Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, Senate.
Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr.
Sponsored
Became law1
Permits use of telemedicine and telehealth to authorize patients for medical cannabis and to issue written instructions for dispensing medical cannabis. *
Passed the Senate1
Establishes New Jersey Statewide Suicide Prevention Coordination and Oversight Council in DHS.*
Out of committee1
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons.
In committee50
Restricts State and municipal government employee health plans to gold level and directs related savings to property tax relief.
Sets level for health benefits; requires employee contributions; prohibits reimbursement of Medicare Part B; adds member to SHBP/SEHBP plan design committees; requires retirees to purchase health benefits through exchanges; provides subsides for out-of-po
Creates Public Employee Pension and Health Care Benefits Reform Task Force.
Makes certain changes to police and fire interest arbitration procedures.
Revises law governing assessment of real property.
Permits counties to establish county-municipal courts with limited, countywide jurisdiction.
Requires posted speed limit on certain limited access highways be based on speed at which 85 percent of vehicles are traveling; designated as Speed Limit Sanity Act.
Increases term of municipal court judge to five years.
Requires signs to be posted in emergency rooms regarding Victims of Crime Compensation Office.
Provides for development of searchable "Municipal Penalty Database."
Prohibits bill certified for fiscal note or estimate from being released from committee without fiscal note or estimate.
Regulates employers operating massage and bodywork therapy establishments.
Establishes certain animal abuse offenses committed in manner manifesting extreme indifference to value of animal's life as crime of second degree; designated as "River's Law."
Allows certain qualifying projects to sell alcoholic beverages.
Provides that persons entering into civil settlement agreement with State entity must make full restitution; elected officials and employees with fiduciary or contracting responsibilities entering into such agreement will forfeit public office or employme
Revises requirements for operation of mobile intensive care programs and paramedic licensure.
Criminalizes impounding cat or dog in shelter, pound, or kennel without consent of other party.
Increases penalties for purposely desecrating any public monument, insignia, symbol, or structure, or place of worship or burial.
Requires NJT to equip trains with defibrillators.
"Madalyn's Law"; requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate instruction on toxic shock syndrome and requires installation of signage in certain women's rooms to enhance public awareness of toxic shock syndrome.
Establishes Office of the Advocate for Private Commuter Bus Service Customers and bill of rights for customers of private carriers operating motorbus regular route services.
Revises Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid program; requires all energy taxes to be paid directly to municipalities.
Permits taxpayers to deduct the total amount of State property taxes paid on principal residence from gross income tax obligation.
Provides act of domestic violence or child endangerment committed during state of emergency may be classified one degree higher than underlying offense.
Allows certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers to ship and deliver products directly to consumers during state of emergency.
Authorizes use of telemedicine and telehealth in connection with medicinal cannabis program for duration of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency.
Permits local governments to issue notes with extended terms during public health emergencies.
Concerns payment of property taxes collected by municipalities to counties and school districts.
Appropriates $100 million to EDA from federal funds for small business assistance.
Permits municipalities and counties to require requestor of government record to obtain records from agency website.
Establishes general immunity for various private and public entities, and their officers, employees, and agents, against actions relating to COVID-19 pandemic or related viral strain in subsequent years; creates damage threshold for bringing lawsuits.
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Requires in-person early voting for 2020 election; raises pay for election workers for 2020 general election; requires county boards to consider appointing certain residents as election workers.
Requires option to vote in person using electronic voting machine at polling place for November 2020 general election if voter turns in unopened and unfilled mail-in ballot.
Requires ABC to waive certain alcoholic beverage license renewal fees in response to COVID-19 pandemic; allows municipalities to waive renewal fees.
Allows alcoholic beverage retailers and craft distilleries to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages and mixed drinks for consumption off the licensed premises; allows limited brewery licensees to deliver beer to consumer's residence.
Requires MVC to waive convenience fee charged for online transactions during COVID-19 public health emergency and state of emergency.
Appropriates $300 million to EDA for small business and not-for-profit organization assistance.
Expands authority of pharmacists to administer vaccines during outbreaks of communicable diseases.
Extends period during which new satellite medical cannabis dispensaries may be approved.
Authorizes certain paramedics with expired certifications to be temporarily reactivated during communicable disease outbreaks.
Permits certified medical assistants to administer vaccines under certain circumstances.
Permits paramedics to administer vaccines during outbreaks of communicable diseases.
Removes criminal liability for law enforcement officers who have investigative encounter with underage person for possession of alcohol or cannabis unless civil rights are violated.
Requires Governor to transmit budget sustainability statement along with annual budget message.
Concerns repayment of UI benefit overpayments.
Extends eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans.
Designates "Suicide Awareness & Remembrance flag" as official State flag.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to check E-ZPass database before issuing E-ZPass violation.
Expands use of funds in "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account" collected from mobile telecommunications service customers to pay costs associated with operation of certain county or municipal emergency services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 44
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.**
Establishes certain rights for students with military obligations attending public institutions of higher education and permits late registration for students with military obligations.*
Authorizes operators of motor vehicles to display electronic proof of registration; requires MVC to send applicaion for registration renewal to lessee of leased vehicle.*
Requires DOH to develop and implement plan to improve access to perinatal mood and anxiety disorder screening.
Requires property condition disclosure statement to indicate presence of lead plumbing in residential property.
Clarifies association assessment payment requirements in planned real estate developments.*
Requires certain standards for professional and occupational boards considering applicants with criminal history records.
Extends veterans' property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
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.
Establishes trunk fighting as animal cruelty offense and crime of the third degree.
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.*
"Electronic Construction Procurement Act."
Creates special education unit within the Office of Administrative Law; requires annual report.
Requires SEHBP and eligible employers that do not participate in the SEHBP to provide certain plans for public education employees and certain public education retirees.
Provides civil and criminal immunity to certain health care professionals and health care facilities during public health emergency and state of emergency; facilitates issuance of certain temporary licenses and certifications during public health emergenc
Permits nonprofit corporations to allow members to participate in meetings by means of remote communication, and permits nonprofit corporations to hold meetings in part or solely by means of remote communication during state of emergency.
Requires Medicaid and health insurance coverage for certain refills of prescription drugs during state of emergency.
Excludes from severance requirements under "Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act" mass layoffs resulting from coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Delays mandatory retirement in SPRS when it would occur during period of state of emergency; extends eligibility for appointment as member of State Police and enrollment in SPRS for 160th Class of NJ State Police.*
Requires health care facilities to report certain coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) data related to health care workers and certain first responders.
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.**
Extends duration of certain laws pertaining to use of telemedicine and telehealth in relation to COVID-19 pandemic.
Increases strangulation assault to crime of second degree.
Revises requirements for health insurance providers and Medicaid to cover services provided using telemedicine and telehealth; appropriates $5 million.*
Concerns assessment of real property in counties operating under "Real Property Assessment Demonstration Program."
Revises requirements for long-term care facilities to establish outbreak response plans.*
Requires DMVA assist service members discharged solely due to LGBTQ status with petitions to change discharge designation.
Requires DOH to develop Statewide plan for infection control and prevention infrastructure improvements in nursing homes.
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.
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.
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.*
Establishes immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments.
Permits teacher and professional staff member who provides special services retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.**
Concerns liability of certain non-profit and governmental employers for unemployment benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency. *
Requires continuation of live horse racing for standardbred racetracks holding sports wagering license.
Revises elective pass-through entity business alternative income tax. *
Increases thresholds for environmental assessment requirements for certain transportation projects under Executive Order No. 215 of 1989.
"Motorbus and Passenger Rail Service Employee Violence Prevention Act."
Establishes Direct Support Professional Career Development Program; appropriates $1,000,000. **
Requires EDA to establish loan program to assist certain businesses with funding to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities.
Establishes county college-based adult centers for transition for individuals with developmental disabilities; makes annual appropriation of $4.5 million.
Vetoed · 8
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
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.**
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.
Requires assignment of unemployment claims handlers to legislative districts during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency; appropriates $1.8 million.
Clarifies that member of SPRS may receive accidental disability benefit under certain circumstances.
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.
Passed the Senate · 40
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.
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Creates New Jersey Innocence Study and Review Commission.
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. ***
"Chloe's Pet Access Law"; permits dogs in outdoor seating areas of restaurants under certain circumstances; codifies current requirements concerning live animals in food establishments.
Requires MVC to provide notation on driver's license or identification card, upon request, of persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder or other communication disorder. *
Requires Local Finance Board to make certain findings prior to dissolution of municipal water authority.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Establishes "New Jersey Higher Education Funding Formula Commission."
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
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research.
Permits governing body of municipalities having population of 30,000 or less to serve as local board of health; validates certain actions.
Raises maximum eligibility age for exempt fireman certificates and membership in New Jersey State Firemen's Association.
Requires MVC to place notation on vehicle's registration certificate indicating registrant is deaf.
Clarifies extension of driver's license, identification card, and motor vehicle registration expiration dates for certain military personnel.
Allows CBT and GIT tax credits to certain taxpayers that retain employees during COVID-19 pandemic.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations during COVID-19 pandemic.
Authorizes certain forms of testing for cornavirus disease 2019.
Permits State and local government employees in civil service to be transferred in certain circumstances.
Establishes "Local and County Health Department Infectious Disease Preparedness Study Commission."
Permits certain entertainment and retail activity during current public health emergency and state of emergency.
Makes information related to public health emergency accessible with certain limited exceptions.
Authorizes private persons to display American flag on bridges and overpasses that travel over property of NJTA and SJTA; prohibits NJTA and SJTA from removing American flag under certain circumstances.*
Consolidates certain affordable housing and assistance applications.
Requires State Treasurer to issue report concerning New York's taxation of New Jersey residents' income.
Requires issuance of temporary emergency medical services certifications under certain circumstances.
Allows tax credits for nonresidential and multifamily building improvement expenses to reduce spread of COVID-19.**
Authorizes purchaser of automobile by private sale to operate automobile for three-day period following purchase without permanent registration or transfer of title.
Establishes School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force.
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Expands definition of landlords required to provide receipt for rent cash payment made by tenant.
Revises law prohibiting cruel tethering and confinement of dogs; establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.
Exempts honorably discharged veterans from payment of passenger motor vehicle registration fee; requires notification of eligible motorists.
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.
Prohibits State from mandating electric heating or water heating systems.
Allows taxpayers with fewer than 50 employees to accelerate depreciation of capital expenditures incurred to comply with COVID-19 executive orders.
Out of committee · 69
Clarifies and expands landlord registration procedures; creates certain rights for tenants; makes certain changes concerning tenant notifications and inspections in multiple dwellings; permits percentage of affordable housing obligation to be satisfied by
Prohibits State from disclosing New Jersey driver's license holders' personal information to other states seeking to issue speed camera or red light camera citations.
Revises criteria to establish base year for homestead property tax reimbursement after relocation.
Requires limited liability company to disclose ownership information when submitting deed for recording.
Permits person diagnosed with autism or communication disability to voluntarily make notation on driver's license, identification card, and in MVC registry; establishes program to train law enforcement officers in interactions with persons with autism or
Permits corporations to use blockchain technology for certain recordkeeping requirements.
Permits municipalities to refund excess property taxes paid by taxpayer who wins assessment appeal as property tax credit.
Permits conversion of fines for violation of certain municipal ordinances into tax liens.
Requires DCA to approve credentialing entity to develop and administer voluntary recovery residence certification program.*
Establishes standard medical expense deduction under SNAP for certain senior citizens.
Concerns municipal property registration ordinances to address risk of blight. *
Allows gross income tax deduction for amounts paid for removal of lead, asbestos, sodium, chloride, and other contaminants from taxpayer's property.**
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and personnel files of law enforcement officers to other agencies under certain circumstances.
Criminalizes fraudulently pretending to be transportation network company driver.
Establishes New Jersey Revenue Advisory Board; modifies executive State budget presentation; updates State revenue and expenditure reporting and disclosure requirements; and requires annual State financial stress testing. *
Designates 9-1-1 operators or dispatchers as 9-1-1 first responder dispatchers.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability. *
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.*
Establishes "Electronic Permit Processing Review System."
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Establishes New Jersey Transportation Consolidation Task Force.
Establishes "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program."
Provides county clerks with additional week to mail ballots for 2020 primary election; requires ballot position draw to occur one day early if statutory date falls on holiday.*
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to advertise and promote tours of breweries in the State.
Extends certain permits, approvals, and deadlines during COVID-19 emergency.*
Concerns benefits provided to workers.*
Establishes NJ Hospitality Emergency Loan Program in EDA to provide no-interest loans to qualified small hospitality businesses; makes $100 million appropriation to EDA from federal funds for qualified small business assistance.**
Concerns delivery and sale of alcoholic beverages during declared state of emergency; requires ABC director to notify licensees of certain tax exemptions during emergency.*
Extends eligibility for accidental disability and accidental death benefits to certain PFRS, SPRS, and PERS members who contract COVID-19 and test positive for SARS-CoV-2.*
Establishes toll free helpline for first responders and health care workers experiencing mental health issues related to COVID-19 pandemic.*
Enters New Jersey into Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for adult medical day care services.
Authorizes MVC to use stored driver's license or identification card photo for longer than eight years; limits certain appointment times at MVC locations to senior citizens and persons with certain medical conditions during COVID-19 pandemic.**
Establishes NJMVC Virtual Check-In Pilot Program.
Authorizes individuals who have passed road test to use driving permit to operate motor vehicle during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Establishes minimum wage requirements for certain long-term care facility staff; establishes direct care ratio requirements for nursing homes; requires nursing home care rate study.**
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Planning Commission" in DHS.
Requires Police Training Commission to contract with crisis intervention training center to provide mental health training to police officers and establish curriculum specific to persons experiencing economic crisis or substance use disorder.
"Defense Against Porch Pirates Act"; amends theft statute.
Expands offenses eligible for expungement upon successful discharge from drug court.
Establishes assistance program to assist landlord of one- and two-family dwellings during COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $50 million.
Requires DOH to publish total number of COVID-19 deaths and cases in long-term care facilities.**
Authorizes fixed odds wagering on horse races through fixed odds wagering system.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide students with access to mental health care programs and services and to establish a hotline to provide information concerning the availability of those services.
Expands opportunities for restaurants, bars, distilleries and breweries to provide outdoor dining and permits certain farms to adjust operations in response to COVID-19 public health emergency.*
Permits school nurse who is retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF. *
Establishes criminal offenses and civil penalties concerning inhumane confinement of breeding pigs and calves raised for veal.
Provides for certification of temporary nurse aides.
Establishes requirements to screen certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for preeclampsia. *
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.
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and mandates funding of additional agencies in certain counties.
Requires administrator and assistant administrator at State veterans' memorial home have prior work experience in clinical setting.
Requires DMVA veterans' memorial homes to hold quarterly town hall meetings with veterans' guardians.
Requires position of resident advocate at each State veterans' memorial home.
Requires Director of Division of Veterans' Healthcare Services in DMVA to have prior clinical and long-term care experience.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA send weekly reports to Commissioner of DOH on status of veterans' homes in State during every future public health emergency; requires such reports through December 31, 2021. *
Temporarily expands summer working hours for certain minors.
Authorizes municipalities to establish dredging control reserve fund.
Appropriates $500,000 for USS New Jersey Commissioning Committee to support commissioning of boat and assigned personnel.
Removes requirement for Legislature, DOE, free public libraries, and historical societies to purchase "Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey."
Requires provider of electronic communication service to preserve information reported to law enforcement related to endangerment of children for 180 days.
Permits nonprofit corporations to allow members to participate in meetings by means of remote communication.
Permits employment of police officers without examination prior to taking training course and provides for veterans hiring preference in certain cases.
Concerns appointment of certain superintendents of weights and measures.
Codifies right of real estate broker-salespersons and salespersons to define relationship with broker as one between broker and independent contractor or employee and enforces current and previous written agreements addressing relationship.
In committee · 61
Requires declaration of Code Blue alert when National Weather Service predicts temperatures of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or lower.
Increases criminal penalties if leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor results in injury or death.
"Consumer Freedom From Unwanted Expense in Health Insurance Coverage Act."
Requires 100 percent of State aid for certain special education students be calculated as categorical aid.
Eliminates requirement for State residency for public officers and employees with limited historic exceptions.
Expands categories of individuals who may bring a claim under wrongful imprisonment statute.
Requires Petroleum Products Gross Receipts Tax rate reduction if certain Legislative action is taken that includes increases in other State tax rates and revenue; dedicates revenues from certain sales and use tax increases to "Transportation Trust Fund Ac
Sets forth certain standards to be followed by law enforcement agencies and fire departments when utilizing drones.
Establishes procedures for individuals arrested for drug intoxication offenses to be transported to substance abuse treatment, and for municipal court to commit such individuals to treatment in lieu of prosecution.
Concerns participation in special probation drug court.
"Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Requires public water systems to compile, and submit to DEP, lead service line inventories.
Permits pharmacists to dispense certain drugs in emergency without prescription.
Concerns reimbursements to Superstorm Sandy-impacted homeowners subjected to contractor fraud.
Establishes criteria for distribution of Fiscal Year 2020 funding to Community Food Bank of New Jersey and partner organizations.
Eliminates NJ Schools Development Authority and transfers its school construction responsibilities to EDA.
Establishes cash balance plans in PERS and TPAF for new public employees and employees with less than five years of service; makes various changes to PERS and TPAF retirement eligibility.
Terminates SEHBP; terminates SHBP Plan Design Committee; transfers coverage from SEHBP to SHBP; requires certain plans with no employee or retiree contributions; imposes limit on health care benefits for public employees.
Increases penalties for unlawfully manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing fentanyl.
Requires Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission to study financial impact of all enacted mandated health benefits.
Changes law regulating size limits of lobsters.
Updates definition of veteran to include discharged LGBTQ veteran; requires DMVA develop review process for such veterans.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
Upgrades theft to a crime of the first degree if amount involved is $500,000 or more.
Establishes second degree crime of making credible threat to infect another with COVID-19 or similar infectious disease that triggered public emergency.
Establishes certain regulations regarding vapor products.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
Establishes immunity for businesses against damage claims for COVID-19 exposure; excludes reckless or intentional conduct.
Establishes general immunity for entities, including non-profits and governments, and institutions of higher education, and their officers, employees, and agents, against actions relating to Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic or related viral strain in sub
Extends deadline for completion and filing of annual audit of school district 2019-2020 school year.
"Sally's Law"; establishes testing and visitation requirements and employment restrictions for long-term care facilities in response to outbreaks of infectious disease.
Concerns certain economic activity.
Allows craft distilleries to sell mixed drinks and mixed drink ingredients for consumption off the licensed premises; authorizes direct shipping by craft distilleries.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit program to allow taxpayers without qualifying child who are 65 years of age or older to be eligible.
Authorizes voluntary donation of expired food or food waste to farmers; authorizes donations if farmer waives liability.
Exempts personal protective equipment from sales and use tax.
Exempts protective face coverings from sales and use tax.
Renames Office of Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities, creates position of deputy ombudsman, and expands duties of office to apply to all persons with disabilities and their families.
Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
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 that if minor under age 18 unlawfully buys or possesses alcoholic beverages or cannabis and receives written warning from law enforcement, the minor's parent or guardian would be notified in writing.
Provides that certain school districts will receive State school aid in amounts equal to aid provided in 2020-2021 school year.
Amends provisions concerning federal emergency and economic stimulus funds in State appropriations act ending June 30, 2021.
Requires MVC to take measures to prevent agency closures during public health emergency; requires MVC to provide alternatives if closure is unpreventable.
Prohibits requiring individuals who have received COVID-19 vaccine to wear masks indoors.
Allocates $2.5 billion to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Prohibits mandatory mask use at youth camps.
Prohibits requiring students to wear face masks in schools and on school buses.
Provides that in municipal courts participating in regional municipal court pilot program, conditional discharge would be expanded to encompass certain additional offenses and second offenders.
Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
"Virtual Currency and Blockchain Regulation Act."
Permits a marriage or civil union license to be issued and solemnized via audio-visual technology.
Expands crime of human trafficking to include individuals who benefit financially.
Permits victims and witnesses of human trafficking to testify in criminal proceedings via closed circuit television; permits judge to make motion to seek closed circuit testimony.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 million for the Knowledge Empowers Youth and Sobriety Academy, Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District.
Requires transportation network company drivers to participate in educational training course on dangers, harms, and warning signs of human trafficking.
Requires municipality to return to taxpayer property taxes paid in error due to assessor's or owner's mistake.
Establishes child care costs reimbursement grant program in DCF for parents or guardians whose children are subject to quarantine as a result of COVID-19; appropriates $500,000.
Prohibits court from awarding custody of or limiting visitation with child based solely on parent's disability; provides that disability of parent is relevant only to extent that court finds disability is detrimental to best interest of child.
Prohibits NJTA from implementing automatic toll increases and increasing tolls for three years; reduces NJTA tolls.
Filed · 16
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriations of $15 million for grants to food banks.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 and for telemedicine and telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency.
Authorizes all licensed health care facilities and laboratories to collect specimens to test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); allows waiver of staffing ratio requirements.
Requires food access information be displayed on websites of 2-1-1 system and executive branch departments during public health emergencies to the extent practicable.
Establishes certain requirements to use telemedicine and telehealth to respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Permits use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement under certain circumstances.
Allows public bodies to conduct meetings, and provide notice, by electronic means during periods of emergency.
Permits extension of deadlines for adoption of county and municipal budgets under certain circumstances.
Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to expedite licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Authorizes notaries public to perform certain notarial acts remotely.
Automatically extends time to file gross income tax or corporation business tax return if federal government extends filing or payment due date for federal returns.
Modifies deadline by which public agency is required to respond to request for government record during period of emergency.
Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to reactivate licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
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.
Requires law enforcement to provide written notification to parent or guardian of person under age 18 who commits first offense of unlawfully possessing or consuming alcoholic beverage, cannabis, marijuana or hashish.