Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, Senate.
Linda R. Greenstein
Sponsored
Became law15
Requires State agencies to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities and on mobile devices.
Establishes right of sexual assault victim to notification of certain developments in criminal case.
"Invasive Species Management Act"; prohibits sale, distribution, import, export, and propagation of certain invasive species; establishes NJ invasive Species Council.*
"Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act"; establishes requirements, prohibitions, and programs for regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Directs DHS to conduct landscape analysis of available mental health services.**
Revises certain requirements concerning eligibility for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Revises statutory terms pertaining to sexual exploitation or abuse of children.
Requires pharmacies to provide certain information regarding insulin manufacturer assistance programs.
Requires contractor subject to prevailing wage law to provide orientation meeting to new employee on prevailing wage project.
Appropriates $10,067,905 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses.
Expands Division of State Police rank and grade titles.
Appropriates $107,999,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition, park development, and planning projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3 million to NJ Division of State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit.
Permits probationary or temporary appointment of law enforcement officer as State or county investigator under certain circumstances.
Revises statutory definition of certain waterfront workers.
Passed the Senate1
Concerns AG guidelines on bias incident investigation standards.
Out of committee44
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.*
Requires DOE and DCF to establish online reporting systems for schools and child care centers to report lead testing results.
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Requires MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf or hard of hearing.*
Establishes program in DOLWD to connect persons with disabilities with job training and employment.
Requires MVC to operate call center to assist with online transactions.
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
Requires DHS and DCF to conduct study on service provider workforce, and to evaluate rates paid to, and assess cost of living adjustments for, service providers.*
Requires DOH to study indoor air quality at public schools, develop list of common indoor air contaminants at public schools, and establish guidance regarding potential mitigation measures.*
Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of certain property for lead drinking water hazards.*
Exempts community gardens composting on-site from certain DEP permits under certain conditions.
Requires DEP to perform certain assessments concerning regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Requires State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards pertaining to labor movement; requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement.*
Requires EDA to create needs-matching website for eligible entities.
Establishes Law Enforcement Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $3 million.
Makes various revisions to the Crime Victims' Bill of Rights.
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Services Grant Program in DMVA; makes appropriation.
Establishes county veteran transportation grant program; removes certain restrictions to the current veterans transportation assistance program; appropriates $2 million.*
Establishes "Cop 2 Cop Sustainability Fund" to support "Law Enforcement Officer Crisis Intervention Services" Cop 2 Cop telephone hotline program; appropriates $500,000.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
Authorizes special Ancient Order of Hibernians license plate.
Directs DEP to develop guidelines concerning State and local government purchase of goods made from recycled material.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Extends eligibility for Military Dependents Scholarships to students enrolled in approved career and technical education programs and to dependents of certain military members who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Operation Inherent Resolve.
Creates Office of Sustainability.
Authorizes school districts to establish electric vehicle certification programs.*
Provides certain volunteer and other workers with maximum compensation benefit for workers' compensation claim regardless of outside employment.
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for professional firefighters not enrolled in SHBP, but who are eligible for SHBP by virtue of public employment.
Changes classification of State Investigators in civil service.
Requires businesses in financial essential infrastructure, and health care industries to develop cybersecurity plans and report cybersecurity incidents.*
Requires certain local authorities to inspect, maintain, and repair fire hydrants in planned real estate developments.
Authorizes HMFA to issue tax credits for certain purposes.
Requires instruction on cybersecurity in grades nine through 12; requires Office of Secretary of Higher Education to develop cybersecurity model curricula; establishes loan redemption programs for individuals in certain cybersecurity occupations.
Establishes exemptions and revises implementation timeline for requirement that newly constructed townhouses be installed with automatic fire sprinkler system.
Requires inspections of retail cigarette and vapor product dealers.
Codifies early language instruction program for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind children in DHS.**
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of machine gun conversion devices.
Requires producer of certain firefighting equipment containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances to provide written notice to purchaser; prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain firefighting equipment containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.*
Imposes locational restriction on construction of a new crematory.
Establishes Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together Program.
Provides medical documentation requirement for certain members of PERS, PFRS, and SPRS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; removes filing deadline.*
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus property certain land and improvements in City of Trenton and Township of Lawrence in Mercer County.
Prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain apparel containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
"Citizen's Fund Act"; establishes trust fund for conveyance of certain public entity assets, as permitted, for interest of public benefit plans.*
In committee157
Establishes forest firefighter death benefit.
Establishes green infrastructure financing program.
Requires water purveyors to conduct, and report to DEP, water loss audits.
Specifies minimum 20-year planning duration for NJ Statewide Water Supply Plan and adds new requirements for plan.
Concerns automatic fire sprinkler systems within newly constructed townhouses.
The New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
Provides for DCA to reestablish and administer certification program for recreation administrators and automatically reinstate administrator certifications issued under prior law.
Establishes "New Jersey Small Business Indoor Air Quality Management Support Program."
Establishes "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
Provides super conciliation for certain emergency responder service employees, and requires continuation of contract provisions during negotiations.
Establishes grant program in DEP to provide financial assistance to municipalities for infrastructure and other physical upgrades to certain municipally owned sanitary landfill facilities closed before June 1987; appropriates $10 million.
Provides for establishment of New Jersey Water Infrastructure Center at institute of higher education designated by DEP; appropriates $5 million.
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Requires municipalities to designate parking spaces for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.
Directs DEP to develop State water infrastructure investment plan; requires NJ Infrastructure Bank to publish additional information about water infrastructure projects; appropriates $200,000 to NJ Infrastructure Bank.
Supplemental appropriation of $25 million to DOH to assist certain mental health and addiction service providers transitioning to fee-for-service reimbursement system.
Upgrades crime of false public alarm when act done knowing it will result in law enforcement response against certain persons.
Prohibits gender-based price discrimination.
Provides secondary classroom experience credit towards meeting requirements of classroom training portion of registered apprenticeship.
Provides rental and lease protections for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
"New Jersey Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights;" establishes procedures by which entities are required to conduct audits of pharmacies.
Prohibits use of receipt paper containing bisphenol A.
Requires State to include distributed energy resource in certain new State buildings and consider retrofitting certain existing State buildings with distributed energy resource.
Excludes veteran disability compensation from income qualification limits under homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having service-connected permanent disability; extends eligibility to veterans suffering from mental illness; establishes eligibility of property owned by disabled veteran with surviving partner for exemption.
Prohibits condominium associations from assessing insurance deductibles to individual unit owners or groups of unit owners.
Requires water suppliers to reimburse residential customers for drinking water testing under certain circumstances.
Establishes NJ Water Data Center at public institution of higher education; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes crime of knowingly filing false report against law enforcement officers.
Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from requiring covered persons to use mail service pharmacies.
Requires public water systems to provide certain notice of boil water notices and violations of drinking water quality standards.
Requires DOT to prioritize green stormwater infrastructure in design, construction, reconstruction, and repair of public highways.
Establishes prisoner reentry peer support hotline.
Establishes a manufacturing reinvestment account program to incentivize capital investment and workforce training in New Jersey with income tax rate reductions, deferrals, and accelerated deductions.
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from EDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Requires landlord to provide written explanation for rent increase on tenant of senior citizen housing project.
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.
Increases accidental death benefit for certain members of PERS.
Increases qualified research expenses tax credit for corporation business taxpayers engaged in targeted industries; increases basic research payment tax credit; allows research tax credit to be refundable.
Provides for designation of manufacturing and production business resource center by EDA to provide services and assistance to manufacturing businesses.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish New Jersey STEM Entrepreneur Fellowship Program to support entrepreneurs in STEM fields.
Establishes certain requirements if purchasing and reselling same single-family home within one year of receiving certificate of occupancy.
Establishes and codifies certain privileges for limited and restricted brewery license holders.
Requires DEP and Drinking Water Quality Institute to perform study concerning regulation and treatment of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Requires public water systems and landlords to provide certain notice of elevated perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances levels in drinking water; requires DEP to establish educational program.
Requires association of age-restricted community to retain emergency contact information for residents.
Permits consumers aged 65 and over up to five business days to cancel home improvement contracts.
Regulates certain practices of pharmacy benefits managers and health insurance carriers.
Directs DEP to establish rebate program for purchase of microfiber washing machine filter or replacement filter; appropriates $2.5 million.
Directs DEP to adopt regulations concerning identification and testing of microplastics in drinking water.
Requires landlords of certain properties providing child care services who refuse lead service line replacements to install and maintain water filters.
Prohibits disclosure of certain information of probation officers.
Requires DEP to study feasibility of using alternative water supply source when perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances exceed maximum contaminant level.
Requires New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell to study cybersecurity infastructure and establish cybersecurity guidelines.
Establishes advertisement grant program for NJ emerging businesses.
Establishes Office of Financial Assistance in EDA to help businesses and non-profit organizations access opportunities for public financial assistance; requires office to develop common application platform.
Requires copies of certain law enforcement records to be provided to victims of domestic violence upon request.
Requires public schools to develop policy for emergency administration of nasal seizure rescue medication and use of manual vagus nerve stimulators on students with seizure disorders.
Provides deduction from gross income of $500 for full-time educators and paraprofessionals and $350 for part-time educators and paraprofessionals.
Requires State Board of Education to authorize alternate route to expedite teacher certification of persons employed as paraprofessionals in school districts.
Allows gross income tax deduction for union dues paid to labor organizations.
Establishes and allocates funds for program to provide mental health services to veterans; appropriates $2 million.
Concerns temporary disability insurance and family leave insurance benefits.
Requires owners of certain buildings to test drinking water for Legionella bacteria.
Requires owners or operators of public community water systems to perform certain tests for Legionella bacteria.
Establishes programs to address needs of toddlers and certain children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Requires DEP to evaluate cumulative impact of stormwater when reviewing applications associated with warehouse and other high-density development projects.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and requires State to reimburse municipalities for cost of exemption.
Establishes pilot program in Office of Planning Advocacy to reimburse municipalities for certain expenditures concerning warehouse development; appropriates $1 million.
Concerns implementation of fire sprinkler system requirements in newly constructed townhouses.
Requires certain customer identification to be presented to electric power or gas supplier if customer switches services.
Directs BPU to conduct study to determine whether microgrid and distributed energy resource deployment will reduce length of power outages.
Requires CATV companies to provide free broadband Internet service and associated equipment to public libraries and, under certain circumstances, other municipal buildings.
Creates "Manufacturing Reboot Program" in EDA to provide financial assistance to certain manufacturing businesses; makes $10 million appropriation to EDA.
Requires NJT to establish pilot program to provide free rides on rail, light rail, and bus service to individuals eligible for Access Link service.
"New Jersey Makes, the World Takes Act"; allows corporation business tax credit for selling New Jersey made products.
"Made in New Jersey Tax Credit Act"; provides CBT tax credits to taxpayers that purchase "New Jersey made" products.
Permits counties and municipalities to bond for passenger cars and station wagons solely fueled by electric or renewable power sources.
Provides gross income tax credit to certain totally and permanently disabled veterans for rent constituting property taxes.
Requires certain accessible public restroom facilities be equipped with signs reserving use for persons with disabilities.
Requires death certificates to include drug responsible for drug overdose death under certain circumstances.
Establishes Division of Intellectual and Development Disabilities in DCF.
Establishes "New Jersey Alzheimer's Disease Master Plan Study Commission."
Requires health care professional to order bi-lateral ultrasounds concurrently when ordering mammograms; requires insurers to cover concurrent mammograms and bi-lateral ultrasounds.
Provides for preparation and distribution of written notice to senior citizens concerning risks and prevention of fraud and identity theft.
Enters New Jersey into Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact.
Establishes manufacturing machine and metal trade apprenticeship tax credit program.
Requires emergency action plans for delivery of oxygen to patient residences during public health emergency.
Requires certain public water systems to publish certain financial and employee information on Internet.
Provides corporation business tax credit to public utilities that develop qualified native pollinator habitat in their rights of way.
Requires DEP to update school food waste guidelines to include recommendations for how to better utilize food nearing best-by and expiration dates.
Requires municipalities to provide certain information to property owners served by municipal water systems.
Exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from payment of motor vehicle registration fees; requires notification of eligible motorists.
Requires transportation network companies to share information concerning sexual misconduct investigation of driver; authorizes transportation network company to ban drivers from accessing digital network during and following investigation.
Provides consumer protections under certain telecommunications service provider contracts.
Provides for accidental death benefit if death of TPAF member is caused by COVID-19.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Allows long-term care facility employees to accrue paid sick leave.
Requires certain public officials to complete course of study developed by Commissioner of Community Affairs on operation of public water and wastewater systems.
Establishes civil action for abuse, neglect, exploitation or bullying of minor or adult with disability; provides that bullying of vulnerable adult may constitute grounds for investigation by adult protective services and report to law enforcement.
Requires certain water purveyors to identify, and use, alternative water supply source when perfluoralkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances exceed maximum contaminant levels.
Provides that solar and photovoltaic energy facilities and structures on farmland are not inherently beneficial use, per se, for purposes of zoning approvals.
Establishes Autism Education Council.
Clarifies that law enforcement officers appointed by educational institutions and NJT are entitled to certain statutory rights and privileges.
Requires availability of free parking at polling places on election day.
Allows municipalities to adopt ordinance to reduce population limit for certain alcoholic beverage retail consumption licenses.
Establishes license allowing supermarkets to sell certain alcoholic beverages manufactured in this State; designated as The Garden State Grocery Liquor Licensing Act.
Requires DOC to report certain information concerning halfway houses.
Provides corporation business tax credit to taxpayers that develop qualified native pollinator habitat on undeveloped property.
Requires BPU to adopt regulations allowing wastewater utilities to impose wastewater system improvement charge.
Prohibits planting of non-native species in landscaping at State parks and forests; establishes grant program to support use of native plants at local parks and forests; appropriates $250,000.
Requires institutions of higher education to test for lead in drinking water annually, report test results, and install lead filters or treatment devices.
Requires Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services to facilitate establishment of four new recovery community centers.
Provides additional State school aid to school districts experiencing enrollment increases due to conversion of age-restricted housing developments to non-restricted developments.
Modifies Community College Opportunity Grant Program to permit adult students enrolled in postsecondary career and technical education programs to receive financial assistance.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3.5 million for Community College Opportunity Grant-Adult Postsecondary Career and Technical Education.
Prohibits twice exceptional students from being denied special education and related services due to average academic performance.
Requires State Treasurer to collect and study certain demographic information on corporate boards and in senior management.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing certain persons with developmental disabilities.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Allows identity theft victims to petition for judicial determination of factual innocence.
"Disaster Victims Protection Act"; requires Governor to allocate federal and State disaster aid to municipalities in proportion to amount of catastrophic physical damage sustained within each municipality.
Requires notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile and homeowners insurance policies to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Requires health insurance coverage of postpartum pelvic floor physical therapy.
Creates home purchase grant program in HMFA for certain veterans who served in federal active duty; appropriates $2,000,000.
Concerns installation and maintenance of solar panels in common interest communities.
Creates "New Jersey Private Contractor Registration Act"; makes an appropriation.
Requires businesses in financial, essential infrastructure, and health care industries to report cybersecurity incidents.
Designates Common Eastern Bumble Bee as New Jersey State Native Pollinator.
Requires water supply system testing and compliance with secondary drinking water regulations.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain home blood pressure monitors and cuffs for pregnant persons at risk for preeclampsia.
Establishes cybersecurity employment grant program for qualified businesses; appropriates $750,000.
Establishes "New Jersey Invasive Species Task Force."
Concerns training for law enforcement officers.
Requires certain State employees to receive training in cybersecurity best practices.
Eliminates statute of limitations for human trafficking prosecutions and extends statute of limitations for civil cases arising from human trafficking.
Provides cancer and cardiovascular screenings to law enforcement officers; establishes fund; appropriates $20 million.
Requires availability of electronic fund transfers by health insurance carriers to reimburse covered persons.
Provides PERS members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Establishes "New Jersey Community Health Worker Program" in DOH and certain training programs for community health workers.
Requires health insurance coverage of diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations without cost-sharing.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that homicide occurred in this State if body of homicide victim was found in this State.
Exempts from property taxation real property privately owned and leased to certain public entities for public purposes.
Creates "Youth Detention Task Force."
Makes various revisions to juvenile justice law.
Requires installation of fuel gas sensor devices in certain dwelling units.
Concerns "Sexual Violence Restorative Justice Pilot Program."
Requires AOC, in conjunction with State Parole Board, to conduct comprehensive study on Megan's Law.
Prohibits sharing automated license plate reader information for interstate investigation concerning reproductive health care services that are legal in NJ.
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal identifying information of victim support advocates and victim support care providers.
Requires fees for certain firearms permit applications be deposited into General Fund rather than VCCO account.
Revises penalty for criminal trespassing while carrying firearm.
Permits exception to VCCO compensation reporting requirement for unreported sexual offenses if victim received certain forensic medical services.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law12
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.*
Requires State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards pertaining to labor movement; requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement.*
Concerns AG guidelines on bias incident investigation standards.*
Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of certain property for lead drinking water hazards.*
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for professional firefighters not enrolled in SHBP, but who are eligible for SHBP by virtue of public employment.
Changes classification of State Investigators in civil service.
Establishes exemptions and revises implementation timeline for requirement that newly constructed townhouses be installed with automatic fire sprinkler system.
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of machine gun conversion devices.
Codifies early language instruction program for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind children in DHS.*
Requires producer of certain firefighting equipment containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances to provide written notice to purchaser; prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain firefighting equipment containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.*
Provides medical documentation requirement for certain members of PERS, PFRS, and SPRS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; removes filing deadline.*
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus property certain land and improvements in City of Trenton and Township of Lawrence in Mercer County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 26
Requires environmental sustainability plan for State House Complex.
Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $25,000 appropriation.*
Requires employer or contractor engaged in work for public body to submit payroll records to DOLWD.*
Expands culpability requirements for firearms trafficking offenses and violations of regulatory provisions relating to firearms.
Makes FY2024 supplemental appropriations of $37,430,000; de-appropriates $24,000,000 in existing FY2024 appropriations; adds and modifies various FY2024 language provisions.
Allows seasonal retail consumption alcoholic beverage license holder to exchange license for full-year consumption license.
Requires DEP, DOH, owners or operators of certain public community water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings or facilities to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.*
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events; appropriates $2.5 million.**
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Prohibits cooperative from receiving public works contract when cooperative-approved vendor fails to pay prevailing wage; concerns cooperative purchasing agreements with other states; and permits contracting units to award certain indefinite contracts.*
Makes various changes to "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act" and Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program; repeals "New Jersey Ignite Act."*
Prohibits food service business from providing single-use utensils and condiments to customers under certain circumstances and requires DEP to establish education campaign on benefits of reducing single-use utensils and condiments.**
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Requires electric public utilities to implement certain improvements to interconnection process for certain grid supply solar facilities and energy storage facilities.*
Provides certain requirements concerning railroad safety.
Requires end-of-life recycling of solar and photovoltaic energy generation facilities and structures.
Extends expiration date of special appraisal process for Green Acres and farmland preservation program; provides aid for watershed lands.*
Establishes "Incarcerated Women's Protection Act" and concerns correctional facility board of trustees.*
Upgrades, and in some circumstances provides for extended terms of imprisonment for, certain retail theft crimes, addresses gift card fraud, and authorizes new Attorney General initiatives to address organized retail theft.*
Extends accidental death benefit for survivors of certain SPRS retirees.
Directs DEP and DOT to establish "Wildlife Corridor Action Plan." **
Makes annual allocation of $500,000 from Clean Communities Program Fund for public outreach concerning single-use plastics reduction program permanent.
Provides project grant under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for career and technical education expansion; appropriates $7.65 million.
Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs.
Requires BPU to revise community solar program targets.
Permits certain local units to enter into project labor agreements for public works projects below the $5 million threshold.
Vetoed · 2
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
Requires law enforcement officer to conduct risk assessment of and provide assistance to domestic violence victims.*
Passed the Senate · 7
Extends veteran's gross income tax exemption to spouses of deceased veterans.
Revises licensing requirements and out-of-State reciprocity for elevator, escalator, and moving walkway mechanic's licenses.*
Provides gross income tax deduction for amounts paid to taxpayers for sale of certain real property interests for conservation purposes.
Allows each county to create central registry and provide emergency supply kits to distribute to senior residents during emergencies.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to create report on human trafficking related to 2026 FIFA World Cup; appropriates $1 million.*
Authorizes BPU to provide site approval for small modular reactors; authorizes operators of small modular reactors to store spent nuclear fuel on-site.
Increases penalty for reckless vehicular homicide committed when driving while intoxicated under certain circumstances.
Out of committee · 86
Establishes standards for food date labeling; requires Commissioner of Health to establish public education program and promulgate guidelines related to food safety.
Provides CBT tax credit for retrofit of existing warehouses with solar-ready zone once solar panels are installed.
Directs BPU to update interconnection standards for Class I renewable energy sources and develop fixed fee structure for interconnection costs.
Directs BPU to establish certain standards concerning electric public utility use of customer energy usage data.
Prohibits sale, distribution, and import of certain products marketed as recyclable, unless DEP determines that products are widely recycled.
Establishes incentive program for installation of energy storage systems.
"New Jersey Clean Energy Act of 2024"; establishes 100 percent clean electricity standard and directs BPU to establish clean electricity certificate program. *
Requires limited liability company to disclose ownership information when submitting deed for recording.
Concerns expenses to municipalities for tree purchase, planting, and removal.
Permits school bus driver to administer epinephrine to student in emergency under certain circumstances.
Requires MVC to conduct unscheduled surprise inspections of certain school buses.
Concerns rights of juvenile defendants who elect to be tried as adults.
Revises law prohibiting feeding of bears; establishes program in DEP for distribution of bear-proof garbage cans.*
Requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols.
Requires members of Sexual Assault Response Team to receive training on interacting with victims with developmental disabilities.*
Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.
Permits inclusion of volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders within municipal eligible employee group for purposes of the small employer health benefits plan statutes.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.
Increases amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments; increases property tax credit option for certain individuals.*
Prohibits surgical declawing of cats and other animals.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons.
Expands scope of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Concerns prevailing wage law requirements for public institutions of higher education.
Appropriates $56,635,803,000 in State funds and $27,501,993,844 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2025.
Extends membership in TPAF to 10 years after discontinuance of service and to 15 years for those who were laid off or had 10 or more years of continuous service upon voluntary termination.*
Authorizes establishment of regional economic development partnerships.
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Establishes occupational heat stress standard and "Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program" in DOLWD.
Requires solid waste management districts to develop strategy to reduce food waste; requires DEP to adopt certain rules and regulations regarding composting facilities.*
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Amends certain fire safety statutes to update licensure and equipment requirements and liability, fee, and penalty provisions; expands membership of Fire Protection Equipment Advisory Committee.*
"Illicit Opioid Supply Substances Poisoning Awareness Act"; requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of illicit opioid substances.*
Expands services that can be provided by audiologists and hearing aid dispensers.*
Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000.*
Concerns sexual assault forensic evidence kits.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Establishes criminal penalties for certain violations of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act."
Requires DOT to erect and maintain certain electric vehicle charging station signs.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DCA for NJ State Veterans Chamber of Commerce for veteran economic development and outreach and skills development.
Expands prohibitions on employers concerning requirements for employees to attend or listen to communications related to political matters.
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Establishes eligibility requirements for State small business set-aside program.
Requires official inspection facility employees covered by collective bargaining agreement to be offered employment following contract renewal or award of new contract; requires collective bargaining agreement to be binding in certain cases.*
Requires affirmative written consent for certain entities to disclose individual's medical information regarding reproductive health care services, with limited exceptions, unless disclosure is necessary to provide those services.
Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.*
Establishes offense of inciting public brawl; upgrades penalty for disorderly conduct in certain circumstances.
Establishes certain guidelines for SHBP, SEHBP and Medicaid concerning step therapy protocols.*
"Polluters Pay to Make New Jersey More Affordable Act"; imposes liability on certain fossil fuel companies for funds needed for climate change adaptation projects; establishes program in DEP to collect and distribute funds.*
Permits purchase of service credit in SPRS for period of enrollment in military service academy and in New Jersey State Police Academy, and employment as class two special law enforcement officer.
Requires health care professionals to perform lead screening on pregnant persons under certain circumstances.
Limits regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in menstrual products.*
Establishes Veterans Suicide Prevention Commission.
Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances.*
Ensures boards of elections have discretion to make initial determination of validity of cast ballots; requires Secretary of State to establish uniform guidelines for assessing validity of ballots.*
Requires Medicaid coverage for fertility preservation services in cases of iatrogenic infertility caused by medically necessary treatments.
Modifies list of transportation infrastructure projects eligible to receive loans from NJ Infrastructure Bank for FY2025.
Authorizes creation of "250th Anniversary Revolutionary War" license plates.
Requires municipalities to share certain payments in lieu of property taxes with school districts; informs counties, school districts, and DCA of certain information related to property tax exemptions and abatements.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for screening, prevention, and treatment services of behavioral health issues affecting children.
Requires health care professionals to report cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and motor neuron disease.*
Requires State entities purchase five percent of goods and services from Central Nonprofit Agency; requires Division of Purchase and Property establish training protocols for all purchasing agents; grants Central Nonprofit Agency right of first refusal.*
Authorizes HMFA to use certain tax credits; directs HMFA to conduct tax credit auctions to provide financial assistance for certain housing puropses.*
Requires establishment of automated platform to expedite construction code approval of applications to install residential solar energy systems.
"Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act"; requires certain business entities to publicize annual greenhouse gas emissions data.
Requires Director of Division of Local Government Services in DCA to establish grant program to enhance local government efficiency; appropriates $1.5 million.
Provides health care benefits to disabled members of TPAF and PERS.
Requires BPU to procure and incentivize transmission-scale energy storage.
Creates Health Care Cost Containment and Price Transparency Commission, Office of Healthcare Affordability and Transparency, and hospital price transparency regulations.*
Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for large load customers to protect non-large load customers from increasaed costs.**
Requires BPU to study effects of data centers on electricity costs.*
Permits fire departments to use certain Class B firefighting foam for one year after prohibition takes effect.*
Establishes "Summer Termination Program" for certain utility customers.
Establishes Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program to incentivize in-State manufacturing investments and job creation.
Requires AG to establish ballistics analysis device pilot program in certain municipalities.
Modifies certain provisions of "New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Act."
Directs DEP to establish scrap tire hauler license and scrap tire storage, collection, and disposal site permit.
Establishes various requirements for charter schools, charter school board of trustees members, charter management organizations, and education management organizations.*
Concerns charter school enrollment, student placements, reporting, and athletics.
Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act concerning language requiring achievement of cost savings for SHBP.*
"Safe Communities Act"; requires AG to develop certain model policies.
Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.
Codifies AG Directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."
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Increases annual income limitation for senior and disabled citizens' eligibility for $250 property tax deduction and bases future annual income limitations on annual CPI changes.
Requires health benefits coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for insureds aged 21 or younger.
Establishes Renewable and Efficient Energy Financing Program; authorizes BPU to transfer up to $20 million annually in societal benefits charge revenues to New Jersey Infrastructure Bank for purposes of program.
Establishes Statewide targets to reduce disposal of organic waste in landfills; requires DEP to adopt regulations to achieve targets.
Requires Division of Rate Counsel to consider environmental impacts of proposed rate or service measure when representing public interest in certain proceedings and appeals.
Authorizes regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under "Air Pollution Control Act (1954)" and "Global Warming Response Act."
Requires installation of operational automatic rain sensor on lawn sprinklers as condition of sale and on lawn sprinklers on commercial, retail, or industrial property and in common interest communities within specified timeframes.
Requires electric public utilities to submit to BPU and implement integrated distribution plans.
Establishes uptime requirement for electric vehicle charging station incentive programs.
Requires BPU to allow low- and moderate-income residential customers to self-attest to income for participation in community solar programs.
Requires BPU to study and implement methods to allow additional distributed energy sources to interconnect to electrical grid.
Amends certain requirements for installation of electric vehicle supply equipment and Make-Ready parking spaces.
Directs BPU to conduct study to determine feasibility, marketability, and costs of implementing large-scale geothermal heat pump systems in State.
Establishes conditions for net metering for authorized food waste recycling facilities.
Directs DEP to establish leasing program for State-owned land to be used and managed as pollinator habitat.
Requires licensing of pet groomers and registration of certain other businesses; establishes certain licensing and operating requirements.
Revises law concerning partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for certain children, youth, and family services organizations.
"Improved Suicide Prevention, Response, and Treatment Act."
Requires membership of boards of trustees of State colleges and universities and county colleges to include two college employees.
Requires State Board of Education to permit candidates awaiting teacher certification to submit affidavit to hiring school district affirming certification requirements have been met.
Establishes School Safety and Security Task Force.
Establishes commission to study impact of certain Medicaid reimbursement rate change on nursing homes.
Creates the "Mold Safe Housing Act."
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Establishes minimum level of domestic violence and sexual assault training for judges and judicial personnel.
"Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act"; requires institutions of higher education to implement mental health programs and services.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Creates "Disability Life-Sustaining Measures Advisory Council."
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 24 hours.
Increases accidental death benefit for surviving spouse or surviving children of certain PERS members and retirants; provides accidental death benefit to beneficiary of certain PERS and PFRS members and retirants; redefines child.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish Jersey Fresh sales pilot program; appropriates $500,000.
Directs Secretary of State to contract with qualified vendor to develop national marketing campaign promoting State's innovation economy; appropriates $1,000,000.
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.
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP and SEHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Requires development of manufacturing business attraction, expansion, and retention marketing plan for areas located in certain counties within southern New Jersey.
Creates "New Jersey Anti-Semitism Task Force".
Reduces number of manufacturing jobs required to qualify for NJEDA financing and incentive programs.
Establishes "Trenton Makes Commission."
Provides temporary corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for insourcing business to New Jersey.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Requires notification to consumers of collection and disclosure of personal data by certain entities.
Prohibits sale, manufacture, distribution, and use of firefighting foam containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires DEP to establish collection and disposal program; appropriates $250,000.
Concerns structural integrity regulations for certain residential buildings.
Establishes additional municipal review processes and procedures related to development of certain large warehouses; requires certain real property revaluations and reassessments.
Prohibits leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor under age of 18; requires law enforcement officers who observe unsecured firearms to conduct follow-up.
Makes $1.3 billion in federal funds available to DEP for use in New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program for lead service line replacement projects.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for certain projects for acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes and certain environmental infrastructure projects that include, or allow for, flood mitigation projects.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement officers with cultural diversity training and develop diversity action plan.
Eliminates use of standardized assessments as measure of student growth or progress in evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals.
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Establishes ranked-choice voting procedure for elections for Governor, State Senate, State General Assembly, United States Senate and House of Representatives, and presidential primaries and general elections for electors for United States President and Vice-President.
Establishes "Twelfth Grade Postsecondary Transition Year Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State colleges and universities.
Allows ranked-choice voting options for municipal and school board elections under certain circumstances.
Establishes Small Business Resiliency Project Loan Program in EDA for certain small businesses implementing certain resiliency projects.
Establishes ranked-choice voting procedure for presidential primaries and general elections for electors for United States President and Vice-President.
Establishes New Jersey Statewide Suicide Prevention Coordination and Oversight Council in DHS.
Prohibits transport of certain items by motor vehicle on certain roadways; provides standards for loading of motor vehicle with certain items.
Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Establishes School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are victims of domestic abuse to claim credit with filing status of married filing separately.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters.
Requires certain animals used in testing to be offered for adoption; requires establishment of procedures for assessment and disposition of animals; establishes penalties for noncompliance.
Establishes First Responders COVID-19 Supplemental Benefits Program; appropriates $20 million.
Provides tax credits to small businesses to offset increases in unemployment insurance contributions.
Establishes "Fallen Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Commission;" appropriates $2.5 million.
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship.
Requires prescription drug services covered under Medicaid program to be provided via fee-for-service delivery system.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Requires NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council to prepare report regarding suicide prevention instruction in public schools.
Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras and security camera systems to be installed in State correctional facilities.
Establishes Co-Curricular Activity Emergency Grant Program to support operations of co-curricular activities at public schools; appropriates $750,000.
Provides FY 2024 supplemental appropriations to, and establishes "Drinking Water Emergency Response Fund" in, DEP; appropriates $6.85 million to fund and various divisions of DEP.
Requires certain ratios of school library media specialists to students in public schools.
Requires certain electric public utilities to file emergency response plan with BPU.
Establishes Commission on Career and Technical Education and creates initiatives that promote career and technical education programs in State.
Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
Requires new voting machines purchased or leased for use in elections in this State to produce voter-verifiable paper record of each vote cast.
Authorizes municipal assessment of development impact fees following State guidelines and makes an appropriation.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain imaging related to breast cancer detection.
Subjects certain rooming and boarding houses to municipal land use regulations; requires owners and operators of cooperative sober living residences to submit certain approvals with license applications.
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Prohibits harassing or taking of certain wildlife at competitive event; establishes penalties.
"Emission Reduction Innovation Act"; authorizes gas public utilities to develop and implement plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Includes certain employees of the DLPS as members of the Prosecutors Part of PERS.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."
Requires NJT to offer discount fares to certain individuals.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to provide access to certain interpreter services for deaf and hard of hearing.
Establishes municipal water infrastructure planning and design project grant program in DEP; appropriates $100 million.
Expands Tuition Aid Grant program to include workforce training programs.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Establishes third degree crime for certain trespasses involving victim of domestic violence.
Establishes standards for domestic violence counseling and creates "Abuse Intervention Program Advisory Committee."
Permits use of credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment for bingo, raffles, and penny auctions.
Requires electric public utilities to upgrade certain portions of electric transmission and distribution system with advanced conductors.
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing legally protected health care activities; establishes right of residents to legally protected health care services, which are restricted in other states.
Establishes "Equitable Drug Pricing and Patient Access Act."
Establishes Career and Technical Education Dual Enrollment Grant Program; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes Skilled Trades Career Exploration Pilot Program; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes "New Jersey Cybersecurity Grant Program"; appropriates $5 million from General Fund.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Prohibits cryptocurrency automatic teller machines.
Revises credentialing process for physicians attempting to enter a health insurance carrier's provider network.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for military compensation paid to State residents for out-of-State military service.
Expands list of animals prohibited from use in traveling animal acts; limits certain exceptions to apply only at educational institutions.
Clarifies DHS authority to regulate sober living homes and halfway houses as residential substance abuse aftercare facilities; requires background checks and other protections for residents of residential substance abuse facilities.
Makes $3 million supplemental appropriation for bonus awards for certain COVID-19 emergency essential frontline State workers of Local 195 International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
Establishes that final restraining order survives plaintiff's death where other persons are also protected; requires prosecutors to provide notice of defendant's release to other persons protected by order.
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Repeals law that requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.
Provides police training course credit to prior military law enforcement officer seeking employment as law enforcement officer in NJ.
Makes human trafficking-related crimes subject to No Early Release Act sentencing.
Requires health insurance coverage of screening for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders for certain covered persons.
Modifies school district property tax cap law; appropriates $67.9 million to provide additional State school aid to school districts experiencing reductions in 2025-2026 school year.
Provides accidental disability benefits to police who contract COVID-19 under certain circumstances.
Increases PFRS accidental disability pension when disability is caused by weapon.
Permits waiver of juvenile regardless of age under certain circumstances; makes juveniles eligible for waiver for terrorism and human trafficking.
Prohibits persons from installing, planting, or placing nonfunctional turf or invasive plant species on certain types of property during certain construction projects.
Revises certain laws governing police and fire interest arbitration.
Requires electric public utilities to apply to BPU for certificate of public convenience and necessity prior to undertaking transmission project.
Establishes Department of State Police as principal department in executive branch of State government.
Concerns sexual assault training for prosecutors.
Requires four-year public institutions of higher education to require undergraduate students to complete course on climate change.
Prohibits forcibly feeding certain poultry for production of foie gras.
Revises law related to EMT eligibility for receiving funds from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Prohibits expenditure of Green Acres funds for purchase, use, installation, or replacement of artificial turf fields.
Establishes New Jersey-India Commission.