Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, Senate.
Robert W. Singer
Sponsored
Became law5
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for Meals on Wheels.
Requires acceptance of universal dentist application for participation form by dental plan carriers.
Requires declaration of Code Blue alert when National Weather Service predicts temperatures of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or lower.
Authorizes certain health care and social service resources to be made available during Code Blue Alert.*
Provides certain employment protections for National Guard members employed in New Jersey.
Vetoed1
"Charlie's Law"; requires pharmacy practice sites and hospice programs to furnish patients with information and products to safely dispose of unused prescription drugs and medications.**
Passed the Senate2
Revises provisions of State law concerning claiming and proper disposal of cremains of veterans and eligible spouses or dependents.
Establishes local drug overdose fatality review teams in each county in State.
Out of committee8
"P.I.C.K. Awareness Act"; authorizes issuance of special support recovery license plates.
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Township of Howell as "State Trooper Marc K. Castellano Memorial Highway."
Requires students at institutions of higher education to receive immunization for meningitis in accordance with recommendations of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.*
Requires settlement agreements concerning equal employment opportunity to be approved by NJT board of directors.
Establishes reciprocity requirements for out-of-State certified nurse aides to practice in New Jersey. *
Requires DOH to create best practices manual for maternity care; appropriates $950,000.
Concerns professional licensing and application fees for spouse or dependent of active duty member of United States Armed Forces.
"Charlie's Law"; requires pharmacy practice sites and hospice programs to furnish patients with information and means to safely dispose of unused prescription drugs and medications.
In committee48
Provides loan redemption for certain physicians who work in State 10 years.
Expands the domestic violence statutes to encompass minors aged 16 and older.
Protects home addresses of law enforcement officers from being released by governmental entities.
Creates the "Mold Safe Housing Act."
Permits EDA to designate institutions of higher education or other qualified entities as manufacturing and production business resource centers.
Requires Commissioner of Health to take certain actions to ensure that residential units are available in assisted living facilities for individuals with special needs.
Requires security plan for large scale special events.
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements.
Establishes Overdose Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board.
Permits law enforcement to access prescription monitoring information without requirement for court order or subpoena.
Requires background checks for home improvement and elevation contractors.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Allows gross income tax deduction for first $200,000 earned by certain new physicians in their first seven taxable years of practice in New Jersey.
Exempts federal Railroad Retirement Act benefits from income for purposes of calculating eligibility for senior freeze program.
Requires NJT to publish certain safety violations and establish mechanism to report unsafe conduct.
Eliminates certain sales restrictions on recreational vehicles.
Requires NJT to post certain employment and contract information on its website.
Imposes fines on certain violations involving operation of bicycles.
Requires energy efficiency report prior to sale of single-family residential property built before 2014.
Revises reappointment process for administrative law judges, and establishes tenure upon reappointment with the Senate's advice and consent.
Provides for identification and study of infant fatalities and near fatalities resulting from vaccination; requires inclusion of vaccination information in sudden infant death reports; and requires use of federal infant death reporting form.
Establishes Children's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
Establishes commission to study impact of certain Medicaid reimbursement rate change on nursing homes.
Establishes Office of Tourism Research; requires specific measures concerning tourism advertising, marketing, research, and tourism-related business training.
Clarifies that using unmanned aircraft system to obstruct crime scene is fourth degree crime.
Requires Attorney General to develop program to assist schools in identifying at-risk youths.
Requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for leaving scene of accident resulting in serious bodily injury.
Eliminates use of census-based funding of special education aid in school funding law.
Provides tax levy growth limitation adjustment for school districts experiencing reduction in State aid.
Eliminates cap on annual budget request increases of county boards of taxation.
Requires under certain circumstances development by school nurse of student individualized health care plan and individualized emergency health care plan for student with severe allergies.
Codifies certain regulatory provisions regarding controlled dangerous substances and prescription monitoring.
Requires certain health care practitioners to disclose criminal and disciplinary history to patients.
Requires school district that includes grades kindergarten through six to offer Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program.
Requires Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in DHS to accept permanent change of station order for purposes of satisfying residency requirement for provision of home and community based services under certain circumstances.
Establishes "Military Pro Bono Program" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty service members and veterans of military.
Establishes panel to study implementation of tier classification system with related cost factors for special education categorical State aid and requires State Board of Education to adopt through regulations panel's determinations.
Upgrades offense of criminal mischief if person damages or impairs operation of school bus in the presence of child under age 16.
Requires all public school teachers and paraprofessionals working with autistic students to possess Registered Behavior Technician credential by 2020-2021 school year.
Prohibits certain third-party property tax appeals.
Prohibits anti-Semitism in public schools and institutions of higher education.
Provides medical cannabis is not subject to State sales tax.
Establishes certification card for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Requires State Health Benefits Commission advertise and annually review NJWELL program.
Requires students to complete free application for federal student aid as part of high school graduation requirements.
Adopts State definition of anti-Semitism.
Eliminates requirement to submit sales tax exemption form for textbook purchases.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law5
"P.I.C.K. Awareness Act"; authorizes issuance of special support recovery license plates.
Requires students at institutions of higher education to receive immunization for meningitis in accordance with recommendations of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.*
Establishes reciprocity requirements for out-of-State certified nurse aides to practice in New Jersey.*
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Township of Howell as "State Trooper Marc K. Castellano Memorial Highway."
"Charlie's Law"; requires pharmacy practice sites and hospice programs to furnish patients with information and means to safely dispose of unused prescription drugs and medications.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Enters New Jersey in enhanced multistate Nurse Licensure Compact.*
Provides that no more than 120 credits will be required for baccalaureate degree awarded by a public institution and no more than 60 credits for an associate degree.
Requires display of identifying information on rear of school bus so public may report bus driver misconduct.
Requires Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board to study racial and ethnic disparities that contribute to infant mortality.
Requires school bus drivers to submit medical certificate to employer to prove continuing physical fitness and to submit to medical examination that includes certain screenings.*
Requires board of education or school bus contractor, within one business day of notification that school bus driver's license is suspended or revoked, to verify to DOE that driver is no longer operating school bus. *
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2019 to include new projects and remove certain projects.
Vetoed · 2
Requires DCA to establish procedures for inspection and abatement of mold hazards in residential buildings and school facilities, and certification programs for mold inspectors and mold hazard abatement workers.
Allows certain preserved farms to hold 14 special occasion events per year; imposes further event restrictions on residentially-exposed preserved farms.*
Passed the Senate · 4
Requires State Board of Education high school graduation requirements include instruction on tuition assistance programs and student loan debt; requires high school students to meet with guidance counselor to discuss tuition assistance and dual enrollment
Revises and renames NJSTARS; repeals NJSTARS II; establishes NJ HonorScholars Program.
Requires boards of education and school bus contractors to designate individuals as certain school bus safety personnel.*
Provides Medicaid coverage to eligible pregnant women for six-month period beginning on the last day of pregnancy. *
Out of committee · 27
Encourages sharing of services; makes appropriations.
Establishes Maternal Mortality Review Committee to annually review and report on rates and causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in New Jersey, and to recommend improvements in maternal care.*
Revises law concerning reciprocity for out-of-State professional and occupational licenses.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to establish income-driven repayment option and loan rehabilitation program for borrowers under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.
Concerns Early Intervention Support Services program in DHS and expansion of program to all counties.*
Prohibits sale of menthol cigarettes.
Extends pilot program authorizing special occasion events at wineries on preserved farmland; implements reporting requirement.
Establishes New Jersey Civic Information Consortium.*
Re-establishes former NJ Commission on Science and Technology as NJ Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology.
Exempts certain motor vehicles that are owned by certain nutrition programs and certain nonprofit organizations that offer social services from motor vehicle registration fees. *
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Appropriates $15,294,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Requires study of safety of school bus passengers in certain emergency situations, including school bus accidents; appropriates $250,000. *
Requires certain school district transportation supervisors to complete educational program.*
Requires school bus operations in State to comply with certain federal regulations.
Requires safety education training twice per calendar year for school bus drivers and school bus aides *
Requires school bus drivers to retake certain knowledge test upon license renewal.
Requires public school student to carry identification card at school-sponsored, off-campus activities and requires principal to keep list of students on school buses used for school-sponsored activities in case of emergencies.
"New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program Act"; establishes retirement savings program for certain workers; establishes standard contribution level of 3 percent.*
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.
Requires DOT and OIT to develop materials concerning capabilities of airports in NJ and establishes "Public Use Airports Task Force."
Makes supplemental appropriation of $11,300,000 from General Fund to DOE to increase per pupil funding for nonpublic security aid from $75 to $150.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Establishes "Blue Alert System."
Extends foreclosure protection and mortgage relief programs for certain Superstorm Sandy-impacted homeowners.
"Sami's Law"; requires transportation network companies to issue, and drivers to display on vehicles, certain transportation network company identification.
Requires public transportation employees to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
In committee · 37
Requires proof of lawful presence in the United States to obtain certain benefits.
Restricts State and municipal government employee health plans to gold level and directs related savings to property tax relief.
"Consumer Freedom From Unwanted Expense in Health Insurance Coverage Act."
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevlopment housing projects ordered by COAH unless order is based on exclusionary zoning; excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
Requires public utility to reimburse business customer during period when business ceases operations due to utility repairing or replacing its equipment on business customer's property.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on brothers and sisters of a decedent.
Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Revises requirements related to public hearings on proposed public utility rate increases.
Requires public utilities to mail customers detailed explanation of rate settlement agreements prior to final BPU vote.
Requires locking medicine cabinets in newly constructed homes.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to taxpayers contributing to scholarships for low-income children.
Provides governance, transparency, and accountability reforms at PANYNJ.
Establishes tuition reimbursement program for certain advanced practice nurses who provide mental health care services in underserved areas in New Jersey.
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
Reinstates the death penalty for certain murders.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund.
Prohibits certain light frame residential construction in densely populated census tracts; establishes construction requirements for certain light frame residential construction in other census tracts.
Allows operators of motorcycles, motorized bicycles, and bicycles to proceed through malfunctioning steady red light under certain circumstances.
Adds two student representatives to board of governors of Rutgers University.
Decriminalizes possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana and personal-use amount of regulated marijuana-infused products; requires substance abuse treatment under certain circumstances.
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 additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for these obligations.
Allows municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for their residents.
Requires certain local authorities to inspect, maintain, and repair fire hydrants in planned real estate developments.
Permits minors to work until 11 p.m. between Memorial Day and October 1 of each year in certain circumstances.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Prohibits smoking in automobile when children are present.
Establishes registration requirement for mold inspection and remediation contractors.
Requires certain facilities to develop cohorting plan to address outbreak of contagious disease.
Provides corporation business tax credit to long-term care facilities that pay for the training and certification of certified nurse aide.
Requires DCA to collect information about State residents seeking affordable housing in State and provide that information to COAH.
Requires COAH to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide basis.