Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Anthony M. Bucco
Sponsored
Became law1
Designates Harter Road Interchange of Interstate Highway Route 287 as "Warren E. Wilhide Interchange."
Passed the Senate2
Provides for student recipients of educational opportunity funds to be exempt from 20 hour weekly work requirement ordinarily required for student SNAP participation.
Requires DOT to provide additional information in annual report on pavement condition and conduct pavement lifecycle cost analysis; make report available to public.
Out of committee15
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Revises State marriage license application form to permit certain changes in middle name and surname.
Provides free admission to State parks and forests, and certain historic sites and historic properties for certain veterans on certain days.*
Provides accidental death benefit to surviving spouse, surviving child, or surviving parent of a State Police recruit who dies during required pre-service training.
"New Jersey Disability Savings Act."
Allows gross income tax refunds to be credited against taxpayer's delinquent local property taxes.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD, total brain injury, or traumatic brain injury.
Extends time period required for public notice of certain land use applications.
Authorizes creation of special license plates commemorating horse as State animal.
Appropriates $28,670,924 in 2003 and 1992 bond act monies for loans for dam restoration and repair projects and inland waters projects.
Indexes amount of veterans' income tax exemption for inflation.
Establishes bee-friendly habitat pilot program in Department of Agriculture; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Extends period of usefulness of fire engines for bonding purposes from 10 to 20 years; eliminates exclusion of passenger cars and station wagons.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus property certain land and improvements in Township of Morris in Morris County.
In committee157
Establishes "Responsible School Violence Prevention, Preparation, and Protection (RSVP-3) Pilot Program."
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of cancer treatments, tests, procedures and prescription drugs covered under health benefits or prescription drug benefits plans.
Permits place of worship to establish security plan to select one person to carry handgun during religious services.
Requires suicide prevention training for mental health practitioners.
Allows corporation business tax credit for subcontracting work to NJ small businesses.
Requires installation of Type IV flotation devices at certain lakes, ponds, and rivers.
Provides free admission to State parks, forests, and beaches for certain veterans and military personnel.
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests for certain veterans, military personnel, first responders, and police.
Removes requirement that certain special law enforcement officers turn in firearm at end of shift.
Establishes eligibility for PERS enrollment and retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions.
Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
Permits purchase of service credit in PERS, TPAF, PFRS, and SPRS for period of enrollment in military service academy.
Authorizes Surrogate of every county to establish electronic systems to accept electronic signatures on qualifying documents in probate matters.
Requires State Treasurer to publish certain State expenditure and revenue information on government transparency website.
Provides tax credits to companies contributing to loan and loan redemption program for residents who attend institutions of higher education in State and work at such company upon graduation.
Requires MVC to make mobile units available to reduce service delays at overcrowded agencies.
Requires DOLWD and DHS to conduct assessment of community rehabilitation programs and community businesses.
Establishes Kidney Donor Insurance Fund.
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority service restoration to age-restricted communities after major events.
Excludes deferred compensation of certain public school and federal tax-exempt organization employees from current taxation under the gross income tax.
Exempts medical alert devices and services from sales and use tax.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning programs and services for first responders, healthcare workers, other frontline workers, and their families experiencing mental health issues related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires DOH to provide information regarding spina bifida to certain parents and families of newborns; "Levi's Law."
Requires DHS to provide psychiatric service dogs to first responders, health care workers, and other frontline workers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Expands purpose of Traumatic Brain Injury Fund to support transportation costs incurred by eligible individuals in accessing support group meetings.
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco product tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research from $1 million to $4 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Requires issuance of temporary emergency medical services certifications.
Creates registry of individuals who required medical assistance as result of misusing controlled dangerous substance.
Establishes COVID-19 Frontline Mental Health Claims Program in Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in DHS and makes appropriation.
"Volunteer Medical Professional Health Care Act."
Permits pharmacists to dispense certain drugs in emergency without prescription.
Provides dedicated funding for New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
Allows gross income tax deduction for functional improvements and home repairs made to taxpayer's primary residence.
Requires COAH to credit municipalities with units against fair share affordable housing obligation for certain types of housing; provides certain types of affordable housing units will be credited as two units.
Establishes immunity relating to COVID-19 spread at swimming pools in planned real estate developments.
Clarifies bilingual Spanish and English language accessibility requirements applicable to printing primary and general election ballots in certain districts.
Requires health care facilities to screen health care workers and first responders for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Revises requirements for signage indicating accessible facilities for people with disabilities.
Establishes temporary Pandemic PTSD Task Force.
Establishes toll free helpline for first responders, health care workers, and other frontline workers experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder.
Requires urgent care and retail health clinics to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Allows possession of bear spray under certain conditions.
Exempts persons with disabilities and persons who are homeless from payment of identification card fees.
Permits certain drivers' schools to conduct road tests.
Permits person diagnosed with autism or communication disability to voluntarily make notation on driver's license, identification card, and in MVC registry; establishes program to train law enforcement officers in interactions with persons with autism or communication disabilities.
Requires MVC to accept certain documents as proof of name change for driver's license.
Limits "tobacco and vapor products tax" on cigars to up to $0.50 per cigar.
Exempts certain non-profit entities from requirement that certain employers offer employees certain pre-tax transportation fringe benefits.
Authorizes Chief Administrator of MVC to waive fee for non-driver identification card if applicant submits proof of enrollment in public assistance or social service program.
Removes stump grinding as service requiring licensure by New Jersey Board of Tree Experts.
Appropriates $30 million to EDA from federal "Coronavirus Relief Fund" to assist certain live entertainment venues.
Elevates impersonating public servant to crime of fourth degree in certain instances; establishes offense of exploiting authority implied by a public emergency.
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.
Broadens riot and disorderly conduct; enhances penalties for public monument destruction; addresses riot victim assaults; creates crime of promotion of violent, disorderly assembly.
Requires electric public utilities to provide training, equipment, indemnity, and reimbursement to certain municipal employees for moving and securing detached, above-ground distribution lines impeding vehicular traffic during lengthy power outages.
Authorizes municipality to deliver property tax bills, construction permits, and receipts for payment via e-mail.
Allocates $2.5 billion to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Authorizes use of certain constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants for prevention and remediation of harmful algal blooms.
Establishes task force to study technology and other methods used to reduce or eliminate telemarketing harassment and intimidation.
Requires CATV company to establish toll-free telephone number for customers to report and to receive updates concerning CATV service outages.
Creates affirmative defense for certain breaches of security.
Creates sexual assault prevention and response program and coordinator for service members.
Removes requirement for branch office registration certificates and modernizes requirements to notify State and consumers of locations where dentists provide services.
Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain programs and initiatives.
Establishes credit under sales and use tax for certain small businesses that collect and remit sales and use tax.
Establishes sales tax credit and sales tax holiday for portion of state of emergency related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Allows certain taxpayers to receive higher NJ earned income tax credit for tax year 2020 if amount of credit falls below credit earned in tax year 2019.
Provides temporary deduction for food and beverage establishments from certain sales and use tax remittances.
Changes membership of Lake Hopatcong Commission and requires DEP to develop water level management plan for Lake Hopatcong to be approved by commission.
Extends military leave of absence for public officers and employees to those serving on federal active duty in US Coast Guard Reserve.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Pilot Program.
Allows municipality to use school bus video footage to ticket driver for illegally passing school bus.
Provides for life imprisonment without parole for killing an emergency responder.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids.
Requires MVC to allow customers to schedule appointments on MVC's website; extends expiration date of certain documents under certain circumstances.
Permits licensed motor vehicle dealers to facilitate issuance of titles and registrations for used motor vehicles purchased by private sale.
Requires do not forward label on mail-in ballot envelopes; allows mail-in voter to cure mail-in ballot due to missing or detached certificate; requires certain voter data be entered into voter file within 30 days.
Makes local government business administrators eligible for memberships in PERS; provides for transfer of business administrators from participation in Defined Contribution Retirement Program to membership in PERS.
"New Jersey Safe Haven for Protection of Domestic Companion Animals Act."
Requires MVC to take measures to prevent agency closures during public health emergency; requires MVC to provide alternatives if closure is unpreventable.
Exempts certain officers trained in animal cruelty from certain additional Police Training Commission training courses.
Requires grants from federal COVID-19 relief programs be disbursed proportionally based on population.
Establishes fund to reimburse municipalities for police costs related to crowding at MVC sites; appropriates $500,000.
Permits members of Community Emergency Response Teams to perform traffic duties under certain circumstances.
Authorizes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in places of religious worship; requires nonpublic security aid be used for Class Three officers upon request of nonpublic school.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt pregnancy policy for law enforcement officers.
Reserves certain hours at MVC locations for health care workers and first responders during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Appropriates $3 million in federal funding from "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" to DEP for construction of completely inclusive playgrounds.
Makes $100 million in federal funds available to DEP for grants to local governments for drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure projects.
Establishes Digital Divide Solutions Grant Program in DOE to assist public schools in purchase of connected devices and Internet access for students during periods of remote instruction.
Requires studies on impact of COVID-19 pandemic on elementary and secondary school attendance and higher education enrollment.
Establishes Mental Health Awareness Pilot Program in DOE.
Permits county board of elections to open inner envelopes containing mail-in ballots up to five days prior to date of an election.
Permits dogs to visit at State veterans' residential facilities.
Permits police officers to travel to and from and remain within police station located within 100 feet of polling place; permits Class Three special law enforcement officers to be assigned to certain polling places.
Suspends automatic voter registration until implementation of standards and procedures to maintain accuracy of voter rolls.
Indexes various thresholds and qualifications under New Jersey gross income tax for inflation.
Requires employers whose employees are subject to contracts that are amendable and do not expire to provide earned sick leave.
Exempts sale of recreational safety helmets from sales and use tax.
Concerns calculation of municipal affordable housing obligations.
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.
Exempts law enforcement and certain other emergency personnel from liability for breaking into motor vehicle to rescue animal under certain circumstances.
Regulates performance of pet grooming services.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from paying annual charitable registration fee.
Exempts certain volunteer emergency service organizations from charitable contribution filing fees.
Permits municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for first responders.
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location for certain individuals.
Suspends fines for certain first-time paperwork violations committed by small businesses.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for minimum required distributions from qualified retirement plans.
Requires certain funds from Main Street Recovery Fund to be used for grants for veteran-owned small businesses.
Requires DHS to prepare and submit report to Governor and Legislature regarding impact of Medicaid expansion on veterans and their families.
Creates alternate voting members on county agriculture development boards.
Provides employer and employee protections pursuant to the use of legalized cannabis items.
Directs DCA to end veteran homelessness within three years.
The "New Jersey Bleacher Safety Act."
Allows tax credits for employing members of NJ National Guard and members of reserve component of US Armed Forces.
Exempts certain veterans from gross income tax.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain obesity treatments.
Amends Fiscal Year 2023 annual appropriations act to require expedited payment of property tax benefit under ANCHOR Property Tax Relief Program.
Establishes annual four-day sales tax holiday after Thanksgiving.
Prohibits public institution of higher education from charging tuition to student who is dependent child of veteran who died or is disabled as result of service-related injury.
Requires DOH to establish Statewide standardized requirements for licensure and operation of mobile food vendors; designated as "Streamlined Food Truck Licensure Act."
Establishes eligibility for enrollment in PERS and subsequent retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions.
Excludes bonuses for reenlistment or voluntary extension of enlistment in armed forces from gross income.
Requires EDA administer small business loan program to provide loans to small businesses owned or controlled by certain veterans.
Exempts all transfers made to lineal relatives from the Transfer Inheritance Tax.
Makes FY2024 supplemental appropriation of $17 million for grants for certain lake management activities for recreation and conservation purposes.
Establishes "New Jersey COVID-19 Long-Term Health Effects Task Force."
Exempts municipal electric utilities from regulation by BPU.
Permits conduct of Queen of Hearts raffle games.
Expands definition of victim of domestic violence.
Clarifies scope of affordable housing obligations.
Delays fourth round of affordable housing obligations, including present and prospective need and related litigation, until July 1, 2028.
Requires NJT to equip trains with defibrillators.
Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.
Establishes initiatives related to behavioral health care, including increasing reimbursement rates, providing cost-of-living adjustments, establishing grant programs for facility upkeep and provider training, and relaxing clinical supervision requirements.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish criteria and make recommendations on designation of school districts as SDA districts.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Requires boards of education to adopt suicide prevention policies and DOE to establish model suicide prevention policy.
Establishes grant program in Department of State for preservation of certain Revolutionary War sites; appropriates funds.
Revises procedures for temporary guardianship.
Concerns recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters; appropriates $2 million.
Expands "Body Armor Replacement Fund" eligibility.
Establishes protections from abusive and controlling litigation for victims of domestic violence.
Provides for establishment of child support lien against life insurance proceeds; requires insurers perform child support judgment search.
Prohibits reporting medical information of children without consent of parent or legal guardian.
Expands eligibility for pension and retirement income tax exclusion to taxpayers with incomes exceeding $150,000, and increases amount of exclusion that qualifying taxpayers may claim.
Provides for certain pediatric NJ FamilyCare beneficiaries to maintain private duty nursing hours when transitioning to Managed Long Term Services and Supports; codifies and expands appeals provisions for private duty nursing services.
Amends certain fire safety statutes to update licensure and equipment requirements and liability, fee, and penalty provisions.
Modifies age and education requirement to qualify as radiologic technologist.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to conduct study to identify composition of current health care workforce, estimate future gaps, and recommend solutions to address gaps.
Requires institutions of higher education to review employment history of prospective employees who will have regular contact with students to ascertain allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.
Requires legislative approval of State Board of Education rules and regulations; repeals equity regulations.
Prohibits disclosure of body worn camera recordings under certain circumstances.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law3
Authorizes creation of special license plates commemorating horse as State animal.
Extends period of usefulness of fire engines for bonding purposes from 10 to 20 years; eliminates exclusion of passenger cars and station wagons.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus property certain land and improvements in Township of Morris in Morris County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Revises income eligibility criteria for, and provides for promotion of, PAAD and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program; establishes "Senior Save Navigator Grant Program" to assist applicants with NJ Save applications.*
Increases contribution limit by counties and municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance, and rescue squads.
Directs DOE to develop New Jersey Student Learning Standards in information literacy.*
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Establishes that "100 percent Disabled Veterans" are not required to submit to MVC certain documentation to renew parking privileges.
Requires MVC to provide, upon request, notation on driver's license or identification card of diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or communication disorder.*
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Allows certain airports to carry over certain grant money into future years.*
Establishes "Military Pro Bono Program" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty members of Armed Forces, Reserve components, members of National Guard, and veterans.*
Authorizes issuance of protective orders for certain victimized persons in situations for which domestic violence statutes do not apply due to lack of familial or dating relationship between victim and offending actor.*
Requires certain documentation of needs of students with disabilities during school security drills and emergency situations and in school security plans; requires staff training on needs of students with disabilities in emergency planning.
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Provides for oversight and improvement of administration of unemployment compensation.
Permits certain school districts to establish State military impact aid reserve account.*
Passed the Senate · 8
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. *
Prohibits mental health care professionals from disclosing mental health notes to health insurance carriers.*
Requires school districts to include information on events of September 11, 2001 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies; requires public schools to hold annual events commemorating September 11, 2001. *
Excludes contributions made to certain retirement savings plans under gross income tax.*
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
Enhances penalties for distribution and manufacture of certain amounts of fentanyl.*
Permits students to be eligible for high school graduation credits in health, safety, and physical education for completing county fire academy course under certain circumstances.*
Requires health benefits coverage for additional prosthetic appliance under certain circumstances.
Out of committee · 58
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
Establishes crime of "sexual extortion": using explicit sexual images to extort victims.
Requires MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf.*
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Establishes "Remote Work Study Commission."
Provides for transfers from General Fund to UI trust fund, reduces employer contributions to UI trust fund, assesses contributions from employers to repay transferred amounts, and provides tax credits to small businesses to offset UI tax increases.*
Requires DMVA to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats program in the DMVA; appropriates $400,000.
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
"New Jersey American Dream Act"; appropriates $25 million to provide down payment and home repair assistance to low and moderate income first-time homebuyers.
Requires MVC to operate call center to assist with online transactions.
Permits certain persons to drive Type S school buses.
Updates requirements and standards for authorization and prior authorization of health care services.*
Adds coercive control to definition of domestic violence.
Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and certain investment coins from sales and use tax.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to use therapy dogs in public elementary school wellness programs.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for brain injury services.
Revises certain requirements concerning eligibility for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Makes FY2023 supplemental appropriation of $17 million to DEP for grants for certain lake management activities.*
Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.
Increases penalties for carjacking and for theft of motor vehicle.
Establishes crimes of theft of motor vehicle and receiving stolen motor vehicle as separate statutory provisions; provides extended sentences for certain persistent offenders.*
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
Amends applicability of law prohibiting sale and distribution of plastic and paper carryout bags to food banks and food pantries.
Establishes New Jersey Ireland Trade Commission in Department of State.
Establishes Veteran-Owned Business Contract Financing Loan Program in EDA to help certain veteran-owned businesses perform public contracts; appropriates $5 million.
Authorizes local governments to provide voluntary contributions to certain nonprofit veterans' organizations.
Requires public schools to develop threat assessment teams.*
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Allows persons who give birth to children in licensed general hospitals to surrender those children under "Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Requires school report card to include information about placement of graduates, including apprenticeships.*
Designates and preserves Caven Point Peninsula in Liberty State Park as natural habitat.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Expands crime of leader of auto theft trafficking network; establishes third degree crime of participant in auto theft trafficking network.*
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP and SEHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.*
Enters New Jersey into Counseling Compact.
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in health care facilities; makes appropriation.
Concerns percentage of reclaimed asphalt pavement and recycled materials that can be used for certain road projects.*
Concerns eligibility for senior freeze reimbursement if eligible claimant exceeds income limit.
Authorizes creation of Combat Action Ribbon license plate.
Establishes crimes of theft of motor vehicle and receiving stolen motor vehicle as separate statutory provisions; provides extended sentences for certain persistent offenders.
Expands criminal penalties related to illegal use of motor vehicle master key.
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters.*
Authorizes surviving spouse or family member of decedent to use motor vehicle registration certificate of decedent until registration certificate expires.
Allows for issuance of two-year temporary courtesy license for nonresident military spouses in certain professions.
Requires "Electronic Permit Processing Review System" in DCA to enable applicant to submit electronic signature and certain other submission materials for permit application review.
Requires copies of certain law enforcement records to be provided to victims of domestic violence upon request.
Clarifies types of firearms allowed to be carried or transported while hunting.*
Revises penalties for possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by underage persons.
Establishes county veteran transportation grant program; appropriates $2 million.
Extends provisions of P.L.2021, c.498 in certain circumstances.
In committee · 105
Establishes "Task Force on Supportive Technology for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities."
Requires Secretary of State create website for voters to report irregularities regarding mail-in ballots; establishes "Vote by Mail Study Commission."
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
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.
Permits exemption from certain civil service examinations for person with disability.
Increases criminal penalties if leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor results in injury or death.
Prohibits requiring students to wear face masks in schools and on school buses.
Makes permanent certain immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments.
"Health Insurance Claim Plain Language and Simplification Act."
Allocates $10 million of constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants for certain lake management activities for recreation and conservation purposes.
"Sally's Law"; establishes testing and visitation requirements and employment restrictions for long-term care facilities in response to outbreaks of infectious disease.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Extends immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments until beginning of 2023.
Requires public and nonpublic secondary schools to annually conduct written or verbal substance use screening on all students using a particular screening program.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
Requires public school instruction in mental health as it relates to suicide prevention and provides various elements which may be included in instruction.
"Michelle's Law"; requires health benefit plans to cover mammogram for an individual if recommended by health care provider.
Requires EDA to establish program providing grants to qualified veterans purchasing franchises.
Increases from $750 to $3,000 annual State payment made to certain veterans and their surviving spouses.
Requires State employees work in person if job requires face-to-face interaction with public; requires State agency provide alternatives if closure is unpreventable.
Establishes "Manufacturing Workforce Development Grant Program" for students enrolled at county colleges.
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons.
Establishes certain animal abuse offenses committed in manner manifesting extreme indifference to value of animal's life as crime of second degree; designated as "River's Law."
Removes criminal liability for law enforcement officers who have investigative encounter with underage person for possession of alcohol or cannabis unless civil rights are violated.
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
Establishes "New Jersey Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act."
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
Increases annual income limit for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Permits county board of elections to open inner envelopes containing mail-in ballots up to five days prior to election day.
Imposes moratorium on affordable housing litigation until December 31, 2028.
Authorizes deer hunting on Sunday with bow and arrow or firearms on federal military land subject to approval of appropriate federal military authority.
Requires DOLWD to take measures to ensure One-Step Career Centers reopen immediately and remain open during public health emergency.
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.
Makes desecration of a military monument a crime of the third degree.
Clarifies circumstances under which licensed private detectives gain access to personal information stored with New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
Requires DCA to approve credentialing entity to develop and administer voluntary recovery residence certification program.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for employing immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were killed in action.
Establishes Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under New Jersey gross income tax.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Requires DOLWD to take measures to ensure State unemployment offices reopen immediately and remain open during and after public health emergency.
Concerns vaccine mandates and eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain health care workers.
Provides a gross income tax deduction for veterinarian expenses.
Authorizes certain individuals to drive Type S school buses.
Authorizes schools to administer commercial driver license exam and other motor vehicle services for school bus drivers.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
Allows gross income tax credit for Tax Year 2021.
Appropriates $15,000,000 to DCA for purpose of providing grants to DCF and DHS to establish a workforce development and job retention and advancement services grant program for mental health care and behavioral health care providers.
Requires school districts to receive written permission from parent or legal guardian before administering certain student health surveys.
"Gas Price and Inflation Tax Credit Act."
Requires medical fee schedule by automobile insurers to provide for reimbursement of certain services provided by ambulatory surgical center at rate of 300 percent of Medicare payment rate.
Establishes independent State Office of Consumer.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
Requires electric public utility to reimburse residential customer for cost of food and prescription medicine spoiled or compromised as a result of sustained electric service outage.
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 MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location.
Removes requirements for weekly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated school district employees.
Makes local government business administrators eligible for membership in PERS; provides for transfer from Defined Contribution Retirement Program to PERS.
Requires Secretary of State and county commissioners of registration to perform audit of voter registration records in Statewide Voter Registration System.
Increases amounts of property tax deductions for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, and veterans, from $250 to $500.
Provides that certain school districts will receive State school aid in amounts equal to aid provided in 2020-2021 school year.
Amends law to exempt food banks and food pantries from prohibition on sale and distribution of single-use plastic and paper carryout bags.
Establishes grant program for alternate route police officer training.
Creates second degree crime for operation of stolen vehicle in manner that creates risk of injury to person or property.
Directs Attorney General to establish program for anonymous reporting of potential threats to school safety.
Establishes certain shellfish aquaculture activities as eligible for Right to Farm protections.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Temporarily expands summer working hours for certain minors.
Permits appointment of Class Three special law enforcement officers by county sheriffs.
Establishes crime of gang shoplifting.
Provides that earned sick leave law does not apply to certain workers in concrete industry.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Children.
Requires allocation of Universal Service Fund to support emergency medical technician and firefighter training concerning electric vehicle fires.
Eliminates weekly COVID-19 testing requirement for unvaccinated State employees.
Prohibits mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 as condition of attending public K-12 schools.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
Establishes Small Business Resiliency Project Loan Program in EDA for certain small businesses implementing certain resiliency projects.
Revises definition of domestic violence to include psychological abuse and economic abuse.
Allows certain caregivers of person with intellectual disability to make use of reserved parking zones when transporting person with intellectual disability.
Restricts all ownership of agricultural land in State by foreign governments and persons.
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Program" and related financing program in NJ Infrastructure Bank; and authorizes certain energy contracts under "Public School Contracts Law" and "Local Public Contracts Law" up to 30 years.
Requires DEP to evaluate extending sewer service in Lake Hopatcong region; allows gross income tax deduction for septic system maintenance under certain circumstances.
Concerns penalties for possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by underage persons.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Requires Superintendent of State Police to publish cannabis-related fatal motor vehicle crash statistics.
"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.
Permits court to order transfer of billing responsibility for, and rights to, wireless telephone number to certain victims of domestic violence or stalking.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by persons with disabilities.
Permits public and nonpublic schools to utilize security categorical aid to hire school security personnel.
Provides tax credits to small businesses to offset increases in unemployment insurance contributions.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Establishes Office of Child Advocate.
Credits $2.35 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $4.32 billion to Department of Treasury to provide funds to municipalities and counties for debt retirement and avoidance.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for facilities expansion.
Reinstates penalty for underage possession and consumption of alcohol and cannabis as disorderly person offense.
Protects children from certain mandatory vaccinations as a condition of school attendance.
Establishes and allocates funds for program to provide mental health services to veterans; appropriates $2 million.
Authorizes creation of non-lapsing fire academy trust fund by county.
Requires MVC to provide designation of diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or communication disorder on person's motor vehicle registration.