Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Anthony S. Verrelli
Sponsored
Became law10
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.
Establishes New Jersey Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program.
Allows member of PFRS who is police chief and fire department chief to serve until age 67 under certain conditions. *
Changes deadline for filing of acceptance by successful write-in candidate for primary election to on or before the seventh day following certification of election results. *
Requires ballot privacy sleeves at polling place; makes various changes to early and mail-in voting procedures; creates online form to update name and residence on existing voter registration record. *
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2023.
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Changes certain General Election deadlines.
"Fire Life Safety Damper and Smoke Control System Inspection Verification Act"; Requires routine maintenance and periodic testing of smoke dampers, fire dampers, and smoke control systems in certain buildings by qualified personnel.*
Enters New Jersey into Counseling Compact.
Passed the General Assembly6
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Provides service credit for PERS member for former membership in transit retirement program.
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency.*
Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer.
Requires payment of minimum wage to minors; requires payment of overtime to minors in certain circumstances; codifies certain exemptions to overtime payment requirements.
Out of committee11
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.
Establishes pilot program to create student mental health assistance programs in selected school districts.
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources (WATER) Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million. **
Requires DOC to report certain information concerning halfway houses.
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Requires DHS to establish two-year Regional Community Behavioral Health Pilot Program.
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.
Changes certain deadlines for primary election.
Establishes Nonprofit Housing Construction and Rehabilitation Pilot Program to facilitate affordable housing construction.*
Establishes 21st Century Injured Workers' Access to Justice Act.
In committee51
Directs Juvenile Justice Commission to establish arts education pilot program for juvenile offenders.
Establishes local drug overdose fatality review teams.
Require business seeking to perform State contract to disclose certain labor and employment law violations.
Requires certain retailers to train employees on gift card fraud.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing.
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.
Directs DOLWD to identify, and post on website, employment opportunities with minimal barriers to entry for persons returning to workforce after imprisonment.
Requires notice to be provided by municipal court to applicant for public defender of fee and process to waive fee for inability to pay.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for persons 18 or younger with diagnosed complex medical needs.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Requires certain county inmates be provided with reentry assistance before their release.
Prohibits employer use of tracking or electronic communications device in vehicle operated by employee under certain circumstances.
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.
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.
Provides tuition benefits at public institutions of higher education for dependents of certain veterans.
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.
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.
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 "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
Allows alternative evaluation in place of basic skills testing requirements for certain teacher certification.
Temporarily waives certain basic life support services crewmember requirements.
Concerns county improvement authority contracting powers.
Provides that sterile syringe access programs are inherently beneficial uses.
Designates drug court program as the "special probation recovery court program" in statutes.
Establishes special probation drug court eligibility for persons with certain previous criminal convictions.
Excludes certain unemployment compensation recipients from paying civil service open competitive examination application and appeal fees.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
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.
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Requires use of federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund grants to reduce increases in premium rates for SHBP and SEHBP for calendar year 2023.
Provides equitable relief to State contractors who sustained unanticipated expenses due to price escalation for construction materials.
Requires court to provide certain defendants with referral for mental health and substance abuse evaluation.
Establishes "Revolutionary War Park Study Commission."
Establishes THC potency limits for cannabis products.
Increases attorney fee in workers' compensation cases.
Establishes Anti-Bullying Youth Council to assist Anti-Bullying Task Force.
Requires schools and child care centers to test drinking water for lead every two years and install filters certified to reduce lead levels.
Allows gross income tax deduction for union dues paid to labor organizations.
Establishes emergency teacher certificate in certain circumstances.
Establishes Cannabis Certified Worker Grant Program and Social Equity Certified Worker Hiring Grant Program; makes appropriation.
Permits temporary appointment of additional members to the Board of Review in the Division of Employment Security.
Establishes requirements for construction and maintenance of pedestrian overpass bridge connecting Johnson Trolley Trail.
Prohibits payment of subminimum wage due to age, disability, injury, or status as apprentice, learner, or student through special license issued by DOLWD.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Changes certain deadlines for primary election.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 33
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; permits counties to provide additional compensation to election workers; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. *
Updates requirements and standards for authorization and prior authorization of health care services.*
Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.*
Authorizes surviving spouse or family member of decedent to use motor vehicle registration certificate of decedent until registration certificate expires.
Requires MVC to provide customer service telephone number at motor vehicle inspection facilities.
Requires Attorney General to perform outreach and provide services to victims of human trafficking under certain circumstances. *
Establishes "Career and Technical Education Scholar Awards" to annually recognize outstanding career and technical education students.
Clarifies that member of SPRS may receive accidental disability benefit under certain circumstances.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders through collaborative care.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.
Establishes State SNAP Minimum Benefit Program; appropriates $18 million to DHS.*
Requires NJT to pay certain persons one-and-a-half times regular rate for work during period of commercial vehicle travel restriction issued by DOT.*
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for brain injury services.
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
Allows certain voters residing overseas to vote in certain elections in this State depending on overseas residency or intent to return.
Prohibits extradition of individual from another state back to that state for actions related to conduct concerning reproductive health care services lawful in this State.*
Concerns protections with respect to nondisclosure of certain patient information relating to reproductive healthcare services, and protecting access to services and procedures related to abortion for certain out-of-State persons.*
Provides for presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services and services provided through program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under Medicaid.*
Makes various changes concerning regulation of emergency medical services; establishes mobile integrated health program and new State Emergency Medical Services Director in DOH.*
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for professional firefighters not enrolled in SHBP; makes appropriation.
Revises certain restrictions on cannabis establishments' owners; expands scope of review of cannabis establishment license applications and related materials.
Establishes Center for Career Relevant Education and Talent Evaluation of New Jersey at Thomas Edison State University.*
Requires training prior to issuance of firearms purchaser identification card and permit to purchase handgun under certain circumstances; provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for ten years.*
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriations of $71,786,000.
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
Concerns percentage of reclaimed asphalt pavement and recycled materials that can be used for certain road projects.*
Establishes Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program in, and authorizes issuance of bonds by, NJ Infrastructure Bank to fund certain hazard mitigation and resilience projects; makes various changes to NJ Infrastructure Bank's enabling act; appropriates $500,000.*
Expands scope of school district employee sick leave.
Replaces statutory terms regarding alcohol and substance use.
Allows municipality to determine if newly appointed individual serving as municipal fire department chaplain will hold rank and receive salary and benefits.
Requires certain health care professionals to undergo bias training.
Vetoed · 1
Prohibits sale, distribution, import, export or propagation of certain invasive species without permit from Department of Agriculture; establishes NJ Invasive Species Council.**
Passed the General Assembly · 18
Concerns professional licensing and application fees for spouse or dependent of active duty member of United States Armed Forces.
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Eliminates conviction of indictable offense as automatic disqualifier for jury service under certain circumstances.*
Requires MVC to establish system for salvage processors to electronically process salvage certificates of title.
Requires each solid waste management district to develop strategy in solid waste management plan to reduce food waste.
Prohibits court from awarding custody of or limiting visitation with child based on certain factors. *
Makes it fourth degree crime to engage in certain tracking and location activities.*
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Requires cultural diversity and implicit bias training be included in police basic training curriculum.
"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.
Requires MVC to accept certain documentation as proof of social security number for issuance of standard non-driver identification card.
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to private professional counselors.
Requires study of ocean energy potential; directs BPU to establish wave and tidal energy generation goals and take other action to establish NJ as nationwide leader in ocean energy.
Requires availability of accessible mail-in ballot for voters with disabilities.
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for certain projects for acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes and certain environmental infrastructure projects that include, or allow for, flood mitigation projects.
Establishes Teacher Certification Reimbursement Fund in DOE to reimburse certain teachers for costs associated with certification.
Prohibits production and sale of products containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol.
Out of committee · 58
Directs Attorney General to establish program for anonymous reporting of potential threats to school safety.
Establishes "Gambling Treatment Diversion Court Pilot Program" to be administered by AOC.
Excludes contributions made to certain retirement savings plans under gross income tax.*
Establishes price preference program on State contracts for businesses owned by women veterans or women in military service.
Criminalizes certain actions of individuals who offer rental of residential property that they do not own or legally possess.
Requires new employers to reimburse certain former employers for law enforcement training costs.
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
Establishes program in DOE to reimburse school districts for providing menstrual products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.*
Establishes Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund; establishes requirements for proceeds from opioid settlements to support substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs.*
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.*
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC. *
Requires notification to consumers of collection and disclosure of personal data by certain entities.*
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.
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
Includes duct cleaning as public work subject to the prevailing wage law.*
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission" in DHS.*
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices and asthma inhalers; limits cost sharing for health insurance coverage of insulin.
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."
Establishes program for certain individuals to become certified as homemaker-home health aides and provide services to certain Medicaid enrollees.*
Directs DOE to establish advertising campaign to attract candidates to teaching and education support professions; appropriates $1 million. *
Establishes "Recovery Tax Credit Program"; incentivizes hiring and continued employment of certain individuals in recovery from substance use disorder.
Requires State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct study of utilization of disabled veteran-owned businesses in State procurement process.
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.*
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit Program.*
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location.
Establishes trail signage program for alcohol manufacturers in New Jersey.
Allows certain airports to carry over certain grant money into future years.*
Credits $5.2 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $2.9 billion to NJ Schools Development Authority, NJ DOT, and NJT; and establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects.*
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State colleges and universities.
Establishes "Sustainable New Jersey Fund" in DEP to support certain sustainability initiatives; appropriates $1 million.*
Establishes Statewide Opioid Antidote Coordinator position; appropriates funds.
Revises various provisions of Food Desert Relief Program.
Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from third degree to second degree.
Prohibits possession and requires registration of body armor in certain circumstances.
"Uniform Public Expression Protection Act"; provides for expedited process for dismissal of "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation" ("SLAPP").*
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism to re-draw tourism map to promote Central Jersey; requires promotion of overnight stays.*
Requires sellers of real property and landlords to make certain notifications regarding flooding.
Makes FY 2023 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $150,000 to Department of State for Old School Baptist Church and Meeting House located in Hopewell Borough (Mercer County).
Amends lists of projects eligible to receive loans for environmental infrastructure projects from NJ Infrastructure Bank for FY2023.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply and develop policy governing use of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies.
Establishes fund for DEP for Blue Acres acquisition and relocation projects; appropriates $25 million.
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award summer tuition aid grants in summer of 2023; appropriates $1,000. *
Establishes strict liability criminal penalties for firearm trafficking that results in injury or death.
Concerns bereavement leave for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances.
Establishes signs and Internet websites for State tourism attractions, historic sites, and historic districts.*
Establishes new tourism regions and subregions in New Jersey.
Eliminates Tourism Policy Council; requires updated tourism master plan; requires specific tourism data, research, and marketing; requires annual report.
Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts; appropriates $103,023,579.*
Authorizes issuance of electronic copies of vital records.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Establishes "New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Center Act," and appropriates $2,220,000.*
Eliminates fees, liens, and warrants issued for Public Defender services.
Allows unions to file wage claim suits on behalf of workers regardless of their union affiliation.
Prohibits internet sale of lottery tickets by State Lottery Commission.
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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 Mental Health Awareness Pilot Program in DOE.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for suicidal ideation and attempted suicide for postpartum women.
Extends renewal period for professional licenses issued by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
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.
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.
Requires certain accessible public restroom facilities be equipped with signs reserving use for persons with disabilities.
Establishes "Planning for an Aging Population Task Force."
"21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act."
Provides certain employment protections for working parents due to school closure during state of emergency and public health emergency.
Requires each State agency make State forms, applications, and other documents available in certain languages, including Gujarati, Korean, and Punjabi.
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.
Limits extension of mandatory retirement to 90 days from State Police Retirement System during emergencies.
Requires 9-1-1 call takers and dispatchers to receive certain certification.
Establishes "Food Innovation District Pilot Program."
Requires automobile insurers to provide DOBI with annual documentation demonstrating no discriminatory outcomes with insurer’s automated underwriting system.
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 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.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Permits emergency medical technicians to administer certain vaccines during certain declared public health emergencies.
Requires each county to establish inmate reentry services committee.
Encourages timely recording of residential deeds.
Requires landlord to attach certificate of inspection or occupancy to residential lease.
Concerns accomplice liability of law enforcement officers who fail to de-escalate and intervene when another officer commits offense.
Establishes "Police Body Camera Implementation Task Force" to study and make recommendations concerning use of body cameras by law enforcement agencies in this State.
Limits police presence at polling places and ballot drop boxes; prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of ballot drop box.
Requires State agencies to vacate certain property in Trenton; allows EDA to offer incentives to private entities to locate to that property.
Requires public community water systems to provide customers with certain information regarding lead in drinking water.
Requires installation of certain rescue supplies on certain bridges.
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.
Allows follow up calls from operators of NJ Suicide Hopeline to minors at risk of committing suicide.
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.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Mandates training on remote teaching for all candidates for teaching certification.
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.
Establishes creative crosswalks pilot program.
Establishes Emerging Technology Urban Grant Program in EDA.
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.
Establishes Behavioral Mental Health Advisory Board in Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in DHS.
Establishes the "Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act."
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 certain standards for professional and occupational boards considering applicants with criminal history records.
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.
Excludes veteran disability compensation from income qualification limits under homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Establishes "New Jersey Transit Bus Riders' Bill of Rights."
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
Requires lobby security for certain senior citizen high-rise buildings in areas with high violent crime rates.
Establishes "Municipal Community Center Grant Program."
Concerning the "Contractors' Registration Act."
Exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from payment of motor vehicle registration fees; requires notification of eligible motorists.
Establishes task force to study and make recommendations concerning ways to improve unemployment insurance information technology infrastructure.
Requires registration of private education lenders; establishes protections for private education borrowers.
Establishes "Remote Work Study Commission."
Exempts personal protective equipment from sales and use tax.
Create COVID-19 Memorial Commission.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by persons with disabilities.
Requires carriers to pass prescription drug savings to consumers.
Requires health insurance carriers to offer clear cost share plans for individual health benefits plans.
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.
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Establishes insulin assistance program.
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.
Establishes certain law enforcement and privacy procedures; designated as New Jersey Values Act.
Allows mail-in voter to cure mail-in ballot due to missing certificate.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
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.
Establishes "Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force."
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.
Restricts use of certain data collected for purposes of contact tracing related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes "New Jersey Information Technology Commission."
Provides tax credits to small employers that rehire employees laid off for reasons of economy due to COVID-19 public health emergency.
Requires DOA to establish, maintain, and publicize online, searchable database of minority-owned farms in New Jersey.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Concerns eligibility, procedures, and post-program relief for certain drug or alcohol dependent persons sentenced to special probation, or regular probation which as a condition of such requires substance use disorders treatment.
Requires assessments prior to laboratory and diagnostic testing of persons undergoing mental health screening.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Creates task force to study feasibility of paperless Executive Branch of State Government and remote workplace program for Executive Branch employees.
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.
Prohibits surgical declawing of cats and other animals.
Requires DEP, DOH, owners or operators of public water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.
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.
Provides $3,000 gross income tax deduction for certain taxpayers providing home care for an elderly relative.
Establishes presumption for accidental disability retirement in PFRS that firefighter with Parkinson's Disease has disease as result of employment.
Establishes a Gun Court Pilot Program in Mercer County.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement program into credit program.
Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
Requires DOC and county correctional facilities to provide certain inmates with medication-assisted treatment.
Requires Office of Information Technology to establish centralized, one-stop website resource guide to assist persons in navigating the State's developmental disability service system.
Revises mileage limit for mandatory school transportation for students in preschool through grade four.
Requires Cannabis Regulatory Commission to annually report number of cannabis applications submitted and permits or licenses issued to certain persons.
Prohibits sale of infant walkers.
Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.
Requires degree-seeking students enrolled in public institutions of higher education to receive instruction on American government and civic engagement.
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.
Authorizes State and local law enforcement entities to contract for bulk purchasing of heroin antidote.
Establishes New Jersey Literacy Training Pilot Program in DOE.
Expands Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
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.
Clarifies that residents with mental illness or substance use disorders may be included on public safety special assistance municipal lists.
Revises gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses.
Modifies salary of certain county board of elections officials.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to provide tuition assistance for students enrolled at Thomas Edison State University.
Requires school performance reports to include information about positive placement of graduates, including apprenticeships.
Increases benefit amount under New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit program from 40 percent to 60 percent of federal benefit amount.
Exempts sales of reusable carryout bags from sales and use tax.
Lowers age at which minors can consent to behavioral health care treatment from age 16 to age 14.
Stengthens access to reproductive health care; appropriates $20 million.
Provides $3 million supplemental appropriation to Hunterdon Medical Center for building to stockpile personal protective equipment.
Designates and preserves Caven Point Peninsula in Liberty State Park as natural habitat.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
Establishes Residential Property Repair Program; appropriates $30,000,000.
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Prohibits misrepresentation of federal tuition benefits to service members and veterans and establishes public awareness campaign on certain higher education benefits available to service members and veterans.
Concerns annual reporting requirements of SHBP and SEHBP commissions.
"Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act"; establishes requirements, prohibitions, and programs for regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Requires federal funding to be made available to Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse to support Alliance to Prevent Alcoholism and Drug Abuse if needed to offset unanticipated decrease in dedicated revenues.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $120,000 from General Fund to DCF for Street Outreach Program of Anchor House.
Establishes Literacy Acceleration Home Reading Grant Program.
Extends family leave protections to certain employees following death of family member.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Establishes the "Mental Health Court Pilot Program" in several vicinages.
Establishes "New Jersey Invasive Species Task Force."
Provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities.
Establishes additional municipal review processes and procedures related to development of certain large warehouses; requires certain real property revaluations and reassessments.
Enters NJ in Social Work Licensure Compact.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $400,000 to City of Trenton for establishment and operation of Locust Hill African Cemetery Museum as independent nonprofit.
Expands Community College Opportunity Grant Program to include career and technical education programs at county colleges and county vocational schools.
Establishes nurse aide workforce development program.
Revises inspection requirements for long-term care facilities.
Allows voter registration at polling place on election day or at early voting site during early voting period.
Requires owners or operators of public community water systems to perform certain tests for Legionella bacteria.
Requires maintenance of roadways surrounding State capitol complex.
Establishes pilot program in Office of Planning Advocacy to reimburse municipalities for certain expenditures concerning warehouse development; appropriates $1 million.
Makes FY 2024 supplemental appropriation of $10 million to State Capitol Joint Management Commission for State Capitol Park Complex.
Requires study by Executive Branch on advisory or study task forces, committees, commissions, and boards.