Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Eliana Pintor Marin
Sponsored
Became law2
Designates portion of State Highway Route No. 21 as "Roberto Clemente Memorial Highway."*
Permits smoking in certain facilities for purpose of medical or health-related scientific research.
Passed the General Assembly2
Expands the Address Confidentiality Program to include victims of sexual assault and stalking.
Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.*
Out of committee7
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Requires State to use certain energy-efficient outdoor lighting fixtures.
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Requires State to reimburse counties for portion of holiday pay to county employees performing State services on certain holidays.
Makes supplemental appropriations totaling $9,563,415 to DOH for grants of $7,765,325 to Newark Beth Israel Hospital and $1,798,090 to St. Francis Medical Center to implement improved health outcomes and sustainable transformation of healthcare delivery.
Adjusts reference to population for library director position in unclassified civil service.
Extends document submission deadline under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program, Grow New Jersey Assistance Program, and Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Program.*
In committee14
Authorizes executive county superintendent of schools to require implementation of shared services arrangements.
Authorizes water supply public-private partnerships.
"Port Support Zone Act of 2015.
Requires that school district's request for permission to use unrecognized position title include list of abolished positions and positions in which there have been layoffs and detailed job descriptions for them.
Requires registration, inspection, testing, cleaning, and disinfection of cooling towers to control outbreaks of Legionnaire's Disease.
Decreases from 55 days to 21 days minimum time required to change political party affiliation prior to primary.
Directs PANYNJ to establish requirements concerning business operations, safety requirements and violations, and emissions standards for motor carrier operations in NJ portion of port district.
Allows for sharing of family leave benefits between covered individuals under certain circumstances.
Provides Medicaid coverage for doula care.
Requires certain public facilities and offices to provide on-site lactation room; DOH to provide information about lactation room availability; and DOE to provide information on lactation policies in schools.
Adjusts identification of first class cities and certain counties that may have certain unclassified positions in civil service to reflect 2010 federal census.
Allows municipalities to adjust deadline to apply for short-term exemption or abatement for dwellings; requires provision of notice to purchasers of dwellings in areas in need of rehabilitation under certain circumstances.
Clarifies charitable role of health service corporations, revises membership of board of directors, establishes process to determine efficient level of surplus, and requires timely publication of certain information by DOBI.
Upgrades crime of endangering person with a disability or elderly person.
Filed1
"Personal Injury Trust Fund Transparency Act;" requires plaintiff to file personal injury trust claims under certain circumstance; addresses allocation of trust claims; establishes scheduling and discovery requirements for certain tort actions.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Adjusts reference to population for library director position in unclassified civil service.
Extends document submission deadline under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program, Grow New Jersey Assistance Program, and Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Program.*
Vetoed2
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Makes supplemental appropriations totaling $9,563,415 to DOH for grants of $7,765,325 to Newark Beth Israel Hospital and $1,798,090 to St. Francis Medical Center to implement improved health outcomes and sustainable transformation of healthcare delivery.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 29
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act"; establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank within NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust; renames NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Requires Division of Local Government Services to include certain property tax information on division's web page.
Requires annual notice of assessment on property to contain bolded notice of filing deadline for appeal.
Allows certain National Guard and United States Reserve members to temporarily defer mortgage loan payments and suspend property tax payments.*
Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.
Expands definition of "acquisition," for purposes of county and municipal open space trust funds, to include demolition, removal of debris, and restoration of lands being acquired.
Requires local governments and authorities to obtain financing cost estimate from NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust for certain projects.*
Adds cyber-harassment to the domestic violence statutes.
Makes changes to funding provisions for financial assistance and grants from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.
Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*
Requires OAL to maintain Internet database summarizing all State rule-making actions.
Establishes "Veterans Affordable Housing Section 8 Voucher Pilot Program."
Permits homeless to receive certified copy of birth certificate without fee.
Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.
Establishes hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold on international airport property.
Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities; upgrades crimes committed against such individuals; and improves tranparency and accountability in investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of such individuals; designated as
Requires BPU to render decision on case within 12 months of final public hearing or hold another public hearing prior to deciding case.
Establishes New Jersey Military Skills Council.
Requires Medicaid coverage for diabetes self-management education, training, services, and equipment for patients diagnosed with diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes.
Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste; extends "Food Bank Good Samaritan Act" immunity protections to public and nonpublic schools.*
Requires Internet-connected baby monitors to include security features.
Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.
Concerns sale of certain tires.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on identifying English language learners for gifted and talented programs.
Requires health insurance carriers; SHBP, and SEHBP to inform covered persons about organ and tissue donation.
Provides that school districts and nonpublic schools may receive reimbursement for costs incurred on or after January 1, 2016 for testing school drinking water for lead.*
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of breast pumps, breast pump collection and storage supplies, and certain services to maintain and repair breast pumps.
Streamlines authorization for farmers market programs to participate in WIC and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Provides tax credits for certain business headquarters located in State.
Vetoed · 9
Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program by 30 percent over three years and according to Social Security cost of living increases thereafter.
Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.
Prohibits sale of unsafe supplemental mattresses designed for children's products.
Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.
Extends duration of urban enterprise zones for 10 additional years; specifies permissable use of funds.*
Provides that limitation on hours of retail sale of alcohol be consistent throughout licensed premises.
Requires financial literacy instruction to pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten through eight.
Extends duration of first five designated UEZs for two additional years; specifies permissible use of UEZ funds; requires DCA Commissioner to assess and issue report on UEZ program.
"Safe Transportation Jobs and Fair Employment Rules Act."
Passed the General Assembly · 26
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Provides rental and lease protections for domestic violence victims.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.*
Prohibits sale of certain toy guns and imitation firearms.
"Student Online Personal Protection Act." *
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10 million to DCA for Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund.
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Permits municipalities to hold certain inactive liquor licenses reserved for smart growth developments for an additional five years.
Directs NJEDA to establish pilot program to assist with permit and approval process related to redevelopment of certain properties.
Authorizes municipalities to establish program for public or private financing of certain energy, water and storm resiliency projects under PACE program through use of voluntary special assessments for certain property owners.*
Provides for priority consideration, by DCA, DEP, DOT, and municipalities, of permit applications for green building projects.
Requires provisions regarding sellers' obligation to deliver marketable and insurable title in certain residential real estate contracts of sale.
Requires certain CATV companies to provide free Internet access to public libraries.
Establishes "Blue Alert System."*
Authorizes municipality to provide for imposition and collection of special assessment to secure developer's recovery of cost of certain improvements in connection with redevelopment project.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Expands Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Programs to include assistance for water utility bill.
Concerns timely provision of TDI and family temporary disability benefits.*
Concerns certain business requirements for motor vehicle dealers.
Changes composition of State Employment and Training Commission.
Expands health insurance coverage for behavioral health services and autism and enhances enforcement and oversight of mental health parity laws. *
Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports.
Out of committee · 38
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Implements 2014 constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for certain environmental purposes; revises State's open space, farmland, and historic preservation programs.
Establishes a partial return to work TDI program.
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
Permits newly created regional school districts or enlarging regional school districts to determine apportionment methodology for their boards of education on basis other than population.
The "Green Building and Infrastructure Tax Credit Act"; provides tax credits for certain green buildings.* .
Modifies performance and maintenance guarantee requirements under "Municipal Land Use Law."
Establishes commission to approve personaliized handguns; requires firearm retailers to sell personalized handguns.*
Requires DHS to develop timeline for use by individuals with developmental disabilities to gain benefit of State and federal programs; requires posting timeline on DHS, DCF, and DOE websites.
Establishes Child Advocacy Center-Multidisciplinary Team Advisory Board and certification program for child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams; appropriates $10 million.
Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund.
Establishes sexual assault training requirements for law enforcement officers.
Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police.
Establishes the New Jersey Film and Television Project and Employment Incentive Program.
Exempts person who remediates property in environmental opportunity zone from remediation funding source requirement.
Establishes "Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Bond Financing Act," authorizing issuance of bonds secured by pledge of Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant proceeds, municipal liens, and special assessment; expands "Redevelopment Area Bond Financ
Requires teacher preparation program for instructional certificate to include certain amount of instruction or clinical experience in special education and for students with disabilities endorsement to include credit hours in autism spectrum disorder.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Authorizes additional $90 million worth of Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program tax credits.*
Establishes restricted use driver's license endorsement for certain motor vehicle offenders with suspended license.
Establishes "Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Program" in EDA to assist certain small businesses meet State or federal contract surety bond requirements.*
Appropriates $20 million from societal benefits charge to DEP for drinking water infrastructure improvements and lead abatement in City of Newark.
Permits holding companies of eligible New Jersey emerging technology companies to receive investments under "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act."
Permits certain municipalities to impose and collect payroll tax of up to 1 percent of employer's payroll.
Modifies State's solar renewable energy portfolio standards.*
Requires housing authority to advertise when applications are being accepted for housing assistance waiting lists online.
Provides that driver's license and identification cards expire every four years on licensee cardholder's birthday.*
Provides PFRS member in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Requires DCF and DHS to study predatory alienation and its effects on young adults and senior citizens.
Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Provides a voucher to certain TANF recipients to purchase diapers.
Establishes grant program for school districts and charter schools to develop dual language immersion programs.
Requires Adjutant General to create informational webpage for Gold Star families.
Directs Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development to work to promote basic skills training through organizations dedicated to the economic empowerment of specific segments of society, such as the African American Chamber of Comme
Establishes program to reimburse local governments for federal grant funds lost due to "sanctuary jurisdiction" status.
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
Revises tax credit transfer provisions for certain tax incentive programs and revises certain tax treatment of tax credit transfer certificates.
Exempts certain motor vehicles that provide service to persons with developmental disabilities from motor vehicle registration fees.
In committee · 32
Modernizes the distribution of gross income tax refunds by making direct deposit the default distribution method.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.
Establishes the "New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act."
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide to parents or guardians of enrolled students information on certain tests to be administered during the school year.
Requires that if a school district satisfies 80% or more of the required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, the State must return that area to local control.
Applies local public contract bid threshold amounts to local pay to play and prevailing wage laws.
Allows parent, guardian, or adult student to prevent disclosure of student information to certain entities.
Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.
Requires report and public hearing prior to DEP recommendation of site for inclusion on Superfund list.
Maintains property tax exemption for certain nonprofit hospitals with on-site for-profit medical providers; requires these hospitals to pay community service contributions to host municipalities; establishes Nonprofit Hospital Community Service Contributi
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Requires annual evaluation reports by Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development on survey responses to be obtained from certain employers that end operations in this State.
Requires school districts to provide listing of bus stops near residence of sex offender to law enforcement.
Prohibits nonwoven disposable products from being advertised, packaged, or labeled as flushable unless they pass third party test approved by DEP.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test drinking water for lead and install lead filters or treatment devices on drinking fountains and food preparation sinks; appropriates funds therefor.
Establishes State School Aid Funding Fairness Commission.
Provides tax credits for performing certain repairs on primary residences of senior citizens or persons with disabilities.
Provides gross income tax credit to persons purchasing or leasing alternative fuel vehicles.
Requires color photo on firearms identification cards, permits to purchase handgun, and permits to carry handgun.
Requires firearms purchaser identification card, permit to purchase handgun, or permit to carry handgun for temporary transfer of firearm at firing range.
Requires firearms purchaser identification card, permit to purchase handgun, or permit to carry handgun for use of firearm at firing range.
Authorizes county colleges to establish and operate student dormitories.
Requires photo identification for handgun ammunition purchases.
Provides for civil actions against persons or entities profiting from commission of human trafficking offenses, or maintaining victims of such offenses.
Ensures continued access of family planning services in event of federal action.
Restores property tax exemption for nonprofit hospitals with for-profit medical providers on-site; requires these hospitals to pay community service contributions to host municipalities; establishes Nonprofit Hospital Community Service Contribution Study
Increases fines for selling single cigarettes and cigarettes in packs of less than 20.
Establishes Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault.
Establishes "Restorative Justice in Education Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Filed · 2
Revises State's open space, farmland, and historic preservation programs; implements 2014 constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for certain environmental purposes.
Requires study of program allowing community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.