Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, General Assembly.
Cleopatra G. Tucker
Sponsored
Became law3
Establishes minimum wage requirements for certain long-term care facility staff; establishes direct care ratio requirements for nursing homes; requires nursing home care rate study.**
Requires DMVA veterans' facilities provide payroll-based journal information to NJ Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $8 million to DHS to increase reimbursement for funeral, burial, and crematory services provided to certain beneficiaries of Work First New Jersey and Supplemental Security Income programs.
Passed the General Assembly2
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
Creates sexual assault prevention and response program and coordinator in DMVA.
Out of committee7
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.
Creates Veterans' Memorial Homes Oversight Board.
Requires DMVA create Bereavement Counseling Program for family members and volunteer caregivers of certain veterans.
Requires Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman submit annual report to veterans' facility oversight boards.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $10 million for grants for certain lake management activities for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $16,380,595 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
In committee25
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.
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.
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 minimum temperature in senior citizen housing projects to be maintained at 70 degrees from October 1 to May 1.
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.
Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.
Requires training for constables.
Establishes certain benefits for Class Two special law enforcement officers; allows arson investigators to carry a firearm at all times.
Requires hospitals and homeless shelters to provide information on services and resources to individuals who are homeless or military veterans.
Provides forbearance of residential mortgage foreclosures under certain circumstances; places additional requirements on attorneys, residential mortgage lenders, and courts, as part of foreclosure process.
Establishes requirements for use of deadly force.
Establishes procedures to prevent and eradicate bedbug infestations in certain residential property.
Establishes price preference program on State contracts for businesses owned by women veterans or women in military service.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $10 million for grants for certain lake management activities for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $16,380,595 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 29
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Enhances homeowner notification of foreclosure mediation program requirements.
Requires AG to collect, record, analyze, and report certain prosecutorial and criminal justice data.
Upgrades certain crimes of misrepresenting oneself as member or veteran of US Armed Forces or organized militia.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly addressing legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as raising awareness of available expungement relief.**
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 class.
Revises provisions of State law concerning claiming and proper disposal of cremains of veterans and eligible spouses or dependents.
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
Requires student representative be appointed to each board of education of school district and board of trustees of charter school that includes grades nine through 12.*
Requires DLPS to incorporate implicit bias in cultural diversity training materials for law enforcement officers; makes mandatory cultural diversity and implicit bias training for law enforcement officers.
Designates 9-1-1 operators or dispatchers as 9-1-1 first responder dispatchers.
Requires hospital to permit individual to accompany woman during childbirth.
Extends eligibility for accidental disability and accidental death benefits to certain PFRS, SPRS and PERS members who contract COVID-19 and test positive for SARS-CoV-2.**
Permits modification of scope of work or terms and conditions of contract between non-profit organizations and State agencies for failure to perform due to COVID-19 pandemic.*
Establishes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Task Force on Racial and Health Disparities.*
Requires DOH to establish sanitization guidelines for hotels operating in State.
Requires Department of Human Services to develop public emergency response plan for licensed providers of services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Regulates use of body cameras worn by law enforcement officers.
Provides that AOC shall administer program for municipal courts allowing defendents to engage in online plea negotiations, entry of guilty plea, and payment of fine or penalty.*
Establishes additional requirements for DOH to assess sanctions and impose penalties on nursing homes; revises reporting requirements for nursing homes.*
Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to establish long-term care advocacy and educational training program.
Requires DOH to publish total number of COVID-19 deaths and cases in long-term care facilities.*
Makes supplemental appropriation of $58,000,000 for NJ Statewide Body Worn Camera Program.
Establishes "New Jersey Foreclosure Prevention Act."
Increases penalties for unauthorized transportation or disposal of solid waste.
Expands State corrections officers training to include topics contributing to their core mission of treating inmates with dignity, fairness, and respect.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA send weekly reports to Commissioner of DOH on status of veterans' homes in State during every future public health emergency; requires such reports through December 31, 2021. *
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2022; makes various changes to FY2022 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes requirements to screen certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for preeclampsia. *
Passed the General Assembly · 20
Permits union officials who represent probation officers to participate in all union activities.
Prohibits disqualification of certain minority-owned and women-owned businesses for certification.
Includes crime of creating false public alarms as form of bias intimidation.
Exempts discharge of student loan debt of certain veterans through the federal Total and Permanent Disability discharge process from taxation under the gross income tax.
Requires that if school district satisfies in certain evaluations 80% or more of required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, State must return area to local control.*
Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
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.
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities. *
Prohibits VCCO from denying award of compensation to victims with certain outstanding warrants and charges.
Concerns participation in certain meetings by means of remote communication during state of emergency declared by the Governor.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities, during publichealth emergency, to develop guidance for in-person visitation at community-based residential settings for individuals with developmental disabilities and require providers to allow such visita
Expands municipal court conditional dismissal program to include defendants charged with certain drug offenses; requires defendant's participation in various programs and services; allows dismissal of charges after one-year probationary period.
Requires DHS to review various aspects of Medicaid managed care program.
Dedicates personal protective equipment to long-term care facilities, home health agencies, hospice care providers, health care service firms, PACE programs, and certain community-based providers during public health emergency.***
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism establish Black Heritage Trail; establishes NJ Black Cultural Heritage Commission.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras.
Concerns sexual abuse investigations in State correctional facilities.
Prohibits retaliation against inmates in State correctional facilities who report sexual abuse; criminalizes retaliation and failure to report abuse.
Out of committee · 43
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Limits patient information behavioral health care providers may disclose to health insurance carriers.
Establishes Veterans Assistance Grant Program for nonprofit organizations to provide certain services to veterans.
Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate to military veteran.
Changes definition of veteran for civil service hiring preference.
Requires DOH and DHS to identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health.
Requires certain health care professionals to undergo explicit and implicit bias training.*
Authorizes creation of Woman Veteran license plates.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Requires certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline.
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Requires that certain realty transfer fee revenues be dedicated to Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.*
Expands training for judges, law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases. *
Requires DEP to evaluate environmental and public health stressor of certain facilities on overburdened communities when reviewing certain permit applications.*
"Dominick Marino PFRS Enhanced Benefits for Surviving Spouses Act"; enhances PFRS accidental death benefit for surviving spouse who becomes eligible after effective date by providing for minimum of $50,000 annually.*
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1,000,000. *
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
"Healthy Terminals Act"; requires certain airport and train station workers to be paid certain wage rates and benefits.
Concerns online marketing of affordable housing units.
Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.
"Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act"; requires institutions of higher education to implement mental health programs and services.
Establishes Commission on Asian American Heritage in DOE. *
Revises requirements for cash assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program; appropriates $25 million.
Provides relief to students receiving State financial aid to address special circumstances due to 2020 health state of emergency.
Permits dogs as service and emotional support animals at State veterans' residential facilities.
Concerns employment benefits and coronavirus disease 2019 infections contracted by essential employees.
Authorizes Governor to permit mortgage forbearance and rent payment Provides mortgage payment relief, consumer reporting protection, and eviction protection for resident property owners, tenants and other consumers, economically impacted during time of co
Allows local governments and school districts to engage in certain borrowing to aid with COVID-19 response.
Requires health care facilities to report certain coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) data related to health care workers and certain first responders.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and county colleges.
Establishes civilian review boards to review complaints against police officers.
Expands powers and duties of State Chief Diversity Officer to promote diversity in State government and public contracting.
Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.
Makes failure to wear mask upon entry into store or transportation publically available, with posted signage, a violation with fine during public emergency declared in Executive Order 103 of 2020 and future public health emergencies.**
Provides supplemental payments to long-term care facility staff providing direct care services during COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes waterfront wage standards.
Authorizes creation of local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct; appropriates $800,000.*
Creates two-year "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program" in Juvenile Justice Commission; appropriates $4.2 million in FY 2022 and FY 2023.*
Requires in person early voting period for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Requires DOH to develop Statewide plan for infection control and prevention infrastructure improvements in nursing homes.
Requires boards of education to provide special education and related services to certain students exceeding age of eligibility for special education and related services.
Requires long-term care facility to post certain information on its Internet website regarding Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
In committee · 88
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.
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.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
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.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Criminalizes owner or landlord knowingly renting dwelling to tenant that is illegal occupancy which causes serious bodily injury to or death of another person.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
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 local law enforcement.
Requires State and local law enforcement agencies to assist officers receiving nomination petitions to investigate validity of any objection thereto when requested.
Requires certain fireworks-related injuries be reported to State Fire Marshal.
Permits certain retirees to choose health care coverage under traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage plan options offered by SHBP or SEHBP.
Authorizes prohibition or regulation of rental of certain space for accommodation of transient guests.
Establishes certain requirements concerning rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, and intersex residents of long-term care facilities.
Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Establishes maternity care standards for general hospitals providing maternity care.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Provides Medicaid coverage to eligible pregnant women for 365-day period beginning on last day of pregnancy.
Expands University Hospital board of directors membership from 11 to 13 members; designates University Hospital as rural hospital.
Permits counties to establish a central municipal drug court.
Concerns labor harmony agreements for hospitality projects.
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.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Clarifies statutory exemptions from mandatory immunization requirements for child care center and school attendance.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
"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
Requires DHS to study emergency response services for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Directs DOH to develop standardized perinatal health curriculum for community health workers.
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 the Working Group on End-of-Life Care and Palliative Care in DOH.
Requires certain accessible public restroom facilities be equipped with signs reserving use for persons with disabilities.
Requires State to pay difference between federal allocation and total cost of reduced price breakfast or lunch; appropriates $4.5 million.
Requires DOE to establish comprehensive searchable website concerning educational programs and resources available to special education students.
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.
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 all public employees for health care benefits.
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.
Authorizes DMVA to grant preference in awarding contracts to vendors that employ veterans.
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.
Requires screening of certain high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths.
Prohibits persons under 21 years of age from possessing electronic smoking devices.
Permits license plate frames which do not obscure numbers or letters on motor vehicle license plates.
Revises certain penalties for illegal operation of snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or dirt bike.
Allows primary caregiver of handicapped person and person with autism to apply for and use handicapped parking.
Requires municipalities to designate parking spaces for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.
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.
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
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.
Prohibits sale of certain toy guns and imitation firearms.
"Listening to Mothers Survey Act"; requires DOH to establish survey to evaluate and improve maternity care access and services.
Requires reflective material on children's Halloween costumes.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
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.
Establishes the "Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act."
Establishes "New Jersey Eviction Crisis Task Force."
Requires public utilities to maintain customer billing records for duration of account and to refund full amount of any overpayment by customers.
Establishes School Security Task Force.
Concerns juvenile incarceration and parole.
Prohibits certain demolitions without inspection for pest infestation.
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 certain corporations to appoint women to board of directors.
Clarifies that definition of mental illness in law governing involuntary commitment to treatment includes substance use disorder if dangerous standard met.
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.
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 investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Requires municipality to provide free beach access to certain veterans.
Prohibits the restraint of prisoners during and immediately after childbirth.
Establishes a Personal Care Assistance Task Force in Department of Human Services.
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.
Requires school district to report to DOE on various aspects of computer science courses.
Provides one-time deduction of $10,000 for certain taxpayers under GIT.
Designates Howell House in Cape May as Harriet Tubman Museum in New Jersey.
Provides immunity for manufacturers of personal protective equipment for injury or death alleged to have been sustained as result of act or omission in course of manufacturing or distributing PPE in support of State's response to outbreak of coronavirus d
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Requires New Jersey Supreme Court to issue order dismissing certain charges, complaints, and arrest warrants filed with or issued by municipal courts and unresolved for five years or more; requires AOC to conduct certain studies.
Creates sexual assault prevention and response program and coordinator for service members.