Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Alex Sauickie
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly1
Requires NJEDA to establish loan program to assist beginning farmers in financing capital purchases.
Out of committee4
Requires limited liability company to disclose ownership information when submitting deed for recording.
Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to adopt agricultural management practice for housing resident farm employees on commercial farms, and establishes such housing as eligible for "Right to Farm" protection.
Establishes "Jersey Craft Beverage Retailer Promotion and Grant Program" in EDA.*
Revises "Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act" to provide enforcement and penalty provisions.
In committee248
Provides loan redemption for certain veterinarians who work at approved site for five years; annually appropriates $500,000.
Requires NJ Clean Energy Program incentives be made available to commercial farms.
Prohibits State Agriculture Development Committee from imposing new or revised agricultural rules, regulations, or standards on previously preserved farmland or owners thereof, without owner consent.
Revises method for appraisals of farmland to be acquired for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires DOT to consult Department of Agriculture and County Agriculture Development Boards when developing transportation capital project list.
Authorizes EDA to provide grants from "Global Warming Solutions Fund" to finance replacement of certain agricultural equipment.
Authorizes counties to establish mentoring programs for, and resell preserved farmland at reduced price to, beginning farmers.
Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to identify farmland ineligible for county farmland preservation programs, notify owners of State requirements, and invite applications for farmland preservation under State program.
Authorizes counties and certain boards to acquire unpreserved lands in agricultural development areas for use by agricultural support businesses, and to sell or lease county-owned lands in such areas to such businesses at reduced price.
Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to adopt agricultural management practice for housing certain full-time employees on commercial farms, and establishes such housing as eligible for "Right to Farm" protection.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to post certain information to assist distressed farmers on its Internet website.
Expands eligibility for deer fencing grants to farmers leasing farmland.
Establishes "Farm Mental Health and Financial Services Task Force."
Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to adopt agricultural management practice for housing full-time, year-round employees on commercial farms, and establishes such housing as eligible for "Right to Farm" protection.
Provides $1 million in funding to NJ Racing Commission for five-year grant program for purpose of supporting certain organizations that care for retired horses.
Establishes certain exceptions for emergency personnel operating personal watercraft while providing rescue services.
Creates searchable website for certain records available through open public records request.
Establishes "New Jersey Right to Try-Plus Act" permitting terminally ill patients access to certain investigational and off-label treatments.
Requires immediate public reporting of bias incident; facilitates receipt of information from public for purposes of prosecuting bias incident.
Provides gross income tax deduction for costs of purchasing and installing whole house backup electrical generator for resident taxpayer's principal residence.
Requires generator, shower facilities, and kitchen in newly-constructed clubhouse in age-restricted housing development.
Requires limited liability company disclose certain information when recording deed concerning residential rental property.
Establishes matching grant program in DCA to support community-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter services during Code Blue alerts.
Exempts purchases of natural gas and electricity for residential customers from sales and use tax during coldest months of year.
Establishes Emergency Medical Services Provider Safety Grant Program in DOH; appropriates $10 million.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to develop model land use ordinance for eruvin.
Requires cultural competency training for certain State, county, or municipal public employees who routinely interact with public.
Extends eligibility for property tax benefits to veterans, 100 percent service-disabled veterans, and senior citizens and persons with disabilities who pay payments in lieu of property taxes.
Amends Fiscal Year 2024 annual appropriations act to extend ANCHOR benefits to certain individuals who make payments in lieu of property taxes.
Includes payments in lieu of property taxes eligible as property taxes under the homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Establishes "Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Task Force" to study ways to safely store, reuse, recycle, and dispose of used electric vehicle batteries.
Requires MVC to issue license plate decals for identification of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Requires electric vehicle battery facilities to affix sign developed and produced by DEP to all facility entrances as notification that electric vehicle batteries are on-site.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $250,000 for Deer-Resistant Native Species Propagation at Agricultural Experiment Station.
Prohibits planting of non-native species in landscaping at State parks and forests; establishes grant program to support use of native plants at local parks and forests; appropriates $250,000.
Requires DOLWD to process unemployment claims within two weeks of filing.
Establishes program in DOLWD to address jobs lost due to automation.
Requires DOLWD to track and maintain information on job loss due to automation.
Requires public institutions of higher education to enroll certain students impacted by automation in job training courses without payment of tuition.
Provides corporation business and gross income tax credit for employment of persons who have experienced job loss due to automation.
Increases PFRS accidental disability and accidental death pension when disability or death is caused by weapon.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Clarifies that law enforcement officers employed by educational institutions may possess firearms on campus.
Requires retired law enforcement officers to qualify in use of firearm once a year.
Upgrades penalty for assault on law enforcement to second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Establishes crime of gang shoplifting.
Clarifies spitting in law enforcement officer's food or drink constitutes aggravated assault; requires certain sanctions on restaurant employees who commit this crime.
Permits surviving spouse of retired member of PFRS to be enrolled in SHBP and to continue to receive pension benefit after remarriage in certain circumstances.
Restricts pretrial release of certain defendants; sets conditions for pretrial release of certain first-time offenders; requires revocation of pretrial release under certain circumstances.
Establishes Organized Retail Theft Prosecution Unit in DLPS.
Establishes offense of fostering stolen property.
Elevates disorderly persons theft to crime of fourth degree upon second conviction within two years.
Increases penalties for assault of retail worker.
Requires State Auditor to prepare annual performance audit on certain court projects; appropriates from General Fund.
Prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens and requires employers to use E-Verify program.
Permits Legislature to terminate certain declarations by Governor for state of emergency or public health emergency and limits duration of such declarations unless Legislature approves extension.
Concerning noncitizens voting in local elections and conduct in office by local government officers.
Prohibits ownership of agricultural land in State by foreign governments and persons.
Delays fourth round of affordable housing obligations, including present and prospective need and related litigation, until July 1, 2028.
Clarifies scope of affordable housing obligations.
Allows choice districts to increase enrollment in interdistrict public school choice program to offset certain reductions in State school aid.
Establishes School Funding Commission to study school funding formula and prepare report that will serve as basis of new formula.
Requires school districts to receive written permission from parent or legal guardian before administering certain student health surveys.
Provides for full funding of extraordinary special education State aid.
Directs State Board of Education to rescind New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education and directs boards of education to establish Parental Advisory Committees and adopt standards for health instruction.
Establishes Stabilization Aid for certain school districts experiencing reductions in State school aid or other budgetary imbalances; establishes Education Rescue Grants for certain school districts experiencing reductions in teaching staff.
Requires schools to be used as polling places only if other public, private, or commercial locations are not available.
Provides additional State pupil transportation aid to school districts that meet certain criteria.
Creates nonpublic school transportation program; requires consortiums of nonpublic schools to assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
Prohibits institution of higher education from authorizing, funding, or supporting hate speech or antisemitic events and organizations.
Makes $19.45 million supplemental appropriation for increased nonpublic school security aid; modifies budget language to increase per pupil amount.
Requires electric public utility to reimburse residential or commercial customer for cost of certain spoiled items resulting from service outage more than 48 hours after end of storm.
Permits certain entities to operate unmanned aircraft systems to inspect damage to critical infrastructure.
Requires electric public utilities to obtain written consent and provide written disclosure prior to installing smart meters.
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to fund burial of indigent veterans.
Requires DMVA establish Veterans Outdoor Recovery Task Force.
Permits fair share affordable housing bonus credit for certain transitional housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
Requires DMVA establish veterans facility in Ocean or Monmouth County.
Establishes grant program in Department of State for preservation of certain Revolutionary War sites; appropriates funds.
Establishes State Agriculture Development Committee program preserving farmland in danger of being developed for warehouse purposes or other high-density development projects; appropriates $50 million from Global Warming Solutions Fund.
Provides CBT credit for construction or retrofitting of warehouse to meet certain green building standards.
Requires State Planning Commission to adopt model buffer ordinances detailing different regulatory options for siting warehouses; allows conforming updates to municipal master plans and zoning ordinances.
Requires certain warehouses to obtain air pollution control permit from DEP.
Requires DEP to evaluate cumulative impact of stormwater when reviewing applications associated with warehouse and other high-density development projects.
Establishes Office of Citizen Involvement, Land Use, and Planning Advocate and transfers basic course in land use law and Office of Planning Advocacy to newly established office.
Requires DCA to establish optional certification courses for planning professionals on development of warehouses and high-density buildings.
Provides CBT and GIT credits for completion of qualified construction projects at abandoned commercial building sites.
Enhances notice requirements prior to development of large warehouse or high-density development.
"Warehouse Development Control Bond Act," authorizes bonds for $150 million, and appropriates $5,000.
Requires State Planning Commission to adopt model ordinance for siting certain warehouses and permits conforming updates to municipal master plans and zoning ordinances and establishes fund in DCA; appropriates $5 million.
Requires basic course in land use law and planning offered to certain officials to include module on warehouse development and high-density development.
Concerns regulatory guidance for local approving authorities on approval of warehouse development.
Limits speculative development of warehouses until 500,000 acres of farmland are preserved under farmland preservation programs.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish "Farm to Food Bank Pilot Program."
Directs DEP to designate areas in each State park and forest for construction of bat houses.
Authorizes creation of temporary Declaration of Independence 250th Anniversary commemorative license plate.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $500,000 for Farm Viability Study at Agricultural Experiment Station.
Requires BPU to conduct inventory of lead-covered cables and develop plan for removal.
Establishes Food Recovery Infrastructure Grant Program in Department of Agriculture; makes appropriation.
Expands duties of Food Security Advocate.
Establishes State as purchaser of last resort for produce; directs Department of Agriculture to establish program.
Provides that salary and other costs associated with Commissioner of Education's appointment of State monitor and other staff under "School District Fiscal Accountability Act" will be paid by State.
Requires Department of Agriculture to establish program to make grants available to certain non-profit organizations for seafood gleaning operations; appropriates $250,000.
Permits unpaid leave of absence for public employees to assist military or civilian government in Israel during Hamas War.
Expands definition of "qualifying land" to include certain deeds of easement excluding certain portions of farm from preservation.
Requires Office of Planning Advocacy to publish certain information concerning warehouses over 100,000 square feet on its Internet website.
Establishes program for acquisition, by local government units and nonprofit organizations, of development easements on privately-owned woodlands.
"Electricity Bill Transparency Act"; requires electric utilities to separately list amounts of certain charges.
Clarifies sales tax collection responsibilities of horse boarding businesses in New Jersey.
Amends appropriations act to provide funding for restoration of State school aid reductions for certain school districts; shifts $64,920,000 from certain appropriations for purposes of restoring aid; provides supplemental appropriation of $145,215,047.
Requires DCA to establish online, Statewide database of local government unit legal notices.
Permits school districts to receive loans from State to support operating budget under certain circumstances.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish Wine and Grape Education Grant Program; appropriates $1.5 million.
Makes FY 2024 supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Department of Agriculture for Jersey Fresh marketing and promotion activities.
Provides supplemental appropriation to ensure certain school districts receive additional amounts of special education categorical aid, security categorical aid, and transportation aid.
Establishes "Jersey Vines Program" in Department of Agriculture.
Dedicates sales tax revenues collected on retail sales of locally produced wine for promotion of New Jersey wine.
Authorizes State, local, and nonprofit acquisition of fee simple titles to, and development easements on, farmland, in certain cases, for negotiated purchase prices exceeding appraised value thereof.
Directs State Treasurer to debit from State operating aid allocated to public research university amount equal to costs incurred by institution in implementing agreements reached with certain student protesters.
Expands implied consent law to include blood testing; establishes per se standard for driving under influence of marijuana and certain controlled dangerous substances.
Authorizes forgiveness of portion of certain funds owed to State by school districts.
Provides that school districts with unpaid balances on certain borrowed funds are not subject to State school aid reductions; requires use of surplus funds to repay borrowed funds.
Increases penalties for juvenile adjudicated delinquent for certain acts related to motor vehicles.
Broadens riot; enhances penalties for certain crimes committed during riot; creates new crimes of mob intimidation and cyber-intimidation by publication; establishes duty in municipality to permit law enforcement to respond appropriately.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to ensure toll collection monitoring system is functioning properly prior to issuing advisory and payment request and administrative fee.
Exempts sales of tangible personal property made from 100 percent post-recycled waste and recycled materials from sales and use tax.
Prohibits municipal agency from approving applications for development of certain warehouses unless certificate of need is issued by Office of Local Planning Services in DCA.
Provides gross income tax credits for portion of homeowners' association payments used in fund infrastructure improvements within common interest communities.
Establishes Veterans Assistance for Nutritional Needs Program in DHS.
Prohibits ownership of certain protected land adjacent to military facilities in State by certain foreign governments and persons.
Requires electric public utilities to take certain actions in event of outages in age-restricted communities.
Requires electric public utilities to provide portable emergency power generators to affected area during certain power outages.
Requires public utilities to provide Energy Star-rated product and appliance rebates of no less than 20 percent of total cost of product or appliance.
Requires electric public utilities to pre-place repair equipment in areas with frequent power outages.
Prohibits public utilities from charging smart meter opt-out fees.
Requires electric public utilities to conduct wellness checks in age-restricted communities during power outages.
Exempts purchases of natural gas and electricity for residential customers from sales and use tax.
Requires electric public utilities to develop vegetation management plan.
Requires electric public utilities to report certain information concerning power outages on their Internet website and to BPU.
Requires municipal planning boards and zoning boards of adjustment to incorporate recommendations from certain local environmental commissions on applications for development.
Authorizes EDA to provide grants from "Global Warming Solutions Fund" to finance replacement of inefficient agricultural irrigation equipment.
Requires State Agricultural Development Committee to develop educational materials for owners or operators of commercial farms regarding benefits of participating in farmland preservation program.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to establish campaign that displays certain tourism advertisements through plastic wrapping of certain utility boxes located at intersections.
Requires advertising for NJ wine growing regions on tourist directional signs.
Establishes Cheese Promotion Council in Department of Agriculture.
Establishes Artisan Bread Council in Department of Agriculture.
Establishes "Jersey Spirits Program" in Department of Agriculture.
Establishes Winery Co-marketing Grant Program; appropriates $500,000.
Directs DOLWD to establish regional farm wage; provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits to farm employers paying certain farm worker wages.
Provides grants to nonprofit organizations that provide financial literacy classes; appropriates $100,000.
Directs president of Rutgers, The State University to appoint chief viticulturist and chief enologist.
Permits winery salesrooms to be held jointly.
Requires electric public utilities to provide industrial portable power stations accessible to customers during certain power outages.
Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $2 million from General Fund to Department of Agriculture in support of Northeast Organic Farming Association for certain programs.
Exempts sales of energy-saving products and services from sales and use tax.
Requires use of prior military service to extend maximum age for appointment to State Police.
Requires SADC and any local board acquiring farmland for preservation purposes to provide partial payment to landowner, in advance of settlement, to demonstrate good faith intent to proceed with settlement and acquisition.
Concerns certain county and municipal farm roadway improvement projects; establishes "Local Farm Roadway Improvement Fund."
Permits individuals eligible to receive SNAP or WIC to enroll in courses on family and consumer science at public institutions of higher education without paying tuition.
"S2 Appropriations Rescue Act"; appropriates $106.5 million to provide Emergency Supplemental Aid to certain school districts, including districts negatively impacted by effects of P.L.2018, c.67.
Specifies that prior SADC approval is not required in order to authorize construction, installation, or operation of biomass, solar, or wind energy generating facilities, structures, or equipment on farmland preservation exception areas.
Prohibits public utility from recovering certain administrative costs.
Requires electric public utilities to submit transmission project proposal to BPU for approval.
Extends eligibility for homestead rebates to residents making payments in lieu of taxes.
Requires BPU to discontinue Infrastructure Investment Program.
Requires BPU to respond in writing to written concerns of Division of Rate Counsel during certain proceedings.
Dedicates certain winery licensing fees for winery industry grant projects.
Establishes New Jersey Wine and Grape Institute; appropriates $500,000.
Establishes Watershed Council in DEP.
Allows shared services agreement for certain warehouse developments specify size and sharing of costs and revenues associated with warehouse development.
Creates Ethnic Produce Task Force.
Requires BPU to adjust societal benefits charge if excess funds are collected and provides that excess funds may only be spent on measures to reduce electric and natural gas usage.
Prohibits public utilities from being eligible for rate treatment or other incentive or rate mechanisms that provide additional revenue to utilities in certain circumstances.
Modifies cost thresholds for reimbursement of extraordinary special education costs; requires State to bear full cost of nonpublic school transportation for certain school districts.
Permits blind or physically disabled voters to move to front of line at polling place.
Requires appointment of State monitor to school districts that receive 70 percent or more of revenue from State aid.
Authorizes construction, installation, and operation of solar energy generating facilities, structures, and equipment on preserved farmland, in certain cases, pursuant to lease agreement executed between landowner and solar developer.
Directs DEP to develop and implement water quality, flood control, and stream restoration pilot program.
Prohibits electric public utilities from imposing reconciliation charge on customers.
Authorizes State Agriculture Development Committee to maintain and use its own list of property appraisers, or to employ dedicated pool of property appraisers, or both, to facilitate valuation of land for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires monthly health and fire safety inspections for mobile retail food establishments.
Authorizes development to enhance energy production through solar panel orientation.
Requires Departments of Agriculture and Education to cooperatively implement new "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" initiative to promote and facilitate increased procurement and use of local and regional foods for school meals program purposes.
Establishes "State Government Employee-Driven Efficiency Initiative."
Adds fusion to types of Class I renewable energies as defined for purposes of "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act."
Appropriates $100,000 to Department of Agriculture to promote "Secretary Select" wines.
Requires Commissioner of Education approval for publicly funded out-of-State travel by school district employees and board of education members of certain school districts.
Prohibits electric public utility residential rate increases during summer and gas public utility residential rate increases during winter.
Requires BPU to impose penalties during audits.
Re-locates certain energy incentive and all utility assistance programs to new Office of Energy Management; establishes common application platform for utility assistance programs.
Requires public utilities to provide Energy Star-rated product and appliance rebates at time of sale.
Creates offense of impersonating first responder; grades offense one degree higher than underlying offense.
Authorizes State Agriculture Development Committee to develop and maintain region-specific list or dedicated pool, or both, of tax and estate planners to facilitate development of installment purchase agreements for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires school district receiving 70 percent or more of revenue from State aid to post certain information concerning out-of-State travel expenditures on Internet website.
Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $100,000 from General Fund to Department of Environmental Protection for avian carcass removal and disposal.
Repeals certain energy reduction and reporting requirements for electric and natural gas usage.
Permits certain winery license holders to sell Department of Agriculture "Secretary Select" wine under certain circumstances.
Provides gross income tax deduction for costs of purchasing and installing whole house backup electrical generator or home backup battery system for resident taxpayer's principal residence.
Authorizes shared service agreements to facilitate provision of affordable housing.
Prohibits public utilities from recovering cost of legal penalties.
Requires BPU to establish best practices and to assess electric public utilities' compliance with BPU best practices during BPU's review of rate increase.
Provides for allocation of $100 million from available balances collected from societal benefits charge revenues for construction of new nuclear power plant.
Extends for five years date of certain greenhouse gas emissions and clean energy goals.
Requires BPU to publish third-party energy supplier information on its Internet website; establishes public awareness campaign on retail choice.
Prohibits BPU from authorizing rate increases for electric and gas public utilities that charge inclining block rates for residential customers.
Requires electric public utilities to develop service restoration plans for certain communities on well water or septic systems.
Requires legislative approval for energy master plan to become State policy.
Establishes Office of Energy Generation Ombudsman in Department of Treasury; requires State agencies to prioritize permit review and approval process for projects that result in increased electricity production.
Requires State to bear costs of interconnection of net-metered, residential, Class I renewable energy systems.
Establishes "New Jersey Commission to Reform the Assessment and Taxation of Residential Real Property."
Requires BPU to publish plain language summary of its final decision on rate increase filings.
Requires public utilities to send certain information concerning rate increases to customers.
Establishes Energy Facilities Siting Commission.
Provides CBT and gross income tax credits for certain energy infrastructure upgrades.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain SPRS members.
Requires legislative approval of funding for certain BPU plans, programs, and projects.
Prohibits application of State aid growth limit on certain school districts in 2025-2026 school year.
Requires victim notification concerning termination of sex offender's obligation to register and requires court to enter or continue restraining order for victim of sex offense under certain circumstances.
Establishes Power Generation Training Center to train workers in nuclear and non-nuclear power generation.
"Grid Reliability Protection Act"; prohibits State agencies from decommissioning electric generation facilities in State under certain circumstances.
Exempts individuals under 18 years of age from resident and nonresident fishing license fees.
Requires BPU to allow certain bidding practices during basic generation service auctions.
Provides property tax deduction up to $5,000 to honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability rating less than 100 percent.
Expands "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program."
Prohibits condemnation of farmland actively supporting agricultural or horticultural production for purpose other than agricultural or horticultural production.
Modifies definition of Class I renewable energy to include nuclear fission; provides CBT tax credit for production of clean baseload power.
Requires owners or operators of certain solar energy facilities to inspect facility's infrastructure for presence of remote-access devices.
Prohibits electric and gas public utilities from implementing certain customer charges.
Establishes crime of agroterrorism.
Establishes crime of selling certain counterfeit items; establishes enhanced penalties for crime if committed against senior citizen.
Provides for allocation of $300 million from available balances collected from societal benefits charge and Global Warming Solutions Fund revenues for grants for construction of small modular nuclear reactors.
Requires instruction on lightning safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Revises contiguous acre requirement for farmland assessment eligibility under certain circumstances.
Establishes farmland assessment certification for tax assessors, online portal system for farmland assessment applications, and hotline for reporting farmland assessment fraud; increases on-site inspections for farmland under 10 acres in area and rollback tax.
Authorizes County Agriculture Development Boards to establish program to receive and lease donated farmland to new farms, establishes gross income tax credit for farmers who donate land.
Requires directions on election ballots to vote for one or multiple candidates to appear in color other than black.
Revises certain requirements concerning grants to fund soil and water conservation projects on preserved farms.
"Iryna's Law"; establishes process for evaluating certain defendants in need of involuntary commitment in lieu of pretrial detention; establishes aggravating factor for offense committed in certain public places.
Establishes New Jersey Commission on College and School Safety and Security.
Prohibits ownership of real property in State by adverse foreign governments and certain associated persons.
Establishes Urban and Suburban Agriculture Commission; requires Department of Agriculture to implement soil and water testing program; establishes grant program to assist individuals in purchasing equipment for certain agricultural operations; and appropriates $1 million.
Authorizes county agriculture development boards to acquire agricultural equipment for lease to new and beginning farmers.
Establishes Justice Center for the Protection of Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities.
Establishes direct care ratio requirement for certain providers of services to adults or children with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Authorizes county agricultural development boards to contractually purchase supplies for sale to New Jersey farmers.
Authorizes creation of 25th anniversary of 9/11 license plates.
Requires BPU to pay for certain compliance costs of State energy policies.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to adopt agricultural management practice for housing resident farm employees on commercial farms, and establishes such housing as eligible for "Right to Farm" protection.
Revises "Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act" to provide enforcement and penalty provisions.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Requires Department of Veterans Affairs to verify unclaimed cremains of veterans, spouses, and dependents; requires funeral director to report to Department of Veterans Affairs possession of unclaimed veteran, spouse, and dependent cremains.**
Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers; repeals law establishing alternative certificate of eligibility.*
Establishes certain guidelines for SHBP, SEHBP, and Medicaid concerning step therapy protocols.
Requires DMVA notify certain veteran organizations and county officers and municipal registers of names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries.
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
Extends annual horse racing purse subsidies through State fiscal year 2029.
Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer.
"Illicit Opioid Supply Substances Poisoning Awareness Act"; requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of illicit opioid substances.*
Establishes Stabilized School Budget Aid Grant Program to restore certain portions of State school aid reductions; permits certain school districts to exceed tax levy growth limitation in 2024-2025 school year; appropriates $44.7 million.*
Allows commercial farmer to be awarded reasonable costs and attorney fees for defending against bad faith complaints under "Right to Farm Act".
Permits certain wineries to sell their products by the glass for consumption in licensed salesrooms.
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.*
Requires Department of Agriculture to take various actions to publicize and promote community supported agriculture in New Jersey.
Codifies and extends authorization for certain out-of-State health care practitioners and recent graduates of health care training programs to practice in New Jersey.
Requires Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.*
Allows sentencing to extended term for repeat convictions of receipt of stolen property.
Out of committee · 31
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 72 hours.
Provides for expansion of county transportation services to include disabled veterans; provides funding source for expansion.*
Establishes program in SADC for acquisition of development easements on privately-owned woodlands.*
Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.
"Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.*
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow for service contracts to be paused or canceled following service recipient's admission to long-term care facility.*
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship Program.
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and investment coins from sales and use tax.
Creates gallery space on State House grounds for display of certain art works.
Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $25,000 appropriation.*
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.
Broadens eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Makes various changes to address sexual assault and child abuse and neglect involving military personnel; addresses protection, penalties, enforcement, jurisdiction, and victim compensation matters.
Creates crime of victimization of persons with disabilities and senior citizens.
Provides gross income tax credit to active members of volunteer emergency service organizations for use of personal motor vehicle in performance of active duty.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Establishes crime of doxxing.
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish employment web portal and virtual applicant profile system.**
Creates pilot program to provide corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for value of certain fruit and vegetable donations made by commercial farm operators.*
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to provide written notice of toll violations and process for remedying violations prior to issuing administrative fee.
Upgrades, and in some circumstances provides for extended terms of imprisonment for, certain retail theft crimes, addresses gift card fraud, and authorizes new Attorney General initiatives to address organized retail theft.*
Permits restaurants and certain alcoholic beverage retailers and manufacturers to conduct business within designated outdoor space or on public sidewalk.
Authorizes creation of "250th Anniversary Revolutionary War" license plates.
Permits certain winery license holders to produce wine on behalf of another winery under certain circumstances; establishes supplemental wine production facility license.*
Revises definition of child abuse or neglect to include persons between 18 and 21 years of age in certain settings.
Establishes "Disability Mortality and Abuse Prevention Advisory Committee" in DHS; makes appropriation.
In committee · 118
Revises criteria to establish base year for homestead property tax reimbursement after relocation.
Requires State department, agency, authority, or instrumentality thereof to provide link on its website for members of public to submit complaints.
Provides gross income tax deduction for amounts paid to taxpayers for sale of certain real property interests for conservation purposes.
Allows gross income tax credit for volunteer firefighters.
Eliminates registration fee for wheelchair trailers.
Revises requirements for signage indicating accessible facilities for people with disabilities.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
Exempts parking spaces reserved for persons with a disability from meters or fees.
Prohibits adoption of any State rule or regulation mandating electric heating or water heating systems in buildings prior to issuance of DCA report.
Expands NJT Access Link paratransit service area to include certain veterans health care facilities; appropriates $1 million.
Repeals the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote."
Provides supplemental appropriation from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE to provide additional State aid to certain school districts.
Prohibits modification of mufflers and exhaust systems to produce audible sounds; increases penalties for violations.
Requires detailed disclosure of information concerning required payments in lieu of property taxes to be provided to purchaser of real property constructed pursuant to financial agreement containing long term tax exemption.
"Energy Security and Affordability Act"; requires BPU to consider energy security, diversity, and affordability when preparing Energy Master Plan and perform economic and ratepayer impact analysis of energy generation projects and Energy Master Plan.
Prohibits any foreign company created under laws of foreign adversary from participating in critical infrastructure.
Establishes Loan Redemption Program for Teachers of Agriculture in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
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.
Designates portion of State Highway Route 71 as "John Tarantino Highway."
Allows farm operators to accelerate depreciation of certain expenditures under corporation business and gross income taxes.
Increases penalties for unlawfully manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing fentanyl.
Requires electric public utility to submit proposal to BPU detailing utility's plan to harden its electric distribution substations to protect against criminal attacks.
Requires DOE to release to school district upon request data and software program algorithms used to calculate State school aid.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Protects equity accrued by property owner in tax sale foreclosure.
Permits conduct of Queen of Hearts raffle games.
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP under FY 2024 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Amends Fiscal Year 2024 annual appropriations act to require expedited payment of property tax benefit under ANCHOR Property Tax Relief Program.
"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.
Excludes veterans' benefits from calculation of financial obligation for care at psychiatric facility.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for facilities expansion.
Gradually reduces CBT rate.
Establishes crime of knowingly filing false report against law enforcement officers.
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate teacher certification of veterans.
Establishes "Electric Vehicle Battery Repurposing Fund" to support repurposing, remanufacturing, and recycling of electric vehicle batteries; dedicates amounts based on certain sales of electric vehicles.
Increases days of paid leave of absence for public employees who serve in United States Reserves.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Establishes teacher certification route for candidates with Montessori teaching credentials.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Authorizes municipalities to establish dredging control reserve fund.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize issuance of new endorsements in certain fields.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Establishes NJ State Parks and Open Space Foundation.
Allows gross income tax deduction for surviving spouses of certain veterans.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Requires copies of certain law enforcement records to be provided to victims of domestic violence upon request.
Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
Establishes "Revolutionary War Park Study Commission."
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or spouses of veterans and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Establishes sales and events privileges for certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers.
Establishes pilot program in Division of Taxation to provide income tax credits for the opening of certain homesteads to hunting activities in areas with high number of wildlife incidents.
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish matching grant program for certain school districts and schools using federal funds to increase instructional time and accelerate learning.
Provides for retained eligibility for members of NJ National Guard or reserve component called to active federal military service who met fire department maximum age requirement at closing date of civil service examination.
Creates sexual assault prevention and response program and coordinator in DMVA.
Extends time period required for public notice of certain land use applications.
Creates alternate voting members on county agriculture development boards.
Qualifies certain disabled veterans for toll rate exemptions and exemptions from motor vehicle registration fees.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Concerns false public alarms involving places of worship.
Establishes pilot program in Office of Planning Advocacy to reimburse municipalities for certain expenditures concerning warehouse development; appropriates $1 million.
Increases personal needs allowance to $100 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Establishes one-time tax credits for certain organic farmers.
Exempts cribs, child restraint systems, nursing bottles, and strollers from sales and use tax.
Revises elements of offense of agricultural trespass, expands number and type of activities constituting agricultural trespass, and expands definition of "lands" susceptible to agricultural trespass.
Provides police officers may be present at senior residential center or school being used as polling place under certain circumstances; requires school to establish election day security plan.
Makes various revisions to the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights.
Requires EDA administer small business loan program to provide loans to small businesses owned or controlled by certain veterans.
Prohibits common interest communities from penalizing members who place unit into living, revocable trust fund or classifying placement as title transfer.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention of defendant charged with aggravated assault of law enforcement officer.
Expands eligibility for pension and retirement income exclusion to taxpayers with incomes exceeding $150,000, and increases amount of exclusion that qualifying taxpayers may claim.
Makes $500,000 supplemental appropriation from General Fund to DEP for dredging and restoration of Peckman River.
Makes $500,000 supplemental from General Fund to DEP for dredging and restoration of Passaic River.
"Santiago/Ramos/Liu Police Protection Act"; requires certain law enforcement vehicles to have tinted windows.
Allows each county to create central registry and provide emergency supply kits to distribute to senior residents during emergencies.
Directs DCA to establish online database of affordable housing settlement agreements and other declaratory judgment actions.
Establishes program in New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing for support of residency programs at veterans' memorial homes in New Jersey; appropriates $500,000.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Provides gross income tax deduction for senior citizens for certain medical expenses for in-home care or care in assisted living and long-term care facilities and funeral expenses.
Requires long-term care facilities to develop person-centered care plans for residents and establishes right to certain forms of visitation for long-term care residents.
Provides limited civil liability immunity to farmers hosting agritourism activities.
Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Concerns applicability of sales tax to certain horse-boarding charges in New Jersey.
"Zero-Based Budget Act;" requires State Treasurer to develop and integrate certain zero-based budgeting practices and procedures in preparation and submission of Governor's annual budget message.
Increases daily compensation for election workers and increases additional compensation rate for election workers managing signature copy registers.
Requires green building standards and impact studies for carbon, traffic, storm water, and schools for certain affordable housing development.
Establishes certification process for non-physicians to perform laser tattoo removal.
Broadens offenses of riot and disorderly conduct; enhances penalties for public monument destruction; addresses riot victim assaults; creates crime of promotion of violent, disorderly assembly.
Allows exclusion of certain small business income from taxation under gross income tax and corporation business tax.
Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.
Mandates Division of Developmental Disabilities service providers to complete workforce survey.
Establishes 90-day State tax amnesty period ending no later than January 15, 2026; dedicates revenues collected during tax amnesty period for Stabilization Aid to school districts; appropriates up to $15 million.
Establishes fire protection requirements for short-term farm labor housing.
Requires school bus personnel members working with students with disabilities to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires school buses transporting students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features.
Permits excused absence for student enlisted or planning to enlist Armed Forces of United States or National Guard.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Makes various changes to school funding and budgeting laws; eliminates use of census-based funding for special education aid; establishes reimbursement program for school district fuel costs.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from placing time limit on coverage of anesthesia services before, during, or after medical or surgical procedures.
Requires DEP and New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to provide priority for principal forgiveness on environmental infrastructure project loans to municipalities in coastal areas.
Prohibits certain electric public utility rate increases and requires certain protections for ratepayers.
Expands available protections against fraudulent recording of quitclaim deed.
Repeals law prohibiting sale or distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags, single-use paper carryout bags, polystyrene foam food service products, and single-use plastic straws.
Regulates medication administration in certain residential facilities.
Prohibits charging service fees for NJ EZ-Pass account holders.
Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.
Sets flat gross income tax rate at 5.9 percent tax for all taxable income over $37,500 or $75,000, depending on filing status; exempts taxpayers with less income from gross income tax.
Concerns electric and gas public utility rate setting procedures and economic impact studies.
Requires county boards of election to have bipartisan representation when opening and canvassing mail-in ballots; requires secure storage of mail-in ballots; upgrades penalties for certain election-related crimes.
Requires consideration of student transportation needs in individualized education program and inclusion of certain transportation personnel on individualized education program team.
Requires board of education to award certain transportation contracts to most appropriate bidder; requires board of education to hold transportation meeting prior to awarding certain transportation contracts for students with disabilities.
Requires ELEC to establish and operate hotline for reporting of certain election law violations.
Exempts from realty transfer fee recording of deed of preserved farmland to qualified beginning farmer.
Designates portion of State Highway Route 35 in Laurence Harbor as "James Francisco and Walter Schmidt Memorial Roadway."
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent.