Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Annette Quijano
Sponsored
Became law4
"Kulesh and Kubert's, and Bolis Law;" establishes violation of hands-free cell phone law as reckless under vehicular homicide and assault by auto statutes.*
Requires the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to develop and distribute a document containing student loan repayment information for school districts and nonpublic high schools to disseminate to students.
Permits pet owners to board public transportation with domesticated animals during emergency evacuation.
Creates crime of cyber-harassment.
Passed the General Assembly6
Establishes mutual aid assistance request protocols for 9-1-1 ambulance dispatchers.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support United Way of New Jersey.
Revises penalties imposed on businesses for failure to report security breach of computer system.
Establishes pilot program within Office of Emergency Management to provide zero-interest loans to certain gas stations that install appropriate wiring for generators.
Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles; requires that Attorney General issue guidelines or directives.
Requires that certain health care facilities be generator ready; allows health care facilities to qualify for NJEDA loans for cost of generators.
Out of committee11
Prohibits telecommunications, utility or cable television companies from charging certain customers prior to actual billing due date.
Increases fine and imposes license suspension for talking or texting on hand-held device while driving.
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Clarifies trustee's discretionary authority concerning income tax liability.
Permits attending advanced practice nurse to determine cause of death and execute death certificate of patient if nurse is patient's primary care giver.*
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of certain security-related goods and services.
Extends statute of limitations in certain civil actions for sexual abuse; expands the categories of potentially liable defendants; and revives certain actions.*
Provides surviving spouses of certain fire and police personnel who die in line of duty with workers' compensation for entire period of survivorship.
"The Anti-Big Brother Act."
Permits Office of Emergency Management to order reduction in reservoir levels prior to weather emergency; requires DEP to adopt regulations concerning reservoir levels.
Requires DOE to prepare and distribute informational pamphlets on how parents can limit a child's exposure to media violence.
In committee44
Directs State Lottery Commission to permit purchase of lottery tickets by electronic means.
Requires public agencies to set printers and computers to default to most cost effective fonts for printing to conserve ink and paper.
Increases rate of tax imposed on little cigars under tobacco products wholesale sales and use tax to equal tax rate imposed on cigarettes under cigarette tax.
Requires State toll road authorities to give preference in awarding service station contracts to bidders offering to dispense certain alternative fuels on State's toll roads.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Amends FY2011 annual appropriations act to authorize use of $2,000,000 of federal funds available from Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund for establishment of Statewide Youth Employment Initiative.
Allows tax credits for development of qualified wind energy facilities in port district of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Exempts certain files of clinical programs at law schools in State from Open Public Records Act.
Establishes mandatory, uniform attorney identification card.
Requires that contracts by non-utility load serving entities to purchase solar renewable energy certificates shall extend for a term of 15 years or longer.
Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Creates the option to make a voluntary contribution for the support of local libraries on gross income tax returns.
Allows person with penicillin allergy to voluntarily make notation on drivers license.
"Workforce Investment for New Teachers Act"; provides $5,000 refundable gross income tax credit to new teachers in low-performing school districts.
Establishes a loan redemption program for teachers employed in chronically failing schools.
Concerns wage protection and certain penalties for violating laws regarding wages, compensation or benefits.
Increases benefit amounts and income eligibility limits for the Work First New Jersey program.
Increases child support amount that may be received in addition to assistance grant under Work First New Jersey program.
Extends "whistleblower" protections to employee disclosure of governmental mismanagement, waste and abuse.
Modifies certain State and county-funded rental assistance programs.
Provides certain reemployment rights to teachers dismissed due to a reduction in force.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support the Girl Scouts councils in New Jersey.
Prohibits Governor from using State helicopter for personal and political events; requires quarterly reports to the Legislature.
Provides gross income tax credit for interest paid on certain student loans.
Requires State Treasurer to include designated space for e-mail address on application forms for notaries public.
Directs MVC to establish driver's license endorsement for autonomous vehicles.
Permits counties to share county tax administrators.
Directs MVC to establish driver's license endorsement for autonomous vehicles.
Requires Internet service providers to retain data for law enforcement purposes.
Establishes Cyber Security Bureau within the Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness.
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS for $7,453,000 for family planning services, and requires filing of State Plan Amendment to extend Medicaid coverage for family planning services to persons with incomes up to 200% of federal poverty level.
Provides for SHBP New Jersey State Employee Wellness Program with financial incentives for participation in program.
Extends statute of limitations in certain civil actions for sexual abuse; expands the categories of defendants who are potentially liable; codifies liability of public entities in these actions; and revives certain actions.
The "New Jersey Consumer Catastrophe Preparedness and Protection Act"; creates "New Jersey Catastrophe Fund."
Prohibits the sale and possession of shark fins.
Establishes the crime of negligent vehicular homicide.
Creates offense of impairing communications, which would constitute domestic violence in certain circumstances.
Establishes Job Opportunity Benefit Program to provide tax credits to certain businesses having large number of employees in the State.
Creates Task Force on Distracted Driving.
Prohibits the use of drones by law enforcement for surveillance purposes.
Establishes special license plates supporting American Red Cross.
Excludes certain out-of-State businesses and employees from certain taxes, fees, and business registration requirements when temporarily performing in-State work or services during declared disaster or emergency.
Requires prevailing wage be paid to certain workers.
Carried from the Senate
Became law6
Increases fine and imposes license suspension for talking or texting on hand-held device while driving.
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Clarifies trustee's discretionary authority concerning income tax liability.
Provides surviving spouses of certain fire and police personnel who die in line of duty with workers' compensation for entire period of survivorship.
"The Anti-Big Brother Act."
Requires DOE to prepare and distribute informational pamphlets on how parents can limit a child's exposure to media violence.
Vetoed1
Permits attending advanced practice nurse to determine cause of death and execute death certification of patient if nurse is patient's primary caregiver.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 29
Establishes crime of entering into certain restricted airport areas.
Requires Department of Education to biannually distribute a letter to school districts reminding districts of requirement to enroll resident students regardless of immigration status.
Requires direct deposit for all State employee compensation on and after July 1, 2014; allows county, county college, municipality,and local school district to opt for mandatory direct deposit for all employee compensation on or after July 1, 2014.***
Modifies certain CATV company filing requirements with BPU and CATV company subsciber notice requirements concerning rates, charges, or services.*
Affords emergency services peer counselors confidentiality privileges.
Requires a review of corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credit programs for payments to interns.*
Modifies process for contested case hearings by OAL with regard to telephone and video conferences, delegation of final decision authority, oral decisions, checklist decisions, electronic filings, and settlements.
Requires BPU, under certain circumstances, to issue a decision within 180 days after receipt of petition by public utilities to sell certain real property.*
Removes requirement that certain telecommunications companies file tariffs with BPU; requires them to provide certain information to public via their website; allows them assess late payment charge on unpaid bills.*
Modifies certain service outage compensation and notice requirements for CATV companies.
"Janet's Law"; requires public and nonpublic schools to have automated external defibrillators and to establish emergency action plans for responding to sudden cardiac events.*
Establishes offense of unlawfully accessing location of law enforcement vehicles through certain electronic means.*
Exempts certain Office of Emergency Management members from federal commercial driver's licensing requirements.*
"New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program Act;" establishes New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program and allows voluntary contributions on gross income tax returns to support homeless veterans.**
Clarifies that criminal impersonation committed by any means, including electronic communications or Internet website, shall be subject to criminal penalties. **
Authorizes release of sex offender registration information to DHS and county welfare agencies.
Concerns the sale of portable electronics insurance and licensing of limited lines insurance producers for that purpose.
Sets forth certain reporting requirements when out-of-State law enforcement entities conduct counter-terrorism investigations within New Jersey.*
Directs State Treasurer to review effects of disclosure and nondisclosure of lottery winners on transparency and lottery sales.*
Provides unemployment benefits for certain ex-service members.
Authorizes public schools to serve to students certain produce grown in community garden.
Permits appointment and transfer of certain special law enforcement officers and county park police officers by certain sheriffs and counties.*
The "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act."
Provides for temporary professional or occupational licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Establishes School Security Task Force.*
Requires homeowners insurance consumer information brochure to contain one page summary of policy.
Disqualifies person named on federal Terrorist Watchlist from obtaining firearms identification card or permit to purchase handgun.
Expands notification when an offender is released from custody or transferred within the criminal justice system. *
Requires collection and reporting of certain firearms information to interjurisdictional database; requires information relating to crime of firearms trafficking be included in annual Uniform Crime Report.*
Vetoed · 9
Authorizes Judiciary to revise or fees and other statutory fees, subject to limitations, to fund e-court information system and Legal Services of New Jersey; provides for review of such fees by Judiciary.*
Requires registered qualifying patient's authorized use of medical marijuana to be considered equivalent to use of any other prescribed medication.
Establishes pilot program to utilize value-based benefit design in SHBP to increase health benefits coverage for certain employees concerning chronic health conditions.
Establishes "Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act."
Requires Energy Master Plan to include long-term capacity planning and infrastructure planning.
Requires that contract for private operation of State Lottery be subject to approval by Legislature.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing assault firearms for civilian use.**
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Passed the General Assembly · 36
Creates a civil "rape shield" law.
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Requires criminal history record check of school district volunteers.
Requires certain State departments, divisions, commissions, and authorities to consider use of green or blue roof in construction of certain new State buildings, facilities, and structures.*
Revises notice requirements by CATV companies for changes to station channel positions to be consistent with federal law.*
Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated.*
Restricts access to motor vehicle accident reports under certain circumstances.*
Establishes bill of rights for authorized family members of persons with developmental disabilities.*
Authorizes State and local governments to enter into group purchasing agreement for advanced technology vehicles and alternative fueled vehicles. *
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Changes marriage and civil union licensing requirements and increases license fees.**
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.*
Concerns Watershed Property Review Board in DEP.
Requires DEP to conduct analysis of "Pollution Prevention Act."
Creates "New Jersey Life Science Internship Challenge" program.
Imposes limits on fees charged for discovery in municipal court matters.
Establishes standards regarding the disqualification of claimants for unemployment compensation for misconduct.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act"; provides expedited process for foreclosing abandoned residential properties.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Prohibits notaries public from falsely representing themselvesas attorneys in advertisments.*
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.*
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for maintenance of certain State memorials honoring war veterans.
Allows State residents who are outside of New Jersey to place wagers on horse races using account wagering system.
"Higher Education Citizenship Equality Act;" defines domicile for dependent students for the purpose of eligibility for State student loans, grants, or scholarships and resident tuition rate.*
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
"Disaster Information Access Act"; requires utility service providers to report severe weather and emergency related service interruptions; directs utility service providers and State Office of Emergency Management to present reported information online
Requires forms and materials for individuals with developmental disabilities to be available in languages other than English.
Requires notification of certain domestic violence victims through the Victim Information and Notification Everyday System (VINE).
Establishes a regulatory and reporting program for ammunition sales and transfers.*
Requires firearms seizure when mental health professional determines patient poses threat of harm to self or others.
Requires posting of information about availability of services from substance abuse treatment facilities on county and DHS websites.
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.*
Requires at least one State developmental center in each region of State; requires certain factors to be considered for transfer of residents between developmental centers.
Exempts mugshots of arrestees who have not been convicted of the underlying offense from State's open public records law.
Requires PANYNJ to conduct noise and land use compatibility survey.
Out of committee · 41
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of the student borrower's death.
Provides immunity from civil liability to certain individuals who acquire or use an automated external defibrillator.
Establishes and enhances certain insurance fraud prevention measures.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Requires SHBP and SEHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism, other substance-use disorders, and non biologically-based mental illnesses under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses. *
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats pilot program in New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
Requires insurers to cover breast evaluations and other additional medically necessary testing under certain circumstances and requires certain mammogram reports to contain information on breast density.**
Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy or finance sectors of Iran.*
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Imposes certain registration and reporting requirements to prevent illegal trade of tigers.
Requires all State firefighter training to be accredited.
Prohibits genital mutilation of females under 18 years of age.
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Permits automatic expungement for certain persons completing a sentence to drug court under the special probation statute.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Provides for phased-in mandatory participation in "drug court" program for certain offenders.*
Revises certain solar renewable energy programs and requirements; provides for aggregated net metering of electricity consumption related to properties owned by certain governmental bodies and school districts.**
Concerns dissolution of free public libraries.
Permits establishment of countywide purchasing system by a county and requires participation by all school districts within the county.
Directs portion of Unclaimed Child Support Trust Fund be used to balance unpaid receivables resulting from federal income tax refund offset reversals.
Lieutenant Scott Jenkins' Law; creates certain new criminal offenses aimed at theft from carriers; amends theft statutes.*
"Children's Sudden Cardiac Events Reporting Act."
Criminalizes second or subsequent drunk driving offenses in certain cases.
"Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey (TEACHNJ) Act."*
Authorizes law enforcement agency to inform the president of a public or independent institution of higher education when a student is charged or convicted of certain crimes.
Requires labeling of all foods containing genetically modified material.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide to prospective students certain cost, loan, and debt information in financial aid shopping sheet.
Permits local units to enter into joint agreements to purchase fire equipment.
Concerns certain appeals of unemployment benefits determinations.
Requires HMFA to expand participation in the NJ HomeKeeper Program.
Requires property tax bills to contain eligibility information on State tax relief programs.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Declares violence a public health crisis and establishes "Study Commission on Violence."*
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Authorizes award of attorney's fees and expenses in landlord-tenant actions under certain circumstances.*
Concerns importation and delivery of motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Concerns sale of certain motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
Sets forth certain standards to be followed by law enforcement agencies and fire departments when utilizing drones.
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education and State financial aid.*
Expands Medicaid eligibility pursuant to federal "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."
In committee · 119
Concerns criminal background checks for certain school employees.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands horse racetrack, subject to voter approval.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands racetrack, upon voter approval; dedicates 1/3 net proceeds to General Fund, 1/3 to State education aid, and 1/3 to horse racing industry.
Provides tax credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for certain costs incurred in purchase and installation of certain environmentally responsible business equipment.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and harassment under certain circumstances.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $7,000,000 to DOE to reinstate nonpublic technology initiative aid.
Reduces number of voters for whom person can serve as messenger; limits to three number of voted mail-in ballots transmittable by bearer; modifies conviction standard under vote by mail law.
Requires the incorporation of solar panels in design and construction of new public school facilities.
Upgrades harassment under certain circumstances; restricts cyberbullying offenders' access to the Internet.
Establishes new crimes concerning service dogs and upgrades crimes against certain other animals.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Makes various changes to the "Law Against Discrimination"; repeals section 4 of P.L.1985, c.73.
Provides enhanced penalties for drunk drivers with blood alcohol concentration of 0.17% or greater.
Permits establishment of county-wide purchasing system by county employing qualified purchasing agent and requires participation by all municipalities and school districts within the county.
Prohibits practice of requiring credit check as condition of employment.
Allows for five years corporation business tax and gross income tax deductions for net interest amount received on loans to certain qualified UEZ businesses.
Requires health care providers to observe certain practices concerning collection of outstanding balances on patient accounts.
Prohibits charging vehicle storage fees for days on which storage facility is closed.
Prohibits sale of merchandise designed to conceal license plates.
Includes nonpublic schools and incidents occurring off school grounds in school bullying law and provides greater protections for victims of bullying.
Directs BPU to establish online process for submission of required documents by BPU regulated and licensed entities.
Creates New Jersey Business Action Center.
Requires reporting of public high school, district and Statewide drop-out and graduation rates.
"New Jersey College Student and Parent Consumer Information Act"; requires each four-year public institution of higher education to provide on its website certain information regarding its costs, faculty, and graduation rates.
Requires incarcerated individual be counted for redistricting purposes at previous address if State resident and not counted if incarcerated and not State resident.
Requires Chief Administrator of Motor Vehicle Commission to establish standards for average customer wait times at facilities.
Concerns UEZ funding to qualifying municipalities.
Prohibits distribution of campaign materials at any facility owned, maintained, operated or leased by unit of local government.
Establishes farm brewery and winery-brewery beverage license and permits farm wineries to produce hard cider.
Provides for collection on child support arrearages and certain public assistance overpayments through withholding of casino and racetrack winnings.
Requires certain motor vehicle reinspections be conducted at licensed private inspection facilities.
Provides a gross income tax credit for textbook purchases made for undergraduate education.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption for sales of certain high-efficiency home heating equipment.
Creates Office of Energy Savings to implement program to improve energy efficiency and conservation for all State agencies.
Encourages purchase of NJ solar panels and wind turbines for State projects and State-funded projects.
Requires school districts to annually disseminate information to students and parents or guardians on the dangers of distributing sexually explicit images through electronic means.
Requires New Jersey Transit to offer discount passes to all New Jersey higher education students.
Requires the supervisor of a school bus driver to inspect the school bus for pupils remaining at the end of the transportation route.
Provides updated procedures for disposition of State surplus computers and certain other electronic devices designated for redistribution, sale, or disposal.
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.
Establishes "Monica's Law" concerning domestic violence risk assessment pilot program.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Provides corporation business tax incentives for life sciences research.
Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for certain products.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to food service contracts and to local units and State authorities.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Establishes conditional intervention program in municipal court for certain first-time offenders.
Requires health insurers to disclose broker commissions to purchasers.
Provides tax credit against gross income tax for costs of certain property that conserves energy or promotes energy efficiency and for other energy efficiency measures.
Provides for nursing home reimbursement adjustment for cost of energy improvements.
Lowers age of eligibility for surviving spouse under homestead property tax reimbursement program; extends payment of homestead property tax reimbursement to non-eligible surviving spouse for portion of tax year during which deceased spouse lived.
Expands existing film and digital media production tax credit programs; designated as the Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act.
Exempts from payment certain taxes and energy charges for manufacturing facilities.
Establishes a closing fund to provide financial resources for certain economic development projects.
Requires that each school district conducting an interscholastic athletic program must employ one or more school athletic trainers.
Authorizes the issuance of restraining orders in situtations where the domestic violence statutes do not apply; repeals section 2 of P.L.1999, c.47.
Allows certain undocumented aliens to qualify for in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education.
Establishes "gun-free" and "weapon free" zones around certain school and public properties.
Establishes Nursing Student Support Program.
Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges and the county colleges.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games.
Requires each county to establish and maintain veterans' service office.
Establishes the number of students to be supported under the veterinary medicine education program and a service requirement for students who participate in the program.
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on brothers and sisters of a decedent.
Allows New Jersey gross income taxpayers to elect to deduct certain losses from certain investment arrangements discovered to be criminally fraudulent.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
The "Green Building Tax Credit Act."
Prohibits issuance of DEP permits and approvals for development related to drilling for oil and natural gas off NJ coast.
Excludes appropriations to reserve for uncollected taxes in excess of two percent from calculations of municipal adjusted tax levy.
Requires public institutions of higher education to implement certain practices concerning academic credits and residency requirements for military servicemembers.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Designates Pine Barrens treefrog as New Jersey State Amphibian.
Amends special probation statute to give judges additional discretion to admit certain offenders to "drug court" program.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses providing employment to certain National Guard or reservists.
Requires Division of Purchase and Property to provide additional notification of contracting opportunities to vendors or potential vendors providing or interested in providing home health care services to State agencies.
Appropriates $3.963 million from General Fund to DOE for nonpublic nursing services aid.
Establishes county-based centers for transition for young adults with developmental disabilities.
Establishes the Division of Fire Safety in, but not of, the Department of Law and Public Safety; grants Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness certain supervisory powers.
Requires charter schools to annually submit to Commissioner of Education salary and benefit information for certain employees.
Expands programs in BPU to include low-interest loans and grants to municipalities for energy efficient programs and innovative energy technologies.
"New Jersey Transit Villages Act."
Permits municipalities to purchase and issue certain surplus retail alcoholic beverage licenses.
Requires assisted living residences to have standby emergency power generators.
Prohibits certain sex offenders from using social networking websites and requires certain identifying information.
Requires medical examination and submission of student work portfolios for home-schooled children; provides that children under supervision of DYFS may not be home-schooled.
Permits chair or booth rentals for the purpose of providing cosmetology and hairstyling services or ancillary services.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide after school programs to students in certain districts and allows tax credit for contributions to "After School Program Support Fund."
Authorizes sale of certain property interests in public roads by local governments to connect certain electric generating facilities with customers; provides for net metering, virtual net metering and connections by public utility.
Requires persons who form and administer political committees and continuing political committees to provide additional information about affiliations with other committees and individuals.
Allows installation of solar arrays by municipalities on preserved open space in certain circumstances.
Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program; appropriates $95,000.
Requires MVC to issue driving privilege cards to persons who cannot prove lawful presence in the country.
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education and State financial aid.
Requires electric and gas public utilities to file maps and information concerning utility infrastructure to municipal emergency management personnel.
Provides three years of partial funding to urban enterprise zone assistance fund for Hurricane Sandy relief.
Reduces lawful maximum capacity of certain ammunition magazines in New Jersey.
Prohibits mail order, Internet, telephone, and any other anonymous method of ammunition sale or transfer in New Jersey.
Requires mental health screening by licensed professional to purchase a firearm.
Prohibits notaries public from falsely representing themselves as attorneys in advertisements.
Authorizes retired law enforcement officers to provide security in public schools.
Establishes regulatory and reporting program for all ammunition sales.
Requires firearms to be unloaded and securely locked or stored within home.
Increases references required for application for handgun permit and firearms identification card from two to five.
Establishes pilot program to provide summer employment opportunities to underserved youth and young adults.
Imposes gross receipts tax on retail sales of firearms ammunition and use tax on use of certain firearms ammunition; establishes "Gun Buyback Fund."
Disqualifies persons with three drunk driving or refusal convictions in five years from purchasing firearm.
Requires cost-saving reforms to administration of correctional health care.
Establishes "School Shelter Grant Program" in Department of Education.
Establishes pilot program to provide zero-interest loans to certain emergency shelters and food banks for purchase and installation of generator.
Establishes "Rutgers, The State University Study Commission."
Establishes $800,000,000 program of tax credits for qualified residential projects; restricts $200,000,000 for 100 percent-dedicated affordable housing.
Prohibits use of certain technology for unauthorized electronic surveillance of cellular telephones and portable electronic devices.
Requires forms for homestead property tax reimbursement, veterans' property tax exemption, veterans' property tax deduction, and senior and disabled property tax deduction to be available in certain languages.
Requires mail-in ballot applications be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections; requires poll workers to discuss application instructions with applicant upon request.
Authorizes county prosecutor to issue rewards to persons who provide information leading to the arrest, prosecution and conviction of persons who have committed certain drug offenses.
Establishes loan redemption program for teachers in certain fields to redeem loan amounts received under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program through employment in certain failing schools.
Establishes the "New Jersey Collaborative Family Law Act."
Filed · 1
Requires for-profit hospitals to report certain information to DHSS.