Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, Senate.
Linda R. Greenstein
Sponsored
Became law4
Requires high school driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include aggressive driving information.
Prohibits posting, publishing on the Internet, or disclosing certain information regarding law enforcement officers.*
Regulates pharmacy benefits managers and requires certain disclosures concerning multiple source generic drug pricing.
Prohibits retrofitting diesel-powered vehicles to increase particulate emissions for the purpose of "coal rolling"; prohibits the practice of "coal rolling".
Vetoed1
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Out of committee20
Encourages development of electric vehicle charging stations in transportation projects.
Requires training program for school bus drivers and school bus aides on interacting with students with special needs, and requires development and use of student information cards.*
Enhances the reporting and disclosure requirements concerning State tax expenditures and limits the duration of new State tax expenditure enactments.
Requires Division of Rate Counsel to evaluate NJT fare increases and determine whether increases are necessary and fair to NJT customers.
Requires contractors to provide Department of the Treasury with employment information about contracts with public bodies.
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.
Directs installation of electric vehicle charging stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Study Commission."
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
Requires State to include distributed energy resource in certain new State buildings and consider retrofitting certain existing State buildings with distributed energy resource.*
Eliminates DOT approval of municipal traffic calming measures in business districts.
Requires police departments of certain educational institutions to adopt Attorney General Guidelines on internal affairs policies and procedures.
Prohibits termination of law enforcement officer based upon determination that officer is physically unable to perform duty under certain circumstances.
Allows certain on-site generation facilities to deliver electricity without utilizing electric public utility infrastructure.
Establishes microgrid pilot program.
Permits correctional facilities to utilize body imaging scanning equipment.
Increases required public notice from 30 days to 60 days for settlements entered into by DEP pursuant to Spill Compensation and Control Act.
Expands scope of law governing registration of security guards; designated as "Detective Melvin Vincent Santiago's Law." *
Requires maximum contaminant level to be established for 1,2,3-trichloropropane in drinking water.
Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.
In committee105
Provides corporation business tax credit and allows gross income tax deduction for purchase of electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
Permits municipalities to use up to 15% of affordable housing trust fund monies to provide financial assistance grants to owners of property that sustained certain weather-related damage.
Establishes "Back to Work NJ Program"; makes an appropriation.
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
Permits a board of education to adopt a salary policy of up to five years.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain amino acid-based elemental formulas.
Transportation for Hazardous Walking Routes Act; requires school districts to provide busing for students required to walk to school along hazardous routes and prohibits school bus stops within 250 feet of residence of sex offender.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Limits contributions to legal defense fund of candidate for or holder of elective public office; requires reporting thereof to ELEC.
Requires suspension of pay of local elected officials during period between indictment and conviction for certain offenses involving moral turpitude.
Provides that solar and photovoltaic energy facilities and structures on farmland are not an inherently beneficial use, per se, for purposes of zoning approvals.
Eliminates State aid growth limit for school districts in which individuals age 65 and over comprise more than 33.3 percent of the population.
Prohibits certain energy suppliers from making false and misleading claims to potential customers; prohibits suppliers' calls to customers where no business relationship exists.
Requiring electric public utilities and municipal and county shade tree commissions to meet annually concerning vegetation management; requires commissions to implement vegetation management plans.
Revises certain provisions of Megan's Law and imposes monthly penalty on sex offenders to fund their monitoring and supervision by the parole board.
Regulates certain practices of pharmacy benefits management companies.
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with non-copper-based landline or wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature.
Revises sales and use tax treatment of garbage removal services.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Designates Pine Barrens treefrog as New Jersey State Amphibian.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.
Requires informational posters about safe placement alternatives for newborn infants be posted in public restrooms used by females.
Makes homeowners' association in which developer's control of executive board has not been surrendered a public body under "Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act."
Eliminates exception to public advertising and bidding requirements for certain public contracts involving insurance coverage and consulting services.
Requires certain common areas and facilities of assisted living facilities to be generator ready; provides related tax relief.
Prohibits sale of food and beverage packaging and containers made with bisphenol A.
Prohibits sale of mercury batteries and consumer products that use mercury batteries; prohibits disposal of used mercury batteries as solid waste.
Establishes a gross income tax credit for attendance at New Jersey county colleges.
Establishes public-private pilot program for level 3 electric vehicle charging stations.
Establishes N.J. Historical Commission program for preservation and promotion of graves of significant individuals of the American Revolutionary period; appropriates $200,000.
Expands programs in BPU to include low-interest loans and grants to municipalities for energy efficient programs and innovative energy technologies.
Establishes public-private alternative fueling station pilot program and requires DOT to conduct study.
Concerns repayment of unemployment compensation overpayments.
Requires written security plan when school is polling place and open to students; provides that schools may be used as polling places only under certain circumstances; makes an appropriation.
Requires school bus safety instruction in all school districts which provide pupil transportation.
Prohibits the sale of jewelry containing phthalates.
Establishes 30-day grace period for consumer to cancel contract for telephone or cable service.
Provides exemption to renewal requirement for identification cards and placards issued to persons with certain disability.
Allows consumers to return vehicles for full repayment under the lemon law.
Increases the penalty for committing robbery against Turnpike Authority employee; upgrades offense of simple assault to aggravated assault when victim is employee of Turnpike Authority.
Revises definition of volunteer first aid, rescue, and ambulance squad under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
Clarifies that members of volunteer first aid squads that bill third parties do not lose right to use emergency warning lights.
Transfers all probation functions and employees to Bureau of Probation in State Parole Board.
Provides grants to eligible businesses equal to 5 percent of annual base salary of new employees hired under employment grant component of Invest in New Jersey Business Grant Program.
Provides tax credit against gross income tax for cost of certain property that conserves energy or promotes energy efficiency and for other energy efficiency measures.
Requires certain CATV companies to make CATV service available throughout residential areas of municipality within specified number of years after CATV company first provides service to municipality.
Requires telephone companies regulated by BPU to mail certain service discontinuance notices via certified, return receipt requested.
Requires movie theaters to install captioning technology for use by hearing impaired patrons.
Requires municipal agency under MLUL to notify prospective applicant of potential need for additional governmental approvals.
Establishes circumstances under which municipalities may base development approval, the timing thereof, or denial, on sufficiency of local transportation infrastructure.
Clarifies power of municipalities to zone for separation of incompatible land uses through specification of reasonable separation limitations.
Requires retail store operators to establish in-store recycling programs that provide opportunities for customers to return clean plastic carryout bags.
Amends "State Transfer of Development Rights Act," and provides for impact fees and other incentives for establishment of transfer of development rights programs.
Requires Governor's annual budget message to include certain contract information.
Provides certain individuals, businesses or other organizations performing public contracts are prohibited from making certain contributions.
Restricts campaign contributions by certain individuals, businesses or other organizations that purchase or acquire property involved in eminent domain proceedings.
Prohibits political contributions by county and municipal political party committees to other committees; increases certain penalties.
Requires disclosure of information about contributions and expenditures for candidates for elective public office, or for public questions, by publicly traded corporations doing business in State.
Requires any candidate convicted of crimes or offenses to return campaign contributions to donors; freezes most campaign funds of candidates indicted for crimes or offenses.
Creates a directory of registered telemarketers.
Provides additional penalties for violations of "Uniform Securities Law (1997)" involving certain persons.
Provides corporation business tax credit and allows gross income tax deduction for purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging stations.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of compressed natural gas vehicles.
Increases renewable energy and energy efficiency requirements under "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act."
Revises certain procedures for municipal redevelopment programs; prohibits certain campaign contributions by redevelopers.
Authorizes issuance of special emergency notes to finance special emergency appropriations for payment of current year property assessment appeal refunds over three years.
Provides corporation business tax incentives for life sciences research.
Allows gross income tax deductions for certain contributions to NJBEST college tuition savings program.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for qualified investment in certain biotechnology businesses.
Requires DHSS to review standard of care at health care facilities in which 40% or more of direct patient care nursing staff are temporary hires.
Establishes the "Domestic Violence Victim Protection Pilot Program."
Establishes the authority of the court to order electronic monitoring of certain convicted domestic violence offenders.
Establishes the "Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights" for victims of sexual violence.
Requires DOH to establish "New Jersey Autism Website."
Provides for nursing home reimbursement adjustment for cost of energy improvements.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions, earnings, and qualified distributions associated with special needs trusts.
Makes various changes to the "Law Against Discrimination."
Creates annual inspection cycle for certain hotels and motels under "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law."
Establishes presumption of grandfathering of certain governing documents of homeowners' associations upon conflict with new statutory or regulatory provisions unless majority of members vote to amend.
Requires emergency action plans for delivery of oxygen to patient residences during public health emergency.
Creates matching grant program for small businesses engaged in life sciences.
Creates "New Jersey Life Sciences Internship Challenge" program.
Appropriates $250,000 from societal benefits charge revenues for grants to community colleges and vocational schools to create training programs on electric, compressed natural gas, and liquefied petroleum vehicle conversions.
Requires assisted living residences and comprehensive personal care homes to ensure connection of emergency cords in residential units to facility staff.
Provides for $5 million grant program encouraging compressed natural gas fueling stations and electric charging stations.
Creates offense of impairing communications, which would constitute domestic violence in certain circumstances.
Modifies tax levy apportionment methodology in certain school districts; restricts authority for certain municipalities to enter long-term tax exemption agreements.
Revises process for awarding certain public contracts in connection with an emergency.
Lowers age of eligibility for surviving spouse under homestead property tax reimbursement program; extends payment of homestead property tax reimbursement to non-eligible surviving spouse for portion of tax year during which deceased spouse lived.
Creates grant program for newly established small businesses engaged in life sciences.
Permits institutions of higher education to make supplemental contributions to ABP.
Prohibits public colleges from charging tuition to students who are parents, spouses or children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Authorizes a board of education to reject the lowest bid for a school transportation contract based on the school bus safety inspection record of the bidder.
Requires the establishment of a prequalification process for prospective bidders on public school district transportation contracts.
Revises scope of public employee collective negotiations.
Requires installation of certain emergency fire systems in certain situations.
Requires DOT to incorporate objectives of "Global Warming Response Act" into annual transportation capital program.
Requires natural gas pipeline utilities to repair or replace leaking natural gas pipelines.
Establishes electronic lien and titling system for New Jersey motor vehicles.
Provides additional State school aid to school districts experiencing enrollment increases due to conversion of age-restricted housing developments to non-restricted developments.
Makes various changes to tenure of faculty and other professional staff at State and county colleges.
Prohibits Governor from using State helicopter for out-of-State political or personal events.
Dedicates portion of sales tax derived from electricity, natural gas, and hydrogen used to fuel motor vehicles to Transportation Trust Fund.
Establishes energy efficiency standards for battery chargers.
Allows NJ STARS and NJ STARS II scholarship recipients to maintain program eligibility in the event that medical condition prevents enrollment as full-time student.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law5
Requires training program for school bus drivers and school bus aides on interacting with students with special needs, and requires development and use of student information cards.*
Requires police departments of certain educational institutions to adopt Attorney General Guidelines on internal affairs policies and procedures.
Permits correctional facilities to utilize body imaging scanning equipment.
Expands scope of law governing registration of security guards; designated as " Detective Vincent Santiago's Law." *
Increases required public notice from 30 days to 60 days for settlements entered into by DEP pursuant to Spill Compensation and Control Act.
Vetoed2
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Study Commission."
Authorizes Drinking Water Quality Institute to study and recommend maximum contaminant level for 1,2,3-trichloropropane to DEP.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Requires that certain health care facilities be generator ready; allows health care facilities to qualify for NJEDA loans for cost of generators.
Designates Black Swallowtail butterfly as State Butterfly.
Establishes "College Affordability Study Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to increase the affordability of higher education in New Jersey.
Permits students made homeless by act of terrorism or natural disaster to attend tuition-free the school district in which they resided prior to being homeless for two school years after the event.
Requires DCA to post on its website information about inspection reports for residential health care facilities, boarding homes, and emergency shelters for the homeless, and requires notifications to DHS and counties.*
Requires PANYNJ be subject to NY Freedom of Information Law and NJ open public records act.
Authorizes Attorney General to coordinate Statewide law enforcement efforts against opioid drug abuse.*
Requires Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services to annually prepare substance use treatment provider performance report, and make available to public.*
Directs certain four-year public institutions of higher education to establish substance abuse recovery housing program.
Extends "Overdose Prevention Act" immunity provisions to certain professionals and professional entities, and permits needle exchange programs to obtain standing order for opioid antidote.*
Requires DHS and DOC to formulate joint arrangement and plan to ensure provision of mental health and substance use disorder services to inmates.*
Concerns DOLWD personnel access to unemployment claims receipt and processing system.
Increases electric power net metering capacity threshold to 2.9 percent of total annual kilowatt-hours sold in State.**
Permits municipalities and municipal parking authorities to create Senior Citizen Priority Parking Program.
Creates "Fishing Buddy License."
Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault if committed against certain law enforcement officers and employees because of job status.
Increases efficiency and transparency in distribution of Superstorm Sandy aid money.
Requires DOE on its website to link to Department of Treasury's website where list is maintained of all third party individuals and vendors employed or retained for work associated with State assessments.*
Appropriates $4,750,000 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Increases maximum legal fee to represent victims from $1,000 to $3,000.
Provides that if minor appears to have been sexually assaulted, health care professionals in addition to physicians may authorize forensic sexual assault examination and medical care without parental consent.*
Vetoed · 24
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.*
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research institutions; allows certain technology businesses located in certain innovation zones to receive certain tax credits under Grow New Jersey Assistan
Adds to property tax levy cap exclusions increases in flood insurance premiums.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, application to roadway, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.*
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10 million to DCA for Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund.**
Concerns low emission and zero emission vehicles; establishes Clean Vehicle Task Force.
Requires use of goods made in the United States for public contracts; requires disclosures by businesses that receive public contracts or development assistance.**
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students; appropriates $45,000 to DOE for New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association testing of student-athletes for steroids and other performance enhancing substances.*
Requires Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Requires Delaware River and Bay Authority to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Requires PANYNJ to use certain products manufactured in US.
Requires DRPA to use certain products manufactured in U.S.
Requires necessary services and supports to be provided to former residents of developmental centers transitioning to community placements.*
Increases transparency and accountability at PANYNJ.
Imposes moratorium on Returning Home New Jersey initiative and prohibits transfers from out-of-State placements under certain conditions.
Requires State to pay its pension contributions quarterly on July 15, October 15, January 15 and April 15.
Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.
Provides State Investment Council must report private money managers' fee information and that council's regulations addressing political contributions will apply to federal or national committees and non-State political committees.
Establishes New Jersey Caregiver Task Force to evaluate and provide recommendations on caregiver support services.
Permits BPU to approve qualified wind energy project; requires BPU to provide application periods for those projects.*
Requires State to pay its pension contributions on quarterly basis by August 1, November 1, February 1 and May 1 of each year.
Makes FY 2015 supplemental State appropriations totaling $300,000,000 for prepayment of portion of FY 2016 employer contributions to State-administered public employee defined benefit retirement systems.
Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.*
Passed the Senate · 22
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
Establishes compensation program for certain law enforcement officers injured while performing official duties.*
Allows certain National Guard and United States Reserve members on federal active duty to temporarily defer mortgage loan payments and suspend property tax payments.*
Makes FY 2014 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.*
Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.
Prohibits residential development fees on reconstruction after natural disasters.
Establishes public awareness campaign advising pregnant women and new parents of the benefits of breasfeeding.*
Requires BPU financial incentives for photovoltaic equipment for residences that are Energy Star compliant receive preferred treatment.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Establishes Medicaid demonstration project to cover room and board services for certain terminally ill patients in the home or other non-institutional setting.
Requires health care practitioners to inform patients of addiction potential of controlled dangerous substances prior to issuing prescription.
Requires review of Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure guidence for substance abuse instruction provided to public school students incorporates most recent evidence-based standards and practices.*
Designates five State songs.
Upgrades crime of stalking when stalking activity is carried out or assisted by installation or use of communication or location monitoring program or device on cellular phone or wireless mobile device.*
Requires Commissioner of DCA to promulgate rules and regulations providing for veterans' affordable housing assistance preference.*
Establishes "Police Body Camera Implementation Task Force" to study and make recommendations concerning use of body cameras by law enforcement agencies in this State.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to provide electric vehicle recharging stations at certain rest areas on New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Atlantic City Expressway.*
Provides tuition benefits at public institutions of higher education to New Jersey residents who are members of reserve component of Armed Forces of United States.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses.
Criminalizes using drones to conduct surveillance of or fly over critical infrastructures; requires certain drones to be registered and insured.
Out of committee · 88
Deletes CAFRA permit exemption for reconstruction activities in coastal area.
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that the prevailing wage will be paid.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act"; imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances. *
Requires public school students in grades 9 through 12 to receive instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator prior to graduation*
Requires municipalities to exempt 100% disabled veterans from construction permit surcharge fees for improvements to promote living unit accessibility.*
Establishes telemarketing fraud investigation unit.
"Innovative Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act."
Amends "Flood Hazard Area Control Act" to require DEP to take certain actions concerning delineations of flood hazard areas and floodways.
Concerns importation and delivery of motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Concerns sale of certain motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Expands DNA database to include samples from disorderly persons who are fingerprinted and permits law enforcement officers to collect certain biological samples.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside; restricts locations of certain child care centers and school bus stops.
Concerns conveyance of certain State-owned lands.*
The "Green Building and Infrastructure Tax Credit Act"; provides tax credits for certain green buildings and wood utility poles.*
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Requires schools to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit administration of epinephrine to any student having anaphylactic reaction.
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.
"New Jersey Tuition Equality for America's Military (NJTEAM) Act"; provides in-State tuition at New Jersey public institutions of higher education to military veterans and certain family members living in New Jersey.
Authorizes rural electric cooperative and certain municipalities to establish municipal shared services authority.*
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for active duty members of United States Armed Forces, Reserve components thereof, and National Guard from New Jersey.
Authorizes property tax deferment for deployed military personnel.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by disabled veterans.
Authorizes court to order submission of DNA evidence to national database to determine whether the evidence matches a known individual or a DNA profile from an unsolved crime.*
Establishes moratorium on hydraulic fracturing for purpose of natural gas exploration or production until certain federal laws are changed.
Requires certain State departments, divisions, commissions, and authorities to consider use of green or blue roof in construction of certain new State buildings, facilities, and structures.
Authorizes municipalities to facilitate private financing of water conservation, storm shelter construction, and flood and hurricane resistance projects through the use of voluntary special assessments.*
Requires hiring preference for veterans seeking position with State Police.
Debars permanently from government contracting any person convicted of certain crimes involving government contracts.
Establishes requirements for pharmacists to dispense biological products.*
Creates Office of Clean Energy in BPU.
Prohibits certain employment actions against employees affected by a declared state of emergency.
Creates the option to make a voluntary contribution for the support of local libraries on gross income tax returns.
Concerns authority of DOLWD to inspect prevailing wage public work projects.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to disseminate certain information to contractors who bid on or perform prevailing wage public work.
Requires local recreation departments and youth serving organizations to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.**
Prohibits firearm possession by persons convicted of carjacking, gang criminality, racketeering and terroristic threats.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from requiring optometrists to become providers with vision care plans as condition of becoming providers in carriers' panel of providers.
Requires Division of Local Government Services to include certain property tax information on division's web page.
Changes law governing certain certified animal control officers.*
Establishes certain requirements for hospitals regarding patient-designated caregivers.
Requires DCA to establish procedures for inspection and abatement of mold hazards in residential buildings and school facilities, and certification programs for mold inspectors and mold hazard abatement workers.
Permits a child whose parent or guardian is ordered into active military service to remain enrolled in the school district where the child's parent or guardian resided prior to active military service.
Prohibits manufacture, sale or promotion of personal care products containing microbeads.*
Requires Medicaid coverage for diabetes self-management education, training, services, and equipment for patients diagnosed with diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes.*
Sets forth certain standards to be followed by law enforcement agencies and fire departments when utilizing drones.
Establishes a small business job creation and preservation account program to incentivize small business workforce expansion in New Jersey with income tax exclusions for interest.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide victims of sexual assault with contact information for sexual assault crisis services.*
Codifies "Project Medicine Drop" program; requires Division of Consumer Affairs to maintain secure prescription medicine drop-off receptacles at certain law enforcement agencies.*
Requires pharmacies and prescribers to notify patients about how to ensure proper and safe disposal of unused prescription drugs.
Directs poison control and drug information program to establish clearinghouse of drug overdose information, report on trends, and provide education on safe storage and disposal of medications; appropriates $500,000.
Requires municipal land use plan element of master plan to address smart growth and storm resiliency, and environmental sustainability issues.
Requires BPU to provide links to pricing information to customers from electric and gas public utilities, and third-party electric power and gas suppliers.*
Requires BPU to establish procedures allowing electric power and gas supplier customers to switch energy suppliers.
Imposes contract standards between customers and third-party electric power and gas suppliers.
Establishes four-year pilot program in Ocean County for electronic monitoring of certain domestic violence offenders; designated as "Lisa's Law"; appropriates $2.5 million. *
Requires Adjutant General to create informational webpage for female veterans.
Prohibits transfer of individuals with developmental disabilities from out-of-State to in-State placements under certain conditions.*
Increases income eligibility cap to receive respite care for certain veterans.*
Creates financial planning assistance program for disabled veterans and their caregivers.
Requires development and maintenance of database to advise public about open bed availability in residential substance use disorders treatment facilities.
Creates Office of Sustainability.
Exempts Holocaust reparations payments from legal process, and from estate recovery under Medicaid program.
"Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act of 2015"; authorizes the court to issue protective orders for victims of certain nonconsensual sexual conduct.
Requires environmental sustainability plan for State House Complex.
Provides an excused absence on Veterans Day for pupil who participates in certain activities for veterans or active duty members of United States Armed Forces or New Jersey National Guard.
Requires providers to submit to DHS expenditure details of enrollees in Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
Requires DHS to notify enrollees in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly of Medicare eligibility.
Requires DHS to monitor utilization and billing of services for Medicaid home and community-based long-term care.
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments in kindergarten through second grade.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Establishes task force to study issues related to sexual assault on college campuses.
"New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers.
Prohibits sale or distribution of liquid nicotine except in child-resistant containers.
Prohibits withholding of State school aid based on student participation rate on State assessments.
Prohibits awarding of economic development subsidy to business if business is in default on previously awarded subsidy that was loan or loan guarantee.
Expands timeframe for renewal of driver's license, registration, and inspection by military personnel and immediate family members under certain circumstances.
Revises electronic waste recycling laws.
Appropriates $88,592,361 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Mandates health benefits coverage for opioid analgesics with abuse-deterrent properties.
Requires certain notifications for termination of services to persons with developmental disabilities and providers.
Requires Public Health Counsel to promulgate rules and regulations for use of quality control programs in bio-analytical and clinical laboratories.*
Makes FY 2015 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Requires DCPP to implement policies and procedures to ensure caseworker safety; "Leah's Law." *
Requires BPU to render decision on case within 12 months of final public hearing or hold another public hearing prior to deciding case.
Requires certain retailers to provide notice of FAA safety guidelines for flying drones to consumers.
Requires certain drones to contain geo-fencing technology; makes violation a fourth degree crime.
Establishes procedure for consolidating fire districts.
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Requires installation of low-flow toilets and low-flow showerheads in multiple dwellings having 3 or more units.
Requires labeling of foods containing genetically modified material.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Establishes small business loan guarantee program in EDA to support capital purchases and operating expenses and permits certain qualified businesses in regional centers to qualify for certain EDA loans.
Concerns eligibility for certain leave and benefit programs.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Provides that a school district may be placed under full or partial State intervention pursuant to the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) for no longer than five years.
"PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act."
Makes it a crime of the fourth degree for a public servant, during a state of emergency, to use or make disposition of a public resource in an unauthorized manner with purpose to obtain a benefit for himself or another.
Expands wrongful death act to allow recovery for mental anguish, emotional pain and suffering, loss of society and loss of companionship.
Upgrades crime of soliciting or recruiting for criminal street gang while on school property.
Prohibits persons violating animal cruelty law from owning, keeping, or harboring animals; requires DHSS establish and maintain website list of such persons.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Creates Task Force on Distracted Driving.
Provides for electronic monitoring of domestic violence offenders and notification to the victim; designated as "Lisa's Law."
Regulates pharmacy benefits management companies.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.
"Carryout Bag Reduction and Recycling Act."
Prohibits use of certain fishing gear at artificial reef sites.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Provides penalties for sexually offensive or abusive communication through social networking websites.
Allows establishment of county-wide purchasing system for certain school district services in certain counties; offers employment protections for certain food or custodial services employees; and regulates subcontracting by districts and public higher edu
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Prohibits cemetery company from charging additional fee for rendering certain services on Sunday.
Requires insurers to cover comprehensive ultrasound breast screening if a mammogram demonstrates certain dense breast tissue and requires certain mammogram reports to contain information on breast density.
Limits amount of contribution to legal defense fund of holder of elective public office and requires reporting thereof to ELEC.
Provides that information technology professionals who find child pornography on computers must report the finding to law enforcement.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and harassment under certain circumstances.
Requires persons subject to Megan's Law registration to provide law enforcement with any Internet identifiers.
Establishes permissive inferences related to conduct that serves as predicate to sex offenses against minors.
Establishes "School Bus Safety and Child Protection Act," requires periodic criminal background checks for certain school employees; and prohibits interference with school bus monitoring devices.
Clarifies intent of Legislature to protect certain senior tenants; aligns housing age restrictions with federal law.
Revises statutes regarding practice of physical therapy.
Requires issue advocacy organization disclosure; increases disclosure of campaign finance information; raises amount of money contributable to committees; modifies restrictions on contributions by certain business entities performing public contracts.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
Establishes and enhances certain insurance fraud prevention measures.
Requires coverage of medication therapy management in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Provides awarding of contracts for professional services by State, county, municipal, and school district through competitive contracting process.
Requires spousal consent to election of certain pension payout options under TPAF, JRS and PERS.
Requires certain electric public utilities to file emergency response plan with Board of Public Utilities.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to the establishment of a charter school.
Increases the gross income tax rate on income exceeding $1,000,000 and dedicates revenue from tax rate increase for direct real property tax relief for taxpayers.
Makes various changes in the charter school program in regard to student enrollment procedures, charter revocation, and monitoring of charter schools.
Conforms Megan's law to requirements of federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
Establishes Sex Offender Management Commission; amends Megan's Law in response to federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
Concerns cigarette manufacturers and production of certain tobacco products using roll-your-own tobacco machines at retail establishments within this State.
Establishes publicly accessible domestic violence Internet registry.
Establishes Animal Cruelty Offender Registry; prohibits purchase, adoption, and breeding of animals by animal cruelty offenders.
Imposes moratorium on DHS transitions and transfers of residents of State developmental centers until certain conditions are met.
Requires property tax bills to contain eligibility information on State tax relief programs.
Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.
Expands the Address Confidentiality Program to include victims of sexual assault and stalking.
Authorizes court to include in domestic violence restraining orders a provision making the order applicable to a pregnant victim's child upon birth of the child.
Prohibits awarding alimony to domestic violence offenders; permits termination of alimony based on conviction for crime or offense involving domestic violence.
Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.
Prohibits use of snares in trapping of wildlife.
Requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide to parents or guardians of enrolled students information on certain tests to be administered during the school year.
Allows parent or guardian to exclude student from administration of certain assessments.
Imposes three-year moratorium on use of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for certain purposes.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
Establishes defense against exclusionary zoning litigation seeking builder's remedy.
Requires combined reporting of corporation business tax by certain members of unitary business groups.
Refines five-month window established by Supreme Court begins after trial court establishes standards.
Establishes School Transportation Safety Commission in Department of Law and Public Safety.
Establishes Task Force on Safety in School Transportation.
Revises application deadline for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Codifies standards for court to consider in determining application for removal of child of divorced or separated persons from jurisdiction.
Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements.
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Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.