Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, Senate.
Troy Singleton
Sponsored
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Requires disclosure of breach of security of online account.
Requires certain contractors to register under "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."
Concerns disclosure requirements by independent expenditure committees.
Requires newborn infants be screened for spinal muscular atrophy.
"Antwan's Law"; reduces speed limit on Route 130 near Burlington City High School and Wilbur Watts Intermediate School.
Directs Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish pilot program to assist certain unemployed and underemployed individuals to complete industry-valued Credentials in 12 months. *
Revises criteria for determining whether dog is vicious or potentially dangerous.
Requires New Jersey State Board of Pharmacy to establish prescription drug pricing disclosure website and certain pharmaceutical manufacturing companies to provide prescription drug price information.
Prohibits person from contracting for public work if person is federally debarred from receiving federal contract.*
Requires certain real estate licensees to complete courses of study concerning fair housing and housing discrimination.
Prohibits sale or lease of access to certain dental provider network contracts.*
Directs Adjutant General to enter into agreements with legal services organizations to provide legal services to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness.
Makes New Jersey National Guard members with NGB-22 form eligible for certain veterans' benefits.
Concerns stop-work orders related to prevailing wage and construction worker employment.*
Makes various changes to New Jersey Infrastructure Bank's enabling act.
Prohibits certain possession, sale, trade, distribution, or offering for sale of shark fins.
Permits certain health care professionals to waive health insurance copayments for members of military on active duty and their family members. *
"Sign Fabrication Safety Quality Assurance Act."
Establishes owning or possessing animal fighting or dog fighting paraphernalia as crime of third degree; establishes civil animal cruelty penalties therefor.
Makes certain changes to summary action foreclosure process under "Fair Foreclosure Act."
Revises certain procedures for real estate foreclosure sales; alters adjournment of sale process.
Prohibits certain business financing contracts that contain judgment by confession provisions. *
Revises neighborhood revitalization tax credit program to increase permitted annual tax credit allocation to $15 million.
Vetoed4
Requires disclosure by independent expenditure committees.**
Revises law relating to common interest communities.
Requires public schools to administer written screenings for depression for students in certain grades.
Clarifies assessment payment and election participation requirements in planned real estate developments.
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Requires municipalities to file copies of tax abatement and exemption agreements with county chief financial officer and county counsel within 10 days of execution.
Establishes annual grant program to recognize public institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.
Prohibits sale of expanded polystyrene food containers by public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Requires certain standards for professional and occupational boards considering applicants with criminal history records.
Requires an annual State debt affordability analysis be included in the State Debt Report.
Requires certain disclosures by providers of small business financing.*
Permits inclusion of volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders within municipal eligible employee group for purposes of the small employer health benefits plan statutes.
Concerns labor contractors.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Requires release of bid list prior to bid date under "Local Public Contracts Law."
Provides that student is ineligible for State financial aid upon conviction for hazing.
Prohibits use of products containing asbestos in building construction.
Requires DOE to define expenditures for behavior modification at approved private schools for students with disabilities as allowable instructional cost for purposes of tuition rate setting.
Expands provisions of Law Against Discrimination to rental of certain non-publicly assisted housing accommodations.
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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 surplus revenue reserve account in the Property Tax Relief Fund if certain levels of unanticipated gross income tax revenue are collected.
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.
Establishes "New Jersey Community Health Worker Program" in DOH to facilitate linking medically underserved communities with health care resources.
Requires University Behavioral Health Care and School of Criminal Justice of Rutgers University to undertake comprehensive study of firearms violence; appropriates $400,000.*
Establishes system for portable benefits for workers who provide services to consumers through contracting agents.
Prohibits dumping dredge spoils on and around certain islands without municipal approval.
Provides gross income tax credit to certain totally and permanently disabled veterans for rent constituting property taxes.
Increases minimum annual amounts for appropriation for certain arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes from hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues.
Prohibits persons convicted of criminal animal cruelty offenses from owning domestic companion animals and from working or volunteering at animal-related enterprises; establishes presumption against pretrail intervention for certain persons; designated as
Establishes New Jersey Commission on Construction Industry Independent Contractor Reform.
Establishes three-year Medicaid demonstration project to pay for certain drugs according to value-based system. *
Prohibits excessive charges for drugs developed by publicly funded research.
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.
Establishes New Jersey First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Program; provides gross income tax benefits for certain contributions to and earnings on assets maintained in accounts established under program.
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Prohibits surgical declawing of cats and other animals.
Expands eligibility for veterans civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits. *
Concerns environmental permits in burdened communities.
Requires cost-benefit analyses for long term tax exemption; requires DCA to create database of these exemptions; requires new disturbution of annual service charges; requires five-year tax exemption and abatements be filed with certain county officials. *
Makes General Fund supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DMVA for Council on Armed Forces and Veterans' Affairs for preservation of military installations in case of base realignment and closure.
Makes certain changes to hourly reimbursement rate for personal care services reimbursed by Medicaid.
Establishes procedure for removal of certain abandoned water control structures causing property erosion.*
Establishes Edison Innovation Science and Technology Fund in EDA to provide grants for certain science and technology-based university research; appropriates $5 million.
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.
Imposes certain notification and reporting requirements on certain persons not required or authorized to collect sales and use tax.
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers and wholesale distributors to report certain manufacturing and dispensing information concerning prescription opioid drugs, medication-assisted treatment drugs, and opioid antidote drugs.*
Authorizes creation of special Phi Beta Sigma license plates.
Provides for prompt payment of public contracts for purchase of goods and services.
Requires Department of Human Services to review Medicaid reimbursement to nursing homes under Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Program.
Excludes from gross income under the gross income tax certain United States military compensation paid to members of units of the NJ National Guard and reserve components of the United States Armed Forces.
Provides spouses of military servicemembers with gross income tax credit, up to $500, for professional relicensing fees incurred upon relocating to State.
Requires criminal history record background checks for certain DOBI employees.
Adjusts from 30 percent to 27 percent rate at which proceeds accruing from sale of lottery tickets are dedicated for public pensions.
Requires hospitals and homeless shelters to provide information on services and resources to individuals who are homeless or military veterans.
"Recreational Therapists Licensing Act."
Allows county homelessness trust funds to be used for code blue emergency shelter services.
Requires SHBP and SEHBP to establish and contract for Medicare Primary Assignment and Audit Program ensuring that all persons in SHBP and SEHBP eligible for Medicare have Medicare as primary provider. *
Provides for collection of sales tax by marketplace facilitators and certain remote sellers, and clarifies collection of taxes related to hotel and transient accommodation occupancies.
Concerns remote online notaries public; provides for acknowledgment and proof via communication technology; creates criminal offense.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Permits approved private schools for students with disabilities to include in tuition calculation hourly rates for healthcare provider consultants which equal average hourly rates paid by certain public schools serving students with disabilities.
Revises requirements for provision of counseling and support services to emergency services personnel.
Prohibits MVC from charging fee for restoring driver's license suspended due to mental or physical condition.
Permits municipalities to lease vacant municipal land for tiny home occupancy; directs DCA to enhance regulatory guidance on acceptable tiny home construction and use.
Requires DCA to produce and maintain database and interactive map concerning residential properties under foreclosure; increases certain recording fees as funding mechanism.
Permits certain planned real estate developments to file certain liens; concerns limited priority of certain liens.
Revises statute of limitations for residential mortgage foreclosures.
Establishes certain requirements concerning rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersex, and HIV-positive residents of long-term care facilities. *
Requires institutions of higher education and public and nonpublic high schools and middle schools to adopt anti-hazing policies; expands activities encompassing criminal hazing and upgrades penalties for engaging in these activities.
Prohibits municipal assessors from having interest in, and employment by, certain revaluation firms.*
Establishes Office of Local Government Efficiency in DCA; appropriates $250,000 for program support.
Requires shared service agreements to include certain provisions.
Repeals statute authorizing offering of "Basic and Essential" health benefits plans under individual health benefits plans and other statutes concerning basic health plans; makes conforming amendments. *
Revises certain permissible rating factors for premiums charged for individual and small employer health benefits plans.
"Patient Protection Act"; establishes requirements concerning the transfer and referral of certain patients receiving health care services.
Modifies procedure for change to manner of holding certain municipal elections.
Concerns responsibility of contractors for wage claims against subcontractors.*
Requires public water systems to develop lead service line inventories and replace lead service lines.
Permits eligible claimant who is proportionate owner paying entire property tax bill to collect entire homestead property tax reimbursement amount.
Establishes "New Jersey Eviction Crisis Task Force."
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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.
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.
Modifies certain provisions of EDA incentive programs; requires EDA to provide report with review and analysis of those programs.
Creates presumption that certain firefighters who develop cancer are eligible for workers' compensation and accidental disability pension.
Provides for reduction in suspended sentence, probation, or parole based on compliance with conditions of sentence; requires report on effect on recidivism.
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.
Concerns State-administered retirement savings plan; establishes "Garden State MEP."
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
Requires DEP to establish maximum contaminant level for 1,2,3-trichloropropane in drinking water.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for certain retired members of NJ National Guard.
Establishes Talent Network Program in DOLWD.
Concerns liability of direct contractors for wage claims against subcontractors.
Requires projects financed by NJ Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program to use iron and steel products produced in U.S.
Establishes the "Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act."
Increases minimum wage to 50 percent of State wide median wage.
Raises minimum wage to $10.10 and provides for certain other increases.
Prohibits Commissioner of Banking and Insurance from approving health benefits plans in the State that do not meet certain standards; requires enforcement action against offering of plans not in compliance.
Establishes an animal abuser registry.
Provides corporation business tax and the gross income tax credits for insourcing business to New Jersey.
Establishes manufacturing machine and metal trade apprenticeships tax credit program.
Requires creditors to maintain vacant and abandoned non-residential properties under foreclosure.
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 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.
Provides tax credits to developers for certain affordable housing projects.
Requires DHS to take action to raise public awareness of privacy laws that prevent disclosure of health care enrollment information to immigration authorities.
Appropriates $200,000 to DOH for evidence-based evaluation of Charity Care hospital subsidy program.
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.
Allows choice districts to enroll students on tuition basis under certain circumstances.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Prohibits excessive increases in prices charged for essential off-patent and generic prescription drugs and biological products.
Enters New Jersey in Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish performance-based funding plans for public institutions of higher education.
Establishes pilot reentry court and imprisonment diversion program.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Permits court to order transfer of billing responsibility for, and rights to, wireless telephone number to certain victims of domestic violence or stalking.
Establishes bundled payments pilot program in Medicaid.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop lists of approved testing vendors and commercially-developed standardized assessments for use by public school districts.
Establishes two-year innovative drinking water supply and wastewater infrastructure grant program in DEP; appropriates up to $20 million from societal benefits charge therefor.
Requires certain workers subject to prevailing wage requirements to be enrolled in, or have completed, registered apprenticeship.
Requires access to certain prepaid account information; limits fees and liability associated with use of prepaid accounts.
Provides advance care planning coverage for Medicaid recipients.
Establishes pilot program allowing municipality and engineering firm to contract to serve as construction code enforcing agency.
Provides refundable gross income tax credit for early principal payments on certain home mortgages.
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.
Reduces corporation business tax rate for certified benefit corporations by 20 percent per privilege period.
Clarifies purpose of benefit corporations and standard of duty of board of directors.
Establishes "Registered Apprenticeship Program for State Agencies"; makes an appropriation.
Exempts specialty heart hospital from 0.53 percent hospital assessment under certain circumstances.
"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.
Establishes alternate route to expedite certification of teachers at early college high school programs.
Requires members of governing boards of public institutions of higher education to complete training program when review by Middle States Commission on Higher Education indicates governance deficiencies.
Creates Joint Apprenticeship Incentive Grant Program.
"Transparency in Government Legal Billing Act;" requires that bill for legal services rendered for public entity contain certain information as condition of payment.
Requires certain health care providers, SHBP, and School Employees' Health Benefits Program to submit certain health care claims data to DOBI.
Establishes New Jersey Council on Responsible Fatherhood and Responsible Fatherhood fund.
Provides earned time credits to reduce parole eligibility date for inmates who participate in substance abuse treatment program.
Requires certain actions by pharmaceutical wholesale distributors with regard to suspicious orders.
"Innovation Schools Act"; establishes process to develop innovation schools.
Establishes prescription drug pricing disclosure requirements and measures to reduce prescription drug costs.
Concerns prevailing wage payments in residential construction projects.
Permits certain managed care organizations to consider cost-effectiveness when placing prescription drug on formulary.
Establishes Medicaid Services Review Task Force to study national treatment guidelines for certain Medicaid services.
Requires licensure of pain management clinics, establishes process to identify abnormal drug usage and prescribing practices, modifies requirements for opioid prescriptions and medication-assisted treatment, authorizes use of non-opioid advance directives
Exempts handwritten signature from public disclosure; requires redaction when posted on Internet.
Concerns stop construction orders.
Establishes requirements for incentive-based value payment system for home health agencies and health care service firms.
Eliminates presumption of non-imprisonment for theft of a firearm.
Requires commercial Internet websites and online services to notify customers of collection and disclosure of personally identifiable information and allows customers to opt out.
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.
Requires use of clear polycarbonate boarding for securing vacant and abandoned property.
Creates Foreclosure Prevention and Neighborhood Stabilization Revolving Trust Fund; places temporary surcharge on mortgage foreclosure complaints.
Permits, under certain circumstances, person adjudged juvenile delinquent to expunge record for act which would have constituted robbery if committed by adult.
Requires DCA to track natural disaster-related spending by State and local government.
Provides automated expungement process to address convictions for certain crimes, disorderly persons offenses, petty disorderly persons offenses, and municipal ordinance violations, or arrests or charges therefor not resulting in convictions.
Provides for judicial discretion in juvenile waiver decisions.
Regulates certain servicing activities provided by mortgage servicing organizations for residential mortgage loans.
Authorizes school food authority to use cost reimbursable contract or fixed price contract for school meals.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for capital gains from sale of certain employer securities.
Requires new civics instruction in middle and high schools, requires school districts to use DOE's curriculum guidelines for civics; and requires DOE to provide funding to enhance civics instruction.
Concerns job order contracts for public work.
Directs Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to collaborate for purposes of evidence-based policy review; makes an appropriation.
Provides for "throwback" rule in calculation of CBT allocation factor and makes net deferred tax impact deduction contingent on fiscal analysis.
Provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for employers of certain reservists.
Requires Director of Division of Fire Safety to promulgate regulations pertaining to training and duties of Junior Firefighter Auxiliary members.
Establishes certain exclusions and credits under gross income and corporation business taxes for contributions to lifelong learning accounts.
Requires public members of Drug Utilization Review Board to disclose financial interests and benefits received from and investment interests held in pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for certain employers that invest in human capital.
Imposes certain requirements on motor vehicle rental companies that equip vehicles with electronic toll transponders.
Increases State minimum wage in stages to 50 percent of State-wide average wage.
Establishes fully autonomous vehicle pilot program.
Creates "Coastal Climate Change Commission."
Require business seeking to perform State contract to disclose certain labor and employment law violations.
Allows certain employees affected by federal government shutdown to temporarily defer mortgage loan payments and property tax payments.
"New Jersey Venture Investment and Employment Program Act"; establishes program under NJ EDA to provide for qualified investments of capital in qualified businesses.
Provides State-paid health care benefits to surviving spouses and children of certain deceased members and retirees of PFRS and SPRS.
Reduces rate on certain foreign-derived income and combined group minimum tax, broadens ability of combined group members to share net operating losses, and changes treatment of foreign income subject to federal treaty, under CBT.
Enhances certain reporting and disclosure concerning State tax expenditures.
Allows gross income tax credit for residential rent paid in excess of 30 percent of gross income.
Concerns enforcement of prevailing wage and contractor registration laws.
"Health Care Consumer Cost Transparency Act"
Authorizes issuance of Kappa Alpha Psi license plates.
Makes certain changes to drug court.
"Used Car Buyers' Bill of Rights"; prohibits "as is" sales of used motor vehicles.
"Used Motor Vehicle Dealer Licensing Act."
Requires carrier of construction materials to maintain commercial general liability insurance with minimum of one million dollars in coverage per accident.
Establishes Regulatory Improvement Commission.
"New Jersey American Dream Act"; appropriates $25 million to provide down payment and home repair assistance to low and moderate income first-time homebuyers.
Adds 9-1-1 system regionalization costs to funds appropriated from "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account."
Reduces threshold for filing annual disclosure statement with ELEC from $50,000 in public contracts to $17,500.
Requires Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to undertake study to determine efficiency and scaling in delivery of local government services.
Requires notification of certain domestic violence victims through the Victim Information and Notification Everyday System (VINE).
Requires NJHMFA to allocate certain portion of federal low-income housing tax credits to certain high-opportunity areas.
Requires pharmacy benefits manager providing services within Medicaid program to disclose certain information to DHS.
Provides gross income tax credit for installation of solar-powered residential hydrogen refueling stations.
Establishes "Law Enforcement Addiction Intervention Pilot Program" in Burlington County.
Designates blueberry muffin as State Muffin.
Prohibits Higher Education Student Assistance Authority from charging administrative fees under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Student Loan Program.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $2 million for Route 539, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst overpass project.
Requires AG to collect, record, analyze, and report certain prosecutorial and criminal justice data.
Establishes measures to provide employment stability for high school coaches employed in school districts.
"Fair Chance in Housing Act"; establishes certain housing rights of persons with criminal records.
Requires carriers to pass prescription drug savings to consumers.
Establishes award limitations for certain EDA tax incentives related to job creation and retention.
Concerns transportation of persons who are under influence of drugs to medical facility by law enforcement officers.
Requires that election infrastructure vendors disclose financial ties for approval as vendor by Secretary of State; requires report of known or suspected security incidents involving election systems to Division of Elections.
"Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act"; provides alternative process for handling partition actions filed in court concerning real property with multiple owners, at least one of whom had acquired title from relative.
Increases monetary thresholds for certain theft offenses.
Requires sewerage service providers to jointly bill customers.
Requires owners of residential rental property to conduct lead hazard inspections in certain situations.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to apply for State plan amendment extending NJ FamilyCare eligibility to children of State employees eligible for State health benefits coverage.
Makes various changes to reporting requirements for independent expenditure committees; establishes reporting requirements for policy impact committees.
Concerns treatment of certain foreign-sourced income subject to federal income tax treaty under CBT.
Requires that certain motor vehicle surcharge revenues be dedicated to the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.
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Establishes crime of soliciting transfer of firearm by disqualified person.
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Requires hospitals and homeless shelters to provide information on services and resources to individuals who are homeless or military veterans.
"Recreational Therapists Licensing Act."
Increases minimum annual amounts for appropriation for certain arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes from hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues.
Provides for prompt payment of public contracts for purchase of goods and services.
"New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers; establishes standard contribution level of 3 percent.*
Allows county homelessness trust funds to be used for code blue emergency shelter services.
Requires SHBP and SEHBP to establish and contract for Medicare Primary Assignment and Audit Program ensuring that all persons in SHBP and SEHBP eligible for Medicare have Medicare as primary provider. *
Establishes crime of soliciting transfer of firearm by disqualified person.
Provides for collection of sales tax by marketplace facilitators and certain remote sellers, and clarifies collection of taxes related to hotel and transient accommodation occupancies.
Establishes "New Jersey Eviction Crisis Task Force."
Permits municipalities to lease vacant municipal land for tiny home occupancy; directs DCA to enhance regulatory guidance on acceptable tiny home construction and use.
Revises requirements for provision of counseling and support services to emergency services personnel.
Requires DCA to produce and maintain database concerning residential properties under foreclosure.**
Revises statute of limitations for residential mortgage foreclosures.
Permits certain planned real estate developments to file certain liens; concerns limited priority of certain liens.*
Modifies procedure for change to manner of holding certain municipal elections.
Repeals statute authorizing offering of "Basic and Essential" health benefits plans under individual health benefits plans and other statutes concerning basic health plans; makes conforming amendments.*
Concerns responsibility of contractors for wage claims against subcontractors.*
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Concerns juvenile incarceration and parole.
Concerns equal pay and employment discrimination.*
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
Authorizes political subdivisions to set aside 0.5 percent of public works funds to recruit and train women and minorities and promote local hiring.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines to encourage high school students to participate in apprenticeship training.
Requires Director of Division of Investment to attempt to use qualified minority and women-owned financial institutions to provide brokerage and investment management services.
Establishes Talent Network Program in DOLWD.
Requires disclosure of identifying information prior to sale of horse at auction.
Designates High Point State Park as High Point State Park and New Jersey Veterans Memorial.*
Clarifies prohibition on preexisting condition exclusions in health insurance policies.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain underperforming schools under alternate route program.*
Prohibits Higher Education Student Assistance Authority from referring defaulted loans under New Jersey College Loans to AssistState Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program for certain actions if authority and borrower have entered into settlement agreement.*
Permits public-private partnership agreements for certain building and highway infrastructure projects; provides for EDA oversight.
Revises process for development and administration of Transportation Trust Fund projects and capital program oversight; establishes transportation research center.
Enters New Jersey in enhanced multistate Nurse Licensure Compact.*
Establishes certain requirements, including allowable fees, for provision of medical records to patients, legally authorized representatives, and authorized third parties.
Requires BPU consideration and approval of amended application for qualified wind energy project offshore in certain NJ territorial waters.
Permits municipalities to provide information on property tax bills concerning amount of local tax dollars saved through shared services.
Permits service credit transferred from another State-administered retirement system to apply toward creditable service requirement for retirement in SPRS.
Prohibits landlords from requiring residential tenants to pay rent and other related charges through electronic funds transfer; requires landlords to provide receipts for cash payments.
Eliminates motor vehicle surcharges following retirement of bonds and debts tied to surcharges.
Expands the Address Confidentiality Program to include victims of sexual assault and stalking; and reproductive health service patients and providers.*
Permits school district of residence to provide aid in-lieu-of transportation to pupil attending Marine Academy of Science and Technology provided certain conditions are met.*
Establishes special license plates to bring awareness to breast cancer.
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.
"New Jersey Health Insurance Premium Security Act;" establishes health insurance reinsurance plan.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to authorize and advise food hubs.
Establishes asset forfeiture reporting and transparency requirements.
Increases death benefit of active member of PFRS and SPRS to 50 percent of final compensation for surviving child or children.
Gives State lottery winners option of remaining anonymous indefinitely.
Requires establishment of Work and Learn Consortiums by certain educational institutions to establish certificate and degree programs identified in high labor-demand industries.
Requires landlords to count federal military service member and veteran housing allowances as income for purposes of qualifying for rental housing; designated as Securing Electronic Records for Veterans Ease Act.
Establishes "Restorative Justice in Education Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Authorizes veteran's property tax exemption and veteran's property tax deduction for honorably discharged veterans of United States Armed Forces who did not serve in time of war or other emergency.*
Revises standard for warrantless seizure of animal at risk due to violation of law concerning necessary care and tethering of animals.
Establishes STEM Loan Redemption Program.
Clarifies definition of health care service firms and homemaker-home health aides.
Makes General Fund supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Revises requirements for grant recipients of Transportation Trust Fund Authority local aid program.
Modifies responsibilities of fantasy sports operators concerning participant funds.
Creates subaccounts for SHBP and SEHBP health care services and prescription drug claims; requires procurement by State of third-party medical claims reviewer.*
Establishes task force to develop State-wide plan to diversify apprenticeships.
Establishes youth apprenticeship pilot program in Department of Education.
Creates five year High-Growth Industry Regional Apprenticeship Development Grant Pilot Program.
Establishes five year Apprentice Assistance and Support Services Pilot Program.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to create list of labor organizations that represent workers on public work projects.
Establishes new timeframes for implementation of, and revises, certain requirements in "Global Warming Response Act." *
Requires State to use 20-year time horizon and most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report when calculating global warming potential to measure global warming impact of greenhouse gases.
Establishes elective pass-through entity business alternative income tax and allows corresponding refundable gross income tax and corporation business tax credit.*
Establishes Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage in DOE.
Establishes pilot program in DCF to study impact of child care services provided by community providers operating in public school facilities; requires community providers to meet certain criteria. *
Requires receivership appointment application prior to certain foreclosure actions; requires notice of intention to foreclosure on residential mortage to be filed within 180 days prior to commencing foreclosure; limits reinstatements of dismissed mortgage
Clarifies that "New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act" applies to certain out-of-state persons and involved in residential mortgage lending in the State.*
Establishes Task Force on Maximizing Employment for People with Disabilities.
Provides certain employment protections for National Guard members employed in New Jersey.
Revises law concerning Medicare supplement insurance coverage.
Establishes program to increase participation of underrepresented students in New Jersey's science and engineering workforce.
Concerns labor harmony agreements for hospitality projects.
"Create a Respectful and Open Workspace for Natural Hair Act"- CROWN Act; addresses discrimination under "Law Against Discrimination." based on traits historically associated with race, particularly focused on hair texture and style.*
Permits Department of Labor and Workforce Development to post information of person who violates State wage, benefit and tax laws.
Concerns tax data sharing between State Treasury and DOLWD.
Establishes criteria for distribution of Fiscal Year 2020 funding to Community Food Bank of New Jersey and partner organizations.
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Restricts authority to terminate reciprocal personal income tax agreements with other states.
Limits liability for persons who deliver heating oil to unregulated tanks for discharges from that tank under certain circumstances.
Subjects domestic equity investments of the Division of Investment to certain requirements, imposes requirements related to selection of external managers and protection of public sector jobs.*
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
The "Electronic Construction Procurement Act." *
Prohibits all locally elected officials from receiving retroactive salary increases.
Allows certain preserved farms to hold 14 special occasion events per year; imposes further event restrictions on residentially-exposed preserved farms.*
Makes Fiscal Year 2020 supplemental appropriation of $1,700,000 for Thomas Edison State University.
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Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
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 employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
Establishes manufacturing business assistance program to encourage manufacturing in certain areas of the State.
Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Early Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programs for students in grades K through 8.
Exempts wages earned by nonresident taxpayers, present in State for job training for 14 days or less, from gross income tax and employer withholding requirements.
Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.
Provides tax credits to vineyards and wineries for qualified capital expenses.
Requires certain employees and candidates for public school employment or service and youth camp employees to undergo child abuse record information check.
Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.
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.
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from EDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Establishes Main Street Assistance Program to encourage business development in small municipalities.
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
Waives certain professional and occupational licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
Permits school district superintendent to designate school employee with certain expertise as school safety specialist.
Revises provisions of State law concerning claiming and proper disposal of cremains of veterans and eligible spouses or dependents.
Permits union officials who represent probation officers to participate in all union activities.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
"Timothy J. Piazza's Law"; expands scope of activities constituting hazing; increases penalties for hazing resulting in injury; requires institutions of higher education and public and nonpublic high schools and middle schools to adopt anti-hazing policie
Provides for advocate in criminal cases concerning welfare or care of animal.*
Provides Medicaid coverage to eligible pregnant women for six-month period beginning on the last day of pregnancy. *
Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
Prohibits consumer reporting agencies from making reports containing adverse information related to employees affected by federal government shutdown.
Creates special education unit within the Office of Administrative Law; requires annual report.
Allocates Amistad Commission in but not of DOE; requires commission to elect chairperson and appoint executive director; requires public schools to include instruction on accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to American society.
Provides accidental death benefits in certain circumstances to surviving spouse and surviving child of SPRS member or retiree who participated in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.
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Revises requirements to authorize and access medical cannabis; establishes Cannabis Regulatory Commission; revises permit requirements for alternative treatment centers; and establishes additional legal protections for patients and caregivers.**
Increases earned income tax credit; provides credit for child or dependent care expenses; taxes "investment management services." *
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.
Establishes certain requirements for domestic violence training for certain judges and judicial personnel. *
Requires firearms seizure when certain health professional determines patient poses threat of harm to self or others.*
Establishes "Tiny Home Pilot Program" in three regions of State.
"Combat to College Act"; grants priority course registration to military service members and veterans attending public institutions of higher education.
Prohibits offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and production in State waters, and issuance of DEP permits and approvals for activities associated with offshore oil and gas activities. *
Establishes animal abuser registry; prohibits person convicted of criminal animal cruelty violation from owning, keeping, or harboring any animal, and establishes enforcement mechanisms therefor.*
Preserves certain requirements that health insurance plans cover essential health benefits.*
Establishes "Monica's Law" concerning domestic violence risk assessment pilot program.
Establishes a joint legislative and executive branch New Jersey Revenue Advisory Board to provide consensus revenue forecasting advice for State budget purposes.*
Makes annual compensation paid to surviving spouses of certain blind or disabled veterans payable from date of veteran's death.
Codifies the Judiciary's Foreclosure Mediation Program; dedicates monies from foreclosure filing fees and fines.
Revises law concerning temporary disability leave.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to compile and annually update list of all unfunded State and federal mandates on municipalities and counties.
Enhances enforcement and oversight of mental health condition and substance use disorder parity laws.**
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
"Assistance to Firefighters' Families Act"; doubles pension amounts for beneficiaries of certain deceased volunteer emergency service providers; provides for burial expenses and adjusts life insurance coverage for volunteer firefighters; permits fire code
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $165,950,000 from the revenues and other funds of NJ Transportation Trust Fund Authority.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for pediatric cancer research.
Revises certain aspects of the New Jersey Individual Development Account Program.
Expands eligibility criteria for designating certain areas as being in need of redevelopment.*
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Adds Monmouth County and Atlantic County as pilot counties for purposes of "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act." *
Requires financial literacy instruction to pupils enrolled in grades six through eight.*
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the NJBEST program and provides distributions from qualified State tuition programs for K-12 expenses are not qualified withdrawals under gross income tax.*
Concerns Early Intervention Support Services program in DHS and expansion of program to all counties.*
Establishes training program to prevent suicide by law enforcement officer; requires reporting of law enforcement officer suicides to Attorney General.*
Permits cosmetology and hairstyling school clinics to charge certain fees for services rendered to general public.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.
Permits individuals to submit TDI and family temporary disability leave claims to DOLWD prior to commencement of leave under certain circumstances and requires timely payment of benefits for such claims.
Provides that PERS or PFRS member who continues to be volunteer firefighter or emergency services worker after retirement with employer from whom member retires has bona fide severance for compliance with State and federal law.
"New Jersey Health Insurance Market Preservation Act."
Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for purposes of base realignment and closure.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Establishes one New Jersey Suicide Prevention Advisory Council in DOH.
Provides for coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation benefits in Medicaid.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
Establishes disabled veteran tenant gross income tax credit.
Authorizes political subdivisions to require recipients of economic development incentives to enter into community benefits agreements.
"Extreme Risk Protective Order Act of 2018."
Decreases the penalty for certain parole violations.
Increases tax credit provided for qualified investments under "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act."
Creates Garden State Growth Zone at Atlantic City International Airport and surrounding area; adjusts full-time employee designation requirements.*
Establishes and modifies clean energy and energy efficiency programs; modifies State's solar renewable energy portfolio standards.
Clarifies "Predatory Towing Prevention Act" applies to commercial motor vehicles.
Establishes New Jersey Civic Information Consortium.*
Re-establishes former NJ Commission on Science and Technology as NJ Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology.
Suspends fines for certain first-time paperwork violations committed by small businesses.
Provides gross income tax deduction to certain surviving spouses of veterans.
Authorizes parking privileges for certain healthcare workers who render care at patients' home residences.
Imposes motor vehicle penalty points for certain violations of "move over law"; establishes public awareness campaign; designated as "Slow Down or Move Over, It's the Law Act." *
Prevents criminal defendent from asserting "gay and transgender panic" defense to murder charge in order to reduce charge to manslaughter committed in heat of passion.*
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services.
Makes available certain grants to employers of veterans and job training to certain veterans; makes an appropriation.
Appropriates $15,294,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Requires payment of State employees' compensation during involuntary furlough or temporary reduction in force due to late enactment of State annual appropriation act.
Establishes an apprenticeship requirement to qualify for an electrical contractor's license.
Designates portion of State Highway Route 27 in Union County as "Jerry Green Memorial Highway."
Requires Commissioner of Corrections to institute 30-minute shift overlap in State correctional facilities.
"New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers; establishes standard contribution level of 3 percent.*
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Amends certain provisions of sexual assault statute to clarify elements necessary for conviction.
The New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
Amends provisions regarding tax base and operative dates relative to CBT and combined reporting; provides CBT deduction in amount of certain foreign-related income; clarifies tax treatment of certain tax credits awarded by EDA.
"Linda's Law"; prohibits electric public utilities from discontinuing service to customers using life-sustaining equipment with verification of use of equipment.
Enhances pre-apprenticeship programs and allocates funds therefor.
Concerns NJ PLACE program and allocates $300,000 for FY2019 therefore.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $11,300,000 from General Fund to DOE to increase per pupil funding for nonpublic security aid from $75 to $150.
Prohibits use of bots to deceive person about origin and content of communication for certain commercial or election purposes.
"Applied Behavior Analyst Licensing Act." *
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to establish public awareness campaign for food waste.
Requires Chief Technology Officer to establish "Anti-Hunger Link" for all State websites, providing information on emergency food services.
Restricts use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.
Permits municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for first responders.
Requires Commissioner of Health to develop voluntary registry to collect cancer incidence data from firefighters.
Requires filing of certain contact information of creditors with residential mortgage foreclosure complaint and lis pendens.
"Mortgage Servicers Licensing Act."
Permits 20 year ferry boat local public contracts; permits 50 year local public contracts for certain capital improvements and extends prevailing wage requirements to certain work performed under those contracts.
Provides tax credits to certain employers of employees less than 18 years old.
Raises, over time, hourly Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services to $25.
Authorizes mayors to veto proposed actions of municipal authorities.
Requires school districts to provide feminine hygiene products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.
Concerns professional licensing and application fees for spouse or dependent of active duty member of United States Armed Forces.
Requires land use plan element of municipal master plan to include climate change-related hazard vulnerability assessment.
Makes various changes to laws governing remediation of contaminated sites.
Requires DHS to study social isolation occurring in certain population groups.
Requires municipalities, counties, school districts, and local authorities to regularly meet to discuss shared service agreements.
Applies 85 percent loss ratio requirement to certain large group health beneftis carriers. *
Permits use of paid leave by public officers and employees for required inactive duty military training.
Establishes uniform standard for acceptable proof of veteran status for veteran's ID cards and various State and local programs.
Concerns sale, taxation, and, forfeiture of container e-liquid.*
Requires certain long-term care facilities to submit outbreak response plan to DOH.
Prohibits sale, lease, rent or installation of certain equipment or products containing hydrofluorocarbons or other greenhouse gases.
Concerns labor harmony agreements in retail and distribution center projects.
Establishes Office of Labor Law Enforcement.
Increases gross income tax deduction available to veterans from $3,000 to $6,000.
Requires property condition disclosure statement to indicate presence of lead plumbing in residential property.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $9.5 million to DOH for family planning services.
Makes changes to New Jersey Infrastructure Bank's enabling act.
Concerns stop-work orders.
Concerns penalties for misclassification of employees.
Establishes "Safeguarding Against Financial Exploitation Act."
Provides for establishment of Regional Health Hub Program as replacement to Accountable Care Organization Demonstration Project, and designates existing accountable care organizations and look-alike organizations as Regional Health Hubs.
Requires public transportation employees to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
Establishes "New Jersey Investing in You Promise Neighborhood Commission" *
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Requires training for law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases.
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
Establishes Good Samaritan Law to provide immunity from civil liability for veterinarians or emergency responders who assist animals at accident scene or emergency.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Requires BPU and electric public utilities to conduct energy storage analysis.
Concerns high performance green building standards for certain State buildings.
Allows school districts to enter into school construction public-private partnership agreements with private entities.
Requires water purveyors to conduct water loss audits.
Restricts access to motor vehicle accident reports under certain circumstances.
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for capital gains from sale of certain employer securities by qualified businesses that result in net positive benefit to State.
"New Jersey All-Payer Claims Database Act"; establishes New Jersey All-Payer Claims Database and arbitration process for reimbursing out-of-network health care providers.
Revises "Fair Foreclosure Act."
Establishes procedures for awarding of design-build contracts.
Requires four-year public institutions of higher education to have one veteran coordinator for every 200 veteran students; requires veteran coordinator to work with DMVA to ensure veterans have access to all available services.
Prohibits disclosure of certain religious affiliation information by State or local government agencies.
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.
Allows operators of motorcycles, motorized bicycles, and bicycles to proceed through malfunctioning steady red light under certain circumstances.
Directs the development and posting of notices containing information for victims of human trafficking.
Establishes green infrastructure financing program.
Establishes "Higher Education Manufacturing Grant Program" for public institutions of higher education to establish or expand programs in manufacturing fields.
Creates the New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing Council.
Prohibits awarding of public contracts to Internet service providers, unless Internet service providers adhere to principle of "net neutrality."
Prohibits use of chlorpyrifos insecticide.
Creates corporate business tax and gross income tax credits to fund education enrichment demonstration program.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Requires State agencies to periodically review administrative rules and regulations to ensure continued efficacy.
Provides civil service preference to military service members who did not serve in theater of operation but received campaign or expedition medal.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Adjusts membership process and reports of State Investment Council; requires plan for economically targeted investments.
"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.
Requires certain places of public assembly to have automated external defibrillator on-site.
Extends gross income tax medical expense deduction to certain cord blood banking services.
Prohibits bad faith assertion of patent infringement.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses.
Requires DMVA conduct outcomes and efficacy study of veteran to veteran peer support helpline.
Authorizes retailer to accept exchange of unopened container of wine.
Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.
Prohibits cloud computing service providers from disclosing data collected from public, private, or charter schools.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Concerns registration of contractors and sets criteria for responsible bidders in public work.
Establishes requirements for home delivery of medical marijuana.
Concerns debarment for prevailing wage violations.
Allocates 10 percent of Green Acres funding to local government units for development of completely inclusive playgrounds.
Prohibits sale, offer for sale, or distribution of infant products containing bisphenol A.
Concerns stop-work orders related to construction worker employment.
Establishes Energy and Manufacturing Workforce Development Program in DOLWD.
Eliminates surcharge for unsafe driving.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Authorizes CRDA to finance transportation projects between Atlantic City Airport and Atlantic City Tourism District.
Establishes Working Group on End-of-Life Care and Palliative Care in DOH.
"Food Desert Elimination Act"; provides incentives to supermarkets and grocery stores that locate in "food deserts."
Requires outer envelope for mailing of voted mail-in ballot by voter to include postage prepaid.
Requires institutions of higher education to test for lead in drinking water and disclose test results.
Makes FY 2019 supplemental appropriation of $9,000,000 to Department of State for New Jersey Complete Count Commission.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sensitivity training program for high school athletic directors, coaches, and sports officials of interscholastic athletic sports programs.
Requires Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in DHS to accept permanent change of station order for purposes of satisfying residency requirement for provision of home and community based services under certain circumstances.
Requires licensing for certain non-bank lenders and certain brokers that make or arrange alternative small business loans.
Establishes "Military Pro Bono Program" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty service members and veterans of military.
Provides for process to vacate and expunge, as applicable, arrests, charges, complaints, convictions, or other dispositions, as well as DNA records, associated with violations of law committed by person while victim of human trafficking.
"Mary's Law"; requires Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide direct payments for purchases of specialized, modified motor vehicles.
Eliminates shellfish license fee for veterans and active duty service members.
Requires preservation of employee benefits and contractual rights as condition of sale of Atlantic City International Airport.
"Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act"; provides for uniform regulation of small wireless facility deployment in NJ.
Revises DEP's Green Acres Program to encourage promotion and protection of urban forests.
Requires municipal authorities to include veterans' organizations in class of ratepayers charged lowest rates.
Allows municipalities to establish loan programs to fund replacement of lead service lines.
Amends law to extend length of postpartum coverage for Medicaid services for eligible pregnant women to 180-day period.
Requires certain health care plans to be offered by SEHBP and local boards of education; requires SEHBP commission to establish employee contribution rates for certain plans; requires local boards of education provide certain information on health care be
Requires training for DOE arbitrators to include issues related to cultural diversity and bias.
Requires entities at every level of government to conduct periodic studies of racial and ethnic disparities in public contracting.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
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Requires members of unitary business groups to file combined reports of corporation business tax.
Provides for collection of sales tax from certain remote sellers.