Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Aura K. Dunn
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires State to sell as surplus property certain land and improvements in Morris County known as Central Park School.*
Out of committee3
Creates offense for electronically sending unsolicited nude images.
Requires DOH to conduct study on causes of youth suicide.
"Welcome Home Veterans Act"; requires MVC to provide veteran benefit information packets.
In committee125
Permits licensed motor vehicle dealers to facilitate issuance of titles and registrations for used motor vehicles purchased by private sale.
Prohibits Institutional Abuse Investigation Unit investigators from interviewing certain children without prior parental consent.
Requires DOH to provide information regarding spina bifida to certain parents and families of newborns; "Levi's Law."
Creates requirements for certain long-term real estate listing contracts.
Requires electric public utility to identify communities within service territory where at least 40 percent of residential customers rely on private well water, develop service restoration plan for those communities, and provide watering stations.
Prohibits DEP from charging fee for resident mobile sportfishing vehicle permit to veterans, active military members, former or current members of the NJ National Guard or Reserve, or volunteer emergency workers.
Requires certain employees and candidates for public school employment or service and youth camp employees to undergo child abuse record information check.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research.
Authorizes municipality to deliver property tax bills, construction permits, and receipts for payment via e-mail.
Requires DCF and DOE to provide certain child abuse and neglect services or information remotely or through distance learning mechanisms.
Permits dogs as service and emotional support animals at State veterans' residential facilities.
Provides for student recipients of educational opportunity funds to be exempt from 20 hour weekly work requirement ordinarily required for student SNAP participation.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities, during public health emergency, to develop guidance for in-person visitation at community-based residential settings for individuals with developmental disabilities and require providers to allow such visitation.
Permits certain drivers' schools to conduct road tests.
Requires MVC to review certain services and provide certain services online.
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website; requires certain public entities receiving State funds to establish similar website; makes an appropriation.
Establishes fund to reimburse municipalities for police and sanitation costs related to crowding at MVC sites; appropriates $500,000.
Permits county clerk to remove voters from vote-by-mail lists under certain circumstances.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD and total brain injury.
Establishes testing and visitation requirements and employment restrictions for long-term care facilities in response to outbreaks of infectious disease.
Establishes Mental Health Awareness Pilot Program in DOE.
Requires Secretary of State create website for voters to report irregularities regarding mail-in ballots; establishes "Vote by Mail Study Commission."
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research from $1 million to $4 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Provides accidental death benefit to surviving spouse, surviving child, or surviving parent of a State Police recruit who dies during required pre-service training.
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.
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 health insurance carriers to provide coverage for suicidal ideation and attempted suicide for postpartum women.
Creates sexual assault prevention and response program and coordinator for service members.
Requires public schools to post curriculum plans online; requires school districts to make textbooks or other materials used in implementing curriculum plans available for inspection by parents and legal guardians.
Creates "Unemployment Intake Accountability Pilot Program."
Permits certain non-US citizen military service members to take civil service examinations and be eligible for civil service veterans preference.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for minimum required distributions from qualified retirement plans.
Establishes eligibility for PERS enrollment and retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions.
Requires resource family parent, relative, preadoptive parent, or caretaker to be party to reviews or hearings involving a child under the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families' care.
Requires board of education to publicly post full meeting agenda 48 hours prior to meeting.
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.
Requires health care facilities to screen health care workers and first responders for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires State Treasurer to publish certain State expenditure and revenue information on government transparency website.
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 State Auditor to conduct performance audits of certain school districts.
Establishes loan redemption program and gross income tax credit for mental health professionals who serve children and adolescents.
Requires State agencies, when developing and proposing rules, to utilize approaches that will accomplish objectives of statutory law while minimizing adverse economic impact on municipalities.
Requires Secretary of State and county commissioners of registration to perform audit of voter registration records in Statewide Voter Registration System.
Permits U.S. citizens who are full time college students to be district board members in county of college even if student is not a resident of county or State.
Permits car wash business to operate during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Requires individuals appointed to serve as school anti-bullying specialist and district anti-bullying coordinator to serve in those capacities full-time.
Requires school performance reports to include information about positive placement of graduates, including apprenticeships.
Allocates assistance to unemployment compensation fund from federal government and State funds, suspends certain increases in employer taxes, and adjusts wages for purpose of calculation of rate of employer contribution to fund.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies and permits emergency administration of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray by licensed campus medical professionals and resident assistants.
Permanently requires certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Requires MVC to safeguard automatic voter registration process.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Children.
Extends time period required for public notice of certain land use applications.
Establishes process for submittal and publication of proposed revisions to Governor's budget recommendations and requires publication of proposals by June 1 annually.
Requires DCA to approve credentialing entity to develop and administer voluntary recovery residence certification program.
Creates alternate voting members on county agriculture development boards.
Establishes Public Service Management Fellows Program and advisory committee.
Prohibits solicitation of business based on death notices and obituaries.
Exempts sales of pet food purchased for pets from the sales and use tax.
Allows gross income tax deduction for donations made to animal shelters.
Revises definition of domestic violence to include psychological abuse and economic abuse.
Provides for reduced sales tax imposition on certain sales in certain Highlands Region Preservation Area municipalities.
Qualifies certain disabled veterans for toll rate exemptions and exemptions from motor vehicle registration fees.
Expands definition of victim of domestic violence.
Codifies certain cannabis packaging requirements; establishes offense for minor gaining access to improperly stored cannabis products.
Requires boards of education to adopt suicide prevention policies and DOE to establish model suicide prevention policy.
Permits excused student absences for mental or behavioral health reasons.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines on outdoor education opportunities.
Provides for direct State payment of cost of special education and related services for certain students.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations during public health emergency.
Establishes New Jersey State Government and Civil Service Student Internship Program; appropriates $750,000.
Upgrades burglary of a residence as a crime of the second degree; upgrades it to a crime of the first degree if committed while armed.
Establishes New Jersey Revenue Advisory Board; modifies executive State budget presentation; updates State revenue and expenditure reporting and disclosure requirements; and requires annual State financial stress testing.
Increases amount of State child tax credit and revises income and age eligibility criteria.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish criteria and make recommendations on designation of school districts as SDA districts.
Clarifies that unlawful gifting of marijuana or cannabis is prohibited under "New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act."
Requires 11th grade students to complete civics course as part of high school graduation requirements.
Requires school districts to observe Veterans Day as school holiday.
Requires evidence-based early reading instruction be implemented in public schools.
Establishes State occupational safety and health standard for toilets at construction sites.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention of defendant charged with aggravated assault of law enforcement officer.
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.
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 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.
Establishes additional manner of employer compliance to provide earned sick leave for certain employees subject to collective bargaining agreements.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions made to nonprofit entities supported by State funds or subsides.
Requires school districts classified as child care deserts to provide preschool education vouchers for certain students.
Requires school psychologists and school counselors to complete mental health first aid training.
Allows distributions from NJBEST account to Roth IRA as qualified withdrawals and excludes such distributions from gross income tax.
Establishes Distraction Free Schools Grant Program; appropriates $2 million.
Establishes temporary sales tax exemption for small businesses impacted by ongoing public highway projects.
Establishes Farmland Assessment Review Commission to annually review and recommend changes to farmland assessment program, as necessary to ensure fair, equitable, and uniform Statewide application and enforcement of program requirements and allocation of program benefits.
Allows municipality to use school bus video footage to ticket driver for illegally passing school bus.
Establishes "Welcome Home Veterans Bonus" program in DMVA.
Codifies Bringing Veterans Home Initiative.
Establishes legislative internship program for veterans.
Concerns policies governing student use of cell phones and social media platforms in public schools.
Requires fiscal notes for all bills that establish new programs or expand existing programs.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 for Main Library Alliance.
Provides for preservation bonus credit against affordable housing obligations to certain municipalities.
Provides police training course credit to prior military law enforcement officer seeking employment as law enforcement officer in NJ.
Regulates medication administration in certain residential facilities.
Permits interment of military working dogs at State-operated veterans' memorial cemeteries.
Exempts oral healthcare products from sales and use tax.
"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.
Provides license renewal fee relief for businesses and individuals impacted by public highway projects.
Establishes abandoned mine reclamation program in DEP.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell as surplus property certain land and improvements in Town of Morristown in Morris County.
Requires New Jersey State Board of Dentistry to include oralfacial pain as a special area of dentistry.
Requires State agencies to submit certain documentation for procurement of certain information technology projects.
Permits member of New Jersey National Guard to transfer certain tuition benefit to spouse of dependent child.
Requires Rutgers University study economic impact of military installations in NJ; appropriates $155,000.
Requires reporting on post-secondary placement in registered apprenticeships and enlistment in military services as part of school district accountability measure.
"Dylan's Law," requires information be provided regarding types of US Coast Guard approved personal flotation devices under certain circumstances.
Requires public libraries to provide free menstrual hygiene products and requires State to pay costs.
Requires DEP to designate municipalities with critical headwaters as headwater guardians.
Establishes State Parkinson's disease registry and awareness campaign.
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.
Permits member of New Jersey National Guard to transfer 50 percent of certain tuition benefit to dependent child or 100 percent of certain tuition benefit to spouse.
Requires ELEC to establish and operate hotline for reporting of certain election law violations.
Requires MVC to provide applicant with certain information during driver's license renewal.
Revises notice requirements for certain local land use hearings to at least 21 days.
Designates State Highway Route 10 as "American Legion Memorial Highway."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Requires Department of Veterans Affairs to verify unclaimed cremains of veterans, spouses, and dependents; requires funeral director to report to Department of Veterans Affairs possession of unclaimed veteran, spouse, and dependent cremains.**
Establishes certain guidelines for SHBP, SEHBP, and Medicaid concerning step therapy protocols.
Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; outlines role and duties of school counselor; requires professional development for school counselors; establishes position of School Counselor Liaison in DOE.
Extends certain pay parity regarding telemedicine and telehealth until July 1, 2026.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances.*
Modifies requirements to obtain licensure in public accountancy.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $615,000 to DHS for grant to NJ 2-1-1 Partnership.
Passed the General Assembly · 12
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.*
Requires DOH to establish public awareness campaign and develop policies and procedures to promote recognition and treatment of perinatal anxiety.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Prohibits legislative aide who works, or worked, directly for legislator in district office from making political contribution greater than $30 per election to that legislator; prohibits receipt of such contribution.
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.*
Permits designation of special event zones for traffic regulation purposes during certain large events.
Establishes legislative internship program.*
Requires Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.*
Subjects certain rooming and boarding houses to municipal land use regulations; requires owners and operators of cooperative sober living residences to submit certain approvals with license applications.
Requires prescription drug coverage for serious mental illness without prior authorization or utilization management, including step therapy.
Provides seniority service credit to educational support professionals for military service.
Allows counties and municipalities to use open space trust funds for remediation of collapsed mine shafts and sinkholes on property owned by county or municipality.
Out of committee · 32
Enhances criminal penalties for persons involved in certain human trafficking activities.*
Requires AG to establish rape kit tracking system.
Requires criminal history background check for individuals seeking licensure issued by boards regulating certain health care professions.
Provides for background checks and other requirements for certain agencies providing temporary home for child or pregnant woman during crisis.
Upgrades offense of prostitution as patron; directs fines collected to "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund."
"Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.*
Broadens statute that criminalizes cyber-harassment of minor.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care staff and registered family day care providers.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Establishes eligibility for enrollment in PERS and subsequent retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions.
Prohibits providers of commercial mobile service and developers of mobile application from disclosing customer's global position system data to third parties under certain circumstances.
Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and investment coins from sales and use tax.
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.
Broadens eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Makes various changes to address sexual assault and child abuse and neglect involving military personnel; addresses protection, penalties, enforcement, jurisdiction, and victim compensation matters.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DMVA for New Jersey SOS Veterans Stakeholders Group.
Revises statutory terms pertaining to sexual exploitation or abuse of children.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Revises civil remedies for victims of invasion of privacy due to unauthorized recording or disclosure of sexual or intimate images.
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Appropriates $28,670,924 in 2003 and 1992 bond act monies for loans for dam restoration and repair projects and inland waters projects.*
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
"Invasive Species Management Act"; prohibits sale, distribution, import, export, and propagation of certain invasive species; establishes NJ Invasive Species Council.*
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.**
Requires Division of Children's System of Care to make changes to certain polices regarding the provision of family support and respite care services for certain eligible individuals.
Requires guidelines on student use of internet-enabled devices to be developed by DOE and policy to be adopted by governing body of each public school.**
Establishes "Anthony's Legacy Act"; provides special consideration for certain grandparents applying for visitation rights.
Clarifies procedures in certain contested child custody cases.
Establishes abandoned mine reclamation program in DOT.
In committee · 244
Revises criteria to establish base year for homestead property tax reimbursement after relocation.
Requires establishment of central database of State programs on official website.
Allows gross income tax deduction for up to $1,200 of unreimbursed expenses incurred by eligible educators for purchase of classroom supplies.
Requires State employer to ascertain child abuse or sexual misconduct in employment applications for certain positions involving children; requires background checks for current and prospective employees.
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.
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."
Provides for direct property tax relief from Highlands Property Tax Stabilization Fund.
Allows possession of bear spray under certain conditions.
Excludes bonuses for reenlistment or voluntary extension of enlistment in armed forces from gross income.
Requires nursing homes to permit use of electronic monitoring devices at request of resident.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
Requires NJT to equip trains with defibrillators.
Establishes position of Statewide Opioid Antidote Coordinator.
Prohibits adoption of any State rule or regulation mandating electric heating or water heating systems in buildings prior to issuance of DCA report.
Allows holder of disabled veteran or Purple Heart license plate or placard to park in parking spots for persons with disability.
Suspends fines for certain first-time paperwork violations committed by small businesses.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Allows certain employees of DCPP to report animal abuse to humane law enforcement officer.
Requires public school with any of grades 9 through 12 to discuss with students and parents employment opportunities as skilled laborer or through military enlistment or in agriculture.
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit program to benefit certain low-income households.
Creates offenses related to election officials; permits election workers to shield personal information from public.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Permits police officers to be assigned to polling places located at public schools.
Requires appropriate official file information on deaths in county with county clerk; provides additional ways for transferring deceased voter's record to Statewide voter registration system's death file.
"Vegetation Management Response Act"; concerns vegetation management related to electric public utility infrastructure.
"Ensuring Transparency in Prior Authorization Act."
Requires municipality to provide free beach access to certain veterans.
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.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
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.
Makes supplemental appropriation to provide additional State school aid to certain school districts that have experienced reductions in aid.
Establishes toll free helpline for first responders, health care workers, and other frontline workers experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder.
Eliminates payments for unused sick leave earned after effective date; limits carry forward of unused vacation leave; requires suspension and forfeiture of certain payments; limits use of unused sick leave in year before retirement.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply and develop policy governing use of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies.
Expands child tax credit eligibility to resident taxpayers with children ages six to 11.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
Requires uniform response procedures for all domestic crisis teams established or participated in by law enforcement agencies, and strengthens Statewide supervision over teams.
Allocates nondedicated portion of State realty transfer fee collections to municipal property tax relief.
Requires State entities and agencies to provide child care services for full-time employees.
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevelopment housing projects ordered by COAH unless order is based on exclusionary zoning; excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.
Requires COAH to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide basis.
Permits veterans, for civil service purposes, to be defined as a veteran or disabled veteran under federal or State definition of veteran.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Prohibits certain medical examinations on female patients without informed consent.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Authorizes creation of childhood cancer awareness license plates.
Requires county clerks to send confirmation notice to vote-by-mail applicant that requests mail-in ballot at separate mailing address than address at which applicant is registered to vote.
Provides that unlawful use, manufacture, or distribution of controlled dangerous substance by parent or caregiver in presence of child constitutes crime of endangering welfare of that child.
Requires emergency action plans for delivery of oxygen to patient residences during public health emergency.
"One Strike, You're Ours;" adds use of Internet as aggravating factor in child sex crimes and requires lifetime electronic monitoring of offender.
Requires anti-bullying policy of public schools to include provision requiring principal to make preliminary determination and meet with parents of students involved in alleged bullying incident for that determination; extends time for investigating incident.
Revises definition of child abuse or neglect to include additional perpetrators; establishes requirements concerning provision of services to children who engage in problematic sexual behaviors.
Permits conduct of Queen of Hearts raffle games.
Clarifies that BB guns are not firearms under New Jersey law.
Allows gross income tax deduction for functional improvements and home repairs made to taxpayer's primary residence.
Modifies eligibility requirements for other retirement income exclusion concerning other sources of income.
Extends eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans.
Establishes Red Tape Review Commission.
Increases gross income tax deduction for contributions to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
Excludes under gross income tax certain contributions to qualified pension plans, deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings.
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain programs and initiatives.
Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.
Permits taxpayers to deduct the total amount of State property taxes paid on principal residence from gross income tax obligation.
Modifies certain tax brackets under gross income tax.
Requires MVC to issue blue envelopes that hold documents required to operate motor vehicle to persons diagnosed with autism.
"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.
Excludes veteran disability compensation from income qualification limits under homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Establishes Office of Child Advocate.
Prohibits surgical declawing of cats and other animals.
Provides free admission to State parks and forests, and certain historic sites and historic properties for certain veterans on Veterans Day.
Directs fines collected for certain prostitution crime to "Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund."
Establishes grant program in DOE for school districts to implement animal therapy programs.
Revises method for appraisals of farmland to be acquired for farmland preservation purposes.
Establishes matching grant program in DCA to support community-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter services during Code Blue alerts.
Upgrades penalty for assault on law enforcement to second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Establishes crime of gang shoplifting.
Requires school districts to receive written permission from parent or legal guardian before administering certain student health surveys.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to fund burial of indigent veterans.
Permits fair share affordable housing bonus credit for certain transitional housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
Establishes grant program in Department of State for preservation of certain Revolutionary War sites; appropriates funds.
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.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Provides assistance to business accelerators and incubators and startup businesses located within those business accelerators and incubators.
Requires health insurance coverage for annual mental health screening.
Requires annual suicide prevention training for mental health practitioners.
Directs State Auditor to audit DOLWD Division of Unemployment Insurance.
Prohibits, under certain circumstances, disclosure of certain personal identifying information, including home address and photographic image, concerning any federal, State or municipal judicial officer, or that judicial officer's immediate family members.
Establishes child care costs reimbursement grant program in DCF; appropriates $500,000.
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.
Adds county and municipal representation to State Health Benefits Commission.
Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.
Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate teacher certification of veterans.
Permits paid leave by public officers and employees for inactive duty military training.
Revises Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid program; requires all energy taxes to be paid directly to municipalities.
Suspends running of timeframes for county planning board action during state of emergency.
Requires State agencies to develop and submit information technology strategic plan.
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.
Requires Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities to align rates for self-directed employees with maximum service provider rates.
Appropriates $2.5 million to NJ Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for purpose of expanding memorial and museum.
Requires suicide prevention training for mental health practitioners.
Adds postpartum depression services to State's behavioral health crisis services system.
Prohibits school districts and public institutions of higher education from adopting policies that bar military members or veterans from addressing students.
Lowers age at which certain insurers are required to provide coverage for mammograms.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Establishes task force to study issues facing returning members of the United States Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard and make recommendations on how State should address issues.
Creates new offense of theft by financial exploitation of a vulnerable person.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Exempts veterans from camping facilities fees at State parks and forests.
Requires reporting of certain attempted and completed suicides by minors.
Requires financial institutions to release records to adult protective services when suspecting fraud of vulnerable adult or senior customer; allows adult protective service to release same records to law enforcement agency if necessary.
Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to disseminate outage information to customers through autodialed telephone call, text message, and electronic mail alert service.
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.
Requires DOC to provide reunification therapy to inmates and immediate family members prior to inmate's release.
Decreases from 55 days to 21 days minimum time required to change political party affiliation prior to primary.
Revises State marriage license application form to permit certain changes in middle name and surname.
Applies law governing equal employment opportunity and affirmative action to gubernatorial transition staff members.
Requires MVC to implement corrective measures concerning agency operations.
Makes FY2023 supplemental appropriation of $17 million to DEP for grants for certain lake management activities.
Exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from payment of motor vehicle registration fees; requires notification of eligible motorists.
Prohibits four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Requires MVC to operate call center to assist with online transactions.
Requires public service employer to certify employment of qualifying employees under federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop materials to promote Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Establishes "State House Flag Program"; makes appropriation.
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Gravesite Maintenance Grant Program in DMVA.
Establishes Task Force on Child Care Deserts in New Jersey.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for certain children, youth and family services organizations.
Requires Governor to appoint Chief Accountability Officer to supervise all State ombudsmen, compliance officers, comptrollers, and other officers with substantially similar positions.
Requires State provider subsidy payments for child care services to be based on enrollment.
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.
Requires health insurance carriers to categorize mental health treatment and therapy received by victim of domestic violence as medically necessary treatment and provide full benefits coverage therefor.
Requires NJT to expand or modify routes and hours of certain transportation services and to solicit input from individuals diagnosed with autism.
Provides that public school used as polling place shall not be open for classes on day of election.
Eliminates veterans' gross income tax deduction requirement that New Jersey National Guard member serve in federal active duty status.
Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of cannabis and marijuana use.
Requires public schools to develop policy for emergency administration of nasal seizure rescue medication and use of manual vagus nerve stimulator on student with seizure disorder.
Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Establishes one New Jersey Suicide Prevention Advisory Council in DOH.
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC.
"Parkinson's Disease Public Awareness and Education Act."
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Requires certain officers of education organizations to sign acknowledgement and undergo training concerning duties to report child abuse.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Requires certain candidates for employment with DOE to undergo criminal history background check.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
"Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act in New Jersey."
Prohibits awarding of economic development subsidy to business if payment of principal and interest on previously awarded loan or loan guarantee is greater than 24 months overdue.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes committed during a state of emergency.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
Prohibits mail-in ballot outer envelope from containing political affiliation or designation visible to public.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Concerns actions to foreclose right to redeem tax sale certificate under "tax sale law."
Dedicates $500,000 annually in revenues from vessel registration and renewal fees to NJ Greenwood Lake Fund.
Permits members of Community Emergency Response Teams to perform traffic duties under certain circumstances.
Requires public schools to allow certain students not enrolled in the school to participate in interscholastic athletics.
Provides that no more than four of the seven public members appointed to the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council may be of the same political party.
Requires State agency to identify at least two existing rules for repeal for every one new rule adopted.
Requires distribution of State aid to certain municipalities located in whole or in part in the Highlands preservation area.
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.
Excludes military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Revises factors for determining employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Allows tax credits for employing members of NJ National Guard and members of reserve component of US Armed Forces.
Establishes pilot program to create student mental health assistance programs in selected school districts.
Requires Special Investigations Division to issue monthly report on sexual abuse in State correctional facilities.
Provides tuition benefits at public institutions of higher education for dependents of certain veterans.
Requires certain health insurers to provide coverage for counseling and behavioral therapies for any person receiving medication-assisted treatment.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement for in-person partial care and intensive outpatient behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services, and associated transportation services, for adults.
Increases amounts of property tax deductions for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, and veterans, from $250 to $500.
Allows small private theater used for musical or theatrical performances to acquire alcoholic beverage retail license.
Requires installation of certain rescue supplies on certain bridges.
Prohibits four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.
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.
Requires urgent care and retail health clinics to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Indexes amount of veterans' income tax exemption for inflation.
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Establishes price preference program on State contracts for businesses owned by women veterans or women in military service.
Creates sexual assault prevention and response program and coordinator in DMVA.
Requires converting portion of Paramus and Menlo Park veterans' memorial homes into single occupancy rooms; requires upgrades to ventilation systems; provides Adjutant General discretion for additional room considerations.
Provides child tax credit for taxpayers with children ages six to 11 and increases amount of credit for taxpayers with children under 12 over period of two years.
Extends membership in TPAF to four years after discontinuance of service and to 20 years for those who were laid off or had 10 or more years of continuous service upon voluntary termination.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 million to New Jersey Library Network for continuation of services.
Makes $250,000 supplemental appropriation to New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome and Associated Disorders for pediatric clinical services at Tourette Syndrome Clinic of Rutgers University.
Permits school districts to define excused absences from school to include illness based on student's mental or behavioral health and requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for defining excused absence for this reason.
Prohibits persons convicted of criminal animal cruelty offenses from owning domestic companion animals and from working or volunteering at animal-related enterprises; designated as "Moose's Law."
Requires revocation of parole for assaulting or threatening law enforcement officers.
Concerns right to repair farm equipment and lawn mowers.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sexual assault prevention training program for high school athletic directors and coaches of interscholastic sports programs.
Requires public officer or employee forfeit pension upon conviction of certain crimes; alters factors determining honorable service; opens pension to garnishment upon conviction of certain offenses.
Increases benefit amounts and expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
Excludes environmentally sensitive and flood-prone land from designation as vacant or available for purposes of affordable housing construction.
Requires entities to verify age of persons accessing certain online material and prohibits minors from accessing certain online material.
Expands eligibility for gross income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Directs Department of Environmental Protection to develop and provide motor vehicle driving maps for State forests.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Provides gross income tax deduction for expenses incurred by disabled veterans for service animals.
Establishes NJ Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council.
Increases daily compensation for election workers and increases additional compensation rate for election workers managing signature copy registers.
Requires green building standards and impact studies for carbon, traffic, storm water, and schools for certain affordable housing development.
Establishes certification process for non-physicians to perform laser tattoo removal.
Establishes New Jersey Statewide Suicide Prevention Coordination and Oversight Council in DHS.
Makes FY 2024 supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Department of Agriculture for Jersey Fresh marketing and promotion activities.
Requires enhanced reporting by independent expenditure committees; extends statute of limitations for campaign finance violations; exempts reports filed with Election Law Enforcement Commission from certain document redaction requirements.
Extends requirements on use of restraint and seclusion to all students; requires immediate parental notification; requires DOE to collect and report data regarding use of restraint and seclusion on students.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $2 million.
Changes date of "Juneteenth Day" in NJ to June 19 of each year.
Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.
Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.
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.
Establishes new mitigating factor for defendant who is survivor of abuse.
Concerns policies governing student use of cell phones and social media platforms in schools.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for military compensation paid to State residents for out-of-State military service.
Increases penalties for denying access to public facilities, NJT, and transportation network companies to service dogs and their handlers.
Permits excused absence for student enlisted or planning to enlist Armed Forces of United States or National Guard.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to make feminine hygiene products of varying absorbency levels available to female inmates.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3,000,000 to Division on Civil Rights.
Allocates $7.5 million annually of constitutionally dedicated CBT revenue for preservation of land in Highlands Region.
"Healthy Smiles Act"; increases NJ FamilyCare fee-for-service reimbursement rates for pediatric dental services; requires NJ FamilyCare managed care rates for identical services be no less than fee-for-service rates.
Requires legislative approval for energy master plan to become State policy.
Excludes certain retirement savings plan contributions, withdrawals, and rollovers from gross income tax.
Requires legislative approval of funding for certain BPU plans, programs, and projects.
Establishes one-time grant program to support implementation of free, full-day kindergarten programs in certain school districts; appropriates $5 million.
Eliminates the corporate transit fee.
Increases Work First New Jersey Child Care appropriation by $28 million in FY2026 annual appropriations act to ensure full funding of child care subsidy program.
Shifts $45 million appropriation for opioid related care and treatment provided at certain hospitals from Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund to General Fund.
Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7 million to increase NJ FamilyCare monthly reimbursement rate paid to care management organizations.