Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
James W. Holzapfel
Sponsored
Passed the Senate2
Requires police notification when driver's license is suspended.*
Designates portion of State Highway Route No. 35 as "Chosin Few Memorial Highway."
Out of committee3
Prohibits additional jughandles on roads or highways in the State.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain tolls paid via E-ZPass.
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act."*
In committee63
Exempts police from jury duty.
Increases penalties for committing serious offenses while released on bail.
Permits qualified retired law enforcement officers who were employed by law enforcement agencies outside the State to carry firearms.
Establishes new offenses concerning the unlawful possession and use of credit card scanners.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Recodifies offenses against animals under State criminal code; increases degree of crime for certain offenses.
Establishes animal cruelty offenses pertaining to chaining or other restraint of animals.
Ensures operation of certain motor fuel storage, distribution and dispensing facilities during disasters and emergencies.
Revises distribution of monies from Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund to municipalities.
Authorizes creation of 33rd urban enterprise zone in Borough of Seaside Heights.
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
Eliminates remarriage prohibition for PFRS death benefits; provides retirement allowance to certain survivors of PFRS members.
Requires certain veterinarians to provide written notification to animal owner if boarded animal will not be subject to 24-hour supervision; "Betsy's Law."
Imposes criminal penalties for discharges of untreated sewage from containment devices installed on watercraft.
Requires officers of certain charitable organizations to be bonded.
Provides State income tax credit for removal of lawns near Barnegat Bay.
Clarifies that fishing license is not required to fish at a private community lake.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
Prohibits the use of urea for melting, preventing the formation of, or removing ice.
Requires State park and forest restroom facilities to include an exclusive family restroom.
Requires municipalities to reimburse qualified private communities for street paving costs.
Prohibits smoking at State-owned beaches.
"Barnegat Bay Protection Act"; establishes Barnegat Bay Protection Fund, dedicates portion of sales tax on fertilizer, authorizes special license plates, and provides for donations.
Permits municipalities and school districts to contract for video monitoring systems to assist in enforcing law against unlawfully passing a school bus.
Enhances penalty for leaving the scene of a boating accident.
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Eliminates supplemental realty transfer fee.
Establishes NJ Animal Abuser Registry.
Establishes offense of soliciting image of minor with unlawful purpose.
Permits county board of chosen freeholders to appoint interim member of county tax board under certain circumstances.
Provides for electronic monitoring of domestic violence offenders and notification to the victim; designated as "Lisa's Law."
Upgrades penalties for drag racing.
Establishes Autism Education Council.
Exempts certain transactions of residential property involving senior, blind, and disabled citizens from general purpose fee under realty transfer fee and one percent assessment on real property selling for more than $1,000,000.
Requires State agencies to review operations and to implement use of Internet to conduct public business when cost savings may be realized, with certain exceptions.
Requires notification of victims and certain additional persons through Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) system.
Establishes the "Healthy Puppies and Kittens Assurance Act."
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Expands statute authorizing temporary restraining orders for certain alleged stalking victims to include victims of any age or mental capacity.
Requires Family Part under certain circumstances to dispose of charge of contempt of a domestic violence order on an emergency basis, without setting bail.
Requires each municipality to establish a Reverse 9-1-1 system.
Criminalizes fourth or subsequent drunk driving offenses.
Permits consolidation of all fire districts in a municipality; sets forth procedure for consolidation.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on the dangers of texting while driving as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to include sales of properties in age-restricted developments by third parties in table of equalized valuations.
Establishes mandatory penalties for committing burglary and theft during a state of emergency.
Requires newly-constructed grocery stores to have generators.
Requires electric distribution lines be located underground in areas affected by severe weather or natural disasters.
Directs BPU to study whether State's electric distribution system meets certain standards.
Requires local governing body and DCA to suspend collection of certificate of occupancy and related inspection fees for homes being rented by persons identified by FEMA as displaced individuals.
Clarifies crime of unlawful access concerning certain password protected communications in electronic storage.
Requires installation of emergency power supply systems to certain common areas of new planned real estate developments; provides related tax incentives.
Clarifies crime of unlawful access concerning certain password protected communications in electronic storage.
Prohibits public utility from filing rate increase petition under certain circumstances.
Provides certain immunities from spectator-based lawsuits arising from youth sports events.
Requires labeling of ingredients and restricts phosphorus in household cleansing products.
Concerns valuation of property condemned for dune construction or beach replenishment.
Requires health certificate, bill of sale, and certain breeder information for each cat or dog sold in the State and such information be made available to consumers; establishes penalties for violations.
Increases criminal penalties if leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor results in injury or death.
Permits police officer to confiscate cell phones under certain circumstances; increases penalties for texting while driving.
Requires mortgage lenders to maintain vacant, age-restricted dwelling units during foreclosure.
Prohibits sale, distribution, and use of urea as an ice melt.
Designates State Highway Route No. 35 bridge between Brielle and Point Pleasant Beach as "Veterans of All Wars Memorial Bridge."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
Prohibits first responders from photographing persons being assisted or disclosing photographs of such persons without their consent.*
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Prohibits manufacture, sale, or possession of synthetic marijuana.
Designates portion of U.S. Route 206 bypass in Hillsborough Township as "Peter J. Biondi Bypass."
Establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring or interfering with a service animal or guide dog; designated as "Dusty's Law." *
Appropriates $55 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and approves $2,400,800 from 1995 bond act for coastal blue acres projects.
Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $45 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and $12 million from "2009 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Increases civil and criminal penalties involving unstamped and counterfeit cigarettes and cigarette smuggling and establishes crime involving transfers of counterfeit cigarettes.
Vetoed · 1
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.
Passed the Senate · 4
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of 25 years to life for aggravated sexual assault against a child under 13 and increases penalties for harboring certain sex offenders.**
Allows victims and relatives to witness parole hearings.
Prohibits retail dealers of motor fuels from requiring identification or proof of residency to purchase motor fuel or from refusing to sell motor fuel based on location of any person's residence.
Enhances penalty for leaving the scene of a boating accident.
Out of committee · 9
"Janet's Law"; requires public and nonpublic schools to have automated external defibrillators and to establish emergency action plans for responding to sudden cardiac events.*
Alex DeCroce's Law, enhances crime victims' rights under the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights." *
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.*
Authorizes release of sex offender registration information to DHS and county welfare agencies.
Clarifies that first aid, ambulance or rescue squads, as entities, have immunity from civil damages in certain circumstances.
"Drug Dealer Accountability Act;" increases penalties for distribution of phencyclidine; establishes criminal liability for drug dealers under certain circumstances; imposes civil and criminal penalties for combinations of controlled dangerous substances
Eliminates State aid growth limit for school districts in which individuals age 65 and over comprise more than 33.3 percent of the population.*
Requires consideration of increased property value due to dune construction or beach replenishment in determining compensation provided for condemned beachfront property.*
Designates State Highway Route No. 35 bridge between Borough of Brielle and Borough of Point Pleasant Beach as "Robert A. Briant, Sr. Memorial Bridge."
In committee · 17
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Reestablishes senior citizen supplemental stabilization aid.
Prohibits use of volunteer driving activities in underwriting for private passenger automobile insurance; revises charitable immunity statute as applied to volunteer drivers.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
"Plastic and Paper Bag Reduction Act"; requires certain retailers to provide recyclable, compostable or reusable bags instead of plastic or paper carryout bags.
Ends transitional energy facilities assessment (TEFA), caps State use portion of State energy tax revenues and ensures balance of such State revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.
Prohibits nonrenewal of homeowners insurance policies based on proximity to water or risk of windstorm related claims.
Requires labeling of foods containing genetically modified material.
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act of 2012"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Clarifies application of business personal property tax on local exchange telephone companies that were subject to tax as of April 1, 1997.
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from imposing certain surcharges on consumers.
Establishes Controlled Dangerous Substances Law Enforcement Coordinating Task Force.
Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Requires prescribers and pharmacists to check prescription monitoring program prior to prescribing and dispensing Schedule II drugs.
Concerns access to information maintained by Prescription Monitoring Program.