Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Douglas J. Steinhardt
Sponsored
Out of committee2
Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and certain investment coins from sales and use tax.
Increases sending district representation on receiving district's board of education in certain circumstances.
In committee21
Requires MVC to issue blue envelopes that hold documents required to operate motor vehicle to persons diagnosed with autism.
Restricts all ownership of agricultural land in State by foreign governments and persons.
Authorizes counties to establish mentoring programs for, and resell preserved farmland at reduced price to, and beginning farmers.
Requires State Division of Investment to review pension and annuity fund assets to determine extent to which fund assets are invested in businesses with ties to Chinese government.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from accepting gifts and donations from foreign adversaries.
Authorizes EDA to provide grants from "Global Warming Solutions Fund" to finance replacement of certain agricultural equipment.
Prohibits government entities from procuring and using technology products and services from companies owned by, controlled by, or domiciled in certain foreign countries.
Prohibits ownership of certain protected land adjacent to military facilities in State by certain foreign governments and persons.
Revises offense of agricultural trespass to eliminate mental state requirements, expands number and type of activities constituting agricultural trespass, and expands definition of "lands" susceptible to agricultural trespass.
Establishes tianeptine as Schedule II controlled dangerous substance.
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to conduct study on impact of State business income taxation on business out-migration, formation, and employment for previous and upcoming tax years.
Prohibits any foreign company created under laws of foreign adversary from participating in critical infrastructure.
Establishes Rural Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program in EDA; appropriates $2.5 million in federal funds.
Requires State Division of Investment to review pension and annuity fund assets to determine extent to which assets are invested in businesses with ties to foreign adversaries.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Extends crime of identity theft to include fraudulent impersonation or false depiction by means of artificial intelligence or deepfake technology.
Requires motor vehicle history checks and adds certain disqualifying offenses for community agency employees.
Requires motor vehicle rental companies provide 24-hour drop off or return service.
Establishes "Salute to Service and Sacrifice Memorial Commission."
Concerns safety equipment on certain school buses transporting children with special needs.
Carried from the General Assembly
Vetoed1
Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and investment coins from sales and use tax.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Requires Commissioner of Corrections to institute 10-minute shift overlap in State correctional facilities; appropriates $13 million.*
Vetoed · 1
Allows municipalities to conduct annual event for open burning of Christmas trees.
Out of committee · 9
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
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.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Revises certain requirements concerning eligibility for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Authorizes local governments to provide voluntary contributions to certain nonprofit veterans' organizations.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Revises method for appraisals of farmland to be acquired for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 28
Expands EDA small business loan program to include certain broadband telecommunications service providers.
Provides that public school parent who objects to learning material or activity that parent considers harmful may receive voucher from school district to enroll student in nonpublic school.
"Michelle's Law"; requires health benefit plans to cover mammogram for an individual if recommended by health care provider.
"Fairness in Women's Sport Act."
Revises Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid program; requires all energy taxes to be paid directly to municipalities.
Provides certain sending school districts one representative with limited voting rights on receiving school district board of education.
Establishes "New Jersey Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act."
Eliminates requirement for State residency for public officers and employees with limited historic exceptions.
Prohibits open public records requests for commercial purposes.
Requires public schools to post curriculum plans online; requires school districts to make textbooks or other materials used in implementing curriculum plans available for inspection by parents and legal guardians.
Modifies eligibility requirements for other retirement income exclusion concerning other sources of income.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
Requires commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with certain global positioning systems.
Requires each public school to post on website comprehensive list of all resources available in school library.
Establishes New Jersey Veterans' Organization Building Grant Program.
Provides that earned sick leave law does not apply to certain workers in concrete industry.
Prohibits mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 as condition of attending public K-12 schools.
Prohibits download or use of TikTok application on any State-issued electronic device.
Lowers age at which certain insurers are required to provide coverage for mammograms.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in Chinese pharmaceutical companies.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Requires legislative approval of updates or revisions to core curriculum content.
Requires hospital urine drug screenings to include test for fentanyl.
Credits $2.35 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $4.32 billion to Department of Treasury to provide funds to municipalities and counties for debt retirement and avoidance.
Establishes State Pension Cost of Living Reform Commission.
Expands "Body Armor Replacement Fund" eligibility.
Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.
Revises schedule for summative evaluations of certain education professionals; limits collection of teacher generated student growth data.