Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, General Assembly.
Cleopatra G. Tucker
Sponsored
Became law4
Requires hospitals and homeless shelters to provide information on services and resources to individuals who are homeless or military veterans.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to establish public awareness campaign for food waste.
Requires DOH to establish "My Life, My Plan" program to support women of childbearing age in developing reproductive life plan.
Provides in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education to individuals living in NJ who are entitled to educational assistance under US Department of Veterans Affairs' Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program.
Out of committee5
Authorizes veterans' property tax exemption and veterans' property tax deduction for honorably discharged veterans of United States Armed Forces who did not serve in time of war or other emergency. *
Establishes procedures to prevent and eradicate bedbug infestations in certain residential property.
Requires training for constables.
Provides forbearance of residential mortgage foreclosures under certain circumstances; places additional requirements on attorneys, residential mortgage lenders, and courts, as part of foreclosure process.
Designates High Point State Park as High Point State Park and New Jersey Veterans Memorial.*
In committee27
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.
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.
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.
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.
Adds Sons of The American Legion to list of organizations whose representatives receive paid leaves of absence to attend State and national conventions.
Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
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.
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 training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.
Establishes certain benefits for Class Two special law enforcement officers; allows arson investigators to carry a firearm at all times.
Appropriates $300,000 from General Fund to New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Rutgers University.
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.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Designates High Point State Park as High Point State Park and New Jersey Veterans Memorial.*
Authorizes veteran's property tax exemption and veteran's property tax deduction for honorably discharged veterans of United States Armed Forces who did not serve in time of war or other emergency.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Raises, over time, hourly minimum wage to $15.00.
"Alyssa's Law"; requires public school buildings to be equipped with panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.**
Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.*
Establishes "New Jersey Investing in You Promise Neighborhood Commission" *
Establishes "Dietetics and Nutrition Licensing Act".**
Imposes State sales and use tax and hotel and motel occupancy fee on transient accommodations; authorizes various municipal taxes and fees on transient accommodations.
Concerns earned sick leave to employees.*
"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act."
Exempts persons providing hair braiding services from licensure requirement, requires registration of hair braiding establishments.
"Dignity for Incarcerated Primary Caretaker Parents Act."
Authorizes special assessments and bond issuance to replace lead-contaminated water service lines.
Prohibits sale of certain toy guns and imitation firearms.
Establishes "Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Violence Against Persons with Developmental Disabilities" in DHS.*
Establishes "New Jersey Eviction Crisis Task Force."
Requires DHS to establish electronic portal to promote surplus food donation collaboration among nonprofit organizations, gleaners, and food retailers.
Creates two categories of driver's licenses and identification cards; allows residents unable to prove lawful presence in US to receive permits, and standard driver's licenses or identification cards; permits MVC to increase certain fees.
Requires Medicaid coverage for group prenatal care services under certain circumstances.
Requires hospital emergency departments to ask person of childbearing age about recent pregnancy history.*
Authorizes certain municipalities to impose parking taxes to fund projects to improve pedestrian access to mass transit.
Removes prohibition on voting by persons convicted of indictable offense who are on parole or probation.
Passed the General Assembly · 16
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.
Establishes certain requirements for domestic violence training for certain judges and judicial personnel.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
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.
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
Establishes gross income tax credit for cost of certain postage for sending goods to members of United States Armed Forces and National Guard who are serving their country away from home.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and county colleges. *
Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements. *
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Clarifies statutory exemptions from mandatory immunization requirements for child care center and school attendance.*
Requires certain fireworks-related injuries be reported to State Fire Marshal.
Establishes maternity care standards for general hospitals providing maternity care.*
Requires Commissioner of Health to establish maternity care public awareness campaign.*
Prohibits certain demolitions without inspection for pest infestation.
Out of committee · 75
"Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act."
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines to encourage high school students to participate in apprenticeship training.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
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.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Establishes commission to approve personaliized handguns; requires firearm retailers to sell personalized handguns.
Establishes Veterans Assistance Grant Program for nonprofit organizations to provide certain services to veterans.
Creates program for installing standby emergency power generators in new senior housing.
Permits new cigar lounges to be opened under certain circumstances.
Expands acts of animal cruelty to include theft or release of animal during burglary.
Allows primary caregiver of handicapped person and person with autism to apply for and use handicapped parking.
Requires DOE to establish comprehensive searchable website concerning educational programs and resources available to special education students.
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Provides Medicaid coverage for doula care.
"Babs Siperstein Law"; revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in gender.**
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 "Deaf Student's Bill of Rights."
Establishes a partial return to work TDI program.
"Earn Your Way Out Act"; requires DOC to develop inmate reentry plan and establish information database; establishes administrative parole release and provides compliance credits.*
Requires incarcerated individual from State to be counted at residential address for legislative redistricting purposes.
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism.
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.
Authorizes municipalities, counties, and certain authorities to establish stormwater utilities.
Concerns law regarding failure to pay wages.
Directs certain unclaimed electric and gas utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund and societal charge revenues to be paid to Statewide nonprofit energy assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.*
Mandates health benefits coverage for fertility preservation services under certain health insurance plans.
Makes New Jersey National Guard members with NGB-22 form eligible for certain veterans' benefits.
Establishes bill of rights for authorized family members of persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires school district to report at least biannually to Department of Agriculture number of students who are denied school breakfast or school lunch.*
Requires certain school districts to submit report on nonparticipation in "Community Eligibility Provision" of National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.
Expands summer meal program to all school districts with 50 percent or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Requires "breakfast after the bell" program in all schools with 70% or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals.
Reinstates and extends duration of certain UEZs; requires DCA to study UEZ program and report recommendations to the Legislature.*
Authorizes prohibition or regulation of rental of certain space for accommodation of transient guests.*
Permits incarcerated persons to receive student financial aid.
Permits municipal land banking in conjunction with online property database development.
Revises provisions of State law concerning claiming and proper disposal of cremains of veterans and eligible spouses or dependents.
Creates civil service preference for peacetime veterans.*
Limits patient information behavioral health care providers may disclose to health insurance carriers.
Directs Adjutant General to enter into agreements with legal services organizations to provide legal services to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness.
"Medicaid Transportation Brokerage Program Oversight and Accountability Act"; establishes vehicle, staffing, and performance standards, and review and reporting requirements for non-emergency medical transport provided under Medicaid transportation broker
Authorizes creation of Woman Veteran license plates.
Authorizes DMVA to grant preference in awarding contracts to vendors that employ veterans.
Expands University Hospital board of directors membership from 11 to 13 members; designates University Hospital as rural hospital.*
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriffs's sales.*
Requires hotels to provide panic devices to certain hotel employees for protection from unsafe working conditions while performing housekeeping duties.*
Revises expungement eligibility and procedures. *
Provides for improved system for eligibility determination for Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.
Establishes process for Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to declare loan under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program as in default or rehabilitated.
Establishes public awareness campaign to promote early conversations about advance care planning and end-of-life care.
Requires certain medical facilities to undertake end-of-life planning and training.*
Requires emergency departments to take certain measures concerning palliative care for patients.
Requires certain schools to establish emergency action plans for responding to serious or potentially life-threatening sports-related injuries.
Establishes New Jersey Violence Intervention Program to fund violence reduction initiatives.
Establishes goals and incentives for increased use of plug-in electric vehicles in NJ.*
Requires DHS to study emergency response services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.*
Establishes perinatal episode of care pilot program in Medicaid.
"Listening to Mothers Survey Act"; requires DOH to establish survey to evaluate and improve maternity care access and services.
Provides Medicaid coverage to eligible pregnant women for six-month period beginning on last day of pregnancy.*
Prohibits health benefits coverage for certain non-medically indicated early elective deliveries under Medicaid program, SHBP, and SEHBP.
Establishes maternal health care pilot program to evaluate shared decision-making tool developed by DOH and used by hospitals providing maternity services, and by birthing centers.
Requires DOH to develop interconception care resources to enhance postpartum care for women.
Directs DOH to develop standardized perinatal health curriculum for community health workers.
Codifies current practice regarding completion of Perinatal Risk Assessment form by certain Medicaid health care providers.*
Concerns driver's license suspension for certain crimes and offenses.**
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly with respect to legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as expungement eligibility and procedures.
" Create a Respectful and Open Workspace for Natural Hair Act"- CROWN Act; addresses discrimination under "Law Against Discrimination." based on traits historically associated with race, particularly focused on hair texture and style.*
Concerns juvenile incarceration and parole.
Concerns labor harmony agreements for hospitality projects.
Allows municipalities to adopt ordinance to enter properties to perform lead service line replacements.
Requires State to pay difference between federal allocation and total cost of reduced price breakfast or lunch; appropriates $4.5 million.
Revises expungement eligibility and procedures, including new "clean slate" automated process to render convictions and related records inaccessible; creates e-filing system for expungements; eliminates expungement filing fees; appropriates $15 million to
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Requires employers and birthing facilities to notify insured pregnant women if their health insurance coverage is not subject to 48-hour maternity law.
Provides voter registration assistance to persons completing parole, probation, and criminal sentences.
Amends Health Enterprise Zone law to allow municipalities more discretion in granting property tax exemptions to medical offices.
Requires DHS to use funds awarded from performance bonuses to increase staffing for processing certain applications and providing certain services.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
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.
Permits up to 10 children to be cared for by a registered family day care provider.
Requires health benefits coverage for mammograms for women under 40 who lack access to family medical history due to their or their parent's adoption.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
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.
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
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.
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 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.
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.
Requires State and local law enforcement agencies to assist officers receiving nomination petitions to investigate validity of any objection thereto when requested.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
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.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
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.
Requires consumer reporting agencies to provide a consumer with a free credit report three times during any 12-month period upon request.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Clarifies procedures for restoration of driver's license after suspension; authorizes the court to waive imprisonment under certain circumstances.
Permits payment of only one co-payment or deductible for follow-up care or treatment after surgery or illness under certain health benefits plans.
Provides that child study team members may be employees of the school district or of a DOE approved agency or clinic.
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.
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.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
"Responsible Dog Ownership Act."
Creates crime of victimization of persons with disabilities and senior citizens.
Requires incarcerated individual be counted for redistricting purposes at previous address if State resident and not counted if incarcerated and not State resident.
Eliminates partial and full State intervention under New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum.
Requires certain medical transportation vehicles to be equipped with stop signal arms and requires drivers to stop for vehicles under certain circumstances.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
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.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Revises definition of "necessary care" in the State's animal cruelty law to include more specific requirements.
Creates Voluntary Registry for Individuals with a Mental Illness or Developmental Disability.
Extends duration of urban enterprise zones for 10 additional years; specifies permissable use of funds.
Provides tax credits and other assistance to farmers transitioning to organic agricultural production; appropriates $2 million to Dept. of Agriculture.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
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.
Provides post-traumatic stress disorder from military service during combat may be mitigating factor during sentencing.
Requires DCPP to implement policies and procedures to ensure caseworker safety; "Leah's Law."
Establishes the "New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act."
"Unfair Wage Recovery Act"; provides that unlawful employment practice occurs each time individual is affected.
Clarifies that definition of mental illness in law governing involuntary commitment to treatment includes substance use disorder if dangerous standard met.
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Concerns urban enterprise zones.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Permits municipal, county, and regional police and fire forces to establish five-year residency requirement for police officers and firefighters; allows exceptions to requirement under certain circumstances.
Removes prohibition on voting by persons convicted of indictable offense who are on parole, probation, or serving sentence.
Decriminalizes possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana and personal-use amount of regulated marijuana-infused products; requires substance abuse treatment under certain circumstances.
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.
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Provides gross income tax deduction to certain surviving spouses of veterans.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Requires certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline.
Establishes Loan Modification and Consolidation Program for certain borrowers in New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.
Requires certain accessible public restroom facilities be equipped with signs reserving use for persons with disabilities.
Provides for increase in allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.
Revises health care levy adjustment for school districts; makes various changes for health care benefits for school employees; requires certain information in school budgets; imposes cap on contributions by public employees for health care benefits.
Establishes the "Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act."
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to provide coverage for oncofertility treatments.
Permits certain retirees to choose health care coverage under traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage plan options offered by SHBP or SEHBP.
Requires public utilities to maintain customer billing records for duration of account and to refund full amount of any overpayment by customers.
Includes false incrimination and filing false police report as form of bias intimidation; establishes crime of false 9-1-1 call with purpose to intimidate or harass based on race or other protected classes.
Establishes Working Group on End-of-Life Care and Palliative Care in DOH.
Raises minimum wage rate to $10.10, makes additional increases over four-year period, and maintains annual cost of living increases.
Requires certain corporations to appoint women to board of directors.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to New Jersey Library Network for continuation of services.
Authorizes certain municipalities to impose parking tax surcharges to fund projects that improve pedestrian access to mass transit; authorizes parking tax discount for residents.
Makes FY 2019 supplemental appropriation of $9,000,000 to Department of State for New Jersey Complete Count Commission.
Establishes certain requirements concerning rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, and intersex residents of long-term care facilities.
Prohibits persons under 21 years of age from possessing electronic smoking devices.
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate to military veteran.
Changes definition of veteran for civil service hiring preference.
Clarifies that discrimination based on hair style is violation of "Law Against Discrimination."
Establishes School Security Task Force.
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Requires municipalities to designate parking spaces for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.
Creates domestic violence Internet registry for certain public access; mandates counseling and community service and increases fines for certain domestic violence offenders.
Requires financial institution that has foreclosed on property to remove water service lines that contain lead.
Establishes Statewide limitation on rent increases.
Requires reflective material on children's Halloween costumes.
Requires that certain motor vehicle surcharge revenues be dedicated to the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.