from certain power vessel operator license fees to the fund.
Permits county improvement authorities to establish student loan refinancing loan programs.
Extends senior freeze benefits to certain disabled persons.
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Provides PFRS member in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Provides certain incentives to qualified businesses in Garden State Growth Zones; creates Garden State Growth Zone at Atlantic City International Airport and surrounding area.
Requires candidates for President and Vice-President of United States to disclose federal income tax returns to appear on ballot; prohibits Electoral College electors from voting for candidates who fail to file income tax returns.*
Requires DOH to permit certain health care facilities to use shared clinical space when providing primary health care and behavioral health care for mild to moderate behavioral health conditions.
Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects.
Removes requirement that limited brewery licensees provide tour when selling beer to consumers and permits certain food consumption on premise.
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
Requires BPU and electric public utilities to conduct energy storage analysis. *
Designates portion of US Highway Route 40 in Upper Pittsgrove Township as "John R. Elliott HERO Campaign Way."
Changes year used to calculate TDI and FLI employee taxes from most recent calendar year to most recent fiscal year.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018.
Extends document submission deadline under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program, Grow New Jersey Assistance Program, and Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Program.*
Extends deadline to file homestead property tax reimbursement application for applicants who receive an income tax filing extension.
Establishes standardized changed conditions clauses for local public construction contracts.
Authorizes court to impose lifetime parole supervision on certain child pornography offenders.
Increases number of State-funded positions at four-year public institution of higher education that establishes postsecondary academic and residential facilities in coastal city with gaming in resort area of State.
Appropriates $7.5 million for constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 108
Restricts use of electronic benefit cards by cash assistance recipients.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Reduces dollar amount of full outstanding debt issue that exempts casino institutional investor from requirement to maintain qualifications.
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
Provides for disclosure of person's medical records related to AIDS or HIV infection for investigations or prosecutions of crime of diseased person committing act of sexual penetration; makes crime ineligible for expungment.
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
"Transparency in Government Legal Billing Act;" requires that bill for legal services rendered for public entity contain certain information as condition of payment.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax for step-grandchildren.
Gives priority to applicants for firearms purchaser identification card and permits to purchase handguns when domestic violence restraining order is in effect.
Disqualifies individuals for unemployment benefits due to receipt of certain severance payments.
Provides State Investment Council must report private money managers' fee information and that council's regulations addressing political contributions will apply to federal or national committees and non-State political committees.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for day care center support benefiting children of employees.
Requires New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority to annually prepare report on debt held by public institutions of higher education.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Requires DOE to create military-connected student identifier for inclusion in student-level database.
Establishes insurance and safety requirements for companies that use digital network or software application to match passengers with drivers.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires each hospital board of trustees to adopt a written policy governing conflicts of interest.
Updates factors for consideration for grandparent and sibling petitions seeking visits with child over objection of parent, guardian, or custodian; adds preference for child's temporary placement with grandparent under "Child Placement Bill of Rights Act.
Transfers responsibility for establishment and enforcement of ethical standards for local officials and school officials to the State Ethics Commission.
Makes General Fund supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to DMVA for Council on Armed Forces and Veterans' Affairs for preservation of military installations in case of base realignment and closure.
Provides for the designation of new charter school authorizers.
Requires that if a school district satisfies 80% or more of the required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, the State must return that area to local control.
Prohibits DOE from regulating maximum salary amount school district may pay superintendent of schools and eliminates TPAF enrollment exception for certain certified superintendents and administrators.
Requires prosecutor to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Prohibits awarding alimony to domestic violence offenders; permits termination of alimony based on conviction for crime or offense involving domestic violence.
Establishes Behavioral Mental Health Advisory Board in Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in DHS.
Repeals the New Jersey estate tax.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments not required under State or federal law.
Allows parent, guardian, or adult student to prevent disclosure of student information to certain entities.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop lists of approved testing vendors and commercially-developed standardized assessments for use by public school districts.
Concerns environmental permits in burdened communities.
Criminalizes purchase or possession of firearms ammunition by persons convicted of certain crimes.
Establishes Office of State Dental Director and New Jersey Oral Health Commission.
Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain failing schools under alternate route program.
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.
Requires each school district with middle school or high school to establish food services advisory committee to consider menu options that reflect students' cultural, traditional, and dietary preferences.
Revises child pornography law.
Establishes the State Debt Capacity Advisory Commission.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
"Uncompensated Pending Medicaid Beneficiary Payment Relief Act"; provides compensation relief to nursing facilities when resident's Medicaid eligibility determination is delayed more than 90 days.
Permits public-private partnership agreements for certain building and highway infrastructure projects; provides for EDA oversight.
Provides that cabinet-level public officials, Attorney General, and county prosecutors may serve in acting capacity for no longer than six months without nomination.
Provides for expedited injunction for violations of law requiring prenotification of certain plant closings, transfers and mass layoffs.
Requires audits of managed care plan provider networks.
Establishes death by auto as first degree crime in certain circumstances; designated as Dirk's law.
Requires certain health care facilities to offer, and health care workers to receive, annual influenza vaccination.
Enters New Jersey in Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact.
Requires health care practitioners to inform patients of addiction potential of controlled dangerous substances prior to issuing prescription.
Makes provisions of the "New Jersey False Claims Act" retroactive under certain circumstances.
Requires Commissioner of Transportation to publish notice of certain transportation-related infrastructure projects and activities on Internet website, and directs State Comptroller to monitor publication of those notifications.
Requires State to pay its pension contributions on quarterly basis by August 1, November 1, February 1 and May 1 of each year.
Requires school districts to take all steps to ensure adequate security for students when school is open as a polling place and provides that school district costs shall be deducted from the itemized list of expenses submitted by the county board of elect
Establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank Fund and Clean Energy and Infrastructure Modernization Fund within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank Fund within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Authorizes the EDA to issue additional $50,000,000 in bonds to provide grants for certain county vocational school district facilities projects and increases debt service district aid percentage for such projects.
Provides additional State school aid to county vocational school districts in which enrollment increases by more than 10%.
Provides State aid for certain adult education programs.
Makes FY 2015 supplemental State appropriations totaling $300,000,000 for prepayment of portion of FY 2016 employer contributions to State-administered public employee defined benefit retirement systems.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Eliminates duplication and redundancy in registration of certain apartments.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Prohibits certain steering and marketing practices involving dispensing of prescription drugs and drug samples.
Eliminates school district budget per pupil administrative cost limits.
Regulates tethering and confinement of, and proper shelter for, dogs.
Requires each public institution of higher education to post its budget on the institution's website.
Provides an adjustment to school district tax levy cap for increases in special education costs per pupil in excess of $40,000 that exceed such prior year costs by more than 2%.
Requires institutions of higher education to send out annual student debt letters; requires students enrolled in public institutions of higher education to complete course on student loan debt repayment.
"Protection for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities in Institutional and Community Settings Act."
Requires DOH to establish "New Jersey Autism Website."
Excludes from gross income tax value of prizes or awards won in athletic competition in Olympic Games.
Establishes Medicaid program to provide housing-related services to individuals experiencing chromic homelessness.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish performance-based funding plans for public institutions of higher education.
Establishes manufacturing machine and metal trade apprenticeships tax credit program.
Directs Commissioner of Education to study safety of school bus passengers in emergencies.
Requires State agencies to periodically review administrative rules and regulations to ensure continued efficacy.
Concerns real estate licensees.
Regulates installation, maintenance, and repair of low-voltage alarm systems.
Prohibits snowplow or de-icing service contract from indemnifying promisee against liability for loss or damage in certain instances.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Provides tax credits for constructing or renovating homes to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for capital gains from sale of certain employer securities.
Reduces minimum age to gamble in casino or simulcasting facility to 18 years of age.
Establishes State School Aid Funding Fairness Commission.
Allows use of stand-up paddleboards for fishing on lakes in wildlife management areas.
Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Concerns employer inquiries about wage and salary history.
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 school districts to maintain and pay premiums for student accident insurance.
Provides Medicaid and certain insurers access to Prescription Monitoring Program.
Requires institutions of higher education to develop plan to offer open textbooks to students.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who donate organs.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who provide blood donations.
Concerns resentencing and parole for certain juvenile defendants.
Requires candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, State Senate, and General Assembly to disclose federal income tax returns.
Increases percent of public employees' charitable contributions that may be spent on administrative costs.
Establishes DEP Permitting Review Commission.
The "Electronic Bidding Construction Act."
Establishes New Jersey Civic Information Consortium; transfers $20 million annually from New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority to consortium over five-year period.
Expands definition of urban campus area; clarifies that employees of renaissance school project are in State-administered retirement system; provides greater flexibility in types of facilities which may be renaissance school projects.
Establishes "Higher Education Manufacturing Grant Program" for public institutions of higher education to establish or expand programs in manufacturing fields.
Establishes Edison Innovation Science and Technology Fund in EDA to provide grants for certain science and technology-based university research; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes asset forfeiture reporting and transparency requirements.
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Appropriates $71,700,224 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.