Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Linda S. Carter
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires DEP to make certain information regarding water purveyors available on its Internet website.
Enhances notice requirements and occupancy restrictions for hotels and multiple dwellings following determination of potentially hazardous condition.
Passed the General Assembly2
Directs State Board of Education to authorize issuance of new endorsements in certain fields.
Requires establishment of residential rental habitability database and provides certain penalties and causes of action concerning residential leases.
Out of committee10
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Directs Attorney General to establish program for anonymous reporting of potential threats to school safety.
"Transparency in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Curriculum Act"; requires public schools to solicit parental input on health and physical education curriculum; sets standards for curriculum delivery in all subject areas.
Requires NJ FamilyCare to reimburse claims for covered services submitted by clinical social workers, professional counselors, and marriage and family therapists under certain circumstances.*
Establishes New Jersey Center for Study and Prevention of Suicide at Rutgers School of Public Health; appropriates $500,000.*
Raises minimum amount of liability coverage for commercial motor vehicles and autocabs.*
Establishes Behavioral Healthcare Provider Loan Redemption Program within Higher Education Student Assistance Authority; appropriates $5 million.
Revises definition of women's business enterprise and minority business enterprise.*
Establishes "Innovation Partnership"; provides funding for certain nonprofit partnerships to promote certain emerging technology businesses.
Establishes strict liability criminal penalties for firearm trafficking that results in injury or death.
In committee26
Prohibits sale and distribution of nail products containing dibutyl phthalates, toluene, or formaldehyde.
Eliminates statute of limitations for civil actions arising from sexual assault and other crimes and offenses of a sexual nature committed against a person 18 years of age or older.
Increases amount of credit for incarceration resulting from default of court-imposed financial obligation or motor vehicle penalty.
Requires disclosure of breach of security of geolocation data.
Requires registry of animal rescue organizations; requires animal rescue, pet shop, shelter, or pound notify person adopting or purchasing animal of animal's behavioral and medical history; designated as "Rocky's Law."
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to conduct study and issue report on impact of artificial intelligence on growth of State's economy.
Expands availability of NJ FamilyCare Advantage program.
Establishes New Jersey Public Interest Technology Network.
Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization.
Establishes School Connectivity Grant Program to expand access to online instruction for economically disadvantaged students; makes appropriation.
Permits retroactive modification of certain judgements of conviction; requires study of DOC's anticipated expenses to upgrade data infrastructure.
Permits DOC and DCF to award contracts for medical and dental services to vendors.
Imposes administrative fees on certain out-of State contractors.
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.
Prohibits landlords from requiring rent to be paid by certain means of payment or at any off-site location.
Creates special education unit within the Office of Administrative Law; requires annual report.
Modifies lists of projects eligible to receive loans for environmental infrastructure projects from NJ Infrastructure Bank for FY2022.
Prohibits certain examinations of alleged sex crimes victims.
Provides that definition of minority business enterprise include persons of Middle Eastern and North African descent for State certification and assistance purposes; revises definition for school board and local government contract set-aside purposes.
Requires DOH to develop shared decision-making tool and establish maternal health care pilot program.
"Stephanie's Law"; Requires AOC to establish publicly-accessible domestic violence registry; requires law enforcement officer to search State's domestic violence registries when conducting arrest.
Requires law enforcement officer to conduct danger assessment of domestic violence victims and provide assistance to high-risk victims.
Reduces time period during which certain prior offenses may be considered for sentencing purposes; permits first offenses to be removed from driving record in certain circumstances.
Provides students enrolled in certain career programs with consumer protections from fraudulent and misleading claims and practices.
Carried from the Senate
Became law5
Requires NJ FamilyCare to reimburse claims for covered services submitted by clinical social workers, professional counselors, and marriage and family therapists under certain circumstances.*
Raises minimum amount of liability coverage for commercial motor vehicles and autocabs.*
Establishes Behavioral Healthcare Provider Loan Redemption Program within Higher Education Student Assistance Authority; appropriates $5 million.
Revises definition of women's business enterprise and minority business enterprise.*
Establishes strict liability criminal penalties for firearm trafficking that results in injury or death.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 47
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. *
Provides for expedited construction inspections.*
Authorizes the issuance of Kappa Alpha Psi license plates.
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 financial aid award letter provided by institutions of higher education and certain proprietary schools be consistent with financial aid shopping sheet.
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system of electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.*
Provides certain protections and rights for temporary laborers.
Permits chair or booth rentals for the purpose of providing cosmetology and hairstyling services or ancillary services.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.*
Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Requires installation of operational automatic rain sensor or smart sprinkler as condition of sale of certain real properties, and on certain commercial, retail, and industrial properties and common interest communities within specified timeframes.*
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.
Creates State business assistance program to establish contracting agency procurement goals for socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises.
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."
Requires information on seizure first-aid to be disseminated to employers.*
Establishes "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act."
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
Establishes menstrual health public awareness campaign.
Allows tenant with temporary or permanent restraining order to change locks on residential rental unit.
Decouples State tax provisions from federal prohibition on cannabis business deductions.*
Provides for presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services and services provided through program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under Medicaid.*
Establishes three-year sickle cell disease pilot program; appropriates $10,200,000.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2023.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for transportation infrastructure projects for FY2023; makes appropriation.
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Requires Department of Health to provide information to Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system regarding the location of safe disposal sites for hypodermic syringes and needles and prescription drugs.*
Provides one-year waiver of certain MVC fees imposed for driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriations of $71,786,000.
Modifies Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program.
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
Requires hazard mitigation plans to include climate change-related threat assessments and hazard prevention and mitigation strategies.*
Requires motor vehicle dealer to offer to delete personal information in motor vehicles in certain situations.*
Enhances customer service experience with Business Action Center in Department of State by collecting and disseminating customer assistance metrics.
Establishes mentorship program for new businesses and start-ups.
Promotes small business Internet presence.
Allows cure period for businesses to address and resolve certain violations.
Directs DEP to take certain actions concerning identification and testing of microplastics in drinking water, and requires DEP and BPU to study and promote use of microplastics removal technologies.*
Expands scope of school district employee sick leave.
"Fire Life Safety Damper and Smoke Control System Inspection Verification Act"; Requires routine maintenance and periodic testing of smoke dampers, fire dampers, and smoke control systems in certain buildings by qualified personnel.*
Provides for coverage of community-based palliative care benefits under Medicaid.
Enters New Jersey into Counseling Compact.
Establishes Community Crisis Response Advisory Council and community crisis response teams pilot program; designates "Seabrooks-Washington Community-Led Crisis Response Act;" appropriates $12 million.*
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching disabled vehicles.
Prohibits limiting number of county college credits that may be applied towards educator preparation program and teacher certification requirements.
Establishes "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Vetoed · 4
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Establishes "Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program"; appropriates $95,000.*
Vacant Storefront Registry Program; establishes public database of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
Requires calculation of national average time needed to approve applications for initial credential in profession or occupation and use of average time as standard in New Jersey.
Passed the General Assembly · 22
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Authorizes creation of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. license plates.
Eliminates conviction of indictable offense as automatic disqualifier for jury service under certain circumstances.*
Establishes limits on transcript release restrictions at institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions.*
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
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.*
Prohibits public officials from accepting virtual currency and non-fungible tokens as gifts.
Establishes Blockchain Promotion and Integration Program.
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.**
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Requires DOE to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Establishes "Scientific Conference Grant Program"; appropriates $250,000.
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for certain projects for acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes and certain environmental infrastructure projects that include, or allow for, flood mitigation projects.
Establishes Office of Financial Assistance in EDA to help eligible entities access opportunities for public financial assistance; requires office to develop common application platform.*
Requires Attorney General to conduct study on motor vehicle theft.
Directs fines collected for certain prostitution crime to "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund."
Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers.
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship.*
Requires public institution of higher education to establish gambling addiction prevention program.
Establishes New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force; clarifies collection of student growth data.*
Out of committee · 49
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.*
Excludes veterans' benefits from calculation of financial obligation for care at psychiatric facility.
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Requires midwives and physicians to provide pregnant women information on birthing options prior to delivery.
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Requires new employers to reimburse certain former employers for law enforcement training costs.
Establishes penalty for withholding identification to hinder apprehension or prosecution.
Establishes two-generational school readiness and workforce development pilot program for certain low-income households.
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.
Extends period of time for filing special education due process petitions related to COVID-19 school closures and periods of virtual, remote, hybrid, or in-person instruction.
Establishes pilot program for creation of certain local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct.*
Establishes commission to study effects on adolescents of social media usage in and out of school.*
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Requires DCF and DOE to establish policies and procedures relating to child abuse and neglect and child abuse prevention during certain public health emergencies.
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.
Provides for establishment of New Jersey Water Infrastructure Center at institute of higher education designated by DEP; appropriates $5 million.
Requires DHS to establish two-year Regional Community Behavioral Health Pilot Program.
Requires DMVA notify certain veteran organizations and county officers and municipal registers of names of persons buried or cremated in State veteran cemeteries.*
Exempts community gardens composting on-site from Air Pollution Control Act fee.
Requires State government entities provide vital documents and translation services in at least seven most common non-English languages.*
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit Program.*
Establishes minimum NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for traumatic brain injury special care nursing facilities; establishes enhanced NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for nursing facilities under certain circumstances; makes an appropriation.
Requires health benefits coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for insureds aged 21 or younger.
Credits $5.2 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $2.9 billion to NJ Schools Development Authority, NJ DOT, and NJT; and establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects.*
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Establishes sales and events privileges for certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers.*
Establishes "Vertical Farming in Higher Education Grant Program"; appropriates $250,000.
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Requires Commissioner of Education to receive approval from State Board of Education prior to imposing new standardized assessment requirement on public schools.
Directs DEP to establish rebate program for purchase of microfiber washing machine filter or replacement filter; appropriates $2.5 million.
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP; makes various changes to FY2023 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Requires converting portion of Paramus and Menlo Park veterans' memorial homes into single occupancy rooms; requires upgrades to ventilation systems; provides Adjutant General discretion for additional room considerations.*
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award summer tuition aid grants in summer of 2023; appropriates $1,000. *
Requires public institutions of higher education to submit annual fiscal monitoring report; authorizes Secretary of Higher Education to appoint State monitor of certain institutions; requires higher education chief financial officers complete training; annually appropriates $100,000.*
Requires school districts to provide instruction on grief as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Establishes Law Enforcement Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $3 million.
Authorizes issuance of electronic copies of vital records.
Permits teacher, and professional staff member who provides special services, who retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during the 2023-2024 school year.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Provides for merger of Bloomfield College with Montclair State University; expands powers and property of Montclair State University; and expands State college risk management group.
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award annual summer tuition aid grants.*
Waives certain certification and credentialing fees for teachers for one year.
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.
Allows board of county commissioners to hold annual meeting at certain additional locations other than Superior Court.
In committee · 106
Requires institution of higher education to provide refund or credit to students for unused on-campus student housing and meal plans due to COVID-19 public health emergency.
Requires Department of Treasury to review and approve digital payment platform.
Permits members of Legislature to enroll in SHBP.
Expands permitted sales and activities on licensed premises of certain alcohol manufacturers.
Establishes Safe and Equitable Remote Learning Pilot Program in DOE to support provision of remote learning safe havens by certain school districts.
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 school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Allows alternative evaluation in place of basic skills testing requirements for certain teacher certification.
Requires OIT to establish Statewide wireless network through public-private partnership agreement.
Concerns mortgage and loan forbearance, rent suspension, and consumer reporting during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Provides mortgage payment relief, income tax relief, consumer reporting protection, and eviction protection for residential property owners, tenants, and other consumers, economically impacted during time of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Provides for resentencing of certain inmates.
Criminalizes owner or landlord knowingly renting dwelling to tenant that is illegal occupancy which causes serious bodily injury to or death of another person.
Broadens municipal arson investigators' powers.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Limits police presence at polling places and ballot drop boxes; prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of ballot drop box.
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.
Requires access to law enforcement disciplinary records as government records; requires such records to be retained for certain period of time.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for After School Recreation in Urban Areas.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, application to roadway, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.
Requires reporting and investigation of alleged incidents of sexual harassment and sexual violence at institutions of higher education and requires institutions to provide employee training on such reports.
Establishes summer transition pilot program for rising kindergarten students who meet certain criteria.
Prohibits twice exceptional students from being denied special education and related services due to average academic performance.
Provides for accidental death benefit if death of TPAF member is caused by COVID-19.
Establishes COVID-19 Transitional Assistance Local Grant Program in DHS.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Establishes criminal penalties for production, sale, and use of false COVID-19 vaccination verification card; requires AG to establish COVID-19 vaccination fraud prevention program.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy and energy efficiency programs for overburdened communities.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Requires school district to report to DOE on various aspects of computer science courses.
Establishes "Responsible School Violence Prevention, Preparation, and Protection Pilot Program" in certain counties and cities of first class; makes an appropriation.
Authorizes Secretary of Higher Education to impose a fine against an institution of higher education that fails to appropriately respond to a student's allegation of sexual assault by another student.
Requires institution of higher education to report allegation of sexual misconduct by health care professional to licensing board for investigation.
Reduces standard voter registration deadline to eight days before election; allows voter registration at polling place on election day and at offices where mail-in ballots are issued within 45 days before election.
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Establishes certain law enforcement and privacy procedures; designated as New Jersey Values Act.
Allows mail-in voter to cure mail-in ballot due to missing certificate.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Allows county and municipal police departments to establish designated safe areas for Internet purchase transactions; establishes public awareness campaign.
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.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Requires assignment of unemployment claims handlers to legislative districts during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency; appropriates $1.8 million.
Establishes requirements to screen certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for endometriosis.
Requires school districts to include instruction on conflict resolution as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Permits certain public assistance recipients to use benefits to purchase diapers.
Establishes School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force.
Requires DOH to ensure that WIC participants have access to supplemental foods and to apply for federal WIC waivers.
Requires DOH to develop interconception care resources to enhance postpartum care for women.
Directs DOH to develop standardized perinatal health curriculum for community health workers.
"Emma's Law"; requires school buses that transport students with special needs to be equipped with certain safety features.
Requires health benefits plan and carriers to meet certain requirements concerning network adequacy and mental health care.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools.
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.
Requires DHS to establish public awareness campaign about period poverty.
Requires public institutions of higher education to provide menstrual products in all campus buildings; appropriates $85,000 from General Fund to Office of Secretary of Higher Education.
Prohibits institutions of higher education and degree-granting proprietary institutions from using applications for admission that inquire about applicant's criminal history; establishes "Universal College Application Development Task Force" to develop standard application for admission.
Provides three-year sales and use tax exemption for sales of certain restaurant equipment.
Requires institution of higher education to provide victim-centered training to employees who assist student victims of sexual assault.
Requires health insurance coverage of prenatal genetic test during first trimester of pregnancy.
Requires DOLWD to establish mobile unit program to provide unemployment compensation insurance assistance and services.
Requires Commissioner of Transportation to arrange for provision of free public transportation for individuals age 75 and older.
Clarifies the newspaper media delivery person and news media stringer are independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.
Requires health insurance coverage of prenatal genetic test during first 90 days of pregnancy.
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 Safe Remote Learning Program in DOE to support provision of remote instruction facilities by public schools.
Designates and preserves Caven Point Peninsula in Liberty State Park as natural habitat.
Requires emergency medical technicians and firefighters to receive training concerning electric vehicle fires.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey."
Establishes Office of Resilience in DCF.
Establishes Commission on Oversight of Public Institutions of Higher Education.
Requires DCF to administer school-based youth services program as currently established.
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $772.6 million.
Authorizes creation of Juneteenth commemorative license plates.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to contract with third party for study regarding fiscal performance of four-year public institutions of higher education; appropriates $300,000.
Establishes Literacy Acceleration Home Reading Grant Program.
Establishes Family Empowerment Centers on Disability Grant Program.
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.
Requires water supply system testing and compliance with secondary drinking water regulations.
Allows persons diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn's disease to receive parking privileges reserved for persons with disability.
Permits public high school students to opt out of physical education and sports programs during Ramadan.
Establishes student-athlete mental health specialists in school districts and public institutions of higher education; creates student-athlete mental health registry; makes appropriation.
Requires school districts to provide information on process of obtaining US citizenship.
Provides $1,000 income tax deduction for certain volunteer firefighters and members of first aid and rescue squads.
Requires availability of outside voting process for elderly or voters with disabilities when their assigned polling place does not meet accessibility requirements.
Requires DEP to adopt rules and regulations to implement California's "Advanced Clean Cars II" rules, requiring certain vehicles sold in State to be zero emission vehicles by 2035.
Requires certain fire departments in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes task force.
Provides reimbursement to emergency shelter following certain evictions.
Establishes foreclosure protection and mortgage relief for certain homeowners impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Establishes Office of Supportive Action Functionality Experts to prepare for catastrophic loss of technological services.
Provides deduction from gross income of $500 for full-time educators and paraprofessionals and $350 for part-time educators and paraprofessionals.
Requires State Board of Education to reduce clinical practice requirements for certain teacher candidates.
Requires health insurers to cover additional mammogram examinations and genetic testing and counseling under certain circumstances.
Establishes nurse aide workforce development program.
Prohibits book banning in public libraries and schools; authorizes withholding of State Aid for non-compliance.
Allows voter registration at polling place on election day or at early voting site during early voting period.
Prohibits banning and restricting access to books in public libraries.
Requires public institution of higher education to provide academic credit for certain examinations.