Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, General Assembly.
Wayne P. DeAngelo
Sponsored
Became law9
Establishes an apprenticeship requirement to qualify for an electrical contractor's license.
Establishes "Blue Alert System."
Requires public works contractors to have certain certifications; requires certain contractors to participate in apprenticeship program.**
Revises ownership standards and exemptions under HVACR license law. *
Clarifies training requirements of certain HVACR contractors.
Provides for licensing of pool and spa service contractors, and pool and spa builders and installers.
Allows local government water system employees to reside in all municipalities served by water system.
Eliminates term limits for members of State Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers and State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors.
Concerns stop-work orders.
Passed the General Assembly11
Requires 30-day grace period prior to accrual of interest on late water and sewer bill payments.
Authorizes special Combat Action Badge license plate program.
Establishes special license plates for honorably discharged veterans.
Requires DCA to provide certain information on low-income home energy assistance program, annually update its low-income home energy assistance program handbook, and provide quarterly training sessions on administering program.
"Vegetation Management Response Act"; concerns vegetation management related to electric public utility infrastructure.
Requires motor vehicle inspection stickers to notify drivers of penalty for texting while driving.
Requires MVC to check Social Security Administration records and mark deceased individuals in MVC database once per month.
Requires public water systems to provide certain notice of boil water notices and violations of drinking water quality standards.
Requires certain public water systems to publish certain financial and employee information on Internet.
Revises certain licensure requirements to operate water supply and wastewater treatment systems.*
Provides retirement allowance after 20 years of service regardless of age for members of PFRS.
Out of committee32
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 24 hours.
Concerns stop-work orders related to prevailing wage and construction worker employment.*
Establishes uniform rates for water and sewer services for residential use based exclusively on metered consumption.
Establishes certain requirements for 9-1-1 public safety answering points and public safety dispatch points.
Exempts fuel used for operation of certain school buses from petroleum products gross receipts tax and motor fuel tax; clarifies tax treatment of certain dyed fuel thereunder; clarifies determination of taxable estates of certain decedents.*
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines to encourage high school students to participate in apprenticeship training.
Concerns installation and maintenance of solar panels in common interest communities.
Requires retirement subdivision and retirement community to install electrical generator to provide electricity to common use area to be used as shelter in case of emergency.
Requires certain contractors to register under "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."
Concerns certain employer reporting requirements.
Concerns attorney fees for workers' compensation awards.
Requires DCA to verify that low-income home energy assistance benefits are not awarded to deceased individuals.
Requires DCA to verify income of low-income home energy assistance benefit applicants.
Permits certain health care professionals to waive health insurance copayments for members of military serving on active duty and their family members.*
Requires BPU public meetings held in State-owned building to be broadcast live on Internet provided necessary technology is available in building.
Requires CATV companies to provide free broadband Internet service and associated equipment to public libraries and, under certain circumstances, other municipal buildings.*
Allows club license holder to sell alcoholic beverages in connection with fund raising events held by non-profits and charitable organizations.
Authorizes special Ancient Order of Hibernians license plate.
Revises process for development and administration of Transportation Trust Fund projects and capital program oversight; establishes transportation research center.
Increases civil penalties for certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facility safety violations.
Requires public utility employees to immediately place 9-1-1 call to report emergencies that arise from work conducted by public utility employees.
Establishes Talent Network Program in DOLWD.
Establishes "Career and Technical Education Scholar Awards" to annually recognize outstanding career and technical education students.
Creates civil service preference for peacetime veterans.*
Permits service credit transferred from another State-administered retirement system to apply toward creditable service requirement for retirement in SPRS.
Provides preferences for certain businesses applying for workforce development grants.
Directs Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish pilot program to assist certain unemployed and underemployed individuals to complete industry-valued credentials in 12 months. *
Establishes Mercer Regional Water Services Commission as oversight body over certain Trenton Water Works operations.
Directs BPU to conduct study to determine whether microgrid and distributed energy resource deployment will reduce length of power outages. *
"New Townhouse Fire Safety Act"; requires automatic fire sprinkler systems in new townhomes.
Allows utility lines necessary for certain solar energy generation facilities to cross municipally-owned preserved open space under certain circumstances.
Renames joint meetings as regional service agencies; grandfathers existing joint meetings.
In committee109
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses paying a salary differential to National Guard members or reservists on active duty.
Provides tax credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for certain costs incurred in purchase and installation of certain environmentally responsible business equipment.
Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Increases State appropriations to Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund by $387 million to restore municipal aid reductions from Fiscal Years 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Eliminates State aid growth limit for school districts in which individuals age 65 and over comprise at least 33.3 percent of the population.
Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from tax levy and appropriation cap, as applicable, for municipalities and counties.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions by certain taxpayers to New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program and provides a State match for contributions to NJBEST accounts for families meeting certain income guidelines.
Provides corporation business tax credit for certain investment in broadband infrastructure in underserved communities.
Provides corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of certain electric vehicle charging stations.
Requires telephone utility to temporarily suspend local exchange telephone service for up to six continuous months when requested by residential customer; allows customer to keep telephone number when resuming service.
Establishes a gross income tax credit for attendance at New Jersey county colleges.
Requires State to offer surplus State Police vehicles to certain volunteer fire and emergency service organizations.
Provides general election, primary, and school election sample ballots may be sent to registered voter by electronic mail if so requested.
Directs the Division of Taxation to produce instructional materials on the appropriate gross income tax treatment of certain deferred compensation plans.
Requires MVC to issue motor vehicle placard to certain veterans and waives meter fees.
Requires Division of Rate Counsel to evaluate NJT fare increases and determine whether increases are necessary and fair to NJT customers.
Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.
Clarifies that persons unable to write because of disability may execute legal signatures using fingerprint or other identifying mark.
Requires tuition bills of public institutions of higher education to include details on student fees and opt-out provision for student-managed entertainment fees, and requires certain institutions' websites to include student fee information.
Establishes manufacturing machine and metal trade apprenticeships tax credit program.
Provides PFRS member in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Authorizes county colleges to establish and operate student dormitories.
Increases number of temporary permits that may be issued to sell alcoholic beverages.
Requires instruction on information literacy in curriculum of students in grades kindergarten through 12.
Requires prompt payment of certain construction contracts.
Establishes fire safety standards and protocols for certain light frame residential construction; requires placards identifying primary structural systems of buildings.
Revises law concerning family leave, temporary disability and family temporary disability leave, and domestic or sexual violence safety leave.
Limits contributions to legal defense fund of candidate for or holder of elective public office; requires reporting thereof to ELEC.
Permits State employment on temporary basis of workers with certain skills to perform routine maintenance in State facilities.
Prohibits businesses that outsource jobs overseas from receiving State contracts or grants; prohibits investment of State funds in such businesses.
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.
Changes date when a recall election may be initiated from 50th to 90th day preceding completion of first year of term of office.
Changes signature requirement for recall petition.
Designates September 11 each year "September 11 Remembrance Day" in New Jersey.
Revises sales and use tax treatment of garbage removal services.
Provides sales and use tax rebate for certain purchases made by, or on behalf of, individuals and small businesses affected by natural disasters.
Limits job creation estimation under previous COAH regulations for warehousing activities.
Requires Council on Affordable Housing to adjust municipal fair share to reflect job loss in a municipality.
Exempts from real property taxation during construction any building, or portion thereof, to be used for a property tax-exempt purpose.
Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.
Permits municipalities to use up to 15% of affordable housing trust fund monies to provide financial assistance grants to owners of real property that sustained certain weather-related damage.
Establishes liability for harm caused by defective trees.
Invalidates consumer contracts which require a waiver of right to file a consumer complaint.
Concerns apprenticeship programs and other standards for public works contractors.
Provides exclusive jurisdiction to PERC for certain unfair labor practice claims.
Requires Department of the Treasury to collect for overpayment of UI benefits.
Permits construction workers to file a lien against the owner of real property under "Construction Lien Law."
Eliminates exception to public advertising and bidding requirements for certain public contracts involving insurance coverage and consulting services.
Exempts certain personal information from State's open public records law; bars attorney's fees award in denial of access proceeding in certain circumstances.
Requires gradual replacement of incandescent light bulbs in public school buildings with compact fluorescent light bulbs whenever possible.
Requires all new State buildings to have solar or geothermal energy systems, where feasible.
Extends prevailing wage requirements to certain for-sale housing projects.
Concerns prompt payment of construction contracts.
Prohibits employment discrimination based on applicant employment status.
Requires all campaign contributions to be reported to ELEC.
Requires requestor pick up government records within 10 business days of availability.
Creates cigar night smoking ban exemption at racetracks and off-track wagering facilities.
Provides civil service preference to military service members who did not serve in theater of operation but received campaign or expedition medal.
Provides incentives for certain businesses associated with military installations.
Establishes "Solar Equipment Purchase and Installation Assistance Program" in EDA.
Provides consumer protections under certain telecommunications service provider contracts.
Allows corporation business tax credits as incentives for redevelopment of distressed shopping centers.
Provides grants to eligible businesses equal to 5% of annual base salary of new employees hired under employment grant component of Invest in New Jersey Business Grant Program.
Requires certain CATV companies to provide Internet service at public libraries with business customer class Internet access bandwidth and circuit capacity proportional to public libraries' needs.
Permits construction of electric transmission and distribution lines on certain areas of preserved farmland under certain circumstances.
Removes decal requirement from graduated driver's license law; establishes new system for law enforcement to identify novice drivers.
Allows parent or guardian to be present during behind-the-wheel instruction of minor.
Requires cell phone warranties to last throughout initial service contract.
Limits caseload of parole officers who monitor sex offenders to 40.
Requires mandatory imprisonment for child luring and requires certain information about Megan's Law to be provided to sex offenders annually.
Revises definition of volunteer first aid, rescue, and ambulance squad under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
Establishes Economic Development Incentive Review Commission.
Requires State Building Authority to make certain payments in lieu of taxes for public safety facilities to municipalities; makes appropriation.
Requires municipal agency under MLUL to notify prospective applicant of potential need for additional governmental approvals.
Permits local unit to contract with private entities to lease advertising space on local unit's official Internet website.
Authorizes political subdivisions to require recipients of economic development incentives to enter into community benefits agreements.
Clarifies scope of affordable housing obligations.
Requires BPU to conduct biennial rate cases for public utilities; increases penalties for public utilities failing to comply with BPU orders.
Establishes procedures for nomination and election of members of New Jersey Hall of Fame; directs principal location of hall to be in or adjacent to New Jersey State Museum.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for certain retired members of NJ National Guard.
Clarifies that members of volunteer first aid squads that bill third parties do not lose right to use emergency warning lights.
Establishes New Jersey Commission on Construction Industry Independent Contractor Reform.
Exempts senior homeowners from municipal building permit fees.
Permits students who are eligible for special education services to enroll in noncustodial parent's school district of residence under certain circumstances.
Provides explicit authorization for the Schools Development Authority to use the design/build/operate/maintain procurement model for school facilities projects.
Directs DOE to develop Veterans in the Schools Program to teach students about military experiences of local veterans.
Establishes "County Career Technical Education Annual Recognition Awards" to annually recognize best programs implemented by county vocational school districts.
Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs.
Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from the tax levy cap applicable to school districts.
Provides that probationary license holder may transport siblings in addition to dependents and one additional passenger.
Allows veteran or personal representative to withdraw honorable discharge papers from county clerk.
Provides gross income tax credit for certified teachers who incur expenses for classroom supplies.
Concerns registration of contractors and sets criteria for responsible bidders in public work.
Establishes green infrastructure financing program.
Directs BPU to require certain energy businesses to maintain recordings of telemarketing sales calls for three years.
Limits rescheduling, cancellation, and no-show fees providers of health care services may charge in certain instances.
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from EDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education, in consultation with various entities, to design a manufacturing career pathway to provide students with skills necessary to gain employment in manufacturing sector.
Creates the New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing Council.
Requires employer notification when relocating call center services outside the United States.
Creates financial rewards program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Concerns debarment for prevailing wage violations.
Concerns prevailing wage in certain public utilities work.
Exempts disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears veteran's or recipient's special license plate or placard issued by MVC.
Provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for employers of certain reservists.
Requires bidders on public works construction projects to submit information on fire safety features.
Establishes Energy and Manufacturing Workforce Development Program in DOLWD.
Requires that newly-purchased school buses be equipped with air conditioning and heating systems.
Revises definition of "public works projects" to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
Carried from the Senate
Became law12
Requires certain contractors to register under "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines to encourage high school students to participate in apprenticeship training.
Establishes Talent Network Program in DOLWD.
Provides preferences for certain businesses applying for workforce development grants.
Increases civil penalties for certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facility safety violations.
Revises process for development and administration of Transportation Trust Fund projects and capital program oversight; establishes transportation research center.
Permits service credit transferred from another State-administered retirement system to apply toward creditable service requirement for retirement in SPRS.
Directs Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish pilot program to assist certain unemployed and underemployed individuals to complete industry-valued Credentials in 12 months. *
Concerns attorney fees for workers' compensation awards.
Concerns stop-work orders related to prevailing wage and construction worker employment.*
Permits certain health care professionals to waive health insurance copayments for members of military on active duty and their family members. *
Renames joint meetings as regional service agencies; grandfathers existing joint meetings.
Vetoed2
Exempts fuel used for operation of certain school buses from petroleum products gross receipts tax and motor fuel tax; clarifies tax treatment of certain dyed fuel thereunder; clarifies determination of taxable estates of certain decedents.
"New Townhouse Fire Safety Act"; requires automatic fire sprinkler systems in new townhomes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 35
Requires certain schools to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by school nurse or trained employee.
"Alyssa's Law"; requires public school buildings to be equipped with panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.**
Requires institution of higher education to award appropriate credit for student's military service.*
Requires public utility to charge veterans' organization residential rate for service delivered to property at which veterans' organization primarily operates.
Directs the Division of Travel and Tourism to publish on its website information of farm-to-table restaurants.
Prohibits employer inquiries about worker's wage and salary experience.*
Allows for cancellation of certain service contracts without paying early termination fee if customer becomes deceased prior to end of service contract.
Provides job security to certain organ and bone marrow donors.
Exempts certain honorably discharged United States military veterans from initial insurance producer licensing fee.*
Enhances enforcement and oversight of mental health condition and substance use disorder parity laws.**
Requires Director of the Division of Taxation to establish 90-day State tax amnesty period that ends no later than January 15, 2019.**
Establishes and modifies clean energy and energy efficiency programs; modifies State's solar renewable energy portfolio standards.
Concerns unemployment compensation and labor disputes.
Revises law concerning family leave, temporary disability and family temporary disability leave, and domestic or sexual violence safety leave.
Allows cigar bars and lounges to renew lapsed exemption from ban on indoor smoking under certain circumstances.
Allows wagering at casinos and racetracks on certain professional and collegiate sports or athletic events.
Clarifies that certain students are eligible for NJ STARS and NJ STARS II scholarship upon initial enrollment at institution of higher education on part-time basis.
Authorizes special assessments and bond issuance to replace lead-contaminated water service lines.
Requires Commissioner of Health to develop voluntary registry to collect cancer incidence data from firefighters.
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Mercer County as "Francis J. McManimon Highway."
Requires school bus operations in State to comply with certain federal regulations.
Requires safety education training twice per calendar year for school bus drivers and school bus aides.*
"Linda's Law"; prohibits electric public utilities from discontinuing service to customers using life-sustaining equipment with verification of use of equipment.
"Hunger-Free Campus Act"; requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish grant program to address food insecurity among students enrolled in public institutions of higher education; appropriates $1 million.
Requires Chief Technology Officer to establish "Anti-Hunger Link" for all State websites, providing information on emergency food services.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish food desert produce pilot program.
Establishes New Jersey Food Waste Task Force to make recommendations concerning food waste in New Jersey.
Establishes Farm Liaison in Department of Agriculture.
Appropriates $1,190,349 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for historic site management grants to certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Makes transient accommodation taxes and fees only applicable if it is obtained through a marketplace or if it is a professionally managed unit.*
Concerns property taxes due and owing on real property owned by certain federal employees or contractors under certain circumstances.
"Sami's Law"; requires transportation network companies to issue, and drivers to display on vehicles, certain transportation network company identification. *
Increases gross income tax deduction available to veterans from $3,000 to $6,000.
Concerns penalties for misclassification of employees.
Requires employers to post notice for employees on employee misclassification.
Vetoed · 1
Requires adoption of anti-nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.*
Passed the General Assembly · 19
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
Provides for special Bronze Star license plates.
Provides that cigar bars and lounges may renew lapsed registration to permit indoor smoking under certain circumstances.
Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Requires public water systems to compile, and submit to DEP, lead service line inventories.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to design and make available to public a webinar on TDI, family temporary disability leave, and family leave.
Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.
Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements. *
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Directs Secretary of State to develop national marketing campaign promoting State's innovation economy.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the NJBEST program and provides distributions from qualified State tuition programs for K-12 expenses are not qualified withdrawals under gross income tax.*
Requires DOE and DCF to establish online reporting systems for schools and child care centers to report lead testing results.
Expands circumstances under which prevailing wage must be paid.
"Food Desert Elimination Act"; provides incentives to supermarkets and grocery stores that locate in "food deserts."
Requires public community water systems to provide customers with certain information regarding lead in drinking water. *
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow service recipients to terminate service contracts following physician's referral to long-term care facility.*
Requires cable television, direct broadcast satellite, and television streaming service companies to include certain fees and charges for service in advertised price to consumers.
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Modifies school funding law to eliminate adjustment aid and State aid growth limit; allows adjustment to tax levy growth limitation for certain school districts.
Requires institutions of higher education to develop open textbook plan.*
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Requires four-year public institutions of higher education to have one veteran coordinator for every 200 veteran students; requires veteran coordinator to work with DMVA to ensure veterans have access to all available services.
Permits, and establishes requirements for, sale of cottage food products.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Establishes special license plates to bring awareness to breast cancer.
Concerns installation of electric vehicle charging stations in common interest communities.*
Permits issuance of motorcycle endorsement to certain out-of-State military personnel.
Permits new cigar lounges to be opened under certain circumstances.
Requires institution of higher education to have automatic external defibrillator on premises of each athletic facility and student center.
Directs installation of electric vehicle charging stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
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 disclosure by independent expenditure committees. *
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential and prohibit any disclosure, sale, or unauthorized access to subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing to disclose informatio
Requires State to use certain energy-efficient outdoor lighting fixtures.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Permits municipalities to hold certain inactive liquor licenses reserved for smart growth developments for an additional five years.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Provides for increase and annual adjustment in allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.
Revises certain licensee filing requirements for alcoholic beverage price lists; removes requirement that limited brewery and distillery licensees provide tour when selling certain alcoholic beverages to consumers.
Requires hospital patient's medical record to include notation if patient is at increased risk of confusion, agitation, behavioral problems, and wandering due to dementia related disorder.
Requires boil water notices to be provided to municipal clerk within one hour. *
Establishes Main Street Economic Growth Program to encourage business development in small, highly developed municipalities.
Excludes from gross income taxation military compensation for personnel serving outside of State and combat zone compensation.*
Requires BPU consideration and approval of amended application for qualified wind energy project offshore in certain NJ territorial waters.
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Revises and renames NJSTARS; repeals NJSTARS II; establishes NJ HonorScholars Program.
Directs BPU to study feasibility of adopting certain requirements for installation of new and replacement electric distribution utility poles and transmission towers.
Establishes and modifies clean energy and energy efficiency programs; establishes zero emission certificate program; modifies State's solar renewable energy portfolio standards.
Concerns law regarding failure to pay wages.
Directs certain unclaimed electric and gas utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund and societal charge revenues to be paid to Statewide nonprofit energy assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.*
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Authorizes municipality, county or school district to establish charitable funds for specific purposes; permits property tax credit for certain donations.
Establishes permit to allow seasonal retail consumption license holders to sell alcoholic beverages during certain off-season dates.*
Establishes zero emission certificate program for nuclear power plants.
Prohibits person from contracting for public work if person is barred from receiving federal contract.
Requires State entities to recycle certain materials and provide recycling bins in State buildings.
Revises "New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act" to prohibit smoking at public beaches and parks.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Establishes grant program for certain teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; appropriates $5 million to DOE.*
Authorizes creation of Woman Veteran license plates.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to create list of labor organizations that represent workers on public work projects.
Makes General Fund supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Requires board of education or school bus contractor, within one business day of notification that school bus driver's license is suspended or revoked, to verify to DOE that driver is no longer operating school bus.*
Requires landlord to provide written explanation for rent increase on tenant of senior citizen housing project.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that participate in DOL registered apprenticeship programs; establishes grant program for tax-exempt organizations participating in DOL registered apprenticeship programs.
Creates five year High-Growth Industry Regional Apprenticeship Development Grant Pilot Program.
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Establishes task force to develop State-wide plan to diversify apprenticeships.
Transfers authority over special nutrition assistance programs from DOH to DHS.
Authorizes political subdivisions to set aside 0.5 percent of public works funds to recruit and train women and minorities and promote local hiring.
Establishes goals and incentives for increased use of plug-in electric vehicles in NJ.*
Permits county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages to issue identification card to Gold Star Family Member.
Allows emergency zero interest pension loans to certain public employees who are negatively affected by federal shutdown.
Concerns local taxation of business personal property of local exchange telephone companies.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for Meals on Wheels.
Permits Department of Labor and Workforce Development to post information of person who violates State wage, benefit and tax laws.
Allows municipalities to adopt ordinance to enter properties to perform lead service line replacements.
Concerns employment status of individuals with respect to wage and hour and unemployment laws.
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"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Establishes publicly accessible Internet registry of offenders who cause bodily harm, or property theft or damage, against disabled persons, senior citizens, or veterans.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Creates the crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with a disability.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Requires MVC to accept emergency medical technician and paramedic certification cards as two points of documentation for purposes of MVC identification verification program.
Requires distribution of homestead benefits on or before October 31 of the State fiscal year during which an appropriation is made.
Creates white collar crime registry.
"New Jersey Sexual Assault Violence in Education Act"; requires institutions of higher education to adopt anti-sexual assault theater program, report allegations of sexual assault to county prosecutor, and provide students with information on sexual assau
Allows gross income tax deduction for certain donations to the Rutgers University Foundation.
Requires independent colleges report certain consumer information on their websites; requires information on remedial instruction to be provided by certain colleges; directs how remedial education is delivered at four-year public and independent colleges.
Prohibits four-year public and independent institutions of higher education from requiring students to purchase meal plans and permits the institutions to only offer meal plans in the form of a spending allowance.
Prohibits four-year public and independent institutions of higher education from increasing New Jersey resident undergraduate tuition and fees for nine continuous semesters following student's initial enrollment.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of certain compressed natural gas vehicles.
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or spouses of veterans and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
Establishes "Neighborhood Solar Energy Investment Program."
Requires school districts to take all steps to ensure adequate security for students when school is open as a polling place and provides that school district costs shall be deducted from the itemized list of expenses submitted by the county board of elect
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Excludes gains on sales of certain real estate purchases from taxation under corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Provides "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act" exemption, and clarifies municipal planning or zoning authority, for certain development along commercial corridors in Highlands Region.
Establishes pilot project to permit voters in military service on active duty overseas, and their eligible family members, to vote in certain elections using the Internet; makes appropriation.
Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to the families of NJ troops overseas.
Establishes task force to study issues facing returning members of the United States Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard and make recommendations on how State should address issues.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act of 2012"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Requires public and nonpublic school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Provides tuition benefits at public institutions of higher education for dependents of certain veterans.
Requires NJEDA to establish loan program to assist beginning farmers in financing capital purchases.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to persons leasing agricultural land to beginning farmers.
Retitles State correction officer as State correctional police officer; clarifies law enforcement powers.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to Cold War veterans.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Establishes a grant program for school districts to establish substance abuse prevention programs for eighth grade students.
Requires in public schools instruction on the contributions of United States veterans and the observance of patriotic exercises on certain holidays.
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
Establishes "Government Crowdfunding Act" to allow government entities to conduct fundraising for certain government projects.
Requires 10 percent bail; prohibits installment payments.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to study prevalence, cost, and quality of certain on-line courses compared to traditional classroom courses offered by institutions of higher education.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Revises child pornography law.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Authorizes design professionals to self-certify construction plans.
Establishes Main Street Assistance Program to encourage business development in small municipalities.
The "Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Allows installation of solar arrays by municipalities on preserved open space in certain circumstances.
Provides for BPU incentives for district energy collaboratives and certain combined heat and power facilities.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Establishes Green Jobs Training Partnership Program.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to defendant at sentencing.
Requires Dept. of Agriculture to create clearinghouse website for vendors to provide surplus food to charities in State.
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.
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.
Creates "New Jersey Life Sciences Internship Challenge" program.
Guarantees each municipality, at a minimum, Fiscal Year 2010 distribution of Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid in State Fiscal Year 2012.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Allows gross income tax deductions for certain contributions to NJBEST college tuition savings program.
Provides additional State school aid to school districts experiencing enrollment increases due to conversion of age-restricted housing developments to non-restricted developments.
Revises homestead property tax reimbursement eligibility requirements for certain claimants relocating homesteads within the same municipality.
Requires school districts to observe Veterans Day as school holiday.
Makes various changes to tenure of faculty and other professional staff at State and county colleges.
Establishes the "Mental Health Court Pilot Program" in several vicinages.
Revises "Pet Purchase Protection Act" to establish new requirements for pet dealers and pet shops.
Provides corporation business tax credit and allows gross income tax deduction for purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging stations.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers, or playgrounds.
Requires use of electronic mail for community notification under Megan's law.
Provides for fair notice and opportunity to contest, or obtain waiver of a repayment of, overpayment of homestead rebate or credit and homestead property tax reimbursement.
Dedicates $140,000 from NJ Brain Injury Research Fund for community based services provided by Statewide alliance dedicated to assisting persons with brain injury through advocacy, education, information and resources, outreach, and support services.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Eliminates 14-day and theater of war service requirements for eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction and exemption.
Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.
Prohibits smoking at public parks and beaches.
Requires health insurance carriers to comply with certain network adequacy requirements.
Establishes "Art in Storefronts" initiative within the Main Street New Jersey program.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Establishes "New Jersey Net Neutrality Act."
Creates matching grant program for small businesses engaged in life sciences.
Establishes central registry for background checks of youth serving organization employees and volunteers.
Establishes certain network adequacy and standard application requirements for health insurance carriers; requires determination of hospital diversity for tiered networks.
Requires carriers to disclose selection standards for, and establishes certain requirements regarding, placement of health care providers in tiered health benefits plan network.
Establishes "Veterans Affordable Housing Section 8 Voucher Pilot Program."
Allows students to use certain grant awards during summer session.
Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, makes crime subject to No Early Release Act, and upgrades burglary of a residence to a second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Requires DOE to include military-connected student identifier in student-level database; requires district inform teacher when military-connected student enrolls in class taught by teacher.
Reforms procedures concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes Council on Affordable Housing.
"HOPE Initiative Act;" requires establishment of public awareness campaign to educate citizens about dangers and causes of, and appropriate responses to, heroin and opioid addiction.
Establishes special parking for hybrid, electric, and alternative fuel vehicles.
Provides credits under corporation business tax and gross income tax for qualified wages of certain disabled veterans.
Eliminates veterans' gross income tax deduction requirement that New Jersey National Guard member serve in federal active duty status.
Makes persons with New Jersey National Guard service and NGB 22 form eligible for certain veterans benefits.
Prohibits posting, publishing on the Internet, or disclosing certain information regarding military personnel.
Permits certain alcoholic beverage licensees to sell their products at seasonal farm markets.
Requires an annual State debt affordability analysis be included in the State Debt Report.
Authorizes special plate for holders of "Combat Action Ribbon."
Exempts storage facility space furnished to active duty military personnel from sales and use tax.
Requires owner of railroad bridge to submit bridge inspection records to DOT.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide to prospective students certain cost, loan, and debt information in financial aid shopping sheet.
Requires certain notice to be provided by public utility, county, or municipality prior to initiating certain infrastructure projects.
Requires health care facilities to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Establishes "Local Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act."
Allows public schools to let certain students not enrolled in school participate in high school interscholastic athletics; allows public high schools in same district to enter into cooperative sports programs under certain conditions.
Allows gross income tax deduction for surviving spouses of certain veterans.
Permits Adjutant General to authorize members of NJ National Guard to carry firearm at recruiting centers.
Establishes Rail Passenger Bill of Rights and authorizes Division of Consumer Affairs to enforce provisions.
Increases craft distillery production limits; eliminates tour requirement for on-premises consumption; permits sale of snacks on craft distillery premises.
Establishes the "Student Loan Assistance and Home Purchase Act."
Establishes NJ Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Life Long Skills Commission in the Department of State.
Eliminates unemployment tax for certain workers ineligible to receive unemployment benefits.
Excludes military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Authorizes school district that moves its annual school election to November to submit separate proposals for additional spending for budget year and subsequent budget year.
Directs BPU to establish two-year innovative drinking water supply and wastewater infrastructure grant program.
Expands net metering aggregation to all customers and provides credit for excess electric generation at full retail electricity rate to net metering aggregation customers.
Establishes financial incentives for certain energy providers to conduct energy audits.
Permits electric public utilities, electric power suppliers, and basic generation service providers to enter into certain agreements with building owners for use of solar electric systems at owners' buildings.
The "Retrofitted Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Expands programs in BPU to include low-interest loans and grants to municipalities for energy efficient programs and innovative energy technologies.
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.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of compressed natural gas vehicles.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
Requires mail-in ballot applications be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections; requires poll workers to discuss application instructions with applicant upon request.
Authorizes executive county superintendent of schools to require implementation of shared services arrangements.
Authorizes school district hiring preference for veterans.
Requires certain public officials to complete course of study developed by Commissioner of Community Affairs on operation of public water and wastewater systems.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $500 income tax deduction.
Establishes New Jersey Commission on School Funding in DOE.
Requires electric public utilities to implement flood mitigation plans for electric distribution substations and transfer stations in certain flood zones.
Concerns alternate methods of wage payment.
Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits to incarcerated individuals.
Concerns access to certain job training courses for employees affected by plant closings, mass layoffs or transfer of operations.
Creates New Jersey Cold War medal.
Establishes construction workforce recruitment and training program in DOLWD.
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Provides gross income tax deduction to certain surviving spouses of veterans.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Authorizes wagering at casinos and racetracks on results of certain professional or collegiate sports or athletic events.
Requires DMVA conduct outcomes and efficacy study of veteran to veteran peer support helpline.
Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for purposes of base realignment and closure.
Provides spouses of military servicemembers with gross income tax credit, up to $500, for professional relicensing fees incurred upon relocating to State.
Eliminates requirement under veterans' gross income tax exemption that taxpayer serve in active duty status or federal active duty status to qualify for exemption.
Establishes annual grant program to recognize public institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.
Waives business formation and registration fees for establishment of businesses owned by veterans.
Requires EDA to establish innovation centers for emerging technology and life sciences businesses in northern, central, and southern New Jersey.
Prohibits use of education, occupation, and credit score as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Requires school bus driver's complete motor vehicle driving record be shared with board of education or school bus contractor and local police.
Requires payment of State employees' compensation during involuntary furlough or temporary reduction in force due to late enactment of State annual appropriation act.
"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.
Revises health care levy adjustment for school districts; makes various changes for health care benefits for school employees; requires certain information in school budgets; imposes cap on contributions by public employees for health care benefits.
Requires public high school students to receive instruction concerning opioid abuse and opioid abuse prevention.
Excludes transient accommodations in shore counties from various State and local taxes.
Prohibits electric public utilities from discontinuing service to customers using life-sustaining equipment without BPU approval or court order.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Amends current law to authorize certain activities in which holder of limited brewery license is permitted to engage.
Establishes goals, initiatives, and programs to encourage and support use of plug-in electric vehicles.
Enhances pre-apprenticeship programs and allocates funds therefore.
Authorizes creation of special fallen firefighter license plates.
Directs installation of hydrogen refueling stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Requires professional boards to issue licenses for veterans with good standing license or certification in another jurisdiction under certain circumstances.
Requires public water systems to develop lead service line inventories and schedules for replacement of lead service lines.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to New Jersey Library Network for continuation of services.
Clarifies that application to collocate wireless communications equipment be reviewed by administrative officer.
Directs certain unclaimed water utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund be paid to Statewide nonprofit utility assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.
Requires revocation of parole for assaulting or threatening law enforcement officers.
Allows $250 gross income tax deduction for members of military on active duty.
Requires Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in DHS to accept permanent change of station order for purposes of satisfying residency requirement for provision of home and community based services under certain circumstances.
Establishes three-year study on impact of minimum wage increases on businesses.
Establishes "5G Network and Development Task Force."
Requires limited liability companies to make certain disclosures concerning ownership.
Prohibits campaign expenditures to entities whose principals cannot be readily identified.
Criminalizes impersonating transportation network company driver.
Requires provision of instruction on safe user practices for certain websites and mobile applications as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Provides for uniform regulation of small wireless facility deployment in this State.
Establishes Office of Labor Law Enforcement.
Defines indigent veteran and veteran status for certain veteran interment purposes.
Requires DEP, DOH, DCA, owners or operators of public water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.
Requires public water systems to provide customers and local officials with expedited notice of elevated lead levels.
Requires DHS to take certain measures concerning Integrated Case Management Services program.
Requires Department of Labor and Workforce Development to apply smart labor force data to direct veterans to in-demand fields.
Requires certain health care plans to be offered by SEHBP and local boards of education; requires SEHBP commission to establish employee contribution rates for certain plans; requires local boards of education provide certain information on health care be
Authorizes creation of active duty military license plates.
Requires public institution of higher education to refund course tuition and fees to certain service members and to permit late registration for veterans and service members.
Provides accidental death benefits in certain circumstances to surviving spouse and surviving child of SPRS member or retiree who participated in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.