Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, Senate.
Shirley K. Turner
Sponsored
Became law3
Requires health insurance carriers to encrypt certain information.*
Concerns alterations in child support obligations in response to changes to status of supported child.
Appropriates $22,463,000 in 2003 bond act monies for loans to fund dam restoration projects.*
Vetoed6
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research institutions; allows certain technology businesses located in certain innovation zones to receive certain tax credits under Grow New Jersey Assistan
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act."; appropriates $5 million.*
Requires a public school district to provide a daily recess period for students in grades kindergarten through 5.
Establishes a partial return to work TDI program.
Provides State Investment Council must report private money managers' fee information and that council's regulations addressing political contributions will apply to federal or national committees and non-State political committees.
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
Passed the Senate8
Establishes microenterprise training program and assistance for micro entrepreneurs.
Requires housing authority to advertise when applications are being accepted for housing assistance waiting lists on its Internet website or webpage.
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group.
Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Authorizes board of education to establish community service credit program for high school students.*
Establishes "Police Body Camera Implementation Task Force" to study and make recommendations concerning use of body cameras by law enforcement agencies in this State.
Designates Thomas Alva Edison as State Inventor.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to provide electric vehicle recharging stations at certain rest areas on New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Atlantic City Expressway.*
Out of committee33
Requires government records to be made available on the Internet and permits custodian to advise requester of the record to obtain record directly from Internet.*
Requires post-secondary educational institutions to collect and report employment data for certain graduates.
Permits municipality to establish restricted parking spaces for certain volunteer firefighters.
Revises law concerning the purchase of scrap metal.
Establishes crimes of operating school bus with suspended or revoked driving privileges and being involved in accident causing bodily injury; permanently prohibits passenger and school bus CDL endorsements for persons convicted of those crimes.
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
Debars permanently from government contracting any person convicted of certain crimes involving government contracts.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Regulates deed procurement services.
Requires lowest possible price not exceeding certain cap for inmate telephone calls.*
Prohibits smoking at public parks and beaches.
Authorizes criminal background checks for au pairs and nannies.
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.
Encourages the establishment of "breakfast after the bell" programs in school districts, public school, and nonpublic schools participating in the federal school breakfast program.
Provides for increase and annual adjustment in allowance paid to veterans with certain wartime service-connected disabilities.
Prohibits school district from denying student school breakfast or school lunch because payment is in arrears without prior notice to parent.
Increases penalties for drunk driving with a minor as a passenger.
Permits certain zero emission vehicle manufacturers to directly sell motor vehicles to consumers and requires them to operate service facilities.
Establishes Division of State Museum in Department of State; continues New Jersey State Museum within division; abolishes museum board of trustees.
Authorizes special Alpha Kappa Alpha license plate.
Prohibits award of State contracts and development subsidies to inverted domestic corporations.*
Prohibits State administered pension fund investment in corporations shifting ownership or operations outside the U.S. for tax purposes.
Requires BPU to provide links to pricing information to customers from electric and gas public utilities, and third-party electric power and gas suppliers.*
Requires BPU to establish procedures allowing electric power and gas supplier customers to switch energy suppliers.
Imposes contract standards between customers and third-party electric power and gas suppliers.
Requires sober living homes and other substance abuse aftercare treatment facilities to provide certain notifications to next-of-kin when patient is released from care; designated as "Nick Rohdes' Law." *
Establishes restricted use driver's license endorsement for certain motor vehicle offenders with suspended license.
Shortens waiting periods for expungement of criminal and other records and information; makes various changes to other expungement procedures and requirements.*
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments in kindergarten through second grade.
Requires county and municipal police departments to establish cultural diversity training course and plan.
Concerns random drug testing of certain inmates.
Requires initial determination of unemployment benefits to be made within three weeks of filing of claim.
Establishes State Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high school graduates who have attained a high level of bilingual proficiency.
In committee192
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.
Establishes Extended School Day and School Year Study Commission.
Requires NJ Energy Star Homes Program incentives be available Statewide.
Establishes cruel restraint of a dog as an animal cruelty offense.
Requires physicians and other prescribers to obtain informed consent from parents or guardians of minors for certain medications with "black box warnings."
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.
Permits up to 10 children to be cared for by a registered family day care provider.
Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Prohibits right on red turns at intersections with red light cameras; requires certain additional signage if red light camera is in safe corridor.
Permits automatic expungement for certain persons completing a sentence to drug court under the special probation statute.
Permits domestic violence victim witness to testify via closed circuit television under certain circumstances.
Requires disclosure of contributions received and expenditures made by committees or organizations not affiliated or coordinated with any candidate, or committee organized to support or oppose public questions.
Adds Sons of The American Legion to list of organizations whose representatives receive paid leaves of absence to attend State and national conventions.
Expands implied consent statute to include blood and urine testing.
Establishes drug disposal program in Division of Consumer Affairs.
Requires public institutions of higher education to establish policies for the implementation of fees.
Requires certain information to be contained in application for homestead property tax reimbursement and revises application deadline.
Requires presumption that any bail paid by defendant charged with certain weapons offenses will be in the form of full cash.
Establishes the "Mental Health Court Pilot Program" in several vicinages.
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income credit program to 25 percent of federal earned income tax credit amounts beginning in Tax Year 2014.
Prohibits retail sales establishment from storing certain magnetic-stripe data; requires reimbursement for costs incurred by financial institution due to breach of security.
Establishes the "Mental Health Court Pilot Program," in Mercer and Essex Counties.
Permits reuse of returned prescription drugs within licensed health care facilities; directs Commissioner of Health to evaluate feasibility of reuse for treatment of indigent persons.
Increases income threshold for qualifying for farmland assessment.
Provides that preserved farmland may be sold by the State or a local government unit only to established farmers and restricts size of farmer residence which may be built thereon.
Requires boil water notices to be provided by certain public water systems via telephone, email or text message.
Requires boil water notices be provided to mayor and municipal clerk within one hour.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than 4% over the prior academic year.
Requires superintendent to assume responsibilities of principal in certain school districts.
Allocates $10 million to the City of Trenton to hire 75 additional police officers.
Concerns automobile insurance practices.
Eliminates award of attorneys' fees, filing fees and costs of suit for technical violation of the consumer fraud act.
Establishes electronic reporting system for purchasers of precious metals or jewelry.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Requires disclosure of certain adverse actions based on consumer credit reports.
Sets States mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Prohibits advertising of certain products to minors on websites; requires website operators to allow minors to delete posts.
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Requires BPU to mandate electric power supply reliability and prevent market manipulation by electric power suppliers.
Authorizes the court to issue restraining orders to defendants charged with a crime as a condition of release on bail.
Clarifies the intent of the Legislature that the attempt or conspiracy to commit certain offenses may constitute acts of domestic violence.
Establishes employment goals and requirements for development subsidies.
Concerning development subsidies and certain employment practices.
Requires repayment of development subsidies in certain cases of failure to meet job creation or retention requirements.
Requires textbook publishers to provide public institutions of higher education with information on price and availability of textbooks.
Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.
Modifies timeframe during which charter school applications are submitted to and approved by DOE.
Requires nonpublic secondary schools and independent institutions of higher education to make payment to school districts for educational costs of students residing in tax-exempt housing upon adoption of resolution by municipal governing body.
Increases penalties for drunk driving with minor as passenger.
Directs Attorney General to establish a criminal firearms recovery clearing house.
Requires DOT to issue guidance on certain aspects of red light camera pilot program.
Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
Requires immediate forfeiture of public office, position or employment, without application by the prosecutor, for public officials and employees convicted under federal law of certain public corruption offenses.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
Establishes guidelines for creditworthiness determinations concerning affordable housing programs.
Provides awarding of contracts for professional services by State, county, municipal, and school district through competitive contracting process.
Requires spousal consent to election of certain pension payout options under TPAF, JRS and PERS.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Amends eligibility for expungement of criminal records.
Provides that Probation Division would file child support judgement as a lien only when amount of judgement equals or exceeds amount of child support due for a one-month period.
Deletes requirement for certain cable television companies to fund "CATV Universal Access Fund."
Requires certain electric public utilities to file emergency response plan with Board of Public Utilities.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to the establishment of a charter school.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Increases the gross income tax rate on income exceeding $1,000,000 and dedicates revenue from tax rate increase for direct real property tax relief for taxpayers.
Requires certain public contracts for insurance coverage and consulting services to be awarded through competitive contracting process.
Changes date for election of fire commissioners from third Saturday in February to day of primary election.
Establishes new procedure to fill congressional vacancies by election; eliminates special election option; requires congressional vacancy be filled on general election day; requires Governor to make appointment from same party to temporarily fill Senate v
Requires carbon monoxide detectors in school buildings.
Establishes prescription drug donation repository program.
Establishes School Asthma Protocol Task Force.
Allows security officer applicant to demonstrate rehabilitation if previously convicted of crime.
Prohibits smoking in certain outdoor public places.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Child Support Reform.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Provides for mandatory life imprisonment for sexual assault upon a minor.
Concerns payment of homestead property tax reimbursement as credit on property tax bill.
Regulates smoking in multiple dwellings; requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to promulgate construction standards for new multiple dwellings permitting smoking.
Requires tenant notification and documentation on landlord registration form whenever rental premises is adjudicated to have caused constructive eviction because of mold presence; requires Department of Community Affairs to maintain registry.
Establishes gross income tax credit for full-time tuition cost at certain New Jersey institutions of post-secondary education.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Provides for philosophical exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Makes various changes in the charter school program in regard to student enrollment procedures, charter revocation, and monitoring of charter schools.
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Enhances penalties upon corporate violators of housing codes.
"Home-Based Jobs Creation Act"; classifies certain home businesses as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing, or retailing activities.
Establishes publicly accessible domestic violence Internet registry.
Clarifies authority of municipal court to suspend driver's licenses; establishes that the terms revoke and suspend are to have the same meaning under Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Requires contracts for professional services be awarded by certain bi-state authorities pursuant to competitive contracting process.
Supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,560,000 for anti-tobacco programs.
Provides for coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation benefits in Medicaid.
Prohibits the use of simulated government documents in advertising.
Requires that school districts use a model contract developed by the Commissioner of Education when employing a superintendent of schools.
Includes limitations on amount of retirement compensation which may be provided by a school board in the employment contracts of superintendents of schools, assistant superintendents of schools, and school business administrators.
Clarifies school district employees subject to statutory provisions concerning supplemental compensation for unused sick leave and vacation carry forward requirements.
Subjects most State property to local property taxation beginning on July 1, 2014.
Decreases the penalty for certain parole violations.
Establishes system of graduated parole violation sanctions.
Prohibits possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on private property by persons under legal drinking age.
Enhances penalties for illegally operating a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle.
Clarifies that school bus for purpose of upgraded penalties in "school zone" criminal drug laws includes any bus owned and operated by board of education or by private contractor.
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Prohibits sale of tobacco products in vending machines with certain exceptions.
Permits voter registration up to 14 days before election.
Concerns private entities that own, operate or manage correctional facilities or jails.
Upgrades crime of invasion of privacy under certain circumstances; eliminates presumption of nonimprisonment.
Mandates that certain personnel critical to certain State finance and revenue generating activities are essential employees during a declared State government shutdown due to failure to enact an annual appropriation act.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in hedge funds and derivative contracts.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Requires aftercare treatment program as part of community supervision.
Authorizes public access to government records through government website.
Requires mandatory registration of family child care providers; requires family child care providers to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Requires victims of the criminally insane to be notified upon release, escape, or transfer of offender from mental health facility.
Establishes sexual assault training requirements for law enforcement officers.
Revises licensing provisions for orthotists and prosthetists and assistants.
Concerns eligibility requirements for licensed professional counselors and associate counselors.
Requires State agencies to submit notice of request for proposals or other documents pertinent to privatization contracts to certain State employees.
Appropriates $7.5 million of Powerball lottery game proceeds to extend Part-Time Tuition Aid Grant Program from county colleges to all colleges.
Regulates placement of charges for products or services on telephone bills.
Establishes certain customer protection requirements for cable television customers.
Directs BPU to establish certain energy-conservation programs.
Directs BPU to determine whether electric power generation service market in State is competitive and to submit report to Governor and Legislature.
Subjects certain municipal and school property to property taxation.
Enhances penalties upon certain violators of housing codes.
Provides for mail notice of certain telephone rate and tariff changes.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Authorizes law enforcement agency to inform the president of a public or independent institution of higher education when a student is charged or convicted of certain crimes.
Prohibits a student from participating in high school graduation ceremonies unless the student has completed all graduation requirements.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Bars the disclosure of personal identifying information of grand jury witnesses except for name; creates a fourth degree offense for attorney disclosure.
Prohibits DCF from placing children in out-of-State residential child care facilities.
Prohibits use of tobacco products on the grounds of any public or private institution of higher education.
Permits manufacturer to sell electric motor vehicles to consumers under certain conditions.
Requires property condition disclosure statements to include disclosure of tobacco smoking.
Requires filing of report comparing investment returns earned by private money managers and by State employees for public employee retirement funds and State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund.
The "Toxic-free Beverage Containers Act."
Requires keg registration; makes the unlawful possession of an unregistered keg a petty disorderly persons offense.
Clarifies that statute making "good behavior" credits at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center contingent upon participation in treatment program applies to all inmates.
Establishes "gun-free" and "weapon free" zones around certain school and public properties.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Makes changes to the School Ethics Act.
Establishes the School District Governance Study Commission.
Regulates sale and transfer of rifle and shotgun ammunition.
Upgrades crime of stalking when victim is less than 18 years old.
Requires candidates for school board member and local elective office to file financial disclosure statement on or before 10th day following deadline for filing nominating petitions for that office.
Regulates operation of low-speed electric bicycles.
Requires cost analysis in certain cases when State department contracts out work.
The "Owners' Rights and Obligations in Shared Ownership Communities Act."
Makes various statutory changes to "Child Care Licensing Act."
Concerns certain contracts to privatize State services.
Prohibits sale of flavored cigars.
Enhances transparency in exercise of municipal redevelopment powers.
Applies provisions of "New Jersey College Student and Parent Consumer Information Act" to proprietary schools and limits eligibility for State student assistance programs to students enrolled in certain proprietary schools.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
Permits a student to participate in certain voluntary surveys if the district sends prior written notification to the student's parents; limits use of information obtained from survey.
Requires State Athletic Control Board to study safety issues for minors who engage in mixed martial arts contests and exhibitions.
Allows person with implanted medical device to voluntarily make notation on driver's license.
Enhances opportunities for qualified residential projects under the Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program.
Requires AG to study use of stun guns by Human Services police officers.
Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions.
Establishes procedures for governing bodies of municipalities or voters to opt to move annual fire district elections to November.
Establishes procedures for governing bodies of municipalities or voters to opt to move annual fire district elections to November and eliminates vote on fire district budgets, except for proposals to raise revenue above levy cap.
Permits certain motor vehicle offenders to apply for a restricted use license.
Requires property tax bills to contain eligibility information on State tax relief programs.
Provides for Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare coverage and reimbursement for health care services provided through telemedicine.
Requires health insurance carriers, SHBP, and SEHBP to provide coverage for telemedicine.
Requires institutions of higher education to develop open textbooks available to students at no charge and requires buyback of used textbooks at 50 percent of purchase price.
Implements recommendations of SCI report concerning bail bond industry.
Prohibits corporations from qualifying for or maintaining State development subsidy grants if corporation qualifies as inverted domestic corporation.
Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.
Directs BPU to require certain energy businesses to maintain recordings of telemarketing sales calls for three years.
Prohibits purchase of certain items by scrap metal businesses.
Provides that no more than 120 credits will be required for baccalaureate degree awarded by a public institution and no more than 60 credits for an associate degree.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to revoke proprietary school's license to award academic degrees if school fails to achieve certain minimum graduation rates.
Requires DHS to use funds awarded from performance bonuses to increase staffing for processing certain applications and providing certain services.
Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund.
Designates "Garden State" as State Slogan.
Extends urban enterprise zone designation in certain cities for additional 10 years.
Requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide to parents or guardians of enrolled students information on certain tests to be administered during the school year.
Allows parent or guardian to exclude student from administration of certain assessments.
Imposes three-year moratorium on use of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for certain purposes.
Requires evaluation of appropriateness of light frame construction for multiple dwellings and imposes moratorium on light frame construction until determination and recommendations are adopted.
Prohibits sale of powdered caffeine.
Establishes three-year moratorium on increases in charter school enrollment.
Increases State earned income tax credit from 20 percent to 30 percent of federal earned income tax credit for taxable years 2015 and thereafter.
Establishes that vacant permit parking spaces ordinarily reserved for NJT train passengers are available for general public use during off-peak times.
Permits pharmacists to prescribe self-administered hormonal contraceptives under certain circumstances; clarifies certain health insurance coverage requirements for contraceptive prescriptions.
Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 12 months.
Establishes penalty for unlawfully using parking placard issued to person with qualifying disability.
Increases value of Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program residential tax credits to $650 million; restricts $50 million of tax credits to certain qualified residential projects.
Establishes task force to study issues and make recommendations regarding Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law9
Shortens waiting periods for expungement of criminal and other records and information; makes various changes to other expungement procedures and requirements.**
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments in kindergarten through second grade.
Permits certain zero emission vehicle manufacturers to directly sell motor vehicles to consumers and requires them to operate service facilities.
Requires sober living homes and other substance abuse aftercare treatment facilities to provide certain notifications to next-of-kin when patient is released from care; designated as "Nick Rohdes' Law." **
Establishes Division of State Museum in Department of State; continues New Jersey State Museum within division; abolishes museum board of trustees.
Requires BPU to provide links to pricing information to customers from electric and gas public utilities, and third-party electric power and gas suppliers.*
Requires BPU to establish procedures allowing electric power and gas supplier customers to switch energy suppliers.
Imposes contract standards between customers and third-party electric power and gas suppliers.
Establishes State Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high school graduates who have attained a high level of bilingual proficiency.
Vetoed2
Requires county and municipal police departments to establish cultural diversity training course and plan.
Requires lowest possible price not exceeding certain cap for inmate telephone calls.*
Passed the General Assembly1
Prohibits award of State contracts and development subsidies to inverted domestic corporations.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Exempts disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients from payment of municipal parking meter fees when their vehicles bear a disabled veteran's or Purple Heart license plate or placard issued by New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.*
Establishes Office of the Special Education Ombudsman in DOE.
Requires State Agricultural Development Committee to establish pilot program permitting special occasion events to be conducted on preserved farmland at wineries under certain circumstances.*
Recognizes American Sign Language as a world language for meeting high school graduation requirements.
Establishes additional requirements, and penalties for failure to comply, concerning information to be provided to persons purchasing cats or dogs from pet shops. *
Requires DOE to review Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure that they incorporate modern computer science standards where appropriate.**
Requires DOE to conduct study on options and benefits of instituting later school start time in middle school and high school.
Authorizes establishment of Achieving a Better Life Experience accounts for persons with certain disabilities.**
Requires DOE on its website to link to Department of Treasury's website where list is maintained of all third party individuals and vendors employed or retained for work associated with State assessments.*
Requires school district or charter school to provide notification to parent or guardian of enrolled student on upcoming administration of State assessments or commercially-developed standardized assessments.
Permits municipality with UEZ to participate in Downtown Business Improvement Zone Loan Fund.
Expands Police Training Commission membership to include representative from National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.*
Vetoed · 8
Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Directs State Board of Agriculture and Dept. of Agriculture to adopt regulations concerning confinement of pregnant sows during gestation.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, application to roadway, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.*
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students; appropriates $45,000 to DOE for New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association testing of student-athletes for steroids and other performance enhancing substances.*
Requires that school district's request for permission to use unrecognized position title include list of abolished positions and positions in which there have been layoffs and detailed job descriptions for them.
Requires teachers of health and physical education in grades kindergarten through six in public schools to possess appropriate endorsement to instructional certificate.
Passed the Senate · 13
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs.
Establishes compensation program for certain law enforcement officers injured while performing official duties.*
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.*
Extends veteran's property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain failing schools under alternate route program.
Requires hotels to upgrade phone systems to allow guests to dial 9-1-1 without first dialing any other digit.
Creates pilot program to fund adult education programs for residents of certain communities.
Establishes veterans' preference for affordable housing in certain housing projects.
Increases reporting requirements for the NJ Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth.
Establishes Task Force on School District Regionalization.
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Requires school districts and DOE to post on their websites information regarding student participation in certain assessments.*
Out of committee · 37
Revises definition of "landlord" to include rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.*
Requires schools to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit administration of epinephrine to any student having anaphylactic reaction.
Increases State hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues required to be annually appropriated to fund certain arts and cultural, historical, and tourism-related programs and activities.
Establishes loan redemption program for teachers in certain fields to redeem loan amounts received under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program through employment in certain failing schools.
Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.
Abigail's Law; requires that newly-manufactured school buses be equipped with sensors.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from requiring optometrists to become providers with vision care plans as condition of becoming providers in carriers' panel of providers.
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Establishes certain requirements for hospitals regarding patient-designated caregivers.
Requires New Jersey School Report Card to include indicators of student career readiness.
Requires preparation programs for teachers and school counselors to include programming to improve student career readiness. *
Allows school districts and requires public colleges to enter into dual enrollment agreements to provide college-level instruction to high school students through courses offered on college or high school campuses.*
Provides that if a career and technical education program of a school district is taught in an industry setting, off-site location will be exempt from certain State regulations.*
Establishes four-year County Vocational School District Partnership Grant Program in DOE.
Provides additional State school aid to county vocational school districts in which enrollment increases by more than 10%.
Provides State aid for certain adult education programs.
Requires teachers of health and physical education in grades kindergarten through six in public schools to possess the appropriate endorsement to the instructional certificate, and includes a "grandfather" provision.
Requires corporations qualifying for certain State development subsidy grants to repay entire grant amount if corporation fails to uphold grant terms.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Establishes New Jersey Council on Responsible Fatherhood and Responsible Fatherhood Fund.
Requires each school district with middle school or high school to establish food services advisory committee to consider menu options that reflect students' cultural, traditional, and dietary preferences.
Prohibits sale of powdered caffeine to minors.
Establishes Task Force on Engineering Curriculum and Instruction.
"New Jersey Rural Microenterprise Act." *
Provides for receipts for applications for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Requires DHS to ensure that expedited benefits under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are made available to certain households.
Requires school business administrator to annually report to board of education on district contracts.
Provides for notification of next-of-kin in event of death of senior citizen in senior housing facility.
Adds two public members to NJT board.
"New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers.
Permits correctional facilities to utilize body imaging scanning equipment.
Prohibits sale of powdered alcohol.
Prohibits withholding of State school aid based on student participation rate on State assessments.
Prohibits awarding of economic development subsidy to business if business is in default on previously awarded subsidy that was loan or loan guarantee.
Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism.
Establishes procedure for consolidating fire districts.
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Requires labeling of foods containing genetically modified material.
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.
Permits court to order involuntary outpatient treatment in any county; concerns patient compliance with taking medication.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Establishes small business loan guarantee program in EDA to support capital purchases and operating expenses and permits certain qualified businesses in regional centers to qualify for certain EDA loans.
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from imposing surcharges on consumer credit card purchases.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with non-copper-based landline or wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature.
Establishes the "Private Investment in Public Education Fund."
Establishes a three-year moratorium on the establishment of new charter schools.
Provides that a school district may be placed under full or partial State intervention pursuant to the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) for no longer than five years.
Establishes certain equal employment opportunity requirements in connection with expenditure of federal funds received for Hurricane Sandy relief and for any future emergencies.
Requires two-way communications equipment on school buses.
Requires health insurance coverage for hair headpieces for patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Establishes grant program in DCA to provide funding to youth mentoring programs.
Establishes a pilot program in DOE to increase the length of the school day and school year and provides tax credits for corporate contributions to fund the program.
Authorizes public schools to serve to students certain produce grown in community garden.
Allows deduction against gross income for unreimbursed expenses incurred by organ donor.
Designates Pine Barrens treefrog as New Jersey State Amphibian.
Prohibits use of education and occupation as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Regulates pharmacy benefits management companies.
Establishes temperature control guidelines and standards for school facilities.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Repeals traffic control signal monitoring system pilot program; prohibits future use of red light cameras in State.
Directs NJEDA to establish pilot program to assist with permit and approval process related to redevelopment of certain properties.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Allows establishment of county-wide purchasing system for certain school district services in certain counties; offers employment protections for certain food or custodial services employees; and regulates subcontracting by districts and public higher edu
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
Increases filing threshold for the New Jersey estate tax to $1,000,000.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
"Health Care Transparency and Disclosure Act."
"Healthcare Disclosure and Transparency Act."
Extends time period for municipalities to commit to expend collected development fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Establishes Center for the Study of Health Care Billing Data.
"New Jersey All-Payer Claims Database Act"; establishes New Jersey All-Payer Claims Database and arbitration process for reimbursing out-of-network health care providers.
Permits sale of raw milk under certain conditions and establishes raw milk permit program.
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Eliminates power of DRPA to finance economic development; changes composition of board; imposes restrictions regarding financing, contract procedures, conflicts of interest, and review audits; creates commuter's council.
Requires fire suppression systems in all elementary and secondary schools 12,000 square feet or larger.
Authorizes Secretary of Higher Education to impose a fine against an institution of higher education that fails to appropriately respond to a student's allegation of sexual assault by another student.
Creates Education Reform Review Task Force; delays certain uses of certain assessments and certain changes to teacher evaluation system.
Revises requirements and training standards for first responders under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
Requires prosecutorial or law enforcement review of fatal incidents involving police officers or State Police.
Modifies provisions of certain economic incentive programs.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers.
Dedicates portion of sales tax derived from electricity, natural gas, and hydrogen used to fuel motor vehicles to Transportation Trust Fund.
Establishes Clean Energy Technology Center and Alternative and Clean Energy Investment Trust Fund for purposes of creating clean energy-related employment opportunities; allocates revenues from societal benefits charge to support its activities.
Establishes certain standards for health benefits plans with tiered network.
Places moratorium on implementation of certain tiered network health benefits plans until January 1, 2017.
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Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.