Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Cleopatra G. Tucker
Sponsored
Became law2
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning the dangers of leaving children unattended in and around motor vehicles.
Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include "upskirting"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another.
Passed the General Assembly1
Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Out of committee6
Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.
Makes consent to register with Selective Service part of driver's license application process for males under age 26.
Adds Sons of The American Legion to list of organizations whose representatives receive paid leaves of absence to attend State and national conventions.
Modifies laws regarding compensation and leaves of absence for certain public employees who served in the military; requires public employers follow certain policies and procedures for leaves of absence.
Concerns procedure applicable to applicants for professional or occupational licenses who would otherwise be barred from licensure due to certain child support or related obligations. *
Appropriates $300,000 from General Fund to New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University.
In committee23
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.
Broadens municipal arson investigators' powers.
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.
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
Requires minimum level of police staffing based on municipal population and violent crime rate.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit, select, and train veterans for school security positions in school districts.
Establishes judicial presumption in favor of 10 percent bail option in lieu of a bail bond issued by licensed surety for repeat criminal offenders.
Requires chairs of certain ward political party committees to have same rights and responsibilities as chairs of municipal political party committees; specifies certain cities not required to have municipal chairs.
Requires minimum temperature in senior citizen housing projects to be maintained at 70 degrees from October 1 to May 1.
Enhances procedures for enforcement of visitation and parenting time when parents' access to child has been denied.
Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.
Requires various measures to address effects of low levels of lead exposure.
Expands eligibility to receive the veterans' property tax deduction and the veterans' property tax exemption.
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Establishes certain benefits for Class Two special law enforcement officers; allows arson investigators to carry a firearm at all times.
Requires DHS to take appropriate action to exempt veterans from benefits time limit applicable to able-bodied adults without dependents under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Requires hospitals and homeless shelters to provide information on services and resources to individuals who are homeless or military veterans.
Provides civil service preference to all veterans.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
"New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act," establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Establishes Chief Diversity Officer to monitor participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.*
Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.
Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 6 months.*
Establishes hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold on international airport property.
Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities; upgrades crimes committed against such individuals; and improves tranparency and accountability in investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of such individuals; designated as
Establishes Military and Defense Economic Ombudsman in DMVA.*
Permits local units of government to enter into shared services agreements with federal military installations located in the State.
Establishes New Jersey Military Skills Council.
Provides preference to certain employers applying for workforce development grants.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Permits charging late fee for rental payments due on self-service storage units and authorizes sale of property via website.
Updates references to DOC and DHS and refers to persons receiving services from DHS.
Allows "100 percent Disabled Veterans" to receive parking privileges reserved for persons with disability.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
"Charlie's Law"; Establishes civil penalties for persons who interfere with or deny persons with disabilities accompanied by service or guide dogs access to places of public accommodation.
Provides for monitoring and evaluation of transition of mental health and substance use disorder treatment service system and developmental disability system to fee-for-service reimbursement model; makes appropriation.*
Excludes amount of certain early withdrawals from qualified retirement plans in determination by Higher Education Student Assistance Authority of applicant's eligibility for and amount of State tuition aid grant.
Vetoed · 9
Raises minimum wage rate to $10.10, makes further increases over a four-year period, and maintains annual cost of living increases.*
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Provides that limitation on hours of retail sale of alcohol be consistent throughout licensed premises.
Makes FY 2017 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.*
Codifies regulations defining justifiable need to carry handgun.
Creates certain assistance programs for businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons, by persons with a disability, and by veterans.*
"Safe Transportation Jobs and Fair Employment Rules Act."
Revises law concerning family leave, temporary disability and family temporary disability leave, and domestic or sexual violence safety leave.*
Passed the General Assembly · 27
Establishes permanent sterile syringe access program.*
Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.*
Prohibits sale of certain toy guns and imitation firearms.
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10 million to DCA for Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or spouses of veterans and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
"HOPE Initiative Act;" requires establishment of public awareness campaign to educate citizens about dangers and causes of, and appropriate responses to, heroin and opioid addiction.
Revises definition of "necessary care" in the State's animal cruelty law to include more specific requirements.
Permits new cigar lounges to be opened under certain circumstances.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.*
Requires DCPP to implement policies and procedures to ensure caseworker safety; "Leah's Law."
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.
Prohibits permanent change of child custody during period of active military service; provides that absence due to active military duty, by itself, is insufficient justification to modify a child custody or visitation order.
Establishes performance and training standards for certain Medicaid transportation services and requires DHS to report compliance with standards.
Establishes requirements for sale of home baked goods or cottage foods. *
Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.
Requires collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information about sexual orientation and gender identity in certain surveys by State agencies.
Provides for increase and annual adjustment in allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.
Prohibits disqualification of certain minority-owned and women-owned businesses for certification.
Includes crime of creating false public alarms as form of bias intimidation.
Requires State parks, forests, and other natural and historic areas to remain open to public for seven days if emergency is declared due to failure to enact general appropriation law as prescribed by NJ Constitution.
Prohibits use of certain State residential property by Governor during state of emergency due to failure to enact annual appropriations law.
Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports.
Out of committee · 48
The New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for purposes of base realignment and closure. *
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Revises treatment requirements for convicted drug offenders receiving general assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.*
Requires hospital patient's medical record to include notation if patient is at increased risk of confusion, agitation, behavioral problems, and wandering due to dementia related disorder.*
Implements person-first language and changes pejorative terminology referring to persons with certain disabilities or substance use disorders.*
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."
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 that AG handle investigation and prosecution of crime involving person's death by law enforcement officer while acting in officer's official capacity or while in custody; requires trial in venue outside county where incident occurred.*
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Expands acceptable military separation forms for county veteran identification card; allows issuance to National Guard veterans of other states.*
Establishes commission to approve personaliized handguns; requires firearm retailers to sell personalized handguns.*
Provides for registration and accreditation of human milk banks.*
Requires DHS to develop timeline for use by individuals with developmental disabilities to gain benefit of State and federal programs; requires posting timeline on DHS, DCF, and DOE websites.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Requires insurance coverage in the individual and small employer markets and SHBP and SEHBP for "off-label" uses of certain drugs.
Provides post-traumatic stress disorder from military service during combat may be mitigating factor during sentencing.
Requires safeguards for anonymity and confidentiality with respect to communications presented through phone lines, electronic communication systems, or websites dedicated to accepting anonymous tips for use by law enforcement in criminal investigations.
"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Requires Commissioner of DCA to promulgate rules and regulations providing for veterans' affordable housing assistance preference.
Provides incentives for certain businesses associated with military installations.
Facilitates coordination of land use planning between civilian and military interests to preserve viability of federal military installations within State.
Extends eligibility for certain individuals for emergency assistance.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Requires DOH regulations regarding elevated blood lead levels in children, and appropriate responses thereto, to be consistent with latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
Provides for notification of emergency contact in event of death of senior citizen in senior citizen housing facility.
Appropriates $20 million from societal benefits charge to DEP for drinking water infrastructure improvements and lead abatement in City of Newark.
Establishes "New Jersey Investing in You Promise Neighborhood Commission"; appropriates $2 million.
Requires racial and ethnic impact statement for certain bills and regulations affecting sentencing.
Permits certain municipalities to impose and collect payroll tax of up to 1 percent of employer's payroll.
Includes students who participate in school intramural sports programs in the student-athlete head injury safety program.
Provides for retained eligibility for members of NJ National Guard or reserve component of US Armed Forces called to active federal military service who met maximum age requirement at closing date of civil service examination.
Makes supplemental appropriations totaling $9,563,415 to DOH for grants of $7,765,325 to Newark Beth Israel Hospital and $1,798,090 to St. Francis Medical Center to implement improved health outcomes and sustainable transformation of healthcare delivery.
Concerns procedures for transition of individuals with developmental disabilities from developmental centers to community placements.
Enhances protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms by certain persons; provides for minimum terms of incarceration for offenders who commit physically violent acts.
Creates Veterans Diversion Program to divert eligible servicemembers away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.
Extends full protection of Law Against Discrimination to persons having liability for service in Armed Forces of United States; guarantees equal employment opportunity in State contracting to all veterans.
Requires candidates for President and Vice-President of United States to disclose federal income tax returns to appear on ballot; prohibits Electoral College electors from voting for candidates who fail to file income tax returns.*
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
Requires health insurance consultants and carriers to provide certain information to certain local units, boards of education, and county colleges; requires local units, boards of education, and county colleges to review information.**
Requires local government units to certify compliance with certain federal hiring requirements when filing annual budgets.
Prohibits sale of certain alarm business signs and decals.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2018 to include new projects and revise allowable loan amounts for already approved projects.
In committee · 82
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.
Establishes the Office of Dropout Prevention and Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in DOE, and the Student Dropout Prevention Task Force.
Requires certain entities to be equipped with generators and allows those entities to qualify for NJEDA loans for cost of generators.
"Corporate Disinvestment Property Tax Relief Act"; appropriates $13.5 million.
Establishes a grant program for school districts to establish substance abuse prevention programs for eighth grade students.
Requires screening of certain high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for pediatric cancer research.
Establishes "Government Crowdfunding Act" to allow government entities to conduct fundraising for certain government projects.
Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.
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.
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.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Establishes the "New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act."
Establishes bill of rights for authorized family members of persons with developmental disabilities.
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 adoptees access to nonidentifying family medical history information.
Provides for notification to law enforcement authorities of discharge of certain persons brought to screening services for evaluation and assessment for mental health services.
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide to parents or guardians of enrolled students information on certain tests to be administered during the school year.
Requires that if a school district satisfies 80% or more of the required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, the State must return that area to local control.
Provides for involuntary commitment to treatment for substance use disorders.
Applies local public contract bid threshold amounts to local pay to play and prevailing wage laws.
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.
Requires DHS to use funds awarded from performance bonuses to increase staffing for processing certain applications and providing certain services.
Establishes procedures to prevent and eradicate bedbug infestations in certain residential property.
Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.
Prohibits employers from obtaining, requiring, or discriminating on the basis of credit reports.
Prohibits false or secret compartments in motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
Establishes public awareness campaign advising pregnant women, new parents, and women who are breast feeding about dangers of casual milk sharing.
"Unfair Wage Recovery Act"; provides that unlawful employment practice occurs each time individual is affected.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
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.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for State student financial aid programs.
Limits settings where certain surgeries may be performed.
Establishes Medicaid Smart Card Pilot Program.
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Requires health insurers, group health plans, SHBP, and SEHBP to share certain health benefits information with Medicaid and other State programs.
The "Full Marriage Recognition for Civil Union Couples Act"; recognizes certain civil unions as marriages dating back to inception of such civil unions.
Permits payment of only one co-payment or deductible for follow-up care or treatment after surgery or illness under certain health benefits plans.
Requires Division of Purchase and Property to provide additional notification of contracting opportunities to vendors or potential vendors providing or interested in providing home health care services to State agencies.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
"Responsible Dog Ownership Act."
Authorizes special license plates for members of United States Coast Guard.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Concerns urban enterprise zones.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.
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.
Clarifies that definition of mental illness in law governing involuntary commitment to treatment includes substance use disorder if dangerous standard met.
Requires training for constables.
Expands acts of animal cruelty to include theft or release of animal during burglary.
"Protection for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities in Institutional and Community Settings Act."
Permits up to 10 children to be cared for by a registered family day care provider.
Restricts health insurers from limiting access to pain medication.
Requires Attorney General to provide certain information regarding certain charitable organizations to public on Internet.
Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires employees of private entity with access to student information under contract with DOE, school districts, or charter schools to undergo criminal background check.
Requires nonpublic school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to a local law enforcement.
Requires public and nonpublic school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Requires incarcerated individual be counted for redistricting purposes at previous address if State resident and not counted if incarcerated and not State resident.
Imposes criminal penalties for leaving child unattended and unsupervised in motor vehicle.
Eliminates partial and full State intervention under New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum.
Requires firearms purchaser identification card, permit to purchase handgun, or permit to carry handgun for temporary transfer of firearm at firing range.
Requires firearms purchaser identification card, permit to purchase handgun, or permit to carry handgun for use of firearm at firing range.
Requires certain medical transportation vehicles to be equipped with stop signal arms and requires drivers to stop for vehicles under certain circumstances.
Requires newborn infant screening for tongue tie.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Provides immediate eligibility for participation in interscholastic athletics for certain transfer students.
Provides tax credits and other assistance to farmers transitioning to organic agricultural production; appropriates $2 million to Dept. of Agriculture.
Establishes New Jersey Civic Information Consortium; transfers $20 million annually from New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority to consortium over five-year period.
Provides for retained eligibility for members of NJ National Guard or reserve component called to active federal military service who met fire department maximum age requirement at closing date of civil service examination.
Provides forbearance of residential mortgage foreclosures under certain circumstances; places additional requirements on attorneys, residential mortgage lenders, and courts, as part of foreclosure process.
Requires State and local law enforcement agencies to assist officers receiving nomination petitions to investigate validity of any objection thereto when requested.
Filed · 2
Amends Fiscal Year 2018 annual appropriation act to ensure involuntarily furloughed State employees receive retroactive salary payments for State government budget shut down.
Requires study of program allowing community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.