Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Cleopatra G. Tucker
Sponsored
Became law4
Permits chief administrator of MVC to waive CDL skills test for certain applicants with military experience operating commercial motor vehicles.*
Provides for EMT and Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic certification for certain veterans.
Creates Veterans Haven North Council; renames current Veterans Haven Council to Veterans Haven South Council.
Provides for temporary professional or occupational licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Out of committee3
Broadens municipal arson investigators' powers.
Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
In committee9
Requires applicants for liquor licenses and license transfers to notify residents within 200 feet of licensed premises.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Establishes a 500 foot drug free zone around child care centers.
Requires parents who intend to home-school their children to inform the school district of that decision; requires school district to maintain record of each home-schooled child in the district.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Permits certain special law enforcement officers to carry firearms at all times when in State.
Requires minimum level of police staffing based on municipal population and violent crime rate.
Makes consent to register with Selective Service part of driver's license application process for males under age 26.
Carried from the Senate
Vetoed1
Requires Commissioner of Health to review impact of disabilities on persons in minority and underrepresented communities.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Provides for indication of veteran status on driver's licenses and identification cards issued by MVC.*
Requires a review of corporation business tax credit and gross income tax credit programs for payments to interns.*
"New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program Act;" establishes New Jersey Homeless Veterans Grant Program and allows voluntary contributions on gross income tax returns to support homeless veterans.**
Permits certain military funeral buglers to receive New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon.*
Designates the "Honor and Remember Flag" as an official State flag.
Allows municipalities to provide veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
Prohibits minors under 14 years of age from using spray tanning in tanning facilities and prohibits minors under 17 years of age from using tanning beds.**
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Requires professional boards to provide credits toward requirements for licensure for veterans with substantially equivalent training.*
Provides for temporary nurse licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Allows certain military spouses with out-of-State teaching license to receive temporary instructional certificate in New Jersey.
Directs the Division on Women to conduct an audit of the coordination of community responses to domestic violence.
The "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act."
Changes pejorative terminology referring to mental capacity of individuals.
Protects minors by prohibiting attempts to change sexual orientation.
Requires disposition of remains of active duty service member of Armed Forces of United States pursuant to Department of Defense form completed by service member.*
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit, select, and train veterans for school security positions in school districts.
Vetoed · 5
Provides for uniform basic structure of taxicab fares in certain municipalities.
Increases minimum wage to $8.50, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
"Corporate Disinvestment Property Tax Relief Act"; appropriates $13.5 million.*
Requires certain police vehicles to be equipped with cameras.
Passed the General Assembly · 21
Exempts disabled veterans and recipients of the Purple Heart from the payment of municipal parking meter fees when their vehicles bear a disabled veteran's or Purple Heart license plate issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated.*
Establishes bill of rights for authorized family members of persons with developmental disabilities.*
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Permits municipalities to establish weapons free zones around schools and public facilities.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.*
Restricts health insurers from limiting access to pain medication.
Reverses certain changes to laws governing State treatment of unclaimed property.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to designation as charter school district of residence or expansion of a charter school.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act": imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.**
Provides for increase in allowance paid to veterans with certain wartime service-connected disabilities.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.*
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for maintenance of certain State memorials honoring war veterans.
Concerns hospital asset transformation program.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Requires proof of firearms safety training as a condition for issuance of firearms purchaser ID cards and permits to purchase handguns.
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Study Commission."
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.*
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Requires at least one State developmental center in each region of State; requires certain factors to be considered for transfer of residents between developmental centers.
Exempts mugshots of arrestees who have not been convicted of the underlying offense from State's open public records law.
Out of committee · 32
Provides immunity from civil liability to certain individuals who acquire or use an automated external defibrillator.
Establishes and enhances certain insurance fraud prevention measures.
"PANYNJTransparency and Accountability Act." *
"New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act;" provides credits against corporation business and gross income taxes for investing in New Jersey emerging technology businesses.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for business enterprises that are owned by or that employ veterans.
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate the teacher certification of veterans.
Authorizes special Alpha Kappa Alpha license plate.
"New Jersey Public Water Supply Fluoridation Act."
Limits settings where certain surgeries may be performed.
Requires insurance coverage in the individual and small employer markets and SHBP and SEHBP for "off-label" uses of certain drugs.
Establishes standards of practice for providers of clinical nursing services for medically fragile students.*
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats pilot program in New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
Requires insurers to cover breast evaluations and other additional medically necessary testing under certain circumstances and requires certain mammogram reports to contain information on breast density.**
Revises requirements for emergency medical services delivery.
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
Establishes the Office of Dropout Prevention and Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in DOE, and the Student Dropout Prevention Task Force.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Establishes "Veterans Higher Education Commission."
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
Appropriates $45 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and $12 million from "2009 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Creates Voluntary Registry for Individuals with a Mental Illness or Developmental Disability.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Requires certain public school students to be screened for dyslexia and other reading disabilities.**
Declares violence a public health crisis and establishes "Study Commission on Violence."*
"The Opportunity to Compete Act"; establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
"Local Hospital Fee Pilot Program Act"*
Creates exemption from certain MVC fees for prisoners of war.
Makes FY 2013 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education and State financial aid.*
In committee · 76
Allows municipalities to require mortgage lenders to maintain vacant residential properties during foreclosure.
Permits exemption from mandatory immunization for students in writing for any reason.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands horse racetrack, subject to voter approval.
Permits State Lottery Commission to authorize video lottery terminals at Meadowlands racetrack, upon voter approval; dedicates 1/3 net proceeds to General Fund, 1/3 to State education aid, and 1/3 to horse racing industry.
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Chloe and Samantha's Law; requires notice to consumers of availability of products to prevent tip-over accidents involving certain furniture or televisions.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes procedures to prevent and eradicate bedbug infestations in certain residential property.
Authorizes waiver of license revocation process for certain child support obligors.
Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.
Requires training for constables.
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.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Prohibits businesses that outsource jobs overseas from receiving State contracts or grants; prohibits investment of State funds in such businesses.
Prohibits practice of requiring credit check as condition of employment.
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for employers who hire former prisoners.
Restores benefit under State earned income credit program to 25 percent of federal credit beginning in Tax Year 2011.
Extends the statute of limitations for certain sexual abuse cases.
Permits Legislature to void closing of State psychiatric hospital or developmental center.
Provides rental and lease protections for domestic violence victims.
"Revised State Medical Examiner Act"; establishes Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner in DHSS.
Prohibits smoking in automobiles when children are present.
Requires certain motor vehicle reinspections be conducted at licensed private inspection facilities.
Provides for termination of child support obligation upon certain conditions.
Exempts individuals with certain types of military service from certain fees and continuing education or professional competency requirements.
Authorizes hiring preference for veterans in non-civil service jurisdictions.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Allows adoptees access to nonidentifying family medical history information.
Requires insurers to cover treatment for sickle cell anemia; requires DHSS to provide information to public about sickle cell anemia.
Requires insurers to provide coverage for medications and dose-intensive chemotherapy/bone marrow transplants and umbilical cord blood transplants for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
Provides for notification to law enforcement authorities of discharge of certain persons brought to screening services for evaluation and assessment for mental health services.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to food service contracts and to local units and State authorities.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Establishes "Victim-Witness Scholarship Fund;" establishes "Witness Protection Fund;" and concerns State forfeiture funds.
Establishes five-year tax credit program to support expansion of preschool in school districts.
Expands existing film and digital media production tax credit programs; designated as the Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act.
Establishes a closing fund to provide financial resources for certain economic development projects.
Prohibits false or secret compartments in motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
Concerns urban enterprise zones.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Increase gross income tax rate on income exceeding $1,000,000 for taxable years 2011 and 2012 and expands gross income tax exclusion for pensions, annuities and other retirement income for certain taxpayers beginning in 2011.
Requires public institutions of higher education to implement certain practices concerning academic credits and residency requirements for military servicemembers.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide students with access to mental health care programs and services and to establish a hotline to provide information concerning the availability of those services.
Provides unemployment benefits for certain veterans.
Requires parole board under certain circumstances to release inmates not convicted of a violent crime under the No Early Release Act at the time of parole eligibility.
Changes the scope of public notification regarding contaminated site remediation.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Increases maximum Emergency Services Volunteer Length of Service Award Program contributions and prospectively changes certain vesting requirements.
Authorizes property tax deferment for deployed military personnel.
Establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring or interfering with a guide dog; designated as "Dusty's Law."
Provides a NJHOPE credit, increases the current gross income tax homestead property tax credit, and increases the gross income tax rate on taxable income exceeding $1,000,000.
Expands eligibility for veteran's property tax deduction and totally disabled veteran's property tax exemption to certain veterans exposed to radioactivity from atmospheric nuclear bomb testing at the Pacific Proving Grounds.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Requires certain entities to be equipped with generators and allows those entities to qualify for NJEDA loans for cost of generators.
Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program; appropriates $95,000.
Lengthens amber light at traffic signal with red light camera; sets penalty for failing to stop before turning right on red when detected by red light camera; implements half-second delay for red light camera violations.
Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.
Creates "Expungement Waiting Period Reduction Study Commission."
Requires correctional facilities to submit voting rights information packets to inmates.
Dedicates sales and use tax collections from sales of medical marijuana to the "Medical Marijuana for a Cure Fund" for medical research grants on certain debilitating medical conditions.
Requires firearms to be unloaded and securely locked or stored within home.
Establishes task force to study the relationships among video games, mental health, and violence.
Permits payment of only one co-payment or deductible for follow-up care or treatment after surgery or illness under certain health benefits plans.
Authorizes dedicated National Association for the Advancement of Colored People license plate.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for development of Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
Revises alimony laws, including eliminating permanent alimony and establishing guidelines for amount and duration of alimony awards.
"Protection for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities in Institutional and Community Settings Act."
Requires screening of certain high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths.
Requires school district hiring preference for veterans for school security positions.
Permits adoptees and certain others to obtain adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information.
Requires State to reimburse municipalities for portion of foregone property tax revenue resulting from veterans' property tax exemption.
Imposes criminal penalties for illegally obtaining or disclosing personally identifiable health information.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for pediatric cancer research.