Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, Senate.
Anthony M. Bucco
Sponsored
Became law5
Requires DOT to provide additional information in annual report on pavement condition; makes report available to public.*
Establishes eligibility for enrollment in PERS and subsequent retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions.
Exempts municipal electric utilities from regulation by BPU in certain circumstances.*
Appropriates $28,670,924 in 2003 and 1992 bond act monies for loans for dam restoration and repair projects and inland waters projects.
Establishes crimes of home invasion burglary and residential burglary.*
Passed the Senate3
Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.
Requires school bus personnel members to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires certain school buses transportating students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features; makes appropriation.*
Permits excused absence for students participating in college visits, visits to postsecondary technical institutions, and military recruitment-related activities.*
Out of committee12
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD, total brain injury, or traumatic brain injury.
Permits dogs to visit at State veterans' residential facilities.
Makes FY2024 supplemental appropriation of $17 million for grants for certain lake management activities for recreation and conservation purposes.
Authorizes fire districts to issue certain bond anticipation notes for up to 10 years following initial note issuance.
Amends certain fire safety statutes to update licensure and equipment requirements and liability, fee, and penalty provisions; expands membership of Fire Protection Equipment Advisory Committee.*
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Requires State to sell as surplus property certain land and improvements in Morris County known as Central Park School.*
Authorizes special plate for holders of "Combat Action Ribbon."
"Welcome Home Veterans Act"; requires MVC to provide veteran benefit information packets.
Requires municipalities to accept complaints and provide certain municipal announcements by electronic means.
Modifies requirements to obtain licensure in public accountancy.
In committee221
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Establishes "Responsible School Violence Prevention, Preparation, and Protection (RSVP-3) Pilot Program."
Revises State marriage license application form to permit certain changes in middle name and surname.
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of cancer treatments, tests, procedures and prescription drugs covered under health benefits or prescription drug benefits plans.
Requires suicide prevention training for mental health practitioners.
Provides free admission to State parks and forests, and certain historic sites and historic properties for certain veterans on certain days.
Allows corporation business tax credit for subcontracting work to NJ small businesses.
Provides accidental death benefit to surviving spouse, surviving child, or surviving parent of a State Police recruit who dies during required pre-service training.
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.
"New Jersey Disability Savings Act."
Establishes eligibility for PERS enrollment and retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions.
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.
Establishes Kidney Donor Insurance Fund.
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority service restoration to age-restricted communities after major events.
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.
"Volunteer Medical Professional Health Care Act."
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.
Revises requirements for signage indicating accessible facilities for people with disabilities.
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.
Allows gross income tax refunds to be credited against taxpayer's delinquent local property taxes.
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.
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.
Establishes task force to study technology and other methods used to reduce or eliminate telemarketing harassment and intimidation.
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.
Establishes credit under sales and use tax for certain small businesses that collect and remit sales and use tax.
Extends military leave of absence for public officers and employees to those serving on federal active duty in US Coast Guard Reserve.
Provides for life imprisonment without parole for killing an emergency responder.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids.
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."
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.
Establishes Mental Health Awareness Pilot Program in DOE.
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.
Indexes various thresholds and qualifications under New Jersey gross income tax for inflation.
Extends time period required for public notice of certain land use applications.
Exempts sale of recreational safety helmets from sales and use tax.
Concerns calculation of municipal affordable housing obligations.
Exempts law enforcement and certain other emergency personnel from liability for breaking into motor vehicle to rescue animal under certain circumstances.
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.
Requires certain funds from Main Street Recovery Fund to be used for grants for veteran-owned small businesses.
Exempts certain veterans from gross income tax.
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.
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.
Indexes amount of veterans' income tax exemption for inflation.
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.
Extends period of usefulness of fire engines for bonding purposes from 10 to 20 years; eliminates exclusion of passenger cars and station wagons.
Requires NJT to equip trains with defibrillators.
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.
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.
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.
Requires MVC to take measures to prevent agency closures during public health emergency; requires MVC to provide alternatives if closure is unpreventable.
Clarifies bilingual Spanish and English language accessibility requirements applicable to printing primary and general election ballots in certain districts.
Requires issuance of temporary emergency medical services certifications.
Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to conduct study to identify composition of current health care workforce, estimate future gaps, and recommend solutions to address gaps.
Regulates performance of pet grooming services.
Appropriates $30 million to EDA from federal "Coronavirus Relief Fund" to assist certain live entertainment venues.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain obesity treatments.
Establishes "New Jersey COVID-19 Long-Term Health Effects Task Force."
Establishes temporary Pandemic PTSD Task Force.
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.
Requires installation of Type IV flotation devices at certain lakes, ponds, and rivers.
Exempts certain officers trained in animal cruelty from certain additional Police Training Commission training courses.
Makes $100 million in federal funds available to DEP for grants to local governments for drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure projects.
Changes membership of Lake Hopatcong Commission and requires DEP to develop water level management plan for Lake Hopatcong to be approved by commission.
Appropriates $3 million in federal funding from "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" to DEP for construction of completely inclusive playgrounds.
Establishes immunity relating to COVID-19 spread at swimming pools in planned real estate developments.
Requires grants from federal COVID-19 relief programs be disbursed proportionally based on population.
Exempts certain non-profit entities from requirement that certain employers offer employees certain pre-tax transportation fringe benefits.
Creates affirmative defense for certain breaches of security.
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.
Increases certain power vessel operator license fees and amount dedicated from license fees to Lake Hopatcong Fund.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to automatically offer toll discounts to senior citizens.
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain programs and initiatives.
Provides temporary deduction for food and beverage establishments from certain sales and use tax remittances.
Excludes deferred compensation of certain public school and federal tax-exempt organization employees from current taxation under gross income tax.
Allows tax credits for employing members of NJ National Guard and members of reserve component of US Armed Forces.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for minimum required distributions from qualified retirement plans.
Expands eligibility for pension and retirement income exclusion to taxpayers with incomes exceeding $150,000, and increases amount of exclusion that qualifying taxpayers may claim.
Limits "tobacco and vapor products sales tax" on cigars to up to $0.50 per cigar.
Requires CATV company to establish toll-free telephone number for customers to report and to receive updates concerning CATV service outages.
The "New Jersey Bleacher Safety Act."
Establishes fund to reimburse municipalities for police and sanitation costs related to crowding at MVC sites; appropriates $500,000.
Directs DCA to end veteran homelessness within three years.
Establishes signs and Internet websites for State tourism attractions, historic sites, and historic districts.
Suspends automatic voter registration under implementation of standards and procedures to maintain accuracy of voter rolls.
Establishes grant program in Department of State for preservation of certain Revolutionary War sites; appropriates funds.
Requires MVC to make mobile units available to reduce service delays at overcrowded agencies.
Requires MVC to allow customers to schedule appointments on MVC's website; extends expiration date of certain documents under certain circumstances.
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.
Modifies age and education requirement to qualify as radiologic technologist.
Requires employers whose employees are subject to contracts that are amendable and do not expire to provide earned sick leave.
Requires DOLWD and DHS to conduct assessment of community rehabilitation programs and community businesses.
Establishes toll free helpline for first responders and health care workers experiencing mental health issues related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Permits pharmacists to dispense certain drugs in emergency without prescription.
Requires DOH to establish Statewide standardized requirements for licensure and operations of mobile food vendors; designated as "Streamlined Food Truck Licensure Act."
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.
Provides for student recipients of educational opportunity funds to be exempt from 20 hour weekly work requirement ordinarily required for student SNAP participation.
Creates alternate voting members on county agriculture development boards.
Authorizes use of certain constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants for prevention and remediation of harmful algal blooms.
Establishes bee-friendly habitat pilot program in Department of Agriculture; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes sales tax credit and sales tax holiday for portion of state of emergency related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Permits place of worship to establish security plan to select one person to carry handgun during religious services.
Revises procedures for temporary guardianship.
Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt pregnancy policy for law enforcement officers.
Allows municipality to use school bus video footage to ticket driver for illegally passing school bus.
Expands "Body Armor Replacement Fund" eligibility.
Provides employer and employee protections pursuant to the use of legalized cannabis items.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish criteria and make recommendations on designation of school districts as SDA districts.
Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.
Requires legislative approval of State Board of Education rules and regulations; repeals equity regulations.
Concerns recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters; appropriates $2 million.
Requires studies on impact of COVID-19 pandemic on elementary and secondary school attendance and higher education enrollment.
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 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 boards of education to adopt suicide prevention policies and DOE to establish model suicide prevention policy.
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.
Establishes program in New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing for support of residency programs at State veterans' memorial homes in New Jersey; appropriates $500,000.
Prohibits disclosure of body worn camera recordings under certain circumstances.
Extends eligibility for Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program to physical therapists.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing released nonviolent offenders.
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act"; extends process for calculating gas tax rate until Fiscal Year 2032; imposes sales and use tax and additional registration fee on electric vehicles; appropriates $2.5 billion.
"New Jersey Transit Accountability Act"; requires independent audit of NJT.
Establishes Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission.
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 petition circulators and candidates to take bona fide candidacy oath; makes violation third degree crime; reinstitutes prompt pre-election reporting for independent expenditure committees; affirms court jurisdiction of campaign finance laws.
Designates "New Jersey's For You and Me" by Kathleen Golden Murphy and Shannon Murphy Flannery as New Jersey State song.
Disqualifies person with certain number of motor vehicle points from operating school bus for certain period of time.
Permits EMTs to administer epinephrine using needle and syringe that is not prefilled.
Requires school bus drivers to submit to biannual testing for drugs and alcohol.
Allows gross income tax credit for volunteer firefighters.
Requires Firefighter 1 certification of candidate who completes military firefighter training and at least 12 months active duty military service in lieu of training course requirements.
Permits certain students not enrolled in public schools to participate in interscholastic athletics.
Requires school districts to maintain supply of nasal rescue medication and oxygen for seizure emergencies; provides for training of designees to administer nasal rescue medication and oxygen when school nurse is not physical present.
Provides for preservation bonus credit against affordable housing obligations to certain municipalities.
"Safer Students Act"; requires school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, contracted service providers, and institutions of higher education to review employment history of prospective employee for allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.
Requires employer to provide one additional paid sick day per benefit year to paid first responders for healthcare diagnostic testing.
Requires employer of volunteer first responder to provide employee with one additional paid sick day per benefit year for healthcare diagnostic testing.
Requires local recreation departments, youth serving organizations, and youth camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
Allows distributions from NJBEST account to Roth IRA as qualified withdrawals and excludes such distributions from gross income tax.
Establishes timelines for application review process for certain credentials issued by New Jersey Board of Nursing.
Increases penalties for denying access to public facilities, NJT, and transportation network companies to service dogs and their handlers.
Establishes program to foster improvements in customer service in State government agencies.
Requires State agencies to periodically review administrative rules and regulations to ensure continued efficacy.
Establishes Office of the State Chief Efficiency Officer and Efficiency Officer positions in each State Executive Branch department.
Exempts simple assault on health care worker at psychiatric screening center from being automatically upgraded to aggravated assault under certain circumstances.
Supplemental appropriation of $50 million to Law Enforcement Unmanned Aircraft Systems Radar Technology Grant Program.
Prohibits operation of drone in manner that interferes with airports or military.
Adjusts method of determining regional need for affordable housing; permits timeline extension for municipalities to determine and plan for adjusted fair share obligations based on revisions to regional need.
"Honoring and Listening to Our First Responders Act"; establishes offense of interfering with official duties of first responder under certain circumstances.
"Daniel Kearney's Law"; establishes criminal penalties for driving in violation of probationary driver's license restrictions in certain circumstances.
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.
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.
"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.
Excludes certain retirement savings plan contributions, withdrawals, and rollovers from gross income tax.
Prohibits certain substances in sale, distribution, and manufacture of commercial foods within two years; immediately bans certain dyes in school food.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus property certain land and improvements in Town of Morristown in Morris County.
Requires NJTA and SJTA to exempt certain disabled veterans from E-ZPass tolls.
Permits pharmacists to administer certain long-acting injectable drugs.
Establishes abandoned mine reclamation program in DEP.
Requires BPU to establish best practices and to assess electric public utilities' compliance with BPU best practices during BPU's review of rate increase.
"Stolen Vehicle Possession Accountability Act"; Increases penalties for adult and juvenile repeat offenses of receiving stolen motor vehicle.
Requires State agencies to submit certain documentation for procurement of certain information technology projects.
Requires legislative approval for energy master plan to become State policy.
Provides license renewal fee relief for businesses and individuals impacted by public highway projects.
"Grid Reliability Protection Act"; prohibits State agencies from decommissioning electric generation facilities in State under certain circumstances.
Withdraws New Jersey's participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Exempts oral healthcare products from sales and use tax.
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for defendants charged with repeat home invasion offenses.
Designates State Highway Route 10 as "American Legion Memorial Highway."
Requires county boards of election to have bipartisan representation when opening and canvassing mail-in ballots; requires secure storage of mail-in ballots; upgrades penalties for certain election-related crimes.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 6.625 to 6 percent.
Eliminates the corporate transit fee.
Permits mortgage loan originators to work from remote locations under certain circumstances.
Requires DEP to designate municipalities with critical headwaters as headwater guardians.
Permits new cigar lounges to be opened under certain circumstances.
Requires ELEC to establish and operate hotline for reporting of certain election law violations.
Revises notice requirements for certain local land use hearings to at least 21 days.
"Load Forecast Accountability Act"; requires BPU to review electricity load forecasting in State.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law4
Amends certain fire safety statutes to update licensure and equipment requirements and liability, fee, and penalty provisions; expands membership of Fire Protection Equipment Advisory Committee.*
Requires State to sell as surplus property certain land and improvements in Morris County known as Central Park School.*
Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.
Modifies requirements to obtain licensure in public accountancy.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Establishes program in SADC for acquisition of development easements on privately-owned woodlands.*
Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and certain investment coins from sales and use tax.
Directs DHS to conduct landscape analysis of available mental health services.**
Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*
Requires Commissioner of Department of Veterans Affairs to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.*
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events; appropriates $2.5 million.**
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Makes various changes to process for access to government records; appropriates $10 million.*
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.*
"Farmland and Woodland Tax Assessment Integrity and Investment Act."*
Extends expiration date of special appraisal process for Green Acres and farmland preservation program; provides aid for watershed lands.*
Expands Division of State Police rank and grade titles.
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.
Enhances enforcement authority over developmental disability service providers; establishes "Residential Facility Quality of Care Improvement Fund" in DHS.
Authorizes public bodies to continue using newspapers for required public notices and legal advertisements until certain specified date regardless of format; requires submission of certain subscription and other data.*
Provides for publication of required legal notices on government Internet websites and through certain online news publications.
Establishes "New Jersey Veterans and Military Spouses Asset Protection Act."
Passed the Senate · 10
Establishes pilot program in DOE to use therapy dogs in public elementary school wellness programs.
Requires school report card to include information about placement of graduates, including apprenticeships.
Enhances criminal penalties for persons involved in certain human trafficking activities.*
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
Provides gross income tax credit to active members of volunteer emergency service organizations for use of personal motor vehicle in performance of active duty.
Provides police officers may be present at senior residential center or school being used as polling place under certain circumstances; requires school to establish election day security plan.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to create report on human trafficking related to 2026 FIFA World Cup; appropriates $1 million.*
Allows public bodies to continue using newspapers for required public notices and legal advertisements until certain specified date regardless of format.
Increases penalty for reckless vehicular homicide committed when driving while intoxicated under certain circumstances.
Establishes abandoned mine reclamation program in DOT.
Out of committee · 39
Authorizes taxicabs, limousines, and transportation network companies to provide paratransit services for two-year period.*
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 MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf or hard of hearing.*
Requires MVC to operate call center to assist with online transactions.
Requires DHS and DCF to conduct study on service provider workforce, and to evaluate rates paid to, and assess cost of living adjustments for, service providers.*
Establishes county veteran transportation grant program; removes certain restrictions to the current veterans transportation assistance program; appropriates $2 million.*
Establishes "Cop 2 Cop Sustainability Fund" to support "Law Enforcement Officer Crisis Intervention Services" Cop 2 Cop telephone hotline program; appropriates $500,000.
Requires prescription drug coverage for serious mental illness without prior authorization or utilization management, including step therapy.
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism; creates a public awareness campaign; appropriates $100,000.
Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in health care facilities; makes appropriation.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons.
Establishes certain requirements and initiatives related to nurses; appropriates funds.*
"Stephanie's Law"; Requires AOC to establish publicly-accessible domestic violence registry; requires law enforcement officer to search State's domestic violence registries when conducting arrest.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
"Illicit Opioid Supply Substances Poisoning Awareness Act"; requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of illicit opioid substances.*
Establishes protected leave under "Family Leave Act" and family temporary disability leave benefits for bereavement for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DMVA for New Jersey SOS Veterans Stakeholders Group.
Exempts cribs, child restraint systems, nursing bottles, and strollers from sales and use tax.
Establishes additional manner of employer compliance to provide earned sick leave for certain employees subject to collective bargaining agreements.
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Program"; amends law concerning NJ infrastructure Bank; and authorizes certain energy contracts under "Public School Contracts Law" and "Local Public Contracts Law" up to 25 years.
Requires Medicaid coverage for motorized wheelchairs for nursing facility residents under certain circumstances.
Provides corporation business and gross income tax credit for certain Pre-Broadway and Post-Broadway theater productions.
Permits purchase of service credit in SPRS for period of enrollment in military service academy and in New Jersey State Police Academy, and employment as class two special law enforcement officer.
Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances.*
Requires third-party discounts and payments for individuals covered by health benefits plans to apply to copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs for covered benefits.
Allows certain individuals eligible for family support services to set aside unused agency-after school care service hours for use during holiday and weekend hours.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of certain election related deadlines.*
Grants priority course registration to certain student parents attending institutions of higher education.
Revises design of primary election ballots and certain primary election procedures; provides for ballots to be arranged by office block; removes State committee members from primary process; requires reporting on primary elections by Division of Elections.
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.*
Requires automatic issuance of credential to provide services in carrier provider network for physicians in good standing in New Jersey.
Exempts health care professionals licensed in a foreign nation from New Jersey's licensing requirements while providing services to team participating in 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Requires Rutgers University study economic impact of military installations in NJ; appropriates $155,000.
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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.
Permits appointment of Class Three special law enforcement officers by county sheriffs.
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Designates and preserves Caven Point Peninsula in Liberty State Park as natural habitat.
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Imposes moratorium on affordable housing litigation until December 31, 2028.
Makes FY2023 supplemental appropriation of $17 million to DEP for grants for certain lake management activities.
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.
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.
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
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.
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.
Eliminates weekly COVID-19 testing requirement for unvaccinated State employees.
"Health Insurance Claim Plain Language and Simplification Act."
Makes desecration of a military monument a crime of the third degree.
Establishes independent State Office of Consumer.
Establishes crime of gang shoplifting.
Provides a gross income tax deduction for veterinarian expenses.
Enters New Jersey into Counseling Compact.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
Authorizes schools to administer commercial driver license exam and other motor vehicle services for school bus drivers.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Permits public and nonpublic schools to utilize security categorical aid to hire school security personnel.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by persons with disabilities.
Restricts all ownership of agricultural land in State by foreign governments and persons.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Establishes "Task Force on Supportive Technology for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities."
Upgrades burglary of a residence to a crime of the second degree; requires mandatory period of parole ineligibility if residence was occupied at time of offense.
Requires school buses that transport students with special needs to be equipped with certain safety features.
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.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.
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.
Requires Secretary of State and county commissioners of registration to perform audit of voter registration records in Statewide Voter Registration System.
Creates second degree crime for operation of stolen vehicle in manner that creates risk of injury to person or property.
Prohibits mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 as condition of attending public K-12 schools.
Revises definition of domestic violence to include psychological abuse and economic abuse.
Requires Superintendent of State Police to publish cannabis-related fatal motor vehicle crash statistics.
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Requires copies of certain law enforcement records to be provided to victims of domestic violence upon request.
Establishes and allocates funds for program to provide mental health services to veterans; appropriates $2 million.
Permits county board of elections to open inner envelopes containing mail-in ballots up to five days prior to election day.
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP and SEHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Authorizes creation of non-lapsing fire academy trust fund by county.
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.
Establishes "Manufacturing Workforce Development Grant Program" for students enrolled at county colleges.
Requires school districts to receive written permission from parent or legal guardian before administering certain student health surveys.
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.
Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
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.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Establishes grant program for alternate route police officer training.
Establishes increased penalties for smoking cannabis or marijuana on public beaches.
Establishes Small Business Resiliency Project Loan Program in EDA for certain small businesses implementing certain resiliency projects.
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.
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.
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Directs Attorney General to establish program for anonymous reporting of potential threats to school safety.
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.
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.
Authorizes "100 percent Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Requires public and nonpublic secondary schools to annually conduct written or verbal substance use screening on all students using a particular screening program.
Establishes Office of Child Advocate.
Makes local government business administrators eligible for membership in PERS; provides for transfer from Defined Contribution Retirement Program to PERS.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters.
Requires certain animals used in testing to be offered for adoption; requires establishment of procedures for assessment and disposition of animals; establishes penalties for noncompliance.
Provides tax credits to small businesses to offset increases in unemployment insurance contributions.
Concerns vaccine mandates and eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain health care workers.
Repeals law providing that violation of rear seat belt law be treated as secondary offense; establishes certain reporting requirements; requires AG to issue report.
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of medical tests, procedures and prescription drugs covered under health benefits or prescription drug benefits plans.
Clarifies types of firearms allowed to be transported while hunting.
Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for purposes of base realignment and closure.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Children.
Requires DOH to collect and coordinate data on language proficiency of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Regulates residential mental health treatment facilities.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from payment of motor vehicle registration fees; requires notification of eligible motorists.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Authorizes reimbursement for EMT training from EMT Training Fund for certain volunteer firefighters.
Establishes crime of doxxing.
"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.
Establishes presumption of pretrial detention for persons who commit carjacking, theft of motor vehicle, or burglary.
"New Jersey Student Support Act"; establishes program to Department of Treasury to provide tax credits to taxpayers contributing to organization which awards scholarships to certain nonpublic school students.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Clarifies crime of highway and public passage obstruction and increases penalties.
Exempts sales of pet food and medication purchased for pets from sales and use tax.
Requires collection of data by health insurers regarding health insurance claims and decisions made using automated utilization management systems.
Exempts honorably discharged veterans from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears honorably discharged veteran's placard issued by MVC.
Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 for Main Library Alliance.
Revises credentialing process for physicians attempting to enter a health insurance carrier's provider network.
Exempts volunteer fire companies, emergency service providers, and veteran organizations from charitable registration fees.
Requires public utility to provide daily updates to municipalities concerning public utility service work.
Requires State to annually compensate certain municipalities for costs related to obligations for development of low- and moderate-income housing units.
Provides cancer and cardiovascular screenings to law enforcement officers; establishes fund; appropriates $20 million.
Establishes criminal liability for property destruction occurring during auto theft and police pursuit for auto theft; requires restitution for damages incurred.
Amends felony murder, aggravated manslaughter, and aggravated assault statutes to include death or bodily injury occurring during commission of auto theft.
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.
Upgrades degree of crime of auto theft when committed in connection with home invasion or residential burglary.
Creates offense of impersonating first responder; grades offense one degree higher than underlying offense.
Establishes crime of selling or purchasing marijuana from unlicensed businesses.
Establishes "Students with Communication Disabilities' Bill of Rights."
Establishes Forest Fire Preparedness Commission in DEP.
"New Jersey Laken Riley Act;" establishes law enforcement procedures for arrests of aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. charged with certain crimes.
Makes various changes to regulation of health care service firms.
Prohibits local government from naming its property after foreign terrorist organization.
Suspends sales and use tax and societal benefits charge on electric and gas public utility bills during four-month period.
Requires juveniles to be tried as adult for certain serious offenses under No Early Release Act.
Establishes grant program for school districts to establish substance abuse prevention programs for eighth grade students.
Establishes Department of State Police as principal department in executive branch of State government.
Requires volunteers, employees, and organizers of certain youth and sports organizations to receive criminal history record background checks.
Extends time period in which gross income taxpayers may file amended tax returns to correct overpayment of tax related to military pension payments or military survivor's benefit payments.
Extends eligibility for certain veterans' gross income tax exemptions to include veterans of all Uniformed Services of United States.
Requires low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters to be insured and registered with MVC; requires MVC to develop a safety training module for registration.
Requires school buses transporting students with special needs to be equipped with certain safety features.
Requires waiver of juvenile to adult criminal court for certain criminal homicide offenses involving stalking.
Establishes "New Jersey Gold Star Family Annuity Program."
Lowers minimum amount of uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for transportation network companies and transportation network company drivers.
Requires municipalities to provide basic life support services; establishes basic life support services as essential.