Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Patrick J. Diegnan Jr.
Sponsored
Became law10
Modernizes business filing statutes to include entity conversion and domestication.
Establishes "COVID-19 Frontline and Healthcare Worker Memorial Commission." *
Requires certain transportation research to consider needs of individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.
Authorizes transfer on death (TOD) of title to motor vehicle.
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Authorizes DOT to compensate certain contractors and subcontractors affected by supply chain shortages; appropriates $10 million.*
Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DEP for implementation of Electric School Bus Program.
Establishes School Safety and Security Task Force.
Changes definition of eligible contract for DOT grant program to compensate certain contractors and subcontractors affected by supply chain shortages.
Passed the Senate3
Requires NJT rail stations and bus and rail terminals to display historical information about area in or around stations and terminals.
Requires State Board of Education to permit candidates awaiting teacher certification to submit affidavit to hiring school district affirming certification requirements have been met.
Concerns motor vehicles overtaking certain pedestrians and persons operating bicycles and personal conveyances.
Out of committee35
Requires all students enrolled in grades six through 12 to have certain physical examination that includes cardiac component. *
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.
Concerns expenses to municipalities for tree purchase, planting, and removal.
Permits school bus driver to administer epinephrine to student in emergency under certain circumstances.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for certain children, youth, and family services organizations.
Allows minors to serve as election workers between 5:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on election days.
Allows parent or primary caregiver of person with autism to apply for use of reserved parking zones.
Requires physicians and other prescribers to obtain electronic or written consent for certain medications with "black box warnings."
Authorizes MVC to enter into contract with private vendor for marketing and sale of certain license plates.
Authorizes military service members, spouses, and dependents with out-of-state domicile to operate motor vehicles in New Jersey.
Requires DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program; provides for $15 million in first year and $15 million annually in subsequent two years to DEP, subject to availability, to provide grants.
Establishes early childhood pay-for-success programs; appropriates up to $25 million.*
Clarifies that member of SPRS may receive accidental disability benefit under certain circumstances.
Requires notice of motor vehicle safety recalls upon inspection and registration of motor vehicle; requires motor vehicle manufacturers to pay annual fee to MVC.*
Allows license plate frame to obscure certain parts of permanent or temporary license plate under certain conditions.
Permits purchase of service credit in PERS for period of time after termination of public employment due to COVID-19 pandemic if member returned to PERS employment within 12 months.
Requires State to pay for costs to conduct new election if the State is at fault for errors during initial election that requires new election to be held.
Provides temporary one-year extension of service life of school buses for 2022-2023 school year; authorizes chief administrator to allow one-year extension in subsequent two school years.*
Requires MVC to establish system for salvage processors to electronically process salvage certificates of title.
Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts.
Excludes electricity supplied to recycled materials manufacturing facilities from renewable energy portfolio standards.
Establishes "New Jersey Target Zero Commission."*
Concerns New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority; increases Transportation Trust Fund spending limit by $600 million.
Authorizes use of digital license plates.
Allows certain former members of military reserve units to retain special license plates after conclusion of service.
Establishes "Resiliency and Environmental System Investment Charge Program."
Concerns percentage of reclaimed asphalt pavement and recycled materials that can be used for certain road projects.*
Requires publication online of Senate Journals, Assembly Minutes, and their indexes.
Prohibits public disclosure of names and addresses in certain unemployment, temporary disability, and family leave claim appeals documents.*
Authorizes surviving spouse or family member of decedent to use motor vehicle registration certificate of decedent until registration certificate expires.
Extends useful service life of certain school buses to 20 years; provides temporary one-year extension of service life of Type S school buses.*
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching disabled vehicles.
Modifies definition of "paratransit service" under various sections of law.
Appropriates unexpended funds from "New Jersey Bridge Rehabilitation and Improvement and Railroad Right-of-way Preservation Bond Act of 1989."
Establishes Training Clinicians to Support Adults with Autism Workforce Development Program in Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services; appropriates $500,000.
In committee33
Requires certain employers with State contracts to pay their employees their usual compensation for each day of jury service.
Revises law concerning partnerships, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies.
Revises "Athletic Training Licensure Act."
Establishes Office of Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders Policy to oversee, direct, and coordinate resources, funding, and data tracking concerning treatment of substance use disorders.
Authorizes religious corporations to hold remote meetings during state of emergency declared by Governor.
Permits voter registration at age 16, under certain conditions.
"Improved Suicide Prevention, Response, and Treatment Act."
Requires MVC to conduct unscheduled surprise inspections of certain school buses.
Requires NJT to expand or modify routes and hours of certain transportation services and to solicit input from individuals diagnosed with autism.
Caps interest rate for redemption of tax lien at 9 percent per year.
Establishes "Food Innovation District Pilot Program."
Requires DOH to develop mobile cancer screening program; appropriates $100,000.
Authorizes creation of Student Movement Against Cancer license plates.
Authorizes creation of "New Jersey Council on Access and Mobility."
Requires DHS to establish two-year Regional Community Behavioral Health Pilot Program.
Permits title of Attorney General for person who served as Acting Attorney General for 180 days.
Requires DOH to establish Community Health Center Integrated Care Loan Program; appropriates funds for purpose of loan program.
Establishes pilot program for 24-hour urgent care for behavioral health.
Requires membership of boards of trustees of State colleges and universities and county colleges to include two college employees.
Adds two student representatives to board of governors of Rutgers University.
Revises provisions related to selling and reselling of tickets.
Allows certain caregivers of person with intellectual disability to make use of reserved parking zones when transporting person with intellectual disability.
Establishes Anti-Bullying Youth Council to assist Anti-Bullying Task Force.
Requires certain wholesale pricing of motor fuels be set using formula.
Eliminates prohibition on provision of single-use paper bags by grocery stores for delivery orders; requires certain retailers to repurpose cardboard boxes if feasible.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Establishes "NJpass Program" to provide discounted fares to eligible organizations; establishes "GO NJ Transit Card Program" to develop transit cards that can be used to purchase any NJT service.
Requires NJT and county transit agencies to offer transit pass for individuals seeking access to One Stop Career Centers.
Concerns rights of juvenile defendants who elect to be tried as adults.
Concerns railroad safety.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in City of Jersey City in Hudson County.
Removes requirement that local units may only provide broadband telecommunication service via wireless community service.
Requires DOT and DLPS to implement weigh-in-motion monitoring program.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law14
Authorizes military service members, spouses, and dependents with out-of-state domicile to operate motor vehicles in New Jersey.
Requires DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program; provides for $15 million in first year and $15 million annually in subsequent two years to DEP, subject to availability, to provide grants.
Authorizes surviving spouse or family member of decedent to use motor vehicle registration certificate of decedent until registration certificate expires.
Clarifies that member of SPRS may receive accidental disability benefit under certain circumstances.
Allows minors to serve as election workers between 5:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on elections days.
Allows license plate frame to obscure certain parts of permanent or temporary license plate under certain conditions.
Provides temporary one-year extension of service life of school buses for 2022-2023 school year; authorizes chief administrator to allow one-year extension in subsequent two school years.*
Excludes electricity supplied to recycled materials manufacturing facilities from renewable energy portfolio standards.
Allows certain former members of military reserve units to retain special license plates after conclusion of service.
Concerns New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority; increases Transportation Trust Fund spending limit by $600 million.
Establishes "Resiliency and Environmental System Investment Charge Program."
Concerns percentage of reclaimed asphalt pavement and recycled materials that can be used for certain road projects.*
Extends useful service life of certain school buses to 20 years; provides temporary one-year extension of service life of Type S school buses.*
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching disabled vehicles.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 35
Revises income eligibility criteria for, and provides for promotion of, PAAD and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program; establishes "Senior Save Navigator Grant Program" to assist applicants with NJ Save applications.*
Provides CBT and gross income tax credits for certain deliveries of low carbon concrete and for costs of conducting environmental product declaration analyses of low carbon concrete.*
Concerns employment security during changes in control of health care entities. *
Increases contribution limit by counties and municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance, and rescue squads.
Codifies and increases under certain circumstances, current minimum Medicaid per diem reimbursement rates for assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes, and assisted living programs; makes appropriation.*
Requires automobile insurance policies to provide certain minimum amounts of liability, uninsured motorist, and underinsured motorist coverage.
Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Establishes that "100 percent Disabled Veterans" are not required to submit to MVC certain documentation to renew parking privileges.
Establishes commission to study effects on adolescents of social media usage in and out of school.*
Codifies and expands ARRIVE Together Pilot Program to make certain mental health services available to police responding to certain emergencies; appropriates $2 million.**
Requires MVC to provide, upon request, notation on driver's license or identification card of diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or communication disorder.*
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. *
Requires telemarketers to provide name, mailing address, and telephone number of person on whose behalf call is made.
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission" in DHS.*
Allows certain airports to carry over certain grant money into future years.*
Authorizes issuance of protective orders for certain victimized persons in situations for which domestic violence statutes do not apply due to lack of familial or dating relationship between victim and offending actor.*
Permits State Board of Education to authorize alternative teaching certificate.*
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices and asthma inhalers; limits cost sharing for health insurance coverage of insulin.
Establishes certain data reporting requirements for prescription drug supply chain; establishes Drug Affordability Council; appropriates $1,500,000.*
Concerns investigation of missing persons cases. *
Concerns use of tents and other fixtures for outdoor dining on certain property.
Requires health benefits coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants.
Requires NJ FamilyCare to reimburse claims for covered services submitted by clinical social workers, professional counselors, and marriage and family therapists under certain circumstances.*
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate teacher certification of veterans.
Requires certain permit holders to complete practice driving hours to obtain probationary driver's license.
Establishes position of Youth Disconnection Prevention and Recovery Ombudsperson; establishes "School Disconnection Prevention Task Force."; appropriates $200,000.**
Establishes uptime requirement for electric vehicle charging station incentive programs.*
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information concerning child protective investigators.
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award summer tuition aid grants in summer of 2023; appropriates $1,000.*
Permits teacher, and professional staff member who provides special services, who retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during the 2023-2024 school year.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for transportation infrastructure projects for FY2024; makes appropriation.
Revises certain requirements for involuntary commitment for mental health treatment.
Modifies New Jersey Community-Anchored Development Program.
Allows board of county commissioners to hold annual meeting at certain additional locations other than the Superior Court.
Passed the Senate · 18
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. *
"Moose's Law"; prohibits persons convicted of criminal animal cruelty offenses from owning domestic companion animals and from working or volunteering at animal-related enterprises; establishes presumption against pretrial intervention for certain persons. *
Establishes Renewable and Efficient Energy Financing Program; authorizes BPU to transfer up to $20 million annually in societal benefits charge revenues to New Jersey Infrastructure Bank for purposes of program.
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of property on basis of race, creed, color, national origin, or certain other characteristics.*
Allows canvassing of early votes and mail-in ballots before election day under certain conditions. *
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
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 incentive program for installation of energy storage systems.*
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism develop and maintain Internet website on historic sites, districts, and roadside markers.*
Requires DOT to provide additional information in annual report on pavement condition and conduct pavement lifecycle cost analysis; make report available to public.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to provide tuition assistance for students enrolled at Thomas Edison State University.
Expands definition of child under PFRS and SPRS.
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State colleges and universities.
Provides police officers may be present at senior residential center or school being used as polling place under certain circumstances; requires school to establish election day security plan.*
Allows complaint for guardianship of minor receiving developmental disability services to be filed six months before minor reaches age 18; establishes certain standards for filing guardianship complaints.*
Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to include memory care training in annual long-term care training program.
Establishes emergency teacher endorsements in certain circumstances.*
Requires health benefits coverage for additional prosthetic appliance under certain circumstances.
Out of committee · 88
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills.
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Allows costs of medical cannabis to be reimbursed by Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund, PAAD, Senior Gold and VCCO.
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders through collaborative care.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging stations and for commercial zero emission vehicle fleet conversions.
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
Establishes crime of "sexual extortion": using explicit sexual images to extort victims.
Allows individuals that have undergone certain background checks, including individuals with certain commercial driver license endorsements, to renew license online or by mail.
Requires MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf.*
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Requires DMVA to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.
Requires MVC to create mobile driver's licenses and identification cards.
Consolidates certain affordable housing and assistance applications.
Directs NJ Infrastructure Bank to establish financing program for electric school buses; allocates $20 million annually in societal benefits charge revenues to NJ Infrastructure Bank for purposes of program.
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Exempts certain motor vehicles that are owned by certain nutrition programs and certain nonprofit organizations that offer social services from motor vehicle registration fees.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care staff and registered family day care providers.
Requires municipality to return to taxpayer property taxes paid in error due to assessor's or owner's mistake.
Requires information on seizure first-aid to be disseminated to employers.*
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. *
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Permits persons who are hearing impaired to apply for vehicle identification placards.
Authorizes DOT to establish and administer toll collection and enforcement system on behalf of NJ toll authorities and to enter into reciprocal agreements for enforcement of toll violations with toll authorities from other states.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.
Makes compulsive gambling prevention, education, and treatment program optional penalty for casino gambling by person under legal age of 21; makes fine optional.*
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Requires DOT, NJT, and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities.
Requires DOT to develop common design for signs that indicate historic district or site.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Prohibits sale, distribution, import, export or propagation of certain invasive species without permit from Department of Agriculture; establishes NJ Invasive Species Council.**
Revises certain requirements concerning eligibility for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
Eliminates position of constable; removes statutory references to constable; repeals various parts of statutory law; implements recommendation of SCI report concerning elimination of constables.
Requires State Board of Education to administer New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment as field test for class of 2023.
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during hot weather.*
Exempts nursing mothers from jury duty.
Allows public bodies to conduct meetings by electronic means.
Authorizes local governments to provide voluntary contributions to certain nonprofit veterans' organizations.
Establishes New Jersey Educator Scholarship Program; appropriates $3 million.*
Prohibits sale of flavored cigarettes, non-premium cigars, and oral nicotine pouches.*
Concerns installation, modification, and sale of certain mufflers and exhaust systems; requires inspection of mufflers and exhaust systems.*
Increases qualified research expenses tax credit for corporation business taxpayers engaged in targeted industries; increases basic research payment tax credit; allows research tax credit to be refundable.
Extends deadlines, under certain circumstances, for completion and commercial operation of certain solar electric power generation facilities.
Requires MVC to administer electronic transaction system for used motor vehicle sales within certain time period; authorizes use of same system for private motor vehicle sales.
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Increases maximum number of respite care service hours funded through DCF for certain families.*
Adapts new federal partnership audit regime under gross income tax, ends COVID-related State tax extensions, and eliminates requirement to affirmatively elect New Jersey S Corporation status.
Allows certain voters residing overseas to vote in certain elections in this State depending on overseas residency or intent to return.
Provides for expedited construction inspections.*
Enters New Jersey into Counseling Compact.
"Travel Insurance Act."
Creates online job portal for behavioral health care workers and online internship and externship portal for health care students.
Requires Commissioner of Education to distribute survey to school districts regarding instruction on Holocaust and genocides.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services by $4.
Permits veteran to receive credit toward licensure as licensed practical nurse upon completing certain military medical training programs.
Requires NJ Business Action Center to collect and produce certain information to assist small businesses.
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Extends validity of and eliminates issuance fee for temporary instructional certificate issued to military spouse; requires expedited processing of military spouse application for NJ instructional certificate and eliminates fee obtain certificate.*
Authorizes creation of Combat Action Ribbon license plate.
Requires BPU to allow low- and moderate-income residential customers to self-attest to income for participation in community solar programs.
Concerns electronic transmission of crash reports.
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Requires mail-in ballot applications to include prepaid postage.
Establishes mentorship program for new businesses and start-ups.
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow service recipients to terminate service contracts following physician's referral and relocation to long-term care facility.
Expands scope of school district employee sick leave.
Indexes amount of veterans' income tax exemption for inflation.
Increases minimum monthly benefit under State SNAP Minimum Benefits Program from $50 to $95 and authorizes DHS to increase program benefit amount.
Provides for presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services and services provided through program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under Medicaid.*
Authorizes NJ Historical Commission to establish program to promote developing historic projects on website and collect donations for projects on behalf of historic site or organization.
Requires periodic reporting of election results on night of primary and general election and until final tally thereafter; appropriates $1.5 million.*
Establishes "Hospital at Home Act."
Establishes one-year pilot program for certain persons with disabilities; appropriates up to $85,000.*
Requires State Board of Education to authorize alternate route to expedite teacher certification of persons employed as paraprofessionals in school districts.
Prohibits limiting number of county college credits that may be applied towards educator preparation program and teacher certification requirements.
Increases child tax credit under gross income tax.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $650,000 to New Jersey Division of State Police for trooper recruitment and retention.
In committee · 160
Exempts poll worker wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Requires MVC to allow person to indicate special needs with motor vehicle registration.
Permits exemption from certain civil service examinations for person with disability.
Establishes commission to study impact of certain Medicaid reimbursement rate change on nursing homes.
Requires under certain circumstances development by certified school nurse of individualized health care plan and individualized emergency health care plan for student with life-threatening allergies or anaphylaxis.
Provides certain employment protections for National Guard members employed in New Jersey.
Authorizes school nurses to administer opioid antidotes to overdose victims on school property, with immunity from civil, criminal, and professional liability, pursuant to "Overdose Prevention Act."
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain E-ZPass tolls paid.
Requires State reimbursement to municipalities of cost of disabled veterans' total property tax exemption.
Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
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.
Ends COVID-related extension of time for statute of limitations on tax due and interest on overpayment of tax paid.
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.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Provides for accidental death benefit if death of TPAF member and certain PERS members is caused by COVID-19.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Provides super conciliation for certain emergency responder service employees, and requires continuation of contract provisions during negotiations.
Requires children's meals served in restaurants to meet certain nutritional standards.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Authorizes expanded provision of harm reduction services to distribute sterile syringes and provide certain support services to persons who use drugs intravenously; appropriates $15 million.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
Allows taxpayers with fewer than 50 employees to accelerate depreciation of capital expenditures incurred to comply with COVID-19 executive orders.
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.
Re-establishes Arthritis Quality of Life Initiative and Advisory Council on Arthritis in DHS.
Directs New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell, Office of Information Technology, and New Jersey Big Data Alliance to develop advanced cyberinfrastructure strategic plan.
Requires producers of packaging products sold in New Jersey to adopt and implement packaging product stewardship plans.
Increases statute of limitations for prosecution of vehicular homicide.
Requires NJT to remove snow from certain stops, stations, and stands for motorbus regular route service and to make name and contact information of entities responsible for snow removal publicly available.
Establishes Co-Curricular Activity Emergency Grant Program to support operations of co-curricular activities at public schools; appropriates $750,000.
Eliminates shellfish license fee for veterans and active duty service members.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Requires institutions of higher education to send out annual student debt letters; requires students enrolled in public institutions of higher education to complete course on student loan debt repayment.
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Establishes loan program in Department of Treasury for certain entities offering health benefits plans; makes appropriation.
Permits any member of PERS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for disability resulting from participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup options.
Exempts transfers of residential real property between family members from inheritance tax.
Allows shore municipalities to provide spouse and dependent children of veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
Permits short-term tax exemption for certain improvements to dwellings damaged by natural disasters.
Increases annual income limit for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Permits county board of elections to open inner envelopes containing mail-in ballots up to five days prior to election day.
Allows Chief Administrator of MVC to enter into cooperative arrangements with foreign countries for reciprocal recognition of certain motor vehicle driver licenses.
Prohibits open public records requests for commercial purposes.
Amends law to extend length of postpartum coverage for Medicaid services for eligible pregnant women to 180-day period.
Provides for oversight of DHS contracts with providers serving persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires DHS to make list of drugs with "black box" warnings accessible through its website.
Permits victims and witnesses of human trafficking to testify in criminal proceedings via closed circuit television; permits judge to make motion to seek closed circuit testimony.
Establishes limits on zoning restrictions for certain electric battery storage equipment installation.
Criminalizes unauthorized photographing, filming, or other video recording of person, living animal or creature, or activity within certain dwellings or other structures from outside such dwellings or other structures.
Allows drug- or alcohol-dependent person admitted into court-ordered supervisory treatment program to reduce amount owed on court-ordered fines and certain other financial obligations upon successful completion of program.
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Creates new motor vehicle offense of engaging in a pattern of aggressive driving.
Establishes immunity for businesses against damage claims for COVID-19 exposure; excludes reckless or intentional conduct.
Requires certain places of public assembly to have automated external defibrillator on-site.
Establishes Nuclear Power Advisory Commission.
Permits dismissal of certain motor vehicle violations if defendant corrects issue within allotted time frame and provides acceptable documentation.
"Holocaust Reparations Tax Exemption Act"; exempts value of certain payments to Holocaust survivors and their eligible descendants from transfer inheritance tax.
Provides credits under corporation business tax and gross income tax for qualified wages of certain disabled veterans.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement program into credit program.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having service-connected permanent disability; extends eligibility to veterans suffering from mental illness; establishes eligibility of property owned by disabled veteran with surviving partner for exemption.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every two years.
Mandates additional requirements for anti-bullying policies of public schools, expands information provided in DOE guidance document on bullying, and requires parents be provided clear explanation of student rights in school bullying investigations.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Authorizes special Ancient Order of Hibernians license plate.
Provides free tuition at public institutions of higher education for surviving spouses and dependent children of military personnel killed in performance of duties.
Creates "New Jersey Anti-Semitism Task Force".
Permits certain drivers' schools to conduct road tests.
Permits person diagnosed with autism or communication disability to voluntarily make notation on driver's license, identification card, and in MVC registry; establishes program to train law enforcement officers in interactions with persons with autism or communication disabilities.
Requires MVC to accept certain documents as proof of name change for driver's license.
Requires new flooring for schools and child care centers to be certified mercury free.
Allows municipality to establish reserved parking zone on property adjacent to disabled person's residence.
Exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from payment of motor vehicle registration fees; requires notification of eligible motorists.
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.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Establishes Commission on Career and Technical Education and creates initiatives that promote career and technical education programs in State.
Requires certain ratios of school library media specialist to students in public schools.
Provides corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of certain electric vehicle charging stations.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Requires health benefits coverage of hearing aids for all ages.
Authorizes county vocational school districts to establish electric vehicle certification programs.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain student athlete physical examinations.
Establishes Mental Health Awareness Pilot Program in DOE.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Makes $2.5 million in federal funds available to EDA to support veteran-owned businesses in need.
Indexes various thresholds and qualifications under New Jersey gross income tax for inflation.
Provides comparable salary increases and performance advancement adjustments for certain State employees assigned to titles with no range or rate.
Appropriates $2.5 million to NJ Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for purpose of expanding memorial and museum.
Provides that organ donor designation on driver's license or identification card remains upon renewal of license or card under certain circumstances.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Revises membership of New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Makes local government business administrators eligible for membership in PERS; provides for transfer from Defined Contribution Retirement Program to PERS.
Authorizes certain basic life support services vehicles to be staffed by one emergency medical technician and one first responder while in service.
Creates offenses related to election officials; permits election workers to shield personal information from public.
Provides tax credits to owners of certain food and drink establishments for eligible health and safety expenditures made during COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires health insurance coverage for annual mental health screening.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Permits use of tents and other fixtures for outdoor dining on certain property.
Clarifies that law enforcement agencies may hold gun buyback programs and permits voluntary surrender of ammunition.
Allows gross income tax deduction for up to $1,200 of unreimbursed expenses incurred by eligible educators for purchase of classroom supplies.
Establishes NJ Wind Institute for Innovation and Training.
Establishes Capital Project Development Loan Program to support certain large-scale redevelopment projects; appropriates $300 million.
Requires partial State reimbursement to municipalities for cost of disabled veterans' total property tax exemption.
Suspends fines for certain first-time paperwork violations committed by small businesses.
Establishes tax credits and financial grant related to construction and operation of advanced nuclear energy facilities.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
Exempts sales of reusable carryout bags from sales and use tax.
Broadens eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Requires State to reimburse licensing costs for certain school bus drivers.
Concerns hospitality franchise agreements.
"Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act"; establishes requirements, prohibitions, and programs for regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Increases maximum age for pediatric long-term care facility residents to 26.
The "New Jersey Bleacher Safety Act."
Revises eligibility criteria for adult medical day care services.
Expands definition of child abuse or neglect.
Establishes "Electric Vehicle Battery Repurposing Fund" to support repurposing, remanufacturing, and recycling of electric vehicle batteries; dedicates amounts based on certain sales of electric vehicles.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DOH for Huntington's Disease Grant Program.
Modifies eligibility for electric vehicle incentive program; appropriates $30 million to Plug-In Electric Vehicle Incentive Fund.
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
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 "Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Task Force" to study ways to safely store, reuse, recycle, and dispose of used electric vehicle batteries.
Requires manufacturers of electric vehicles to establish and implement electric vehicle battery management plans.
Increases statutory mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court Justices, Superior Court Judges, Tax Court Judges, Administrative Law Judges, and Workers' Compensation Judges from 70 to 75.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Requires registration and regulation of certain hemp-derived cannabinoids manufactured and sold in this State.
Provides $1,000 income tax deduction for certain volunteer firefighters and members of first aid and rescue squads.
Qualifies certain disabled veterans for toll rate exemptions and exemptions from motor vehicle registration fees.
Allows persons diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn's disease to receive parking privileges reserved for persons with disability.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
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.
Requires clinic connected with dental school at public institution of higher education to give priority to 100 percent disabled veterans.
Concerns actions to foreclose right to redeem tax sale certificate under "tax sale law."
Permits eligible high school students to take certain courses at county college.
Establishes loan program in EDA to assist businesses owned by individuals with disabilities; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes certification program for disabled-owned businesses.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Requires health benefits coverage of continuous glucose monitoring system for treatment of glycogen storage disease.
Makes disabled persons receiving disability payments pursuant to federal Railroad Retirement Act eligible to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.
Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize issuance of new endorsements in certain fields.
Appropriates $2 million in constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to fund grant program for historic preservation of monuments commemorating veterans.
Permits retired judges to practice law while receiving pension or retirement allowance.
"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.
Creates behavioral health court pilot program.
Requires Division of Highway Traffic Safety to conduct public awareness campaign regarding bicyclist and pedestrian safety.
Establishes grant program in Department of State for preservation of certain Revolutionary War sites; appropriates funds.
Establishes programs to address needs of toddlers and certain children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Establishes protections from abusive and controlling litigation for victims of domestic violence.
Requires NJT to establish guidelines for on-demand micro transit pilot programs operating within State.
Revises process for property tax lien holder to foreclose right to redeem a property tax lien; allows property owner to protect remaining equity.
Exempts receipts from sales of materials, supplies, and services for certain affordable housing projects from sales and use tax.
Requires MVC to provide designation of diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or communication disorder on person's motor vehicle registration.