Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, Senate.
Shirley K. Turner
Sponsored
Became law16
Establishes a partial return to work TDI program.
Reinstates and extends duration of certain UEZs; requires DCA to study UEZ program and report recommendations to the Legislature.**
Requires school districts to provide daily recess period for students in grade kindergarten through 5; permits denial of recess for violation of code of student conduct but student must be provided restorative justice activities.*
Requires teachers of health and physical education in grades kindergarten through six in public schools to possess appropriate endorsement to instructional certificate.
Concerns driver's license suspension for certain crimes and offenses.***
Requires boil water notices to be provided to municipal officials within one hour. *
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.
Eliminates motor vehicle surcharges following retirement of bonds and debts tied to surcharges.
Designates Thomas Alva Edison as State Inventor.
Establishes "Deaf Student's Bill of Rights."
Establishes Working Group on Deaf Education; directs DOE to develop parent resource guide; requires DOE and DOH to collect and report certain data on elays in deaf and hard of hearing children from birth to age 5.*
Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to improve transparency of tuition and fees.
Establishes "Restorative Justice in Education Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Prohibits sale or distribution of flavored vapor products.*
Establishes Trenton Capital City Aid Program; appropriates $10 million.
Appropriates $13,902,723 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Passed the Senate2
Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning student use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing at school and school-sponsored functions.*
Designates Pine Barrens Treefrog as NJ State Amphibian.
Out of committee31
Increases earned income tax credit; provides credit for child or dependent care expenses; taxes "investment management services." *
Requires spousal consent to election of certain pension payout options under TPAF, JRS and PERS.
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.
Concerns random drug testing of certain inmates.
Permits pharmacists to furnsh self-administered hormonal contraceptives pursuant to a standing order, in accordance with protocols established by Board of Pharmacy and Board of Medical Examiners; clarifies certain health insurance coverage for contracepti
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research institutions; allows certain high-technology businesses located in innovation zones to receive certain tax credits. *
Requires post-secondary educational institutions to collect and report employment data for certain graduates.
Requires property tax bills to contain eligibility information on State tax relief programs.
Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.
Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.
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 boil water notices to be provided by certain public water systems via direct contact. *
Requires DHS to implement payment strategy to encourage the use of long acting reversible contraceptives.
Provides for increase and annual adjustment in allowance paid to veterans with certain wartime service-connected disabilities.
Requires cost analysis in certain cases when State department contracts out work.
Revises certain penalties for illegal operation of snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike.*
Permits municipality to establish restricted parking spaces for certain volunteer firefighters.
Allows person with implanted medical device to voluntarily make notation on driver's license or identification card.*
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Provides for coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation benefits in Medicaid.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills.
Decreases the penalty for certain parole violations.
Requires Division of Parole to offer parole services to certain defendants who have served their maximum sentence.
Allows county and municipal police departments to establish designated safe areas for Internet purchase transactions; establishes public awareness campaign.
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Allows local government water system employees to reside in all municipalities served by water system.
Regulates annual report filing services.
Clarifies extension of driver's license, identification card, and motor vehicle registration expiration dates for certain military personnel.
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.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property located in City of Trenton, Mercer County.
In committee191
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
Establishes three-year moratorium on increases in charter school enrollment.
Enhances penalties upon corporate violators of housing codes.
Establishes Extended School Day and School Year Study Commission.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to the establishment of a charter school.
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.
Permits voter registration up to 14 days before election.
Prohibits certain light frame residential construction in densely populated census tracts; establishes construction requirements for certain light frame residential construction in other census tracts.
Requires municipalities to conduct lead paint inspections in single- and two-family dwellings; requires reporting of inspection results to State.
Establishes that vacant permit parking spaces ordinarily reserved for NJT train passengers are available for general public use during off-peak times.
Authorizes physician assistants and advanced practice nurses to dispense narcotic drugs for treatment of substance use disorders consistent with federal law.
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.
Enhances transparency in exercise of municipal redevelopment powers.
Requires certain public contracts for insurance coverage and consulting services to be awarded through competitive contracting process.
Prohibits smoking at public parks and beaches.
Provides for philosophical exemption to mandatory immunizations.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Requires persons picking up prescriptions for Schedule II controlled dangerous substances to present identification.
Revises and codifies schedule for childhood lead screening along with other immunization and wellness checks as precondition of child's initial entry into school system.
Requires advance notice of water supply discontinuations for non-payment of local government water bills; requires offer of payment plan in certain circumstances.
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.
Concerns payment of homestead property tax reimbursement as credit on property tax bill.
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act."; appropriates $5 million.
Requires DHS to give priority to temporary rental assistance over use of hotels or motels in emergency assistance to Work First New Jersey recipients.
Requires Medicaid cover emergency contraception without requiring prescription or other authorization.
Authorizes physician assistants and advanced practice nurses to independently provide medication assisted treatment under certain circumstances.
Establishes "Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund" and tax on opioid drugs.
Concerning development subsidies and certain employment practices.
Establishes employment goals and requirements for development subsidies.
Requires repayment of development subsidies in certain cases of failure to meet job creation or retention requirements.
Eliminates property tax exempt status of certain school faculty housing.
Authorizes municipal assessment of development impact fees following State guidelines and makes an appropriation.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Requires child care centers to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Eliminates use of standardized assessments as measure of student growth or progress in evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals.
Establishes process for recovery of Superstorm Sandy aid overpayments and makes General Fund appropriation.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in hedge funds and derivative contracts.
Prohibits State administered pension fund investment in corporations shifting ownership or operations outside the U.S. for tax purposes.
Increases from six to 10 the number of motor vehicle penalty points necessary to incur surcharges.
Authorizes public access to government records through government website.
Prohibits award of State contracts and development subsidies to inverted domestic corporations.
Increases New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit to 40 percent of federal benefit amount beginning in Tax Year 2018.
Increases 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 State agencies to submit notice of request for proposals or other documents pertinent to privatization contracts to certain State employees.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Establishes artist bank to provide interest-free loans to artist colonies in development.
Requires bidder on State contract to be evaluated on report of its gender-based pay equity and job equality standards for its employees.
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
Revises requirements for disclosure of a breach of security of certain computerized records containing personal information.
Concerns timely provision of TDI and family temporary disability benefits.
Debars permanently from government contracting any person convicted of certain crimes involving government contracts.
Provides awarding of contracts for professional services by State, county, municipal, and school district through competitive contracting process.
Criminalizes purchase or possession of firearms ammunition by persons convicted of certain crimes.
Amends eligibility for expungement of criminal records.
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.
Prohibits awarding of public contracts to Internet service providers, unless Internet service providers adhere to principle of "net neutrality."
Revises mileage limit for mandatory school transportation for students in preschool through grade four.
Establishes task force to study issues and make recommendations regarding Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Requires certain county inmates be provided with reentry assistance before their release.
Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.
Imposes requirements on video visitation service contracts for inmates in certain correctional facilities; requires correctional facilities to allow contact visits.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.
Prohibits use of chlorpyrifos insecticide.
Establishes pre-loan counseling requirements and borrower right of rescission for reverse mortgage loans.
Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
Provides parents and adult students with simplified method for opting out of release by school district of student information to military recruiters.
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Requires contracts for professional services be awarded by certain bi-state authorities pursuant to competitive contracting process.
Exempts from sales and use tax sales of medical marijuana.
Eliminates requirement to be without health insurance for three months prior to enrolling in NJ FamilyCare.
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.
Requires consumer reporting agencies to increase protection of consumers' personal information.
Sets State mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Authorizes Historic Trenton license plates.
Establishes "gun-free" and "weapon free" zones around certain school and public properties.
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.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to revoke proprietary school's license to award academic degrees if school fails to achieve certain minimum graduation rates.
Clarifies the intent of the Legislature that the attempt or conspiracy to commit certain offenses may constitute acts of domestic violence.
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.
Establishes publicly accessible domestic violence Internet registry.
Increases minimum income thresholds requiring filing and paying of gross income tax.
Requires superintendent to assume responsibilities of principal in certain school districts.
Provides that salary and other costs associated with Commissioner of Education's appointment of State monitor and other staff under "School District Fiscal Accountability Act" will be paid by State.
Requires Type I school districts and charter schools to establish citizen budget oversight committee to monitor district's or charter school's financial position.
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 textbook publishers to provide public institutions of higher education with information on price and availability of textbooks.
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.
Establishes guidelines for creditworthiness determinations concerning affordable housing programs.
Enhances transparency and accountability of online tax sales.
Permits family day care providers to care for up to 10 children; requires criminal history record background checks for family day care providers and certain household members.
Directs BPU to require certain energy businesses to maintain recordings of telemarketing sales calls for three years.
Deletes requirement for certain cable television companies to fund "CATV Universal Access Fund."
Bars the disclosure of personal identifying information of grand jury witnesses except for name; creates a fourth degree offense for attorney disclosure.
Provides that Probation Division would file child support judgment as a lien only when amount of judgment equals or exceeds amount of child support due for a one-month period.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Child Support Reform.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Requires all creditors that acquire title to non-owner occupied residential property following foreclosure to notify municipality and common interest community.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Prohibits certain trucks from operating on certain portions of State Highway Route 29.
Requires newly-elected municipal, county, and State political party committee members to assume office upon certification for election and hold first meeting on second Saturday, second Monday, and second Tuesday following primary election, respectively.
Revises equine animal activities law in accordance with recommendations of New Jersey Law Revision Commission to clarify responsibility and liability issues.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than 4% over the prior academic year.
Concerns automobile insurance practices.
Prohibits retail sales establishment from storing certain magnetic-stripe data; requires reimbursement for costs incurred by financial institution due to breach of security.
Expands requirement for health insurers to cover prescriptions for contraceptives to 12 months.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide supplemental reading instruction to students in grades K through 3.
The "Owners' Rights and Obligations in Shared Ownership Communities Act."
Requires hotels to upgrade phone systems to allow guests to dial 9-1-1 without first dialing any other digit.
Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Requires certain insurers disclose information concerning automobile replacement parts.
Makes FY 2018 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10.5 million to DCA for State Rental Assistance Program.
Concerns private entities that own, operate or manage correctional facilities or jails.
Concerns certain contracts to privatize State services.
Requires DHS to use funds awarded from performance bonuses to increase staffing for processing certain applications and providing certain services.
Prohibits sale of flavored cigars.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
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.
Requires aftercare treatment program as part of community supervision.
Allows electric energy produced from biofuel to be eligible as Class II renewable energy.
Requires electric public utility to notify property owner any time account for electric public utility service on owner's property is opened, closed, transferred, or altered.
Prohibits possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on private property by persons under legal drinking age.
Directs BPU to establish certain energy-conservation programs.
Establishes gross income tax credit for full-time tuition cost at certain New Jersey institutions of post-secondary education.
Requires victims of the criminally insane to be notified upon release, escape, or transfer of offender from mental health facility.
Upgrades crime of invasion of privacy under certain circumstances; eliminates presumption of nonimprisonment.
Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions.
Upgrades crime of stalking when victim is less than 18 years old.
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Criminalizes certain actions of individuals who offer rental of residential property that they do not own or legally possess.
Encourages timely recording of residential deeds.
Regulates smoking in multiple dwellings; requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to promulgate construction standards for new multiple dwellings permitting smoking.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide assistive technology to elementary and middle school students with dyslexia and related conditions.
Permits municipalities to issue retail liquor licenses for use in certain historic taverns.
Requires candidates for certain teaching certificates to pass written test on foundations of teaching reading and diagnosing reading difficulties.
Requires certain electric public utilities to file emergency response plan with BPU.
Enhances penalties upon certain violators of housing codes.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
Directs Division of Consumer Affairs to establish public information campaign concerning real estate rental scams.
Requires DOBI to obtain and consider certain information from Commissioner of Health concerning provider network adequacy requirements for managed care plans.
Subjects most State property to local property taxation beginning on July 1, 2018.
Establishes penalty for unlawfully using parking placard issued to person with qualifying disability.
Authorizes the court to issue restraining orders to defendants charged with a crime as a condition of release on bail.
Establishes Green Jobs Training Partnership Program.
Prohibits sale of powdered caffeine.
Authorizes criminal background checks for au pairs and nannies.
Requires government records to be made available on Internet and permits custodian to advise requester of record to obtain record directly from Internet.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Requires certain information to be contained in application for homestead property tax reimbursement and revises application deadline.
Establishes services for reporting employer and employment service violations and requires posting of certain notifications.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Requires certain defendants to be eligible for monetary bail upon issuance of compliant-warrant.
Expands Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Programs to include assistance for water utility bill.
Expands Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Permits applicant for expungement to file one, duly verified petition for multiple convictions.
Requires health insurance coverage and limits cost sharing for certain birth control methods.
Concerns diversion from criminal prosecution for persons with mental illness under certain circumstances.
Raises income eligibility threshold for pension and retirement income exclusion from gross income to $125,000.
Requires Attorney General to issue guidelines regarding public notification of suspicious activity.
Requires board of education to provide civics instruction in middle schools and requires DOE to provide funding to enhance civics instruction.
Prohibits the restraint of prisoners during and immediately after childbirth.
Makes various changes in the charter school program in regard to student enrollment procedures, charter revocation, and monitoring of charter schools.
Requires board of education to provide civics instruction in middle schools and requires DOE to provide funding to NJ Center for Civic Education at Rutgers to help prepare civics teachers.
Prohibits public utility from increasing rates until conclusion of hearing and BPU determination that rate increase is just and reasonable.
Revises "New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act" to prohibit smoking at certain outdoor public places.
Prohibits State from investing pension and annuity funds in manufacturers or wholesale distributors of tobacco products.
Provides that private passenger automobile insurance rating territories shall not place exposure in territory based on ZIP code under certain circumstances.
Requires health care facilities be built according to Type I or Type II construction standards.
"New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers.
Requires lobby security for certain senior citizen high-rise buildings in areas with high violent crime rates.
Requires video surveillance cameras in certain special education classrooms for promotion of student safety.
Requires public schools to include instruction on cursive handwriting.
Requires MVC to prorate driver's license fee for certain individuals.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from considering number of arrests made and citations issued when evaluating police officer's professional performance.
Provide that driver's license may not be suspended on grounds of failure to pay child support unless obligor is given opportunity for court hearing.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing qualified ex-offenders.
Requires application option enhancement for certain federal rental assistance administered by DCA.
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement officers with cultural diversity training and develop diversity action plan.
Establishes permanent daylight saving time in NJ.
Concerns local taxation of business personal property of local exchange telephone companies.
Shortens certain school board members' terms when annual school election is moved from November to April; requires approval of both school board and municipal governing body in order to move school election from November to April.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $4.5 million for St. Francis Medical Center.
Requires 45 day notice concerning tuition rate changes by licensed child care centers.
Requires student representative be appointed to each board of education of school district that includes high school.
Exempts sales of condoms from sales and use tax.
Establishes standards for expiration of rental housing affordability controls.
Provides televisions in State buildings will display closed captioning for programming.
Requires certain retailers to train employees on gift card fraud.
Requires certain documentation of needs of students with disabilities during school security drills and emergency situations and in school security plans; requires staff training on needs of students with disabilities in emergency planning.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law7
Requires property tax bills to contain eligibility information on State tax relief programs.
Provides for coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation benefits in Medicaid.
Increases New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit; provides credit for child or dependent care expenses; taxes"investment management services." *
Allows local government water system employees to reside in all municipalities served by water system.
Regulates annual report filing services.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property located in City of Trenton, Mercer County.
Revises certain penalties for illegal operation of snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike.**
Vetoed1
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 48
Concerns juvenile incarceration and parole.
Concerns equal pay and employment discrimination.*
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credit for certain expenses incurred for production of certain films and digital media content; designated as Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act.
Establishes database with certain information about individuals elected to public office in this State.
Authorizes political subdivisions to set aside 0.5 percent of public works funds to recruit and train women and minorities and promote local hiring.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines to encourage high school students to participate in apprenticeship training.
Requires Director of Division of Investment to attempt to use qualified minority and women-owned financial institutions to provide brokerage and investment management services.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Extends statute of limitations in civil actions for sexual abuse claims; expands categories of potential defendants in civil actions; creates two-year window for parties to bring previously time-barred actions based on sexual abuse.*
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain underperforming schools under alternate route program.*
Regulates operation of low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters.**
Updates notice of elections requirements to include information for voter to obtain polling place locations.
"Earn Your Way Out Act"; requires DOC to develop inmate reentry plan and establish information database; establishes administrative parole release and provides compliance credits.*
Requires institutions of higher education to develop open textbook plan.
Enters New Jersey in enhanced multistate Nurse Licensure Compact.*
Changes composition of State Employment and Training Commission.
Provides that AG handle investigation and prosecution of crime involving person's death by law enforcement officer while acting in officer's official capacity or while in custody; requires trial in venue outside county where incident occurred.
Prohibits use of coupons, price rebates, and price reduction promotions in sales of tobacco and vapor products.
Requires consumer notification of vehicle warranty for aftermarket and recycled parts.
Establishes loan redemption program and tuition reimbursement program for certain teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.*
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.
Requires "breakfast after the bell" program in all schools with 70% or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Requires certain school districts to submit report on nonparticipation in "Community Eligibility Provision" of National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
Requires school district to report at least biannually to Department of Agriculture number of students who are denied school breakfast or school lunch.*
Expands summer meal program to all school districts with 50 percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Establishes asset forfeiture reporting and transparency requirements.
Establishes goals and initiatives for increased use of use of plug-in electric vehicles.**
"Securing Our Children's Future Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $500,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance certain school, school district, and county college capital projects; appropriates $5,000.****
Establishes crimes of purchasing firearm parts to unlawfully manufacture firearms without a serial number, manufacturing or possessing covert or undetectable firearms, and manufacturing or facilitating the manufacture of firearms using a three-dimensional
Requires board of education to post information about child abuse hotline in each school.
Requires Department of Agriculture to promote school meal programs.
Revises "New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act" to prohibit smoking at public beaches and parks. *
Revises standard for warrantless seizure of animal at risk due to violation of law concerning necessary care and tethering of animals.
Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers and carriers from engaging in "clawback" and "gag clause" practices; requires certain disclosures by pharmacists; requires Director of Division of Consumer Affairs to conduct public information campaign.***
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.
Establishes five year Apprentice Assistance and Support Services Pilot Program.
Increases prenotification time and requires severance pay in certain plant closings, transfers, and mass layoffs.**
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2019 to include new projects and remove certain projects.
Establishes New Jersey Violence Intervention Program to fund violence reduction initiatives.
"Create a Respectful and Open Workspace for Natural Hair Act"- CROWN Act; addresses discrimination under "Law Against Discrimination." based on traits historically associated with race, particularly focused on hair texture and style.*
Revises expungement eligibility and procedures, including new "clean slate" automated process to render convictions and related records inaccessible; creates e-filing system for expungements; eliminates expungement filing fees; appropriates $15 million to
Requires State to pay difference between federal allocation and total cost of reduced price breakfast or lunch; appropriates $4.5 million.
Appropriates $32,153,936 to State Agriculture Development Committee, and amends 2017 appropriations for stewardship activities, for farmland preservation purposes.*
Appropriates $5,000,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $8,872,682 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $77,450,448 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $33.915 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Creates fund to reimburse local units of government for cost of certain mail-in ballot procedures; appropriates $3,000,000.*
Vetoed · 8
Requires that if a school district satisfies 80% or more of the required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, the State must return that area to local control.
Requires disclosure by independent expenditure committees.**
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 designated by BPU.**
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Requires public schools to administer written screenings for depression for students in certain grades.
Revises expungement eligibility and procedures. *
Increases dedication of certain revenues to "New Jersey Wine Promotion Account."
Requires person taking written examination for permit to watch video of rights and responsibilities of driver stopped by law enforcement; requires testing on rights and responsibilities of driver stopped by law enforcement.
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Requires candidates for President and Vice-President of United States to disclose federal income tax returns to appear on ballot; prohibits Electoral College electors from voting for candidates who fail to file income tax returns.
Excludes from gross income taxation military compensation for personnel serving outside of State and combat zone compensation.*
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Creates New Jersey Innocence Study and Review Commission.
Directs school districts to establish policies and require training for employees on issues regarding child sexual abuse.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Concerns employer inquires about worker's wage and salary experience.
Clarifies when penalty points are to be assessed for convictions of driving in unsafe manner.*
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.
Revises and renames NJSTARS; repeals NJSTARS II; establishes NJ HonorScholars Program.
Provides tax credits to vineyards and wineries for qualified capital expenses.
Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Requires State agencies to post Internet links to programs and services for women as applicable.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
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.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Requires public utilities to notify certain officials of discontinuances in electric, gas, or water service.
Concerns State criteria for determining whether child has specific learning disability under federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act."
Prohibits use of education, occupation, and credit score as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Provides for advocate in criminal cases concerning welfare or care of animal.*
Provides Medicaid coverage to eligible pregnant women for six-month period beginning on the last day of pregnancy. *
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Allocates Amistad Commission in but not of DOE; requires commission to elect chairperson and appoint executive director; requires public schools to include instruction on accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to American society.
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Revises requirements to authorize and access medical cannabis; establishes Cannabis Regulatory Commission; revises permit requirements for alternative treatment centers; and establishes additional legal protections for patients and caregivers.**
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Requires firearms seizure when certain health professional determines patient poses threat of harm to self or others.*
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.
"Alyssa's Law"; requires public school buildings to be equipped with panic alarm linked to local law enforcement. **
Automatically registers to vote and updates voter registration for eligible person when applying for motor vehicle driver's license, examination permit, probationary driver's license, or non-driver identification card.*
Requires public and nonpublic secondary schools to annually conduct written or verbal substance use screening on all students using a particular screening program.
" Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.**
Establishes additional requirements for operation and oversight of animal shelters, pounds, kennels operating as shelters or pounds, and veterinary holding facilities.
Establishes the number of students to be supported under the veterinary medicine education program and a service requirement for students who participate in the program.
Requires institutions of higher education to use procedures in response to allegations of sexual harassment that are consistent with certain federal guidance and to report incidence of sexual assault.
Provides for designation of acute stroke ready hospitals, establishes Stroke Care Advisory Panel and Statewide stroke database and requires development of emergency services stroke care protocols.
Expands liability of certain individuals associated with limited liability companies and other commercial entities, when acting as residential landlord.
Requires registration of certain vacant and abandoned properties with municipalities and provides enforcement tools related to maintenance of these properties.
Requires large food waste generators to separate and recycle food waste and amends definition of "Class I renewable energy."
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
Establishes fire safety standards and protocols for certain light frame residential construction; requires placards identifying primary structural systems of buildings.
Enhances enforcement and oversight of mental health condition and substance use disorder parity laws.**
Revises certain aspects of the New Jersey Individual Development Account Program.
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.
Prohibits sale of menthol cigarettes.
Increases penalties for energy "slamming" practices.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Extends pilot program authorizing special occasion events at wineries on preserved farmland; implements reporting requirement.
Adopts federal definition of armor piercing ammunition.*
"Extreme Risk Protective Order Act of 2018."
Directs DEP to classify neonicotinoid pesticides as restricted use pesticides.
Requires background check for private gun sales.
Codifies regulations defining justifiable need to carry handgun.
Directs BPU to develop and implement electric school bus pilot program.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to create pilot program to research cultivation of industrial hemp.
Exempts persons providing hair braiding services from licensure requirement, requires registration of hair braiding establishments.
"Dignity for Incarcerated Primary Caretaker Parents Act."
Authorizes issuance of Delta Sigma Theta license plates.
Requires Department of Education to develop guidelines for school districts concerning child trafficking awareness and prevention.*
Requires payment of State employees' compensation during involuntary furlough or temporary reduction in force due to late enactment of State annual appropriation act.
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.
Prohibits the sale of adulterated candy in New Jersey.
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 *
Requires school bus drivers to retake certain knowledge test upon license renewal.
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Mercer County as "Francis J. McManimon Highway."
"New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers; establishes standard contribution level of 3 percent.*
Requires telemarketers to provide name, mailing address, and telephone number of person on whose behalf call is made.
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.
Provides job security to certain organ and bone marrow donors.
Appropriates $1,591,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
"Strengthening Gifted and Talented Education Act"; establishes school district responsibilities in educating gifted and talented students.
Restricts use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.
Prohibits employer inquiries about worker's wage and salary experience.
Requires New Jersey Office on Minority and Multicultural Health to study racial disparities on sexual and reproductive health of African-American women.
Establishes program in HMFA to provide loans to replace lead-contaminated water service lines for certain senior and low income homeowners; appropriates $1 million.
Requires school districts to provide feminine hygiene products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.
Establishes program for cultivation, handling, processing, transport, and sale of hemp; repeals New Jersey Industrial Hemp Pilot Program.
Requires DHS to study social isolation occurring in certain population groups.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $9.5 million to DOH for family planning services.
Requires health insurers to limit copayments for insulin.
"New Jersey Fair Play Act"; allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness.
Removes prohibition on voting by persons convicted of indictable offense who are on parole or probation.
Establishes "New Jersey Investing in You Promise Neighborhood Commission" *
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Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.
Creates restricted distillery license; permits holder therof to operate restaurant on licensed premises in Garden State Growth Zone.
Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit certain persons unless they pose danger.
Allows deduction against gross income for unreimbursed expenses incurred by organ donor.
Directs NJEDA to establish pilot program to assist with permit and approval process related to redevelopment of certain properties.
Requires anyone administered opioid antidote to treat drug overdose be provided with information concerning substance treatment programs and resources.
Revises definition of "landlord" to include rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Allows parent or guardian to exclude student from administration of State assessment.
Prohibits designation of certain assessments as high school graduation requirement during transitional period to new Statewide assessment system.
Requires new voting machines purchased or leased for use in elections in this State to produce paper record of each vote cast.
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.
Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.
Establishes requirements for sale of home baked goods.
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.
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Requires Commissioner of Education to declare educational state of emergency for certain districts with low proficiency rates in language arts and literacy and provides for corrective measures.
Requires water suppliers to reimburse residential customers for drinking water testing under certain circumstances.
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, and nonpublic schools of violations of drinking water quality standards.
Establishes a charter school review board in DOE to review charter school applications and modifies aspects of the charter school program including approval, monitoring, and evaluation of charter schools.
Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review audits of public institutions of higher education.
Revises requirements and training standards for first responders under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
Establishes confidentiality of landlord-tenant court records; addresses adverse actions on rental applications.
Establishes the "Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act."
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Establishes Economic Development Incentive Review Commission.
Requires DCA to continuously maintain open enrollment period for federal Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-applications.
Requires replacement of all electronic voting machines used in State by district-based optical scan voting systems by June 5, 2018; makes appropriation.
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.
Requires school districts and DOE to post on their websites information regarding student participation in certain assessments.
Requires prosecutorial or law enforcement review of fatal incidents involving police officers or State Police.
Requires lead paint inspection prior to home purchases and tenant turnover; establishes educational program on lead hazards.
Directs Department of Agriculture in consultation with DOE to establish online applications for National School Lunch Program and school breakfast programs.
Allows operators of motorcycles, motorized bicycles, and bicycles to proceed through malfunctioning steady red light under certain circumstances.
Limits time continuing care retirement communities may retain refundable entrance fee after resident vacates facility to no more than one year.
Allows choice districts to enroll students on tuition basis under certain circumstances.
Prohibits use of education and occupation as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Prohibits business receiving State development subsidies from making certain campaign contributions.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Prohibits emergency homeless shelters from conditioning provision of shelter on enrollment in certain programs.
"Fair Repair Act"; concerns repairs to certain consumer electronics.
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.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Decriminalizes possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana and personal-use amount of regulated marijuana-infused products; requires substance abuse treatment under certain circumstances.
Prohibits State from investing pension and annuity funds in manufacturers of firearms or firearm ammunition.
Upgrades certain penalties for criminal street gang recruitment and criminality; imposes mandatory minimum sentence for certain offenses; establishes accomplice liability and imposes restrictions for certain recruiters.
Provides for expedited expungement of marijuana offenses in the event of decriminalization or legalization; establishes the "Expungement Coordinator Program" for certain marijuana convictions.
Requires certain ratios of school library media specialist to students in public schools.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses.
Establishes license to allow wineries that produce more than 250,000 gallons per year to directly ship wine to consumers.
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.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from engaging in "clawback" and "gag clause" practices; requires certain price disclosures by pharmacists; requires Commissioner of Health to conduct public information campaign.
Eliminates presumption of non-imprisonment for theft of a firearm.
Requires State to use at least half of future federal "Help America Vote Act" funds for voting systems with paper record.
Provides guaranteed issue rights to certain applicants for Medicare supplement insurance policies.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Prohibits sale, distribution, or propagation of certain invasive plant species without permit from Department of Agriculture.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Excludes transient accommodations in shore counties from various State and local taxes.
Makes FY 2019 supplemental appropriation of $9,000,000 to Department of State for New Jersey Complete Count Commission.
Limits authority of DHS to impose liens and seek recovery from Medicaid recipient's estate after death.
Concerns sale of zero emission motor vehicles.
Provides gross income tax exemption for contributions made to qualified retirement plans.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sensitivity training program for high school athletic directors, coaches, and sports officials of interscholastic athletic sports programs.
The "New Jersey Youth Justice Transformation Act;" annually appropriates $100 million to Juvenile Justice Commission.
Requires notification of certain domestic violence victims through the Victim Information and Notification Everyday System (VINE).
Requires boards of education to include instruction, and adopt instructional materials, on climate change.
Requires pharmacy benefits manager providing services within Medicaid program to disclose certain information to DHS.
Requires residential landlords to equip steam radiators with protective covers.
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
Provides emergency State school aid to certain school districts located in historic communities.
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Requires certain school buses to be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts.