Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Nicholas P. Scutari
Sponsored
Became law14
Requires automobile insurance policies to provide certain minimum amounts of liability, uninsured motorist, and underinsured motorist coverage.
Requires business owners and rental unit owners to maintain certain liability insurance policies.
Limits fees charged for copies of medical and billing records.
Raises minimum amount of liability coverage for commercial motor vehicles and autocabs.*
Requires certain insurers to disclose policy limits upon request by an attorney under certain circumstances.
Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from third degree to second degree.
Establishes "Elections Transparency Act;" requires reporting of campaign contributions in excess of $200; increases contribution limits; concerns independent expenditure committees, certain business entity contributions, and certain local provisions; requires appropriation.*
Establishes Behavioral Healthcare Provider Loan Redemption Program within Higher Education Student Assistance Authority; appropriates $5 million.
Revises definition of destructive device to include certain .50 caliber rifles; makes certain exceptions.
Concerns economic incentives for certain cannabis businesses.
Concerns use of ignition interlock devices for drunk driving offenses.*
Revises definition of women's business enterprise and minority business enterprise.*
Permits SHBP and SEHBP to award contracts for more claims administrators for each program plan; requires claims data and trend reports to be provided to certain persons.*
Permits certain special State officers to represent licensed cannabis and casino businesses*
Passed the Senate2
Requires each government entity in this State to conduct review of cybersecurity infrastructure and make recommendations.*
Prohibits possession and requires registration of body armor in certain circumstances.
Out of committee21
Establishes Stay NJ property tax credit program; establishes Stay NJ Task Force; expands income limit and modifies ownership requirement for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement; enhances ANCHOR benefits for seniors; and makes appropriations.*
Provides that limitation on lawsuit option does not apply in accidents caused by drunk or reckless drivers.
Eliminates certain personal injury protection options available under standard automobile insurance policies; requires $250,000 of medical expense benefits under standard and basic automobile insurance policies.
Eliminates New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange.
Requires consultation with insurance producer or provision of cost benefit analysis prior to sale of automobile insurance policy.
Requires delivery network company to maintain certain automobile insurance. *
Authorizes student attending institution of higher education to earn credit towards graduation for serving as poll worker.
Allows member of PFRS who is police chief and fire department chief to serve until age 67 under certain conditions. *
Increases maximum penalty for certain violations concerning asbestos hazard abatement; allocates moneys from increased penalties to asbestos programs.
Prohibits selection of health insurance coverage as primary under personal injury protection coverage.
Makes various changes to New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect; establishes child protection worker caseload standards.
Extends deadlines, under certain circumstances, for completion and commercial operation of certain solar electric power generation facilities.
Provides for expedited construction inspections.*
Makes various revisions to requirements for obtaining a firearm purchaser identification card, permit to purchase a handgun, and permit to carry a handgun; codifies sensitive places in which firearms and destructive devices are prohibited.*
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Removes requirement that certain government officers disclose the address of their home or secondary residence, or that of their immediate family on financial disclosure statements.**
Requires MVC to provide certain services electronically to certain individuals and entities.
Clarifies types of firearms allowed to be carried or transported while hunting.*
Extends provisions of P.L.2021, c.498 in certain circumstances.
Requires low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters to be registered with MVC and to be insured.
Enhances notice requirements and occupancy restrictions for hotels and multiple dwellings following determination of potentially hazardous condition.
In committee28
Expands wrongful death act to allow recovery for mental anguish, emotional pain and suffering, loss of society and loss of companionship.
Repeals no-fault automobile insurance law and requires mandatory liability insurance law for motor vehicles.
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of medical tests, procedures and prescription drugs covered under health benefits or prescription drug benefits plans.
Increases certain minimum limits for motor vehicle and automobile insurance coverages.
Increases amount of credit for incarceration resulting from default of court-imposed financial obligation or motor vehicle penalty.
Requires DOC to notify inmates of outstanding motor vehicle fines or penalties and permits inmate to enter into payment plan upon release from incarceration.
Requires county health departments to maintain reserve stock of opioid antidotes to dispense to certain entities on interim basis to ensure uninterrupted supply.
Establishes Co-Curricular Activity Emergency Grant Program to support operations of co-curricular activities at public schools; appropriates $750,000.
Permits physicians to make referrals to certain surgical centers.
Establishes registry of out-of-state contractors who are awarded public works contracts in this State.
Requires Division of Taxation conduct audits of out-of-State contractors that have entered into State and private contracts.
Requires stipends for certain members of boards, commissions, committees, and other public entities.
Requires Governor to appoint Chief Accountability Officer to supervise all State ombudsmen, compliance officers, comptrollers, and other officers with substantially similar positions.
Establishes "Gambling Treatment Diversion Court Pilot Program" with the criminal justice system.
Limits fees charged to patients and authorized third parties for copies of medical and billing records.
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Provides that automobile insurers may act as primary insurer and pursue claims against health insurers under certain circumstances.
Concerns submission of testimony in workers' compensation claims.
Provides additional temporary contracting powers to county improvement authorities.
Authorizes cannabis cultivation on land receiving farmland assessment; technical assistance for cannabis businesses; and economic incentives to certain businesses operating in impact zones.
"Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act"; authorizes production and use of psilocybin to promote health and wellness; decriminalizes, and expunges past offenses involving, psilocybin production, possession, use, and distribution.
Establishes Office of Resilience in DCF.
Provides for licensure of landscape professionals and registration of professional landscaping businesses.
Permits Governor to authorize interstate commercial cannabis activity in certain circumstances.
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Requires State Treasurer to conduct State government office space utilization study and identify savings.
Requires automobile insurance policies to provide uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage equal to policy liability limits of insured motorists.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law11
Establishes Stay NJ property tax credit program; establishes Stay NJ Task Force; expands income limit and modifies ownership requirement for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement; enhances ANCHOR benefits for seniors; and makes appropriations.*
Provides for expedited construction inspections.*
Increases maximum penalty for certain violations concerning asbestos hazard abatement; allocates moneys from increased penalties to asbestos programs.
Allows member of PFRS who is police chief and fire department chief to serve until age 67 under certain conditions. *
Makes various changes to New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect; establishes child protection worker caseload standards.
Authorizes student attending institution of higher education to earn credit towards graduation for serving as poll worker.
Extends deadlines, under certain circumstances, for completion and commercial operation of certain solar electric power generation facilities.*
Makes various revisions to requirements for obtaining a firearm purchaser identification card, permit to purchase a handgun, and permit to carry a handgun; codifies sensitive places in which firearms and destructive devices are prohibited.*
Extends provisions of P.L.2021, c.498 in certain circumstances.
Clarifies types of firearms allowed to be carried or transported while hunting.*
Enhances notice requirements and occupancy restrictions for hotels and multiple dwellings following determination of potentially hazardous condition.
Vetoed2
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Removes requirement that certain government officers disclose the address of their home or secondary residence, or that of their immediate family on financial disclosure statements.**
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
Requires NJTA and SJTA to check E-ZPass database before issuing E-ZPass violation.
Prohibits tax preparers from engaging in certain practices involving refund anticipation checks and loans.
Makes $25 million supplemental appropriation to HMFA for Capital Improvement Assistance Program.
Requires establishment of new State website with information on rights related to, and health benefits coverage for, reproductive health care services.*
Raises maximum workers' compensation fees for evaluating physicians; expands circumstances for which physician legal fees are permitted.
Permits receipt of retirement annuities by certain members of JRS who filed for deferred retirement.*
Revises certain requirements for involuntary commitment for mental health treatment.
Passed the Senate · 6
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy. *
"Moose's Law"; prohibits persons convicted of criminal animal cruelty offenses from owning domestic companion animals and from working or volunteering at animal-related enterprises; establishes presumption against pretrial intervention for certain persons. *
Increases, from 18 percent to 30 percent, amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments.
Prohibits State from disclosing New Jersey driver's license holders' personal information to other states seeking to issue speed camera or red light camera citations.
Allows complaint for guardianship of minor receiving developmental disability services to be filed six months before minor reaches age 18; establishes certain standards for filing guardianship complaints.*
Allows for eligible organizations to use large entertainment venues to conduct raffles in certain municipalities.
Out of committee · 10
Establishes Working Group on End-of-Life Care and Palliative Care in DOH.
Requires State Board of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and regulations concerning confinement of breeding pigs and calves raised for veal.*
Concerns installation, modification, and sale of certain mufflers and exhaust systems; requires inspection of mufflers and exhaust systems.*
Requires reporting of certain attempted and completed suicides by minors.
Requires motor vehicle dealer to offer to delete personal information in motor vehicles in certain situations.*
Requires online option for cancellation of automatic renewal of health club services subscriptions entered into online; provides additional options for cancelling health club services contracts under certain circumstances.*
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Requires carriers to offer health care providers more than one method of payment for reimbursement.*
Permits behavioral and mental health care providers to operate within homeless shelters.
Requires vehicle identification number be stamped on catalytic converters of motor vehicles.
In committee · 8
Continues tax exempt status of certain real property owned by disabled veterans during reconstruction of homes destroyed by flood, storm, or other act of God.
Requires workers' compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage for the medical use of cannabis under certain circumstances.
Requires disclosure of data recording devices in motor vehicles; limits access to recorded data.
Prohibits release of home addresses of certain public safety employees by governmental entities.
Provides for resentencing of certain inmates.
Establishes surplus revenue reserve account in the Property Tax Relief Fund if certain levels of unanticipated gross income tax revenue are collected.
Prohibits health club services contracts from limiting liability for injuries caused by negligence of health club.
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.