Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Erik Peterson
Sponsored
Became law1
Establishes "Secondhand Valuables Transaction Reporting Task Force."
Passed the General Assembly3
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Authorizes attorney-at-law who validates an affidavit, acknowledgment, proof, oath, or affirmation to affix a seal indicating that he is an attorney-at-law. *
Revises "Fair Foreclosure Act."
Out of committee2
Upgrades domestic violence-related assault under certain circumstances.*
Modifies recordkeeping requirements for secondhand jewelry and precious metal transactions; increases penalties for violations.*
In committee57
Permits layoff plans as substitute for employment reconciliation plans for joint meetings or shared service agreements under certain circumstances.
Requires builders of new homes to provide owners with building plans.
Clarifies DCA's authority to ensure planned real estate development builders comply with disclosure requirements.
Requires developer under "The Planned Real Estate Full Disclosure Act" to post bond with DCA and provides for more accountability to owners in common interest community.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from charitable registration fees.
Clarifies and strengthens disclosure requirements for certain complimentary tickets received by candidates, officeholders, political party officials, political committees and continuing political committees.
Authorizes the Legislative Counsel in the Office of Legislative Services to accept proper and sufficient service of process on behalf of the State Legislature when either or both Houses are named defendants in any legal proceeding.
Changes date for election of fire district commissioners from third Saturday in February to day of general election.
Phases out the transfer inheritance tax over two years.
Prohibits contributions by administrator of Type II school district to candidates for member of district's school board; restricts employment by Type II school district of contributors to election campaign of member of district's school board.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for certain adoption expenses.
Concerns debarment of contractors for conviction of certain computer-related crimes.
Requires foreign corporations providing electronic communication services or remote computing services to comply with New Jersey subpoenas, court orders and search warrants.
Revises child pornography law.
Excuses students with conflicts of conscience from certain class requirements of public institutions of higher education.
Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes.
Requires certain conditions affecting application for development or zoning variance to be recorded with municipality and county.
Allows New Jersey S corporations to elect to transfer corporation business tax credits to shareholders to apply against the shareholders' gross income tax liability.
Requires municipal governing bodies and boards of education to provide sufficient time for all requested public comment at open public meetings.
Allows victims and relatives to witness parole hearings.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Establishes net operating loss carryback deduction under corporation business tax.
Gives Director subpoena powers in administration of Division of Pensions and Benefits.
Clarifies that first aid, ambulance or rescue squads, as entities, have immunity from civil damages in certain circumstances.
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Prohibits the use of drones by law enforcement entities.
Authorizes design professionals to self-certify construction plans.
Allows person under age of 16 to operate power vessel with parental supervision.
Clarifies that electronic public records do not have to be converted to different electronic formats under the State's open public records law.
Changes records custodian liability threshold; creates natural disaster exemption.
Clarifies that chief of police or Superintendent of State Police has burden of proving applicant's disqualification for permit to purchase handgun or firearms purchaser identification card.
Requires certain health care professionals to complete continuing education courses regarding issues related to prescription opioids.
Permits educational organizations to conduct bingo games with prizes for participating students under certain circumstances.
Requires a public school district to provide a daily recess period for students in grades kindergarten through 5.
Directs the State Treasurer to establish State Government Electronic Payment Security Standards.
Excludes paraffin used in manufacture of candles from petroleum products gross receipts tax.
Permits private citizens to employ homemaker-home health aides.
Provides mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain crimes of domestic violence.
Requires certain law enforcement officers to present identification while on-duty.
Prohibits employment of illegal aliens and requires use of E-Verify program in public contracts.
Establishes reasonableness standard for persons lawfully transporting firearm who deviate from course of travel.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop best practices guidelines concerning student preparation for State assessments.
Exempts storage facility space furnished to active duty military personnel from sales and use tax.
Provides for county-municipal courts with limited, countywide jurisdiction.
Decreases petroleum products gross receipts tax rate on certain petroleum products.
Permits counties to establish county-municipal courts with limited, countywide jurisdiction.
Provides for an additional aggravating factor in sentencing person who has committed act of domestic violence against certain minors.
Permits use of LED lights in emergency warning lights.
Requires any newspaper that publishes official advertising to also post that advertising on newspaper's Internet website.
Allows wineries that produce more than 250,000 gallons per year to directly ship certain wines to consumers.
Requires DOH to issue license to provide elective angioplasty services to certain qualifying hospitals located in counties of the third class.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for defendants subject to mandatory term or presumption of imprisonment.
Allows PFRS death benefits to be paid to supplemental needs trust for unmarried disabled child.
Specifies just compensation when property is condemned for use by profit-making entity.
Provides reimbursement to volunteer emergency service organizations for expenses incurred in response to certain false alarms; makes appropriations.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Requires calculation of need for low and moderate income housing units to be based current percentage of units occupied by low and moderate income individuals or families; revises "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law" to allow for senior citizen housing a
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special horse racing permit for steeplechase races; allows wagering on such races.
Exempts veterans' organizations from nonprofit corporation annual report filing fee.
Authorizes counties to issue promotional labeling for county agricultural products.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Clarifies law concerning the advertising and promoting of NJ farm products.
Permits charging late fee for rental payments due on self-service storage units and authorizes sale of property via website.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Permits smoking in certain facilities for purpose of medical or health-related scientific research.
Appropriates $2,900,000 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $22,385,743 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $32.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Appropriates $7,500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Passed the General Assembly · 6
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Directs Commissioner of Education to encourage implementation of Natural High Drug Prevention Program in school districts.*
Increases penalties for energy "slamming" practices.
Permits retired corrections officer to be appointed Class Three special law enforcement officer.
Strengthens location confidentiality for certain crime victims.
Out of committee · 16
Permits sale of raw milk under certain conditions and establishes raw milk permit program.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Retitles State correction officer as State correctional police officer; clarifies law enforcement powers.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by state in companies that boycott Isreal or Israeli businesses.*
Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.
Clarifies that product approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not required for drug manufacturer to file registration statement, and specifies timeframe by which DOH must review registration statements.
Concerns expedited process for foreclosing vacant and abandoned residential properties in uncontested actions.
Permits law enforcement agencies to buy firearms directly from manufacturers; clarifies permits and identification cards not required.*
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY 2017 to include new projects and revise allowable loan amounts for already approved projects.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2018 to include new projects and revise allowable loan amounts for already approved projects.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018; allocates funds from Local Aid Infrastructure Fund for operating and administrative expenses for transportation
Appropriates $1,737,902 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $4,990,934 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects.
In committee · 79
Authorizes chiefs of part-time municipal police forces to issue firearms ID cards and handgun purchase permits.
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
Gives priority to applicants for firearms purchaser identification card and permits to purchase handguns when domestic violence restraining order is in effect.
Revises requirements and training standards for first responders under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
Establishes publicly accessible Internet registry of offenders who cause bodily harm, or property theft or damage, against disabled persons, senior citizens, or veterans.
Provides that retired justices and judges collecting pension or retirement allowance are eligible for recall duties until 85 years of age.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Excludes projects funded by Transportation Trust Fund from prevailing wage requirements.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide information on life insurance plans to borrowers of student loans and requires authority to contract with life insurance company to offer policies to borrowers.
Defines a day in session for purposes of a school district's receipt of State school aid.
Provides discounted hunting and trapping license, permit, and stamp fees for senior citizens.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain sales of personal computers and certain sales of school supplies and equipment during first full weekend of August.
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.
Eliminates the New Jersey inheritance tax and repeals chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
Eliminates minimum corporation business tax on New Jersey S corporations.
Phases out estate tax over five-year period.
Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.
Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Limits number of bills member of Legislature may introduce; requires every bill to be heard in committee; requires estimate be prepared of cost of drafting and considering each bill.
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act of 2012"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Prohibits public utility from filing rate increase petition under certain circumstances.
"Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act in New Jersey."
Prioritizes applications for firearms purchaser identification cards, permits to purchase a handgun, and permits to carry a handgun under certain circumstances.
Permits Adjutant General to authorize members of NJ National Guard to carry firearm at recruiting centers.
Requires DOH license additional angioplasty facilities, with at least one facility in each county.
Revises laws concerning real estate licensees.
Authorizes COAH to credit municipalities with 1.5 units of fair share affordable housing obligation for each unit of transitional housing occupied by a veteran.
Requires that police obtain warrant to seize cell phone data.
Requires that police obtain warrant to attach GPS device to suspect's motor vehicle.
Repeals all prevailing wage laws.
Makes various changes to interest arbitration procedures; repeals sunset provision.
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
Makes certain access changes to open public records act; establishes State public finance website and creates program for development of local websites; makes appropriation.
Makes various changes to law addressing meetings of public bodies to provide public with greater access to meetings and information about meetings.
Allows county sheriffs to issue firearms identification cards and permits to purchase handguns; authorizes county sheriffs to accept applications for permits to carry handguns.
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to publish list of certain tamper-resistant opioid drugs; establishes that certain conditions be met for pharmacist to substitute for tamper-resistant opioid drug.
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
Provides for inclusion of students who receive equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school in NJ STARS Program.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Increases exclusion amount under New Jersey estate tax; phases out estate tax over five years.
Authorizes appointment of part-time county tax administrators.
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.
Concerns assessment of real property; requires cessation of all State aid to municipality under certain circumstances when assessments not kept current.
Offers municipality with life guard pension fund choice in providing pension benefits to life guards.
Requires health care practitioners prescribing opioid medications on first-time basis, or to minor children, to limit amount of prescribed medication to seven-day supply, except in certain circumstances.
Clarifies scope of affordable housing obligations.
Requires students to pass test identical to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services civics test as part of high school graduation requirements.
Concerns long term tax exemptions on certain age-restricted low-income housing.
Sets time periods for conditions in certain real estate contracts to begin at completion of attorney review period; allows notification of contract disapproval during attorney review by certain methods.
Provides for agreement between Secretary of State and AOC to match information in Statewide voter registration system with certain jury records in order to identify and remove ineligible non-citizen voter registrants from system.
Decreases petroleum products gross receipts tax rate on certain petroleum products; dissolves Transportation Trust Fund Authority; establishes "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Account Commission."
Increases amount allowed in initial prescription for opioid drugs in cases of acute pain.
Adds rock climbing, bouldering, and ice climbing to definition of "sport and recreational activities" in law concerning landowner liability.
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential and prohibit any disclosure, sale, or unauthorized access to subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing to disclose informatio
Limits payment to certain public employees for accumulated sick leave upon retirement; requires fine and reprimand or termination for violation of sick leave by public employee.
Eliminates payments for unused sick leave earned after effective date; limits carry forward of unused vacation leave; requires suspension and forfeiture of certain payments; limits use of unused sick leave in year before retirement.
Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
Allows club license holder to sell alcoholic beverages in connection with fund raising events held by non-profits and charitable organizations.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain homeschooling expenses.
Requires school district's general fund tax levy account for at least 25 percent of school district's total general fund revenue; provides four-year phase-in.
Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Establishes Red Tape Review Commission.
Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.
Provides gross income tax deductions for contributions by certain taxpayers to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
Excludes under gross income tax certain contributions to qualified pension plans, deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings.
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain programs and initiatives.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Allows gross income tax deduction for functional improvements and home repairs made to taxpayer's primary residence.
Requires DEP to reimburse local units for costs incurred in responding to emergencies in State parks and forests.
Authorizes woman veteran license plates.
Establishes asset forfeiture reporting and transparency requirements.
Permits taxpayers to deduct the total amount of State property taxes paid on principal residence from gross income tax obligation.
Filed · 3
Appropriates $8,992,898 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $71,700,224 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $12.3 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.