Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Mitchelle Drulis
Sponsored
Became law4
"Freedom to Read Act"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*
Requires social media companies to establish toll-free telephone number for NJ account holders to report fraudulent account actions.
Directs DOLWD to develop and maintain industry-valued credential list.
Permits certain wineries to sell their products by the glass for consumption in licensed salesrooms.
Passed the General Assembly3
Requires outdoor lighting fixtures installed or replaced by, or on behalf of State, or at projects receiving State funds, to meet certain criteria.
Requires State departments and Office of Technology to provide reports on proposed technology upgrades.
Prohibits sharing automated license plate reader information for interstate investigation concerning reproductive health care services that are legal in NJ.
Out of committee6
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in Township of Hillsborough in Somerset County.
Establishes reproductive health travel advisory.
Appropriates $60 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Permits certain winery license holders to produce wine on behalf of another winery under certain circumstances; establishes supplemental wine production facility license.*
Appropriates $13,640,000 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities for open space acquisition, park development, and planning projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in Township of Clinton in Hunterdon County.
In committee10
Requires installation of baby-changing stations in certain public restrooms.
Establishes Office of Statewide Mobility Manager to assist certain persons with disabilities and their families with transportation and mobility needs.
Prohibits Fish and Game Council and Division of Fish and Wildlife from requiring, for deer management plans, written consent of private landowners located in, or within 2,000 feet of, deer management area.
Establishes Veterans State Government Fellowship program.
Permits representative of National Association of County Veteran Service Officers to take leave of absence with pay to attend State or national conventions.
Requires EMTs to undergo training in recognition and response techniques when encountering individuals with mental health conditions.
Establishes additional public inspection requirements for school district budgets.
Establishes low-speed electric bicycle public awareness campaign in MVC; appropriates $250,000.
Expands category of nonresident children who school district may enroll without payment of tuition.
Prohibits contracts for procurement and licensing of electronic literary materials from including certain provisions.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in Township of Hillsborough in Somerset County.
Appropriates $60 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Appropriates $13,640,000 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants of certain nonprofit entities for open space acquisition, park development, and planning projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in Township of Clinton in Hunterdon County.
Vetoed1
Establishes reproductive health travel advisory.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 42
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors.*
Extends membership in TPAF to 10 years after discontinuance of service and to 15 years for those who were laid off or had 10 or more years of continuous service upon voluntary termination.*
Requires State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards pertaining to labor movement; requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement.*
Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer.
Changes classification of State Investigators in civil service.
Establishes Stabilized School Budget Aid Grant Program to restore certain portions of State school aid reductions; permits certain school districts to exceed tax levy growth limitation in 2024-2025 school year; appropriates $44.7 million.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
"New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program.
Expands prohibitions on employers concerning requirements for employees to attend or listen to communications related to political matters.
Allows exemption from New Jersey gross income of certain capital gains from sale or exchange of qualified small business stock.**
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for transportation infrastructure projects for FY2025; makes appropriation.
Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.
Allows State, municipality, and county to implement automatic enrollment of their employees in deferred compensation plans.
Appropriates $101,696,535 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects; and for certain administrative expenses.
Allows commercial farmer to be awarded reasonable costs and attorney fees for defending against bad faith complaints under "Right to Farm Act".
Requires official inspection facility employees covered by collective bargaining agreement to be offered employment following contract renewal or award of new contract; requires collective bargaining agreement to be binding in certain cases.*
Revises statutes implementing certain property tax relief programs pursuant to recommendations promulgated by Stay NJ Task Force.
Modifies list of transportation infrastructure projects eligible to receive loans from NJ Infrastructure Bank for FY2025.
Ensures boards of elections have discretion to make initial determination of validity of cast ballots; requires Secretary of State to establish uniform guidelines for assessing validity of ballots.*
Requires DCF to expand services provided by NJ Statewide Student Support Services program to include eating disorder services.
Requires State Police to establish recovery leave policy for troopers presenting proof of pregnancy.*
Extends statutory pause on collection of student growth objective data.
Appropriates $49.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.
Requires enforcing agency to conduct inspection of construction in specified time window.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of certain election related deadlines.
Requires resident and fellow physicians employed by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, who are eligible for coverage in SHBP, to be eligible to enroll and receive health insurance on first day of employment.
Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.
Requires establishment of automated platform to expedite construction code approval of applications to install residential solar energy systems.
Requires BPU to procure and incentivize transmission-scale energy storage.
Establishes "New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments.
Permits up to three credits of continuing medical education on menopause to be used by nurses and physicians for license renewal.*
Provides medical documentation requirement for certain members of PERS, PFRS, and SPRS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; removes filing deadline.*
Allows businesses to receive information via email concerning new regulations and economic incentives that affect business.
Requires Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA and applicable State agencies and nonprofits to establish a consolidated application for residential utility assistance programs.
Requires BPU to study effects of data centers on electricity costs.*
Directs BPU to study feasibility of developing advanced reactors Statewide.**
Permits individuals to establish voluntary nonopioid directives.
Establishes Air Traffic Controller Loan Redemption Program; supports partnership between public institution of higher education and federal Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative and establishment of Center for Study of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena; appropriates $3.5 million.*
Provides for workers' compensation coverage of certain counseling services for first responders and provides that certain mental health related communications are confidential.
Modifies certain provisions of "New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Act."
Promotes equity in health insurance appeal process.
Revises process for filling vacancy from this State in United States House of Representatives.
Vetoed · 2
Requires pay for extracurricular activities to be included in compensation for TPAF purposes.
Requires EDA to provide grants to certain small businesses affected by State infrastructure and construction projects.*
Passed the General Assembly · 29
Permits certain consumers up to five business days to cancel home improvement contracts and up to three days to cancel certain consumer goods contracts.*
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.*
Prohibits sale of certain diet pills and dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building to persons under 18 years of age under certain circumstances.*
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.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Codifies and extends authorization for certain out-of-State health care practitioners and recent graduates of health care training programs to practice in New Jersey.
Authorizes local governments to provide voluntary contributions to certain nonprofit veterans' organizations.
Requires certain health care facilities to offer lactation counseling and consultations to persons who have given birth.
Requires child abuse reporting hotline maintained by DCPP to provide information on resources available to victims and families.
Requires Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.*
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.
Directs BPU to adopt rules and regulations concerning small modular nuclear reactors; authorizes EDA to incentivize construction and operation of such reactors.
Modifies collective Statewide transfer agreement and reverse transfer agreement; establishes New Jersey Transfer Ombudsperson within Office of Secretary of Higher Education.*
Requires DOH to use Basic Screening Survey to access oral health in children.
Establishes New Jersey-India Commission.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism develop and maintain Internet website on historic sites, districts, and roadside markers.
Requires social media platforms to cooperate with nonprofit organization initiatives to remove nonconsensual intimate images or videos.
Establishes separate crime of burglary of residential dwelling.
Requires certain athletic trainers and certain coaches of interscholastic sports, cheerleading and dance programs, and collegiate sports to complete student-athlete eating disorder training program developed by Commissioner of Education.
Requires Medicaid coverage for fertility preservation services in cases of iatrogenic infertility caused by medically necessary treatments.
Requires transfer of certain participants of DCRP to PERS.*
Permits 30-calendar day extension to cure period for certain businesses to address and resolve certain violations.
Requires development of online tax training for small and micro-businesses.
Requires State domestic violence public awareness campaign to add information on coercive control; requires annual reporting on activities of campaign and expands range of languages.
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Requires State entities to offer optional service for businesses to receive certain notices electronically.
Adds training concerning coercive control to domestic violence training for judges and law enforcement officers.
Modifies child endangerment statute to include AI technology; establishes criminal penalties.
Out of committee · 72
Provides tuition fee waiver for certain apprenticeship courses.*
Provides for expansion of county transportation services to include disabled veterans; provides funding source for expansion.*
Requires AG to establish rape kit tracking system.
Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.
Requires five-year average of equalized property valuation be used in calculation of local share under State school funding formula.
"Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.*
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow for service contracts to be paused or canceled following service recipient's admission to long-term care facility.*
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship Program.
Makes various changes to "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act" and Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program; repeals "New Jersey Ignite Act."*
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Requires Administrative Law Judges to be enrolled in Workers Compensation Judges Part of PERS.
Allows gross income tax deduction for union dues paid to labor organizations.
Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.*
Facilitates construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing built in part through sweat equity by eventual occupant.
Establishes New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force; clarifies collection of student growth data.
Provides tax levy cap adjustment for certain school districts experiencing reductions in State school aid.
Revises certain requirements concerning eligibility for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Establishes crime of doxxing.
Reaffirms continuation of Rutgers Institute of Management and Labor Relations; appropriates $750,000.
Requires public institution of higher education to readmit student whose enrollment was interrupted due to military service.
Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*
Allows certain public high school student-athletes to substitute study hall for physical education during their athletic seasons.
Allows complaint for guardianship of minor to be filed six months before minor reaches age 18 under certain circumstances; establishes certain standards for filing guardianship complaints.
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Requires surety to take certain actions after assuming responsibility for completion of transportation project.
Makes certain changes to calculation of minimum loss ratio requirements for health benefits plans in individual and small employer markets.
Provides for filing extension and alternate medical documentation in PFRS, SPRS, or PERS for accidental disability retirement in certain circumstances; extends accidental death benefit for survivors of certain SPRS retirees.*
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey"; appropriates $5 million.**
Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract.
Requires DCPP to consult with Division of Developmental Disabilities following finding of child abuse or neglect to create services plan for person with developmental disability under certain circumstances.
Imposes certain requirements on secondhand dealers of cellular telephones and wireless communication devices.
Revises film and digital media content production tax credit program to include requirement for production of domestic original music and musical scores.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2025.
Provides certain requirements concerning railroad safety.
Requires payment of prevailing wage for projects financed through commercial property assessed clean energy program.
Authorizes certain types of permanent structures, recently constructed or erected on preserved farmland, to be used, in certain cases, for purposes of holding special occasion events thereon.
Directs DOE to create New Jersey Education Funding Portal to make available to school districts and public State school aid information.
"Climate Superfund Act"; imposes liability on certain fossil fuel companies for certain damages caused by climate change and establishes program in DEP to collect and distribute compensatory payments.
Upgrades, and in some circumstances provides for extended terms of imprisonment for, certain retail theft crimes, addresses gift card fraud, and authorizes new Attorney General initiatives to address organized retail theft.*
Requires electric and gas public utilities to establish "Energy Bill Watch" program and include certain information in bills and notices to customers.
Permits restaurants and certain alcoholic beverage retailers and manufacturers to conduct business within designated outdoor space or on public sidewalk.
Concerns grade options at public institutions of higher education for service member and dependents unable to complete course due to military obligation.
Requires financial institutions to allow mortgagors to make biweekly and semi-monthly payments and payments to mortgage principal.*
Requires law enforcement officers to complete training regarding identification of machine gun conversion devices.
Establishes "Anthony's Legacy Act"; provides special consideration for certain grandparents applying for visitation rights.
Concerns electrical linemen and associated building trades during weather-related states of emergency.*
Appropriates $18,518,738 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP under FY2025 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Amends lists of projects eligible to receive loans for environmental infrastructure projects from NJ Infrastructure Bank for FY2025.
Provides that certain non-profit corporation alcoholic beverage theater licensees include disregarded entities of such corporations; allows certain community theaters to sell alcoholic beverages.*
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Makes annual allocation of $500,000 from Clean Communities Program Fund for public outreach concerning single-use plastics reduction program permanent.
Creates Health Care Cost Containment and Price Transparency Commission, Office of Healthcare Affordability and Transparency, and hospital price transparency regulations.*
"Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act"; provides alternative process for handling partition actions filed in court concerning real property with multiple owners, at least one of whom had acquired title from relative.
Makes various changes to provisions of "Administrative Procedure Act."
Limits use or disclosure of certain education records.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects in FY2026.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for transportation infrastructure projects for FY2026; makes appropriation.
Exempts minor league baseball players from certain State wage laws under certain circumstances.
Designates hazelnut as State nut of New Jersey.
Eliminates sales tax on baby necessities and sunscreen.
Appropriates $107,999,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition, park development, and planning projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Appropriates $52,798,268 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and other farmland preservation funds to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $34 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Makes various changes to SHBP plan offerings and governance.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3 million to NJ Division of State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit.
Concerns electricity load forecasting.
In committee · 56
Provides family leave for employee to attend certain events of child of employee; establishes tax credits for employer that provide full paid family leave benefits.
Authorizes State employees to take administrative leave days in observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha; requires school districts to permit students excused absences for observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey."
Allows voter registration at polling place on election day or at early voting site during early voting period.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
"Department of Commerce and Innovation Act"; establishes Department of Commerce and Innovation as principal department in Executive Branch of State government; appropriates $1 million.
Provides gross income tax credits to support development of New Jersey-based small business start-ups.
Requires certain commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with certain global positioning systems.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for facilities expansion.
"Madalyn's Law"; requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate instruction on toxic shock syndrome and requires installation of signage in certain women's rooms to enhance public awareness of toxic shock syndrome.
Requires certain ratios of school library media specialists to students in public schools.
Establishes "State House Flag Program"; makes appropriation.
Eliminates fee for filing certified copy of name change order.
"New Jersey Safe Storage of Firearms Act"; establishes certain requirements and penalties regarding firearm storage; repeals law governing minor's access to firearm; requires AG to establish public awareness campaign regarding firearm storage; appropriates $500,000.
Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV prophylaxis without individual prescription under certain circumstances; mandates prescription benefits coverage.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Requires at least one drive-up ballot drop box in each county; requires certain information to be posted at ballot drop boxes and locations.
Concerns false public alarms involving places of worship.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate of $200 for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services.
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Adopts State definition of Islamophobia for certain civil and criminal purposes.
Requires MVC to conduct study and issue report comparing online transactions and in-person transactions.
Establishes one-time tax credits for certain organic farmers.
Expands purpose of Traumatic Brain Injury Fund to support transportation costs incurred by eligible individuals in accessing support group meetings.
Prohibits certain caller identification service manipulation and provides additional penalty.
Establishes School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force.
Requires counties to establish crisis intervention services programs for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and sheriff's officers.
"Cancer Patient Care and Compassion Act."
Expedites process for filling vacancy from this State in United States House of Representatives under certain circumstances.
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for reproductive health care services; prohibits adverse actions by medical malpractice insurers in relation to performance of health care services.
Codifies authority for certain health care providers to provide abortions and clarifies certain operational requirements for abortion facilities.
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing legally protected health care activities; establishes right of residents to legally protected health care services, which are restricted in other states.
Creates "Reproductive Health Care Access Fund" to strengthen access to reproductive health care; makes appropriation.
Requires affirmative written consent for certain entities to disclose individual's medical information regarding reproductive health care services, with limited exceptions, unless disclosure is necessary to provide those services.
Requires four-year public institution of higher education to develop and implement reproductive health services plan; requires county college to develop referral network for reproductive health care services.
Establishes Reproductive Health Care Professionals Loan Redemption Program; appropriates $5 million.
Provides for voluntary contributions for taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support reproductive health care services.
Requires Medicaid cover emergency contraception without requiring prescription or other authorization.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from denying coverage of nonopioid prescription drugs in favor of opioid prescription drugs.
Requires child care centers to establish procedures to notify parents or guardians in event of unexcused child absence as condition of licensure.
Extends Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act to caregivers of certain veterans.
Makes $3 million supplemental appropriation for bonus awards for certain COVID-19 emergency essential frontline State workers of Local 195 International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
Eliminates transaction nexus requirement under Sales and Use Tax and Corporation Business Tax.
Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.
Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Requires rotation of candidate names appearing on primary election ballots.
Makes various changes to school funding and budgeting laws; eliminates use of census-based funding for special education aid; establishes reimbursement program for school district fuel costs.
Requires health insurance coverage of scalp cooling systems in connection with cancer chemotherapy treatment; requires physicians to inform patients of scalp cooling therapy.
Requires DOH to study cost of establishing long-term health care benefit for certain individuals.
Reduces threshold cost, from $5 million to $3 million, of public works projects which may include project labor agreements.
Establishes various programs to support neurodiverse students at county colleges; appropriates $1.475 million.
Establishes Inclusive Workplaces Program in EDA to provide grants and tax credits to encourage employer investment in workspaces inclusive of neurodivergent employees; appropriates $2.5 million.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits to businesses employing and retaining certain neurodiverse individuals.
Establishes New Jersey Regulatory Modernization Commission.