Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Robert J. Karabinchak
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires candidates for election to school board to file with their nominating petitions specific affirmation that they have not been convicted of crimes that would disqualify them from office.
Designates portion of Route 18 in East Brunswick as "State Trooper Werner Foerster Memorial Interchange."
Out of committee1
Designates striped bass as New Jersey Saltwater Fish and redesignates brook trout as NJ State Freshwater Fish.*
In committee4
Requires construction of sidewalks along certain routes within certain radius of public schools.
Establishes NJ Gross Income Tax EasyFile Program; pilot program to allow Division of Taxation to prepare gross income tax return forms for certain taxpayers.
Permits municipality to pay property tax appeal refund in equal installments over period of three years.
Provides expedited processes related to approval of development projects.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Designates striped bass as NJ State Saltwater Fish; redesignates brook trout as NJ Freshwater Fish.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Revises applicability of law concerning derivative proceedings and shareholder class actions.
Requires restaurants to post DOH sign concerning food allergen awareness in kitchen or staff area.
Precludes DEP from imposing certain certification requirements on installers of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems.
Excludes amount of certain early withdrawals from qualified retirement plans in determination by Higher Education Student Assistance Authority of applicant's eligibility for and amount of State tuition aid grant.
Vetoed · 2
Requires Attorney General to provide identity theft passport to certain victims of identity theft.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Passed the General Assembly · 2
"HOPE Initiative Act;" requires establishment of public awareness campaign to educate citizens about dangers and causes of, and appropriate responses to, heroin and opioid addiction.
Authorizes municipality to provide for imposition and collection of special assessment to secure developer's recovery of cost of certain improvements in connection with redevelopment project.
Out of committee · 7
Designates Thomas Alva Edison as State Inventor.
"Earn Your Way Out Act" ; requires DOC to develop inmate reentry plan; establishes administrative parole release for certain inmates;requires study and report by DOC on fiscal impact.*
Establishes asset forfeiture reporting requirements.
Includes students who participate in school intramural sports programs in the student-athlete head injury safety program.
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Upper Freehold Township as "State Trooper Anthony A. Raspa Memorial Highway."
Requires water purveyors to conduct water loss audits.
The "Water Quality Accountability Act"; imposes certain testing, reporting, management, and infrastructure investment requirements on water purveyors.
In committee · 9
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to publish list of certain tamper-resistant opioid drugs; establishes that certain conditions be met for pharmacist to substitute for tamper-resistant opioid drug.
Allows electric energy produced from biofuel to be eligible as Class II renewable energy.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who donate organs.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who provide blood donations.
Provides that State contract for non-commercial sustaining announcements will be awarded as single contract for all State agencies without public advertising for bids.
Permits run-of-the-river hydropower facilities to be eligible as Class I renewable energy.
Requires professional services contract for legal services on behalf of State agency be memorialized in writing within 30 days.
Expands Medicare health care coverage to all New Jersey residents.
Provides civil service preference to all veterans.