Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, Senate.
Nicholas P. Scutari
Sponsored
Became law16
Establishes Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Therapy Pilot Program; appropriates $6 million.**
Allows complaint for guardianship of minor to be filed six months before minor reaches age 18 under certain circumstances; establishes certain standards for filing guardianship complaints.
Requires electric public utilities to implement certain improvements to interconnection process for certain grid supply solar facilities and energy storage facilities.*
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.*
Provides grant to study and map mental health care resources for children; makes appropriation.
Requires municipal tax collectors who obtain payments in lieu of taxes under "Long Term Tax Exemption Law" to transmit county portion directly to county.
Permits Director of Division of Pensions and Benefits to initiate temporary transfer of funds in certain circumstances.
Clarifies installation of ignition interlock devices for certain DWI offenses.
Designates State House Complex Welcome Center as "Governor Richard J. Codey Welcome Center."
Establishes grant program in DOE for public schools to purchase and install point-of-use filtered bottle-filling stations and filtered faucets.*
Provides for publication of required legal notices on government Internet websites and through certain online news publications.
Extends certain provisions of P.L.2021, c.498.*
Regulates certain electric bicycles.*
Makes various changes to membership on Cannabis Regulatory Commission and to legalized medical and personal use cannabis marketplace.
Provides for merger of New Jersey City University with Kean University; expands powers and property of Kean University; appropriates $25 million.*
Makes changes to how uniform gross receipts assessment are charged to ambulatory care facilities.
Passed the Senate5
Establishes Office of Resilience in DCF.
Requires State to provide recipients of State tax refunds, unemployment insurance benefits and State employee compensation certain payment options.
Requires Department of Treasury and DHS to annually identify State funds available for NJ FamilyCare and child care services, evaluate programs, and create prioritized list of initiatives to improve quality of care under programs.*
Requires defendants, including insurance companies named as defendants, to be properly identified in causes of action.*
Concerns authority of owners, agents, or other persons to elect to contract with private on-site inspection agencies to complete inspections under the construction code; provides for charging of inspection fees.*
Out of committee25
Requires State Treasurer to conduct State government office space utilization study and identify savings.
Requires low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters to be registered with MVC and to be insured.
Requires development of universal financial disclosure form for persons required to file financial disclosure statements with multiple public bodies; authorizes Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards to accept form; codifies financial disclosure requirement for municipal prosecutors.*
"New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program.
Permits amusement games licenses to be issued to certain nonprofit organizations.
Increases annual assessment on net written premiums of HMOs from five percent to six percent.
Imposes 2.5 percent corporate transit fee on taxpayers with allocated taxable net income in excess of $10 million under CBT.
Eliminates statutory suspension required on collection of hotel and motel occupancy fee if amounts set for annual appropriations of fee revenues for cultural projects are not met.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in City of Camden in Camden County.
Enters New Jersey into Interstate Physician Assistant Licensure Compact.
Revises statutes implementing certain property tax relief programs pursuant to recommendations promulgated by Stay NJ Task Force.
Requires third-party discounts and payments for individuals covered by health benefits plans to apply to copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs for covered benefits.
Requires NJ FamilyCare to reimburse inpatient providers for long-acting injectable antipsychotic drugs at outpatient reimbursement rate.
Requires Division of Pensions and Benefits to provide report on available funds in local government part of SHBP prior to transferring funds from State part of SHBP; requires monthly reporting on certain assets in SHBP.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of certain election related deadlines.*
Revises design of primary election ballots and certain primary election procedures; provides for ballots to be arranged by office block; removes State committee members from primary process; requires reporting on primary elections by Division of Elections.
Makes various changes to provisions of "Administrative Procedure Act"; establishes Commission on Efficiency and Regulatory Review in Office of Administrative Law.
Amends Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act to clarify distribution of Meals on Wheels Program grant to Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.
Authorizes establishment of municipal homelessness trust funds and adoption of homeless housing plans by municipalities.
Increases county surrogate fees; adds new categories of fees.
Expands SCI investigatory powers and duties.
Modifies various provisions of State's renewable energy incentive programs; requires electric public utilities to interconnect certain solar projects.
Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act concerning language requiring achievement of cost savings for SHBP.*
Requires establishment of financial advisory services program for participants of State's deferred compensation plan.
Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriations for various purposes.
In committee51
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.
Provides that limitation on lawsuit option does not apply in accidents caused by drunk or reckless drivers.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Requires each government entity in this State to conduct review of cybersecurity infrastructure and make recommendations.
Establishes "Gambling Treatment Diversion Court Pilot Program" with the criminal justice system.
Requires delivery network company to maintain certain automobile insurance.
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.
Prohibits selection of health insurance coverage as primary under personal injury protection coverage.
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.
Raises minimum amount of liability coverage for commercial motor vehicles and autocabs.
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.
Prohibits possession and requires registration of body armor in certain circumstances.
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.
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 transported while hunting.
Requires automobile insurance policies to provide uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage equal to policy liability limits of insured motorists.
Enhances notice requirements and occupancy restrictions for hotels and multiple dwellings following determination of potentially hazardous condition.
Provides filing extension and medical documentation requirement for certain members or retirees of PFRS, SPRS, or PERS regarding accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.
Requires DOH to provide grants for women's health research and innovations.
Permits cannabis retailers to sell certain non-intoxicating products in store.
Requires State Treasurer to reimburse county treasurer for defense costs and administrative expenses incurred by county in defending certain lawsuits during supersedure of county prosecutor by Attorney General.
Allows persons operating bicycle, low-speed electric bicycle, or low-speed electric scooter involved in accident to be eligible for personal injury protection benefits; requires crash reports for accidents.
Makes certain changes related to application and licensing for sale of cannabis, Cannabis Regulatory Commission activity, municipal ordinances, and alternative treatment centers.
Invalidates certain arbitration agreements.
Makes certain changes related to application and licensing for sale of cannabis, Cannabis Regulatory Commission activity, municipal ordinances, and alternative treatment centers.
Establishes crime of selling or purchasing marijuana from unlicensed businesses.
Establishes requirements to develop protocols and training for reunification therapy; makes appropriation.
Imposes tax on collection of consumer data in certain instances; dedicates portion of annual revenues to support 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline.
Requires public safety answering points to establish process to accept alarm scores reported by alarm monitoring centers and provide scores to law enforcement.
Prohibits motor vehicle liability insurance policy from restricting amount that may be recovered under policy.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law16
Authorizes establishment of municipal homelessness trust funds and adoption of homeless housing plans by municipalities.
Enters New Jersey into Interstate Physician Assistant Licensure Compact.
"New Jersey Design Professional Self-Certification Act"; requires DCA to establish design professional self-certification program.
Imposes 2.5 percent corporate transit fee on taxpayers with allocated taxable net income in excess of $10 million under CBT.
Increases annual assessment on net written premiums of HMOs from five percent to six percent.
Revises statutes implementing certain property tax relief programs pursuant to recommendations promulgated by Stay NJ Task Force.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus certain real property and improvements in City of Camden in Camden County.
Appropriates $5 million to the Department of State for Cultural Projects.
Permits amusement games licenses to be issued to certain nonprofit organizations.
Revises design of primary election ballots and certain primary election procedures; provides for ballots to be arranged by office block; removes State committee members from primary process; requires reporting on primary elections by Division of Elections.*
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of certain election related deadlines.
Requires third-party discounts and payments for individuals covered by health benefits plans to apply to copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs for covered benefits.
Amends Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act to clarify distribution of Meals on Wheels Program grant to Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.
Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act concerning language requiring achievement of cost savings for SHBP.*
Requires establishment of financial advisory services program for participants of State's deferred compensation plan.
Makes FY2026 supplemental appropriations for various purposes.
Vetoed1
Requires Division of Pensions and Benefits to provide report on available funds in local government part of SHBP prior to transferring funds from State part of SHBP; requires monthly reporting on certain assets in SHBP.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Extends certain provisions of P.L.2022, c.9.
Permits county boards of elections to extend distance within which electioneering is prohibited.
Limits general application of certain consumer contracts.
Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to offer no-fee option to parents for making school lunch and other payments; requires payment processing platforms used by certain schools to provide users with information on user fees.*
Revises certain provisions concerning, and establishes certain education and data reporting requirements related to, involuntary commitment.*
Creates regulatory scheme, in line with federal law, on sale of certain hemp-derived cannabinoid products; repeals law concerning intoxicating hemp.*
Clarifies procedures in certain contested child custody cases.
Passed the Senate · 3
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for family planning and reproductive health care services; prohibits adverse actions by medical malpractice insurers in relation to performance of legally protected health care services.*
Allows public bodies to continue using newspapers for required public notices and legal advertisements until certain specified date regardless of format.
Authorizes BPU to provide site approval for small modular reactors; authorizes operators of small modular reactors to store spent nuclear fuel on-site.
Out of committee · 21
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.
Concerns installation, modification, and sale of certain mufflers and exhaust systems; requires inspection of mufflers and exhaust systems.
Increases amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments; increases property tax credit option for certain individuals.*
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Prohibits health club services contracts from limiting liability for injuries caused by negligence of health club.
Establishes permanent daylight saving time in NJ.
Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."
Requires public transportation employees and certain motorbus operators to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.*
Requires DHS and DOH, respectively, to provide information on SNAP, WFNJ, and WIC recipients regarding card skimming, cloning, and similar fraudulent activities and to replace stolen benefits; makes appropriation.
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act," revises calculation of gas tax rate, and establishes annual fee for zero emission vehicles.
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.
Establishes crime of fertility fraud.
Creates "Reproductive Health Care Access Fund" to strengthen access to reproductive health care.
Requires affirmative written consent for certain entities to disclose individual's medical information regarding reproductive health care services, with limited exceptions, unless disclosure is necessary to provide those services.
Requires four-year public institution of higher education to develop and implement reproductive health services plan; requires county college to develop referral network for reproductive health care services.
Provides for voluntary contributions for taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support reproductive health care services.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for screening, prevention, and treatment services of behavioral health issues affecting children.
Authorizes HMFA to use certain tax credits; directs HMFA to conduct tax credit auctions to provide financial assistance for certain housing puropses.*
Provides for workers' compensation coverage of certain counseling services for first responders and provides that certain mental health related communications are confidential.
Directs BPU to study feasibility of developing advanced reactors Statewide.
Expands certain employer reporting requirements to include entities that employ or contract with individuals for financial compensation, including ride-sharing and delivery technology platforms.
In committee · 12
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.
Requires carriers to offer health care providers more than one method of payment for reimbursement.
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.
Establishes surplus revenue reserve account in the Property Tax Relief Fund if certain levels of unanticipated gross income tax revenue are collected.
Requires workers' compensation, PIP, and health insurance coverage for the medical use of cannabis under certain circumstances.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."
Bars certain public officials from holding elective office and participating in political activities for certain time periods.
Codifies authority for certain health care providers to provide abortions and clarifies certain operational requirements for abortion facilities.
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing legally protected health care activities; establishes right of residents to legally protected health care services, which are restricted in other states.
Establishes Reproductive Health Care Professionals Loan Redemption Program; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes task force to examine public school programs and services designed to address student mental health.
Increases access to substance use disorder treatment; Requires Medicaid coverage for substance use disorder services provided by community-based organizations.