Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Craig J. Coughlin
Sponsored
Became law7
Authorizes HMFA to use certain tax credits; directs HMFA to conduct tax credit auctions to provide financial assistance for certain housing purposes.*
Revises certain sections of law concerning financing mechanisms for school facilities projects of regular operating districts.
Revises definition of qualified assistance fund expenses under UEZ program to include costs of transportation infrastructure projects and related debt service.
Revises statutes implementing certain property tax relief programs pursuant to recommendations promulgated by Stay NJ Task Force.
Establishes Air Traffic Controller Loan Redemption Program; supports partnership between public institution of higher education and federal Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative and establishment of Center for Study of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena; appropriates $3.5 million.*
Provides supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to Department of Treasury for gubernatorial transition expenses of Governor-Elect.
Requires establishment of financial advisory services program for participants of State's deferred compensation plan.
Vetoed3
Establishes certain State funding preferences for municipalities that enhance opportunities to develop housing.
Requires Division of Pensions and Benefits to provide report on available funds in local government part of SHBP prior to transferring funds from State part of SHBP; requires monthly reporting on certain assets in SHBP.
Extends deadline for completion of school district's annual audit for 2024-2025 school year.
Passed the General Assembly1
Requires notification of pet presence in seasonal rental unit.
Out of committee3
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.**
Permits Director of Division of Pensions and Benefits to initiate temporary transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
Requires Commissioner of Education to take certain action concerning preliminary State school aid notices and school district budgets and creates New Jersey Education Funding Portal; modifies certain provisions in school funding law.
In committee37
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.
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.
Authorizes development and operation of computer system which would allow electronic access to outstanding arrest warrant information.
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.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
Establishes training curriculum for auxiliary police officers; awards auxiliary police officers additional service credits on civil service exam for years of service.
Requires certain public schools that receive State aid to begin regular instruction for high school students no earlier than 8:30 A.M.
Establishes Capital Project Development Loan Program to support certain large-scale redevelopment projects; appropriates $300 million.
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State public higher education institutions; requires employer pay for health care benefits for certain part-time faculty.
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 Commissioner of Education to establish matching grant program for certain school districts and schools using federal funds to increase instructional time and accelerate learning.
Revises law establishing Office of Food Security Advocate, and establishes certain conditions for use of monies appropriated to emergency food organizations.
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 Office of Community Schools; appropriates $10 million.
Requires prescription drug services covered under Medicaid program to be provided via fee-for-service delivery system.
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.
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.
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.
Permits State employees not covered by collective negotiations agreements to enroll in certain negotiated health care plans.
Revises New Jersey Aspire Program to clarify that certain incentive awards may not be prorated.
Requires State-chartered financial institutions to increase minimum reserve balances by five times amount of previous year's losses relating to fraud and theft.
Revises territorial rating plans used by insurers writing private passenger automobile insurance.
Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application in prominent place on Internet website.
Requires DHS to promote and support volunteerism in connection to compliance with certain eligibility requirements for NJ FamilyCare and SNAP recipients.
Prohibits motor vehicle liability insurance policy from restricting amount that may be recovered under policy.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.*
Permits Director of Division of Pensions and Benefits to initiate temporary transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.
Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers; repeals law establishing alternative certificate of eligibility.*
Revises law concerning family leave to extend protection by reducing employee threshold from 30 employees to 15 employees in definition of employer.*
Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.
Ensures boards of elections have discretion to make initial determination of validity of cast ballots; requires Secretary of State to establish uniform guidelines for assessing validity of ballots.*
Requires appointment of alternate members of Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preservation Commission.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $615,000 to DHS for grant to NJ 2-1-1 Partnership.
Out of committee · 3
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship Program.
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.
In committee · 22
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
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 one-third of motor vehicle fine moneys generated through State Police issued tickets go to municipality where violation occurred.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Requires election by certain public employees of certain health care benefit plans; prohibits payments by public employers for waiver of such plans.
Increases penalty for "bombing" online meeting or teleconference under certain circumstances.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
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.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize issuance of new endorsements in certain fields.
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.
"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.
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."
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to Election Law Enforcement Commission in DLPS for enforcement and staffing activities.
Expands crime of bias intimidation; establishes additional penalties for crimes of bias intimidation and harassment; establishes bias intimidation motivation damages.
Establishes sales and events privileges for certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers.
Eliminates driver's license suspension for failure to pay parking tickets; requires registration suspension for more than five parking tickets.
Requires Department of Treasury and DHS to annually identify State funds available for NJ FamilyCare, evaluate program, and create prioritized list of initiatives to improve quality of care under program.