Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, Senate.
Troy Singleton
Sponsored
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Requires DEP to evaluate environmental and public health stressors of certain facilities on overburdened communities when reviewing certain permit applications.**
Revises law governing training and duties of Junior Firefighters' Auxiliary members.*
Requires pharmacy benefits manager providing services within Medicaid program to disclose certain information to DHS.
"Fair Chance in Housing Act"; establishes certain housing rights of persons with criminal records. *
Clarifies association assessment payment requirements in planned real estate developments.*
Requires certain standards for professional and occupational boards considering applicants with criminal history records.
Establishes annual grant program to recognize institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.*
Requires public water systems to provide notice of elevated lead levels in drinking water to customers and local officials; requires landlords to notify tenants of elevated lead levels.
Provides that public institutions of higher education may only reduce student's institutional financial aid upon receipt of private scholarship under certain circumstances.
Establishes waterfront wage standards.
Requires that certain realty transfer fee revenues be dedicated to the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.*
Concerns labor contractors.
Makes FY 2021 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $5 million to DCA for NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program.*
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits for surviving dependents of essential employees who die in course of employment.
Establishes certain requirements concerning rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, undesignated/non-binary, questioning, queer, intersex, and HIV-postive residents of long-term care facilities.
Requires school report card to include information concerning number of mental health professionals and school safety specialists employed by each school district.**
Concerns certain restrictive covenants on real property.
Revises certain restrictions on ownership of medical cannabis alternative treatment centers; expands scope of review of alternative treatment center permit applications and related materials.*
Repeals law concerning excess rates and charges for title insurance; makes agreement to use services of title or settlement service company subject to attorney review.*
Allows deduction from tax of certain expenses when taxpayer's federal paycheck protection program loan is forgiven and excludes those forgiven loans from gross income tax.
Establishes alternate route to expedite certification of teachers at early college high school programs.
Provides that in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits, calculations of lost or impaired earnings capacity not be reduced because of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, or affectional or sexual orientation.**
Permits exemption from civil service examination requirement for entry-level law enforcement officers, sheriff's officers, and State and county correctional police officers; permits hiring or appointment of such officers under certain conditions, and make
Increases purchasing threshold permitting Director of Division of Purchase and Property to delegate authority to agencies; increases bid advertising threshold on certain contracts by same scale*.
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Revises law relating to common interest communities.
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
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Requires NJHMFA to allocate certain portion of federal low-income housing tax credits to certain high-opportunity areas.
Requires Local Finance Board to make certain findings prior to dissolution of municipal water authority.
Requires municipalities to file copies of tax abatement and exemption agreements with county chief financial officer and county counsel within 10 days of execution.
Permits inclusion of volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders within municipal eligible employee group for purposes of the small employer health benefits plan statutes.
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 pretrial intervention for certain persons; designated as
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Provides mortgage payment relief, income tax relief, consumer reporting protection, and eviction protection for residential property owners, tenants, and other consumers, during time of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.**
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.**
Allocates $50 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development from federal government assistance to improve unemployment insurance benefit claims processing capacity.
Requires EDA to publish information related to certain EDA financial assistance offered in response to emergency declared by Governor.
Expands financing opportunities for low and moderate income housing.
Establishes "Minority Business Development Program" in EDA; appropriates $50 million to EDA from federal funds.
Establishes position of Minority Depository Institution Coordinator in EDA.
Establishes "Rural Business Development Program" in EDA; appropriates $35 million to EDA from federal funds.
Establishes "Biannual Small Business Matchmaker Initiative" in Department of State.
Consolidates certain affordable housing and assistance applications.
Establishes Task Force for the Development of Universal Child Care.
Requires electric public utility to replace certain distribution service equipment over period of 36 months if certain sustained service interruptions occur.
Requires certain permanency hearing to be held at least every six months.
Allows taxpayers with fewer than 50 employees to accelerate depreciation of capital expenditures incurred to comply with COVID-19 executive orders.
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Requires certain disclosures by providers of commercial financing. *
"New Jersey American Dream Act"; appropriates $25 million to provide down payment and home repair assistance to low and moderate income first-time homebuyers.
Requires shared service agreements to include certain provisions.
Requires public water systems to develop lead service line inventories and replace lead service lines.
Allows gross income tax deduction for employees for amounts paid by employers for certain educational assistance programs for employees and for employees' student loans.*
Prohibits surgical declawing of cats and other animals.
Establishes system for portable benefits for workers who provide services to consumers through contracting agents.
Requires municipalities to share certain payments in lieu of property taxes with school districts; informs counties, school districts, and DCA of certain information related to property tax exemptions and abatements.*
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million. *
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to create Statewide database of certified payroll information for public works projects.
Concerns enforcement of prevailing wage and contractor registration laws.
Requires carriers to pass prescription drug savings to consumers.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
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.
Creates office to encourage creation of federal jobs and infrastructure investment in the State.
Requires public members of Drug Utilization Review Board to disclose financial interests and benefits received from and investment interests held in pharmaceutical distributors, pharmaceutical manufacturers, or pharmacy benefits managers.*
Authorizes creation of special Phi Beta Sigma license plates.
Authorizes issuance of Kappa Alpha Psi license plates.
Establishes Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program in DOE; appropriates $1 million.*
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that prevailing wage will be paid.
Provides one-time financial assistance grant and one-time special needs grant to veterans or their surviving spouses for COVID-19 related events.
Authorizes the issuance of "coronavirus relief bonds" by municipalities and counties.
Requires cost-benefit analyses for long term tax exemption; requires DCA to create database of these exemptions; requires five-year tax exemption and abatement agreements be filed with certain county officials. *
Requires county boards of election to establish ballot drop boxes in each county at least 45 days before election; revises procedures concerning mail-in ballots for 2020 general election.**
Provides gross income tax credit to certain totally and permanently disabled veterans for rent constituting property taxes.
Requires county board of elections to mail notice to mail-in voters after each election confirming ballot was received and counted.
Revises certain aspects of the State procurement process and permits auction or reverse auction procedures.
Establishes measures to provide employment stability for high school coaches employed in school districts.
Requires landlord to allow tenant to make rent payment using credit card during COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes procedures for awarding of design-build contracts.
Allows mail-in voter to cure mail-in ballot due to missing certificate.
Provides closing credit for resident first-time homebuyers; appropriates $20 million.
Establishes the "Urban Wealth Fund Pilot Program."
Requires electric public utility to install and operate smart meter infrastructure and technology at certain customers' premises; provides employment protections for certain electric public utility employees.
Establishes "New Jersey Foreclosure Prevention Act."
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Resources Pilot Program in DOLWD.
Concerns provision of energy to certain manufacturing facilities by providing exemptions to certain energy related taxes.
Protects homeowner in foreclosure from excessively low intervening offer.
Requires public community water systems to inventory and replace lead service lines within 10 years; provides for recoupment of costs by investor-owned public water systems. *
Removes restrictions on special assessments and bond issuances for replacement of residential lead service lines; revises budgetary requirements for operators of certain water systems.*
Establishes "Registered Apprenticeship Program for State Agencies"; makes an appropriation.
Provides certain resources to county prosecutors for enforcement of law regarding failure to pay wages; makes appropriation.
Requires request for proposal to establish demonstration program to develop distributed energy resource microgrids for electric fleet and heavy-duty vehicle use.
Increases, from 18 percent to 30 percent, amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments.
Provides mortgage payment relief for residential property owners and small landlords during time of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.*
Creates "New Jersey Online Foreclosure Sale Act."
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism establish Black Heritage Trail; establishes NJ Black Cultural Heritage Commission.
Provides funding for experiential housing advocacy programs to provide legal services for low- and moderate-income tenants in need of housing assistance; appropriates $2 million. *
Requires motor vehicle dealers provide loan application to consumers.
Clarifies that application to collocate wireless communications equipment be reviewed by administrative officer.
Allows county boards of elections to begin canvassing early votes and mail-in ballots before election day under certain conditions.
Concerns standards for distribution of certain HMFA loans for housing projects during state of emergency.
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Establishes prescription drug pricing disclosure requirements and measures to reduce prescription drug costs.
Permits certain managed care organizations to consider cost-effectiveness when placing prescription drug on formulary.
Requires commercial Internet websites and online services to notify customers of collection and disclosure of personally identifiable information and allows customers to opt out.
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.
Prohibits certain business financing contracts that contain confession by judgment provisions.
Enhances certain reporting and disclosure concerning State tax expenditures.
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.
Repeals statute authorizing offering of "Basic and Essential" health benefits plans under individual health benefits and small employer 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.
Establishes award limitations for certain EDA tax incentives related to job creation and retention.
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.
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.
Designates cranberry juice as State beverage.
Requires annual State debt affordability analysis be included in the State Debt Report.
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.
Prohibits excessive increases in prices charged for essential off-patent and generic prescription drugs and biological products.
Creates alternative option to earn barbering license through 1250 hours of training at licensed shop.
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.
Provides refundable gross income tax credit for early principal payments on certain home mortgages.
Provides for civil actions against persons or entities profiting from commission of human trafficking offenses, or maintaining victims of such offenses.
Establishes surplus revenue reserve account in the Property Tax Relief Fund if certain levels of unanticipated gross income tax revenue are collected.
Establishes requirements for State entities to enter into bulk purchasing arrangements for pharmaceutical products.
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.
Requires commercial Internet websites and online services to notify consumers of collection and disclosure of personally identifiable information and allows consumers to opt out.
Requires applicants for commercial driver license to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
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
Adds 9-1-1 system regionalization costs to funds appropriated from "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account."
Concerns treatment of certain foreign-sourced income subject to federal income tax treaty under CBT.
Changes eligibility of Workers' Compensation Judges and Administrative Law Judges from DCRP to PERS.
Establishes Regulatory Improvement Commission.
"New Jersey Venture Investment and Employment Program Act"; establishes program under NJ EDA to provide for qualified investments of capital in qualified businesses.
"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.
Modifies certain provisions of EDA incentive programs; requires EDA to provide report with review and analysis of those programs.
Requires carrier of construction materials to maintain commercial general liability insurance with minimum of one million dollars in coverage per accident.
Expands provisions of Law Against Discrimination to rental of certain non-publicly assisted housing accommodations.
Establishes requirements for electronic health records systems that include programs promoting specific pharmaceutical products.
"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.
Provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for certain employers that invest in human capital.
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 policies.
Prohibits dumping dredge spoils on and around certain islands without municipal approval.
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 four-year "New Jersey Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs.
Provides tax credits to developers for certain affordable housing projects.
Concerns reinstatement of workers taking family leave during public health emergencies.
Concerns suspension of residential tenant eviction and residential foreclosure processes, rent increase prohibition, and permits application for mortgage forbearance, during certain emergency circumstances.
Credits increases in employee contributions required in 2011 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, 2021.
Establishes certain exclusions and credits under gross income and corporation business taxes for contributions to lifelong learning accounts.
Waives required physical presence of employee during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Excludes payments made for unemployment compensation benefits related to layoffs resulting from public health emergency or state of emergency from calculation of employer contribution for unemployment compensation benefits.
Concerns financial security.
Permits extension of various deadlines applicable to local government units under certain circumstances; extends due date for quarterly property payments during COVID-19 emergency.
Provides for "throwback" rule in calculation of CBT allocation factor and makes net deferred tax impact deduction contingent on fiscal analysis.
Concerns prevailing wage payments in residential construction projects.
Allows local units to finance deficits in operation and emergency appropriations attributable to COVID-19.
Allows taxpayers to purchase discounted tax credits against future GIT liability; establishes "COVID-19 Economic Recovery Fund."
Includes crime of false reports to law enforcement authorities as form of bias intimidation.
Expands category of lists from which a single juror source list is compiled to include recipients of cash assistance or food stamps.
Requires voted ballots received within seven days after polls close to be valid and canvassed if postmarked by election day; allows voters to cure ballot signature defects; extends primary and general election certification deadlines.
Prohibits imposition of CBT on certain foreign corporations by reason of employment of State residents who temporarily work remotely due to public health emergency.
Establishes "Law Enforcement Addiction Intervention Pilot Program" in Burlington County; appropriates $75,000.
Requires AG to establish law enforcement officer use of force data collection and reporting system.
Establishes "PPE Resource Planning Unit" in Office of Emergency Management; requires Office of Emergency Management to maintain 90-day supply of personal protective equipment for use in declared emergency; appropriates $20 million.
Establishes Essential Employees Hazard Compensation and Employer Liability Limitation Program; affords COVID-19 liability protections and provides financial incentives to certain employers that provide hazard pay to eligible employees; makes an appropriat
Allows licensed child care centers to operate at 100 percent capacity under certain circumstances.
Makes FY 2021 supplemental appropriation of $1,250,000 for Minorities in Police (MIP) recruiting program.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from hiring officer applicants removed from office by former agency for police misconduct.
Allows remote notarial acts using communication technology.
Imposes minimum age and education requirements for county and municipal law enforcement officers with certain exceptions.
Provides reimbursement to certain child care entities for expenses related to providing additional hours of child care to school-aged children during 2020-2021 school year; appropriates $50 million.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain education and child care expenditures incurred by taxpayers with qualifying children engaged in virtual or remote instruction because of COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes New Jersey Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program.
Decouples State tax provisions from federal prohibition on cannabis business deductions, but only for businesses with less than $15 million of gross receipts.
Allows HVACR businesses offering employee stock option plans to use certain individuals as bona fide representatives.
Concerns medical treatments arising from workers' compensation claims.
Establishes animal abuser registry.
Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
Establishes program to subsidize purchase price of medical cannabis for registered qualifying patients enrolled in Medicaid or NJ Family Care programs.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to New Jersey Library Network for continuation of services.
Updates monthly and annual reporting requirements for various State funds, revenues and expenditures.
Requires published decisions of Appeal Tribunal or Board of Review of Division of Unemployment Insurance to redact names of parties.
Makes $5 million in federal funds available to Stockton University to support North Athletic Complex project.
Establishes the "Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force."
Requires Medicaid Fraud Division to enter into data sharing agreement upon request of county to provide access to third party insurance liability data regarding certain COVID-19 related health claims.
Requires degree-seeking students enrolled in public institutions of higher education to receive instruction on American government and civic engagement.
Creates State business assistance program to establish contracting agency procurement goals for socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises.
Requires stress testing on State's ability to provide services in various economic conditions.
Requires Police Training Commission to establish police officer licensure program.
Removes exception of self-insured health benefits plans from law concerning pharmacy benefits managers.
Appropriates $20 million for HFMA to grant loans to developers of certain affordable housing projects.
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on the Role of the Judicial Branch in Addressing Abuse of Older Adults or Disabled Persons."
Prohibits sale of certain diet pills and dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building to persons under 18 years of age.
Establishes three-year Crisis Response Support Pilot Program for provision of support to certain individuals in need of emergency services.
Allows employees to claim gross income tax deduction for unreimbursed home office expenses.
Concerns development of accessory dwelling units.
Eliminates presumption of non-imprisonment for theft of a firearm.
Provides that 1.25 percent tax on sports wagering revenues be used for local tax relief purposes for Atlantic City.
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Provides paid leave without utilizing accumulated leave time for local government employees under certain circumstances.
Establishes confidentiality of court records of certain eviction actions initiated during COVID-19 pandemic.
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Requires public members of Drug Utilization Review Board to disclose financial interests and benefits received from and investment interests held in pharmaceutical distributors, pharmaceutical manufacturers, or pharmacy benefits managers.*
Establishes Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program in DOE; appropriates $1 million.*
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to create Statewide database of certified payroll information for public works projects.
Establishes procedures for awarding of design-build contracts.
Authorizes the issuance of "coronavirus relief bonds" by municipalities and counties.
Requires landlord to allow tenant to make rent payment using credit card during COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes confidentiality of court records of certain eviction actions initiated during COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires county boards of election to establish ballot drop boxes in each county at least 45 days before election: revises procedures concerning mail-in ballots for 2020 general election.**
Revises certain aspects of the State procurement process and permits auction or reverse auction procedures.
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that prevailing wage will be paid.
Concerns provision of energy to certain manufacturing facilities by providing exemptions to certain energy related taxes.
Establishes "New Jersey Foreclosure Prevention Act."
Protects homeowner in foreclosure from excessively low intervening offer.
Requires public community water systems to inventory and replace lead service lines within 10 years; provides for recoupment of costs by investor-owned public water systems.*
Removes restrictions on special assessments and bond issuances for replacement of residential lead service lines; revises budgetary requirements for operators of certain water systems.*
Provides funding for experiential housing advocacy programs to provide legal services for low- and moderate-income tenants in need of housing assistance; appropriates $2 million. *
Concerns standards for distribution of certain HMFA loans for housing projects during state of emergency.
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Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.*
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.**
Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Expands training for judges, law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases. **
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
Expands requirement of health insurers and Medicaid program to cover prescriptions for contraceptives for up to 12 months. **
Revises cybersecurity, asset management, and related reporting requirements in "Water Quality Accountability Act." *
Requires training for DOE arbitrators to include issues related to cultural diversity and bias.
Requires certain health care professionals to undergo explicit and implicit bias training.*
Requires property condition disclosure statement to indicate presence of lead plumbing in residential property.
Requires health care professional licensing boards to utilize National Practitioner Data Bank.
"New Jersey Buy American Act"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S.
"Laura Wooten's Law"; Requires civics instruction in middle school; authorizes New Jersey Center for Civic Education to provide curricula, professional development and technical assistance for middle and high school civics.*
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Establishes trunk fighting as animal cruelty offense and crime of the third degree.
"Healthy Terminals Act"; requires certain airport and train station workers to be paid certain wage rates and benefits.*
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Requires State agencies and political subdivisions to make good faith effort to purchase five percent of goods and services from Central Nonprofit Agency.
Requires school districts and charter schools to report discipline data on their websites and to Commissioner of Education; requires DOE to establish database and complete annual report concerning student disciplinary actions.*
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.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from considering number of arrests made and citations issued when evaluating police officer's professional performance.
Establishes "Pediatric Cancer Research Fund" and establishes requirements for disbursement of monies deposited in fund; provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for pediatric cancer research.*
Prohibits sale of cosmetic products that have been tested on animals.
Establishes Task Force to Promote Employment by State Agencies of People with Disabilities.
Creates special education unit within the Office of Administrative Law; requires annual report.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and county colleges.
Requires Medicaid and health insurance coverage for certain refills of prescription drugs during state of emergency.
Requires hospitals to report COVID-19 demographic data.
Authorizes pharmacists to order and cause to be administered test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies; requires health benefits and Medicaid coverage for tests.**
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2021.
Increases strangulation assault to crime of second degree.
Requires certain provisions in State contracts for delivery of publicly financed mental health, behavioral health, and addiction services.
Requires Civil Services Commission to undertake various initiatives to increase diversity and inclusivity within law enforcement agencies.
Requires Civil Service Commission establish mentoring program for certain civil service law enforcement applicants. *
Requires DMVA assist service members discharged solely due to LGBTQ status with petitions to change discharge designation.
Requires educator preparation program to report passing rates of students who complete certain tests and to disseminate information on test fee waiver programs, and permits collection of student fee for certain testing costs.
Grants reciprocity to teachers with certain out-of-state certificates.
Allows student enrolled in institution of higher education who has completed 30 semester-hour credits to serve as substitute teacher; extends time period substitute teacher may serve during public health emergency.*
Establishes regional municipal court pilot program.
Creates NJ Legislative Youth Council.
Requires in person early voting period for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Provides voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for Special Olympics New Jersey.
Expands opportunities for restaurants, bars, distilleries, and breweries to provide outdoor dining and permits certain sales at seasonal farm markets in response to COVID-19 public health emergency.
Directs NJT to erect statue in honor of A. Philip Randolph, appropriates $90,000.
Codifies same-sex marriage in the statutes.
Requires boards of education to provide special education and related services to certain students exceeding age of eligibility for special education and related services.
Modifies certain procedures pertaining to school district regionalization; establishes grant program for cost reimbursement of conducting regionalization feasibility studies; and provides financial incentives for regionalization.
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA and New Jersey Council on the Arts to support arts and culture organizations in need.*
Makes $25 million in federal funds available to EDA to support microbusinesses in need.*
Directs DEP to establish grant program for local governments to support development of community gardens.
Concerns liability of certain non-profit and governmental employers for unemployment benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency. *
Establishes Commission on Asian American Heritage in DOE. *
Makes $135 million in federal funds available to EDA to support eligible entities impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program Fund in BPU.
Revises gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses. **
Revises elective pass-through entity business alternative income tax. *
Modifies lists of projects eligible to receive loans for environmental infrastructure projects from NJ Infrastructure Bank for FY2022.
Establishes Direct Support Professional Career Development Program; appropriates $1,000,000. **
Appropriates $16,380,595 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
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Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Establishes "2020 New Jersey Emergency Rental Assistance Program"; appropriates $100 million.
Affords employment protection to certain emergency medical responders.
Prohibits cancellation or nonrenewal of insurance policies and insurance premium finance agreements for a period of at least 60 days under certain circumstances after declaration of public health emergency, or state of emergency, or both.**
Expands powers and duties of State Chief Diversity Officer to promote diversity in State government and public contracting.*
Appropriates $30 million to EDA from federal "Coronavirus Relief Fund" to assist food establishments impacted by Executive Order No. 158.
Establishes county-based mitigation plan to allow businesses to operate during pandemic.
Concerns emergency unemployment benefits and shared work benefits.
Requires assignment of unemployment claims handlers to legislative districts during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency; appropriates $1.8 million.
Establishes Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund and Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund Advisory Council; provides for funds received from opioid settlements to support substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs.
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Encourages sharing of services; makes appropriations.
Establishes "Military Pro Bono Program" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty service members and veterans of military.
Concerns professional licensing and application fees for spouse or dependent of active duty member of United States Armed Forces.
Concerns eligibility, procedures, and post-program relief for certain drug or alcohol dependent persons sentenced to special probation, or regular probation which as a condition of such requires substance use disorders treatment. *
Requires Division of Purchase and Property to issue annual report on public contracts awarded to women-owned and minority-owned businesses; requires Division of Revenue to operate Selective Assistance Vendor Information (SAVI) database.
Requires uniform response procedures for all domestic crisis teams established or participated in by law enforcement agencies, and strengthens Statewide supervision over teams; expands topics required in training courses. *
Establishes standards for domestic violence counseling and creates "Abuse Intervention Program Advisory Committee." *
Requires training for law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases.
Establishes New Jersey Statewide Suicide Prevention Coordination and Oversight Council in DHS.*
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 contracts for sale of certain health care entities to honor existing collective bargaining agreements.
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Requires State Capitol Joint Management Commission display representation of Alice Paul in State Capitol building.
Requires school district to provide information to DOE on various aspects of computer science courses. *
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $16.5 million for direct support professional wage increase.
Establishes "New Jersey Higher Education Funding Formula Commission."
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research.
Authorizes Governor to restrict rent increases on certain commercial tenants during emergency circumstances; enhances similar existing authority over rent increases on residential tenants.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations during COVID-19 pandemic.
Allows municipality to suspend certain zoning requirements during COVID-19 emergency.
Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
Requires campus diversity actions at public institutions of higher education and directs Secretary of Higher Education and Division on Civil Rights to develop guidance regarding diversity in faculty search and selection process. *
Requires BPU to conduct certain analysis and comparison study of electric transmission grid operating in New Jersey.
Requires teachers to biennially complete two hours of professional development related to cultural competence.
Establishes "Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program;" appropriates $50,000.
Provides for advocate in criminal cases concerning welfare or care of animal.
Changes definition of veteran for civil service hiring preference.
Reduces or delays increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Renames "security aid" as "health and safety aid" to reflect that secure schools provide for students' mental health; provides that State aid for nonpublic school security services may also be used for mental health services.
Provides temporary corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for job creation related to manufacturing of personal protective equipment.
Establishes School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program in BPU.
Requires State Treasurer to issue report concerning New York's taxation of New Jersey residents' income.
Establishes New Jersey Community Learning Program in DOE to provide comprehensive extended learning time programs in certain communities; dedicates portion of State cannabis revenue to support program.
Requires Commissioner of Education to prepare learning loss report and report on public school operations during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Allows tax credits for nonresidential and multifamily building improvement expenses to reduce spread of COVID-19.**
Makes FY 2021 supplemental appropriation of $180 million to DCF, DHS and DOH for increased rates for social service and early intervention providers in financial distress due to coronavirus disease 2019 public health crisis.*
Provides CBT tax credit for certain deliveries of low carbon concrete and for costs of conducting environmental product declaration analyses of low carbon concrete.*
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Permits use of automated dispensing devices in long-term care facilities and hospice care programs.
Revises law prohibiting cruel tethering and confinement of dogs; establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.
Excludes farmland and certain other lands from definitions of "redevelopment area" and "rehabilitation area" in "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law." *
Permits exemption from civil service examination requirement for entry-level county sheriff's officer and county correctional police officer.
Allows deduction from New Jersey gross income of certain capital gains from sale or exchange of New Jersey qualified small business stock held for more than five years.
Imposes temporary surcharge on casino hotel occupancies to fund public safety services.*
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats program in the DMVA; appropriates $400,000.
Imposes surcharge on casino hotel occupancies to fund public safety services.
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Directs the development and posting of notices containing information for victims of human trafficking.
Establishes Energy and Manufacturing Workforce Development Program in DOLWD.
Requires entities at every level of government to conduct periodic studies of racial and ethnic disparities in public contracting.
Reinstates prior property tax exemption for nonprofit hospitals with on-site for-profit medical providers; requires some of these hospitals to pay community service contributions; establishes Nonprofit Hospital Community Service Contribution Study Commiss
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Establishes Office of Labor Law Enforcement.
Establishes Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission.
Restricts authority to terminate reciprocal personal income tax agreements with other states.
Concerns labor harmony agreements in retail and distribution center projects.
Enhances, and allocates funds for, pre-apprenticeship programs. *
Concerns NJ PLACE, allocates $300,000 for FY2020. *
Requires school districts to provide feminine hygiene products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.
Provides gross income tax deduction to certain surviving spouses of veterans.
Provides tax credits to certain employers of employees less than 18 years old.
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Creates certain requirements for earned income access services.
Requires DCA to approve credentialing entity to develop and administer voluntary recovery residence certification program.*
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and personnel files of law enforcement officers to other agencies under certain circumstances.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Establishes "Electronic Permit Processing Review System."
Authorizes issuance of Rowan University alumni license plates.
Establishes "Tiny Home Pilot Program" in three regions of State.
Establishes "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program."
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Establishes price preference program on State contracts for service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.
Establishes Main Street Economic Growth Program to encourage business development in small, highly developed municipalities.
Requires institutions of higher education and private career schools to provide on website employment data of graduates; requires DOLWD to compile certain employment information.
Establishes fire safety standards and protocols for certain light frame residential construction; requires project labor agreements for this construction; requires placards identifying primary structural systems of buildings.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Prohibits utility service rate increases, penalities and discontinuances to residential customers during certain public health emergencies.*
Extends certain permits, approvals, and deadlines during COVID-19 emergency.*
Establishes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Task Force on Racial and Health Disparities.*
Establishes toll free helpline for first responders and health care workers experiencing mental health issues related to COVID-19 pandemic.*
Revises law concerning notaries and notarial acts; authorizes electronic signatures.
Directs State Auditor to audit Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance in DOLWD.
Recognizes Howell House in Cape May as Harriet Tubman Museum in New Jersey.*
Establishes "The Ballot Cure Act" to modify and establish various voting procedures.
Requires BPU to establish and maintain electronic public document search system on its website; requires BPU to provide certain notice of its meetings and hold quarterly public comment meeting.*
Allows issuance of limited license to individual who would otherwise be denied license due to criminal conviction.
Includes false incrimination and filing false police report as form of bias intimidation; establishes crime of false 9-1-1 call with purpose to intimidate or harass based on race or other protected class.
Provides for uniform regulation of small wireless facility deployment in this State.
Concerns workers' compensation; revises effective date of P.L.2019, c.387 to clarify that law applies to cases pending, but not yet settled, or filed on or after of enactment; increases burial expense allowance.*
Establishes Community College Opportunity Grant Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide last-dollar financial aid grants to county college students and Student Success Incentive funding to county colleges.
Establishes additional requirements for DOH to assess sanctions and impose penalties on nursing homes; revises reporting requirements for nursing homes.*
Requires school districts to include instruction on diversity and inclusion as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.*
Requires State agencies in awarding contracts for purchase of items that require power source to consider items powered by fuel cells.
Establishes "Broadband Access Study Commission." *
Establishes Safe Remote Learning Program in DOE to support provision of remote instruction facilities by public schools.
Expands offenses eligible for expungement upon successful discharge from drug court.
Enhances homeowner notification of foreclosure mediation program requirements.
Concerns approval process for personal protective equipment and State stockpiles of personal protective equipment.
Requires employers to provide hiring preference to employees who have reached maximum medical improvement following work-related injury.
Revises, clarifies, corrects, and simplifies various aspects of CBT.
Establishes assistance program to assist landlord of one- and two-family dwellings during COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $50 million.
Allows health insurers to provide certain health care benefit plans to local boards of education and eligible employers who do not participate in SEHBP; modifies employee contribution for New Jersey Educators Health Plan and its equivalent.
Establishes office in EDA to assist in provision and expansion of broadband Internet service in State to address inequities in accessing broadband service.*
Makes supplemental appropriation of $58,000,000 for NJ Statewide Body Worn Camera Program.*
Establishes expedited construction inspection program.
"Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act."
The "New Jersey Social Innovation Act"; establishes social innovation loan pilot program and study commission within EDA.
Establishes COVID-19 Local Food Pantry Assistance Grant Program in DHS; appropriates $4 million.
Permits municipalities to authorize programs encouraging local shopping through property tax rewards; validates certain related municipal actions.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2021; modifies terms and conditions for certain loan utilizing federal funds.
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Changes current system for creation, issuance, administration, and discontinuance of various types of special license plate.
Appropriates $11,777,499 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Raises from 45 to 57 maximum eligibility age for exempt fireman certificates and membership in New Jersey State Fireman's Association.
Reduces age at which health benefit plans cover colorectal cancer screenings from 50 to 45.
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for environmental infrastructure projects for applicants with established program to employ, at project or related facilities, local residents of nearby urban aid qualifying municipalities. *
Establishes minimum energy and water efficiency standards for certain products sold, offered for sale, or leased in the State.
Requires public and local utilities to provide notice to residential customers of available relief measures during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Extends timeframe for receiving certain documents issued by MVC under certain circumstances.
Establishes small hospitality business winter preparation purchase or reimbursement program in EDA; appropriates $50 million to EDA from federal funds.
Provides for employment by State of certain persons with disabilities.
Provides for process to vacate and expunge certain arrests, charges, complaints, convictions, other dispositions, and DNA records, associated with violations by certain human trafficking victims.
Require business seeking to perform State contract to disclose certain labor and employment law violations.
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA to support businesses and nonprofits in need.*
Makes $10 million in federal funds available to EDA to support child care providers in need.*
Makes $35 million in federal funds available to EDA to support food and beverage establishments in need.*
Appropriates $10 million in federal funds to Department of Agriculture to support food bank organizations.
Requires public schools to offer or expand summer school programs to students.
Restores and revises Urban Enterprise Zone program; appropriates $42,500,000. *
Provides for regional economic and land use impact report and establishes review processes related to development of certain large warehouses; and requires related real property reassessments. *
Provides tax credits to qualified small employers in industries impacted by COVID-19 emergency.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2022.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2022.
Requires use of design-bid-build or design-build delivery system for certain local government construction projects.
Allows commercial farmer to be awarded reasonable costs and attorney fees for defending against bad faith complaints under "Right to Farm Act".
Concerns enforcement of employee misclassification and stop-work order laws.
Creates "Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance" in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million from General Fund.
Streamlines identification of employee misclassification.
Requires DHS to stagger issuance dates of SNAP benefits to newly eligible enrollees.
Establishes State supplement for "breakfast after the bell" meals.
Provides partial pension and retirement income exclusion for taxpayers with income between $100,000 and $150,000.
Awards project grants under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for school security projects in certain school districts; appropriates $66,173,243.
Establishes "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund," appropriates $3.7 billion.
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of residential property on basis of race or national origin.
Establishes "New Jersey Foreclosure Counseling Fund."
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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.
Provides certain employment protections for National Guard members employed in New Jersey.
Authorizes retailer to accept exchange of unopened container of wine.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Expands registration requirements under Megan's Law to include persons committing human trafficking crimes or engaging in prostitution, when crimes involve minors.
Allocates 10 percent of Green Acres funding to local government units for development of completely inclusive playgrounds.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Requires public transportation employees to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
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
Establishes "Monica's Law" concerning domestic violence risk assessment pilot program.
Adjusts membership process and reports of State Investment Council; requires plan for economically targeted investments.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Authorizes CRDA to finance transportation projects between Atlantic City Airport and Atlantic City Tourism District.
Permits conduct of Queen of Hearts raffle games.
Eliminates shellfish license fee for veterans and active duty service members.
Amends law to extend length of postpartum coverage for Medicaid services for eligible pregnant women to 180-day period.
Restores property tax exemption for nonprofit hospitals with for-profit medical providers on-site; requires these hospitals to pay community service contributions to host municipalities; establishes Nonprofit Hospital Community Service Contribution Study
Requires water purveyors to conduct water loss audits.
Establishes green infrastructure financing program.
Excludes from gross income tax value of prizes or awards won in athletic competition in Olympic Games.
Establishes Good Samaritan Law to provide immunity from civil liability for veterinarians or emergency responders who assist animals at accident scene or emergency.
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 civil action for damages for injury or death of certain animals in certain circumstances.
Restricts access to motor vehicle accident reports under certain circumstances.
Bars the denial of expungement application in certain instances.
Allows municipalities to establish loan programs to fund replacement of lead service lines.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to NJBEST program and provides distributions from qualified State tuition programs for K-12 expenses are not qualified withdrawals under gross income tax.
"Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act"; provides for uniform regulation of small wireless facility deployment in NJ.
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.
Establishes Restaurant Meals Program in DHS; permits certain individuals to use SNAP benefits at approved restaurants; requires participation by certain restaurants operated by institutions of higher education.
Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for rescue of animal from motor vehicle under inhumane conditions.
Requires pharmacy benefits manager under contract with SHBP and SEHBP to report price paid to pharmacy and amount charged to SHBP and SEHBP.
Requires State agencies to periodically review administrative rules and regulations to ensure continued efficacy.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Requires resource family parent, relative, preadoptive parent, or caretaker to be party to reviews or hearings involving a child under the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families' care.
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.
Facilitates identification of municipal liens on residential property of certain seniors and disabled persons.
Authorizes political subdivisions to require recipients of economic development incentives to enter into community benefits agreements.
Provides for process to vacate and expunge certain arrests, charges, complaints, convictions, other dispositions, and DNA records, associated with violations by certain human trafficking victims.
Requires certain economic incentive recipients to pay penalty for nonperformance.
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Establishes four-year Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant Program.
Updates definition of veteran to include discharged LGBTQ veteran; requires DMVA develop review process for such veterans.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to use therapy dogs in public elementary school wellness programs.
Concerns Early Intervention Support Services program in DHS and expansion of program to all counties.
Concerns reinstatement of workers after taking family leave.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to suspend accrual of interest on certain New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program loans in deferment or forbearance.
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.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to suspend administrative wage garnishment, certain judicial proceedings, and payments on certain New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students loans during COVID-19 state of emergency.
Establishes one-time payment program in Department of Treasury for aid for certain eligible taxpayers; appropriates $35 million.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $1 million to DHS and DCF to support certain direct support professional wage increases during coronavirus 2019 public health crisis.
Restricts use of certain data collected for purposes of contact tracing related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $100 million to EDA from federal funds for small business assistance.
Establishes crime of law enforcement officer choking another person; designated as George Floyd's Law.
Removes monk parakeet from list of potentially dangerous species.
Increases Fiscal Year 2020 appropriation for Extended Employment services by $2.5 million to ensure rate stability.
Provides that effective date of unemployment claim is date on which individual becomes unemployed.
Requires DOE to develop credential to introduce teachers to culturally responsive teaching practices, characteristics, and methods.
Establishes Emergency Child Care Assistance Program for School Staff in DHS throughout duration of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Appropriates $10 million to EDA to assist certain nonprofit arts and cultural organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Authorizes creation of local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct; appropriates $600,000.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are victims of domestic abuse to claim credit with filing status of married filing separately.
Requires that State establish and manage stockpile of personal protective equipment and encourage manufacturing of personal protective equipment in State.
Requires public entities that operate websites or webpages pertaining to domestic violence to utilize certain electronic tools and security measures to protect online visitors who may be victims of domestic violence.
Establishes New Jersey Baby Bond Account Program.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $30 million to certain law enforcement agencies for NJ Statewide Supplemental Body Worn Camera Program.
Authorizes insurers issuing business interruption insurance to offer rider for global virus transmission and pandemic coverage.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Requires certain accessible public restroom facilities be equipped with signs reserving use for persons with disabilities.
Requires DMVA create Bereavement Counseling Program for family members and volunteer caregivers of certain veterans.
Requires Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman submit annual report to veterans' facility oversight boards.
Prohibits Internet service providers from increasing service rates during public health emergency or state of emergency; requires Internet service providers to notify subscribers six months in advance of service rate increase.
Appropriates $300 million to EDA for small business and not-for-profit corporation assistance to preserve and create jobs, spur economic growth, and preserve the viability and vitality of communities.
Provides employer and employee protections pursuant to the use of legalized cannabis items.
Requires law enforcement provide written notification to parent or guardian of person under age 18 who commits first offense of unlawfully buying or possessing alcoholic beverages or cannabis.
Legalizes growing or possessing up to six marijuana plants for personal recreational use, and up to 10 plants for personal medical use, by persons aged 21 or older.
Provides State recognition of Sandhill Indian Tribe for certain limited purposes.
Designates September as "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month."
Establishes "Twelfth Grade Postsecondary Transition Year Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Requires transfer of certain excess animal control funds to prosecutors, municipalities, police departments, and Police Training Commission for enforcement of animal cruelty laws and training humane law enforcement officers.
Establishes Division of School Desegregation in DOE to identify racial and socioeconomic segregation of school districts and to ensure better integration in public schools.
Prioritizes distribution of 9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund monies; permits use of funds for certain expenses incurred by counties and municipalities for the provision and maintenance of 9-1-1 emergency services.
Modifies Community College Opportunity Grant Program to permit adult students enrolled in postsecondary career and technical education programs to receive financial assistance.
Requires DHS to develop incentives to encourage private investment in child care deserts.
Establishes Department of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as principal department in Executive Branch and specifies functions, powers, and duties of department.
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Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriations of $15 million for grants to food banks.
Concerns prohibition of residential tenant eviction and eviction due to residential foreclosure during certain emergency circumstances.
Requires school districts to provide school meals or meal vouchers to students eligible for free and reduced price school meals during school closures due to COVID-19 epidemic.
Authorizes EDA to make grants during periods of emergency declared by Governor and for duration of economic disruptions due to emergency; allows EDA to grant certain business documentation submission deadline extensions.
Creates "Temporary Lost Wage Unemployment Program;" allows persons to claim for lost wages due to coronavirus disease 2019, and employers to pay wages to workers ordered under quarantine by licensed healthcare practitioner; appropriates $20,000,000.
Authorizes notaries public to perform certain notarial acts remotely.
Allows remote notarial acts, and other acts executing and verifying certain documents, by notaries public and other authorized officials during public health emergency and state of emergency declared by Governor's Executive Order 103 of 2020.
Permits use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement under certain circumstances.
Appropriates $20 million from General Fund to EDA to support food and beverage establishments impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $50 million from General Fund to EDA to support businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $10 million from General Fund to EDA to support Sustain and Serve NJ Program.
Establishes Startup Business and Nonprofit Assistance Program in EDA to support new businesses and nonprofit organizations following COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $25 million.
Appropriates $120 million from General Fund to EDA to support microbusinesses impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $10 million from General Fund to EDA to support child care providers impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
The "New Jersey Social Innovation Act"; establishes social innovation loan pilot program and study commission within EDA.