Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Joseph P. Cryan
Sponsored
Became law4
Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.
Makes $25 million supplemental appropriation to HMFA for Capital Improvement Assistance Program.
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information concerning child protective investigators.
Changes deadline for unaffiliated mail-in voters to declare their political party before primary election.
Passed the Senate5
Modifies certain definitions related to transient accommodation taxes and fees.
Provides certain protections and rights for temporary laborers.
Establishes Home Sharing Evaluation Task Force.
Requires DMVA establish Disabled Veterans Transportation Task Force.
Requires person selling or transporting grease to possess documentation of origin of grease.
Out of committee30
Requires Secretary of Higher Education and DOLWD to establish performance quality standards for career-oriented programs of study offered by institutions of higher education, degree-granting proprietary institutions, and private career schools.*
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Increases maximum weekly benefit rate for temporary disability and family leave.
Establishes bribery in official and political matters applies to person soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept benefit as consideration to act even though not yet in office or otherwise qualified to act.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for defendants who commit certain firearm offenses under Graves Act.
Establishes Division of Equity and Inclusion in DOE to identify racial and socioeconomic segregation of school districts and to ensure better integration in public schools; appropriates $5 million.**
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Requires DMVA establish process to qualify veteran as discharged veteran with qualifying condition to receive certain veterans' benefits.
Establishes certain requirements for award of contracts to service-disabled veterans for certain projects funded by NJ Infrastructure Bank.
Increases contracting agencies goals for set-aside contracts for disabled veterans' businesses from three percent to six percent; requires liquidated damages provisions.
Establishes Veteran-Owned Business Contract Financing Loan Program in EDA to help certain veteran-owned businesses perform public contracts; appropriates $5 million.
Specifies circumstances when voter will be removed from permanent vote by mail status and when ballot will be sent to primary address; requires educational campaign; makes appropriation of $5 million.
Prohibits unaffiliated mail-in voters from receiving mail-in ballot for primary election; requires election officials to provide such voters certain notices; prohibits mail-in ballot envelopes from containing visible political affiliation or designation for certain elections.
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system of electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.*
Makes various revisions to law pertaining to electronic medical records and recording patients' demographic information.
Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.
Defines indigent veteran and veteran status for certain veteran interment purposes.
Requires publication of prices of standard and emergency services provided by veterinarians.
Revises effective date of severance requirements under "Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act."*
Permits DMVA to accept moneys for New Jersey Youth Challenge Academy public service announcements.
Requires DHS to disregard certain federal pension benefits for veterans in making Medicaid eligibility determinations.
Allows for issuance of two-year temporary courtesy license for nonresident military spouses in certain professions.
Establishes process to identify and facilitate final disposition of unclaimed veteran cremains.*
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or spouses of veterans and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
Requires conversion of ward in Paramus and Menlo Park veterans' memorial homes into single occupancy rooms; requires upgrades to certain systems; provides Adjutant General discretion to require additional room modifications.*
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DMVA for New Jersey SOS Veterans Stakeholders Group.*
Concerns sales and use tax exemptions for certain retail sales of firearm safety equipment.
Provides for retained eligibility for members of NJ National Guard or reserve component called to active federal military service who met fire department maximum age requirement at closing date of civil service examination.
Permits certain PERS members to collect pension while earning salary; makes certain local administrators and prosecutors eligible for PERS membership; permits State employees not covered by collective negotiations to enroll in negotiated health plans.*
Waives pet adoption fees for certain military personnel and veterans.
In committee112
Requires public school instruction in mental health as it relates to suicide prevention and provides various elements which may be included in instruction.
Provides that leaving scene of motor vehicle accident is crime of first degree if accident results in death of another person.
Establishes "County Jail Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Program" to evaluate county inmate needs; assigns certain county caseworkers to assist inmates in accessing appropriate benefits, treatment, and services.
Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach regarding VCCO.
Establishes sexual assault victim's right to appeal prosecutor decision not to file criminal charges; directs sexual assault unit in DLPS to review appeals.
Requires law enforcement agencies, correctional facilities, and State Parole Board to adopt maternity policies.
Establishes the authority of the court to order electronic monitoring of certain convicted domestic violence offenders.
Concerns psychological testing of police officers.
Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
Requires Prison Rape Elimination Act committee in each State correctional facility.
Establishes comprehensive core competency police training program.
Requires Office of Information Technology to establish centralized, one-stop website resource guide to assist persons in navigating the State's developmental disability service system.
Creates Law Enforcement Review Task Force for civil service examinations.
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Makes $5 million in federal funds available for grants to improve water and sewer infrastructure in Union, Elizabeth, Roselle, and Hillside.
Requires certain notices to be provided to individuals applying for temporary disability leave benefits.
Establishes certain law enforcement and privacy procedures; designated as New Jersey Values Act.
Requires 40 percent of DMVA leadership to be individuals from underrepresented communities by 2025.
Limits certain provisions in restrictive covenants and limits enforceability of restrictive covenants.
Requires same limitation on public employee contributions to flexible spending accounts as provided by federal law adjusted for inflation.
Requires vacancies in US Senate be filled only by special election.
Indexes for inflation various thresholds and qualifications under New Jersey gross income tax.
Increases PFRS accidental disability and accidental death pension when disability or death is caused by weapon.
Requires retired law enforcement officers to qualify in use of firearm once a year.
Clarifies that law enforcement officers employed by educational institutions may possess firearms on campus.
Requires DOT to implement highway safety program for increased commercial motor vehicle parking; appropriates up to $50,000,000.
Makes various changes to reporting requirements for independent expenditure committees.
Establishes New Jersey Center for Study and Prevention of Suicide at Rutgers School of Public Health.
Imposes certain requirements on online marketplaces.
Limits terms of appointment of school superintendents.
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 cost of living increase to be granted in each of two State fiscal years when retirement allowance or benefit is below certain amount for retiree or beneficiary in PERS, TPAF, PFRS, SPRS, and JRS; makes appropriation.
Requires each State cabinet level department to establish office dedicated to language and disability access.
Prohibits purchase and sale of body armor unless certain purchaser eligibility criteria is met.
Establishes three-year pilot program encouraging development of nonlethal weapons.
Provides Medicaid coverage for certain home visitation program services under certain circumstances.
"New Jersey Safe Storage of Firearms Act"; establishes certain requirements and penalties regarding firearm storage; repeals law governing minor's access to firearm; requires AG to establish public awareness campaign regarding firearm storage; appropriates $500,000.
Establishes two-generational school readiness and workforce development pilot program for certain low-income households.
Regulates food and beverage delivery vehicle network companies.
Provides for law enforcement officer benefits for certain public employees enrolled in PERS; prohibits hiring by State or county of public employees after age 35 in positions eligible for PFRS.
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State public higher education institutions; requires employer pay for health care benefits for certain part-time faculty.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
"Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Act."
Prohibits motor vehicle liability insurance policy from restricting full payment of recovery amounts under covered person's policy.
Increases minimum salary of teaching staff members in school districts and educational services commissions.
Clarifies that county prosecutor is State employee for purpose of New Jersey Tort Claims Act.
Creates State contract set-aside for businesses owned and operated by spouses of military service members.
Eliminates immunity for State, county, and municipal prosecutors who fail to disclose exculpatory evidence in criminal cases.
Prohibits New Jersey Legislature from solely altering conduct or outcome of any election; reaffirms separation of powers concerning elections.
Concerns work break periods and warehouse conditions of employment.
Concerns affordable housing requirements and incentivizes development of single family housing with tax credits for developers.
Establishes Commission on Oversight of Public Institutions of Higher Education.
Permits issuance of special license in certain municipalities with shopping malls.
Authorizes certain persons to hold alcoholic beverage solicitor's permit.
Extends Civil Service Commission employment eligible list duration for additional year.
Imposes five-year moratorium on new construction at public institutions of higher education.
Clarifies that law concerning requirements for closure of private career school applies to certain schools licensed by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Provides increased flexibility in school district enrollment for military-connected students.
Excludes Class Three special law enforcement officer salary from tax levy and appropriation cap.
Removes limit in annual budget requests of certain county offices.
Exempts licensed master plumbers from certain electrical contractor business permit requirements.
Revises training requirements for governing board members of public institutions of higher education.
Establishes THC potency limits for cannabis products.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to contract with third party for study regarding fiscal performance of four-year public institutions of higher education; appropriates $300,000.
Modifies languages that examinations are to be conducted in for applicants seeking professional license issued by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Concerns transfer of plenary retail consumption licenses for use in certain areas.
Permits certain out-of-State mental health practitioners to practice in-State.
Prohibits sale of non-flushable disposable wipes.
Increases bid advertising threshold on certain purchases, contracts, or agreements.
Requires drunk driver to pay restitution on behalf of child if parent or guardian is killed by that driver.
Concerns definition of veteran for civil service hiring preference.
Increases days of paid leave of absence for public employees who serve in United States Reserves.
Concerns actions to foreclose right to redeem tax sale certificate under "tax sale law."
Limits authority of DHS to impose liens and seek recovery from Medicaid recipient's estate after death.
Authorizes State employees to take administrative leave days in observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha; requires school districts to permit students excused absences for observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
Authorizes two fair share affordable housing credits for housing reserved for veterans.
Establishes net operating loss carryback deduction under corporation business tax.
Provides that recording of violent act or distribution of such recording constitutes crime of inciting violence under certain circumstances; requires juvenile accused of such offense to be tried as adult.
Provides gross income tax credit for qualified union dues paid to labor organizations.
Increases penalties for operating certain vehicles in excess of weight limits and on restricted routes.
Establishes residential property wholesaler license.
Revises law concerning family leave to extend protection by reducing, over time, employee threshold from 30 employees to one employee in definition of employer.
Establishes State and local government purchasing and use requirements for cybersecurity systems.
Requires candidate and joint candidates close campaign depository accounts not later than seven years following end of service in elected public office or unsuccessful election.
Establishes Open Public Records Act Review Committee.
Establishes Master Leasing Pilot Program to facilitate housing of certain households; appropriates $20 million.
Allows municipalities to transfer inactive alcoholic beverage retail licenses for use in redevelopment areas under certain circumstances; allows retail distribution and seasonal consumption licenses to be converted into consumption licenses.
Revises NJBEST one-time grant to annual grant of up to $1,500 for certain contributors.
Appropriates $2 million in constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to fund grant program for historic preservation of monuments commemorating veterans.
Revises law pertaining to recording patients' demographic information.
Concerns Office of Public Integrity and Accountability.
Requires counties to specify expenditures concerning veterans' services when submitting budget to Division of Local Government Services in DCA.
Creates Military and Veterans Affairs Oversight Board.
Prohibits sports wagering partnerships at institutions of higher education.
Restricts advertising for casino games and sports pools under certain circumstances.
Changes date of "Juneteenth Day" in NJ to June 19 of each year.
Transfers Division of Food and Nutrition from Department of Agriculture to DHS.
Requires court to respond within 24 hours for election-related actions arising within 14 days of election; authorizes ELEC to petition court to suspend campaign accounts of persons who violate campaign finance laws.
Permits temporary appointment of additional members to the Board of Review in the Division of Employment Security.
Requires payment of minimum wage to minors; requires payment of overtime to minors in certain circumstances; codifies certain exemptions to overtime payment requirements.
Expands protection against bias intimidation to include political affiliation or belief.
Requires NJ E-ZPass to establish and maintain user-friendly online payment process.
Requires Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to certify financial counselors prior to advising members of New Jersey Army and Air National Guard.
Makes FY 2024 supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DCA for NJ State Veterans Chamber of Commerce for operational costs.
Requires certain commercial motor vehicles registered in State to be equipped with underride protection systems and requires Chief Administrator of MVC to establish underride public awareness campaign.
Prohibits internet sale of lottery tickets by State Lottery Commission.
Concerns the "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program."
Requires Treasury to establish and maintain electronic verification system to verify State employees' eligibility to participate in federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Requires public institution of higher education to establish gambling addiction prevention program.
Requires notification to collective bargaining unit of law enforcement officer prior to release of certain information to the public.
Requires temporary benefit enhancement to be granted in each of two State fiscal years when retirement allowance or benefit is below certain amount for retiree or beneficiary in PFRS; makes appropriation.
Establishes occupational heat stress standard and "Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program" in DOLWD.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law10
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system of electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.*
Provides certain protections and rights for temporary laborers.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education and DOLWD to establish performance quality standards for career-oriented programs of study offered by institutions of higher education, degree-granting proprietary institutions, and private career schools. *
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for defendants who commit certain firearm offenses under Graves Act. **
Defines indigent veteran and veteran status for certain veteran interment purposes.
Specifies circumstances when voter will be removed from permanent vote by mail status and when ballot will be sent to primary address; requires educational campaign; makes appropriation of $5 million. *
Prohibits unaffiliated mail-in voters from receiving mail-in ballot for primary election; requires election officials to provide such voters certain notices; prohibits mail-in ballot envelopes from containing visible political affiliation or designation for certain elections.**
Makes various revisions to law pertaining to electronic medical records and recording patients' demographic information.
Revises effective date of severance requirements under "Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act." *
Vetoed1
Establishes bribery in official and political matters applies to person soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept benefit as consideration to act even though not yet in office or otherwise qualified to act.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
Requires certain public venues and places of worship to submit emergency plans to law enforcement agencies for purpose of preparing for mass casualty and active shooter events.
Creates "New Jersey Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act."
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Authorizes issuance of protective orders for certain victimized persons in situations for which domestic violence statutes do not apply due to lack of familial or dating relationship between victim and offending actor.*
Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million.
Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from third degree to second degree.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on grief as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires payment of tuition for certain non-resident public school students.
Requires public institutions of higher education to submit annual fiscal monitoring report; authorizes Secretary of Higher Education to appoint State monitor of certain institutions; requires higher education chief financial officers complete training; annually appropriates $100,000.*
Requires labeling of non-flushable disposable wipes.
Passed the Senate · 4
Requires person with an alcoholic beverage license to carry alcoholic beverage liability insurance under certain circumstances.
Creates permanent commission to study various statutory definitions of veteran, disabled veteran, and service-disabled veteran.
Requires DMVA assist discharged service members who have diagnosed service-connected mental health condition with petitions to change discharge designation.
Prohibits possession and requires registration of body armor in certain circumstances.
Out of committee · 36
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Provides tax credits for hiring certain military spouses.
Expands liability of certain individuals associated with limited liability companies and other commercial entities, when acting as residential landlord.
Revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.
Makes it a fourth degree crime to engage in certain tracking and location activities.*
Requires entities to remove abandoned lines and mark information on certain lines.*
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care staff and registered family day care providers.
Concerns professional licensing and application fees for spouse or dependent of active duty member of United States Armed Forces.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing qualified ex-offenders.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public services privatization contracts.
Provides refundable gross income tax credit for early principal payments on certain home mortgages.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
Extends time period required for public notice of certain land use applications.
Requires DHS to establish quality-based reimbursement system for registered family day care providers participating in Grow NJ Kids.
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.*
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.*
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Specifies placement of early voting locations and ballot drop offs.
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.
Requires enhanced review of death records two months prior to election; permits remote training for certain election workers; exempts election worker compensation from taxation and remuneration.
Establishes "New Jersey Target Zero Commission."*
Establishes requirements for sanctions and other actions involving low-performing nursing homes.
Allows certain voters residing overseas to vote in certain elections in this State depending on overseas residency or intent to return.
Requires DCA provide certain information on low-income home energy assistance program, annually update program handbook and issue program request for proposal, and provide quarterly training sessions on administering program.
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Requires carriers to offer health care providers more than one method of payment for reimbursement.*
"Pet Insurance Act."
Indexes amount of veterans' income tax exemption for inflation.
Establishes grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through DOLWD; makes appropriation.
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Upgrades burglary of a residence to a crime of the second degree; requires mandatory period of parole ineligibility if residence was occupied at time of offense.
Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; appropriates $300 million.
Establishes process for county colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs in certain critcal-need applied science fields.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Provides for accidental death benefit if death of TPAF member and certain PERS members is caused by COVID-19.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Prohibits NJTA from implementing automatic toll increases and increasing tolls for three years; reduces NJTA tolls.
Creates sexual assault prevention and response program and coordinator in DMVA.
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to permit certain students to submit monthly expense and resource statement for income verification; requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to impute in-kind support amounts.
Requires professional licensing boards to issue licenses for certain individuals with good standing licenses or certification in other jurisdictions under certain circumstances.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Updates definition of veteran to include discharged LGBTQ veteran; requires DMVA develop review process for such veterans.
Makes various changes to reporting requirements for independent expenditure committees; establishes reporting requirements for policy impact committees.
Requires school districts to permit students five excused absences for mental or behavioral health reasons.
Makes $2.5 million in federal funds available to EDA to support veteran-owned businesses in need.
Provides temporary corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey."
Permits certain winery licensees to engage in direct shipping.
Broadens eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Requires public institution of higher education to post certain information on institution's website.
Supplemental appropriation of $200,000 to the New Jersey State Police Cyber Crimes Unit.
Imposes annual State tax on investment ownership of single family residences in this State by certain entities for purposes other than single family ownership, providing revenue for down payment assistance for family ownership.
Streamlines emergency medical technician certification process for certain veterans.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Establishes student-athlete mental health specialists in school districts and public institutions of higher education; creates student-athlete mental health registry; makes appropriation.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Protects equity accrued by property owner in tax sale foreclosure.
Concerns railroad safety.
Concerns temporary disability insurance and family leave insurance benefits.