Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Jay Webber
Sponsored
In committee34
Eliminates salary for part-time members of certain boards, commissions, and independent authorities.
Provides for priority consideration, by State, of permit applications by counties and municipalities with 10 or more shared services.
Requires interpretive statements of State general obligation bond act public questions to include certain fiscal information.
Immunizes employers from civil liability for certain disclosures regarding employees and former employees.
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.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Allows residents of certain Highlands municipalities to designate on gross income tax returns that a portion of gross income tax paid be returned to municipality of residence.
Caps noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions at $250,000.
Excludes overtime pay of certain employees from gross income tax.
"Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act in New Jersey."
Prohibits wrongful life/birth suits.
Establishes procedure for notification to, and review by, municipalities of certain grant and loan applications for acquisition or development of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Re-establishes 6.37 percent as top marginal gross income tax rate.
Places restrictions on unsolicited school budget communications sent by a board of education to school district residents 90 days prior to annual school election.
Authorizes the establishment of probationary periods for nontenured faculty members at State colleges.
"Medical Philanthropy Act"; provides physicians who provide uncompensated care with $250,000 cap on noneconomic damages in actions alleging medical malpractice.
"Education Investment Act"; establishes an equity financing for education program at certain public institutions of higher education.
Amends State college law to allow boards of trustees to conduct collective bargaining.
Amends State college law to remove certain employees from civil service system.
Allows Governor to remove an executive county superintendent of schools at will.
Provides civil immunity to licensed health care professionals who provide care at health care facilities for no compensation.
Provides for the designation of new charter school authorizers and additional modifications of the charter school program.
Eliminates public school district budget reduction appeals to the Commissioner of Education.
"Home-Based Jobs Creation Act"; classifies certain home businesses as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing, or retailing activities.
Prohibits dual elective office holding and holding of elective office and public office or position.
Specifies failure to restrain a cat, dog, or other domestic companion animal while the animal is riding in a motor vehicle is not cruel or inhumane transport.
"School Children First Act"; establishes factors for determining compensation; requires principal consent for teacher placement; eliminates certain seniority rights.
The "Digital Impersonation Prevention Act."
Consolidates all categories of gross income for cross-claiming of net losses and allows 20 year loss carryforward under the New Jersey gross income tax; repeals alternate business income calculation.
Increases interest rate paid on certain overdue refunds of tax overpayments.
Restricts sale and use of remaining State-owned portion of Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital property in Morris County.
Excludes certain Medicaid income from gross income tax.
Limits liability for operators of buildings, facilities, or premises for certain sports, games, and amusement activities.
Establishes the State Debt Capacity Advisory Commission.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Designates May of each year "Military Appreciation Month" in New Jersey.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.
Clarifies that electronic funds transfers are included within the scope of the statute concerning issuing or passing bad checks.
Clarifies that electronic funds transfers are included within the scope of the civil statute concerning issuing bad checks.
Provides that crime victims do not have to pay fees to obtain records relating to the crime and that requests for such records are not public information.*
Requires issuance of one free copy of a veteran's death certificate to certain authorized persons upon request.
Allows person to request voluntary exclusion from gaming activities without acknowledging being problem gambler.
Dedesignates portions of Route 24.
Allows corporations to indemnify corporate agents without approval from board of directors.
Authorizes property tax deferment for deployed military personnel.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to disseminate certain information to contractors who bid on or perform prevailing wage public work.
Allows military personnel and veterans to present certain identifying documents in lieu of municipal beach tags to gain admission to certain beaches.
Permits transmittal of certain land use documents via email.
Amends law concerning county and municipal stream cleaning activities.
"New Jersey Tuition Equality for America's Military (NJTEAM) Act"; provides in-State tuition at New Jersey public institutions of higher education to military veterans and certain family members living in New Jersey.
Expands timeframe for renewal of driver's license, registration, and inspection by military personnel and immediate family members under certain circumstances.*
Prohibits awarding of economic development subsidy to business if business is in default on previously awarded subsidy that was loan or loan guarantee.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Appropriates $88,592,361 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Vetoed · 2
Requires an annual State debt affordability analysis be included in the State Debt Report.
Requires Division of Local Government Services to include certain property tax information on division's web page.
Passed the General Assembly · 14
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Makes consent to register with Selective Service part of driver's license application process for males under age 26.
Exempts from disclosure as public record personal identifying information provided to government agency for emergency notification purposes.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide to prospective students certain cost, loan, and debt information in financial aid shopping sheet.
Requires OLS to provide certain notices and reports to legislators and legislative staff by electronic means only.
Requires OAL to maintain Internet database summarizing all State rule-making actions.
Requires disclosure of breach of security of online account.
Requires DEP to submit annual financial report on status of certain fund balances.
Requires Governor's annual budget message to include description and fiscal analyses of recommendations to raise State revenue estimated at $1 million or more.
Expands definition of "acquisition," for purposes of county and municipal open space trust funds, to include demolition, removal of debris, and restoration of lands being acquired.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Clarifies that corporate directors may approve actions without a meeting by electronic transmission.
Allows parent or guardian to exclude student from administration of certain assessments.
Concerns temporary registration certificates for automobiles.*
Out of committee · 31
Establishes time periods for adverse possession of certain property.*
Authorizes lease of DEP and locally owned historic buildings and structures and public-private partnerships to facilitate their maintenance and use.*
Abolishes the State Real Estate Appraisers Board and transfers regulation of appraisers to the New Jersey Real Estate Commission.
Authorizes local units of government subject to "Local Public Contracts Law." and "Public School Contracts Law" to use electronic procurement technologies.*
Provides that Good Samaritans are not required to pay for ambulance service if injured while rendering emergency care.
Directs the collection of recidivism data for adults sentenced to a period of probation.
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature. *
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.
"New Jersey Tuition Equality for America's Military (NJTEAM) Act;" provides in-State tuition at New Jersey public institutions of higher education to military veterans.
Removes statutory requirement that health officers and registered environmental health specialists employed by municipalities receive maximum salary within their range within five years from date of appointment.
Gives priority in training programs to long-term unemployed.
Establishes crimes of dog fighting and leader of a dog fighting network, and updates crime of animal fighting; amends RICO concerning dog fighting.**
Requires each State agency to review permits issued by agency and make necessary changes to expedite and facilitate permitting.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.
Concerns DOLWD personnel access to unemployment claims receipt and processing system.
Appropriates $22,463,000 in 2003 bond act monies for loans to fund dam restoration projects.*
Requires certain information regarding Down syndrome be provided to certain parents and families.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2015.
Requires Medicaid managed care organizations to meet certain conditions prior to reducing reimbursement rates for personal care assistant services and home-based supportive care services.
Increases monetary amounts for transfer of estate assets without administration and for exemption from debts of the deceased.*
Requires State agencies to periodically review administrative rules and regulations to ensure continued efficacy.
Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault if committed against certain law enforcement officers and employees because of job status.
Authorizes establishment of Achieving a Better Life Experience accounts for persons with certain disabilities.*
Expands number of safe havens for leaving newborn infants.
Authorizes mobile electronic waste destruction units to operate without DEP permit.
Permits unregulated solicitation to perform snow shoveling within 24 hours of predicted snowstorm.
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
Requires non-binding mediation for disputes regarding access to public records.
Makes fraudulent use of social security number to collect lottery winnings crime of fourth degree.
Permits certain health clubs to offer swimming lessons and otherwise remain exempt from first aid and personnel and lifeguarding requirements.*
In committee · 176
"Transparency in Government Act;" provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Suspends pension of any retired public employee who resumes public employment with compensation more than $15,000.
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.
Allows for exclusion of certain properties from Highlands preservation area.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 7% to 6%.
Concerns alternate methods of wage payment.
Requires access to law enforcement guidelines for processing firearms permit applications upon public records request.
"Direct Tax Relief for New Jersey Families Act"; Establishes the New Jersey Direct Property Tax Relief Program; increases the renter's gross income tax credit for property taxes; and increases the earned income tax credit.
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.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to taxpayers contributing to scholarships for low-income children.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment insurance for certain seasonal workers.
Concerns repayment of unemployment insurance benefits obtained fraudulently.
Directs AG to enter into agreement with U.S. Attorney General to empower certain corrections officers to investigate immigration status of inmates.
Provides that a school business administrator appointed by a school district after a certain date will not be eligible for tenure and may be dismissed pursuant to the terms of the employment contract.
Directs board of trustees of county college to post information on the compensation paid to college president on its website.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
Authorizes disclosure by DCF of child abuse and neglect information to religious institutions.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes committed during a state of emergency.
Phases out estate tax over five-year period.
Allows charitable contribution tax deductions under New Jersey gross income tax.
Reduces gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years.
Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.
Concerns workers' compensation insurance requirements for certain corporations and partnerships.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Exempts certain properties acquired by municipalities from county, school, and fire district taxes immediately upon aquisition.
Requires court to deny defendant's right to copy or reproduce images of child pornography as part of discovery.
Phases out the transfer inheritance tax over two years.
Revises child pornography law.
Excuses students with conflicts of conscience from certain class requirements of public institutions of higher education.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Permits minors to engage in certain construction work for nonprofit organizations.
Eliminates the New Jersey inheritance tax and repeals chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
Criminalizes posting on Internet videotape of aggravated assault.
Expands role of temporary guardian to include arranging placement of alleged incapacitated person in appropriate, less restrictive environment.
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Provides for mandatory forfeiture of retirement benefits of elected official convicted of crime involving office held.
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.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
Concerns special needs trusts for persons with developmental disabilities.
Prohibits distribution of images and information produced by red light cameras.
Requires public institutions of higher education to submit proposed tuition and fees for upcoming academic year to Secretary of Higher Education for review.
Requires certain elected officials and appointed officers eligible for dual health benefits coverage to choose coverage by one public entity.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits for crossing guards.
Permits municipalities to enter into shared service agreement for tax assessment.
Provides for disclosure of person's medical records related to AIDS or HIV infection for investigations or prosecutions of crime of diseased person committing act of sexual penetration; makes crime ineligible for expungment.
Provides certain immunities from spectator-based lawsuits arising from youth sports events.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Eliminates dual governmental pay to members of Legislature for legislative duties.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.
Requires any State entity administering State or federal public benefit programs to verify recipient's personal information against death records to prevent payment to deceased individual.
Establishes pilot program to utilize value-based benefit design in SHBP to increase health benefits coverage for certain employees concerning chronic health conditions.
Creates permissive inference of credit card theft in certain cases and requires restitution in certain cases.
Allows law enforcement agencies to utilize electronic signatures on police reports; requires Attorney General to adopt uniform guidelines.
Extends validity of certain retired law enforcement officers handgun carry permits from one to two years.
Exempts military personnel receiving combat zone pay from the gross income tax.
Requires electric utility bills to separately list the amount of State sales tax, societal benefits charge and transitional energy facility unit rate assessment surcharge.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for pediatric cancer research.
Prohibits terminal leave compensation for local government employees.
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on brothers and sisters of a decedent.
Upgrades penalties for certain criminal offenses committed against elderly and disabled persons.
Requires explanatory statement on ballot question for school district capital projects to include certain information.
Enacts the "NJ Family First Employer Act"; establishes award for certain employers.
Creates exemption from certain MVC fees for prisoners of war.
Establishes special license plates to bring awareness to breast cancer.
Allows courts to issue restraining orders prohibiting persons charged with firearms and gang related offenses from entering premises, locations, or areas where the offense occurred.
Requires certain user fees for the provision of traditional municipal services to be included within the 2% municipal and county property tax levy cap.
Concerns liability, standards of care, and insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to entities contributing to scholarships for low-income children; appropriates $1,500,000 to Treasury.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
Requires in-network hospitals to notify patients of out-of-network health care professionals who provide services in hospital.
Authorizes issuance of duplicate firearms purchaser identification cards for change of address with certain proof.
Requires sharing of incarceration information between government agencies; prohibits certain benefits program payments to incarcerated individuals.
Clarifies that handgun ammunition may be sold to retired law enforcement officers with certain identification.
Excludes from gross income tax value of prizes or awards won in athletic competition in Olympic Games.
The New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
"New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act," establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million.
Allows certain law enforcement officers to have access to medical records of inmates under certain circumstances.
Requires coverage of medication therapy management in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.
Permits historic motor vehicles to be used for pleasure driving one day per week.
Requires certain local and State government entities to issue certain emergency and warning light permits.
Requires DEP to obtain legislative approval and authorization before increasing a fee or imposing a new fee, but retains DEP authority to use ordinary administrative procedure when decreasing a fee.
Requires transfer of certain incarceration records to DOLWD.
Requires fire districts, school districts, and county governments to share in burden of property assessment appeal refunds.
Concerns human trafficking of a minor.
Permits human trafficking victims to testify by closed circuit television under certain circumstances.
Specifies bringing minor to animal fight as crime of third degree; establishes civil penalty therefor.
Modernizes business filing statutes to include entity conversion and domestication.
Bars certain employees of certain public agencies from participating in PERS; repeals law permitting PERS and TPAF members on leave who work for labor organization to purchase pension credit.
Allows judge to admit evidence of prior sexual offenses in current sexual offense actions.
Prohibits multiple coverage for public employer health care benefits as employee, dependent, or retiree.
Establishes the authority of the court to order electronic monitoring of certain convicted domestic violence offenders.
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Creates the crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with a disability.
Permits juveniles to be admitted to drug court program under certain circumstances.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Allows gross income tax deductions totaling $300,000 over five taxable years for certain primary care physicians.
Prohibits incarcerated individuals from receiving Medicaid, Work First New Jersey, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Clarifies use of motor vehicle headlights to warn oncoming traffic of certain road conditions is permissible.
Establishes crimes of operating school bus with suspended or revoked driving privileges and being involved in accident causing bodily injury; permanently prohibits passenger and school bus CDL endorsements for persons convicted of those crimes.
Permits landlords to take actions after death of tenant in certain situations.
Prohibits elected local government officers from accepting employment with law firm for a period of time if officer voted to award local government contract to firm.
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.
Makes various changes to interest arbitration procedures; repeals sunset provision.
Prohibits lawyers and law firms who lobby public entity from simultaneous employment or contract with that public entity.
Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.
Increases penalties for drunk driving with minor as passenger.
Allows county sheriffs to issue firearms identification cards and permits to purchase handguns; authorizes county sheriffs to accept applications for permits to carry handguns.
Authorizes chiefs of part-time municipal police forces to issue firearms ID cards and handgun purchase permits.
Eliminates general purpose, supplemental and mansion realty transfer fees.
Schedules the termination of the realty transfer fees.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Upgrades and expands crime of criminal mischief under certain circumstances.
Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Increases annual property tax deduction for senior citizens and disabled persons from $250 to $500.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate and graduate tuition and fees by more than 4% over the prior academic year.
Categorizes "knockout game" assault as third-degree aggravated assault; eliminates presumption of nonimprisonment for such assault.
Upgrades penalties for assaulting licensed bounty hunters.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Requires individuals to upload employment resume on Internet website upon filing claim for unemployment insurance benefits.
Provides for drug testing of certain recipients of Work First New Jersey program benefits.
Revises procedures concerning access to decedent's safe-deposit box.
Expands exemption to wage and hour requirements for certain summer camp workers.
Modifies education requirement for licensure by the NJ State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Increases pension and retirement income exclusions under gross income tax for certain taxpayers.
Makes membership in New Jersey Council of County Colleges optional.
Provides for early termination of terms of office for certain appointed municipal court positions when two or more municipalities enter into agreements to establish joint or shared municipal courts.
Requires public schools to allow certain students not enrolled in the school to participate in interscholastic athletics.
Makes it a crime of the fourth degree to unlawfully use a controlled dangerous substance or prescription drug while pregnant.
Increases amount of, and income limit for eligibility to receive, senior citizens' and disabled persons' property tax deduction.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from considering number of arrests made and citations issued when evaluating police officer's professional performance.
Increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amount for the New Jersey estate tax to $5 million over period of five years.
Revises individual cause of action under consumer fraud act.
Establishes time periods for adverse possession of certain property.
Implements recommendations of SCI report concerning bail bond industry.
Prohibits adoption of new rules exceeding federal standards unless specifically authorized by State law or necessary to protect public health, safety, or welfare.
Provides courts with sentencing discretion for certain convictions concerning possession of a firearm.
Authorizes executor or administrator to access digital assets of account holder.
Exempts principal residences from the transfer inheritance and estate taxes.
Eliminates the New Jersey Transfer Inheritance Tax and repeals parts of chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax for step-grandchildren.
Requires public bodies under Open Public Meetings Act to display U.S. flag and recite Pledge of Allegiance at beginning of meeting.
Establishes appraisal method for taxation of watershed lands.
Limits authority of court to order one or both parents to pay post-high school education expenses on behalf of a child if both parents agree that they will not pay such expenses.
Expands eligibility to receive the veterans' property tax deduction and the veterans' property tax exemption.
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.
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Prohibits award of custody or visitation rights to persons convicted of certain sex crimes against minors.
Bars judicially sanctioned name change to persons required to register as sex offender.
Requires persons convicted of sex offense in foreign countries to comply with Megan's Law.
Requires sex offenders to report internet identifiers and name changes.
Requires MVC to accept death certificate as proof of name change.
Exempts transfers of property to Class C beneficiaries from transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amount under estate tax to $5,000,000 over five-year period.
Provides that records of convictions for carjacking and promoting prostitution of a child shall not be expunged.
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.
Clarifies that chief of police or Superintendent of State Police has burden of proving applicant's disqualification for permit to purchase handgun or firearms purchaser identification card.
Requires MVC to refund certain motor vehicle registration fees.
Revises timeframes for issuance of certain construction permits by DEP in 90 days.
Authorizes installation of automatic standby generators in certain residences without zoning or planning board approval.
Establishes fast track hearing for challenges to shared service agreements and municipal consolidations.
Upgrades offense of endangering welfare of incompetent person; establishes new crime of enticing certain disabled persons to commit act likely to be injurious to their own welfare.
Requires law enforcement agencies to obtain court order prior to use of imaging surveillance device.
Extends voting rights of representatives of sending districts on receiving district board of education.
Upgrades crime of false public alarm whenever response to alarm results in law enforcement's use of forcible entry into any place, or use of force or threat of use of force on another person.
Prohibits awarding of economic development subsidy to business if business failed to repay previously awarded subsidy that was loan or loan guarantee.
Requires tuition bills of public institutions of higher education to include details on student fees and opt-out provision for student-managed entertainment fees, and requires certain institutions' websites to include student fee information.
Revises definition of "antique handgun;" provides exceptions to certain firearm laws.
Expands rights of crime victims.
Requires direct payment of homestead credit to claimant following sale of qualifying homestead and upon claimant request.
Requires certain professional boards to report licensure exam passage rates.
Establishes asset forfeiture reporting requirements.
Prohibits municipal ordinance to create sanctuary city; Establishes State and local employee ethics violation upon noncompliance with federal immigration enforcement request.
Expands crime of bias intimidation to include law enforcement officers.
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate for child born in New Jersey to active duty service member.