Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Annette Quijano
Sponsored
Became law3
Decouples State tax provisions from federal prohibition on cannabis business deductions.*
Revises effective date of severance requirements under "Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act." *
Revises and clarifies certain expungement procedures.
Vetoed1
Establishes "Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program"; appropriates $95,000.*
Passed the General Assembly5
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Eliminates fee for filing certified copy of name change order.
Revises law concerning family leave to extend protection by reducing, over time, employee threshold from 30 employees to five employees in definition of employer.*
Out of committee7
Creates fourth degree crime of operating drone equipped with weapon.
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Passaic, Union, Essex, Hudson, Gloucester, Atlantic, Camden, and Mercer counties; appropriates $400,000.
Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*
Modifies certain definitions related to transient accommodation taxes and fees.
Modifies certain provisions of "New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Act" and "Food Desert Relief Act."
Prohibits certain dissemination of criminal history background information until record is updated.
Allows unions to file wage claim suits on behalf of workers regardless of their union affiliation.
In committee65
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Requires boil water notices to be provided by certain public water systems via telephone, email or text message.
Requires State, county, and municipal employees and certain State contractors to complete cybersecurity awareness training.
Provides that State pay high school equivalency exam fees for low-income individuals.
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Prohibits use of education, occupation, and credit score as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Increases accidental death benefit for surviving spouse or surviving children of certain PERS members and retirants; provides accidental death benefit to beneficiary of certain PERS and PFRS members and retirants; redefines child.
Decouples State tax provisions from federal prohibition on cannabis business expense deductions.
Authorizes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in places of religious worship; makes certain clarifications concerning their use in nonpublic schools.
Imposes certain duties on persons or entities engaged in business pertaining to criminal records and imposes penalties for disseminating expunged record; increases maximum fine for current disorderly persons offense.
Requires electronic voting system vendors disclose financial ties prior to electronic voting system approval by Secretary of State.
Establishes "School Opening and School Closing Student Safety Task Force" to review safety of students when schools open and close for school day.
Requires health insurance companies to cover lead screenings for children 16 years of age or younger.
Establishes one New Jersey Suicide Prevention Advisory Council in DOH.
Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Directs Cannabis Regulatory Commission to adopt regulations concerning labeling, marketing, and sale of cannabidiol and products containing cannabidiol; prohibits sale of cannabidiol to minors.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids.
Provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for certain employers that invest in human capital.
Requires inclusion of information about discriminatory housing practices in Truth in Renting Guide.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers to qualify.
Requires DOE to develop credential to introduce teachers to culturally responsive teaching practices, characteristics, and methods.
Concerns unlawful discrimination and harassment.
Requires DOH to study racial aspects of ovarian cancer.
Establishes loan redemption program for certain bilingual education teachers.
Makes FY 2021 supplemental appropriation of $1,250,000 for Minorities in Police (MIP) recruiting grant program.
Requires health care professionals to order bi-lateral ultrasounds concurrently when ordering mammograms; requires insurers to cover concurrent mammograms and bi-lateral ultrasounds.
Requires training of planned real estate development association board members.
Requires licensure of community management entity that contracts to conduct management services for planned real estate development association.
Requires State Treasurer to collect and study certain demographic information on corporate boards and in senior management.
Requires certain persons and business entities to maintain comprehensive information security program.
Allows gross income tax deduction for surviving spouses of certain veterans.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support United Way of New Jersey.
Requires businesses receiving financial assistance from EDA be prohibited from any gender gap payment practice to their employees.
Clarifies excuse from jury service for members of the military or reserve under certain circumstances; repeals N.J.S.38A:4-6.
Requires DLPS to establish and make available to law enforcement agencies training materials concerning interactions with hearing impaired; requires annual training for law enforcement and contracting with qualified interpreters.
Requires teachers to biennially complete two hours of professional development related to cultural competence.
Requires campus diversity actions at public institutions of higher education and directs Secretary of Higher Education and Division on Civil Rights to develop guidance regarding diversity in faculty search and selection process.
Prohibits telecommunications, utility or cable television companies from charging certain customers prior to actual billing due date.
Prohibits cloud computing service providers from disclosing data collected from public, private, or charter schools.
Requires institutions of higher education to test for lead in drinking water annually, report test results, and install lead filters or treatment devices.
Establishes cap on amount that hospital can charge patients for laboratory services to 150% of Medicare.
Requires DHS to make list of drugs with "black box" warnings accessible through its website.
"Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."
Authorizes local governments to impose convenience fees for accepting electronic payments.
Requires school districts to include instruction on significance of Juneteenth Independence Day as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to conduct study to determine extent and cause of outmigration of high school graduates to out-of-State colleges.
"Free Means Free Act"; prohibits misleading advertising of free products.
Provides earned time credits to reduce parole eligibility date for inmates who participate in substance abuse treatment program.
Codifies AG recommendations for issuing Amber Alert when family member abducts child.
Requires certain local authorities to inspect, maintain, and repair fire hydrants in planned real estate developments.
Prohibits insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP from charging fee for paper bills and notices.
Establishes special license plates supporting American Red Cross.
Requires newborn infant screening for tongue tie.
Allows barbers licensed out-of-State to provide barbering services in New Jersey while awaiting issuance of license by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Requires parties to certain telephone communications to give notice of intention to record communications in order for communications to be lawfully recorded; failure to give notice violates "New Jersey Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act."
Permits juror donation of statutory juror compensation to New Jersey Vet2Vet Hotline program.
Increases accidental death benefit for certain members of PERS.
Establishes penalty on planned real estate development association for failure to provide association members timely access to certain meeting minutes.
Requires MVC to create mobile driver's licenses and identification cards.
Amends criteria of eligibility for Mental Health Diversion Program.
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.
Concerns the "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program."
Establishes Office of New Americans in Department of Human Services.
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 Senate
Became law3
Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*
Allows unions to file wage claim suits on behalf of workers regardless of their union affiliation.
Modifies certain provisions of "New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Act" and "Food Desert Relief Act."*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 42
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; permits counties to provide additional compensation to election workers; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. *
Requires entities to remove abandoned lines and mark information on certain lines.*
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Requires high school students to complete financial aid applications.*
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system of electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.*
Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.
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 domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Requires standard certification period of 12 and 24 months, under certain circumstances, within SNAP.
Allows Attorney General to bring cause of action for certain public nuisance violations arising from sale or marketing of firearms.
Requires State Board of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and regulations concerning confinement of breeding pigs and calves raised for veal.*
Establishes professional board to regulate home improvement and home elevation contractors and requires licensure for each type of contractor.
Eliminates requirement that participation in NJ SNAP Employment and Training Program is mandatory for certain recipients. *
Requires DHS to submit federal waiver request regarding time limits for certain SNAP recipients under certain circumstances.
Appropriates $813,000 to DHS to implement use of electronic benefit transfer cards in Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.**
Establishes State SNAP Minimum Benefit Program; appropriates $18 million to DHS.*
Requires schools to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to students from working class, middle-income families; designated as "Working Class Families' Anti-Hunger Act."
Establishes "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act."
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 menstrual health public awareness campaign.
Establishes three-year sickle cell disease pilot program; appropriates $10,200,000.*
Establishes Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Allows persons who give birth to children in licensed general hospitals to surrender those children under "Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
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.*
Provides sales and use tax exemption for certain purchases made by certain supermarkets and grocery stores located within urban enterprise zones.*
Provides project grants under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for career and technical education at county vocational school districts; appropriates $36,960,028.
Prohibits seller from imposing certain surcharge for credit card transactions; establishes certain notice requirements regarding surcharge.*
Allows certain former members of military reserve units to retain special license plates after conclusion of service.
Requires certain disclosures by sellers of single-family homes with solar panels installed.*
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
Amends Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations act to allocate $25 million from “New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund” to support construction and rehabilitation of low- and moderate-income housing.
Permits behavioral and mental health care providers to operate within homeless shelters.
Requires DCA to conduct surveys and report data related to homelessness in administering the Rental Assistance Navigation Program.*
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Expands scope of Foreclosure Mediation Assistance Program during State of Emergency to allow use of program funds for payment to counselors who help disaster victims process applications for assistance.
Establishes fundamental freedom of person to marry or enter into civil union with person of any race.
Establishes Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance in Department of Law and Public Safety.*
Increases minimum monthly benefit under State SNAP Minimum Benefits Program from $50 to $95 and authorizes DHS to increase program benefit amount.
Extends provisions of P.L.2021, c.498 in certain circumstances.
Appropriates $9,184,427 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses.
Enhances notice requirements and occupancy restrictions for hotels and multiple dwellings following determination of potentially hazardous condition.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $650,000 to New Jersey Division of State Police for trooper recruitment and retention.
Passed the General Assembly · 24
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $3 million.*
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency.*
Waives certain professional and occupational licensing fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
Requires DHS and other appropriate state agencies to disseminate information on transportation options for persons with developmental disabilities.
Directs the suspension, by operation of law, of certain offenders' child support obligations.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Revises criteria to establish base year for homestead property tax reimbursement after relocation.
Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Requires DOT, NJT, and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities.
Permits a marriage or civil union license to be issued and solemnized via audio-visual technology.
Requires consumer reporting agencies to increase protection of consumers' personal information.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Establishes New Jersey Healthy Soils Program; establishes grant program for soil testing of urban agriculture sites; establishes Urban Agriculture Site Soil Testing Fund.
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.*
Establishes Women's Menstrual Health Program to identify and assist patients with symptoms related to endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome.*
Provides for transfers from General Fund to UI trust fund, reduces employer contributions to UI trust fund, assesses contributions from employers to repay transferred amounts, and provides tax credits to small businesses to offset UI tax increases.**
Prohibits public disclosure of names and addresses in certain unemployment, temporary disability, and family leave claim appeals documents.*
Requires DOE to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.
Modifies languages that examinations are to be conducted in for applicants seeking professional license issued by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Requires establishment of residential rental habitability database and provides certain penalties and causes of action concerning residential leases.
Out of committee · 55
Revises income eligibility criteria for, and provides for promotion of, PAAD and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program; establishes "Senior Save Navigator Grant Program" to assist applicants with NJ Save applications.*
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Enhances, and allocates funds for, pre-apprenticeship programs.
Creates certain protections for insurers and insurance producers engaging in business of insurance in connection with cannabis-related businesses.
Requires public agencies and government contractors to report cybersecurity incidents to New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness.*
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources (WATER) Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million. **
Criminalizes certain actions of individuals who offer rental of residential property that they do not own or legally possess.
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Requires certain documentation of needs of students with disabilities during school security drills and emergency situations and in school security plans; requires staff training on needs of students with disabilities in emergency planning.
Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.
Provides for civil actions against persons or entities profiting from commission of human trafficking offenses, or maintaining victims of such offenses.
Establishes teacher recruitment grant program in DOE; appropriates $6 million to DOE.
Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.
Prohibits providers of commercial mobile service and developers of mobile application from disclosing customer's global position system data to third parties under certain circumstances.*
Prohibits tax preparers from engaging in certain practices involving refund anticipation checks and loans.
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
Requires labeling of non-flushable disposable wipes.
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC. *
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Designates each community college in State as provider of allowable services under SNAP Employment and Training Program.
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Requires MVC to provide, upon request, notation on driver's license or identification card of diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or communication disorder.*
Establishes that "100 percent Disabled Veterans" are not required to submit to MVC certain documentation to renew parking privileges.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices and asthma inhalers; limits cost sharing for health insurance coverage of insulin.
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Makes $25 million supplemental appropriation to HMFA for Capital Improvement Assistance Program.
Limits certain provisions in restrictive covenants and limits enforceability of restrictive covenants.
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Requires boards of education and chief administrators of nonpublic schools to submit critical incident mapping data to local law enforcement.
Requires State government entities provide vital documents and translation services in at least seven most common non-English languages.*
Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million.
Requires certain insurers to disclose policy limits upon request by an attorney under certain circumstances.
Revises definition of destructive device to include certain .50 caliber rifles; makes certain exceptions.
Concerns economic incentives for certain cannabis businesses.*
Prohibits person experiencing coin shortage from charging consumers higher price for cash payment.
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location and to make available certain informational brochures.
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP; makes various changes to FY2023 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Establishes High Efficiency Accelerated Learning Grant Program and Tutoring Advisory Commission.
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award summer tuition aid grants in summer of 2023; appropriates $1,000. *
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information concerning child protective investigators.
Requires Director of Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to establish grant program to encourage municipalities to develop recreational sports and STEM programs for children; appropriates $10 million.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on grief as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Prohibits water utility from taking certain actions if utility fails to participate in Low Income Household Water Assistance Program.
Requires person offering digital coupon to make available in-store alternative of identical value.*
"The Small Business Health Insurance Affordability Act"; revises certain requirements for individual and small employer health benefits plans.
Requires certain school meal information be provided to public school students' parents and requires school districts to request that families apply for school meals under certain circumstances.
Transfers Motion Picture and Television Development Commision to EDA; revises certain provisions of tax credit program for film and digital media content production; appropriates $30 million.*
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Clarifies process for administrative apporpriations to UEZs.*
Establishes 21st Century Injured Workers' Access to Justice Act.
Requires certain health care facilities to develop certain doula policies and procedures.
Requires DOLWD, in collaboration with DOE, to establish database of novice teachers and to host job fairs.*
Requires board of education to directly employ certain professionals; permits board of education to contract for certain personnel; permits use of virtual or remote instruction for public school students in certain circumstances.
In committee · 82
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.
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevelopment housing projects ordered by COAH unless order is based on exclusionary zoning; excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
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.
Makes failure to wear mask upon entry into store or transportation publically available, with posted signage, a violation with fine during public emergency declared in Executive Order 103 of 2020 and future public health emergencies.
Makes DNA samples and genetic information resulting from DNA analysis property of the person sampled or analyzed.
Establishes "Food Innovation District Pilot Program."
Provides that purchase of insulin is not subject to deductible; requires health insurers to limit copayments and coinsurance for insulin; requires insulin manufacturers to submit report to Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Requires notice to be provided by municipal court to applicant for public defender of fee and process to waive fee for inability to pay.
Establishes "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
Allows gross income tax deduction for amounts paid for removal of lead, asbestos, sodium, chloride, and other contaminants from taxpayer's property.
Requires landlords to provide tenants with certain notice concerning conditions that may cause damage or hazards on rental property.
Provides for resentencing of certain inmates.
Waives certain commercial driver license fees for veterans and spouses of veterans.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for four years; requires training prior to issuance of firearms cards and handgun purchase permits; revises procedures for passing of firearms to heir or legatee.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
Expands crime of bias intimidation; establishes additional penalties for crimes of bias intimidation and harassment; establishes bias intimidation motivation damages.*
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Requires modernization of all State blanks, forms, documents, and applications to incorporate new standards for collection of information about sex, gender, and sexual orientation.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Requires registration, inspection, testing, cleaning, and disinfection of cooling towers to control outbreaks of Legionnaire's Disease.
Permits incarcerated person to renew driver's license using existing digitized picture on file with MVC.
Requires inmate to participate in Medicaid enrollment session 60 days prior to release.
Mandates access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plan or program provided by the public employer.
"Food Desert Elimination Act"; provides incentives to supermarkets and grocery stores that locate in "food deserts."
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person who commits domestic violence by strangling victim be detained prior to trial.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Clarifies and expands landlord registration procedures; creates certain rights for tenants; makes certain changes concerning tenant notifications, inspections, and maintenance in multiple dwellings; permits percentage of affordable housing obligation to be satisfied by certain rehabilitation projects.
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.
Regulates pay-off of trade-in vehicles and certain vehicle title releases.
Requires disclosure of usual and customary price for merchandise offered in certain advertisements.
Requires cable television, direct broadcast satellite, and television streaming service companies to include certain fees and charges for service in advertised price to consumers.
Create COVID-19 Memorial Commission.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Exempts certain plastic materials processed at advanced plastic processing facilities from State laws regulating solid waste disposal and recycling.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
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.
Provides transition period of 90 days during which building service employees subject to certain building service transfers must be retained.
Prohibits consumer reporting agencies from making reports containing adverse information related to persons affected by coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols.
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Provides that defendant who participated in diversion program for certain marijuana offenses on prior occasion may again participate under certain circumstances.
Establishes certain law enforcement and privacy procedures; designated as New Jersey Values Act.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Directs MVC to establish driver's license endorsement for autonomous vehicles.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Allocates sufficient funds to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
"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.
Requires newly manufactured semi-automatic handguns to be micro-stamped; establishes handgun database.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to establish "Urban Farming Pilot Program"; appropriates $100,000.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes involving heroin and fentanyl; establishes new crimes concerning heroin mixtures; allows certain defendants to be eligible for drug court.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Authorizes creation of "New Jersey Council on Access and Mobility."
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Requires PANYNJ to post information in airports concerning services for victims of human trafficking.
Requires institution of higher education to provide victim-centered training to employees who assist student victims of sexual assault.
Requires air conditioning in State correctional facilities.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Directs DOE to conduct study concerning student caregivers.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Establishes the "Mental Health Court Pilot Program" in several vicinages.
Allows municipalities to transfer inactive alcoholic beverage retail licenses for use in certain redevelopment and revitalization areas; establishes procedure to transfer inactive retail licenses.
Provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities.
Requires State and private correctional facilities to allow inmates to make telephone and video calls at no cost to inmate or other party.
Requires registration and regulation of certain hemp-derived cannabinoids manufactured and sold in this State.
Establishes Office of Learning Loss Czar.
Allows gross income tax deduction for union dues paid to labor organizations.
Prohibits book banning in public libraries and schools; authorizes withholding of State Aid for non-compliance.
Establishes homestead and bank account exemptions for persons in debt; increases existing exemption amounts for household goods.
Extends membership in TPAF to seven years after discontinuance of service and to 25 years for those who were laid off or had 10 or more years of continuous service upon voluntary termination.
Requires health insurance coverage for testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
Provides that certain veterans are entitled to free admission to, and free parking at, State parks and forests.
Establishes Training Clinicians to Support Adults with Autism Workforce Development Program in Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services; appropriates $500,000.
Expands child tax credit eligibility to resident taxpayers with children ages six to 11.
Requires private bus operators that participate in NJT bus lease program, receive State funds, or are under contract with NJT to provide notice and hold public meetings for certain service changes.
Filed · 1
Replaces references to "alien" and "illegal alien" in statutes with "foreign national" and "undocumented foreign national," respectively; prohibits use of those terms by executive branch agencies.