Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, General Assembly.
Anthony S. Verrelli
Sponsored
Became law9
Establishes local drug overdose fatality review teams.*
Requires certain retailers to train employees on gift card fraud.
Requires provider of electronic communication service to preserve information reported to law enforcement related to endangerment of children for 180 days.
Prohibits employer use of tracking device in vehicle operated by employee under certain circumstances.***
Permits expedited licensure in mental health professions for certain out-of-State individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Requires DCF to give priority to certain school districts with student mental health counseling centers in awarding grants under School Based Youth Services Program.
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to publish retail price of certain opioid antidotes.
Concerns enforcement of employee misclassification and stop-work order laws.
Temporarily waives certain basic life support services crewmember requirements.
Passed the General Assembly6
Require business seeking to perform State contract to disclose certain labor and employment law violations.
Exempts discharge of student loan debt of certain veterans through the federal Total and Permanent Disability discharge process from taxation under the gross income tax.
Requires notice to be provided by municipal court to applicant for public defender of fee and process to waive fee for inability to pay.*
Concerns participation in certain meetings by means of remote communication during state of emergency declared by the Governor.
Provides that institutions of higher education may permit final-year students in graduate degree programs for mental health care professions to graduate or be matched with residency or clinical programs early.
Provides service credit for PERS member for former membership in transit retirement program. *
Out of committee12
Directs Juvenile Justice Commission to establish arts education pilot program for juvenile offenders.
Prohibits sale of cosmetic products that have been tested on animals.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing.
Concerns skilled and trained workforce in work by contractors in certain industries.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Adds two members to State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) Contractors.
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Resources Pilot Program in DOLWD.
"New Jersey Buy American Act"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S.
Establishes New Jersey Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program.
Establishes expedited process by which certain out-of-State mental health professionals are licensed to provide services in New Jersey.
Establishes "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
Allows alternative evaluation in place of basic skills testing requirements for certain teacher certification.
In committee48
Establishes guidelines for creditworthiness determinations concerning affordable housing programs.
Prohibits sale, distribution, or manufacture of children's products made with formaldehyde.
Establishes procedure to enforce certain visitation rights of incapacitated persons and persons receiving care from caregiver.
Requires licensure of pain management clinics, establishes process to identify abnormal drug usage and prescribing practices, modifies requirements for opioid prescriptions and medication-assisted treatment, authorizes use of non-opioid advance directives
Requires use of clear polycarbonate boarding for securing vacant and abandoned property.
Permits applicant for expungement to file one, duly verified petition for multiple convictions.
Provides that driver's license may not be suspended on grounds of failure to pay child support unless obligor is given opportunity for court hearing.
Requires DOC to ensure inmates have opportunity to participate in Medicaid pre-enrollment and enrollment sessions at least 60 days prior to release; requires applicable inmates to receive Medicaid card at release.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ formerly incarcerated individuals.
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.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to develop strategic plans to provide peer counseling and peer health navigator programs to support treatment of substance use disorders.
Establishes pilot program to create student mental health assistance programs in selected school districts.
Directs DOLWD to identify, and post on website, employment opportunities with minimal barriers to entry for persons returning to workforce after imprisonment.
Establishes prisoner reentry peer support hotline.
Requires landlords to disclose existence of lead service lines and lead water supply plumbing to tenants.
Prohibits State from investing pension and annuity funds in companies that operate private correctional facilities.
Prohibits DOC and other public entities from entering into contracts with for-profit, private correctional facilities.
Prohibits State-chartered financial institutions from investing in private correctional facilities.
Requires DOC to provide educational and employment counseling to inmates prior to release.
Requires DOC to provide training to inmates for certain post-release employment.
Concerns vocational training for certain inmates.
Requires DOC to provide substance use disorder services to every inmate in need of treatment.
Requires DOC to coordinate with MVC and assist inmates with driver's license renewals upon release from incarceration.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for persons 18 or younger with diagnosed complex medical needs.
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Requires certain county inmates be provided with reentry assistance before their release.
Establishes guidelines for creditworthiness determinations concerning affordable housing programs.
Requires death certificates to include drug responsible for drug overdose death under certain circumstances.
Requires Special Investigations Division to issue monthly report on sexual abuse in State correctional facilities.
Establishes Task Force for the Development of Universal Child Care.
Requires DOC to report certain information concerning halfway houses.
Provides tuition benefits at public institutions of higher education for dependents of certain veterans.
Permits exemption from certain civil service examinations for person with disability.
Defines anti-Semitism for certain civil or criminal purposes.
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing.
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Permits alcoholic beverage licensee to make late filing of sales and use tax return and remittance without penalty if full amount of tax due is remitted within 30 days of statutory date.
Prohibits certain forms of discrimination in DOH policies concerning allocation of critical health care resources.
Requires certain health insurers to provide coverage for counseling and behavioral therapies for any person receiving medication-assisted treatment.
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Directs DEP to develop State water infrastructure investment plan; requires NJ Infrastructure Bank to publish additional information about water infrastructure projects; appropriates $200,000 to NJ Infrastructure Bank.
Exempts certain students with disabilities from requirement to take college credits during Bridge Year Pilot Program; modifies age eligibility criteria under program.
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and mandates funding of additional agencies in certain counties.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3.5 million for Community College Opportunity Grant-Adult Postsecondary Career and Technical Education.
Establishes "Trenton Makes Commission."
Modifies Community College Opportunity Grant Program to permit adult students enrolled in postsecondary career and technical education programs to receive financial assistance.
Establishes program for certain individuals to become certified nursing assistants and provide private duty nursing services to certain Medicaid enrollees under increased reimbursement rates.
Requires Chief Administrator of MVC to promulgate rules on certain LED lights on motor vehicles.
Carried from the Senate
Became law5
"New Jersey Buy American Act"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S.
Concerns skilled and trained workforce in work by contractors in certain industries.
Prohibits sale of cosmetic products that have been tested on animals.
Adds two members to State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) Contractors.
Allows alternative evaluation in place of basic skills testing requirements for certain teacher certification.
Vetoed2
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Establishes New Jersey Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 61
"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
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. **
Establishes Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program in DOE; appropriates $1 million.*
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to create Statewide database of certified payroll information for public works projects.
Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly addressing legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as raising awareness of available expungement relief.**
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.
Criminalizes certain payments for referral of patients to substance use disorder treatment facilities.*
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
Requires employers to provide hiring preference to employees who have reached maximum medical improvement following work-related injury.
Requires all creditors that acquire title to non-owner occupied residential property following foreclosure to notify municipality and common interest community.
Prohibits discrimination against living organ donors in relation to life, health, and long-term care insurance.
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 certain family or household members and victims be notified when firearms are returned to persons charged with domestic violence or subject to extreme risk protection order.
Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances.
Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to reactivate licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Permits use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement under certain circumstances.
Allows extension of certain local government timeframes; allows local governments to accept certain payments; allows local governments to conduct certain meetings remotely; adjusts certain property tax distribution and notice requirements.
Authorizes the issuance of "coronavirus relief bonds" by municipalities and counties.
Concerns workers' compensation; revises effective date of P.L.2019, c.387 to clarify that law applies to cases pending, but not yet settled, or filed on or after date of enactment; increases burial expense allowance.*
Establishes requirements for copies of medical and billing records to be provided without charge to Social Security Disability benefits applicants and recipients.*
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 school districts to include instruction on diversity and inclusion as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.*
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.**
Temporarily extends deadline to register vehicle and obtain driver's license for new State residents during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Limits police presence at polling places and ballot drop boxes; prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of ballot drop box.**
Requires public and local utilities to provide notice to residential customers of available relief measures during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Concerns eligibility for extended unemployment benefits.
Reduces or delays increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Requires Internet websites and web services of school districts, charter schools, renaissance schools, and the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf to be accessible to persons with disabilities. *
Requires DOH to publish total number of COVID-19 deaths and cases in long-term care facilities.*
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that prevailing wage will be paid.
Allows health insurers to provide certain health care benefit plans to local boards of education and eligible employers who do not participate in SEHBP; modifies employee contribution for New Jersey Educators Health Plan and its equivalent.
Authorizes motor vehicle dealers to sell motor vehicles online and obtain electronic signatures for motor vehicle transactions.
Appropriates $3,763,625 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Establishes minimum energy and water efficiency standards for certain products sold, offered for sale, or leased in the State.
Permits dentists to administer vaccines under certain circumstances.
Authorizes optometrists to administer immunizations against coronaviruses and influenza under certain circumstances.**
Provides fast track hiring and advancement employment opportunities by State for persons with significant disabilities.
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.
Allows county board of elections to determine location of certain ballot drop boxes under certain circumstances.**
Removes restrictions on special assessments and bond issuances for replacement of residential lead service lines; revises budgetary requirements for operators of certain water systems.*
Makes $35 million in federal funds available to EDA to support food and beverage establishments in need.*
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA to support businesses and nonprofits in need.*
Permits nonprofit corporations to allow members to participate in meetings by means of remote communication.
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.
Restores and revises Urban Enterprise Zone program; appropriates $42,500,000.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2022.
Establishes order of protection for current or former judge; upgrades and clarifies harassment against current or former judge; bars firearms possession by persons against whom current or former judge order of protection is entered.
Makes $25 million in federal funds available to Department of State for travel and tourism advertising and promotion for recovery from COVID-19 pandemic. **
Requires DOLWD to provide link to New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on website and in emails concerning unemployment compensation benefits.
Requires certain health insurers, Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover opioid antidote without imposing prior authorization requirements.*
Establishes Asian American Pacific Islander Commission.
Directs DHS to develop mobile software for SNAP recipients; appropriates $2 million.**
Establishes State supplement for federal summer food service program meals.
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.
Creates "Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance" in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million from General Fund.
Streamlines identification of employee misclassification.
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.
Vetoed · 3
Requires Commissioner of Corrections to institute 30-minute shift overlap in State correctional facilities.
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.*
Concerns approval process for personal protective equipment and State stockpiles of personal protective equipment.*
Passed the General Assembly · 23
Requires certain ambulances to carry epinephrine.
Requires each county to establish inmate reentry services committee.
Establishes "Task Force on Supportive Technology for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities."
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities. *
Restricts use of certain data collected for purposes of contact tracing related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Defers ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessment payment due on June 15, 2020 by 90 days.*
Requires facilities offering COVID-19 tests to provide accurate timeframes for test results; requires DOH to update COVID-19 website with information regarding testing locations that provide COVID-19 test results within 48 hours.
Establishes "Student Mental Health Task Force." *
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to private professional counselors.
Requires school districts to include instruction on racial discrimination and social justice as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies for middle school students. *
Waives shared responsibility tax payments for certain individuals without minimum essential health benefits coverage during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Establishes office in EDA to assist in provision and expansion of broadband Internet service in State to address inequities in accessing broadband service.*
Allows mail-in voter to cure mail-in ballot due to missing certificate.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Expands existing plug-in electric vehicle incentive program to include incentives for eligible plug-in electric motorcycles.*
Requires group homes and other community-based residential programs, as condition of licensure, to implement policies to prevent social isolation of residents.
Requires certain transportation research to consider needs of individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
Establishes "Food Innovation District Pilot Program." *
Requires each solid waste management district to develop strategy in solid waste management plan to reduce food waste.
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."
Prohibits forfeiture of inmate's commutation credits for minor disciplinary infractions and expands inmate's ability to restore certain forfeited credits.
Out of committee · 82
Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Prohibits public utility from terminating service for nonpayment unless customer is provided certified letter at least 10 business days prior to scheduled termination date.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.
Requires DOH and DHS to identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health.
Requires school districts and charter schools to report discipline data on their websites and to Commissioner of Education; requires DOE to establish database and complete annual report concerning student disciplinary actions.*
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. *
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Requires certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to establish 24-hour, toll-free Mental Illness Resource Hotline and develop hotline connection system to ensure that callers are connected to other appropriate hotlines when needed.*
Requires paint producers to implement or participate in paint stewardship program.
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
Requires public utilities and local units to provide notice prior to initiating certain infrastructure projects.
Establishes numerical requirements and zoning standards for installation of electric vehicle supply equipment and Make-Ready parking spaces. **
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Requires carriers to pass prescription drug savings to consumers.
Establishes creative crosswalks pilot program.
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1,000,000. *
"Healthy Terminals Act"; requires certain airport and train station workers to be paid certain wage rates and benefits.
Revises definition of "public works projects" to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
"21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act."
Criminalizes certain actions of individuals who offer rental of residential property that they do not own or legally possess.
Establishes certain minimum and maximum temperatures in rooming and boarding houses, dementia care homes, and certain nursing homes and residential health care facilities.*
Requires institutions of higher education and public and nonpublic high schools and middle schools to adopt anti-hazing policies; expands activities encompassing criminal hazing and upgrades penalties for engaging in these activities. **
Encourages timely recording of residential deeds.
Establishes annual grant program to recognize institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.
Requires opioid antidote prescriptions for certain patients.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits for surviving dependents of essential employees who die in course of employment.
Concerns employment benefits and coronavirus disease 2019 infections contracted by essential employees.
Establishes the New Jersey Rare Disease Advisory Council.
Revises requirements for health insurance providers and Medicaid to cover services provided using telemedicine and telehealth; appropriates $5 million. *
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.***
Establishes certain requirements concerning rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, undesignated/non-binary, questioning, queer, intersex, and HIV-positive residents of long-term care facilities.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2021.
Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.
"Farm Worker Epidemic Health and Safety Act"; concerns public health and certain protections for farm workers.
Appropriates $30 million to EDA from federal "Coronavirus Relief Fund" to assist food establishments impacted by Executive Order No. 158.
Requires certain provisions in State contracts for delivery of publicly financed mental health, behavioral health, and addiction services.
Makes failure to wear mask upon entry into store or transportation publically available, with posted signage, a violation with fine during public emergency declared in Executive Order 103 of 2020 and future public health emergencies.**
Concerns accomplice liability of law enforcement officers who fail to de-escalate and intervene when another officer commits offense.
Requires cultural diversity and implicit bias training be included in police basic training curriculum.
Provides that effective date of unemployment claim is date on which individual becomes unemployed.
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.*
Requires reentry assistance to be provided to certain inmates who have served their maximum sentence.*
Codifies and establishes certain network adequacy standards for pediatric primary and specialty care in Medicaid program.
Expands scope of inmate reentry assistance and benefits.
Requires school report card to include information concerning number of mental health professionals and school safety specialists employed by each school district. *
Authorizes expanded provision of harm reduction services to distribute sterile syringes and provide certain support services to persons who use drugs intravenously **
Requires DOH to develop Statewide plan for infection control and prevention infrastructure improvements in nursing homes.
Mandates training on remote teaching for all candidates for teaching certification.
Requires NJT to pay certain staff and subcontractors one-and-a-half times regular rate for work done during state of emergency.*
Requires law enforcement provide victim of sexual assault with initial incident report; provides victim with option to review initial incident report and submit corrective form.*
Directs Secretary of State to develop national marketing campaign promoting State's innovation economy.
Reduces allowed diversion of funds from stormwater, water, and sewer purposes to municipal and county budgets; requires municipalities and counties to notify Division of Local Government Services of diversions.
Reduces age at which health benefit plans cover colorectal cancer screenings from 50 to 45.
Establishes the "Urban Wealth Fund Pilot Program."
Permits emergency medical responders to dispense opioid antidotes.
Concerns emergency unemployment benefits and shared work benefits.
Mandates training on culturally responsive teaching for all candidates for teaching certification.
Establishes Office of Statewide Mobility Manager to assist certain persons with disabilities and their families with transportation and mobility needs.*
Requires assignment of unemployment claims handlers to legislative districts during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency; appropriates $1.8 million.
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA and New Jersey Council on the Arts to support arts and culture organizations in need.**
Permits any person to administer or dispense opioid antidotes.
Permits expungement of possession or distribution of hypodermic syringe or needle offense in cases of previous expungement; repeals criminal offense of possession of syringe.
Permits certain paramedics to administer buprenorphine.
Establishes grant program in DCA to provide funding to youth mentoring programs.
Requires chief law enforcement officer of municipal police departments to hold two community roundtables on police relations each year.
Eliminates certain juvenile justice fines, fees, costs, and other monetary penalties.
Provides that in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits, calculations of lost or impaired earnings capacity not be reduced because of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, or affectional or sexual orientation. *
"Behavioral Health Crisis Mobile Response Act." *
Permits teacher and professional staff member who provides special services retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.*
Concerns liability of certain non-profit and governmental employers for unemployment benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency. *
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
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.
Appropriates $5 million to New Jersey Pediatric Cancer Fund.
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Establishes Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund and Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund Advisory Council; provides for funds received from opioid settlements to support substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs.
Designates Department of Health State office building in Trenton as "Judith M. Persichilli Building."
Establishes School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program Fund in BPU.
"Motorbus and Passenger Rail Service Employee Violence Prevention Act."
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.
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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Prohibits person from contracting for public work if person is barred from receiving federal contract.
Establishes Office of Labor Law Enforcement.
Permits State employment on temporary basis of workers with certain skills to perform routine maintenance in State facilities.
Designates drug court program as the "special probation recovery court program" in statutes.
Requires release of bid list prior to bid date under "Local Public Contracts Law."
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.
Permits persons participating in Drug Court and other programs to earn credit against amount owed on certain court-imposed financial obligations.
Concerns automobile insurance practices.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $4.5 million for St. Francis Medical Center.
Prohibits persons under 21 years of age from possessing electronic smoking devices.
Requires contracts for sales of residential property to address lead service lines.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop and distribute heat stroke pamphlet for athletes at public and nonpublic schools; requires school districts and public institutions of higher education to establish heat illness policy for athletes.
Requires entities at every level of government to conduct periodic studies of racial and ethnic disparities in public contracting.
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Requires hospital laboratories and bio-analytical or clinical laboratories to offer test for hepatitis C to certain individuals; authorizes certain laboratories to perform rapid tests for hepatitis C.
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to provide information to Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system regarding the location of safe disposal sites for hypodermic syringes and needles and prescription drugs.
Delays when medical debt may be sent to collection agency and provides for income-based repayments; provides for deferment and discharge of outstanding medical debt under certain circumstances.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by campus medical professional or trained employee.
Provides for restricted use driver's license as alternatives for license suspension in municipal court.
Authorizes use of county inmate welfare funds for certain reentry services.
Requires certain accessible public restroom facilities be equipped with signs reserving use for persons with disabilities.
Establishes Task Force on Maximizing Employment for People with Disabilities.
Establishes "Planning for an Aging Population Task Force."
Concerns responsibility of contractors for wage claims against subcontractors.
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
Concerns expansion of services provided by DOH mental health screening services.
Concerns Early Intervention Support Services program in DOH and expansion of program to all counties.
Revises health care levy adjustment for school districts; makes various changes for health care benefits for school employees; requires certain information in school budgets; imposes cap on contributions by all public employees for health care benefits.
Requires public community water systems to provide customers with certain information regarding lead in drinking water.
Establishes "County Jail Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Program" to evaluate county inmate needs; assigns certain county caseworkers to assist inmates in accessing appropriate benefits, treatment, and services.
Requires DOC and DHS to pre-enroll inmates in Medicaid; establishes Medicaid enrollment course for inmates within DOC.
Establishes Behavioral Mental Health Advisory Board in Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in DHS.
Provides for designation of acute stroke ready hospitals, establishes Stroke Care Advisory Panel and Statewide stroke database, and requires development of emergency medical services stroke care protocols.
Permits retention of vacation leave benefits by State-employed service members on federal active duty and military spouses upon return to State employment within two years of resignation in good standing.
Requires certain standards for professional and occupational boards considering applicants with criminal history records.
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Requires public high school students to receive instruction concerning opioid abuse and opioid abuse prevention.
Revises certain penalties for illegal operation of snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike.
Concerns health insurance benefits for locked-out workers.
Transfers authority over special nutrition assistance programs from DOH to DHS.
Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
Requires lobby security for certain senior citizen high-rise buildings in areas with high violent crime rates.
Directs certain unclaimed electric and gas utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund and societal charge revenues to be paid to Statewide nonprofit energy assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.
Establishes the "Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act."
Makes Fiscal Year 2020 supplemental appropriation of $1,700,000 for Thomas Edison State University.
Allows follow up calls from operators of NJ Suicide Hopeline to minors at risk of committing suicide.
Permits Department of Labor and Workforce Development to post information of person who violates State wage, benefit and tax laws.
Requires AG to establish program to detect fentanyl in State's illegal drug supply and make information related to presence of fentanyl available in database accessible by law enforcement.
Requires certain public contract bid advertisements to contain certified cost estimate ranges, specifies grounds for rejection of all bids, and requires 50% guaranty on bids; designated as the Fairness in Bidding Act.
Exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from payment of motor vehicle registration fees; requires notification of eligible motorists.
Establishes centralized directory for affordable and senior citizen housing.
Requires Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services to facilitate establishment of four new recovery community centers.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Clarifies excuse from jury service for members of the military or reserve under certain circumstances; repeals N.J.S.38A:4-6.
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.
Establishes special probation drug court eligibility for persons with certain previous criminal convictions.
Makes it a crime of the fourth degree for a private citizen to use a tracking device to track another person without that person's consent.
Provides for Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for mental health services provided through telepsychiatry.
Establishes Emerging Technology Urban Grant Program in EDA.
Provides $3,000 gross income tax deduction for certain taxpayers providing home care for an elderly relative.
Requires that newly-purchased school buses be equipped with air conditioning and heating systems.
Limits rescheduling, cancellation, and no-show fees providers of health care services may charge in certain instances.
Allows corporation business tax credits as incentives for redevelopment of distressed shopping centers.
Concerns registration of contractors and sets criteria for responsible bidders in public work.
Extends prevailing wage requirements to certain for-sale housing projects.
Requires creditors to maintain interior of vacant and abandoned residential property under foreclosure.
Establishes "Career and Technical Education Scholar Awards" to annually recognize outstanding career and technical education students.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $16.5 million for direct support professional wage increase.
Requires school districts to provide feminine hygiene products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.
Expands provisions of Law Against Discrimination to rental of certain non-publicly assisted housing accommodations.
Provides automatic effective rating for certain school district employees for whom annual summative evaluation is not conducted in any school year in order to protect tenure achievement timeline.
Requires DEP to establish and maintain searchable database of lead service lines.
Concerns professional licensing and application fees for spouse or dependent of active duty member of United States Armed Forces.
Requires assessments prior to laboratory and diagnostic testing of persons undergoing mental health screening.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Clarifies that residents with mental illness or substance use disorders may be included on public safety special assistance municipal lists.
Authorizes State and local law enforcement entities to contract for bulk purchasing of heroin antidote.
Requires DOC and county correctional facilities to provide certain inmates with medication-assisted treatment.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to establish "Urban Farming Pilot Program"; appropriates $100,000.
Requires landlord to attach certificate of inspection or occupancy to residential lease.
Requires Department of Labor and Workforce Development to apply smart labor force data to direct veterans to in-demand fields.
Requires EDA to provide low interest loans to qualified small businesses and not-for-profit corporations during state of emergency declared by Governor.
Establishes insulin assistance program.
Provides one-time financial assistance grant and one-time special needs grant to veterans or their surviving spouses for COVID-19 related events.
Establishes one-time payment program in Department of Treasury for aid for certain eligible taxpayers; appropriates $35 million.
Requires DOH to establish sanitization standards and protocols for casinos operating in State.
Directs State Auditor to audit Division of Unemployment and Temporary Disability Insurance in DOLWD.
Concerns stop construction orders.
Excludes veteran disability compensation from income qualification limits under homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Establishes communication and notification requirements for long-term care facilities.
Permits persons who are hearing impaired to apply for vehicle identification placards.
Creates "Manufacturing Reboot Program" in EDA to provide financial assistance to certain manufacturing businesses; makes $10 million appropriation to EDA.
Requires EDA to provide certain assistance to qualified veterans' organizations.
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.
Establishes task force to study and make recommendations concerning ways to improve unemployment insurance information technology infrastructure.
Establishes "Support for Victims of Domestic Violence Program"; incentivizes certain businesses to provide support to individuals who are victims of domestic violence.
Establishes third degree crime for certain trespasses involving victim of domestic violence.
Requires public schools to report all student disciplinary actions; requires DOE to establish database and compile annual report concerning disparities in student disciplinary actions.
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.
Requires NJT to provide protective face covering to passengers without protective face covering; appropriates $100,000.
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.
Makes Fiscal Year 2020 supplemental appropriations of $125.575 million for Homestead Benefit - Calendar Year 2020 Program and Senior and Disabled Citizens' Property Tax Freeze.
Establishes "Remote Work Study Commission."
Prohibits use of certain technology for unauthorized electronic surveillance of cellular telephones.
Concerns UI benefits provided to workers.
Provides overtime pay to farmworkers.
Extends from six to 12 months compensation program for injured law enforcement officers and other employees; revises type of injury needed to qualify for program.
Provides certain employment protections for working parents due to school closure during state of emergency and public health emergency.
Requires hospitals to report to DOH on their supplies of personal protective equipment.
Permits voters to cure signature defects on mail-in and provisional ballots.
Establishes "Police Body Camera Implementation Task Force" to study and make recommendations concerning use of body cameras by law enforcement agencies in this State.
Establishes Commission on Career and Technical Education and creates initiatives that promote career and technical education programs in State.
Establishes civil action for abuse, neglect, exploitation or bullying of minor or adult with disability; provides that bullying of vulnerable adult may constitute grounds for investigation by adult protective services and report to law enforcement.
Establishes process for individual to petition court for involuntary commitment of another person to treatment for substance use disorder.
Provides for advocate in criminal cases concerning welfare or care of animal.
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.
The "Farm Labor Equality Act."
Permits county board of elections to begin counting mail-in ballots up to 14 days prior to election day.
Concerns State criteria for determining whether child has specific learning disability under federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Authorizes VCCO to make payments to dependents of deceased victims in cases of strict liability for drug-induced deaths.
Establishes Mental Health Awareness Pilot Program in DOE.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders through collaborative care.
Requires each county to establish Reentry, Mental Health, and Addiction Services Coordination Committee to facilitate coordinated provision of mental health, addiction and reentry services to county residents.
Requires automatic voter registration process at agency or office providing hunting, fishing, or trapping license.
Exempts personal protective equipment from sales and use tax.
Authorizes any member of the Legislature to perform all functions of notary public.
Exempts poll worker wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Requires MVC to waive convenience fee charged for online transactions during COVID-19 public health emergency and state of emergency.
Concerns approval process for personal protective equipment and State stockpiles of personal protective equipment.
Requires each State agency make State forms, applications, and other documents available in certain languages, including Gujarati, Korean, and Punjabi.
Requires compensatory time off for correctional police officers and parole officers for work during state of emergency.
Broadens statute that criminalizes cyber-harassment of minor.
Authorizes pharmacists to administer coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) medications.
Requires subsistence vouchers issued to county inmates upon release be accepted in every county.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Requires school district to develop resource guide on virtual or remote instruction for students and families.
Provides temporary extension of certain documents issued by MVC.
Extends renewal period for licenses issued by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling and waives applicable fees.
Includes animal cruelty against victim's animal within definition of domestic violence and other types of abuse; establishes immunity for reporting animal cruelty; mandates reporting of animal cruelty in certain circumstances.
Requires firearm transfer between members of immediate family be conducted through licensed retail firearm dealer.
Requires revision of State Legislature's anti-harassment policy; specifies investigation of discrimination and harassment complaint process.
Codifies State Workplace Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Policy.
Requires installation of certain rescue supplies on certain bridges.
"College Mental Health Services Act"; establishes grant program for public institutions of higher education and requires public institutions of higher education to report certain information concerning mental health treatment and suicides.
Renames "security aid" as "health and safety aid" to reflect that secure schools provide for students' mental health; provides that State aid for nonpublic school security services may also be used for mental health services.
Requires MVC to make mobile units available to reduce service delays at overcrowded agencies.
Requires DHS to post copies of incident reports involving physical injuries, abuse, neglect, or exploitation in State developmental centers or community-based residential programs on its website.
Imposes administrative fees on certain out-of State contractors.
Establishes registry of out-of-state contractors who are awarded public works contracts in this State.
Requires Division of Taxation conduct audits of out-of State contractors that have entered into State and private contracts.
Establishes "New Jersey Transit Bus Riders' Bill of Rights."
Provides that electric vehicle charging stations are permitted accessory uses and structures and requires ordinance concerning electric vehicle charging stations.
Establishes New Jersey Community Learning Program in DOE to provide comprehensive after school programs in certain communities; dedicates portion of State cannabis revenue to support program.
Requires Local Finance Board to make certain findings prior to dissolution of municipal water authority.
Requires those holding elective public office to undergo diversity and anti-bias training.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of electronic cigarette usage as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires those holding elective public office to undergo diversity and anti-bias training.
Provides gross income tax credit to essential employees working during COVID-19 pandemic.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
Requires MVC to provide customer service telephone number at motor vehicle inspection facilities.
Requires State agencies to vacate certain property in Trenton; allows EDA to offer incentives to private entities to locate to that property.
Permits paramedics to administer vaccines during outbreaks of communicable diseases.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Creates "Disability Life-Sustaining Measures Advisory Council."
Requires hospitals to collect and report demographic data on people with disabilities who are tested or treated for COVID-19 during declared public health emergency.
Revises requirements for health insurers to cover telemedicine and telehealth; requires telemedicine and telehealth systems to include accessible communication features for individuals with disabilities.
Concerns manufacturing of clear masks and promotes public awareness of clear mask during public health emergencies.
Transfers New Jersey Group for Access and Integration Needs in Emergencies and Disasters from DHS to NJ State Police, revises membership requirements, and requires group to be consulted on certain matters.
Permits certified medical assistants to administer vaccines under certain circumstances.
Makes FY 2021 supplemental appropriation of $180 million to DCF and DHS for increased rates for social service providers in financial distress due to coronavirus disease 2019 public health crisis.
Requires new employers to reimburse certain former employers for law enforcement training costs.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by persons with disabilities.
Permits cosigners to student loans under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program to make payments on loans; allows gross income tax deduction for certain payments under NJCLASS Loan Program.
Provides that sterile syringe access programs are inherently beneficial uses.
Requires notification to school communities about COVID-19 infections; excludes members of school community infected with COVID-19 from in-person activities; and requires DOE to develop data dashboard on COVID-19 in schools.
Requires certain providers to restore level of care to pre-COVID-19 levels following end of declared public health emergency.
Create COVID-19 Memorial Commission.
Requires MVC to allow person to indicate special needs with motor vehicle registration.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Requires commercial Internet websites and online services to notify consumers of collection and disclosure of personally identifiable information and allows consumers to opt out.
Provides certain deceptive practices in advertising of pregancy-related violate consumer fraud act.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
Requires health benefits plans and carriers to meet certain requirements concerning network adequacy.
Permits emergency medical technicians to administer certain vaccines during certain declared public health emergencies.
Allows current and former judicial officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers and certain family or household members to register to vote without disclosing residential address; prohibits public disclosure of that information.
Directs Attorney General to establish program for anonymous reporting of potential threats to school safety.
Establishes Core Behavioral Health Crisis Services System.
Establishes animal abuser registry.
Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach and provide services to victims of human trafficking.
Establishes "Municipal Community Center Grant Program."
Establishes the "Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force."
Authorizes homeless shelters to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by shelter staff.
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.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for suicidal ideation and attempted suicide for postpartum women.
Requires DHS to establish five-year pilot program to facilitate coordinated provision of systemic, therapeutic, assessment, resource, and treatment (START) services to adults who have both developmental disabilities and mental illness.
Establishes "New Jersey Information Technology Commission."
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Establishes price preference program on State contracts for businesses owned by women veterans or women in military service.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish New Jersey Equity in Education Initiative, appropriates $2,000,000.
Establishes "Gambling Treatment Diversion Court Pilot Program" to be administered by AOC.
Creates commission to coordinate job training and retraining to develop workforce post-coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Increases PFRS accidental disability and accidental death pension when disability or death is caused by weapon.
Excuses certain persons from jury duty whose employment is essential to public's health, safety, and welfare during health emergency.
Extends expiration date of wheelchair symbol license plates and person with disability identification cards during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Extends renewal period for professional licenses by New Jersey Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Requires menstrual products include ingredient list; requires toxic shock syndrome warning be printed on tampon package.
Concerning the "Contractors' Registration Act."
Establishes criminal penalties for production and display of false COVID-19 vaccination card.
Requires certain homemaker-home health aides to be certified or trained to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Requires automobile insurers to provide DOBI with annual documentation demonstrating no discriminatory outcomes with insurer’s automated underwriting system.
Establishes COVID-19 Emergency Medical Services Assistance Grant Program in DOH; appropriates $2 million.
Requires certain actions by motor vehicle operators when overtaking or passing pedestrians, bicycles, or scooters.
Requires State entities engaging in projects resulting in deforestation of any size to submit plan to DEP for no net loss of forested areas.
Requires permit and compensatory reforestation plan for development projects that result in deforestation; establishes grant program for reforestation activities by private landowners; establishes "State Compensatory Reforestation Fund."
Requires new voting machines purchased or leased for use in elections in this State to produce paper record of each vote cast.
Prohibits sale of certain packaging, paper, and plastic products unless producer implements plan to increase recycled content and recycling rates.
Prohibits public utilities from discontinuing residential electric, gas, water, and sewer service after expiration of coronavirus public health emergency; requires those utilities to implement deferred payment agreements for those services.
Provides for free mental health screen tool and reimbursements to certain mental health care providers; appropriates $15 million from available federal funds.
Establishes criminal penalties for production, sale, and use of false COVID-19 vaccination verification card; requires AG to establish COVID-19 vaccination fraud prevention program.
Provides tax credits to qualified small employers in industries impacted by COVID-19 emergency.
Provides tax credits to small employers that rehire employees laid off for reasons of economy due to COVID-19 public health emergency.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.
Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to disseminate outage information to customers through autodialed telephone call, text message, and electronic mail alert service.
Requires certain public utilities to publicize information concerning bill payment assistance programs.
Requires stress testing on State's ability to provide services in various economic conditions.
Requires health insurance carriers to offer clear cost share plans for individual health benefits plans.
Extends eligibility for Military Dependents Scholarships to students enrolled in approved career and technical education programs and to dependents of certain military members who served in Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Operation Inherent Resolve.
Requires 9-1-1 call takers and dispatchers to receive certain certification.
Allows certain airports to carryover certain grant money into future years.
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Concerns family leave and disability benefits during epidemic-related emergencies.
Assists inmates released from incarceration in obtaining necessary reentry benefits.
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.
Limits extension of mandatory retirement to 90 days from State Police Retirement System during emergencies.