Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Robert J. Karabinchak
Sponsored
Became law12
Establishes "New Jersey Target Zero Commission."
Exempts receipts from sales of materials, supplies, and services for certain affordable housing projects from sales and use tax.
Authorizes taxicabs, limousines, and transportation network companies to provide paratransit services for two-year period.*
Extends annual horse racing purse subsidies through State fiscal year 2029.
"New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program.
Requires local unit to accept electronic payment of construction code fees.
Codifies early language instruction program for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind children in DHS.*
Revises procedures governing audits of election results.
Requires appointment of alternate members of Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preservation Commission.
Requires establishment of automated platform to expedite construction code approval of applications to install residential solar energy systems.
Authorizes enforcement of landscape irrigation law by local enforcing agency and increases penalties.
Requires electric public utilities to submit annual report on voting to BPU.
Passed the General Assembly6
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.*
"General Contractor Licensing Act;" provides for regulation of general contractors and general contracting businesses.*
Requires DEP to consider potential impacts to natural resources when classifying dams according to hazard potential.
Directs BPU to adopt rules and regulations concerning small modular nuclear reactors; authorizes EDA to incentivize construction and operation of such reactors.
Concerns keyless locking mechanisms and burglar's tools.
Requires BPU to work with neighboring states to research and recommend certain action concerning electric capacity and transmission.
Out of committee23
Establishes NJ Gross Income Tax EasyFile Program; pilot program to allow Division of Taxation to prepare gross income tax return forms for certain taxpayers.
Revises "Athletic Training Licensure Act."
Establishes expedited construction plan review program.
Provides tax credits for hiring certain military spouses.
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.
Creates task force to study feasibility of paperless State government.
Directs BPU to establish rebate program for purchase of electric bicycles.*
Concerns motor vehicles overtaking certain pedestrians and persons operating bicycles and personal conveyances.
Prohibits use of biometric surveillance system by business entity under certain circumstances.
Removes requirement that local units may only provide broadband telecommunication service via wireless community service.
Requires DOT to provide additional information in annual report on pavement condition; makes report available to public.*
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in City of Jersey City in Hudson County.
Appropriates unexpended funds from "New Jersey Bridge Rehabilitation and Improvement and Railroad Right-of-way Preservation Bond Act of 1989."
Concerns hospitality franchise agreements.
Permits certain motor vehicles to display both amber and green warning lights.
Requires emergency medical technicians and firefighters to receive training concerning electric vehicle fires.
Allows for operation of crematories at locations not situated on cemetery grounds or funeral homes properties; provides for issuance of permits for certain crematories.
Authorizes EDA to use moneys in "Global Warming Solutions Fund" to support projects to refurbish or upgrade existing electricity generation facilities.
Requires Commissioner of Education and Local Finance Board approval for certain board of education leases exceeding 20 years; authorizes boards to enter into 20-year lease purchase agreements for improvements or additions to school buildings.
Permits county boards of elections to extend distance within which electioneering is prohibited.
Designates overpass of Stelton Road on Interstate Highway Route 287 as "Officer Conklin-Officer Cady Memorial Overpass."
Modifies provisions concerning licenses for persons who transport, broker, or process solid waste or soil and fill recyclable materials.
Creates regulatory scheme, in line with federal law, on sale of certain hemp-derived cannabinoid products; repeals law concerning intoxicating hemp.
In committee86
Requires construction of sidewalks along certain routes within certain radius of public schools.
Requires professional services contract for legal services on behalf of State agency be memorialized in writing within 30 days.
Permits pharmacists to adjust increment in which medication is dispensed for certain prescriptions.
Changes deadline for submission of public questions from school board to county clerk for printing on ballot to 35 days before April school election.
Increases days of paid leave of absence for public employees who serve in United States Reserves.
Requires telecommunications service providers to provide call mitigation technology to subscribers.
Permits four-year institution of higher education to award associate degrees.
Provides that purchase of insulin is not subject to deductible; requires health insurers to limit copayments and coinsurance for insulin; requires insulin manufacturers to submit report to Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from requiring covered persons to use mail service pharmacies.
Requires municipal-wide reassessment of real property under certain circumstances.
Eliminates requirement to submit sales tax exemption form for textbook purchases.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Excludes permit applications for construction of certain pipelines and related infrastructure from eligibility for automatic approval if DEP fails to take action on application within 90 days.
Requires certain economic incentive recipients to pay penalty for nonperformance.
Provides secondary classroom experience credit towards meeting requirements of classroom training portion of registered apprenticeship.
Establishes certain penalties on clinical laboratories regarding receipt of Medicaid overpayments, and on entities engaged in business with such clinical laboratories.
Requires entities performing certain construction services on public contracts to carry errors and omissions insurance.
Concerns carrier networks and health care providers in which carrier has financial interest.
Concerns certain unfair practices of health insurers.
Concerns standards for non-renewal or termination of certain health care professionals from insurance carrier's provider network.
Caps interest rate for redemption of tax lien at nine percent per year.
Requires candidate for elective public office to file with nominating petition specific affirmation that candidate has not been convicted of disqualifying crimes.
Authorizes religious corporations to hold remote meetings during state of emergency declared by Governor.
Requires licensing of pet groomers and registration of certain other businesses; establishes certain licensing and operating requirements.
Permits paid leave by public officers and employees for inactive duty military training.
Establishes ranking criteria for certain nonpoint source pollution control grants issued by DEP.
Prohibits use of anti-concurrent causation clauses in homeowners insurance policies.
Establishes Climate Change Mitigation and Resilience Financing Program in NJ Infrastructure Bank; imposes per-kilowatt hour charge on electric energy consumption to finance climate change mitigation and resilience projects.
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Concerns development of safe indoor storage standards for certain energy storage system batteries.
Establishes State purchasing preference for pervious pavement material; provides CBT tax credit to certain taxpayers that purchase pervious pavement material for municipal, county, or State construction or improvement projects.
Provides for licensure of landscape professionals and registration of professional landscaping businesses.
Allows for operation of crematories at locations not situated on cemetery grounds or funeral home properties.
Establishes limits on zoning restrictions for certain electric battery storage equipment installation.
Requires CATV companies to provide free broadband Internet service and associated equipment to public libraries and, under certain circumstances, other municipal buildings.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish "NJ Whole Food" pilot program; appropriates $1,000,000.
Prohibits State from investing pension and annuity funds in manufacturers or wholesale distributors of tobacco products.
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.
Authorizes certain large food waste generators to send food waste to sanitary landfill facilities for purpose of generating Class I renewable energy.
"Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Provides for notification to new residents regarding banned weapons.
Revises State renewable energy portfolio standards.
Directs DEP to take certain actions concerning identification and testing of microplastics in drinking water, and requires DEP and BPU to study and promote use of microplastics removal technologies.
Directs DEP to establish rebate program for purchase of microfiber washing machine filter or replacement filter; appropriates $2.5 million.
Establishes disaster relief grant program to provide municipalities with training, supply stockpiles, and technology to assist residents with certain applications; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes tax credit for portion of qualifying educational expenditures made by taxpayer on behalf of child.
Changes deadline for unaffiliated mail-in voters to declare their political party before primary election.
Prohibits collection of biometric identifier information by public or private entity under certain circumstances.
Establishes "Catalytic Converter Theft Prevention Pilot Program" in DLPS; makes appropriation.
Directs BPU to conduct study to determine feasibility, marketability, and costs of implementing large-scale geothermal heat pump systems in State.
Requires DOT to study ability of each public highway to accommodate additional weight of electric vehicles.
Requires BPU to designate solar portion of critical renewable microgrid as solar energy project under Community Solar Energy Program; requires Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness to designate certain microgrids as assets of importance.
Requires DOT and DLPS to implement weigh-in-motion monitoring program.
Directs installation of hydrogen refueling stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of certain hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
Prohibits use of schools as polling places.
Prohibits MVC from charging service fees for online services.
Authorizes issuance of classic NJ license plates.
Requires electric public utility to charge residential rate for service used by residential customer for electric vehicle charging at charging stations within certain designated parking spaces.
Allows resident taxpayers to deduct from gross income fifty percent of amount paid through E-ZPass for NJTA tolls.
Requires DOT to prioritize green stormwater infrastructure in design, construction, reconstruction, and repair of public highways.
Permits municipalities to require developers to make contributions for mass transit improvements.
Permits municipalities to require that new construction be solar ready.
Requires DOH to develop mobile cancer screening program; appropriates $100,000.
Permits eligible high school students to take certain courses at county college.
Revises requirements for assessing nursing home health, safety, and operations and for taking action against low-performing nursing homes.
Requires water supply system testing and compliance with secondary drinking water regulations.
The "Healthy and Affordable Construction for Tomorrow Act."
Requires juveniles to appear before court in county where alleged delinquency complaint occurred.
Requires BPU to allow low- and moderate-income residential customers to self-attest to income for participation in community solar programs.
Requires Internet websites which deal in electronic dissemination of music or audiovisual works to disclose certain information.
Makes local government business administrators eligible for membership in PERS; provides for transfer from Defined Contribution Retirement Program to PERS.
Requires DOH and DEP to develop best practices, and certain health care providers to develop plan, concerning medical waste management.
Establishes Office of Cybersecurity Infrastructure.
Permits Department of Agriculture to regulate sale and distribution of hemp-derived consumable products under certain circumstances.
Provides that fines for municipal housing or zoning code violations may be imposed by municipality each day violation continues.
Requires DEP to adopt rules and regulations establishing alternative provisions by which vehicle manufacturers may comply with Low Emission Vehicle program.
Removes project capacity limit for community solar energy projects.
Permits county clerk to require electronic submission of certain documents.
Requires DEP to conduct study of short and long term effects of water use by large-scale data centers.
Establishes autonomous vehicle pilot program.
Increases solar development goals of SREC-II program and extends certain target dates of program to 2035.
Requires public entities to enter into project labor agreements in certain public works projects at or above $3 million.
Establishes Fusion Energy and Technology Incentive Program in EDA to encourage use of power plants for fusion energy and technology purposes; authorizes funds in Global Warming Solutions Fund to support fusion energy and technology facilities.
Establishes "New Jersey Gold Star Family Annuity Program."
Modifies various provisions of State's renewable energy incentive programs; requires electric public utilities to interconnect certain solar projects.
Carried from the Senate
Became law10
Revises "Athletic Training Licensure Act."
Concerns motor vehicles overtaking certain pedestrians and persons operating bicycles and personal conveyances.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in City of Jersey City in Hudson County.
Appropriates unexpended funds from "New Jersey Bridge Rehabilitation and Improvement and Railroad Right-of-way Preservation Bond Act of 1989."
Requires DOT to provide additional information in annual report on pavement condition; makes report available to public.*
Permits certain motor vehicles to display both amber and green warning lights.
Permits county boards of elections to extend distance within which electioneering is prohibited.
Designates overpass of Stelton Road on Interstate Highway Route 287 as "Officer Conklin-Officer Cady Memorial Overpass."
Creates regulatory scheme, in line with federal law, on sale of certain hemp-derived cannabinoid products; repeals law concerning intoxicating hemp.*
Modifies provisions concerning licenses for persons who transport, broker, or process solid waste or soil and fill recyclable materials.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 45
Makes disabled persons receiving disability payments pursuant to federal Railroad Retirement Act eligible to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
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.*
Establishes certain guidelines for SHBP, SEHBP, and Medicaid concerning step therapy protocols.
Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*
Requires solid waste management district to develop strategy to reduce food waste; requires DEP to adopt certain rules and regulations regarding composting facilities.*
Establishes Office of Learning Equity and Academic Recovery in DOE.*
Increases traffic threshold for local installation of certain speed humps on certain local streets without DOT approval.
Authorizes school district that moves its annual school election to November to submit separate proposals for additional spending for budget year and subsequent budget year.
Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications.
Enters NJ in Social Work Licensure Compact.
Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer.
Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of certain property for lead drinking water hazards.*
Criminalizes failure to return erroneous person-to-person electronic payments following proper notification.
"Swift Access For Emergency Response Actions Preservation Program (SAFER APP)"; authorizes Attorney General to order turn-by-turn navigation systems to reroute vehicular traffic under certain conditions.
Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."
"Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act."
Changes classification of State Investigators in civil service.
Permits partnerships and joint ventures to bid on certain public works and prevailing wage contracts if each party to partnership or joint venture is independently registered.*
Requires social media companies to establish toll-free telephone number for NJ account holders to report fraudulent account actions.
Prohibits sports wagering partnerships at public institutions of higher education.
Requires DOH to develop informational materials on type 1 diabetes and DOE to distribute to parents and guardians of enrolled students.*
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.*
Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.
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.
Requires driver education and testing on responsibilities when approaching and passing pedestrians and persons operating bicycles and personal conveyances; requires driver's manual to include information on sharing roadway with motorists for certain road users.*
Requires members of historic preservation commissions to complete historic preservation planning course.
Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components.
Concerns rights of juvenile defendants who elect to be tried as adults.
Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances.*
Requires enforcing agency to conduct inspection of construction in specified time window.
Requires certain providers of transportation services to develop and publish route schedules.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of certain election related deadlines.
Directs DOLWD to develop and maintain industry-valued credential list.
Requires BPU to procure and incentivize transmission-scale energy storage.
Requires Director of Division of Local Government Services in DCA to establish grant program to enhance local government efficiency; appropriates $1.5 million.
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 BPU to study effects of data centers on electricity costs.*
Directs BPU to study feasibility of developing advanced reactors Statewide.**
Requires DCA to enable certain construction subcode applicants to electronically submit certain materials for permit application review; limits requirements for physical seal on documents at worksite.
Authorizes certain energy projects involving installation of transmission and distribution wires that cross preserved farmland.*
Vetoed · 5
Requires pay for extracurricular activities to be included in compensation for TPAF purposes.
Establishes exemption from ban on importation of woodchucks under certain circumstances.
Establishes certain State funding preferences for municipalities that enhance opportunities to develop housing.
Requires State entities purchase five percent of goods and services from Central Nonprofit Agency; requires Division of Purchase and Property establish training protocols for all purchasing agents; grants Central Nonprofit Agency right of first refusal.*
Requires cancellation option for any subscription service and establishes certain standards pertaining to use of negative option features.
Passed the General Assembly · 36
Requires public water systems to provide certain notice of boil water notices.*
Directs DEP to develop guidelines concerning State and local government purchase of goods made from recycled material.
Authorizes creation and issuance of veteran license plates.
Requires DEP, DOH, owners or operators of certain public community water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings or facilities to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.*
Establishes requirements to evaluate certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for preeclampsia.*
Directs DOE and DOH to develop guidelines for school districts and institutions of higher education concerning student vaping awareness campaigns.
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.
Revises "New Jersey Money Transmitters Act"; provides consumer protections; increases reporting and record keeping requirements.
Requires Department of Agriculture to take various actions to publicize and promote community supported agriculture in New Jersey.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Prohibits and imposes criminal penalty on disclosure of certain intentionally deceptive audio or visual media within 90 days of election.*
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Authorizes local governments to provide voluntary contributions to certain nonprofit veterans' organizations.
Increases maximum age for pediatric long-term care facility residents to 26.
Provides gross income tax deduction to eligible educators and paraprofessionals for expense of classroom supplies.
Establishes protected leave under "Family Leave Act" and family temporary disability leave benefits for bereavement for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances.*
Establishes crime of fertility fraud.
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.*
Requires signs to be posted in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.*
Revises penalties for certain prohibited sales of tobacco and vapor products and smoking in indoor places.*
Clarifies consent to being photographed, filmed, or recorded in a sexual manner does not include or imply consent to disclosure of image.
Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.
Establishes New Jersey-India Commission.
Establishes "Home Security Systems Anti-Burglary Task Force."
Requires Attorney General to conduct study tracking residential burglaries and issue guidance to law enforcement and public.
Allows sentencing to extended term for repeat convictions of receipt of stolen property.
Limits negotiated plea agreements for crime of burglary when firearm involved.
Establishes separate crime of burglary of residential dwelling.
Requires transfer of certain participants of DCRP to PERS.*
Requires AG to review Statewide policy regarding investigation of human trafficking.
Broadens public awareness signage to include notices in Chinese and Korean.
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 appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Out of committee · 82
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 72 hours.
Requires AG to establish rape kit tracking system.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Establishes NJT Office of Customer Advocate and Rider Advocacy Commission.
"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.*
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DOH for Huntington's Disease Grant Program.
Requires certain State employees to receive training in cybersecurity best practices.
Requires Commissioner of Department of Veterans Affairs to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.*
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Authorizes creation of honorably discharged veteran license plates.*
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Requires environmental sustainability plan for State House Complex.
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.*
Prohibits public officials from accepting virtual currency and non-fungible tokens as gifts.
Establishes Deepfake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.*
Establishes public awareness campaign on dangers of social media use to minors; appropriates $500,000.
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $1 million.*
Requires Administrative Law Judges to be enrolled in Workers Compensation Judges Part of PERS.
Exempts certain plastic materials processed at advanced plastic processing facilities from State laws regulating solid waste disposal and recycling.
Requires new flooring for schools, community centers, and child care centers to be certified mercury-free.**
Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $25,000 appropriation.*
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.
Broadens eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Directs Department of Agriculture in consultation with DOE, to establish Internet-based school meals application.*
Revises certain requirements concerning eligibility for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Establishes crime of doxxing.
Renames Juvenile Justice Commission as Youth Justice Commission.
Establishes New Jersey Veterans' Organization Building Grant Program.
Changes membership of board of trustees of SPRS to remove requirement that two members be private citizens.
Codifies Eagleton Science and Politics Fellowship Program at Eagleton Institute of Politics; makes appropriation.
"CJ's Law"; Criminalizes manufacture, sale, and possession of substances containing kratom.
Requires public institution of higher education to readmit student whose enrollment was interrupted due to military service.
Requires rental car company to provide notice to renter to delete personal information from motor vehicle computer system upon return of vehicle.*
Requires municipalities, counties, and school districts to report cybersecurity incidents.
Revises workers' compensation law to increase contingency attorney fee cap in contingency case from 20 percent to 25 percent.
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.*
Requires notice of motor vehicle safety recalls upon inspection and registration of motor vehicle; requires motor vehicle manufacturers to pay annual fee to MVC in certain circumstances.*
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Requires employer or contractor engaged in work for public body to submit payroll records to DOLWD.*
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey"; appropriates $5 million.**
Authorizes school districts to submit separate proposals for additional spending for subsequent budget year at special school election.
Designates State Highway Route 42 and Interstate Highway Route 295 interchange as "Ensign John R. Elliott Memorial Interchange."*
Establishes crimes of home invasion burglary and residential burglary.*
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.**
Establishes Task Force on Aging in State of New Jersey in DOH.
Provides certain requirements concerning railroad safety.
Establishes fee refund program for businesses applying for permits, licenses, or certifications in this State.
Requires electric public utilities to implement certain improvements to interconnection process for certain grid supply solar facilities and energy storage facilities.*
Establishes Next New Jersey Program for artificial intelligence investments.
Directs DOE to create New Jersey Education Funding Portal to make available to school districts and public State school aid information.
Requires study of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
Requires MVC to utilize legal name including roman numerals on certain documents issued by MVC.
Establishes certain requirements for State and local governments awarding contracts or grants to nonprofit organizations.
"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.
"Welcome Home Veterans Act"; requires MVC to provide veteran benefit information packets.
Prohibits business entities from selling or manufacturing certain personal flotation devices not approved by United States Coast Guard.
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 BPU to establish beneficial building electrification and decarbonization program and requires certain entities to submit plans to implement individual beneficial building electrification and decarbonization programs.*
Requires guidelines on student use of internet-enabled devices to be developed by DOE and policy to be adopted by governing body of each public school.**
Extends certain provisions of P.L.2022, c.9.
Directs DEP and DOT to establish "Wildlife Corridor Action Plan." *
Requires DEP to implement Advanced Clean Trucks regulations no earlier than January 1, 2027.
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.
Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to offer no-fee option to parents for making school lunch and other payments; requires payment processing platforms used by certain schools to provide users with information on user fees.*
Upgrades penalties for certain prostitution crimes; creates crimes of leader of prostitution network and participant in prostitution network.
Makes various changes to school funding law and Educational Adequacy Report; establishes Special Education Funding Review Task Force.*
Revises process for reporting lost or stolen registration plates to law enforcement agencies and MVC.
Requires EDA to include social media development services in services offered through Small Business E-commerce Support Program.
Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs.
Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU.
Requires BPU to revise community solar program targets.
Establishes Bridge Transportation Asset Management Plan Pilot Program; appropriates $9.5 million.
Requires BPU to study potential deployment of advanced transmission technologies in NJ.
Establishes abandoned mine reclamation program in DOT.
Establishes advanced nuclear energy program in BPU.
Requites BPU to establish distributed energy storage programs.*
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Clarifies notice required to be provided to property taxpayers of a change in interest rate on delinquent property taxes under certain emergency circumstances; permits municipality to extend grace period under certain emergency circumstances.
Allows utility lines necessary for certain solar energy generation facilities to cross municipally-owned preserved open space under certain circumstances.
Expands volunteer tuition credit program to volunteers and eligible dependents enrolled in four-year public institutions of higher education and increases maximum value of tuition credit.
Provides that average time to issue licenses to physicians shall not exceed 51 days.
Requires newly-manufactured school buses to be equipped with global positioning system.
Establishes Employment Application Registry database in Division of State Police.
Requires manufacturers of electric vehicles to establish and implement electric vehicle battery management plans.
Requires MVC to establish system for salvage processors to electronically process salvage certificates of title.
Requires DOE to establish comprehensive searchable website concerning educational programs and resources available to special education students.
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.
Requires BPU to study and implement methods to allow additional distributed energy sources to interconnect to electrical grid.
Allows certain State professional and occupational licensees to work from remote location under certain circumstances.
Requires local boards of education to employ at least one school social worker per school.
Requires local boards of education to employ certain number of staff with expertise in student mental health.
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.
Provides free admission to State parks, forests, and beaches for certain veterans and military personnel.
Requires BPU, electric power suppliers, and gas suppliers to publish certain information related to filing of customer complaints.
Creates State business assistance program to establish contracting agency procurement goals for socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply and develop policy governing use of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies.
Expands child tax credit eligibility to resident taxpayers with children ages six to 11.
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
Provides temporary gross income tax credit to first time home buyers and seniors.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Provides for uniform regulation of small wireless facility deployment in this State.
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.
Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.
Establishes two-year pilot program requiring certain law enforcement agencies to coordinate with local school districts to identify and assist at-risk youths.
Vacant Storefront Registry Program; establishes public database of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
Permits public high school students to opt out of physical education and sports programs during Ramadan.
Establishes Office of Supportive Action Functionality Experts to prepare for catastrophic loss of technological services.
Authorizes issuance of electronic copies of vital records.
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to conduct study and issue report on impact of artificial intelligence on growth of State's economy.
Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.
Prohibits social media platforms from using certain practices or features that cause child users to become addicted to platform.
Allows voters to submit application to vote by mail using electronic mail-in ballot application form through website maintained by Secretary of State up to seven days before election.
Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Establishes State board to oversee implementation and evaluation of State pilot programs.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain imaging related to breast cancer detection.
Prohibits use of receipt paper containing bisphenol A.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Requires registration of data brokers and prohibits brokering of certain health records.
Concerns procedures with respect to repair of certain public utility facilities and related street repaving.
Prohibits court from awarding custody of or limiting visitation with child based on certain factors.
Establishes fund for DEP for Blue Acres acquisition and relocation projects; appropriates $25 million.
Requires institution of higher education to report allegation of sexual misconduct by health care professional to licensing board for investigation.
Requires DCA to track natural disaster-related spending by State and local government.
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC.
The "Liberty State Park Protection Act"; establishes Liberty State Park Advisory Committee and requirements concerning DEP actions related to Liberty State Park.
Authorizes conversion of certain office parks and retail centers to mixed-use developments.
Concerns development of accessory dwelling units and related municipal land use regulations.*
Prohibits creation or disclosure of deceptive audio or visual media, known as "deepfakes," under certain circumstances.
Require business seeking to perform State contract to disclose certain labor and employment law violations.
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.
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.
Increases amounts of property tax deductions for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, and veterans, from $250 to $500.
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.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, application to roadway, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Requires entities to remove abandoned lines and mark information on certain lines.
Reduces parking spaces required in Statewide site improvement standards at residential developments relative to development's proximity to public transportation.
Requires State entities to recycle certain materials and provide recycling bins in State buildings.
Revises various provisions of law governing construction of school facilities projects and operations of New Jersey Schools Development Authority; establishes "Charter School and Renaissance School Project Facilities Loan Program" in EDA.
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Requires public and nonpublic schools with lunch programs to provide free lunch to increasing numbers of income-eligible students and, after five-year phase-in, to provide free lunch to all students, regardless of income or federal eligibility.
Permits dogs as service and emotional support animals at State veterans' residential facilities.
Establishes "The Voter Convenience Act" to allow voters to vote at any polling place in their municipality on election day.
Increases benefit amounts and expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
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.
"New Jersey Student Support Act"; establishes program in Department of Treasury to provide tax credits to taxpayers contributing to organization which awards scholarships to certain nonpublic school students.
"Cancer Patient Care and Compassion Act."
"New Jersey Motorcycle Awareness and Safety Act"; requires DOT to develop public awareness campaign for motorcycle day.
Requires DOT to ensure electric vehicle charging stations are accessible to disabled drivers.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Requires certain large developments, to be used as retail facility or warehouse, to be designed and constructed to accommodate load associated with solar panels.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of date on which primary elections will be held if date coincides with period of religious observance.
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 DCA to review and amend State Uniform Construction Code concerning parking structures to address increased weight of electric vehicles.
Prohibits health club services contracts from limiting liability for injuries caused by negligence of health club.
"Safe Mobility Education Act"; requires public school instruction on pedestrian, cycling, and motor vehicle safety.
Requires health insurance coverage of screening for Alzheimer's disease and related disorders for certain covered persons.
Permits Department of Human Services to appoint persons separate from civil service eligible list under certain circumstances.
Makes victims of motor vehicle accidents eligible for VCCO compensation under certain circumstances; establishes Traffic Crash Victim's Bill of Rights.
Requires MVC to establish and administer online application for REAL ID identification cards and REAL ID licenses.
Clarifies requirements for land use plan element and housing plan element of municipal master plan.
Establishes abandoned mine reclamation program in DEP.
Expands responsibilities of Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and establishes "Problematic Sexual Behavior Program"; appropriates $8.5 million.
Requires underground structural assessment prior to commencing public highway or public transportation projects within close proximity to operating or retired mines.
Lowers minimum amount of uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers.
Establishes "New Jersey Alzheimer's Disease Master Plan Study Commission."