Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, General Assembly.
Erik Peterson
Sponsored
In committee66
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.
Permits tax credit against gross income tax for certain adoption expenses.
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.
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.
Requires hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
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.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Authorizes design professionals to self-certify construction plans.
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.
Upgrades domestic violence-related assault under certain circumstances.
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.
Excludes paraffin used in manufacture of candles from petroleum products gross receipts tax.
Provides mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain crimes of domestic violence.
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.
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.
Provides for county-municipal courts with limited, countywide jurisdiction.
Revises "Fair Foreclosure Act."
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.
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.
Specifies just compensation when property is condemned for use by profit-making entity.
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
Directs the State Treasurer to establish State Government Electronic Payment Security Standards.
Exempts storage facility space furnished to active duty military personnel from sales and use tax.
Establishes net operating loss carryback deduction under corporation business tax.
Prohibits sex offenders from distributing candy or other items to children on Halloween.
Allows wineries that produce more than 250,000 gallons per year to directly ship certain wines to consumers.
Provides reimbursement to volunteer emergency service organizations for expenses incurred in response to certain false alarms; makes appropriations.
Allows person under age of 16 to operate power vessel with parental supervision.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from charitable registration fees.
Requires certain law enforcement officers to present identification while on-duty.
Allows victims and relatives to witness parole hearings.
Prohibits the use of drones by law enforcement entities.
Concerns debarment of contractors for conviction of certain computer-related crimes.
Changes records custodian liability threshold; creates natural disaster exemption.
Allows PFRS death benefits to be paid to supplemental needs trust for unmarried disabled child.
Concerns exclusion of individuals with certain employment history in advertisements for job vacancies.
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.
Clarifies and strengthens disclosure requirements for certain complimentary tickets received by candidates, officeholders, political party officials, political committees and continuing political committees.
Clarifies that electronic public records do not have to be converted to different electronic formats under the State's open public records law.
Permits layoff plans as substitute for employment reconciliation plans for joint meetings or shared service agreements under certain circumstances.
Provides for voluntary contributions to the "Homelessness Prevention Program" through real estate sales.
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.
Clarifies DCA's authority to ensure planned real estate development builders comply with disclosure requirements.
Requires builders of new homes to provide owners with building plans.
Requires certain conditions affecting application for development or zoning variance to be recorded with municipality and county.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop best practices guidelines concerning student preparation for State assessments.
Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes.
Requires certain officers of education organizations to sign acknowledgement and undergo training concerning duties to report child abuse.
Applies statutory ethics and conflicts-of-interest standards for casino industry regulators and participants to regulators of and participants in legalized marijuana marketplace.
Authorizes use of force against intruder in a dwelling under certain circumstances.
Requires NJT to operate off-peak direct rail service to Manhattan on Raritan Valley Line.
Requires school district to allow graduating student to wear military sash while participating in high school graduation ceremony.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Revises law governing Class Three special law enforcement officer.*
Increases penalties for energy "slamming" practices.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Appropriates $15,000,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $1,190,349 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for historic site management grants to certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2020 to include new projects, remove certain projects, and modify estimated loan amounts for certain projects.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Passed the General Assembly · 1
Requires DOH to license certain qualifying hospitals to provide full service adult diagnostic cardiac catheterization, primary angioplasty, and elective angioplasty services.*
Out of committee · 15
Creates Clinical Trials Working Group.
Requires course in civics or U.S. government as part of high school graduation requirements; requires school districts to use DOE's curriculum guidelines for civics.
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
Concerns expedited process for foreclosing vacant and abandoned residential properties in uncontested actions.
Requires AG to conduct survey of untested sexual assault examination kits.
Allows long term tax exemption extension for certain low-income housing. *
Directs certain unclaimed electric and gas utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund and societal charge revenues to be paid to Statewide nonprofit energy assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.*
Establishes asset forfeiture reporting and transparency requirements.
Revises and updates public utility franchise process; allows State's political subdivisions to revoke franchises; increases certain penalties.
Requires Department of Human Services to review Medicaid reimbursement to nursing homes under Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Program.
Revises provisions of State law concerning claiming and proper disposal of cremains of veterans and eligible spouses or dependents.
"New Jersey Insurance Fair Conduct Act."
Prohibits municipal licensure of children operating temporary businesses.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2019 to include new projects and remove certain projects.
Establishes task force to examine and make recommendations regarding implementation of "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
In committee · 84
Requires telephone utility to temporarily suspend local exchange telephone service for up to six continuous months when requested by residential customer; allows customer to keep telephone number when resuming service.
Authorizes chiefs of part-time municipal police forces to issue firearms ID cards and handgun purchase permits.
"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.
Requires preschool tuition rates equal actual cost per pupil.
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
"Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act in New Jersey."
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Requires students to pass test identical to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services civics test as part of high school graduation requirements.
Permits sale of raw milk under certain conditions and establishes raw milk permit program.
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.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
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.
"Fair Repair Act"; concerns repairs to certain consumer electronics.
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.
Eliminates the New Jersey inheritance tax and repeals chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
"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.
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.
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
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.
Retitles State correction officer as State correctional police officer; clarifies law enforcement powers.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
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.
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
Revises laws concerning real estate licensees.
Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
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.
Revises procedures for securing permit to carry 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.
Allows county sheriffs to issue firearms identification cards and permits to purchase handguns; authorizes county sheriffs to accept applications for permits to carry handguns.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
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.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain homeschooling expenses.
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
Adds rock climbing, bouldering, and ice climbing to definition of "sport and recreational activities" in law concerning landowner liability.
Eliminates minimum corporation business tax on New Jersey S corporations.
Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.
Strengthens location confidentiality for certain crime victims.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Makes persons with New Jersey National Guard service and NGB 22 form eligible for certain veterans benefits.
Revises requirements and training standards for first responders under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Makes certain changes to police and fire interest arbitration procedures.
Establishes forest firefighter death benefit.
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.
Increases tax credit provided for qualified investments under "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act."
Requires owner notification of rabies testing protocol and owner options prior to testing of owner's animal for rabies.
"Empower the Principal Act"; eliminates local school superintendents and prohibits schools from having more than one assitant or vice-principal.
Provides gross income tax deduction to certain surviving spouses of veterans.
Increases accidental death benefit to 70% of compensation for surviving spouse or surviving children of PERS law enforcement, correction, and firefighter members; redefines child.
Requires State parks, forests, State-owned beaches, and MVC offices to remain open to public if emergency is declared due to failure to enact general appropriation law as prescribed by NJ Constitution.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing certain persons with developmental disabilities.
Establishes Children's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
Requires board of education to provide civics instruction in middle schools and requires DOE to provide funding to NJ Center for Civic Education at Rutgers to help prepare civics teachers.
Excludes transient accommodations in shore counties from various State and local taxes.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Provides gross income tax exemption for contributions made to qualified retirement plans.
Establishes "New Jersey Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act."
Requires chief law enforcement officer or Superintendent of State Police to notify federal immigration authorities when non-citizen applies for firearms purchaser identification card or handgun purchase permit.
Establishes School Security Task Force.
Exempts alarm installers and locksmiths from apprenticeship requirement under "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act."
Makes it a crime of the first degree to coerce a patient to request medication pursuant to the "Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act" or to forge a patient's request for such medication.
Provides sales tax reduction on certain sales made in municipalities located within Highlands Region Preservation Area.
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day.
Requires DHS to take certain measures concerning Integrated Case Management Services program.