Bills in the 2010–2011 Session, Senate.
Robert W. Singer
Sponsored
Vetoed1
Clarifies that DOC investigators are police officers.
Passed the Senate3
Concerns penalties for illegally passing school bus.
Requires certain health care facilities and operators of certain transient dwellings to maintain agreements for bedbug eradication services. *
Requires Commissioner of DHSS to assess how to increase number of teaching hospitals and medical residency programs throughout State.
Out of committee6
Establishes requirements for non face-to-face sales of cigarettes and tobacco products.
Concerns regulation of court reporting firms.
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State 10 years.*
Requires a minimum assessed value of $1,000,000 to have appeal of property assessment heard directly by Tax Court in certain circumstances.
Increases certain application fees for civil service examinations and requires review of fees every five years; establishes fee for certain appeals.
Allows NJSEA to jointly run racetracks; conforms standardbred racing days to off-track and account wagering law; decreases thoroughbred racing days at Momouth Park and Meadowlands to 71 with horsemen's consent.*
In committee41
Requires each board of education to employ a certain number of substance awareness coordinators.
Extends eligibility for certain veterans' benefits to veterans who served in combat operations.
Permits certain vehicles operated by emergency response workers to use red lights and sirens.
Codifies relevant factors for hearings following custody determinations when one parent wants to move out-of-State with the children.
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to disrupt a funeral by picketing or conducting other protest activities within 300 feet.
Requires licenses to conduct business in tobacco products under the New Jersey Tobacco Products Wholesale Sales and Use Tax Act.
Creates New Jersey Public School Education License Plate.
"Hybrid Swimming Pool Heating Act."
Directs Secretary of Agriculture to determine annually areas for gypsy moth control measures and implement control measures; specifies State pay full implementation cost; appropriates $5,500,000.
Designates Grove of Remembrance at Liberty State Park as official State memorial; appropriates $90,000 for benches and maintenance.
Increases motor vehicle property damage reporting threshold to over $1,000.
Enhances penalties for provisional driver's license holders.
Increases penalties for underage drivers who have consumed alcohol.
Requires licenses for distributors, wholesalers and retailers to conduct business in tobacco products under the New Jersey Tobacco Products Wholesale Sales and Use Tax Act.
"Janet's Law"; requires public and nonpublic schools, recreational fields and youth camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events, and public schools to train pupils in use thereof and in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
Requires that victims of sex offense be informed of offender's risk of re-offense upon release.
Establishes procedures to prevent and eradicate bedbug infestations in certain residential property.
Permits State aid to fund start-up costs for local shared services projects.
Restricts occupancy of dwelling unit in age-restricted community to older adults following resale.
Authorizes COAH to credit municipalities 1.5 units of fair share affordable housing obligation for each housing unit occupied by member of the armed forces or veteran; permits satisfaction of fair-share obligation through 20 percent set aside.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Establishes procedures to prevent and eradicate bedbug infestations in certain residential property.
Imposes one-year loss of driver's license on chronic runaways.
Authorizes "Severely Disabled Veteran" license plates for qualified veterans; entitles holders to handicapped parking privileges.
Prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens and requires employers to use the E-Verify program.
Creates non-State funded dispute resolution program for common interest community associations.
Requires physician practices that provide intravenous therapies in medical office to register with DHSS.
Requires school districts to employ a certain number of student assistance coordinators based on district enrollment.
Provides criminal penalties for unauthorized use of images or likeness of minors and establishes civil action.
Expands the domestic violence statutes to encompass minors aged 16 and older.
Establishes the "Study Commission on the Cost-Effectiveness of Contracting with Nonprofit Organizations."
Requires cemeteries to implement woodchuck management strategies.
Authorizes account wagering licensee to accept wagers from residents of eligible United States jurisdictions through account wagering system via electronic means such as internet.
Requires persons who transport, store, or sell secondhand mattresses to encase mattresses with protective materials.
Requires certain local employees work at least 25 hours a week for health benefit eligibility.
Concerns the registration of persons convicted of arson related crimes.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Increases the penalty for hindering the apprehension or prosecution of an offender.
Establishes "Emergency Department Triage Referral Pilot Program" in DHSS.
Authorizes planned developments for hospitals and higher educational facilities.
Equalizes standing of private and public colleges before land use agencies.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Clarifies informed consent provisions of "Access to Medical Research Act" for persons with developmental disabilities.
Authorizes credit unions to serve as public depositories of public funds; requires credit unions to provide certain funds for financial literacy education.*
Designates bridge on Route 36 over Shrewsbury River as "Captain Joseph Azzolina Memorial Bridge."
Establishes procedure for destroying certain contraband tobacco products and cigarettes.
Appropriates $8.831 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund," "2007 Farmland Preservation Fund," and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $23,588,760 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Vetoed · 1
Permits adoptees and certain others access to adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information. *
Passed the Senate · 4
Removes limousine services from sales and use tax imposition.
Prohibits minors under 18 years of age from using indoor tanning facilities.*
Establishes task force to study various issues related to improving special education programs and services for public school students.
Designates portion of New Jersey Route No. 34 in Wall Township as the "Duncan Thecker Memorial Highway."
Out of committee · 15
Provides for county welfare agency monitoring of welfare emergency assistance motel placements, annual inspection of hotels used for emergency assistance recipients and notice of mobile health van services.
Authorizes imposition of additional fines for overcrowding.
Requires State Treasurer to disseminate information about organ and tissue donation; designates April each year as "Donate Life Month." *
Establishes Governor's authority over approval of minutes of certain regional commissions.
Establishes a New Jersey Homebuyer Tax Credit Program under the New Jersey gross income tax for home purchases during a qualified period. *
The "Residential Property Lease-Purchase Act."
Requires State Soil Conservation Committee to adopt standards concerning soil restoration measures. *
Establishes standards for certain fertilizer applications, provides for certification of professional fertilizer applicators, and regulates sale and labeling of certain fertilizers.
Increases specialized care nursing facility beds for persons with Huntington's Disease.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to entities contributing to scholarships for low-income children. **
Jaden's Law; requires DHSS to prepare online brochure about the option to donate bone marrow.
Authorizes prescribed burning in certain circumstances.
The "Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act;" alters State regulation of competitive services provided by telecommunications and CATV companies.
Requires State Comptroller to review, and make recommendations for improvement of, the procurement process of the State, public institutions of higher education, independent State authorities, units of local government, and boards of education.
"Caylee's Law;" upgrades penalties for failing to report a death; criminalizes failure to report disappearance of child within 24 hours.
In committee · 28
Ends the transitional energy facilities assessment, caps the State use portion of State energy tax revenues and ensures the balance of such State revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Revises laws governing provision of affordable housing; reestablishes regional contribution agreement as method of meeting affordable housing obligation; repeals Statewide non-residential development fee.
Requires all automobile passengers to wear seat belts.
"Jessica Lunsford Act;" concerns sentencing of sex offenders and persons who harbor them; requires electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders and creates child protection zones.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Permits NJ courts to not enforce defamation judgments from foreign countries under certain circumstances.
Requires licensed home inspector to report an energy rating for each home inspected for buyer in contemplation of purchase.
"Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act."
Increases annual income limits for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
Eliminates use of vaccines containing mercury over three years.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
The "Residential Distressed Property Leaseback Act."
Revises statutory mental health coverage requirements and requires all health insurers and SHBP to cover treatment for alcoholism and other substance-use disorders under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses.
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Requires municipalities to reimburse qualified private communities for street paving costs.
Requires specific reduction of sulfur content in heating oil, and scheduled increase of blending biofuels therein after July 1, 2011, unless requirements are waived by Governor pursuant to Executive Order.
Allows appointment of certain municipal officers and employees to municipal library board of trustees.
Provides civil immunity for certain volunteer physicians, nonprofit clinics and federally qualified health centers.
Concerns processing and payment of insurance claims for physical therapy services.
Prohibits use of volunteer driving activities in underwriting for private passenger automobile insurance; revises charitable immunity statute as applied to volunteer drivers.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Amends penalty imposed for interfering with apprehension or prosecution of certain criminals.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
The "New Jersey Parental Rights Program Act."
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $6.3 million to DHSS for certain grants to counties for women's health services.
"Caylee's Law," establishes penalties for failing to report to authorities or otherwise concealing death or disappearance of a child.