Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, Senate.
Shirley K. Turner
Sponsored
Became law8
Expands requirement of health insurers and Medicaid program to cover prescriptions for contraceptives for up to 12 months. **
"Laura Wooten's Law"; Requires civics instruction in middle school; authorizes New Jersey Center for Civic Education to provide curricula, professional development and technical assistance for middle and high school civics.*
Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from considering number of arrests made and citations issued when evaluating police officer's professional performance.
Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to provide transparency of tuition and fees to prospective and current students.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Creates two-year "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program" in Juvenile Justice Commission; appropriates $4.2 million in FY 2022 and FY 2023. *
Appropriates $100,000,000 to DCA for purpose of studying and providing grants and technical assistance to licensed and registered child care providers to support workforce development and other improvements. *
Vetoed1
Requires reentry assistance to be provided to certain inmates who have served their maximum sentence.*
Passed the Senate8
Permits pharmacists to furnish self-administered hormonal contraceptives pursuant to a standing order, in accordance with protocols established by Board of Pharmacy and Board of Medical Examiners.*
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement officers with cultural diversity training and develop diversity action plan.
Establishes standards for expiration of rental housing affordability controls.
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.
Clarifies extension of driver's license, identification card, and motor vehicle registration expiration dates for certain military personnel.
Limits certain appointment times at MVC locations to obtain REAL ID to senior citizens and persons with certain medical conditions during COVID-19 pandemic.
Provides temporary extension of certain documents issued by MVC.
Mandates training on remote teaching for all candidates for teaching certification.
Out of committee18
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Establishes permanent daylight saving time in NJ.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing qualified ex-offenders.
Requires student representative be appointed to each board of education of school district and board of trustees of charter school that includes grades nine through 12. *
Requires Medicaid cover emergency contraception without requiring prescription or other authorization.
Requires all creditors that acquire title to non-owner occupied residential property following foreclosure to notify municipality and common interest community.
Requires certain retailers to train employees on gift card fraud.
Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning student use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing at school and school-sponsored functions.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Establishes guidelines for creditworthiness determinations concerning affordable housing programs.
Limits law enforcement presence at polling places and ballot drop boxes; prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of ballot drop box.*
Allows certain students to repeat prior grade level during 2021-2022 school year upon parental request.
Requires students to complete financial aid application as part of high school graduation requirements.
Requires BPU, electric power suppliers, and gas suppliers to publish certain information related to filing of customer complaints. *
Permits parent or guardian to request grade retention for student during 2021-2022 school year.
Authorizes Capital City Redevelopment Corporation on behalf of State Treasurer to sell surplus real property and improvements located in City of Trenton, County of Mercer; appropriates proceeds of sale.
Appropriates $18 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee207
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
Concerns random drug testing of certain inmates.
Enhances penalties upon corporate violators of housing codes.
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 minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act."; appropriates $5 million.
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.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.
Exempts from sales and use tax sales of medical marijuana.
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Concerns diversion from criminal prosecution for persons with mental illness under certain circumstances.
Requires public schools to include instruction on cursive handwriting.
Requires application option enhancement for certain federal rental assistance administered by DCA.
Concerns local taxation of business personal property of local exchange telephone companies.
Requires persons picking up prescriptions for Schedule II controlled dangerous substances to present identification.
Establishes "Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund" and tax on opioid drugs.
Requires child care centers to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Establishes publicly accessible domestic violence Internet registry.
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.
Bars the disclosure of personal identifying information of grand jury witnesses except for name; creates a fourth degree offense for attorney disclosure.
Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Child Support Reform.
Upgrades crime of invasion of privacy under certain circumstances; eliminates presumption of nonimprisonment.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to the establishment of a charter school.
Imposes requirements on video visitation service contracts for inmates in certain correctional facilities; requires correctional facilities to allow contact visits.
Requires certain county inmates be provided with reentry assistance before their release.
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.
Upgrades crime of stalking when victim is less than 18 years old.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Clarifies intent of Legislature that attempt or conspiracy to commit certain offenses may constitute acts of domestic violence.
Requires post-secondary educational institutions to collect and report employment data for certain graduates.
Expands Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Programs to include assistance for water utility bill.
Prohibits public utility from increasing rates until conclusion of hearing and BPU determination that rate increase is just and reasonable.
Prohibits retail sales establishment from storing certain magnetic-stripe data; requires reimbursement for costs incurred by financial institution due to breach of security.
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Revises requirements for disclosure of a breach of security of certain computerized records containing personal information.
Establishes pre-loan counseling requirements and borrower right of rescission for reverse mortgage loans.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide supplemental reading instruction to students in grades K through 3.
Decreases the penalty for certain parole violations.
Requires certain defendants to be eligible for monetary bail upon issuance of compliant-warrant.
Directs Division of Consumer Affairs to establish public information campaign concerning real estate rental scams.
Eliminates requirement to be without health insurance for three months prior to enrolling in NJ FamilyCare.
Amends eligibility for expungement of criminal records.
Increases from six to 10 the number of motor vehicle penalty points necessary to incur surcharges.
Requires DHS to use funds awarded from performance bonuses to increase staffing for processing certain applications and providing certain services.
Revises "New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act" to prohibit smoking at certain outdoor public places.
Increases minimum income thresholds requiring filing and paying of gross income tax.
Exempts sales of condoms from sales and use tax.
Requires municipalities to conduct lead paint inspections in single- and two-family dwellings; requires reporting of inspection results to State.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
Raises income eligibility threshold for pension and retirement income exclusion from gross income to $125,000.
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 bidder on State contract to be evaluated on report of its gender-based pay equity and job equality standards for its employees.
Requires spousal consent to election of certain pension payout options under TPAF, JRS and PERS.
Requires cost analysis in certain cases when State department contracts out work.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10.5 million to DCA for State Rental Assistance Program.
Establishes gross income tax credit for full-time tuition cost at certain New Jersey institutions of post-secondary education.
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 artist bank to provide interest-free loans to artist colonies in development.
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.
Authorizes public access to government records through government website.
Enhances transparency and accountability of online tax sales.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills.
Prohibits State administered pension fund investment in corporations shifting ownership or operations outside the U.S. for tax purposes.
Provides awarding of contracts for professional services by State, county, municipal, and school district through competitive contracting process.
Requires certain electric public utilities to file emergency response plan with BPU.
Prohibits use of chlorpyrifos insecticide.
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.
Permits voter registration up to 14 days before election.
Subjects most State property to local property taxation beginning on July 1, 2018.
Prohibits State from investing pension and annuity funds in manufacturers or wholesale distributors of tobacco products.
Requires aftercare treatment program as part of community supervision.
Establishes Green Jobs Training Partnership Program.
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.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Prohibits awarding of public contracts to Internet service providers, unless Internet service providers adhere to principle of "net neutrality."
Allows electric energy produced from biofuel to be eligible as Class II renewable energy.
Enhances transparency in exercise of municipal redevelopment powers.
Requires lobby security for certain senior citizen high-rise buildings in areas with high violent crime rates.
Permits municipalities to issue retail liquor licenses for use in certain historic taverns.
Requires hotels to upgrade phone systems to allow guests to dial 9-1-1 without first dialing any other digit.
Requires consumer reporting agencies to increase protection of consumers' personal information.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Encourages timely recording of residential deeds.
Enhances penalties upon certain violators of housing codes.
Criminalizes certain actions of individuals who offer rental of residential property that they do not own or legally possess.
Authorizes criminal background checks for au pairs and nannies.
Authorizes municipal assessment of development impact fees following State guidelines and makes an appropriation.
Requires advance notice of water supply discontinuations for non-payment of local government water bills; requires offer of payment plan in certain circumstances.
Eliminates property tax exempt status of certain school faculty housing.
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 health care facilities be built according to Type I or Type II construction standards.
Requires certain public contracts for insurance coverage and consulting services to be awarded through competitive contracting process.
Requires 45 day notice concerning tuition rate changes by licensed child care centers.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Regulates smoking in multiple dwellings; requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to promulgate construction standards for new multiple dwellings permitting smoking.
Requires textbook publishers to provide public institutions of higher education with information on price and availability of textbooks.
Eliminates use of standardized assessments as measure of student growth or progress in evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals.
Establishes "gun-free" and "weapon free" zones around certain school and public properties.
Prohibits sale of powdered caffeine.
Requires superintendent to assume responsibilities of principal in certain school districts.
Requires victims of the criminally insane to be notified upon release, escape, or transfer of offender from mental health facility.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Authorizes the court to issue restraining orders to defendants charged with a crime as a condition of release on bail.
Prohibits certain light frame residential construction in densely populated census tracts; establishes construction requirements for certain light frame residential construction in other census tracts.
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
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.
Debars permanently from government contracting any person convicted of certain crimes involving government contracts.
Prohibits award of State contracts and development subsidies to inverted domestic corporations.
Requires government records to be made available on Internet and permits custodian to advise requester of record to obtain record directly from Internet.
Revises equine animal activities law in accordance with recommendations of New Jersey Law Revision Commission to clarify responsibility and liability issues.
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
Allows person with implanted medical device to voluntarily make notation on driver's license or identification card.
Establishes that vacant permit parking spaces ordinarily reserved for NJT train passengers are available for general public use during off-peak times.
Requires Attorney General to issue guidelines regarding public notification of suspicious activity.
Requires State agencies to submit notice of request for proposals or other documents pertinent to privatization contracts to certain State employees.
Revises mileage limit for mandatory school transportation for students in preschool through grade four.
Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
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.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to revoke proprietary school's license to award academic degrees if school fails to achieve certain minimum graduation rates.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide assistive technology to elementary and middle school students with dyslexia and related conditions.
Establishes three-year moratorium on increases in charter school enrollment.
Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.
Establishes task force to study issues and make recommendations regarding Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
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 BPU to establish certain energy-conservation programs.
Prohibits possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages on private property by persons under legal drinking age.
Requires MVC to prorate driver's license fee for certain individuals.
Concerns certain contracts to privatize State services.
Requires certain insurers disclose information concerning automobile replacement parts.
Provides that private passenger automobile insurance rating territories shall not place exposure in territory based on ZIP code under certain circumstances.
Requires repayment of development subsidies in certain cases of failure to meet job creation or retention requirements.
Establishes employment goals and requirements for development subsidies.
Sets States mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Permits municipality to establish restricted parking spaces for certain volunteer firefighters.
Prohibits the restraint of prisoners during and immediately after childbirth.
Provides televisions in State buildings shall display closed captioning for programming.
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.
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.
Requires video surveillance cameras in certain special education classrooms for promotion of student safety.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than 4 percent over the prior academic year.
Expands Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
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.
Provides parents and adult students with simplified method for opting out of release by school district of student information to military recruiters.
Requires candidates for certain teaching certificates to pass written test on foundations of teaching reading and diagnosing reading difficulties.
Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions.
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.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in hedge funds and derivative contracts.
Requires boil water notices to be provided by certain public water systems via direct contact.
Concerns private entities that own, operate or manage correctional facilities or jails.
The "Owners' Rights and Obligations in Shared Ownership Communities Act."
Requires health insurance coverage and limits cost sharing for certain birth control methods.
Requires DOBI to obtain and consider certain information from Commissioner of Health concerning provider network adequacy requirements for managed care plans.
Establishes service for reporting employer and employment service violations and requires posting of certain notifications.
Concerns automobile insurance practices.
Requires contracts for professional services be awarded by certain bi-state authorities pursuant to competitive contracting process.
Concerning development subsidies and certain employment practices.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
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 State Investment Council to publish reports comparing returns earned by external and internal managers and requiring Council to make recommendations regarding investments.
Authorizes Historic Trenton license plates.
Mandates that certain personnel critical to certain State finance and revenue generating activities are essential employees during state of emergency or government shutdown.
Establishes Extended School Day and School Year Study Commission.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for persons 18 or younger with diagnosed complex medical needs.
Clarifies that law enforcement officer who knowingly chokes another person engages in use of deadly force.
Establishes crime of law enforcement officer choking another person; designated as George Floyd's Law.
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.
Permits voter registration at polling place on election day.
Eliminates driver's license suspension for failure to pay parking tickets; requires registration suspension for more than five parking tickets.
Establishes a Gun Court Pilot Program in Mercer County.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with certain firearm offenses be detained prior to trial.
Permits use of instant run-off voting in balloting for certain local elective public offices.
Makes various changes in the charter school program in regard to student enrollment procedures, charter revocation, and monitoring of charter schools.
Requires subsistence vouchers issued to county inmates upon release be accepted in every county.
Permits persons participating in Drug Court and other programs to earn credit against amount owed on certain court-imposed financial obligations.
Clarifies juvenile's right to attorney representation; requires 12-month judicial review hearing when juvenile is placed out-of-home.
Establishes guidelines for creditworthiness determinations concerning affordable housing programs.
Requires State agencies to vacate certain property in Trenton; allows EDA to offer incentives to private entities to locate to that property.
Requires new employers to reimburse certain former employers for law enforcement training costs.
Extends eligibility for certain SDA grant funding to Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras under certain circumstances.
Requires law enforcement provide written notification to parent or guardian of person under age 18 who commits first offense of unlawfully buying or possessing alcoholic beverages or cannabis.
Establishes greater discretion in court concerning child support related license suspension and credit reporting.
Requires landlord to attach certificate of inspection or occupancy to residential lease.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Allows county and municipal police departments to establish designated safe areas for Internet purchase transactions; establishes public awareness campaign.
Revises gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses by expanding income eligibility and increasing credit.
Establishes requirements for use of deadly force.
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing.
Establishes requirements concerning methods for determining whether child has specific learning disability under federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Allows temporary corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that provide hiring bonuses to targeted employees.
Requires Medicaid coverage for self-administered hormonal contraceptives dispensed by pharmacist under standing order.
Requires municipalities to notify affected property owners before implementing compliance plan to reassess valuation of certain properties.
Permits holders of certain alcohol manufacturing licenses to offer retail memberships to customers.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition for four continuous academic years following student's initial enrollment.
Requires school districts to maintain supply of nasal rescue medication and oxygen for seizure emergencies; provides for training of designees to administer nasal rescue medication and oxygen when school nurse is not physical present.
Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
Establishes NJ State Parks and Forests Foundation.
Requires depository institutions to provide paper account statements to elder adults.
Filed3
Limits police presence at polling places and ballot drop boxes; prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of ballot drop box.
Permits dentists to administer vaccines under certain circumstances.
Modifies Garden State Growth Zone tax exemption program.
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Requires certain retailers to train employees on gift card fraud.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
Requires all creditors that acquire title to non-owner occupied residential property following foreclosure to notify municipality and common interest community.
Requires student representative be appointed to each board of education of school district and board of trustees of charter school that includes grades nine through 12.*
Requires BPU, electric power suppliers, and gas suppliers to publish certain information related to filing of customer complaints. **
Limits police presence at polling places and ballot drop boxes; prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of ballot drop box.**
Permits dentists to administer vaccines under certain circumstances.
Permits parent or guardian to request grade retention for student during 2021-2022 school year.
Modifies Garden State Growth Zone tax exemption program.
Authorizes Capital City Redevelopment Corporation on behalf of State Treasurer to sell surplus real property and improvements located in City of Trenton, County of Mercer; appropriates proceeds of sale.
Appropriates $18 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
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Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.*
Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Provides that student-athlete who sustains concussion must return to regular school activities prior to return to competition; requires school districts to implement six-step return-to-competition process.*
Requires DEP to evaluate environmental and public health stressors of certain facilities on overburdened communities when reviewing certain permit applications.**
Requires pharmacy benefits manager providing services within Medicaid program to disclose certain information to DHS.
"Fair Chance in Housing Act"; establishes certain housing rights of persons with criminal records. *
Establishes supervised community reintegration program for certain victims of domestic violence.*
Requires residential landlords to equip steam radiators with protective covers.
Allows public office holder or candidate to use political contributions to pay for child care expenses related to office or campaign activities.
Requires training for DOE arbitrators to include issues related to cultural diversity and bias.
Provides that New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program scholarship may be awarded in any semester of attendance or enrollment at institution of higher education in State.
"New Jersey Buy American Act"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S.
Expands Office of Public Defender representation of juveniles; repeals section 4 of P.L. 1968, c.371.*
Requires public water systems to provide notice of elevated lead levels in drinking water to customers and local officials; requires landlords to notify tenants of elevated lead levels.
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 low performing schools.
"New Jersey Fair Play Act"; allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Permits counties and municipalities to bond for alternative fuel vehicles.
Restricts use of neonicotinoid pesticides.**
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.
Requires lead paint inspection on certain residential rental property, including upon tenant turnover; establishes lead-based paint hazard education program; appropriates $3,900,000. *
Establishes requirements for closures of private career schools and institutions of higher education, modifies review process of new academic programs, and requires approval of branch campuses.*
Prohibits sale of cosmetic products that have been tested on animals.
Expressly prohibits invasive examination of unconscious patient by health care practitioner without patient's prior informed written consent.
Revises provisions required in school district's anti-bullying policy; provides for civil liability of parent of minor adjudicated delinquent for cyber-harassment or harassment; and increases certain fines against parents.*
Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and county colleges.
Changes date of 2020 primary election from June 2 to July 7.
Provides relief to students receiving State financial aid to address special circumstances due to 2020 public health state of emergency.
Requires hospitals to report COVID-19 demographic data.
Makes FY 2021 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $5 million to DCA for NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program.*
Accelerates rescinding of certain juvenile delinquency fines and making discretionary post-incarceration supervision due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires public health emergency credits to be awarded to certain inmates and parolees during public health emergency; prohibits contact with victim upon release of inmate awarded credits.***
Revises requirements for health insurance providers and Medicaid to cover services provided using telemedicine and telehealth; appropriates $5 million.*
Establishes position of State School Nurse Consultant in DOE to facilitate best practices in school nursing by advancing comprehensive school health services.*
Authorizes school districts to maintain surplus at four percent for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.*
Requires certain provisions in State contracts for delivery of publicly financed mental health, behavioral health, and addiction services.
"21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act."
Requires Civil Services Commission to undertake various initiatives to increase diversity and inclusivity within law enforcement agencies.
Requires Civil Service Commission establish mentoring program for certain civil service law enforcement applicants. *
Establishes database to aid in civil service hiring process for certain law enforcement officers; requires Statewide diversity analysis of law enforcement. *
Grants reciprocity to teachers with certain out-of-state certificates.
Allows student enrolled in institution of higher education who has completed 30 semester-hour credits to serve as substitute teacher; extends time period substitute teacher may serve during public health emergency.*
Mandates training on culturally responsive teaching for all candidates for teaching certification.
Concerns eligibility of education employees for unemployment.
Revises certain restrictions on ownership of medical cannabis alternative treatment centers; expands scope of review of alternative treatment center permit applications and related materials.*
Expands scope of inmate reentry assistance and benefits.
Establishes "Sexual Violence Restorative Justice Pilot Program."
Requires builders to offer unit concrete products that utilize carbon footprint-reducing technology as option in new construction; establishes tax incentives, and State and local purchasing requirements, for unit concrete products that utilize carbon foot
Requires in person early voting period for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Permits exemption from civil service law enforcement examination requirement for entry level-law enforcement officers.
Appropriates $30.387 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Eliminates certain juvenile justice fines, fees, costs, and other monetary penalties.
Expands opportunities for restaurants, bars, distilleries, and breweries to provide outdoor dining and permits certain sales at seasonal farm markets in response to COVID-19 public health emergency.
Directs NJT to erect statue in honor of A. Philip Randolph, appropriates $90,000.
Requires boards of education to provide special education and related services to certain students exceeding age of eligibility for special education and related services.
Revises eligibility requirements for NJ Workability Program and Personal Assistance Services Program.
Modifies certain procedures pertaining to school district regionalization; establishes grant program for cost reimbursement of conducting regionalization feasibility studies; and provides financial incentives for regionalization.
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA and New Jersey Council on the Arts to support arts and culture organizations in need.*
Makes $25 million in federal funds available to EDA to support microbusinesses in need.*
Establishes immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments.
Allows formation of limited liability companies by real estate salespersons and broker-salespersons to receive commission income and requires certain disclosures on promotions.
Provides that in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits, calculations of lost or impaired earnings capacity not be reduced because of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, or affectional or sexual orientation.**
Establishes Amistad Commission Exemplary Award Program; appropriates $10,000.*
Permits exemption from civil service examination requirement for entry-level law enforcement officers, sheriff's officers, and State and county correctional police officers; permits hiring or appointment of such officers under certain conditions, and make
Requires institutions of higher education to provide certain student loan information.
Provides financial relief to certain landlords and tenants in response to COVID-19 pandemic, adjusts certain court fees; and makes appropriations. *
Appropriates $5 million to New Jersey Pediatric Cancer Fund.
Establishes Commission on Asian American Heritage in DOE. *
Eliminates premiums and waiting periods for certain NJ FamilyCare enrollees and directs DHS to implement additional targeted outreach initiatives to increase enrollment. **
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Establishes Office of Food Insecurity Advocate.
FY 2021 State supplemental appropriation; appropriates $100.3 million in General Fund monies and $14.4 million in Property Tax Relief Fund monies.
Establishes "Rental Assistance Navigation Program" in DCA; makes appropriation.
Makes $135 million in federal funds available to EDA to support eligible entities impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Designates Department of Health State office building in Trenton as "Judith M. Persichilli Building."
Requires school districts to provide instruction on history and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Revises gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses. **
"Motorbus and Passenger Rail Service Employee Violence Prevention Act."
Allows alternative evaluation in place of basic skills testing requirements for certain teacher certification.
Authorizes municipalities to address certain unlawful operation of all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes through seizure and, in some circumstances, destruction of vehicles.
Prohibits certain utility discontinuances; establishes Winter Termination Program; requires BPU to include sewer and water public utilities in Winter Termination Program. *
Establishes Direct Support Professional Career Development Program; appropriates $1,000,000. **
Requires that only fruits and vegetables grown and packaged in NJ may be labeled by food retailers as local to State.
Appropriates $16,380,595 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
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Establishes requirements for sale of cottage baked goods. *
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Authorizes use of disability benefits for transportation provided by transportation network companies.
Revises requirements for cash assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program; appropriates $17 million.*
Establishes "2020 New Jersey Emergency Rental Assistance Program"; appropriates $100 million.
Prohibits cancellation or nonrenewal of insurance policies and insurance premium finance agreements for a period of at least 60 days under certain circumstances after declaration of public health emergency, or state of emergency, or both.**
Authorizes Governor to permit emergency rent suspension for certain small business tenants during COVID-19 pandemic.
Expands powers and duties of State Chief Diversity Officer to promote diversity in State government and public contracting.*
Appropriates $30 million to EDA from federal "Coronavirus Relief Fund" to assist food establishments impacted by Executive Order No. 158.
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Requires assignment of unemployment claims handlers to legislative districts during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency; appropriates $1.8 million.
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Prohibits use of education, occupation, homeownership status, marital status, or credit score in certain automobile insurance determinations.*
Concerns eligibility, procedures, and post-program relief for certain drug or alcohol dependent persons sentenced to special probation, or regular probation which as a condition of such requires substance use disorders treatment. *
Requires NJHMFA to allocate certain portion of federal low-income housing tax credits to certain high-opportunity areas.
Creates New Jersey Innocence Study and Review Commission.
Requires Division of Purchase and Property to issue annual report on public contracts awarded to women-owned and minority-owned businesses; requires Division of Revenue to operate Selective Assistance Vendor Information (SAVI) database.
Allows municipalities to adjust deadline to apply for short-term exemption or abatement for dwellings; requires provision of notice to purchasers of dwellings in areas in need of rehabilitation under certain circumstances.
Prohibits public schools from denying admittance to student due to tardiness or violation of dress code or school uniform policy.*
Requires certain residential developers to replace lead service lines.
Revises definition of "landlord" to include rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility.
Provides that purchase of insulin is not subject to deductible and requires health insurers to limit copayments and coinsurance for insulin.**
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. ***
Prohibits academic degree-granting institutions from entering into revenue sharing arrangements with financial institutions for consumer financial products or services and regulates consumer financial products or services marketed to students.
Establishes standards for installation of electric vehicle charging stations; authorizes municipal deviation from standards; exempts installation at gasoline service station from certain requirements.*
Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.
Requires State Capitol Joint Management Commission display representation of Alice Paul in State Capitol building.
Requires school district to provide information to DOE on various aspects of computer science courses. *
Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail; requires DEP to request bridge inspection reports from US DOT.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research.
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Prohibits gender-based price discrimination.
Provides mortgage payment relief, income tax relief, consumer reporting protection, and eviction protection for residential property owners, tenants, and other consumers, during time of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.**
Prohibits public school students and employees from immediately returning to school after traveling to certain places during public health emergencies.*
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.**
Allocates $50 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development from federal government assistance to improve unemployment insurance benefit claims processing capacity.
Permits school district to use funds from capital reserve account and current expense emergency reserve account for certain expenses during state of emergency.*
Requires EDA to publish information related to certain EDA financial assistance offered in response to emergency declared by Governor.
Establishes Co-Curricular Activity Emergency Grant Program to support operations of co-curricular activities at public schools; appropriates $750,000.
Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
Permits DCA to modify required amount for reserve for uncollected taxes in response to COVID-19 pandemic.*
Establishes "Minority Business Development Program" in EDA; appropriates $50 million to EDA from federal funds.
Establishes position of Minority Depository Institution Coordinator in EDA.
Allows long-term care facility employees to accrue paid sick leave.
Requires campus diversity actions at public institutions of higher education and directs Secretary of Higher Education and Division on Civil Rights to develop guidance regarding diversity in faculty search and selection process. *
Allows registered voters to submit application to vote by mail using online voter registration website maintained by Secretary of State up to seven days before election.
Establishes "Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program;" appropriates $50,000.
Establishes Teacher Residency Program.*
Directs NJ Department of Agriculture to request necessary waivers from US Department of Agriculture to provide food and meals during school closures due to COVID-19 public health emergency.
Increases child care provider payments and revises hourly limits on child care for school-aged children under subsidized child care assistance program during 2020-2021 school year.
Reduces or delays increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Establishes School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program in BPU.
Establishes New Jersey Community Learning Program in DOE to provide comprehensive extended learning time programs in certain communities; dedicates portion of State cannabis revenue to support program.
Requires Commissioner of Education to prepare learning loss report and report on public school operations during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Establishes Task Force for the Development of Universal Child Care.
Provides for accidental death benefit if death of TPAF member and certain PERS members is caused by COVID-19. *
Requires BPU to conduct study of effect of coronavirus 2019 pandemic on local and public utility service and to quarterly collect and publish certain local and public utility service and customer information.
Provides certain protections for pandemic financial assistance.
Revises law prohibiting cruel tethering and confinement of dogs; establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.
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Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Regulates use of body cameras worn by law enforcement officers.
Concerns baked goods sold at farm markets.
Establishes the Office of Dropout Prevention and Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in DOE, and the Student Dropout Prevention Task Force.
Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State. *
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Establishes Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission.
Establishes "County Tourism Incentive Grant Fund" within Department of Treasury to provide funding for grants to counties to support tourism advertising and promotion.
Requires public and nonpublic secondary schools to annually conduct written or verbal substance use screening on all students using a particular screening program.
Requires children's meals served in restaurants to meet certain nutritional standards.
Establishes task force to examine public school programs and services designed to address student mental health.
Requires school districts to provide feminine hygiene products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.
Authorizes common law public nuisance suits regarding lead paint under State law; exempts Attorney General from certain aspects of public nuisance claims when pursuing lead paint actions.
Establishes NJ Fuel Cell Task Force to increase use of fuel cells in State.
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 21 years of age to qualify.*
Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million. *
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to streamline SNAP application process for senior citizens and conduct outreach regarding senior SNAP participation.
Directs DOE to develop guidelines for school districts and charter schools concerning school discipline that are consistent with certain federal guidelines.
Establishes Emerging Technology Urban Grant Program in EDA.
Changes dates on which members of municipal and county committees of political party take office and hold annual meetings; transfers certain election responsibilities to county clerks.
Includes crime of creating false public alarms as form of bias intimidation.
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and personnel files of law enforcement officers to other agencies under certain circumstances.
Requires DOE to maintain list of textbook vendors that use inclusive material and school districts to use textbooks from those vendors.
Creates office to encourage creation of federal jobs and infrastructure investment in the State.
Changes designation on official State logo denoting manufacture of products in New Jersey.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Provides State information technology contracts will require use of software to document computer use by contractor.
Provides county clerks with additional week to mail ballots for 2020 primary election; requires ballot position draw to occur one day early if statutory date falls on holiday.*
Requires institutions of higher education and private career schools to provide on website employment data of graduates; requires DOLWD to compile certain employment information.
Requires public members of Drug Utilization Review Board to disclose financial interests and benefits received from and investment interests held in pharmaceutical distributors, pharmaceutical manufacturers, or pharmacy benefits managers.*
Establishes fire safety standards and protocols for certain light frame residential construction; requires project labor agreements for this construction; requires placards identifying primary structural systems of buildings.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to advertise and promote tours of breweries in the State.
Encourages development of zero-emission vehicle fueling and charging infrastructure in redevelopment projects.*
Establishes pilot program in DOE to support FIRST Robotics Programs in school districts.
Requires certain actions by motor vehicle operators when overtaking or passing pedestrians, bicycles, or scooters.*
Allows minors to serve as election workers between 5:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on elections days.
Prohibits utility service rate increases, penalities and discontinuances to residential customers during certain public health emergencies.*
Postpones New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) review for certain school districts to accommodate disruption due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Expands existing EDA loan program to include certain small producers and retailers of alcoholic beverages.
Authorizes the issuance of "coronavirus relief bonds" by municipalities and counties.
Enters New Jersey into Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact.
Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly with respect to legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offences as well as broadening awareness of available expungement relief.*
Concerns requirements for local purchasing agents.
Requires county boards of election to establish ballot drop boxes in each county at least 45 days before election; revises procedures concerning mail-in ballots for 2020 general election.**
Recognizes Howell House in Cape May as Harriet Tubman Museum in New Jersey.*
Establishes youthful age of defendant as mitigating factor in sentencing.
Establishes "The Ballot Cure Act" to modify and establish various voting procedures.
Requires DOE to provide funds to school districts for acquisition of technology devices to address digital divide and requires districts to reimburse DOE from available federal funds.
Extends ballot receipt and election certification deadlines; increases certain messenger and bearer ballot limits; requires certain information to increase public awareness and use of voting by mail.*
Includes false incrimination and filing false police report as form of bias intimidation; establishes crime of false 9-1-1 call with purpose to intimidate or harass based on race or other protected class.
Requires AG to collect, record, analyze, and report certain prosecutorial and criminal justice data.
Requires DLPS to incorporate implicit bias in cultural diversity training materials for law enforcement officers; makes mandatory cultural diversity and implicit bias training for law enforcement officers.
Requires State to enter into contract and coordinate with certain cooperative purchasing systems for procurement of COVID-19 related goods and services by school districts and county colleges.*
Creates grant program to encourage school districts to partner with institutions of higher education in training school-based mental health services providers.
Establishes Student Wellness Grant Program in DOE.
Requires DCF to give priority to certain school districts with student mental health counseling centers in awarding grants under School Based Youth Services Program.
Establishes "Student Mental Health Task Force." *
Requires civil service commission to notify a certified eligible by certified mail and via electronic mail. *
Establishes Community College Opportunity Grant Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide last-dollar financial aid grants to county college students and Student Success Incentive funding to county colleges.
Authorizes MVC to use stored driver's license or identification card photo for longer than eight years; limits certain appointment times at MVC locations to senior citizens and persons with certain medical conditions during COVID-19 pandemic.**
Revises licensure, operational, and reporting requirements for nursing homes.*
Temporarily extends deadline to register vehicle and obtain driver's license for new State residents during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Permits county board of elections to open inner envelopes containing mail-in ballots up to five days prior to election day.
Establishes loan redemption program for certain bilingual education teachers.
Directs DOE to develop outreach program to encourage young women and minorities to pursue post-secondary degrees and careers in STEM.
Provides for technological upgrade of application process for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Establishes Safe Remote Learning Program in DOE to support provision of remote instruction facilities by public schools.
Increases gross income tax rate from 8.97 percent to 10.75 percent on income between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000, and provides up to $500 tax rebate to eligible taxpayers.
Establishes assistance program to assist landlord of one- and two-family dwellings during COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $50 million.
Allows mail-in voter to cure mail-in ballot due to missing certificate.
Concerns eligibility for extended unemployment benefits.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $58,000,000 for NJ Statewide Body Worn Camera Program.*
Modifies process for obtaining working certificates for minors.
Establishes Safe and Equitable Remote Learning Pilot Program in DOE to support provision of remote learning safe havens by certain school districts. *
Expands opportunities for restaurants, bars, distilleries and breweries to provide outdoor dining and permits certain farms to adjust operations in response to COVID-19 public health emergency.*
Requires registration of international student exchange visitor placement organizations with Commisioner of Education.*
Prohibits employer use of tracking or electronic communications device in vehicle operated by employee under certain circumstances. *
Provides Postpones of New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum review for certain school districts.*
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2021 to include new projects and modify estimated loan amounts for certain projects; modifies terms and conditions for certain loans utilizing federal funds.
Revises requirements for provision of care to trauma patients.
Appropriates $3,763,625 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $37.16 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Appropriates $11,777,499 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Establishes "New Jersey Foreclosure Prevention Act."
Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras and security camera systems to be installed in State correctional facilities.
"New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020"; provides for administration of programs and policies related to jobs, property development, food deserts, community partnerships, small and early stage businesses, State procurement, wind energy, and film produc
Authorizes optometrists to administer immunizations against coronaviruses and influenza under certain circumstances.*
Establishes task force to evaluate quality, efficacy, costs, and educational outcomes of online courses offered by public and independent institutions of higher education and degree-granting proprietary institutions during COVID-19 pandemic. *
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for environmental infrastructure projects for applicants with established program to employ, at project or related facilities, local residents of nearby urban aid qualifying municipalities. *
Requires reservation of portion of tenant-based vouchers under State rental assistance program for persons displaced due to redevelopment of an affordable housing development; provides displaced persons with affordable housing priority status.
Extends timeframe for receiving certain documents issued by MVC under certain circumstances.
Requires State agencies to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities and on mobile devices.
Establishes small hospitality business winter preparation purchase or reimbursement program in EDA; appropriates $50 million to EDA from federal funds.
Requires financial institutions to release records to adult protective services when suspecting fraud of vulnerable adult or senior customer; allows adult protective services to release same records to law enforcement agency if necessary.*
Addresses certain landlord expenses in response to COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $350 million.*
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
Protects homeowner in foreclosure from excessively low intervening offer.
Requires public community water systems to inventory and replace lead service lines within 10 years; provides for recoupment of costs by investor-owned public water systems. *
Provides for certification of temporary nurse aides.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 18 years of age or older to qualify for modified benefit.
Removes restrictions on special assessments and bond issuances for replacement of residential lead service lines; revises budgetary requirements for operators of certain water systems.*
Requires instruction on information literacy in curriculum of students in grades kindergarten through 12.
Requires disclosure letter be included with mail falsely implying State government connection.
Establishes Alleviating Learning Loss in New Jersey Grant Program in DOE to assist public schools in establishing or expanding certain educational programs to address learning loss in students.
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA to support businesses and nonprofits in need.*
Makes $10 million in federal funds available to EDA to support child care providers in need.*
Makes $35 million in federal funds available to EDA to support food and beverage establishments in need.*
Requires public schools to offer or expand summer school programs to students.
Requires financial aid award letter provided by institutions of higher education and certain proprietary schools be consistent with financial aid shopping sheet.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish New Jersey Minority, Woman, and Underserved Farmer Registry.
Restores and revises Urban Enterprise Zone program; appropriates $42,500,000. *
Increases income eligibility limits for PAAD program and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program by $10,000.
Requires DOE to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.
Provides for regional economic and land use impact report and establishes review processes related to development of certain large warehouses; and requires related real property reassessments. *
Establishes "Summer Earn and Learn Pilot Program."
Ensures student well-being during school security drills.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism establish Black Heritage Trail; establishes NJ Black Cultural Heritage Commission.
Allows certain voters residing overseas to vote in certain elections in this State depending on overseas residency or intent to return. *
Requires DOLWD to provide link to New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on website and in emails concerning unemployment compensation benefits.
Permits counties to operate airports as county utilities; provides that bonds for county and municipal airport purposes be issued in accordance with provisions of "Local Bond Law."
Allows costs of medical cannabis to be reimbursed by Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, PAAD, Senior Gold and VCCO.
Permits school districts to administer student health surveys after prior written notification to parents and legal guardians.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2022.
Concerns sexual abuse investigations in State correctional facilities.
Expands State corrections officers training to include topics contributing to their core mission of treating inmates with dignity, fairness, and respect.
Makes $25 million in federal funds available to Department of State for travel and tourism advertising and promotion recovery from COVID-19 pandemic. *
Provides funding for experiential housing advocacy programs to provide legal services for low- and moderate-income tenants in need of housing assistance; appropriates $2 million. *
Makes supplemental appropriation of $90,000 to Department of State to support statue of "Jersey" Joe Walcott. *
Increases penalties for unauthorized transportation or disposal of solid waste.
Makes permanent temporary enactment allowing certain alcoholic beverage retailers to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages and mixed drinks; establishes certain sale and delivery privileges for alcoholic beverage manufacturers.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA send weekly reports to Commissioner of DOH on status of veterans' homes in State during every future public health emergency; requires such reports through December 31, 2021. *
Concerns enforcement of employee misclassification and stop-work order laws.
Streamlines identification of employee misclassification.
Directs DHS to develop mobile software program for SNAP recipients; appropriates $2 million. *
Establishes State supplement for federal summer food service program meals.
Establishes State supplement for "breakfast after the bell" meals.
Requires that certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Provides partial pension and retirement income exclusion for taxpayers with income between $100,000 and $150,000.
Awards project grants under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for school security projects in certain school districts; appropriates $66,173,243.
Awards project grants under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for water infrastructure projects in certain school districts; appropriates $6,608,212.
Provides project grants under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for career and technical education at county colleges; appropriates $26,456,996.
Provides project grants under "Securing Our Children's Fund" for career and technical education expansion in county vocational school districts; appropriates $222,904,769.
Temporarily expands summer working hours for certain minors.
Requires incarcerated individual from State to be counted at residential address for municipal, county, and congressional redistricting purposes and for apportionment of regional school district board of education members. *
Rescinds prohibition on return of certain items purchased from retail food stores during COVID-19 state of emergency; provides that future limitations on returns occur during declared public health emergency.
Establishes advisory council for the brewery, cidery, meadery, and distillery industries in NJ and provides for funding through certain alcoholic beverage tax receipts.
Revises various provisions of "New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020" and other economic development programs; establishes New Jersey Innovation Fellows Program; appropriates $10 million.
"New Jersey College Affordability Act"; appropriates $10 million.
Establishes "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund," appropriates $3.7 billion.
Provides supplemental appropriations of $20 million for loan redemption program and tuition reimbursement program for certain teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Increases number of hospitals eligible for highest amount of charity care subsidy payment; appropriates $30 million. *
Appropriates $37,174,636.71 from "New Jersey Library Construction Fund" to provide grants for construction, reconstruction, development, extension, improvement, and furnishing of New Jersey's public libraries.
Allows county boards of elections to begin canvassing early votes and mail-in ballots before election day under certain conditions.
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Limits time continuing care retirement communities may retain refundable entrance fee after resident vacates facility to no more than one year.
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Requires new voting machines purchased or leased for use in elections in this State to produce paper record of each vote cast.
Revises definition of destructive device to include certain weapons of 50 caliber or greater.
Requires replacement of all electronic voting machines used in State by district-based optical scan voting systems by June 5, 2018; makes appropriation.
Prohibits use of education and occupation as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
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.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
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.
The "New Jersey Youth Justice Transformation Act;" annually appropriates $100 million to Juvenile Justice Commission.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
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
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
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.
Prohibits sale of menthol cigarettes.
Requires restaurants to provide healthy beverages with meals designated for children.
Establishes confidentiality of landlord-tenant court records; addresses adverse actions on rental applications.
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.
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
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.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
"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.
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.
Provides emergency State school aid to certain school districts located in historic communities.
Expands liability of certain individuals associated with limited liability companies and other commercial entities, when acting as residential landlord.
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Prohibits State from investing pension and annuity funds in manufacturers of firearms or firearm ammunition.
Provides gross income tax exemption for contributions made to qualified retirement plans.
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income tax credit program from 40 percent to 50 percent.
Expands NJ FamilyCare to ensure healthcare benefits are available to all uninsured children under 19 years of age who live in New Jersey; appropriates $3 million for outreach, enrollment, and retention regarding NJ FamilyCare.
Limits authority of DHS to impose liens and seek recovery from Medicaid recipient's estate after death.
Directs Department of Agriculture in consultation with DOE to establish online applications for National School Lunch Program and school breakfast programs.
Establishes pilot program to create student mental health assistance programs in selected school districts.
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Requires public schools to comply with more stringent school lunch and breakfast nutrition standards adopted by USDA in 2012.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.
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.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Directs school districts to establish policies and require training for employees on issues regarding child sexual abuse.
Establishes fire safety standards and protocols for certain light frame residential construction; requires placards identifying primary structural systems of buildings.
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system for electronic reporting of firearm information.
Creates restricted distillery license; permits holder thereof to operate restaurant on licensed premises in Garden State Growth Zone.
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.
Requires certain ratios of school library media specialist to students in public schools.
Clarifies when penalty points are to be assessed for convictions of driving in an unsafe manner.
Requires DCA to continuously maintain open enrollment period for federal Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-applications.
Prohibits emergency homeless shelters from conditioning provision of shelter on enrollment in certain programs.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
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.
Directs BPU to develop and implement electric school bus pilot program.
Establishes ranked-choice voting procedure for elections for Governor, State Senate, State General Assembly, United States Senate and House of Representatives, and presidential primaries and general elections for electors for United States President and V
Requires State agencies to post Internet links to programs and services for women as applicable.
Provides tax credits to vineyards and wineries for qualified capital expenses.
Requires boards of education to include instruction, and adopt instructional materials, on climate change.
Requires State to use at least half of future federal "Help America Vote Act" funds for voting systems with paper record.
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.
Provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for four years; requires training prior to issuance of firearms cards and handgun purchase permits; revises procedures for passing of firearms to heir or legatee.
Establishes "Senior Citizen Home Repair and Modification Program"; appropriates $10 million.
Establishes School Connectivity Grant Program to expand access to online instruction for economically disadvantaged students; makes appropriation.
Establishes one-time payment program in Department of Treasury for aid for certain eligible taxpayers; appropriates $35 million.
Requires outer envelope for mailing of voted mail-in ballot by voter to include postage prepaid.
Includes crime of false reports to law enforcement authorities as form of bias intimidation.
Concerns psychological testing of police officers.
Requires access to law enforcement disciplinary records as government records; requires such records to be retained for certain period of time.
Permits use of combination of in-person and virtual or remote instruction in 2020-2021 school year to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement.
Requires DOE to select three vendors for diagnostic tools to measure certain benchmarks in students; requires school districts to use selected tools; and requires DOE to provide federal funds to districts for procuring these tools.
Provides that effective date of unemployment claim is date on which individual becomes unemployed.
Requires school districts to provide virtual or remote instruction for beginning of 2020-2021 school year; permits in-person delivery of certain special education services; permits school districts to delay start of 2020-2021 school year.
Reduces standard voter registration deadline to eight days before election; allows voter registration at polling place on election day and at offices where mail-in ballots are issued within 45 days before election.
Appropriates $10 million to EDA to assist certain nonprofit arts and cultural organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Authorizes creation of local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct; appropriates $600,000.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $30 million to certain law enforcement agencies for NJ Statewide Supplemental Body Worn Camera Program.
Decouples State tax provisions from federal prohibition on cannabis business deductions, but only for businesses with less than $15 million of gross receipts.
Requires health club services contract contain certain provisions regarding procedures during outbreak of infectious disease.
Prohibits Internet service providers from increasing service rates during public health emergency or state of emergency; requires Internet service providers to notify subscribers six months in advance of service rate increase.
Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to New Jersey Library Network for continuation of services.
Establishes summer transition pilot program for rising kindergarten students who meet certain criteria.
Legalizes growing or possessing up to six marijuana plants for personal recreational use, and up to 10 plants for personal medical use, by persons aged 21 or older.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Establishes grant program for alternate route police officer training.
Establishes loan program in Department of Treasury for certain entities offering health benefits plans; makes appropriation.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for After School Recreation in Urban Areas.
Extends immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments until beginning of 2023.
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"Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act"; requires certain school meal information be provided to students' parents; establishes protocols for identifying eligible students for meal programs; prohibits stigmatizing student with bill in arrears.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriations of $15 million for grants to food banks.
Requires school districts to provide school meals or meal vouchers to students eligible for free and reduced price school meals during school closures due to COVID-19 epidemic.
Establishes Bridging the Digital Divide in Schools Grant Program in DOE to provide and expand access to technology and equipment for students in certain school districts.
Provides paid leave without utilizing accumulated leave time for local government employees under certain circumstances.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to issue supplemental cash assistance payments to Work First New Jersey recipients under certain circumstances; makes appropriation.
Establishes certain requirements to use telemedicine and telehealth to respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances.
Authorizes notaries public to perform certain notarial acts remotely.
Concerns time off from work in connection with infectious disease.
Requires law enforcement to provide written notification to parent or guardian of person under age 18 who commits first offense of unlawfully possessing or consuming alcoholic beverage, cannabis, marijuana or hashish.
Appropriates $20 million from General Fund to EDA to support food and beverage establishments impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $50 million from General Fund to EDA to support businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $10 million from General Fund to EDA to support Sustain and Serve NJ Program.
Establishes Startup Business and Nonprofit Assistance Program in EDA to support new businesses and nonprofit organizations following COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $25 million.
Appropriates $120 million from General Fund to EDA to support microbusinesses impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $10 million from General Fund to EDA to support child care providers impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.