Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Craig J. Coughlin
Sponsored
Became law15
Establishes Stay NJ property tax credit program; establishes Stay NJ Task Force; expands income limit and modifies ownership requirement for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement; enhances ANCHOR benefits for seniors; and makes appropriations.*
Concerns use of steel slag as aggregate.
Amends applicability of law prohibiting sale and distribution of plastic and paper carryout bags to food banks and food pantries; appropriates $600,000. ***
Requires schools to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to students from working class, middle-income families; designated as "Working Class Families' Anti-Hunger Act."
Makes various changes to New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect; establishes child protection worker caseload standards.
Changes certain mail-in ballot deadlines; permits opening and canvassing of mail-in ballots prior to election day; permits pickup schedule for certain mail-in ballots; requires confirmation notice when voter changes party affiliation at MVC.**
Extends deadline for completion of school district's annual audit.
Excludes electricity supplied to recycled materials manufacturing facilities from renewable energy portfolio standards.
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.*
Requires NJ Business Action Center to collect and produce certain information to assist small businesses.
Increases minimum monthly benefit under State SNAP Minimum Benefits Program from $50 to $95 and authorizes DHS to increase program benefit amount.
Requires periodic reporting of election results on night of primary and general election and until final tally thereafter; appropriates $1.5 million.*
Extends provisions of P.L.2021, c.498 in certain circumstances.
Revises law establishing Office of Food Security Advocate, and establishes certain conditions for use of monies appropriated to emergency food organizations.
Requires certain nonpublic schools to provide meals to all students under "Working Class Families Anti-Hunger Act"; authorizes limited expansion of income eligibility to qualify public and nonpublic school students for free lunch.
Vetoed2
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Removes requirement that certain government officers disclose the address of their home or secondary residence, or that of their immediate family on financial disclosure statements.**
Passed the General Assembly1
Authorizes HMFA to issue tax credits for certain purposes.
Out of committee13
Authorizes development and operation of computer system which would allow electronic access to outstanding arrest warrant information.
Establishes training curriculum for auxiliary police officers; awards auxiliary police officers additional service credits on civil service exam for years of service.
Revises out-of-network arbitration process.
Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million.
Revises various provisions of Food Desert Relief Program.
Establishes Capital Project Development Loan Program to support certain large-scale redevelopment projects; appropriates $300 million.
Requires certain school meal information be provided to public school students' parents and requires school districts to request that families apply for school meals under certain circumstances.
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish matching grant program for certain school districts and schools using federal funds to increase instructional time and accelerate learning.
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.*
Establishes exemption from State school aid reductions for certain school districts.
Establishes Office of Community Schools; appropriates $10 million.
Modifies New Jersey Community-Anchored Development Program.
Amends Fiscal Year 2024 annual appropriations act to extend ANCHOR Property Tax Relief Program eligibility to homestead owners and tenants who made payments in lieu of taxes.*
In committee14
Provides for transfer and sale of inactive liquor licenses for use in qualifying smart growth municipalities.
Allows certain State agencies to sell Internet advertisements on agencies' websites as pilot program.
Permits municipalities to hold certain inactive liquor licenses reserved for smart growth developments for an additional five years.
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.
Allows consumption of food on limited brewery premises.
Allows State-owned, municipally-managed Blue Acres lands to be used for freshwater wetlands mitigation projects.
Excludes donations up to $15,000 when determining income eligibility for applicants to the Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund program.
Modifies procedures for student enrollment in charter school to require use of lottery selection process; requires charter school admission policy to seek enrollment of student demographics of charter school district of residence.
Creates white collar crime registry.
Authorizes local units to refinance general obligation bonds irrespective of present value savings for period of one year.
Requires use of design-bid-build or design-build delivery system for certain local government construction projects.
Amends certain requirements concerning insurance holding companies.
Requires certain public schools that receive State aid to begin regular instruction for high school students no earlier than 8:30 A.M.
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State public higher education institutions; requires employer pay for health care benefits for certain part-time faculty.
Carried from the Senate
Became law6
Requires certain school meal information be provided to public school students' parents and requires school districts to request that families apply for school meals under certain circumstances.
Revises out-of-network arbitration process.
Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million.
Revises various provisions of Food Desert Relief Program.
Establishes exemption from State school aid reductions for certain school districts.
Modifies New Jersey Community-Anchored Development Program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.*
Requires standard certification period of 12 and 24 months, under certain circumstances, within SNAP.
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
Requires MVC to prompt applicant for certain documents to enter information into "Next-of-Kin Registry."
Provides one-year waiver of certain MVC fees imposed for driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards.
Amends Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations act to allocate $25 million from “New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund” to support construction and rehabilitation of low- and moderate-income housing.
Expands criminal penalties related to illegal use of motor vehicle master key.
Establishes crimes of theft of motor vehicle and receiving stolen motor vehicle as separate statutory provisions; provides extended sentences for certain persistent offenders.
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for certain motor vehicle theft offenses if prior arrest or conviction occurred within prior 90-day-period.*
Requires State Board of Education to authorize alternate route to expedite teacher certification of persons employed as paraprofessionals in school districts.
Appropriates $9,184,427 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses.
Appropriates $87,783,515 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Vetoed · 1
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Passed the General Assembly · 14
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
Eliminates driver's license suspension for failure to pay parking tickets; requires registration suspension for more than five parking tickets.
Provides gross income tax deduction to eligible educators and paraprofessionals for expense of classroom supplies.*
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Requires vehicle identification number be stamped on catalytic converters of motor vehicles.
Revises law concerning family leave to extend protection by reducing, over time, employee threshold from 30 employees to five employees in definition of employer.*
Authorizes home detention for juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain motor vehicle offenses.
Establishes "Automotive Anti-Theft Systems Task Force."
Requires Attorney General to conduct study on motor vehicle theft.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to Election Law Enforcement Commission in DLPS for enforcement and staffing activities.
Establishes Teacher Certification Reimbursement Fund in DOE to reimburse certain teachers for costs associated with certification.
Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers.
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship.*
Directs State Board of Education to authorize issuance of new endorsements in certain fields.
Out of committee · 17
Increases the income eligibility threshold and eliminates asset test for Medicare Savings Programs; appropriates funds.*
Revises income eligibility criteria for, and provides for promotion of, PAAD and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program; establishes "Senior Save Navigator Grant Program" to assist applicants with NJ Save applications.*
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.*
Provides one-third of motor vehicle fine moneys generated through State Police issued tickets go to municipality where violation occurred.
Increases penalties for carjacking and for theft of motor vehicle.
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit Program.*
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Appropriates $50,640,229,000 in State funds and $24,082,639,850 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2022-2023.
Provides retirement allowance after 20 years of service regardless of age for members of PFRS.
Establishes sales and events privileges for certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers.*
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award summer tuition aid grants in summer of 2023; appropriates $1,000. *
Prohibits water utility from taking certain actions if utility fails to participate in Low Income Household Water Assistance Program.
Establishes strict liability criminal penalties for firearm trafficking that results in injury or death.
Designates State Office of Emergency Management as State Agency for Surplus Property.
Modifies certain provisions of "New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Act" and "Food Desert Relief Act."
Prohibits internet sale of lottery tickets by State Lottery Commission.
In committee · 31
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
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.
Requires health insurers to cover Lyme disease.
Increases penalty for "bombing" online meeting or teleconference under certain circumstances.
Allows gross income tax deduction for amounts paid for removal of lead, asbestos, sodium, chloride, and other contaminants from taxpayer's property.
Upgrades domestic violence-related assault under certain circumstances.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Requires each county to establish inmate reentry services committee.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
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.
Expands crime of bias intimidation; establishes additional penalties for crimes of bias intimidation and harassment; establishes bias intimidation motivation damages.*
Requires election by certain public employees of certain health care benefit plans; prohibits payments by public employers for waiver of such plans.
Requires DEP to submit annual financial report on status of certain fund balances.
"Food Desert Elimination Act"; provides incentives to supermarkets and grocery stores that locate in "food deserts."
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Permits extension of certain deadlines applicable to local government units under emergency circumstances.
Requires depository institutions to provide paper account statements to elder adults.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Limits certain payments for unused sick leave earned after effective date by public officers or employees; limits vacation leave carry-forward and requires suspension and forfeiture of certain supplemental compensation.
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
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.
Requires county colleges to develop plan to achieve three-year graduation rate of at least 33 percent for full-time degree-program students by 2021-2022 academic year.
Authorizes DCA, DEP, DOT, and municipalities, to provide priority consideration to permit applications for green building projects.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
Establishes "NJpass Program" to provide discounted fares to eligible organizations; establishes "GO NJ Transit Card Program" to develop transit cards that can be used to purchase any NJT service.
Requires prescription drug services covered under Medicaid program to be provided via fee-for-service delivery system.
Filed · 1
Prohibits government dealings with businesses associated with Belarus or Russia.