Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Craig J. Coughlin
Sponsored
Became law11
Exempts veterans' organizations from nonprofit corporation annual report filing fee.
Requires AG and county prosecutor to provide notification on website concerning persons indicted or prosecuted for crimes under certain circumstances.*
Adds cyber-harassment to the domestic violence statutes.
Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements.
Makes changes to funding provisions for financial assistance and grants from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.
Authorizes municipal governing body to create and maintain list of municipal residents in need of special assistance in case of emergency for public safety purposes.
Permits certain public institutions of higher education to make purchases and contract for services as participating contracting units in cooperative pricing systems and through use of nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreements.
Updates references to DOC and DHS and refers to persons receiving services from DHS.
Revises application deadline for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Requires MVC to allow submission of vehicle identification number to "Next-of-Kin Registry." *
Regulates pharmacy benefits managers as organized delivery systems.**
Vetoed1
Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.
Passed the General Assembly8
Allows certain State agencies to sell Internet advertisements on agencies' websites as pilot program.
Requires managed care plans, SHBP, and SEHBP to provide for reasonable accommodation in accessing providers for persons with physical disabilities.
Permits municipalities to hold certain inactive liquor licenses reserved for smart growth developments for an additional five years.
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.
Provides certain overtime requirements for air carrier employees.
Permits certain appointee to retain civil service position if eligibility error was made by Civil Service Commission.
Expands health insurance coverage for behavioral health services and autism and enhances enforcement and oversight of mental health parity laws. *
Prohibits application of fiduciary standard to insurance producers; specifies qualifications of persons providing affidavit of merit in lawsuits against insurance producers.
Out of committee10
Establishes electronic lien and titling system for New Jersey motor vehicles.
Exempts local public contracts with start-up manufacturers that invest in redevelopment areas from bidding requirements.
"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."
Establishes "Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Bond Financing Act," authorizing issuance of bonds secured by pledge of Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant proceeds, municipal liens, and special assessment; expands "Redevelopment Area Bond Financ
Exempts cable television subscriber from notifying cable television company, Office of Cable Television, or other complaint officer of cable television service outage to receive credit or rebate.
Requires EDA to establish program offering low-interest loan to certain financial institutions and personal data businesses to protect business's information technology system from customer personal information disclosure.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain home elevation expenses.
Allows State-owned, municipally-managed Blue Acres lands to be used for freshwater wetlands mitigation projects.
Revises "New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act."
Concerns prescribing of certain controlled dangerous substances; requires practitioners to check prescription monitoring information before issuing certain prescriptions to emergency department patients; authorizes medical scribes and athletic trainers to
In committee37
Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
Authorizes special license plates for members of United States Coast Guard.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Provides for transfer and sale of inactive liquor licenses for use in qualifying smart growth municipalities.
Authorizes immediate euthanasia of impounded stray animals that are injured or ill beyond hope of recovery.
Requires health insurers and SHBP to provide certain mental health benefits for eating disorders under same terms and conditions as for other illnesses and diseases.
Authorizes development and operation of computer system which would allow electronic access to outstanding arrest warrant information.
Permits health care providers to report certain patient health problems to MVC.
Requires local governments and school boards in SHBP/SEHBP to certify savings based on three bids from non-SHBP/SEHBP plans before continuing SHBP/SEHBP in new collective negotiations agreements.
"Naturopathic Doctors Licensing Act."
Provides corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization, and expansion, or hiring and training of new employees for manufacturing purposes.
Requires DEP to send notice of decision on certain freshwater wetlands permit applications to certain individuals via postcard.
Permits county resident to volunteer for jury service.
Expands definition of "public building" for purposes of the CDS distribution laws.
Establishes strategic road salt reserve fund and strategic road salt reserve within DOT.
Permits certain breweries to sell beer at community farm markets.
Allows consumption of food on limited brewery premises.
Authorizes restricted breweries to annually sell up to 1,000 barrels of beer to in-State and out-of-state retailers.
Revises "Local Bond Law" provisions to exempt certain energy projects from appropriation requirement for five percent down payment.
Provides tax credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for certain costs incurred in purchase of equipment used by private facilities to conduct motor vehicle safety inspections.
Requires public utilities to set bill due date to no earlier than 20 days past postmarked date if mailed by regular mail, or 20 days past sent date if sent electronically.
Makes technical corrections to individual health coverage and small employer health benefits programs and to NJ FamilyCare.
Defines "mobile home park" as "multiple dwelling" for inspection purposes.
Establishes rights related to property appraisals following natural disasters.
Creates an integrated State medical examiner system by increasing the authority of the State Medical Examiner regarding forensic investigations, establishing regional medical examiner offices, and eliminating the county medical examiner system.
Concerns contributions to special funds made through the gross income tax return.
Establishes gross income tax credit for cost of certain postage for sending goods to members of United States Armed Forces and National Guard who are serving their country away from home.
Requires boards of education to conduct student vision screenings that include evaluation of visual acuity and binocular vision.
Permits water and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings.
Increases membership of State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees; requires membership to include two active and two retired members.
Aligns timeframe for renewal of disability identification card and placard with renewal of driver's license.
Broadens scope of information sharing and civil immunity therefor, related to insurance fraud.
Excludes donations up to $15,000 when determining income eligibility for applicants to the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund program.
Sets time periods for conditions in certain real estate contracts to begin at completion of attorney review period; allows notification of contract disapproval during attorney review by certain methods.
Permits candidates for school board to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on ballot; permits short nonpolitical designation of principles on petitions and ballots.
Expands list of controlled dangerous substances for which prescribers and pharmacists are required to check prescription monitoring information.
Provides for uniform testing and reporting of drug overdose deaths and consolidated service purchasing by medical examiners, and expands list of places where State Medical Examiner may be authorized to use lab facilities.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Establishes electronic lien and titling system for New Jersey motor vehicles.
Concerns prescribing of certain controlled dangerous substances; requires practitioners to check prescription monitoring information before issuing certain prescriptions to emergency department patients; authorizes medical scribes and athletic trainers to
Co-sponsored
Became law · 60
"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.
Requires NJT to hold public hearing and provide notice prior to any curtailment of certain bus and rail services.
Prohibits installation and sale of wheel weights containing lead or mercury; prohibits sale of new motor vehicles equipped with wheel weights containing lead or mercury.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Prohibits MVC from imposing duplicate license or identification card fee and digitized picture fee if duplicate is requested to reflect change in organ donor status.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the NJ World War II Veterans' Memorial Fund.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Protects employee rights to ownership and usage of employee inventions developed entirely on employee's own time and without using employer's resources.
Requires annual notice of assessment on property to contain bolded notice of filing deadline for appeal.
Permits bowling alleys, including alleys licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, to conduct amusement games.
Regulates use of motor vehicle payment assurance devices.
Permits increase in municipal free public library tax upon voter approval.
Requires health care professionals engaged in prenatal care to provide parents of newborns with information on health insurance coverage for newborn children.*
Requires local governments and authorities to obtain financing cost estimate from NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust for certain projects.*
Expands eligibility of inmates for medical parole and requires inmate's enrollment in Medicaid under certain circumstances.
Requires development and maintenance of data dashboard report to advise of open bed availability in residential facilities providing behavioral health services.
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special horse racing permit for steeplechase races; allows wagering on such races.
Establishes process for consideration of offers from short sale buyers during residential mortgage foreclosures.
Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.
Grants drivers additional time to resolve parking violations prior to license or registration suspension.*
Establishes "Veterans Affordable Housing Section 8 Voucher Pilot Program."
Permits homeless to receive certified copy of birth certificate without fee.
Authorizes use of emergency reserve fund or proceeds from bonds issued by EDA to finance school security improvements.
Clarifies that corporation may adopt "force the vote" provision in plan of merger or consolidation; allows directors to amend plan of merger or consolidation prior to effectiveness of plan.
Allows gross income taxpayers to use returns to make voluntary contributions to the Boy Scouts of America Councils in New Jersey.
Establishes "Secondhand Valuables Transaction Reporting Task Force."
Includes all disabled veterans in NJT discount program for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 6 months.*
Authorizes students in Marie H. Katzenbach school for the deaf to operate State vehicle for driver education and provides protection for such activity under tort claims act.*
Requires DOT Commissioner to develop public awareness programs and use variable message signs to inform motorists about State's "move over" law.
Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities; upgrades crimes committed against such individuals; and improves tranparency and accountability in investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of such individuals; designated as
Establishes Military and Defense Economic Ombudsman in DMVA.*
Permits local units of government to enter into shared services agreements with federal military installations located in the State.
Allows NJ STARS and NJ STARS II scholarship recipients to maintain program eligibility in the event that medical condition or recent death of parent or spouse prevents enrollment as full-time student.
Permits corporation to impose reasonable limitations or conditions on use or distribution of books and records by shareholders.
Revises law concerning foreign country money-judgment recognition.
Establishes microenterprise training program and assistance for microentrepreneurs; gives priority status to projects involving microenterprises under Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program.
Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.*
Permits authorities and local units operating water supply or sewerage facilities to waive, reduce, or defer sewerage and water service fees for deployed military personnel.
Extends expiration date of certain permits for one year in Superstorm Sandy-impacted counties.
Requires DMVA to create registry for organizations providing services to veterans.
Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families.
Requires restaurants to post DOH sign concerning food allergen awareness in kitchen or staff area.
Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.
Provides for monitoring and evaluation of transition of mental health and substance use disorder treatment service system and developmental disability system to fee-for-service reimbursement model; makes appropriation.*
Requires State Auditor to annually report on unspent State account balances.
Requires health insurance carriers; SHBP, and SEHBP to inform covered persons about organ and tissue donation.
Allows domestic violence victims to cancel television and telephone service contracts without paying early termination fee.
Concerns emergency assistance which is repaid by the recipient.
Designates portion of Route 18 in East Brunswick as "State Trooper Werner Foerster Memorial Interchange."
Establishes Gold Star Family Counseling Program in DMVA; creates tax credit for certain health care professionals.
Authorizes certain benefits for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty.
Requires municipal land use plan element of master plan to address smart growth, storm resiliency, and environmental sustainability issues.
Requires analyses and reporting of investment performance of pension funds; requires disclosure of fees paid to managers of certain funds in which State invests pension funds.
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.
Extends warranty for partial zero emission vehicles. *
Eliminates UI exemption for interns employed by hospitals.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to notify students and parents of availability of summer meals programs and locations where meals are served.
Establishes Montclair State University as public research university.
Vetoed · 16
Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program.*
Requires disclosure of breach of security of online account.
Requires DHS to give priority to temporary rental assistance over use of hotels or motels in emergency assistance to Work First New Jersey recipients.
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.
Extends by two months seasonal retail consumption alcoholic beverage license.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Establishes an apprenticeship requirement to qualify for an electrical contractor's license.
Extends duration of urban enterprise zones for 10 additional years; specifies permissable use of funds.*
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Concerns low emission and zero emission vehicles; establishes Clean Vehicle Task Force.
Requires Division of Parole to offer parole services to certain defendants who have served their maximum sentence.
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
Jake's Law; Incentivizes counties to design and construct completely inclusive playgrounds as a priority for State funding for recreational and conservation purposes.*
Extends duration of first five designated UEZs for two additional years; specifies permissible use of UEZ funds; requires DCA Commissioner to assess and issue report on UEZ program.
Establishes process for recovery of Superstorm Sandy aid overpayments and makes General Fund appropriation.*
"Safe Transportation Jobs and Fair Employment Rules Act."
Passed the General Assembly · 68
Increases New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit to 40 percent of federal benefit amount beginning in Tax Year 2016.
Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
Enhances the reporting and disclosure requirements concerning State tax expenditures and limits the duration of new State tax expenditure enactments.
Prohibits persons convicted of criminal animal cruelty offenses from owning domestic companion animals and from working or volunteering at animal-related enterprises; designated as "Moose's Law."
Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program.*
Allows modernization for the form of disbursement for certain State government and local unit payments to individuals and business entities.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Allows person with allergy to drugs or medications to voluntarily make notation on drivers license.
Requires fantasy sports provider to adopt policy prohibiting its employees from playing fantasy sports.
Establishes Behavioral Health Insurance Claims Advocacy Program.
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10.5 million to DCA for State Rental Assistance Program.
Exempts from disclosure as public record information provided by individual to government agency under certain circumstances.*
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.*
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10 million to DCA for Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund.
Limits forum of certain consumer contract disputes to New Jersey.*
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Provides for appointment to board of directors of New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange by Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
Adds to property tax levy cap exclusions increases in flood insurance premiums.
Creates exclusion from municipal property tax levy cap for amounts necessary to provide required matching funds to qualify for grants and other funds.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Suspends fines for certain first-time paperwork violations committed by small businesses.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Prohibits certain school districts under State intervention from leasing building if purchase price would be less than total costs of lease.
Allows tax credits for development of qualified wind energy facilities in certain portfield sites.
Requires DEP to offer to purchase and demolish certain contaminated residential property.
Expands the Address Confidentiality Program to include victims of sexual assault and stalking.
Revises definition of "necessary care" in the State's animal cruelty law to include more specific requirements.
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
Exempts certain health information contained in 9-1-1 calls from definition of government record.
Provides for priority consideration, by DCA, DEP, DOT, and municipalities, of permit applications for green building projects.
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Provides that President of Municipal Clerks' Association of New Jersey and one additional public member serve as members of Government Records Council.
Requires provisions regarding sellers' obligation to deliver marketable and insurable title in certain residential real estate contracts of sale.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.*
Requires certain CATV companies to provide free Internet access to public libraries.
Establishes notification standards for certain service contracts with automatic renewal.*
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Prohibits awarding of economic development subsidy to business if payment of principal and interest on previously awarded loan or loan guarantee is greater than 24 months overdue.
Creates restricted distillery license; permits holder therof to operate restaurant on licensed premises in Garden State Growth Zone.*
Requires consumer notification of vehicle warranty for aftermarket and recycled parts.
Permits persons convicted of driving with suspended license to be sentenced to labor assistance program.
Requires certain workers subject to prevailing wage requirements to be enrolled in, or have completed, registered apprenticeship.
Provides for special Bronze Star license plates.
Provides that PFRS definitions of widow, widower and spouse will include domestic partners of all PFRS members.
Directs DOT to establish roadside accident memorial program.
Requires creditor to provide mortgage payoff balance on home loan within five business days after notification of request.
Provides procedure to cancel mortgage of record by affidavit of entitled person under certain circumstances.
Establishes "Art in Storefronts" initiative within the Main Street New Jersey program.
Requires depository institutions to provide paper account statements to elder adults.
Requires State to pledge to ensure availability of job training or similar activities to certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to prevent loss of benefits.
Authorizes attorney-at-law who validates an affidavit, acknowledgment, proof, oath, or affirmation to affix a seal indicating that he is an attorney-at-law. *
Creates New Jersey Crude Oil by Rail Safety Task Force.
Requires DOT to compensate local government entities for contractual delay damages resulting from shutdown of transportation projects funded by Transportation Trust Fund; authorizes local government entities to use certain funds for transportation project
Authorizes annual issuance of permit to sell alcoholic beverages at seasonal farm market.
Eliminates use of standardized assessments as measure of student growth or progress in evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals.
Requires Attorney General to establish victims of identity theft database.
Expands Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Programs to include assistance for water utility bill.
Permits theaters with 100 seats or more to apply for liquor license.
Revises "Fair Foreclosure Act."
Allows for cancellation of certain service contracts without paying early termination fee if customer becomes deceased prior to end of service contract.
Clarifies excuse from jury service for active duty members of the military or reserve; repeals N.J.S.38A:4-6.
Creates grant program for business accelerator and incubator networks; transfers $1 million in societal benefits charge revenues to EDA to administer program.
Directs Department of Agriculture in consultation with DOE to establish online applications for National School Lunch Program and school breakfast programs.*
Requires State parks, forests, and other natural and historic areas to remain open to public for seven days if emergency is declared due to failure to enact general appropriation law as prescribed by NJ Constitution.
Out of committee · 67
Establishes position of State Oceanographer.
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
Revises homestead property tax reimbursement eligibility requirements for certain claimants relocating homesteads within the same municipality.
Provides job security to certain organ and bone marrow donors.
Prohibits use of smokeless tobacco in public schools.
Restricts use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities.
Establishes certain requirements for domestic violence training for certain judges and judicial personnel.*
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for maintenance of certain State memorials honoring war veterans.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by state in companies that boycott Isreal or Israeli businesses.*
Requires corporations qualifying for certain State development subsidy grants to repay entire grant amount if corporation fails to uphold grant terms.
Establishes a partial return to work TDI program.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Authorizes health care providers to engage in telemedicine and teleheath. *
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Upgrades domestic violence-related assault under certain circumstances.*
Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.
Requires DEP to submit annual financial report on status of certain fund balances.
Requires safeguards for anonymity and confidentiality with respect to communications presented through phone lines, electronic communication systems, or websites dedicated to accepting anonymous tips for use by law enforcement in criminal investigations.
Exempts senior homeowners from municipal building permit fees.
Adds two public members to NJT board and provides that all NJT board members are voting members.*
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Extends time municipalities have to commit fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units to six years.
Reduces maximum rate of interest to be charged for delinquent taxes from 18% to 12%.
Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police.
Directs Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish a pilot program to assist certain unemployed and underemployed individuals to complete a career and technical education certificate program in 12 months.
Requires NJT to provide locations at bus terminals and rail stations where bicycles may be safely secured.
Establishes Main Street Economic Growth Program to encourage business development in small, highly developed municipalities.
Permits municipality to establish civil penalty for smoking in public places.
Revises "Electronic Waste Management Act."
Establishes criminal background check and judgement search requirement for name change; prohibits name change in certain circumstances.*
Authorizes special Ancient Order of Hibernians license plate.
Requires Division of Rate Counsel to evaluate NJT fare increases and determine whether increases are necessary and fair to NJT customers.
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from NJEDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Establishes special motorcycle license plates for veterans.
Concerns equal pay for women and employment discrimination.
Requires NJ State Council on Arts to establish "Artist District" designation and select certain municipalities or areas within municipalities for such designation.
Amends Fiscal Year 2016 budget to provide one-half of certain environmental damage amounts recovered are appropriated for costs of remediation, restoration, and clean up.
Creates the New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing Council.
Establishes three-year Medicaid home visitation demonstration project.
Permits hospitals to establish system for making performance-based incentive payments to physicians.
Requires State agencies to vacate certain property in Trenton; allows EDA to offer incentives to private entities to locate to that property.
Establishes compensation program for law enforcement officers and certain other employees injured while performing official duties. *
Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.
Requires any State entity administering State or federal public benefit programs to verify recipient's personal information against death records to prevent payment to deceased individual.
Provides for notification of emergency contact in event of death of senior citizen in senior citizen housing facility.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Regulates certain servicing activities provided by mortgage servicing organizations for residential mortgage loans.
Permits candidates for school board to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on ballot; permits short nonpolitical designation of principles on petitions and ballots.*
Limits expulsions and suspensions for students in preschool through grade 2 with certain exceptions; requires early detection and prevention programs for behavioral issues in preschool through grade 2.
Concerns unemployment compensation and labor disputes.
Requires electronic health records systems to meet requirements to accept, process, and transmit prescriptions for Schedule II controlled dangerous substance.
Requires school district to adopt policy allowing students in grades 9 through 12 who participate in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities to earn varsity letter.
Changes the time when child placement review hearings are initiated from 45 days to 60 days.
Authorizes State and local law enforcement entities to contract for bulk purchasing of heroin antidote.
Requires employers to disclose certain wage information to employees.
Requires DMVA to notify county veterans' affairs office of death of certain military service members; requires office to have Gold Star liaison.
Directs Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development to work to promote basic skills training through organizations dedicated to the economic empowerment of specific segments of society, such as the African American Chamber of Comme
Imposes temporary surcharge on hotel occupancies in certain cities to fund public safety services.
Requires acceptance of universal dentist application for participation form by dental plan carriers.
Establishes system for portable benefits for workers who provide services to consumers through contracting agents.
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
Requires early retirement incentive offer before public safety department layoffs in municipalities in need of stabilization and recovery.
Changes year used to calculate TDI and FLI employee taxes from most recent calendar year to most recent fiscal year.
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of certain firearm components.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2018 to include new projects and revise allowable loan amounts for already approved projects.
In committee · 93
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Clarifies application of business personal property tax on local exchange telephone companies that were subject to tax as of April 1, 1997.
Provides grants to eligible businesses equal to 5% of annual base salary of new employees hired under employment grant component of Invest in New Jersey Business Grant Program.
Provides tax credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for certain costs incurred in purchase and installation of certain environmentally responsible business equipment.
Allows corporation business tax credits as incentives for redevelopment of distressed shopping centers.
Requires municipal agency under MLUL to notify prospective applicant of potential need for additional governmental approvals.
Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
Makes it a crime of the fourth degree for a public servant, during a state of emergency, to use or make disposition of a public resource in an unauthorized manner with purpose to obtain a benefit for himself or another.
Requires each school district to offer a summer payment plan for school district employees.
Concerns registration of contractors and sets criteria for responsible bidders in public work.
Requires DCA to establish procedures for inspection and abatement of mold hazards in residential buildings and school facilities, and certification programs for mold inspectors and mold hazard abatement workers.
Guarantees each municipality, at a minimum, Fiscal Year 2010 distribution of Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid in State Fiscal Year 2012.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Requires distribution of homestead benefits on or before October 31 of the State fiscal year during which an appropriation is made.
Creates white collar crime registry.
Establishes "New Jersey Higher Education Funding Formula Commission."
Requires New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority to annually prepare report on debt held by public institutions of higher education.
Requires State Auditor to conduct audit of fees charged by public institutions of higher education.
"Disaster Information Access Act"; requires utility service providers to report severe weather and emergency related service interruptions; directs utility service providers and State Office of Emergency Management to present reported information online a
Establishes insurance and safety requirements for companies that use digital network or software application to match passengers with drivers.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides one-third of motor vehicle fine moneys generated through State Police issued tickets go to municipality where violation occurred.
Clarifies "knockout game" assault as third-degree aggravated assault; permits juvenile offender 14 years of age or older committing such assault to be tried as adult offender.
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.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain sales of personal computers and certain sales of school supplies and equipment during first full weekend of August.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Requires health insurers to cover Lyme disease.
Modifies various aspects of charter school program including student enrollment procedures, revocation of charter, monitoring of charter schools, and collaboration between school districts and charter schools.
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Provides that no more than 120 credits will be required for baccalaureate degree awarded by a public institution and no more than 60 credits for an associate degree.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, makes crime subject to No Early Release Act, and upgrades burglary of a residence to a second degree crime under certain circumstances.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Requires public school districts to provide instruction on "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act" as part of core curriculum content standards.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Exempts military personnel receiving combat zone pay from the gross income tax.
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Increases minimum wage.
Transfers probation employees from Judiciary to State Parole Board.
Establishes school breakfast kiosk pilot program.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain contributions to New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) program.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
Clarifies that electronic public records do not have to be converted to different electronic formats under the State's open public records law.
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State 10 years.
Permits public-private partnership agreements for certain building and highway infrastructure projects; provides for EDA oversight.
Requires health care practitioners to inform patients of addiction potential of controlled dangerous substances prior to issuing prescription.
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
Requires county colleges to develop plan to achieve three-year graduation rate of at least 33 percent for full-time degree-program students by 2019-2020 academic year.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to study prevalence, cost, and quality of certain on-line courses compared to traditional classroom courses offered by institutions of higher education.
The "Full Marriage Recognition for Civil Union Couples Act"; recognizes certain civil unions as marriages dating back to inception of such civil unions.
Clarifies procedures for restoration of driver's license after suspension; authorizes the court to waive imprisonment under certain circumstances.
Requires school districts to take all steps to ensure adequate security for students when school is open as a polling place and provides that school district costs shall be deducted from the itemized list of expenses submitted by the county board of elect
Concerns eligible municipalities under the urban transit hub credit.
Permits municipalities to recover certain costs and fees from alcoholic beverage licensees charged with violations.
Provides for appointment of certain municipal court judges at the local or county level.
Reforms PANYNJ.
Establishes insurance and other requirements for transportation network companies and their drivers.
Revises law concerning alarm business licensees.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Requires certain civil actions against certain licensed persons to be brought within two years.
Provides additional State school aid to county vocational school districts in which enrollment increases by more than 10%.
Provides State aid for certain adult education programs.
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Clarifies that piercing or tattooing animals constitutes needless mutilation and animal cruelty.
Repeals statutory requirement of annual or biennial dog census.
Provides for the removal of a State Board of Education member for failure to attend three consecutive board meetings without good cause.
Requires executive county superintendent to designate a county special services school district or educational services commission as the county education services agency to assist local school districts in sharing services.
Permits municipality to pay tax refund in equal installments over period of three years.
Provides that settlement agents are not responsible for transmitting estimated gross income tax payment and forms for certain nonresident real estate transactions unless so responsible pursuant to contract.
Requires State Board of Education high school graduation requirements include instruction on tuition assistance programs and student loan debt; requires high school students to meet with guidance counselor to discuss tuition assistance and dual enrollment
Establishes New Jersey Business Action Center in Department of State.
Requires public institutions of higher education to provide student-athletes who lose athletic scholarships because of injuries sustained while participating in the athletic program with equivalent scholarships.
Excludes paraffin used in manufacture of candles from petroleum products gross receipts tax.
Requires hospitals and health care professionals to offer hepatitis C testing to certain individuals.
Increases the personal income tax's pension and retirement income exclusion fivefold over three years.
Establishes central registry of residents with special needs for use during emergencies.
Replaces Parole Board members with certain retired judges.
Provides certain automobile insurance coverage for certain persons in event of fraudulent actions by policyholders.
Clarifies that violation of "New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act" results in loss of motor vehicle liability insurance coverage in certain circumstances.
Prohibits hospice from charging patient for days on which patient is not present.
Authorizes county colleges to establish and operate student dormitories.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
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.
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing to disclose information.
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Amends Fiscal Year 2018 annual appropriation act to ensure involuntarily furloughed State employees receive retroactive salary payments for State government budget shut down.