Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, Senate.
M. Teresa Ruiz
Sponsored
Became law29
Modifies down payment assistance program for benefit of first-generation and first-time homebuyers; makes an appropriation.
Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to comply with breakfast and lunch standards adopted by USDA.*
Requires DEP, DOH, owners or operators of certain public community water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings or facilities to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.*
Exempts nursing mothers from jury duty.
"Equitable Outcomes in Child Support Collection Act"; establishes procedures regarding collection of child support on behalf of children in custody of DCPP.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on history of Latinos and Hispanics as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.*
Limits availability of Child Care Facilities Improvement Program grants funded through Child Care Revitalization Act to licensed child care centers.
Requires training of cosmetologists-hairstylists, beauticians, barbers, and hair braiders to include working on textured hair.
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish employment web portal and virtual applicant profile system.**
Requires private bus operators to provide notice and hold public meetings for certain service changes.
Requires DOE to establish working group on student literacy; mandates universal literacy screenings for kindergarten through grade three students; requires professional development for certain school district employees.*
Establishes penalties for employers who disclose or threaten to disclose employee's immigration status for purpose of concealing violation of State wage, benefit or tax laws.*
Requires New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority to establish public awareness campaign on benefits of doula and midwife services.*
Imposes certain requirements on secondhand dealers of cellular telephones and wireless communication devices.
Prohibits DCF from using federal benefits received by a child in out of home placement to reimburse State for cost of child's care, except under certain circumstances.*
Regulates production and sale of certain intoxicating hemp products.
Concerns law protecting residential tenants from lead-based paint hazards.
Requires each public institution of higher education to develop food waste reduction program on campus.
Requires public institution of higher education to provide students with information on food assistance programs.
Makes various changes to provision of preschool aid and facilities requirements; establishes Universal Preschool Implementation Steering Committee; requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts.*
Limits general application of certain consumer contracts.
Establishes School Supervisor Mentorship Pilot Program; appropriates $500,000.
Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to offer no-fee option to parents for making school lunch and other payments; requires payment processing platforms used by certain schools to provide users with information on user fees.*
Requires certain information be provided to parent at least two business days prior to annual Individualized Education Program (IEP) team meeting; establishes IEP Improvement Working Group in DOE.*
Permits awarding of contracts for certain preschool education services by resolution of board of education; extends maximum length of preschool education services contracts to three years.
Creates regulatory scheme, in line with federal law, on sale of certain hemp-derived cannabinoid products; repeals law concerning intoxicating hemp.*
Revises certain membership requirements of Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage.
Amends Fiscal Year 2026 annual appropriations act to reassign appropriation for Borinqueneer Park from City of Perth Amboy to Borinqueneers Park Education Alliance.
Provides expungement process for certain defendants who are victims of abuse if conviction is substantially related to abuse.
Vetoed1
Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU.
Passed the Senate10
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
Creates pilot program to provide corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for value of certain fruit and vegetable donations made by commercial farm operators.*
Establishes Office of New Americans in Department of Human Services.
Provides police officers may be present at senior residential center or school being used as polling place under certain circumstances; requires school to establish election day security plan.
Requires each public institution of higher education to convene menstrual equity task force.*
Concerns notification requirements for certain utility assistance programs; repeals law establishing notification requirements for public and local utilities during coronavirus 2019 pandemic.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for family planning and reproductive health care services; prohibits adverse actions by medical malpractice insurers in relation to performance of legally protected health care services.*
Codifies Medicaid coverage for eligible pregnant women for 365-day period beginning on last day of pregnancy.
Prohibits certain uses of perchloroethylene and trichloroethylene.
Authorizes tax credits for certain sports and entertainment projects; authorizes additional tax credits for New Jersey Aspire Program and Emerge Program.
Out of committee29
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Requires installation of diaper changing station in certain public restrooms.*
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to create and maintain database of Educational Opportunity Fund student admissions.
Requires VCCO to issue annual report to Governor and Legislature.
Modifies regulation of student permits by NJ State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling and establishes oversight of individuals seeking employment as shampoo technicians.*
Establishes One-Year State Work First New Jersey Menstrual Hygiene Benefit Pilot Program and State Work First New Jersey Diaper Benefit Pilot Program; appropriates $2.5 million to DHS.*
Requires Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain primary and mental health care services match reimbursement rates under Medicare.
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish and maintain an educator common application and web portal.
Establishes Office of Learning Equity and Academic Recovery in DOE.*
Requires public transportation employees and certain motorbus operators to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.*
Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*
Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.
Modifies certain provisions of Historic Property Reinvestment and Brownfields Redevelopment Incentive programs.
Creates "Reproductive Health Care Access Fund" to strengthen access to reproductive health care.
Requires affirmative written consent for certain entities to disclose individual's medical information regarding reproductive health care services, with limited exceptions, unless disclosure is necessary to provide those services.
Requires four-year public institution of higher education to develop and implement reproductive health services plan; requires county college to develop referral network for reproductive health care services.
Provides for voluntary contributions for taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support reproductive health care services.
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Limits regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in menstrual products.*
Authorizes HMFA to use certain tax credits; directs HMFA to conduct tax credit auctions to provide financial assistance for certain housing puropses.*
Allows businesses to receive information via email concerning new regulations and economic incentives that affect business.
Requires unrestricted Medicaid coverage for ovulation enhancing drugs and medical services related to administering such drugs for certain beneficiaries experiencing infertility.
Extends statutory pause on collection of student growth objective data.
Imposes surcharge on hotel occupancies in certain municipalities to fund fire services; provides for appropriation.*
Bans carcinogens, reproductive toxicants, flame resistant chemicals, and volatile organic compounds from certain hair products.
Eliminates sales tax on baby necessities and sunscreen.
Requires adoption of policy addressing job-related issues of pregnant firefighters.
Concerns Statewide Longitudinal Data System for Education and Workforce Development.*
Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.
In committee142
Revises certain requirements concerning graduation proficiency test and eliminates requirement that graduation proficiency test be administered to eleventh grade students.
Expands liability of certain individuals associated with limited liability companies and other commercial entities, when acting as residential landlord.
Requires landlords to disclose existence of lead service lines and lead water supply plumbing to tenants.
Requires school districts to employ at least one certified nutrition specialist, registered dietitian, or registered dietitian nutritionist.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Requires DOE to maintain list of textbook vendors that use inclusive material and school districts to use textbooks from those vendors.
Authorizes local tax on storage of empty shipping containers.
Prohibits employers from inquiring about gender of job applicants under certain circumstances.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers to qualify.
Eliminates US citizenship requirement for student representatives on boards of trustees of certain public institutions of higher education.
Revises certain requirements related to cash assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.
Permits female inmate in correctional facility to request certain medication to prevent pregnancy.
Establishes Office of Women's Services in DOC.
Requires female inmates be provided with family planning services prior to release from correctional facility.
Requires DOC to provide prenatal and post-partum education and services for certain inmates.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $20 million for loan redemption program and tuition reimbursement program for certain teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Requires entities to remove abandoned lines and mark information on certain lines.
Requires State to reimburse counties for portion of holiday pay to county employees performing State services on certain holidays.
Requires owners of multiple dwellings with at least nine units to provide certain maintenance services; permits municipalities to require owners of multiple dwellings with six to eight units to provide these services.
Establishes NJEDA urban farming grant and loan program.
Authorizes common law public nuisance suits regarding lead paint under State law; exempts Attorney General from certain aspects of public nuisance claims when pursuing lead paint actions.
Establishes Emerging Technology Urban Grant Program in EDA.
Establishes ReadyReturn Program; requires Taxation to prepare initial tax filing for certain taxpayers; requires several State agencies to use tax data to facilitate identification and enrollment for certain social services programs; makes an appropriation.
Requires DOH to encourage health care facilities and licensed health care professionals to develop a "Reach Out and Read Program."
Requires 60 day notice concerning tuition rate changes by licensed child care centers.
Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.
Requires members, officers, and employees of Legislature to undergo implicit bias and cultural competency training.
Requires disclosure of cellular telephone transmitters upon sale or lease of certain residential property.
Requires distribution of family leave informational materials to certain patients.
Directs Department of Agriculture in consultation with DOE to establish online applications for National School Lunch Program and school breakfast programs.
Provides that certain fraudulent arbitration agreements are invalid.
Requires certain ultrasounds on pregnant women to be performed by licensed health care professionals.
Revises requirements for cash assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.
Establishes tuition reimbursement program for students enrolled in certain private postsecondary educational schools.
Requires teachers to biennially complete two hours of professional development related to cultural competence.
Establishes "Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program"; appropriates $95,000.
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Requires NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council to prepare report regarding suicide prevention instruction in public schools.
Establishes "Summer Earn and Learn Pilot Program."
Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras and security camera systems to be installed in State correctional facilities.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Requires campus diversity actions at public institutions of higher education and directs Secretary of Higher Education and Division on Civil Rights to develop guidance regarding diversity in faculty search and selection process.
Requires DHS to establish a pilot program covering menstrual hygiene products under Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.
Establishes office in EDA to assist in provision and expansion of broadband Internet service in State to address inequities in accessing broadband service.
"Farm Worker Epidemic Health and Safety Act"; concerns public health and certain protections for farm workers.
Establishes New Jersey Literacy Training Pilot Program in DOE.
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 certain officers of education organizations to sign acknowledgement and undergo training concerning duties to report child abuse.
Establishes requirements to screen certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for endometriosis.
Requires institutions of higher education to adopt affirmative consent standard and other policies regarding sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Establishes "Purple Ribbon Schools Program" in DOE to recognize public and nonpublic schools with positive school climate.
Requires VCCO to provide certain emergency assistance and establish hotline.
Requires AG to establish public awareness campaign concerning Crime Victim's Bill of Rights and VCCO.
Requires DCF and DOE to establish policies and procedures relating to child abuse and neglect and child abuse prevention during certain public health emergencies.
Establishes summer transition pilot program for rising kindergarten students who meet certain criteria.
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Requires public schools to offer or expand summer school programs to students.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to Department of Law and Public Safety for public awareness campaign of victims' rights and VCCO assistance.
Increases benefit amounts and expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
Requires State government entities provide vital documents and translation services in 15 most common non-English languages.
"Listening to Mothers Survey Act"; requires DOH to establish survey to evaluate and improve maternity care access and services.
Establishes New Jersey Community Learning Program in DOE to provide comprehensive extended learning time programs in certain communities; dedicates portion of State cannabis revenue to support program.
Requires institution of higher education to provide victim-centered training to employees who assist student victims of sexual assault.
Permits students at public institutions of higher education to donate unused meal plan funds to emergency meal fund for distribution to New Jersey food banks.
Requires inmate to participate in Medicaid enrollment session 60 days prior to release.
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Provides temporary corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.
Establishes Center for Career Relevant Education and Talent Evaluation of New Jersey at Thomas Edison State University.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Establishes a Women's Menstrual Health Screening Program and requirements to screen appropriate patients for endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome.
Allows law enforcement agencies to provide juvenile-family crisis information to principal of juvenile's school for planning programs relevant to juvenile's educational and social development.
Permits use of preferred names on student diplomas.
Establishes pilot program to create student mental health assistance programs in selected school districts.
Prohibits juror disqualification based on gender identity or sexual orientation; codifies procedures when discriminatory use of peremptory challenges is alleged.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services; appropriates $20 million.
Prohibits sale of tetrahydrocannabinol products in certain circumstances.
Allows persons who qualify under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to become law enforcement and corrections officers.
Expands membership of State Health Benefits Commission and School Employees' Health Benefits Commission.
Establishes emergency teacher endorsements in certain circumstances.
Prohibits sale of crayon and chalk products containing lead.
Establishes five-year conception to cradle pilot program in DOE.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Children.
Revises eligibility for Educational Opportunity Fund grants and campus-based Educational Opportunity Fund programs.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
Requires health insurers to cover self-measured blood pressure monitoring for subscribers with preeclampsia; requires health care professionals to provide home blood pressure monitor to pregnant patients diagnosed with preeclampsia.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize issuance of new endorsements in certain fields.
Requires reflective material on children's Halloween costumes.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain imaging related to breast cancer detection.
Establishes Office of Community Schools; appropriates $10 million.
Requires DOE to develop credential to introduce teachers to culturally responsive teaching practices, characteristics, and methods.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person who commits domestic violence by strangling victim be detained prior to trial.
Requires DOH to collect and coordinate data on language proficiency of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Requires private health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, Medicaid, and NJ FamilyCare to cover wigs under certain circumstances.
Requires school districts to screen certain students for reading deficiencies.
Requires school districts to provide training and coaching to certain teachers on student literacy and reading interventions; requires DOE to establish program for literacy coaches.
Requires Medicaid coverage for remote stress tests for pregnant women.
Establishes the "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Product Donations Immunity Act."
Requires health insurance coverage of standard fertility preservation services for individuals with certain menstrual disorders resulting in infertility.
Requires DOH to prepare resource guide on preeclampsia and gestational diabetes for distribution to pregnant persons.
Requires non-invasive prenatal testing for pregnant persons and health insurance coverage for non-invasive prenatal testing.
Prohibits use of education, occupation, and credit score as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Requires DCA, in consultation with Commission on Human Trafficking, to establish Statewide initiative for Red Sand Project.
Requires licensed health care professionals providing prenatal care to offer and screen, upon request, pregnant patients with history of depression for postpartum depression.
Codifies federal regulations requiring bilingual materials and services for SNAP under certain circumstances.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on history of Latino and Hispanic Americans as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
Establishes "Period Equity and Menstrual Disorders Study Committee" in DOH.
Requires DOH to expand services provided under plan to improve perinatal mental health services and health insurers to cover costs of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder screening.
Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages.
Revises responsibilities and duties of Nursing Home Administrator's Licensing Board.
Allows gross income tax deduction for donations of menstrual products to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
"Menstrual Equity for Haitian Migrants Act."
Requires NJTA and SJTA to provide written notice of toll violations and process for remedying violations prior to issuing administrative fee.
Establishes 10 year Menstrual Leave and Remote Work Pilot Program.
Requires certain court documents to be translated into languages other than English.
Codifies authority for certain health care providers to provide abortions and clarifies certain operational requirements for abortion facilities.
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing legally protected health care activities; establishes right of residents to legally protected health care services, which are restricted in other states.
Establishes Reproductive Health Care Professionals Loan Redemption Program; appropriates $5 million.
Requires NJTA, SJTA, EDA, CRDA, PANYNJ, and DRPA to consider minorities and women when hiring or awarding contracts.
Provides for State agencies to issue advanced payments to certified business enterprises awarded State contracts.
Increases income and resource threshold limit for certain Medicaid eligibility groups.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education and public institutions of higher education to develop programs for improving Hispanic and Latino representation in higher education leadership positions.
Requires health insurers, SHBP, SEHBP, and NJ FamilyCare coverage for sign language interpreter services for covered individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Requires Division of Children's System of Care to make changes to certain polices regarding the provision of family support and respite care services for certain eligible individuals.
Adds language authorizing transfer of General Fund appropriations for certain licensed health care entities to Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to maximize federal Medicaid payments to certain faculty physicians and non-physician professionals.
"CJ's Law"; Criminalizes manufacture and distribution of substances containing kratom under certain circumstances.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to make feminine hygiene products of varying absorbency levels available to female inmates.
Imposes additional penalties for invasion of privacy where victim is candidate for public office.
Requires development of online tax training for small and micro-businesses.
Requires EDA to include social media development services in services offered through Small Business E-commerce Support Program.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $144.2 million to provide additional Outcomes-Based Allocation funding to four-year public institutions of higher education.
Requires NJTA, NJT, and SJTA to provide notice of proposed fare, charge, and toll increases; requires BPU to provide notice of certain filings and decisions.
Requires Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners to maintain minutes of meetings; provides Governor veto over minutes.
Requires governing board of public institution of higher education to notify Secretary of Higher Education of proposed merger or consolidation.
Requires State to reimburse federally unreimbursed costs of snacks provided to children at certain preschools; appropriates $100,000.
Requires notification to members of health club if club is to be sold and health club services contract assigned to new owner.
Concerns health information held by certain biotechnology companies.
Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU.
Requires DHS to promote and support volunteerism in connection to compliance with certain eligibility requirements for NJ FamilyCare and SNAP recipients.
Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application in prominent place on Internet website.
Filed2
Makes supplemental appropriation of $20 million for provision of Summer Tuition Aid Grants in summer 2025; provides conditional authority for transfer of additional resources to Summer Tuition Aid Grants account.*
Amends FY2026 appropriations act to revise various language provisions concerning early childhood education.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law18
Requires VCCO to issue annual report to Governor and Legislature.
Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*
Establishes One-Year State Work First New Jersey Menstrual Hygiene Benefit Pilot Program and State Work First New Jersey Diaper Benefit Pilot Program; appropriates $2.5 million to DHS.*
Requires public transportation employees and certain motorbus operators to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.*
Establishes Office of Learning Equity and Academic Recovery in DOE.*
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Authorizes HMFA to use certain tax credits; directs HMFA to conduct tax credit auctions to provide financial assistance for certain housing purposes.*
Modifies regulation of student permits by NJ State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling and establishes oversight of individuals seeking employment as shampoo technicians.*
Requires adoption of policy addressing job-related issues of pregnant firefighters.
Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.
Modifies certain provisions of Historic Property Reinvestment and Brownfields Redevelopment Incentive programs.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $20 million for provision of Summer Tuition Aid Grants in summer 2025; provides conditional authority for transfer of additional resources to Summer Tuition Aid Grants account.*
Extends statutory pause on collection of student growth objective data.
Allows businesses to receive information via email concerning new regulations and economic incentives that affect business.
Imposes surcharge on hotel occupancies in certain municipalities to fund fire services; provides for appropriation.*
Concerns Statewide Longitudinal Data System for Education and Workforce Development.*
Amends FY2026 appropriations act to revise various language provisions concerning early childhood education.
Authorizes tax credits for certain sports and entertainment projects; authorizes additional tax credits for New Jersey Aspire Program and Emerge Program.
Vetoed1
Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 35
Requires AG to establish rape kit tracking system.
Requires DCPP to consult with Division of Developmental Disabilities following finding of child abuse or neglect to create services plan for person with developmental disability under certain circumstances.
Establishes requirements concerning provision of postpartum care, pregnancy loss, and stillbirth information and development of personalized postpartum care plans.*
Directs DHS to conduct landscape analysis of available mental health services.**
Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.*
Establishes procedure for certification of LGBTQ+ business.*
Authorizes electronic delivery of documents relating to portable electronics insurance.
Provides for expanded use of affordable housing voucher program funding.*
Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*
Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five.*
Authorizes pharmacists to dispense HIV prophylaxis without individual prescription under certain circumstances; mandates prescription benefits coverage.
Establishes Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Therapy Pilot Program; appropriates $6 million.**
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Revises statutory terms pertaining to sexual exploitation or abuse of children.
Authorizes school districts to submit separate proposals for additional spending for subsequent budget year at special school election.
Provides counties discretion related to retirement of county debt service and amount that can be raised under property tax levy cap.
Concerns certain emergency operations plans required to be submitted to law enforcement agencies.
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.*
Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force.
Appropriates $10,067,905 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes, and for certain administrative expenses.
Expands Division of State Police rank and grade titles.
Requires financial institutions to allow mortgagors to make biweekly and semi-monthly payments and payments to mortgage principal.*
Establishes "Incarcerated Women's Protection Act" and concerns correctional facility board of trustees.*
Provides grant to study and map mental health care resources for children; makes appropriation.
Requires electric and gas public utilities to establish "Energy Bill Watch" program and include certain information in bills and notices to customers.
Revises definition of child abuse or neglect to include persons between 18 and 21 years of age in certain settings.
Establishes "Disability Mortality and Abuse Prevention Advisory Committee" in DHS; makes appropriation.
Establishes Chronic Absenteeism Task Force.
Requires municipal tax collectors who obtain payments in lieu of taxes under "Long Term Tax Exemption Law" to transmit county portion directly to county.
Limits use or disclosure of certain education records.
Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs.
Appropriates $107,999,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition, park development, and planning projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Appropriates $13,640,000 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for grants of certain nonprofit entities for open space acquisition, park development, and planning projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Establishes grant program in DOE for public schools to purchase and install point-of-use filtered bottle-filling stations and filtered faucets.*
Establishes new mitigating factor, reduced sentencing, and resentencing for certain defendants who are victims of abuse.
Vetoed · 2
Requires midwives and physicians to provide pregnant women information on birthing options prior to delivery.
Establishes reproductive health travel advisory.
Passed the Senate · 9
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.
Prohibits discrimination on basis of height or weight under "Law Against Discrimination."
Enhances criminal penalties for persons involved in certain human trafficking activities.*
Establishes Office of Resilience in DCF.
Requires standards for organization and deployment of career fire fighters to be consistent with certain national standards.
Requires Civil Service Commission establish mentoring program for certain civil service firefighter applicants.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to create report on human trafficking related to 2026 FIFA World Cup; appropriates $1 million.*
Requires Department of Treasury and DHS to annually identify State funds available for NJ FamilyCare and child care services, evaluate programs, and create prioritized list of initiatives to improve quality of care under programs.*
Out of committee · 58
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.
Provides paid leave for employee to attend certain events of child of employee; establishes tax credits for employer that provide those leave benefits.*
Establishes "ATV Law Enforcement Task Force" to enhance and coordinate efforts to enforce laws pertaining to ATVs.*
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Establishes "New Jersey Target Zero Commission."
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.*
Requires MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf or hard of hearing.*
Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of certain property for lead drinking water hazards.*
Requires prescription drug coverage for serious mental illness without prior authorization or utilization management, including step therapy.
Requires automatic external defibrillators on-site at certain places of public assembly and youth athletic events.*
Requires MVC to create digital driver's licenses and digital non-driver identification cards.*
Codifies prohibition of discriminatory practices in real estate appraisals and requires real estate appraisers to complete anti-bias training.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.
Increases amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments; increases property tax credit option for certain individuals.*
Requires Medicaid coverage for community violence prevention services; establishes training and certification program for violence prevention professionals.*
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from second to first degree.
Requires Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.*
Establishes requirements concerning methods for determining whether student has specific learning disability under federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.*
Expands scope of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
Establishes requirements for sanctions and other actions involving low-performing nursing homes.
Requires transportation network company drivers to complete anti-human trafficking training course.
Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
"Freedom to Read Act"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Establishes interagency council on menopause in DOH and requires certain lincensed health care professionals to distribute menopause informational pamphlets under certain circumstances.*
"Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act."
Establishes "The Voter Convenience Act" to allow voters to vote at any polling place in their municipality on election day.
Expands services that can be provided by audiologists and hearing aid dispensers.*
Requires employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
Prohibits State from disclosing New Jersey driver's license holders' personal information to other states seeking to issue speed camera or red light camera citations.
Modifies collective Statewide transfer agreement and reverse transfer agreement; establishes New Jersey Transfer Ombudsperson within Office of Secretary of Higher Education.*
Prohibits delivery of electronic smoking devices and tobacco products to individuals under 21 years of age.
Revises definition of qualified assistance fund expenses under UEZ program to include costs of transportation infrastructure projects and related debt service.
Appropriates $101,696,535 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects; and for certain administrative expenses.
"Polluters Pay to Make New Jersey More Affordable Act"; imposes liability on certain fossil fuel companies for funds needed for climate change adaptation projects; establishes program in DEP to collect and distribute funds.*
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Requires health care professionals to perform lead screening on pregnant persons under certain circumstances.
Requires inspections of retail cigarette and vapor product dealers.
Requires third-party discounts and payments for individuals covered by health benefits plans to apply to copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs for covered benefits.
Requires Medicaid coverage for fertility preservation services in cases of iatrogenic infertility caused by medically necessary treatments.
Requires State Police to establish recovery leave policy for troopers presenting proof of pregnancy.*
Establishes penalties for appraisers who engage in discriminatory real estate appraisals and requires certain information to be provided to present and prospective owners or occupants of real estate.
Prohibits use of deceptive marketing practices by substance use disorder treatment providers.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for screening, prevention, and treatment services of behavioral health issues affecting children.
Establishes "New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments.
Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for large load customers to protect non-large load customers from increasaed costs.**
Permits individuals to establish voluntary nonopioid directives.
Establishes "Summer Termination Program" for certain utility customers.
Establishes Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) Together Program.
Amends Fiscal Year 2025 annual appropriations act to clarify distribution of Meals on Wheels Program grant to Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.
Expands responsibilities of Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and establishes Problematic Sexual Behavior Program.*
Requires automatic enrollment into utility bill payment assistance programs for certain individuals and households.*
"Safe Communities Act"; requires AG to develop certain model policies.
Codifies AG Directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."
In committee · 95
Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Requires health benefits coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for insureds aged 21 or younger.
Establishes school district grant program in DOE to reimburse public school teachers for classroom material expenditures.
Exempts from "Sales and Use Tax Act" certain retail sales of computers and school supplies; allows $500 gross income tax deduction to teachers purchasing school supplies for classroom use.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish guidelines regarding best practices for student financial aid offers.
Establishes NJ Wind Institute for Innovation and Training.
Requires BPU to allow low- and moderate-income residential customers to self-attest to income for participation in community solar programs.
Requires limited liability company disclose certain information when recording deed concerning residential rental property.
Provides exception for Legal Services of New Jersey and other public interest organizations from confidentiality of certain eviction actions.
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.
Expands definition of child abuse or neglect.
Requires certain employers with State contracts to pay their employees their usual compensation for each day of jury service.
Requires State Board of Education to permit candidates awaiting teacher certification to submit affidavit to hiring school district affirming certification requirements have been met.
Establishes program covering menstrual hygiene products under WIC and SNAP.
Increases criminal penalties if leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor results in injury or death.
Re-establishes Arthritis Quality of Life Initiative and Advisory Council on Arthritis in DHS.
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Prohibits gender-based price discrimination.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish New Jersey STEM Entrepreneur Fellowship Program to support entrepreneurs in STEM fields.
Establishes programs to address needs of toddlers and certain children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for four years; requires training prior to issuance of firearms cards and handgun purchase permits; revises procedures for passing of firearms to heir or legatee.
Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.
Establishes central registry for background checks of youth serving organization employees and volunteers.
Requires local recreation departments and youth serving organizations to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
Requires health insurance coverage of prenatal genetic test during first trimester of pregnancy.
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP and SEHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of property on basis of race, creed, color, national origin, or certain other characteristics.
Protects equity accrued by property owner in tax sale foreclosure.
Provides for expansion of certain support team addiction recovery programs; appropriates $1,995,000 from opioid recovery and remediation fund.
Repeals $100,000 cap on sales and use tax exemption for certain capital improvements made by businesses participating in Urban Enterprise Zone program.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
"New Jersey Fostering Success Voucher Act"; provides rental assistance and case management services for certain young adults leaving foster care or kinship care; appropriates $10 million.
Requires public schools that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills.
Requires Medicaid cover emergency contraception without requiring prescription or other authorization.
Establishes license to allow wineries that produce more than 250,000 gallons per year to directly ship wine to consumers.
Authorizes creation of Juneteenth commemorative license plates.
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State colleges and universities.
Requires State blanks, forms, documents, and applications to incorporate new standards for collection of information about sex, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation.
Adjusts bid threshold amounts for certain public research universities; permits certain contracts for school districts, municipalities, and counties to be awarded by qualified purchasing agent.
Prohibits public libraries and public schools from banning or restricting access to certain books; permits withholding of State Aid for non-compliance.
Establishes New Jersey Statewide Suicide Prevention Coordination and Oversight Council in DHS.
Requires registration and regulation of certain hemp-derived cannabinoids manufactured and sold in this State.
Requires public and nonpublic secondary schools to annually conduct written or verbal substance use screening on all students using a particular screening program.
Requires restaurants to provide healthy beverages with meals designated for children.
Concerns family leave and gestational carriers.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on bleed control as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Provides for presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services and services provided through program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under Medicaid.
Provides categorical eligibility for subsidized child care services to certain child care workers.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Permits victims and witnesses of human trafficking to testify in criminal proceedings via closed circuit television; permits judge to make motion to seek closed circuit testimony.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
Expands duties of Commission on Human Trafficking to include studying connection between human trafficking and illicit massage parlor businesses.
Provides that persons between 18 and 21 years of age with disabilities are eligible to receive direct support professional services from DHS.
"Penny's Law"; requires DEP to develop beach accessibility guidelines for persons with disabilities.
Requires certain public schools that receive State aid to begin regular instruction for high school students no earlier than 8:30 AM.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires health insurance carriers to categorize mental health treatment and therapy received by victim of domestic violence as medically necessary treatment and provide full benefits coverage therefor.
Concerns New Jersey Civic Information Consortium.
Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
"New Jersey Safe Storage of Firearms Act"; establishes certain requirements and penalties regarding firearm storage; repeals law governing minor's access to firearm; requires AG to establish public awareness campaign regarding firearm storage; appropriates $500,000.
Establishes Co-Curricular Activity Emergency Grant Program to support operations of co-curricular activities at public schools; appropriates $750,000.
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
"Homeowners' Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; allows homeowners to claim credit against gross income tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Provides certain deceptive practices in advertising of pregnancy-related services violate the consumer fraud act.
Requires menopause information to be distributed under certain circumstances.
Revises calculation of maximum allowable annual increase to county tax levy.
Expands the domestic violence statutes to encompass minors aged 16 and older.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Requires DOE to collect and publish data on use of restraints and seclusion on students with disabilities.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Makes supplemental appropriation of $9 million from General Fund to DOE to support Engaged Learning Strategies - STEM Curriculum Program in certain school districts.
Establishes "New Jersey Migrant and Refugee Assistance Act."
Codifies various centers and programs at Rutgers University - Newark; appropriates $6.5 million.
Permits companion to receive PFRS accidental death pension when there is no surviving spouse; requires adjustment of final compensation for calculation of accidental death benefit for surviving spouse, companion, and children of PFRS members.
Establishes marine firefighting training course requirements for certain firefighters; appropriates $140 million.
Establishes survivor support liaison in Department of Treasury to assist beneficiaries of emergency responders who die in line of duty; "designated as Captain Augusto Acabou's, Wayne Brooks', and Plainfield Firefighter Marques Hudson's act"; appropriates $1,000,000.
Establishes grant program to provide thermal imaging and radio equipment to certain fire departments.
Requires employer to provide one additional paid sick day per benefit year to paid first responders for healthcare diagnostic testing.
Requires employer of volunteer first responder to provide employee with one additional paid sick day per benefit year for healthcare diagnostic testing.
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
Increases bid advertising threshold on certain purchases, contracts, or agreements.
Establishes "Minority and Women-Owned Businesses State Contractor Remedies Act."
Makes use of algorithmic systems to influence price and supply of residential rental units unlawful.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Prohibits cryptocurrency automatic teller machines.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.
Establishes Advisory Commission on Advancing LGBTQIA+ Youth Equity and Inclusion in Schools.
Establishes "Mental and Behavioral Health for Hispanics and Latinos Act"; appropriates $1 million.
Requires health benefits coverage for treatment of lipedema.
"Tariff Transparency Act;" requires disclosure of final retail price attributable to tariffs and other import taxes.