Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, Senate.
Shirley K. Turner
Sponsored
Became law7
Requires application option enhancement for certain housing, shelter, and rental assistance administered by DCA.*
Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning student use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing at school and school-sponsored functions.
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events; appropriates $2.5 million.**
Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to adopt agricultural management practice for housing resident farm employees on commercial farms, and establishes such housing as eligible for "Right to Farm" protection.
Establishes Chronic Absenteeism Task Force.
Limits use or disclosure of certain education records.
Appropriates $34 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Vetoed1
Requires maintenance of roadways surrounding State capitol complex.
Passed the Senate2
Establishes farm pesticide, herbicide, and fertilizer collection and disposal program in Department of Agriculture; appropriates $1 million.**
Requires DEP to provide time period during which mobile sport fishing permits may be purchased only by NJ residents.
Out of committee21
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Establishes permanent daylight saving time in NJ.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Requires institutions of higher education to collect and report employment data for certain graduates.*
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from second to first degree.
Requires Department of Agriculture to establish Farm Vitality Planning Reimbursement Grant Program.*
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues dedicated to anti-smoking initiatives from one to three percent.
Requires MVC to accommodate walk-in services on certain days.
Authorizes medical cannabis for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
Establishes New Jersey Veterans' Organization Building Grant Program.
Requires driver's manual to include information on driver's rights and responsibilities during police stop.
Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.
"Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act."
Lowers age requirement of compulsory school attendance from six to five years old.
Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions of higher education; redirects State tuition aid grant funding for students enrolled in proprietary institutions to summer tuition aid grant program.
Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components.
Changes certain allocations and amounts of constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for Fiscal Year 2026 and thereafter; authorizes Garden State Preservation Trust and local governments to acquire lands in urban areas for agricultural or horticultural purposes.
Concerns financial powers and responsibilities of Capital City Redevelopment Corporation.*
Appropriates $44.4 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.
Directs Garden State Preservation Trust to perform audit of State's land preservation programs, authorizes local governments and nonprofit organizations to utilize certain constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for administrative expenses; appropriates $150,000.
In committee207
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Establishes "Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund" and tax on opioid drugs.
Imposes requirements on video visitation service contracts for inmates in certain correctional facilities; requires correctional facilities to allow contact visits.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Requires health insurance coverage and limits cost sharing for certain birth control methods.
Establishes crime of law enforcement officer choking another person; designated as George Floyd's Law.
Eliminates driver's license suspension for failure to pay parking tickets; requires registration suspension for more than five parking tickets.
Permits use of instant run-off voting in balloting for certain local elective public offices.
Permits persons participating in Drug Court and other programs to earn credit against amount owed on certain court-imposed financial obligations.
Requires new employers to reimburse certain former employers for law enforcement training costs.
Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras under certain circumstances.
Concerns body worn cameras for law enforcement officers.
Establishes guidelines for creditworthiness determinations concerning affordable housing programs.
Establishes standards for expiration of rental housing affordability controls.
Concerns automobile insurance practices.
Increases minimum income thresholds requiring filing and paying of gross income tax.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for persons 18 or younger with diagnosed complex medical needs.
Enhances penalties upon corporate violators of housing codes.
Enhances penalties upon certain violators of housing codes.
Establishes gross income tax credit for full-time tuition cost at certain New Jersey institutions of post-secondary education.
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act"; appropriates $5 million.
Provides televisions in State buildings shall display closed captioning for programming.
Requires DHS to implement payment strategy to encourage the use of long acting reversible contraceptives.
Requires Medicaid cover emergency contraception without requiring prescription or other authorization.
Requires State Investment Council to publish reports comparing returns earned by external and internal managers and requiring Council to make recommendations regarding investments.
Increases from six to 10 the number of motor vehicle penalty points necessary to incur surcharges.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing qualified ex-offenders.
Requires 45 day notice concerning tuition rate changes by licensed child care centers.
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement officers with cultural diversity training and develop diversity action plan.
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
Upgrades crime of invasion of privacy under certain circumstances; eliminates presumption of nonimprisonment.
The "Owners' Rights and Obligations in Shared Ownership Communities Act."
Decreases the penalty for certain parole violations.
Subjects most State property to local property taxation beginning on July 1, 2022.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with certain firearm offenses be detained prior to trial.
Establishes a Gun Court Pilot Program in Mercer County.
Revises and codifies schedule for childhood lead screenings; requires lead screenings as precondition of child's initial entry into school system.
Requires schools to universally provide free meals to all students, regardless of whether students are federally eligible for free or reduced price meals.
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.
Requires spousal consent to election of certain pension payout options under TPAF, JRS and PERS.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Concerns local taxation of business personal property of local exchange telephone companies.
Amends eligibility for expungement of criminal records.
Establishes Extended School Day and School Year Study Commission.
Establishes greater discretion in court concerning child support related license suspension and credit reporting.
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.
Permits voter registration at polling place on election day.
Permits voter registration up to 14 days before election.
Requires Type I school districts and charter schools to establish citizen budget oversight committee to monitor district's or charter school's financial position.
Revises gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses by expanding income eligibility and increasing credit.
Expands Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Establishes task force to study issues and make recommendations regarding Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
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 minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.
Eliminates use of standardized assessments as measure of student growth or progress in evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals.
Authorizes creation of local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct; appropriates $600,000.
Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.
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.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to develop pathway to nursing scholarship for health care workers who want to become nurses; appropriates $1 million.
Requires that workers' compensation judges and administrative law judges be included in database of appointed officials.
Establishes grant program for alternate route police officer training.
Increases benefit amount under New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit program from 40 percent to 60 percent of federal benefit amount.
Establishes three-year pilot program in DOE to support school district programs to increase length of school day or school year.
Establishes increased penalties for smoking cannabis or marijuana on public beaches.
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Revises "New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act" to prohibit smoking at certain outdoor public places.
Requires planning board reexamination report to set forth recommendations for the siting of warehouses consistent with State Plan and with warehouse siting guidance policy adopted by State Planning Commission.
Increases statutory mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court Justices, Superior Court Judges, Tax Court Judges, Administrative Law Judges, and Workers' Compensation Judges from 70 to 75.
Prohibits placing primary election candidates into political party lines on primary ballot.
Makes FY2023 supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million for matching grants for deer fencing program.
Provides child tax credit for taxpayers with children ages six to 11 and increases amount of credit for taxpayers with children under 12 over period of two years.
Requires schools and child care centers to test drinking water for lead every two years and install filters certified to reduce lead levels.
Prohibits Commissioner of Education from approving certain tests for teacher certification candidates with extended retake waiting periods.
Requires State Board of Education to reduce clinical practice requirements for certain teacher candidates.
Requires notice to be provided by municipal court to applicant for public defender of fee and process to waive fee for inability to pay.
Makes FY 2024 supplemental appropriation of $10 million to State Capitol Joint Management Commission for State Capitol Park Complex.
Establishes MOM Project oral health three-year pilot program in DOH; appropriates $4,150,000.
Prohibits information from Statewide voter registration system from being published on Internet.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey."
Requires boil water notices to be provided by certain public water systems via telephone, email or text message.
Establishes "Revolutionary War Park Study Commission."
Exempts sales of condoms from sales and use tax.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
Requires certain electric public utilities to file emergency response plan with BPU.
Concerns annual reporting requirements of SHBP and SEHBP commissions.
Expands Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Programs to include assistance for water utility bill.
Requires advance notice of water supply discontinuations for non-payment of local government water bills; requires offer of payment plan in certain circumstances.
Broadens definition of "harassment, intimidation, or bullying" in Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act.
Requires State and private correctional facilities to allow inmates to make telephone and video calls at no cost to inmate or other party.
"Homeowners' Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; allows homeowners to claim credit against gross income tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Mandates that certain personnel critical to certain State finance and revenue generating activities are essential employees during state of emergency or government shutdown.
Requires access to law enforcement disciplinary records as government records; requires such records to be retained for certain period of time.
Requires State Investment Council report certain information quarterly; requires council's regulations addressing political contributions apply to federal or national committees and non-State political committees.
Excludes certain unemployment compensation recipients from paying civil service open competitive examination application and appeal fees.
Enhances transparency and accountability of online tax sales.
Requires proprietary degree-granting institutions to disclose status as for-profit businesses and requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to disclose accreditation status.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to the establishment of charter school.
Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
Regulates smoking in multiple dwellings; requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to promulgate construction standards for new multiple dwellings permitting smoking.
Establishes Teaching Scholars Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Establishes Residential Property Repair Program; appropriates $30,000,000.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in hedge funds and derivative contracts.
Prohibits State from investing pension and annuity funds in manufacturers or wholesale distributors of tobacco products.
Concerns criminal investigation of law enforcement officers.
Establishes publicly accessible domestic violence Internet registry.
Requires certain public contracts for insurance coverage and consulting services to be awarded through competitive contracting process.
Enhances transparency in exercise of municipal redevelopment powers.
Authorizes municipal assessment of development impact fees following State guidelines and makes an appropriation.
Prohibits State administered pension fund investment in corporations shifting ownership or operations outside U.S. for tax purposes.
Authorizes clinical laboratories to perform tests without individual order from practitioner.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Requires person picking up prescriptions for Schedule II controlled dangerous substances to present identification.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Requires municipalities to notify affected property owners before implementing compliance plan to reassess valuation of certain properties.
Establishes pre-loan counseling requirements and borrower rights of recission for reverse mortgage loans.
Provides certain deceptive practices in advertising of pregnancy-related services violate the consumer fraud act.
Requires health care facilities be built according to Type I or Type II construction standards.
Criminalizes certain actions of individuals who offer rental of residential property that they do not own or legally possess.
Sets State's mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Requires bidder on State contract to be evaluated on report of its gender-based pay equity and job equality standards for its employees.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Extends eligibility for certain SDA grant funding to Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions.
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.
Provides awarding of contracts for professional services by State, county, municipal, and school district through competitive contracting process.
Makes various changes in the charter school program in regard to student enrollment procedures, charter revocation, and monitoring of charter schools.
Revises mileage limit for mandatory school transportation for students in preschool through grade four.
Requires landlord to attach certificate of inspection or occupancy to residential lease.
Clarifies intent of Legislature that the attempt or conspiracy to commit certain offenses may constitute acts of domestic violence.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish three-year pilot program to increase reading levels of certain students; appropriates $1 million.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to revoke proprietary school's license to award academic degrees if school fails to achieve certain minimum graduation rates.
Requires State agencies to vacate certain property in Trenton; allows EDA to offer incentives to private entities to locate to that property.
Establishes presumption for accidental disability retirement in PFRS that firefighter with Parkinson's Disease has disease as result of employment.
Requires textbook publishers to provide public institutions of higher education with information on price and availability of textbooks.
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.
Upgrades crime of stalking when victim is less than 18 years old.
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 contracts for professional services be awarded by certain bi-state authorities pursuant to competitive contracting process.
Concerns certain contracts to privatize State services.
Concerns private entities that own, operate or manage correctional facilities or jails.
Provides that private passenger automobile insurance rating territories shall not place exposure in territory based on ZIP code under certain circumstances.
Prohibits public institution of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition for four continuous academic years following student's initial enrollment.
Requires public schools to include instruction on cursive handwriting.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Requires State agencies to submit notice of request for proposals or other documents pertinent to privatization contracts to certain State employees.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than four percent over prior academic year.
Prohibits award of State contracts and development subsidies to inverted domestic corporations.
Debars permanently from government contracting any person convicted of certain crimes involving government contracts.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide assistive technology to elementary and middle school students with dyslexia and related conditions.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Requires cost analysis in certain cases when State department contracts out work.
Revises high school student financial aid application requirements.
Establishes certain medical billing requirements concerning specific nature of charges or expenses for health care services.
Increases amounts of property tax deductions for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, and veterans, from $250 to $500.
Allows small private theater used for musical or theatrical performances to acquire alcoholic beverage retail license.
Requires Pretrial Services to recommend pretrial detention of defendants charged with certain firearms offenses.
Establishes "Task Force for Community Based Juvenile Rehabilitation."
Establishes "gun-free" and "weapon free" zones around certain school and public properties.
Requires cultural diversity and implicit bias training be included in police basic training curriculum.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply and develop policy governing use of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies.
Authorizes the court to issue restraining orders to defendants charged with a crime as a condition of release on bail.
Expands implied consent law to include blood testing; establishes per se standard for driving under influence of marijuana and certain controlled dangerous substances.
Limits time continuing care retirement communities may retain refundable entrance fee.
Requires public question to allow fire district to raise amounts that exceed permissible property tax levy increase to be submitted at general election.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."
Revises requirements for disclosure of a breach of security of certain computerized records containing personal information.
Provides comparable salary increases and performance advancement adjustments for certain State employees assigned to titles with no range or rate.
Requires Medicaid coverage for self-administered hormonal contraceptives dispensed by pharmacist under standing order.
Removes certain part-time elected public officials from eligibility for employer-paid health care benefits coverage; makes elected public officials ineligible for payments for waiving health care benefits coverage; codifies Pension Fraud and Abuse Unit.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,500,000 to Salvation and Social Justice for "Return and Restore" Program.
Amends "three strikes law" to apply only to persons over 18 years of age.
Prohibits institution of higher education from giving preferential consideration for admission to legacy student.
Establishes "Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act."
Establishes loan program in DCRP.
Requires MVC to establish certain surcharge promotional incentives every three years.
Requires Chief Diversity Officer in Department of Treasury and other State officers to conduct certain outreach events, training workshops, and educational programs for minority and women-owned businesses.
Grants court discretion to adjust, reduce, or waive certain mandatory legal financial obligations based on ability of defendant to pay.
Reduces copayments and coinsurance for asthma inhalers covered by certain health benefits plans.
Requires air conditioning in certain residential rental units.
Establishes permanent standard time in NJ.
Requires certain school districts and DOE to address chronic absenteeism.
Revises SNAP application process to include certain notices, and certification and recertification requirements.
Prohibits public utilities from assessing surcharges and certain fees.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to establish "Urban Gardening Pilot Program"; appropriates $100,000.
Requires State Treasurer, in consultation with State Comptroller, to promulgate rules and regulations concerning best practices for awarding independent State authority contracts.
Prohibits institution of higher education from entering into sports wagering partnership.
Establishes 60-day special enrollment period to initiate when provider in carrier's network of providers is leaving carrier's network.
Prohibits use of coupons, price rebates, and price reductions in sales of cannabis items.
Requires notification to patients when State-licensed physician has credential revoked or suspended and provides access to contact information with State.
Allocates $20 million of constitutionally dedicated CBT revenue for development and stewardship projects at State Capitol Complex Park for recreation and conservation purposes.
Prohibits imposition of costs of certain realtor services on residential tenants.
Implements Blue Band Program to address preeclampsia in New Jersey.
Prohibits businesses from charging convenience fees on cash transactions.
Classifies 7 Hydroxymitragynine as Schedule I drug.
Establishes notice requirements for certain water utilities.
Authorizes establishment of charter school payment reserve account in school districts.
Prohibits certain disclosures of autism-related data by State agencies without consent.
Prohibits sale and distribution of food and beverages containing non-nutritive sweeteners in public and nonpublic schools.
Permits up to 10 children to be cared for by a registered family day care provider.
Reorganizes Cannabis Regulatory Commission into Department of Law and Public Safety; empowers State Police with additional cannabis enforcement authority.
Authorizes creation of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. license plates.
Regulates institutional investor activities related to ownership of single-family homes, including purchase and lease; supports certain homebuyer assistance programs.
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Became law8
Authorizes medical cannabis for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.
"Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act."
Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components.
Modifies provisions of Cultural Arts Incentives Program, New Jersey Aspire Program, and Grow New Jersey Program; eliminates Community-Anchored Development Program.*
Concerns financial powers and responsibilities of Capital City Redevelopment Corporation.*
Directs Garden State Preservation Trust to perform audit of State's land preservation programs, authorizes local governments and nonprofit organizations to utilize certain constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for administrative expenses; appropriates $150,000.
Appropriates $44.4 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.
Co-sponsored
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Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $25,000 appropriation.*
Revises "Athletic Training Licensure Act."
"Invasive Species Management Act"; prohibits sale, distribution, import, export, and propagation of certain invasive species; establishes NJ invasive Species Council.*
"Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act"; establishes requirements, prohibitions, and programs for regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Directs DHS to conduct landscape analysis of available mental health services.**
Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.*
Allows taxpayers to utilize alternative method of depreciation of certain expenditures in connection with construction of new affordable housing developments.
Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five.*
Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV prophylaxis without individual prescription under certain circumstances; mandates prescription benefits coverage.
Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to comply with breakfast and lunch standards adopted by USDA.*
Requires transparency concerning compensation with promotional opportunities and in employment listings.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish employment web portal and virtual applicant profile system.**
Requires DOE to establish working group on student literacy; mandates universal literacy screenings for kindergarten through grade three students; requires professional development for certain school district employees.*
Appropriates $128.241 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $1.723 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires pharmacies to provide certain information regarding insulin manufacturer assistance programs.
Requires contractor subject to prevailing wage law to provide orientation meeting to new employee on prevailing wage project.
Establishes crimes of home invasion burglary and residential burglary.*
"Real Estate Consumer Protection Enhancement Act."
Regulates production and sale of certain intoxicating hemp products.
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.*
Concerns law protecting residential tenants from lead-based paint hazards.
Authorizes certain types of permanent structures, recently constructed or erected on preserved farmland, to be used, in certain cases, for purposes of holding special occasion events thereon.
"Farmland and Woodland Tax Assessment Integrity and Investment Act."*
Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force.
Establishes "Incarcerated Women's Protection Act" and concerns correctional facility board of trustees.*
Permits restaurants and certain alcoholic beverage retailers and manufacturers to conduct business within designated outdoor space or on public sidewalk.
Requires electric and gas public utilities to establish "Energy Bill Watch" program and include certain information in bills and notices to customers.
Requires guidelines on student use of internet-enabled devices to be developed by DOE and policy to be adopted by governing body of each public school.**
Makes annual allocation of $500,000 from Clean Communities Program Fund for public outreach concerning single-use plastics reduction program permanent.
Enhances protections under Law Against Discrimination for persons serving in military and military veterans.
Requires each public institution of higher education to develop food waste reduction program on campus.
Makes various changes to provision of preschool aid and facilities requirements; establishes Universal Preschool Implementation Steering Committee; requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts.*
Appropriates $18,518,738 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Provides allowances for certain redevelopment projects undertaken by institutions of higher education under New Jersey Aspire Program.**
Extends hours that minor employed by national sports association, league, or team may work under certain circumstances.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2026.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program projects in FY2026.
Limits certain requirements for certification of career and technical education teachers.
Includes retired teachers and county college faculty members in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teacher grant program.*
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP under FY2026 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Modifies provisions concerning licenses for persons who transport, broker, or process solid waste or soil and fill recyclable materials.
Allocates certain portion of appropriations made to New Jersey Schools Development Authority from "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $3.25 million for certain high cost special education services.
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Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
Permits certain local units and authorities to reduce water, sewer, and stormwater fees and other charges for low-income persons.*
Provides supplemental transportation aid to certain districts participating in interdistrict public school choice program.
Prohibits electioneering within 25 feet of person waiting in line at polling place or ballot drop box; makes electioneering a disorderly persons offense.*
Requires stress testing on State's ability to provide services in various economic conditions.
Establishes School Plastics Upcycling Grant Program in DEP to provide proportional awards to eligible schools based on pro rata share of plastics collected, by each school, for upcycling purposes.*
Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly.
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
Creates pilot program to provide corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for value of certain fruit and vegetable donations made by commercial farm operators.*
Permits procurement of medical countermeasures, products, and therapeutics.
"Moose's Law"; prohibits persons convicted of animal cruelty offenses from owning animals and from working or volunteering at animal-related enterprises; establishes presumption against pretrial intervention for certain persons.*
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-and county-owned lakes and reservoirs.*
Requires key boxes at public school buildings with certain exceptions; permits reimbursement of costs related to key box installation.*
Expands epinephrine administration mechanisms permitted in schools, institutions of higher education, and youth camps.*
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Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses paying a salary differential to National Guard members or reservists on active duty.
"Home Business Jobs Creation Act"; classifies certain home businesses as permitted accessory uses.
Establishes "County Tourism Incentive Grant Fund" within Department of Treasury to provide funding for grants to counties to support tourism advertising and promotion.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Establishes standards for food date labeling; requires Commissioner of Health to establish public education program and promulgate guidelines related to food safety.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Establishes "New Jersey Target Zero Commission."
Provides that fusion energy and fusion technology companies are eligible to receive benefits under certain economic incentive programs.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD, total brain injury, or traumatic brain injury.
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.*
Requires DOE and DCF to establish online reporting systems for schools and child care centers to report lead testing results.
Requires DHS and DCF to conduct study on service provider workforce, and to evaluate rates paid to, and assess cost of living adjustments for, service providers.*
Requires DOH to study indoor air quality at public schools, develop list of common indoor air contaminants at public schools, and establish guidance regarding potential mitigation measures.*
Requires use of uniform silver flags to mark certain pesticide applications.
Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to require criminal history records check for person to serve as official at athletic events sanctioned by association.
Makes compulsive gambling prevention, education, and treatment program optional penalty for casino gambling by person under legal age of 21; makes fine optional.
Requires mail-in ballot applications be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections.
Makes disabled persons receiving disability payments pursuant to federal Railroad Retirement Act eligible to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers; repeals law establishing alternative certificate of eligibility.*
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.
Increases amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments; increases property tax credit option for certain individuals.*
Requires Medicaid coverage for community violence prevention services; establishes training and certification program for violence prevention professionals.*
Requires Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.*
Requires certain providers of transportation services to develop and publish route schedules.
Prohibits school district from denying admittance to student due to tardiness or violation of dress code or school uniform policy.
Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; outlines role and duties of school counselor; requires professional development for school counselors; establishes position of School Counselor Liaison in DOE.
Establishes "Municipal Community Center Grant Program."
Prohibits transportation network companies from engaging in surge pricing during state of emergency.
Establishes requirements concerning methods for determining whether student has specific learning disability under federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.*
Increases penalties for identity theft when victim is a senior citizen or veteran.
Requires children's meals served in chain restaurants to meet certain nutritional standards.*
Requires DOH to evaluate hospital compliance with federal hospital price transparency requirements.*
Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
"Stephanie's Law"; Requires AOC to establish publicly-accessible domestic violence registry; requires law enforcement officer to search State's domestic violence registries when conducting arrest.
Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer.
Extends membership in TPAF to 10 years after discontinuance of service and to 15 years for those who were laid off or had 10 or more years of continuous service upon voluntary termination.*
Authorizes establishment of regional economic development partnerships.
Modifies regulation of student permits by NJ State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling and establishes oversight of individuals seeking employment as shampoo technicians.*
"New Jersey Works Act"; permits businesses to apply for tax credits for establishing approved pre-employment and work readiness training programs in partnership with schools, nonprofit organizations, or educational institutions.*
Establishes One-Year State Work First New Jersey Menstrual Hygiene Benefit Pilot Program and State Work First New Jersey Diaper Benefit Pilot Program; appropriates $2.5 million to DHS.*
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors.*
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish and maintain an educator common application and web portal.
Requires municipalities in compliance with affordable housing obligations be provided priority consideration for certain State grants and assistance.
Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."
Authorizes school district that moves its annual school election to November to submit separate proposals for additional spending for budget year and subsequent budget year.
Establishes Office of Learning Equity and Academic Recovery in DOE.*
Enters NJ in Social Work Licensure Compact.
Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*
Requires DOH to develop informational materials on type 1 diabetes and DOE to distribute to parents and guardians of enrolled students.*
Modifies tax on certain forms of online gaming and wagering.
Excludes environmentally sensitive and flood-prone land from designation as vacant or available for purposes of affordable housing construction.
Establishes Stabilized School Budget Aid Grant Program to restore certain portions of State school aid reductions; permits certain school districts to exceed tax levy growth limitation in 2024-2025 school year; appropriates $44.7 million.*
Authorizes HMFA to issue tax credits for certain purposes.
Reduces and clarifies requirements for municipal tourist development commission disbursements for advertising.
Establishes licensure for cosmetic retail services.
Allows law enforcement agencies to distribute epinephrine to officers; requires training.*
Authorizes extended terms for lease and purchase contracts for electric school buses; permits New Jersey School Boards Association to serve as government aggregator to obtain energy services for local units.*
Establishes limits on transcript release restrictions at institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions.
Redirects portion of worker's unemployment compensation trust fund contribution to unemployment compensation administration fund.
Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.
Clarifies coverage requirements for health insurers of over-the-counter contraceptive drugs.
Requires official inspection facility employees covered by collective bargaining agreement to be offered employment following contract renewal or award of new contract; requires collective bargaining agreement to be binding in certain cases.*
Requires creation of license plates that allow disabled veterans to park in parking spots reserved for persons with disabilities.
Modifies certain provisions of Historic Property Reinvestment and Brownfields Redevelopment Incentive programs.
Concerns satellite cannabis dispensaries, Cannabis Regulatory Commission membership, and post-employment restrictions on State employees.*
Requires high school students to receive financial literacy instruction.
Establishes penalties for certain conduct related to public brawl and disorderly conduct.
Requires State to bear partial cost of transportation of certain homeless students to school.
"Polluters Pay to Make New Jersey More Affordable Act"; imposes liability on certain fossil fuel companies for funds needed for climate change adaptation projects; establishes program in DEP to collect and distribute funds.*
Removes certain limitations on recovery for victims of certain sexual offenses.
Requires health care professionals to perform lead screening on pregnant persons under certain circumstances.
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on risks of compulsive gambling as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Revises statutes implementing certain property tax relief programs pursuant to recommendations promulgated by Stay NJ Task Force.
Requires use of merchant category codes for purchases of firearms and ammunition.
Requires pay for extracurricular activities to be included in compensation for TPAF purposes.
Concerns housing discrimination based on source of lawful income.*
Requires development of educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools; requires school districts to maintain list of locations providing swim lessons in certain circumstances.**
Designates May of each year as "Water Safety Month" in NJ; encourages DOE to provide resources on water safety.
Ensures boards of elections have discretion to make initial determination of validity of cast ballots; requires Secretary of State to establish uniform guidelines for assessing validity of ballots.*
Establishes Office of Cybersecurity Infrastructure.
Requires DCF to expand services provided by NJ Statewide Student Support Services program to include eating disorder services.
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of machine gun conversion devices.
Requires AG to report data regarding shootings that did not result in bodily injury.
"The Manufactured Home Park Protection Act"; expands opportunity to purchase for resident homeowners in certain manufactured home parks; modifies certain requirements for disposition of private residential leasehold communities.
Establishes "Jersey Craft Beverage Retailer Promotion and Grant Program" in EDA.*
Establishes "New Economy Opportunity Skills System Pilot Program" to strengthen alignment and collaboration between local workforce development boards, community colleges, and county vocational school districts; makes appropriation.*
Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.
Authorizes HMFA to use certain tax credits; directs HMFA to conduct tax credit auctions to provide financial assistance for certain housing puropses.*
Requires establishment of automated platform to expedite construction code approval of applications to install residential solar energy systems.
Permits certain wineries to sell their products by the glass for consumption in licensed salesrooms.
Permits certain winery license holders to produce wine on behalf of another winery under certain circumstances; establishes supplemental wine production facility license.*
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits to businesses employing and retaining certain neurodiverse individuals.
Requires energy usage plan for proposed artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities; requires all electricity for artificial intelligence data centers and cryptocurrency mining facilities to be derived from new clean energy sources.*
Requires driver education and testing on responsibilities when approaching and passing pedestrians and persons operating bicycles and personal conveyances; requires driver's manual to include information on sharing roadway with motorists for certain road users.*
Prohibits social media platforms from promoting certain practices or features of eating disorders to child users.
Provides health care benefits to disabled members of TPAF and PERS.
Modifies provisions of Cultural Arts Incentives Program, New Jersey Aspire Program, and Grow New Jersey Program; eliminates Community-Anchored Development Program.*
Prohibits sweepstakes model of wagering; establishes new penalties for unlawful gambling operations and practices; directs Division of Consumer Affairs and Division of Gaming Enforcement to enforce penalties.
Creates Health Care Cost Containment and Price Transparency Commission, Office of Healthcare Affordability and Transparency, and hospital price transparency regulations.*
Requires BPU to determine and consider lowest reasonable return on equity before approving electric, gas, and water public utility base rate cases.
Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for large load customers to protect non-large load customers from increasaed costs.**
Requires BPU to study effects of data centers on electricity costs.*
Permits individuals to establish voluntary nonopioid directives.
Permits fire departments to use certain Class B firefighting foam for one year after prohibition takes effect.*
Requires electric public utilities to submit annual report on voting to BPU.
Removes municipal authority to charge application fee for representation by municipal public defender.
Authorizes creation of special license plate honoring Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta.
Expands responsibilities of Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and establishes Problematic Sexual Behavior Program.*
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus property certain land and improvements in City of Trenton and Township of Lawrence in Mercer County.
Directs DEP to establish scrap tire hauler license and scrap tire storage, collection, and disposal site permit.
Directs BPU to study feasibility of developing advanced reactors Statewide.
Requires automatic enrollment into utility bill payment assistance programs for certain individuals and households.*
Establishes various requirements for charter schools, charter school board of trustees members, charter management organizations, and education management organizations.*
Concerns charter school enrollment, student placements, reporting, and athletics.
Provides for certain energy storage projects to be considered "inherently beneficial use" under MLUL.
Shifts $45 million appropriation for opioid related care and treatment provided at certain hospitals from Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund to General Fund.*
Prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain apparel containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Appropriates $15,815,984 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Appropriates $55 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes and various Green Acres funds to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Codifies AG Directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."
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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.
Establishes fire safety standards and protocols for certain light frame residential construction; requires placards identifying primary structural systems of buildings.
Requires chief law enforcement officer of municipal police departments to hold two community roundtables on police relations each year.
Concerns carbon monoxide detectors in multiple dwellings and certain hotels.
Requires mail-in ballot applications to include prepaid postage.
Requires State Board of Education to permit candidates awaiting teacher certification to submit affidavit to hiring school district affirming certification requirements have been met.
Requires publication online of Senate Journals, Assembly Minutes, and their indexes.
Creates New Jersey Innocence Study and Review Commission.
Increases penalties for unlawfully manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing fentanyl.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement for in-person partial care and intensive outpatient behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services, and associated transportation services, for adults.
Extends COVID-19 Medicaid per diem rate, and requires Medicaid coverage without prior authorization, for certain partial care behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services.
Establishes one-year pilot program for certain persons with disabilities; appropriates up to $85,000.
Requires DCA to conduct surveys and report data related to homelessness in administering the Rental Assistance Navigation Program.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Establishes "Non-College Advancement Act"; makes appropriation.
Concerns automatic fire sprinkler systems within newly constructed townhouses.
Establishes "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
Establishes and codifies certain privileges for limited and restricted brewery license holders.
Requires DEP and Drinking Water Quality Institute to perform study concerning regulation and treatment of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Regulates certain practices of pharmacy benefits managers and health insurance carriers.
Requires State Board of Education to authorize alternate route to expedite teacher certification of persons employed as paraprofessionals in school districts.
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.
Allows voter registration at polling place on election day or at early voting site during early voting period.
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.
Directs Secretary of State to contract with qualified vendor to develop national marketing campaign promoting State's innovation economy; appropriates $1,000,000.
Permits certain breweries, wineries, cideries, meaderies, and distilleries to sell each other's products on licensed premises.
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
Establishes loan program in Department of Treasury for certain entities offering health benefits plans; makes appropriation.
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of property on basis of race, creed, color, national origin, or certain other characteristics.
Clarifies process for administrative appropriations to UEZs; makes appropriation.
Allows limited brewery license holder to engage in certain activities; establishes farm brewery and winery-brewery license.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
Allows canvassing of early votes and mail-in ballots before election day under certain conditions.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Eliminates property tax exempt status of certain school faculty housing.
Establishes ranked-choice voting procedure for elections for Governor, State Senate, State General Assembly, United States Senate and House of Representatives, and presidential primaries and general elections for electors for United States President and Vice-President.
Allows ranked-choice voting options for municipal and school board elections under certain circumstances.
Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.
Requires public and nonpublic secondary schools to annually conduct written or verbal substance use screening on all students using a particular screening program.
Requires restaurants to provide healthy beverages with meals designated for children.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Prohibits sale of flavored cigarettes, non-premium cigars, and oral nicotine pouches.
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Provides for presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services and services provided through program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under Medicaid.
Revises law establishing Office of Food Security Advocate, and establishes certain conditions for use of monies appropriated to emergency food organizations.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
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.
Establishes School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force.
Requires certain providers to perform intimate partner violence screenings and all health care professionals to take certain actions to prevent perpetrator of intimate partner violence from obtaining copies of victim's medical record.
Requires certain boards of education to select minimum of three financial institutions or pension management organizations to provide tax sheltered annuity plans.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes teacher certification route for candidates with Montessori teaching credentials.
Require voting machines to be recertified annually and after software modifications.
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship.
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish matching grant program for certain school districts and schools using federal funds to increase instructional time and accelerate learning.
Directs DCA to establish online database of affordable housing settlement agreements and other declaratory judgment actions.
Concerns psychological testing of police officers.
Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
Expands liability of certain individuals associated with limited liability companies and other commercial entities, when acting as residential landlord.
Requires DOE to maintain list of textbook vendors that use inclusive material and school districts to use textbooks from those vendors.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $20 million for loan redemption program and tuition reimbursement program for certain teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Requires DOH to encourage health care facilities and licensed health care professionals to develop a "Reach Out and Read Program."
Establishes "Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program"; appropriates $95,000.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
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.
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Provides temporary corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services; appropriates $20 million.
Establishes Co-Curricular Activity Emergency Grant Program to support operations of co-curricular activities at public schools; appropriates $750,000.
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Requires certain ratios of school library media specialists to students in public schools.
Implements child safety provisions in custody disputes.
Consolidates certain affordable housing and assistance applications.
Provides free telecommunication services for incarcerated persons at State, county, and private adult and juvenile correctional facilities.
Establishes Office of Community Schools; appropriates $10 million.
Establishes Deep Fake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Authorizes creation of local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct; appropriates $600,000.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Establishes annual fee for sports wagering licensees; directs funds from such fees to Council on Compulsive Gambling and gambling addiction treatment programs.
Requires sports wagering advertisements and applications to include warning of risks of gambling.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning risks of gambling and resources available to compulsive gamblers; appropriates $200,000.
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing legally protected health care activities; establishes right of residents to legally protected health care services, which are restricted in other states.
Increases penalties for denying access to public facilities, NJT, and transportation network companies to service dogs and their handlers.
Prohibits cryptocurrency automatic teller machines.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 for Main Library Alliance.
Expands competitive contracting for local contracting units and boards of education; permits county colleges to utilize competitive contracting.
Revises credentialing process for physicians attempting to enter a health insurance carrier's provider network.
Requires DEP to implement Advanced Clean Trucks regulations no earlier than January 1, 2027.
Prohibits procurement of opioid antidotes from certain entities.
Requires same limitation on public employee contributions to flexible spending accounts as provided by federal law adjusted for inflation.
Clarifies consent to being photographed, filmed, or recorded in a sexual manner does not include or imply consent to disclosure of image.
Revises penalty for underage gambling to be civil penalty; provides for all associated fines to be used for gambling addiction treatment.
Provides PERS members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Requires school meal service providers, when procuring local and regional foods for students, to give purchasing preference to foods produced by in-State farmers and other food producers located within 100 miles of destination school.
Establishes fire protection requirements for short-term farm labor housing.
Provides that potable water well construction projects on preserved farms are eligible to receive soil and water conservation grants from SADC.
Makes $3 million supplemental appropriation for bonus awards for certain COVID-19 emergency essential frontline State workers of Local 195 International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
Repeals law that requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.
Establishes Capital City Commission to study and make recommendations concerning promotion and improvement of City of Trenton.
Prohibits certain substances in sale, distribution, and manufacture of commercial foods within two years; immediately bans certain dyes in school food.
Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.
Increases Work First New Jersey Child Care appropriation by $28 million in FY2026 annual appropriations act to ensure full funding of child care subsidy program.
Increases penalties for certain prohibited sales of tobacco and vapor products.
Establishes "School Finance Reform Commission."