Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Victoria A. Flynn
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Requires employers whose employees are subject to contracts that are amendable and do not expire to provide earned sick leave.
In committee32
"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.
Requires orders of restitution to child of parent or guardian killed by drunk driver.
Removes requirement that all boards of education be members of NJSBA.
Prohibits public question on adoption of optional plan of municipal government at special election.
Creates offense of tracking for unlawful purpose; imposes enhanced penalties.
Establishes mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for second offense involving use of juvenile in automobile theft.
Increases penalties for assault and harassment against sports officials and participants under certain circumstances.
Modifies minimum requirements for school district policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation or bullying.
Increases penalty for motor vehicle theft if, during course of theft, vehicle is operated in manner creating risk of injury or property damage.
Establishes "COVID-19 Learning Loss Study Commission."
Extends application period of temporary substitute teacher credential pathway.
Requires Secretary of State and Chief Administration of MVC to conduct audit of certain voter registrations and annual audits thereafter; requires proof of citizenship for voter registration at MVC.
Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students to receive COVID-19 vaccination.
Establishes commission to study mental health impact of COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 students.
Provides gross income tax credit for donations to eligible schools to assist in funding of student meals, medical supplies, and playground equipment.
Subjects unclaimed property to judgment debtor search; prioritizes unpaid child support judgment.
Exempts from "Sales and Use Tax Act" certain retail sales of computers and school supplies; allows $500 gross income tax deduction to teachers purchasing school supplies for classroom use.
Adds postpartum depression services to State's behavioral health crisis services system.
Establishes annual four-day sales tax holiday after Thanksgiving.
Prohibits school districts and public institutions of higher education from adopting policies that bar military members or veterans from addressing students.
Requires crisis hotline centers to employ individuals with prior experience working with military veterans.
Increases penalties for motor vehicle theft; authorizes home detention for minors.
Increases penalties for certain motor vehicle theft and carjacking offenses; establishes presumption of pretrial detention in enumerated circumstances.
Increases penalty and establishes presumption of pretrial detention for persons who commit carjacking and theft by deception in certain circumstances.
Lowers age at which certain insurers are required to provide coverage for mammograms.
"Pandemic Education Relief Act"; provides additional State school aid for certain school districts that have previously experienced reductions and establishes allowable uses of aid.
Provides for reduced sales tax imposition for retail sales by certain small businesses.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with theft of motor vehicle be detained prior to trial.
Increases per diem allowance of recalled judge.
Increases membership and provides for certain meeting requirements of Council on Local Mandates.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to identify methods to prevent human trafficking through online gaming platforms.
Establishes Domestic Violence Shelter Pet Grant Program to provide funds to house pets in shelters with their owners.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Establishes crime of "sexual extortion": using explicit sexual images to extort victims.
Permits court to effectuate equitable distribution when complaint for divorce or dissolution of civil union has been filed and either party has died prior to final judgment; provides that surviving party would not receive intestate or elective share.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Establishes New Jersey Ireland Trade Commission in Department of State.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2023.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2023.
Allows persons who give birth to children in licensed general hospitals to surrender those children under "Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for certain motor vehicle theft offenses if prior arrest or conviction occurred within prior 90-day-period.*
Appropriates $87,783,515 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Passed the General Assembly · 6
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.*
Allows shore municipalities to provide spouse and dependent children of veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Upgrades certain types of assault against sports officials to aggravated assault.*
Authorizes home detention for juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain motor vehicle offenses.
Establishes New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force; clarifies collection of student growth data.*
Out of committee · 14
Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; outlines role and duties of school counselor; requires professional development for school counselors; establishes position of School Counselor Liaison in DOE.
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
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.
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Establishes that "100 percent Disabled Veterans" are not required to submit to MVC certain documentation to renew parking privileges.
Establishes requirements concerning provision of postpartum care, pregnancy loss, and stillbirth information and development of personalized postpartum care plans.*
Increases penalties for carjacking and for theft of motor vehicle.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of military.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Establishes sales and events privileges for certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers.*
Updates certain insurance company investment provisions in accordance with Investments of Insurers Model Act.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY 2024.
Requires board of education to directly employ certain professionals; permits board of education to contract for certain personnel; permits use of virtual or remote instruction for public school students in certain circumstances.
In committee · 103
Requires COAH to administer affordable housing obligations of municipalities based on statewide obligation.
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevelopment housing projects ordered by COAH unless order is based on exclusionary zoning; excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.
Requires COAH to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide basis.
Establishes additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for these obligations.
Prohibits affordable housing obligation exemptions for urban aid municipalities.
Prohibits imposition of builder's remedy in exclusionary zoning litigation.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Makes permanent certain immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments.
Revises Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid program; requires all energy taxes to be paid directly to municipalities.
Restricts establishment of mandates to become vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); establishes reimbursement program to cover certain out-of-pocket costs incurred in obtaining COVID-19 vaccine.
Requires Secretary of State to establish voter list maintenance and crosscheck program and to include certain voter registration data in annual report to Governor and Legislature.
Prohibits discrimination against individuals who have not received COVID-19 vaccine.
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 DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Increases percent of public employees' charitable contributions that may be spent on administrative costs.
Establishes mandatory penalties for committing burglary and theft during a state of emergency.
The "Liberty State Park Protection Act"; establishes Liberty State Park Advisory Committee and requirements concerning DEP actions related to Liberty State Park.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Requires transportation network company to provide live customer service representative and certain notification to riders.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Grants parents, guardians, and authorized representatives online access to medical and personal history of residents of certain residential care facilities.
Prohibits discrimination against corrections workers, first responders, and health care workers who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine or booster.
"Motorist Fueling Choice and Convenience Act."
Converts senior freeze reimbursement program into credit program.
Establishes rebuttable presumption against granting child custody under certain circumstances; expands best interests factors; adds coercive control to domestic violence definition.
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.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Permits police officers to be assigned to polling places located at public schools.
Requires Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities to align rates for self-directed employees with maximum service provider rates.
Appropriates $2.5 million to NJ Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for purpose of expanding memorial and museum.
Establishes position of Statewide Opioid Antidote Coordinator.
"Improved Suicide Prevention, Response, and Treatment Act."
Authorizes holder of limited brewery license to engage in certain activities.
Requires school districts to include information on events of September 11, 2001 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies; requires public schools to hold annual events commemorating September 11, 2001.
Retains organ donor designation upon renewal and issuance of certain documents.
Requires long-term care facilities to stock and provide COVID-19 antiviral treatments to residents.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Requires DEP and owners of certain reservoirs to implement certain flood control measures; authorizes Office of Emergency Management to order lowering of reservoirs levels in response to severe weather events.
Clarifies the newspaper media delivery person and news media stringer are independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.
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.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Children.
Requires public high school students to receive financial literacy instruction on higher education costs, student financial assistance, and cryptocurrencies.
Exempts from "Sales and Use Tax Act" certain retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreation equipment.
Directs that cannabis product be stored or kept in locked container; establishes civil penalty for violation.
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.
Permits police officers to be assigned to school if school is being used as polling place during conduct of election.
Requires emergency medical technicians and firefighters to receive training concerning electric vehicle fires.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Provides for full funding of extraordinary special education State aid.
Requires certain places of public assembly to have automated external defibrillator on-site.
Permits certain winery licensees to engage in direct shipping.
Allows gross income tax deduction of up to $1,200 for purchases of school supplies by parents and guardians.
Establishes process for submittal and publication of proposed revisions to Governor's budget recommendations and requires publication of proposals by June 1 annually.
Exempts certain veterans from gross income tax.
Allows tax credits for employing members of NJ National Guard and members of reserve component of US Armed Forces.
Requires certain funds from Main Street Recovery Fund to be used for grants for veteran-owned small businesses.
Establishes Veterans Suicide Prevention Commission.
Establishes threats of violence against prosecutors, law enforcement officers and their family members as a second degree crime, subject to the No Early Release Act sentencing.
Establishes loan program for first-time homebuyers who move to areas with most abandoned properties; appropriates $5 million.
Requires DOE to collect and publish data on use of restraints and seclusion on students with disabilities.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing released nonviolent offenders.
Broadens riot and disorderly conduct; enhances penalties for public monument destruction; addresses riot victim assaults; creates crime of promotion of violent, disorderly assembly.
Permits limited breweries to host an unlimited number of certain events.
Increases penalties for repeat convictions of certain motor vehicle related crimes; increases penalties for leader of auto theft trafficking network in certain circumstances.
Authorizes Surrogate of every county to establish electronic systems to accept electronic signatures on qualifying documents in probate matters.
Establishes task force to study technology and other methods used to reduce or eliminate telemarketing harassment and intimidation.
Requires suicide prevention training for mental health practitioners.
Deactivates certain committees, councils, panels, and task forces of advisory or temporary nature if entity does not meet or have quorum at least once every year.
Makes desecration of military monument crime of the third degree.
Authorizes Commissioner of Transportation to allow painting of blue line between double yellow centerline marking on public roads.
Grants immunity from civil liability to persons reporting information concerning crimes related to terrorism.
Allows limited brewery license holder to engage in certain activities; establishes farm brewery and winery-brewery beverage license.
Adds county and municipal representation to State Health Benefits Commission.
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."
Eliminates weekly COVID-19 testing requirement for unvaccinated State employees.
Eliminates requirement for public school employees to maintain State residency.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Prohibits misrepresentation of federal tuition benefits to service members and veterans and establishes public awareness campaign on certain higher education benefits available to service members and veterans.
Requires parental notification when seclusion technique is utilized on student with disabilities; requires DOE to collect data on students with disabilities regarding exclusion from school pending psychiatric clearance and utilization of restraints and seclusion.
Extends requirements on use of restraint and seclusion to all students; requires immediate parental notification; requires DOE to collect and report data regarding use of restraint and seclusion on students.
Concerns annual reporting requirements of SHBP and SEHBP commissions.
Establishes exemption from liability for breaking into motor vehicle to rescue animal under certain circumstances.
Allow problem gamblers to request placement on Division of Gaming Enforcement's list for self-excluded persons through division's website, by mail, or in-person.
Provides gross income tax deduction for costs of purchasing and installing whole house backup electrical generator for resident taxpayer's principal residence.
Streamlines certification standards for emergency medical technicians.
Requires any increase in local government costs for employee health care and prescription benefits coverage be offset by equivalent increase in municipal energy tax receipts property tax relief aid.
Requires DCF to administer school-based youth services program as currently established.
Requires allocation of Universal Service Fund to support emergency medical technician and firefighter training concerning electric vehicle fires.
Establishes temporary five-year teacher certification for veterans in certain circumstances.
Temporarily lowers corporation business tax rate for five years and repeals corporation business surtax.
Requires Commissioner of Education to attend State Board of Education meetings.
Requires State Board of Education to permit candidates awaiting teacher certification to submit affidavit to hiring school district affirming certificate requirements have been met.
Prohibits automatic registration with New Jersey Immunization Information System.
Requires initial text message with detail on place of employment be sent to homeowners by licensee of New Jersey Real Estate Commission prior to licensee soliciting owners regarding sale of home.
Requires parents and guardians be provided access medical records of minor patients.
"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.
Establishes "New Jersey Pandemic Bill of Rights for the Welfare of Individuals."
Enacts "Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact."
Classifies xylazine as Schedule III controlled dangerous substance under certain circumstances.
Directs DEP to establish sonar testing permit program.
Makes local government business administrators eligible for membership in PERS; provides for transfer from Defined Contribution Retirement Program to PERS.