Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Michael Inganamort
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Enhances criminal penalties for persons involved in certain human trafficking activities.*
In committee75
Expands scope of review of Pension and Health Benefits Review Commission.
Eliminates supplemental realty transfer fee and one percent fee on transfers of certain commercial real estate and tax on sale of controlling interests in certain commercial real property.
Provides for no net loss of DEP lands for fishing, hunting, and trapping purposes.
Provides for appointment of certain municipal court judges at the local or county level.
Clarifies definition of reasonably necessary deviation when legally transporting firearm or weapon in motor vehicle.
Prohibits harassment of farmers engaged in farming operations.
Requires Chief Administrator of MVC to conduct wanted person check of all applicants for licenses, permits, and identification cards.
Requires Mandated Health Benefits Advisory Commission to study financial impact of all enacted mandated health benefits.
Requires public utilities and cable television companies to accommodate and relocate facilities when necessary for transportation infrastructure projects at direction of DOT.
Provides that person who impersonates law enforcement officer and commits crime is guilty of third degree crime.
Limits long term tax exemptions in municipalities with school districts receiving certain State school aid.
Makes General Fund supplemental appropriation of $350,000 to DMVA for Council on Armed Forces and Veterans' Affairs for preservation of military installations in case of base realignment and closure.
Exempts contaminated and industrially-zoned sites from affordable housing rules.
Expands range of local units eligible to join an insurance fund established by a municipality or county under certain circumstances.
Authorizes municipalities that petition for or receive substantive certification pursuant to the "Fair Housing Act" to make certain affordable housing units available on a preferential basis to certain eligible persons.
Provides municipality with affordable housing credit toward its municipal fair share housing obligation for funds transferred to the New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund pursuant to P.L.2008, c.46.
"Property Assessment Appeal Transparency Act"; revises content of required annual notification of real property assessment.
Replaces references to Civil Service Commission with chairperson of commission to clarify duties and responsibilities of chairperson.
Prohibits DOT from taking certain action on certain rock fall mitigation projects and requires DOT to conduct analysis on project alternatives.
Requires State personal income tax materials to include notice of certain property tax relief programs.
Eliminates age restriction for issuing special permits to carry handgun to retired law enforcement officers.
Transfers Division of Elections from Department of State to Department of Law and Public Safety; designates Attorney General as chief election official and requires two bipartisan co-directors.
Reduces residency requirement for resident hunting licenses from six months to 60 days.
Requires Type II school district without board of school estimate holding its school election in November to receive voter approval of base budget.
Permits idling of motor vehicles on residential property.
Authorizes farmland assessment for forested lands and woodlands devoted to the production of USDA designated specialty crops; exempts such lands from woodland management plan requirement.
Authorizes creation of Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation license plates.
Revises "Administrative Procedure Act" concerning socio-economic impact statements for proposed rule-making.
Permits corrections officers, firefighters, and police officers to administer epinephrine auto-injector device.
Requires electric public utilities to establish toll-free telephone number to be used by public for reporting damaged equipment and dangerous vegetation.
Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean, Salem, Sussex, and Warren Counties, and requires existing bus stops to be used.
Restricts use of electronic benefit cards by cash assistance recipients.
Grants municipal courts discretion to assess court costs for certain dismissals.
Specifies conditions under which State, county, municipality, independent authority, school district, or higher education institution can grant unpaid or paid leave of absence to public employee to perform work for labor organization.
Allows appointment of challengers to any election district within congressional or legislative district where challenger resides.
Establishes farm brewery and winery-brewery beverage license.
Limits and clarifies use of cap banking by school districts.
Amends Fiscal Year 2023 annual appropriations act to prohibit use of appropriated moneys for, or to support, certain State litigation related to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.
Requires cost-benefit analyses and local government financial impact findings for approval of long term property tax exemption; requires DCA to post Statewide database of these exemptions on its Internet website.
Increases maximum municipal percentage of affordable fair share housing satisfied by age-restricted units to 50 percent.
Requires creditors to accept electronic document transmission for certain documents.
Prohibits State contracts for technology with Chinese government-owned or affiliated companies.
Decriminalizes manufacture and certain possession of slingshots.
Prohibits use of new merchant category code by credit card companies for purchases of firearms and ammunitions.
Provides procedures for crediting certain dwellings used by agricultural workers in determination of municipality's fair share housing obligation.
Modifies method of calculating impervious surface percentage for municipal parks in Highland preservation area.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Permits certain municipalities to appoint persons separate from civil service eligible list under certain circumstances.
Requires State reimbursement to local government units for first-year uncollected property tax revenue attributable to veterans' property tax exemptions.
Allows board of county commissioners to remove commissioner if that member misses three consecutive board meetings without excused absence.
Revises definition of "landlord" to include rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility.
Limits information required to be provided on marriage or civil union license form.
Concerns applicability of sales tax to certain horse-boarding charges in New Jersey.
Requires eligibility checklist and audit for enrollment in PERS of certain public employees who provide professional services; imposes fine on certifying officer or supervisor for ineligible enrollments.
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
Prohibits DEP from requiring certain municipalities to adopt ordinance that controls tree removal and replacement.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Allows exclusion of certain small business income from taxation under gross income tax and corporation business tax.
Revises definition of persons engaging in investment activities in Iran to reduce threshold from $20 million to $10 million.
Allows expectant mothers in third trimester to receive temporary parking privileges.
Requires Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery-Armed Forces Qualifying Test to be offered as alternative assessment for high school graduation proficiency test requirement.
Allows gross income tax deduction for income earned in form of tips.
Increases penalties for denying access to public facilities, NJT, and transportation network companies to service dogs and their handlers.
Revises definition of persons engaging in investment activities in Iran.
Eliminates certain requirements for nonprofit organization operating ski area.
Requires public utility to reimburse the State or local unit, in certain circumstances, for costs incurred in securing potentially dangerous condition caused by property controlled by the public utility.
Prohibits public procurement of electric vehicles that may have been made through forced labor.
Prohibits public utilities from imposing surcharge on certain payment transactions.
Establishes minimum acreage goal and schedule for prescribed burns in pinelands area and Statewide.
Makes labeling of candidate ballot positions discretionary rather than mandatory.
Requires display of estimated odds of winning on certain lottery tickets and State Lottery website.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for distributions from individual retirement accounts to qualified charitable organizations.
Establishes additional requirements for cannabis testing laboratories and penalties for testing violations.
Exempts local government entities from annual remediation fees under certain circumstances.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Makes disabled persons receiving disability payments pursuant to federal Railroad Retirement Act eligible to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
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.*
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
Authorizes taxicabs, limousines, and transportation network companies to provide paratransit services for two-year period.*
Permits partnerships and joint ventures to bid on certain public works and prevailing wage contracts if each party to partnership or joint venture is independently registered.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.
Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000.
Requires development of educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools; requires school districts to maintain list of locations providing swim lessons in certain circumstances.**
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching certain stationary vehicles and revises public awareness campaign.**
Appropriates $49.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of certain election related deadlines.
Provides medical documentation requirement for certain members of PERS, PFRS, and SPRS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations; removes filing deadline.*
Allows businesses to receive information via email concerning new regulations and economic incentives that affect business.
Appropriates $44.4 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.
Passed the General Assembly · 17
Authorizes creation and issuance of veteran license plates.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.*
Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.
Exempts community gardens operating on-site composting systems or other systems of managing organic waste from certain DEP permits under certain conditions.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
"Home Business Jobs Creation Act"; classifies certain home businesses as permitted accessory uses.
Permits court to order counseling for children in households with domestic violence in appropriate cases; establishes presumption of award of custody to domestic violence victim in appropriate cases.**
Subjects certain rooming and boarding houses to municipal land use regulations; requires owners and operators of cooperative sober living residences to submit certain approvals with license applications.
Directs BPU to adopt rules and regulations concerning small modular nuclear reactors; authorizes EDA to incentivize construction and operation of such reactors.
Requires NJEDA to establish loan program to assist beginning farmers in financing capital purchases.
Requires hospitals and birthing facilities to request new parents watch water safety video prior to discharge.
Designates May of each year as "Water Safety Month" in NJ; encourages DOE to provide resources on water safety.
Clarifies that bribery statute applies to unlawful gratuities received either before or after official acts.
Requires AG to review Statewide policy regarding investigation of human trafficking.
Permits Department of Veterans Affairs to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.*
Permits 30-calendar day extension to cure period for certain businesses to address and resolve certain violations.
Allows counties and municipalities to use open space trust funds for remediation of collapsed mine shafts and sinkholes on property owned by county or municipality.
Out of committee · 48
Establishes program in SADC for acquisition of development easements on privately-owned woodlands.*
Authorizes veterans to deduct two years military service from age requirement for police officer under certain circumstances.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.
"Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.*
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Authorizes creation of honorably discharged veteran license plates.*
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Clarifies DHS authority to regulate sober living homes and halfway houses as residential substance abuse aftercare facilities; requires background checks and other protections for residents of residential substance abuse facilities.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Prohibits public officials from accepting virtual currency and non-fungible tokens as gifts.
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Requires DOT to provide additional information in annual report on pavement condition; makes report available to public.*
Exempts certain plastic materials processed at advanced plastic processing facilities from State laws regulating solid waste disposal and recycling.
Restricts genetic testing of newborn and crime victim DNA; permits DNA information to be obtained pursuant to warrant or court order.
Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $25,000 appropriation.*
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Exempts municipal electric utilities from regulation by BPU in certain circumstances.*
Revises certain requirements concerning eligibility for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Establishes crime of doxxing.
Provides CBT credit for development of anaerobic digestion facilities that process food waste.
Appropriates $1.723 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires public institution of higher education to readmit student whose enrollment was interrupted due to military service.
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.
Appropriates $28,670,924 in 2003 and 1992 bond act monies for loans for dam restoration and repair projects and inland waters projects.*
Expands scope of public works subject to prevailing wage requirements; concerns prevailing wage law requirements for public institutions of higher education.*
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.**
Provides certain requirements concerning railroad safety.
Concerns law protecting residential tenants from lead-based paint hazards.
Extends expiration date of special appraisal process for Green Acres and farmland preservation program; provides aid for watershed lands.*
"Welcome Home Veterans Act"; requires MVC to provide veteran benefit information packets.
Upgrades, and in some circumstances provides for extended terms of imprisonment for, certain retail theft crimes, addresses gift card fraud, and authorizes new Attorney General initiatives to address organized retail theft.*
Permits restaurants and certain alcoholic beverage retailers and manufacturers to conduct business within designated outdoor space or on public sidewalk.
Requires DEP to implement Advanced Clean Trucks regulations no earlier than January 1, 2027.
Establishes "Anthony's Legacy Act"; provides special consideration for certain grandparents applying for visitation rights.
Appropriates $60 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Appropriates $18,518,738 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP under FY2025 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Authorizes creation of "250th Anniversary Revolutionary War" license plates.
"Political Donation Transparency Act;" prohibits automatic enrollment in recurring political contributions and establishes penalties for violators.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects in FY2026.
Appropriates $34 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $3,750,990 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Provides for publication of required legal notices on government Internet websites and through certain online news publications.
Revises penalties for certain violations of limousine laws.
Establishes abandoned mine reclamation program in DOT.
In committee · 262
Establishes Rural Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program in EDA; appropriates $2.5 million in federal funds.
Repeals sections of law pertaining to transfer of civil service and non-civil service employees of terminated local health agency to superseding agency.
Prohibits the imposition of affordable housing need and related fees upon the local transfer or move of a business.
Clarifies that Fish and Game Council has sole authority to regulate freshwater fishing, hunting, and trapping.
Restricts Commissioner of Education's authority to reject school district's budget proposal.
Requires Dept. of Agriculture to provide for electronic submittal of milk dealer license applications.
Exempts certain water quality management structures, funded by certain federal and State grants, from real property taxation.
Prohibits State departments and agencies from considering or requiring compliance by Highlands planning area municipalities with Highlands regional master plan in certain circumstances.
Provides for direct property tax relief from Highlands Property Tax Stabilization Fund.
Permits farm income averaging credit under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Eliminates requirement for State residency for public officers and employees with limited historic exceptions.
Requires minimum geographic cost adjustment for school districts in all counties.
Prohibits State's participation in multi-state cap-and-trade program to reduce carbon emissions from transportation sector.
Exempts certain volunteer emergency service organizations from charitable contribution filing fees.
Includes value of certain properties exempt from taxation in valuation used to calculate State school aid in SDA districts.
Eliminates seniority in Civil Service and other jurisdictions for reductions in force in certain circumstances.
Prohibits exemption of school purposes property taxes under "Long Term Tax Exemption Law."
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Prohibits municipal ordinance to create sanctuary city; establishes State and local employee ethics violation upon noncompliance with federal immigration enforcement request.
Prohibits Dept. of Agriculture from regulating minimum property size required per number of honeybee hives.
Adds rock climbing, bouldering, and ice climbing to definition of "sport and recreational activities" in law concerning landowner liability.
Allows possession of bear spray under certain conditions.
Exempts public institutions of higher education from motor vehicle registration fee.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act"; requires verification of employment.
Concerns endangered plant species in NJ.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to develop and implement beginning farmer mentoring program in cooperation with certain agricultural and educational organizations and entities.
Establishes bipartisan task force to study response to COVID-19 in New Jersey.
Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits to incarcerated individuals.
Expands authority of emergency management departments in requesting assistance outside normal territorial jurisdictions.
The "School Safety and Security Act"; establishes penalties for certain criminal acts committed on school property.
Provides for drug testing of adult recipients of Work First New Jersey program benefits.
Requires medical testing for certain persons in circumstances when first responders may be exposed to bloodborne pathogens.
Clarifies that licensed dealers may provide firearms for display at fund raising events sponsored by certain tax exempt organizations.
Requires portable anti-choking devices be placed in schools.
Prohibits social media websites from selectively suspending candidates for elective office and creates private right of action for users whose political or religious speech has been deleted.
Establishes minimum dollar amount required in Maintenance and Preservation Funds of cemetery companies established before December 1, 1971.
Prohibits DEP from requiring person under 16 years of age to obtain horseback riding permit to ride in State wildlife management areas.
Prohibits adoption of State and local rules that prohibit use of fossil fuel-powered kitchen appliances.
Authorizes Sunday firearm and bow hunting for deer on certain lands.
Requires DEP to evaluate extending sewer service in Lake Hopatcong region; allows gross income tax deduction for septic system maintenance under certain circumstances.
Establishes "Local Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act."
Requires legislative approval of changes to core curriculum content standards and Statewide assessments.
Exempts fuel used for operation of certain school buses from petroleum products gross receipts tax and motor fuel tax; clarifies tax treatment of certain dyed fuel thereunder; clarifies determination of taxable estates of certain decedents.
Provides that certain school districts will not receive State school aid reductions in 2023-2024 school year.
Exempts local utilities from certain reporting requirements.
Bans foreign ownership of agricultural or horticultural land and agricultural woodlands in State.
Prohibits use of private funds and personnel in governmental offices and procedures pertaining to administration of elections; establishes crimes and penalties for violations.
Establishes Main Street Economic Growth Program to encourage business development in certain small municipalities.
Establishes priority for certain firearm-related background checks when applicant has obtained domestic violence restraining order.
Exempts sales of certain baby products from sales and use tax.
Provides gross income tax deduction for amounts paid to taxpayers for sale of certain real property interests for conservation purposes.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
Provides STEM graduate retention tax credit for certain employers who pay certain employees' education loan debt.
Allows individuals that have undergone certain background checks, including individuals with certain commercial driver license endorsements, to renew license online or by mail.
Prohibits adoption of any State rule or regulation mandating electric heating or water heating systems in buildings prior to issuance of DCA report.
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.
Repeals the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote."
Requires DEP to reimburse local units for costs incurred in responding to emergencies in State parks and forests.
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.
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.
Requires registered voters present identification when voting.
Requires appropriate official file information on deaths in county with county clerk; provides additional ways for transferring deceased voter's record to Statewide voter registration system's death file.
"Energy Security and Affordability Act"; requires BPU to consider energy security, diversity, and affordability when preparing Energy Master Plan and perform economic and ratepayer impact analysis of energy generation projects and Energy Master Plan.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to taxpayers contributing to scholarships for low-income children.
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools.
Provides research and development tax credit under gross income tax.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Requires registered voters to present photo ID when voting at polling place.
"Fairness in Women's Sport Act."
Prohibits requiring students to wear face masks in schools and on school buses.
Permits any member of PERS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for disability resulting from participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup options.
Establishes bribery in official and political matters applies to person soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept benefit as consideration to act even though not yet in office or otherwise qualified to act.
Prohibits download or use of TikTok application on any State-issued electronic device.
Reinstates penalty for underage possession and consumption of alcohol and cannabis as disorderly person offense.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for investment in certain manufacturing equipment, facility renovation, modernization, and expansion.
Reduces number of manufacturing jobs required to qualify for NJEDA financing and incentive programs.
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevelopment housing projects ordered by COAH unless order is based on exclusionary zoning; excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.
Requires COAH to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide basis.
Establishes additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for these obligations.
Prohibits affordable housing obligation exemptions for urban aid municipalities.
Prohibits imposition of builder's remedy in exclusionary zoning litigation.
Permits veterans, for civil service purposes, to be defined as a veteran or disabled veteran under federal or State definition of veteran.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Reduces gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years.
Requires commissioner of registration to move voters with undeliverable mail-in ballots to inactive file; removes such inactive voters from Statewide voter registration system following failure to vote in two consecutive federal general elections.
Requires each public school to post on website comprehensive list of all resources available in school library.
Requires school district to notify registered apprenticeship programs of upcoming college or career fair.
Creates New Jersey-Africa Commission.
Permits sale of raw milk under certain conditions and establishes raw milk permit program.
Establishes a formula for the distribution of State aid to school districts.
Provides "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act" exemption, and clarifies municipal planning or zoning authority, for certain development along commercial corridors in Highlands Region.
Establishes Red Tape Review Commission.
Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.
Permits taxpayers to deduct the total amount of State property taxes paid on principal residence from gross income tax obligation.
Prohibits State from mandating electric heating or water heating systems.
"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.
Establishes Office of Child Advocate.
Increases PFRS accidental disability and accidental death pension when disability or death is caused by weapon.
Clarifies that law enforcement officers employed by educational institutions may possess firearms on campus.
Prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens and requires employers to use E-Verify program.
Permits Legislature to terminate certain declarations by Governor for state of emergency or public health emergency and limits duration of such declarations unless Legislature approves extension.
Concerning noncitizens voting in local elections and conduct in office by local government officers.
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
Establishes grant program in Department of State for preservation of certain Revolutionary War sites; appropriates funds.
Establishes State Agriculture Development Committee program preserving farmland in danger of being developed for warehouse purposes or other high-density development projects; appropriates $50 million from Global Warming Solutions Fund.
Requires DEP to evaluate cumulative impact of stormwater when reviewing applications associated with warehouse and other high-density development projects.
Provides CBT and GIT credits for completion of qualified construction projects at abandoned commercial building sites.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Repeals surtax imposed on certain businesses.
Gradually reduces CBT rate.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in Chinese pharmaceutical companies.
Establishes crime of knowingly filing false report against law enforcement officers.
Requires stress testing on State's ability to provide services in various economic conditions.
Provides secondary classroom experience credit towards meeting requirements of classroom training portion of registered apprenticeship.
Authorizes certain large food waste generators to send food waste to sanitary landfill facilities for purpose of generating Class I renewable energy.
Revises Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid program; requires all energy taxes to be paid directly to municipalities.
Requires registered voters to present identification when voting at polling place.
Restricts establishment of mandates to become vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); establishes reimbursement program to cover certain out-of-pocket costs incurred in obtaining COVID-19 vaccine.
Requires Secretary of State to establish voter list maintenance and crosscheck program and to include certain voter registration data in annual report to Governor and Legislature.
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
Establishes forest firefighter death benefit.
Makes FY2023 supplemental appropriation of $17 million to DEP for grants for certain lake management activities.
Requires electronic voting system vendors disclose financial ties prior to electronic voting system approval by Secretary of State.
Establishes reasonableness standard for persons lawfully transporting firearm who deviate from course of travel.
Phases out the transfer inheritance tax over two years.
Directs AG to enter into agreement with U.S. Attorney General to empower certain corrections officers to investigate immigration status of inmates.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Prohibits mail-in ballot outer envelope from containing political affiliation or designation visible to public.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Prohibits using cadaveric fetal tissue obtained from elective abortion procedure for research purposes and using any cadaveric fetal tissue to research cosmetic treatments.
Eliminates $375 minimum Corporation Business Tax on New Jersey S corporations with New Jersey gross receipts of less than $100,000.
Prohibits location and operation of cannabis retailers near schools or places of worship.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Requires employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
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.
Indexes amount of veterans' income tax exemption for inflation.
Establishes "Manufacturing Workforce Development Grant Program" for students enrolled at county colleges.
Establishes pilot program in Division of Taxation to provide income tax credits for the opening of certain homesteads to hunting activities in areas with high number of wildlife incidents.
Permits dogs as service and emotional support animals at State veterans' residential facilities.
Permits county clerk to remove voters from vote-by-mail lists under certain circumstances.
Requires Secretary of State create website for voters to report irregularities regarding mail-in ballots; establishes "Vote by Mail Study Commission."
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.
Requires Secretary of State and county commissioners of registration to perform audit of voter registration records in Statewide Voter Registration System.
Requires school performance reports to include information about positive placement of graduates, including apprenticeships.
Requires MVC to safeguard automatic voter registration process.
Requires DCA to approve credentialing entity to develop and administer voluntary recovery residence certification program.
Creates alternate voting members on county agriculture development boards.
Qualifies certain disabled veterans for toll rate exemptions and exemptions from motor vehicle registration fees.
Upgrades burglary of a residence as a crime of the second degree; upgrades it to a crime of the first degree if committed while armed.
Establishes "Parents Bill of Rights Act"; prohibits school district from interfering with fundamental right of parent or guardian to engage in and direct student's education; permits opt-out of school district curriculum.
Requires AG to create voting integrity task force.
Requires basic course in land use law and planning offered to certain officials to include module on warehouse development and high-density development.
Concerns regulatory guidance for local approving authorities on approval of warehouse development.
Limits speculative development of warehouses until 500,000 acres of farmland are preserved under farmland preservation programs.
Prohibits mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 as condition of attending public K-12 schools.
Establishes Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission.
Directs DEP to designate areas in each State park and forest for construction of bat houses.
Increases penalties for human trafficking of children.
Establishes increased penalties for smoking cannabis or marijuana on public beaches.
Removes certain part-time elected public officials from eligibility for employer-paid health care benefits coverage; makes elected public officials ineligible for payments for waiving health care benefits coverage; codifies Pension Fraud and Abuse Unit.
Concerns false public alarms involving places of worship.
Requires provision of water safety instruction as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Concerns right to repair farm equipment and lawn mowers.
Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students to receive COVID-19 vaccination.
Prohibits discrimination against individuals who have not received COVID-19 vaccine.
Prohibits release of illegal immigrants from correctional facilities.
Prohibits State from imposing mileage-based user fee; prohibits use of State funding for any program, study, or pilot program related to imposition of mileage-based user fee.
Requires certain preliminary approval by municipality prior to licensure of cooperative sober living residence.
Requires birthing centers and hospitals to offer parents of newborn children opportunity to view video on dangers of drowning for infants and young children.
Removes statutory limitation on number of permits that may be issued by Division of Fish and Wildlife for the taking of beaver.
"New Jersey Transit Accountability Act"; requires independent audit of NJT.
Requires MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf.
Requires entities to verify age of persons accessing certain online material and prohibits minors from accessing certain online material.
Requires AG to create voting fraud task force.
Prohibits collecting of certain costs associated with offshore wind projects from ratepayers.
Amends appropriations act to provide funding for restoration of State school aid reductions for certain school districts; shifts $64,920,000 from certain appropriations for purposes of restoring aid; provides supplemental appropriation of $145,215,047.
Requires certain contractors to verify work authorization of newly hired employees.
Requires certain documentation as proof of voter identity to vote; updates procedures for challenging voters regarding proof of identity.
Establishes expedited ejectment proceeding to remove certain unauthorized real property occupants.
Requires school districts to allow students receiving equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in student's resident district.
Extends closing time of polling places by one hour.
Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Increases daily compensation for election workers and increases additional compensation rate for election workers managing signature copy registers.
Establishes certification process for non-physicians to perform laser tattoo removal.
Concerns justified use of force and deadly force.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $2 million.
Requires State to bear partial cost of transportation of certain homeless students to school.
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits and funding method.
"Protecting Students from Obscene Material in School Libraries Act."
Renames Blue Star Memorial Highway Council as Blue and Gold Star Memorial Highway Council; renames Blue Star Memorial Highway system as Blue and Gold Star Memorial Highway system.
Allows utility task vehicles used for farm operation to travel on public roadways.
Requires certification that persons directly or indirectly receiving State monies or privileges are not unauthorized aliens.
Prohibits ownership of certain protected land adjacent to military facilities in State by certain foreign governments and persons.
Establishes separate disorderly persons offense for persons who wear masks with purpose to conceal identity while committing another crime or offense.
Requires establishment and implementation, in certain circumstances, of wildlife management plans for open space and farmland, and authorizes use of constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to finance activities undertaken pursuant to such plans.
Establishes tax credits and financial grant related to construction and operation of advanced nuclear energy facilities.
Establishes temporary sales tax exemption for small businesses impacted by ongoing public highway projects.
Increases penalty for certain acts of trespass and vandalism on agricultural and horticultural lands.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax for step-grandchildren.
"United Border Security Act;" requires NJ National Guard to provide support services to states of Arizona and Texas.
Specifies inapplicability of "Fair Chance in Housing Act" to county and municipal landlords.
Modifies requirements for associations to protect structural integrity of certain buildings; expands timeframes for associations to establish adequate reserves.
"S2 Appropriations Rescue Act"; appropriates $106.5 million to provide Emergency Supplemental Aid to certain school districts, including districts negatively impacted by effects of P.L.2018, c.67.
Requires BPU to review and report on rates and revenues of electric public utilities that use smart meters.
Establishes "Students with Communication Disabilities' Bill of Rights."
"Small Modular Nuclear Energy Incentive Act."
Permits excused absence for student enlisted or planning to enlist Armed Forces of United States or National Guard.
Requires appointment of State monitor to school districts that receive 70 percent or more of revenue from State aid.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from placing time limit on coverage of anesthesia services before, during, or after medical or surgical procedures.
Requires automatic voter registration process at agency or office providing hunting, fishing, or trapping license.
Allocates $7.5 million annually of constitutionally dedicated CBT revenue for preservation of land in Highlands Region.
Requires certain law enforcement entities and courts to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
"Imprisoning Illegal Aliens Act;" allows State and local entities and private detention facilities to enter into agreements to detain noncitizens.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 for Main Library Alliance.
Requires DEP and New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to provide priority for principal forgiveness on environmental infrastructure project loans to municipalities in coastal areas.
Prohibits certain electric public utility rate increases and requires certain protections for ratepayers.
Expands available protections against fraudulent recording of quitclaim deed.
Upgrades degree of crime of auto theft when committed in connection with home invasion or residential burglary.
Amends felony murder, aggravated manslaughter, and aggravated assault statutes to include death or bodily injury occurring during commission of auto theft.
Repeals law prohibiting sale or distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags, single-use paper carryout bags, polystyrene foam food service products, and single-use plastic straws.
Restricts all ownership of agricultural land in State by foreign governments and persons.
Requires reporting of provisional ballot data in each election district for primary and general elections.
Expands offenses for which juvenile may be waived to adult criminal court to include certain thefts or unlawful takings of motor vehicles; makes use of juvenile in theft of motor vehicle strict liability crime.
Adds fusion to types of Class I renewable energies as defined for purposes of "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act."
Prohibits electric public utility residential rate increases during summer and gas public utility residential rate increases during winter.
Requires school district receiving 70 percent or more of revenue from State aid to post certain information concerning out-of-State travel expenditures on Internet website.
Prohibits certain financial institutions from requiring certain disabled veterans to include anticipated property tax obligations as part of mortgage applications.
Regulates medication administration in certain residential facilities.
Permits interment of military working dogs at State-operated veterans' memorial cemeteries.
Prohibits health care professionals from providing gender-affirming health care services to persons under 21 years of age.
Repeals certain energy reduction and reporting requirements for electric and natural gas usage.
Establishes Forest Fire Preparedness Commission in DEP.
Exempts oral healthcare products from sales and use tax.
Establishes "Veteran Obituary Fund."
Prohibits MVC from accepting certain documents as proof of applicant's identity for certain documents issued by MVC.
"Road to Relief Act"; establishes EDA grant program to support increased transportation expenses incurred by certain commuters, employees, and businesses impacted by certain public highway projects, including ongoing Interstate 80 project; appropriates $1 million.
"Road to Tax Relief Act"; provides credit for sales tax remittances for businesses impacted by public highway projects, including Interstate 80 project; provides tax credits for certain businesses and persons impacted by same projects; makes appropriation.
Clarifies child support obligation notice and certification requirements for applicants for State licenses.
Establishes abandoned mine reclamation program in DEP.
Prohibits State contractors from distributing data to foreign adversaries.
Requires public schools to provide age-appropriate information to students in grades nine through 12 on United States military and veterans.
Requires underground structural assessment prior to commencing public highway or public transportation projects within close proximity to operating or retired mines.
The "Uniform Electronic Wills Act"; authorizes electronic wills.
Prohibits condemnation of farmland actively supporting agricultural or horticultural production for purpose other than agricultural or horticultural production.
Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities.
Establishes "New Jersey Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act."
"Weston's Law"; extends crime of human trafficking to include recruiting or coercing juvenile to join gang or drug trafficking scheme.
Provides criminal and civil penalties for predatory marketing of fentanyl to minors.
Requires Attorney General to compile and publicly report certain statistics pertaining to permits to carry for handguns and firearm purchaser identification cards.
Prohibits EDA from issuing subsidies for wind energy projects.
Sets flat gross income tax rate at 5.9 percent tax for all taxable income over $37,500 or $75,000, depending on filing status; exempts taxpayers with less income from gross income tax.
Requires Department of Agriculture to conduct inspections of on-farm dairy processing activities; transfers certain resources and employees from DOH to Department of Agriculture.
Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.