Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Yvonne Lopez
Sponsored
Became law9
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.
Requires HMFA to establish affordable housing insurance pilot program; appropriates $5 million.*
Requires State Real Estate Appraiser Board to adopt alternative program to acquire experiential requirements for prospective real estate appraisers attempting to qualify for licensure or certification.
Codifies prohibition of discriminatory practices in real estate appraisals and requires real estate appraisers to complete anti-bias training.
Establishes Office of Learning Equity and Academic Recovery in DOE.*
Permits municipality to authorize municipal clerk to submit certain written statements concerning affordable housing.*
Allows unexpended balance of FY2024 appropriation for City of Perth Amboy - Convery Boulevard Pedestrian Bridge to be used by municipality for pedestrian safety infrastructure projects.*
Concerns Statewide Longitudinal Data System for Education and Workforce Development.*
Establishes pilot program to support hospitals that maintain certain services when relocating; appropriates $3 million.
Vetoed2
Establishes mortgage payment relief and foreclosure protection for certain homeowners impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
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.*
Passed the General Assembly7
Revises "New Jersey Money Transmitters Act"; provides consumer protections; increases reporting and record keeping requirements.
Prohibits certain coordination among residential rental property owners who restrict competition with respect to residential dwelling units.*
Clarifies that bribery statute applies to unlawful gratuities received either before or after official acts.
Modifies capital reserve funding requirements for planned real estate developments in certain circumstances.
Promotes housing availability and prevents speculation by imposing fee for institutional ownership of certain unproductive residential property.
Establishes standards for determining an unconscionable rent increase; excludes from public access landlord tenant records in certain circumstances.
Adds training concerning coercive control to domestic violence training for judges and law enforcement officers.
Out of committee19
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care staff and registered family day care providers.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events; appropriates $2.5 million.**
Establishes eligibility for enrollment in PERS and subsequent retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions.
Provides categorical eligibility for subsidized child care services to certain child care workers.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; requires new charge for filing of eviction action.*
Allows taxpayers to utilize alternative method of depreciation of certain expenditures in connection with construction of new affordable housing developments.
Transfers New Jersey Historic Trust from Department of State to DCA and makes certain changes related to trustees and powers.
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
Concerns deadline for municipality to report certain non-residential development fee information.
Establishes certain requirements for State and local governments awarding contracts or grants to nonprofit organizations.
Establishes "Incarcerated Women's Protection Act" and concerns correctional facility board of trustees.*
Requires State agencies to make good faith effort to increase awarding of contracts procured without advertisement to minority- and women-owned businesses.
Provides for mortgage payment relief and foreclosure protection for certain homeowners impacted by remnants of Hurricane Ida.*
Modifies capital reserve funding requirements for certain planned real estate developments.
Establishes new mitigating factor, reduced sentencing, and resentencing for certain defendants who are victims of abuse.
Provides expungement process for certain defendants who are victims of abuse if conviction is substantially related to abuse.
Revises certain membership requirements of Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage.
In committee91
Establishes Task Force on Child Care Deserts in New Jersey.
Requires DHS to develop incentives to encourage private investment in child care deserts.
Provides refundable gross income tax credits to staff members at childcare centers.
Establishes the "Female Inmates' Rights Protection Act."
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 certain standards for professional and occupational boards considering applicants with criminal history records.
Concerns information security standards and guidelines for State and local government.
Requires health benefits coverage for private duty nursing services.
Includes certain armed security officers regulated by "Detective Melvin Vincent Santiago's Law" in crimes of assault and disarming an officer.
Requires certain hospitals to complete Leapfrog Hospital Survey.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for certain children, youth and family services organizations.
Concerns procedures with respect to repair of certain public utility facilities and related street repaving.
Requires public utilities and cable television companies to accommodate and relocate facilities and pay costs thereof when necessary for infrastructure projects.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person who commits domestic violence by strangling victim be detained prior to trial.
Establishes Restaurant Meals Program in DHS; permits certain individuals to use SNAP benefits at approved restaurants; requires participation by certain restaurants operated by institutions of higher education.
Makes various changes to current system for approval, issuance, administration, and discontinuance of various types of special license plates.
Requires children's meals served in restaurants to meet certain nutritional standards.
Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras and security camera systems to be installed in State correctional facilities.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership of certain boards of directors.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Prohibits court from awarding custody of or limiting visitation with child based on certain factors.
Requires Governor to appoint Chief Accountability Officer to supervise all State ombudsmen, compliance officers, comptrollers, and other officers with substantially similar positions.
Requires State provider subsidy payments for child care services to be based on enrollment.
Requires DHS to establish quality-based reimbursement system for registered family child care providers participating in Grow NJ Kids.
Establishes criminal penalties for production, sale, and use of false COVID-19 vaccination verification card; requires AG to establish COVID-19 vaccination fraud prevention program.
Requires Corrections Ombudsperson review criminal investigations under certain circumstances.
Requires DOT, NJT, and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities.
"Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act."
Requires persons to report incidents of domestic violence to law enforcement and makes it a disorderly persons offense to fail to report.
Permits municipality, fire district or authority to approve transfer of certain firefighters from PERS to PFRS.
Establishes the "New Jersey COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Commission" and appropriates $9 million.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Requires reporting agencies to report to Division of Consumer Affairs number of free consumer reports furnished to New Jersey resident consumers annually.
Requires DOC and county correctional facilities to provide certain inmates with medication-assisted treatment.
Allows county or municipal governing body to enter into revenue sharing agreement for alcoholic beverage sales by concessionaire permit holder.
Provides additional ways for transferring deceased voter's record to Statewide voter registration system's death file; requires Secretary of State match registration system with Social Security Administration deceased persons database.
Defines "mobile home park" as "multiple dwelling" for inspection purposes.
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Requires each school district to have certified school nurse at each school building in district.
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Imposes requirements on video visitation service contracts for inmates in certain correctional facilities; requires correctional facilities to allow contact visits.
Prohibits emergency homeless shelters from conditioning provision of shelter on enrollment in certain programs.
Clarifies exceptions regarding requirement for person seeking to be made party in certain foreclosure actions.
Establishes Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Requires association of age-restricted common interest community to permit dwelling owner to transfer property without regard to age of buyer.
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Requires each State cabinet level department to establish office dedicated to language and disability access.
Concerns structural integrity regulations for certain residential buildings.
Establishes "Guaranteed Rental Payment Pilot Program" for certain low-income tenants; appropriates $10,000,000.
Establishes program in DOH for health care provider evaluation and response for patients who are victims of domestic violence.
Requires AOC to release domestic violence central registry records to certain health care practitioners.
Requires employers to adopt domestic violence policies and protocols established by DOLWD.
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Establishes Office of Resilience in DCF.
The "Family and Private Burial Grounds Preservation Act."
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services by $4.
Establishes fund for DEP for Blue Acres acquisition and relocation projects; appropriates $25 million.
Revises polysomnography licensing renewal standards.
Requires DCA to continuously maintain open enrollment period for federal Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-applications.
Revises "Paratransit Services Improvement Act"; transfers $6 million from NJT to DHS.
Revises inspection requirements for long-term care facilities.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in Township of Woodbridge in Middlesex County.
"Better Care Dog Act."
Requires landlord to provide various kitchen appliances in certain dwelling units offered for rent.
Requires court to consider results of domestic violence assessment before dissolving certain domestic violence restraining orders.
Revises tax lien foreclosure process to protect equity accrued by property owner in tax lien foreclosure.
Excludes environmentally sensitive and flood-prone land from designation as vacant or available for purposes of affordable housing construction.
Establishes NJ Task Force on Coordination Among Nonprofit Social Service Organizations.
Concerns development of accessory dwelling units and related municipal land use regulations.
Requires State Parole Board to submit report to Governor and Legislature regarding dispositions of cases.
Exempts personal information from redaction and nondisclosure requirements in certain public filings and records.
Permits companion to receive PFRS accidental death pension when there is no surviving spouse; requires adjustment of final compensation for calculation of accidental death benefit for surviving spouse, companion, and children of PFRS members.
Reduces membership of State Real Estate Appraiser Board and prohibits discriminatory practices in property appraisals.
Creates Office of Nonprofit Ombudsperson in Department of Treasury; appropriates $329,000.
Authorizes residential tenant action in cases of alleged unconscionable rent increase; appropriates $2 million.
Concerns safety measures at apartment complex swimming pools.
Requires DHS and DCF to employ Director of Medical Services; appropriates $480,000.
Mandates Division of Developmental Disabilities service providers to complete workforce survey.
Increases FY2025 Grants-in-Aid appropriation to DCA for "NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program" by $5 million.
Requires standards for maximum development costs per unit for project supported by affordable housing trust fund.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to exempt certain disabled veterans from E-ZPass tolls.
Requires DOC to report incidents of suicide and self-harm among inmates housed in Restorative Housing Units.
Requires DOC to establish standards of habitability for prison housing units.
Establishes "Equitable Drug Pricing and Patient Access Act."
Establishes "Business Growth Protection Act"; revises law concerning temporary help service firms and temporary laborers.
Requires senior housing applications be made available by mail and email.
Clarifies requirements for land use plan element and housing plan element of municipal master plan.
Amends "Daniel's Law" to provide exemptions for land surveyors for certain property record redaction requirements.
Establishes mitigating factor for sentencing of defendants who are victims of domestic violence and provides for resentencing and trauma-informed reentry support services.
Carried from the Senate
Became law12
Establishes eligibility for enrollment in PERS and subsequent retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions.
Allows taxpayers to utilize alternative method of depreciation of certain expenditures in connection with construction of new affordable housing developments.
Transfers New Jersey Historic Trust from Department of State to DCA and makes certain changes related to trustees and powers.
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events; appropriates $2.5 million.**
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Concerns deadline for municipality to report certain non-residential development fee information.
Establishes "Incarcerated Women's Protection Act" and concerns correctional facility board of trustees.*
Provides for mortgage payment relief and foreclosure protection for certain homeowners impacted by remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Modifies capital reserve funding requirements for certain planned real estate developments.
Revises certain membership requirements of Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage.
Establishes new mitigating factor, reduced sentencing, and resentencing for certain defendants who are victims of abuse.
Provides expungement process for certain defendants who are victims of abuse if conviction is substantially related to abuse.
Vetoed1
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 47
Requires transportation network company drivers to complete anti-human trafficking training course.
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.
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors.*
Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers; repeals law establishing alternative certificate of eligibility.*
Establishes certain guidelines for SHBP, SEHBP, and Medicaid concerning step therapy protocols.
Requires VCCO to issue annual report to Governor and Legislature.
Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*
Increases traffic threshold for local installation of certain speed humps on certain local streets without DOT approval.
Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.
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.*
Establishes limit on rent increase for certain dwelling sites for modular or industrialized buildings or manufactured homes.*
Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; outlines role and duties of school counselor; requires professional development for school counselors; establishes position of School Counselor Liaison in DOE.
Revises process for property tax lien holder to foreclose right to redeem a property tax lien; allows property owner to protect remaining equity.
Requires adoption of policy addressing job-related issues of pregnant firefighters.
"Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act."
Requires State Police to establish online portal allowing persons to obtain status of expungement orders.**
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act," revises calculation of gas tax rate, and establishes annual fee for zero emission vehicles.
Requires social media companies to establish toll-free telephone number for NJ account holders to report fraudulent account actions.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Concerns use of force by law enforcement officers under certain circumstances and requires certain reporting of use of force incidents.*
Establishes criminal penalties for certain violations of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act."
Expands prohibitions on employers concerning requirements for employees to attend or listen to communications related to political matters.
Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.
Makes various changes to powers and duties of NJ Infrastructure Bank.
Requires official inspection facility employees covered by collective bargaining agreement to be offered employment following contract renewal or award of new contract; requires collective bargaining agreement to be binding in certain cases.*
Establishes penalties for certain conduct related to public brawl and disorderly conduct.
Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.*
Permits amusement games licenses to be issued to certain nonprofit organizations.
Concerns housing discrimination based on source of lawful income.*
Revises law requiring certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline.
Limits amount of residential rental property application fee; establishes penalty.
Establishes eligibility requirements for State small business set-aside program.
Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances.*
Requires State Police to establish recovery leave policy for troopers presenting proof of pregnancy.*
Requires producer of certain firefighting equipment containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances to provide written notice to purchaser; prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain firefighting equipment containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.*
Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.
Requires establishment of automated platform to expedite construction code approval of applications to install residential solar energy systems.
Establishes "New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments.
Permits up to three credits of continuing medical education on menopause to be used by nurses and physicians for license renewal.*
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.*
Requires Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA and applicable State agencies and nonprofits to establish a consolidated application for residential utility assistance programs.
Requires electric public utilities to submit annual report on voting to BPU.
Requires BPU to study effects of data centers on electricity costs.*
"Safe Communities Act"; requires AG to develop certain model policies.
Vetoed · 3
Requires pay for extracurricular activities to be included in compensation for TPAF purposes.
Requires cancellation option for any subscription service and establishes certain standards pertaining to use of negative option features.
Codifies AG Directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."
Passed the General Assembly · 18
Permits certain consumers up to five business days to cancel home improvement contracts and up to three days to cancel certain consumer goods contracts.*
Requires 60 day notice concerning tuition rate changes by licensed child care centers.
Modifies languages that examinations are to be conducted in for applicants seeking professional license issued by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Prohibits and imposes criminal penalty on disclosure of certain intentionally deceptive audio or visual media within 90 days of election.*
Permits court to order counseling for children in households with domestic violence in appropriate cases; establishes presumption of award of custody to domestic violence victim in appropriate cases.**
Increases maximum age for pediatric long-term care facility residents to 26.
Establishes third degree crime for certain trespasses involving victim of domestic violence.
The "New Jersey Online Foreclosure Sale Act;" permits online foreclosure sales for real property.
Bans certain children's products containing excessive amounts of lead, mercury, or cadmium.*
Replaces certain fixed interest rate award in eminent domain cases with interest rate based on just compensation awards.
Establishes standards for court-ordered counseling for domestic violence offenders.
Requires State departments and Office of Technology to provide reports on proposed technology upgrades.
Requires transfer of certain participants of DCRP to PERS.*
Requires AG to review Statewide policy regarding investigation of human trafficking.
Requires development of online tax training for small and micro-businesses.
Requires State domestic violence public awareness campaign to add information on coercive control; requires annual reporting on activities of campaign and expands range of languages.
Requires BPU members to have certain experience and complete certain training.
Establishes quorum standards for professional licensing entities under certain circumstances.
Out of committee · 33
Provides for expansion of county transportation services to include disabled veterans; provides funding source for expansion.*
Permits court to order counseling for children in households with domestic violence in appropriate cases; establishes presumption of award of custody to domestic violence victim in appropriate cases.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Prohibits use of biometric surveillance system by business entity under certain circumstances.
"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 Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
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 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 advertisement grant program for emerging businesses in science and technology.
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship Program.
Establishes Deepfake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.*
Modifies down payment assistance program for benefit of first-generation and first-time homebuyers.
Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.*
Facilitates construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing built in part through sweat equity by eventual occupant.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five.*
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Establishes penalties for employers who disclose or threaten to disclose employee's immigration status for purpose of concealing violation of State wage, benefit or tax laws.*
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey"; appropriates $5 million.**
Requires DOE to establish working group on student literacy; mandates universal literacy screenings for kindergarten through grade three students; requires professional development for certain school district employees.*
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $4.0 million.
Requires construction project applicants to disclose project financing.
"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.
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 State agencies that administer utility bill payment assistance or energy efficiency programs to review, and potentially increase, income thresholds for residential customers to participate in programs.*
Requires certain information be provided to parent at least two business days prior to annual Individualized Education Program (IEP) team meeting; establishes IEP Improvement Working Group in DOE.
Requires application option enhancement for certain housing, shelter, and rental assistance administered by DCA.
Makes various changes to SHBP plan offerings and governance.
Requires DHS to study ways to increase collaboration among certain Statewide entities to optimize federal and State Medicaid resources; appropriates $250,000.*
In committee · 126
Exempts certain motor vehicles that are owned by certain nutrition programs and certain nonprofit organizations that offer social services from motor vehicle registration fees.
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.
"New Jersey Disability Savings Act."
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
Requires newly-manufactured school buses to be equipped with global positioning system.
Requires MVC to establish system for salvage processors to electronically process salvage certificates of title.
Authorizes court to include in domestic violence restraining orders a provision making the order applicable to a pregnant victim's child upon birth of the child.
Requires EDA to establish program providing grants to certain entertainment businesses; appropriates not less than $5 million.
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location and to make available certain informational brochures.
Permits union officials who represent probation officers to participate in all union activities.
Establishes maternity care standards for general hospitals providing maternity care.
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.
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Creates State business assistance program to establish contracting agency procurement goals for socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises.
Requires degree-seeking students enrolled in public institutions of higher education to receive instruction on American government and civic engagement.
Establishes three-year sickle cell disease pilot program; appropriates $10,200,000.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP under FY 2024 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.
Requires certain providers to perform intimate partner violence screenings and all health care professionals to take certain actions to prevent perpetrators of intimate partner violence from obtaining copies of victim's medical record.
Prohibits sale, manufacture, distribution, and use of firefighting foam containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires DEP to establish collection and disposal program; appropriates $250,000.
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.
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.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Requires school districts to take certain actions in circumstances when school meal bill is in arrears; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Requires public schools, and nonpublic schools which receive federal funding, to provide students with information on rights afforded under Title IX, and provide contact information for Title IX coordinator.
Requires Department of Education to annually report use of federal COVID-19 relief funds.
Vacant Storefront Registry Program; establishes public database of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize issuance of new endorsements in certain fields.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
Prohibits social media platforms from using certain practices or features that cause child users to become addicted to platform.
Appropriates $15,564,293 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach regarding VCCO.
Extends grace periods for rental late charges for certain tenants who receive public assistance payments.
Establishes State board to oversee implementation and evaluation of State pilot programs.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to Department of Law and Public Safety for public awareness campaign of victims' rights and VCCO assistance.
Requires Attorney General to perform outreach and provide services to victims of human trafficking under certain circumstances.
Expands duties of Commission on Human Trafficking to prevent human trafficking in women and children of color.
Requires AG to address human trafficking in underserved communities.
Addresses long-term effects of COVID-19.
Establishes Legislative Enactment Oversight Committee to ensure implementation of enacted laws and joint resolutions.
Requires DOC to provide reunification therapy to inmates and immediate family members prior to inmate's release.
Establishes creative crosswalks pilot program.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Authorizes issuance of special license plates for alumni of four-year public institutions of higher education.
Requires MVC to provide customer service telephone number at motor vehicle inspection facilities.
Makes $2.5 million in federal funds available to EDA to support veteran-owned businesses in need.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Requires MVC to operate call center to assist with online transactions.
Requires certain disclosures by sellers of single-family homes with solar panels installed.
Requires ticket website operators to display certain information regarding ticket availability.
Establishes "pollinator-friendly" label for plants.
Establishes "Menstrual Hygiene Products Program," appropriates $200,000.
Requires hazard mitigation plans to include climate change-related threat assessments and hazard prevention and mitigation strategies.
Requires public water systems and landlords to provide certain notice of elevated perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances levels in drinking water; requires DEP to establish educational program.
Creates "Pollinator Pathway" designation for municipalities.
Directs DEP to establish pollinator habitat program for closed landfills.
Establishes "Responsible School Violence Prevention, Preparation, and Protection Pilot Program" in certain counties and cities of first class; makes an appropriation.
Establishes Office of Financial Assistance in EDA to help eligible entities access opportunities for public financial assistance; requires office to develop common application platform.
Requires EDA to create needs-matching website for eligible entities.
Requires calculation of national average time needed to approve applications for initial credential in profession or occupation and use of average time as standard in New Jersey.
Requires electronic voting system vendors disclose financial ties prior to electronic voting system approval by Secretary of State.
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Requires State Treasurer to collect and study certain demographic information on corporate boards and in senior management.
Eliminates fee for filing certified copy of name change order.
The "Liberty State Park Protection Act"; establishes Liberty State Park Advisory Committee and requirements concerning DEP actions related to Liberty State Park.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Eliminates one percent tax on purchasers of Class 4A commercial property transferred for consideration in excess of $1 million.
Concerns development of accessory dwelling units and related municipal land use regulations.*
Requires copies of certain law enforcement records to be provided to victims of domestic violence upon request.
Prohibits creation or disclosure of deceptive audio or visual media, known as "deepfakes," under certain circumstances.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing.
Requires notice to be provided by municipal court to applicant for public defender of fee and process to waive fee for inability to pay.
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources (WATER) Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million.
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
Enters New Jersey into Counseling Compact.
Upgrades certain penalties for criminal street gang recruitment and criminality; imposes mandatory minimum sentence for certain offenses; establishes accomplice liability and imposes restrictions for certain recruiters.
Requires public community water systems to provide customers with certain information regarding lead in drinking water.
Codifies protections in Law Against Discrimination for persons suffering discrimination on grounds of disparate impact.
Requires landlords of certain properties providing child care services who refuse lead service line replacements to install and maintain water filters.
Allows county and municipal police departments to establish designated safe areas for Internet purchase transactions; establishes public awareness campaign.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.
Requires entities to remove abandoned lines and mark information on certain lines.
Directs DEP to establish leasing program for State-owned land to be used and managed as pollinator habitat.
Establishes requirements for fee disclosure and for fees allowed as part of sale for certain tickets.
Requires State entities to recycle certain materials and provide recycling bins in State buildings.
Provides for reciprocity of certain out-of-State EMT certification; establishes criminal history record background check process.
Permits a marriage or civil union license to be issued and solemnized via audio-visual technology.
Revises law establishing Office of Food Security Advocate, and establishes certain conditions for use of monies appropriated to emergency food organizations.
Establishes Office of Community Schools; appropriates $10 million.
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.
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Prohibits retaliation against inmates in State correctional facilities who report sexual abuse; criminalizes retaliation and failure to report abuse.
Requires DHS and DOH to submit federal waivers to cover menstrual products under NJ FamilyCare, SNAP, WIC and establishes State funded benefit if federal waiver is denied; appropriates $2 million for State benefit.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain primary and mental health care services match reimbursement rates under Medicare.
Establishes task force to examine school discipline practices including racial disparities and effectiveness.
Provides free telecommunication services for incarcerated persons at State, county, and private adult and juvenile correctional facilities.
Promotes trauma-informed care in State to mitigate negative effects of adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress.
Amends rent receivership statute to provide that court shall appoint receiver under certain conditions; establishes mandatory appointment requirement.*
"Cancer Patient Care and Compassion Act."
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
Requires certain consumer disclosures relating to rabies testing and establishes optional training for veterinarians.
Requires State colleges to close on Election Day.
Requires defibrillators in certain multiple dwellings; establishes Affordable Housing Defibrillator Fund.
Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.
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.
Prohibits sale of certain lithium-ion devices; establishes restrictions on sale, lease, or rental of certain bicycles and scooters; creates fire risk awareness campaigns.
Requires Office of Homelessness Prevention to contract with county agencies or nonprofits to issue certain identification and birth certificates to individuals experiencing homelessness; appropriates $2 million.
Creates "Census Complete Count Trust Fund" in Department of State for funding efforts to achieve full count of State's population each federal decennial census.
Dedicates 50 percent of revenues collected from additional fees and taxes imposed on real property transfers valued over $1 million to Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Increases Work First New Jersey Child Care appropriation by $28 million in FY2026 annual appropriations act to ensure full funding of child care subsidy program.
Directs EDA to establish New Jersey Energy Independence Bank.
Requires hospitals to maintain minimum services when relocating from underserved community.