Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, Senate.
Robert W. Singer
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow for service contracts to be paused or canceled following service recipients's admission to long-term care facility.*
Establishes program in SADC for acquisition of development easements on privately-owned woodlands.*
Vetoed1
Directs DEP to lift conservation restrictions imposed as condition of CAFRA permit under certain conditions.
Out of committee12
Allows certain persons with developmental disabilities 21 years of age and older to simultaneously participate in adult day and employment programs.*
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 adult day care centers to provide reasonable accommodations for certain persons.
Concerns licensure of persons rendering barbering services in another state or foreign country.
Requires DHS to establish three-year Obstetric Discrimination Prevention and Mitigation Pilot Program.*
Authorizes outpatient substance use disorder treatment programs to make housing available under certain circumstances.
Requires Department of Veterans Affairs to verify unclaimed cremains of veterans, spouses, and dependents; requires funeral director report to Department of Veterans Affairs possession of unclaimed veteran, spouse, and dependent cremains.*
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to hire staff to alleviate professional license application backlog; appropriates $10,000,000 in fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028.*
Grants priority course registration to certain student parents attending institutions of higher education.
Requires institution of higher education to collect certain information concerning student parents.
"Student-Parent Protection Act"; ensures equal rights and opportunities for parenting students enrolled in institutions of higher education.
Requires each institution of higher education to designate student parent liaison.
In committee106
Establishes commission to study impact of certain Medicaid reimbursement rate change on nursing homes.
Requires under certain circumstances development by certified school nurse of individualized health care plan and individualized emergency health care plan for student with life-threatening allergies or anaphylaxis.
Creates the "Mold Safe Housing Act."
Requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for leaving scene of accident resulting in serious bodily injury.
Establishes pilot program in which certain selected school districts equip school buses with global positioning systems and DOE develops school bus tracking application.
Broadens offenses of riot and disorderly conduct; enhances penalties for public monument destruction; addresses riot victim assaults; creates crime of promotion of violent, disorderly assembly.
Clarifies court's discretion in imposing monetary conditions of bail; establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with violent crime be detained prior to trial.
Prohibits certain third-party property tax appeals.
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.
Requires State Health Benefits Commission advertise and annually review NJWELL program.
Establishes task force to study the impact of and response to COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey.
Upgrades offense of criminal mischief if person damages or impairs operation of school bus in the presence of child under age 16.
Requires DOH to create best practices manual for maternity care; appropriates $950,000.
Eliminates requirement to submit sales tax exemption form for textbook purchases.
Establishes certification card for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Concerns professional licensing and application fees for spouse or dependent of active duty member of United States Armed Forces.
"Virtual Currency and Blockchain Regulation Act."
Requires school districts to provide information on free application for federal student aid to students in grades 11 and 12.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement for in-person partial care and intensive outpatient behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services, and associated transportation services, for adults.
Extends COVID-19 Medicaid per diem rate, and requires Medicaid coverage without prior authorization, for certain partial care behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services.
Authorizes schools to administer commercial driver license exam and other motor vehicle services for school bus drivers.
Requires students to complete free application for federal student aid as part of high school graduation requirements or request an exemption.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
Transfers administration of programs for certain individuals with developmental disabilities from DHS to DCF.
Exempts birthing facilities from certain health care practitioners referral restrictions.
Provides State recognition of Sandhill Indian Tribe for certain limited purposes.
Permits employers to prohibit use of cannabis by certain employees.
Establishes "New Jersey No Patient Left Alone Act"; requires certain facilities to establish policies guaranteeing visitation rights for facility residents.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Allows planning and zoning board members to satisfy training requirements on Internet.
Requires certain disclosures when single-family homes with solar panels installed are sold.
Enters New Jersey into Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact.
Requires court to impose monetary bail for carjacking; requires juvenile alleged to have committed carjacking be tried as adult.
"Consumer Freedom From Unwanted Expense in Health Insurance Coverage Act."
Prohibits common interest communities from penalizing members who place unit into living, revocable trust fund or classifying placement as title transfer.
Designates portion of State Highway Route 71 as "John Tarantino Highway."
Allows teaching experience to be considered for out-of-State individuals seeking licensure from New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Allows persons diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn's disease to receive parking privileges reserved for persons with disability.
Permits certain adult day care centers and group homes to restrict access to certain persons who violate food restriction policies.
Permits public and nonpublic schools to utilize security categorical aid to hire school security personnel.
Requires Medicaid coverage for ovulation enhancing drugs and medical services related to administering such drugs for certain beneficiaries experiencing infertility.
Establishes one-year pilot program for certain persons with disabilities; appropriates up to $85,000.
Permits eligible high school students to take certain courses at county college.
Requires hospital urine drug screenings to include test for fentanyl.
Allows production of certain religious wine and sale on premises of religious institutions.
Expands Community College Opportunity Grant Program to include career and technical education programs at county colleges and county vocational schools.
Requires DOH to establish levels of maternity care at maternity care facilities.
Adopts Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3.5 million to provide additional State school aid to Freehold Regional School District.
Requires municipality to provide free beach access to certain veterans.
Establishes Israel Evacuation Reimbursement Fund; appropriates $2 million.
Authorizes veterinarians to transfer ownership of animals rather than euthanizing them, under certain circumstances.
Requires campus police officers to wear body worn cameras.
Modifies municipal Tourist Development Commission advertising disbursement requirement for advertising outside municipality.
Included self-insured entities and plans under certain provisions of "New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act."
Requires public institution of higher education to award academic credit to certain volunteer emergency responders.
Requires public institution of higher education post bias intimidation statistics; requires governing board to adopt bias intimidation policy.
Requires MVC to provide customers with certain documents in-person, same day.
Establishes "College Child Care Advisory Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations on providing programs and services for college students who require child care services.
Extends eligibility for tuition benefit to dependents of members of United States Armed Forces who died while on active duty.
Prohibits use of fireworks on property adjacent to animal shelter, pound, or kennel.
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to provide access to certain interpreter services for deaf and hard of hearing.
Prohibits institution of higher education which boycotts or divests from Israel-supporting or Israeli businesses from receiving State funds.
Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations from being displayed or flown on State property.
Requires institution of higher education to adopt policy on use of campus facilities and grounds for camping.
Prohibits institution of higher education from using cultural competency as criteria for consideration in making certain personnel determinations.
Prohibits public institution of higher education from entering into certain partnerships with institutions of higher education located in Palestinian territories.
Prohibits institution of higher education from establishing scholarship fund or student assistance program limited to students who are citizens or permanent residents of country or territory controlled by terrorist organization.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
"Stop Antisemitism on College Campuses Act"; prohibits distribution of State aid to an institution of higher education that authorizes, funds, or supports antisemitic events or organizations or fails to punish acts of antisemitism on campus.
Requires president of public institution of higher education to regularly report on-campus criminal and fire events to the institution's governing board.
Establishes New Jersey Workforce Industry Needs Scholarship.
Establishes the New Jersey School Counts County College Scholarship Program.
"CJ's Law"; Criminalizes manufacture, sale, and possession of substances containing kratom.
Permits unpaid leave of absence for public employees to assist military or civilian government in Israel during Hamas War.
Provides that biennial renewal of license or certificate issued by New Jersey Board of Nursing is due on professional's birthday.
Establishes process for selection, instruction, and oversight of commissioners to Article V convention for proposing amendments to United States Constitution; establishes criminal penalties for certain violations.
Requires degree-seeking students enrolled in public institutions of higher education to receive instruction on American government and civic engagement.
Prohibits automobile insurers from using underwriting rules to raise automobile insurance rates on persons deemed not at fault in motor vehicle accidents.
Permits Secretary of Higher Education to appoint antisemitism monitor to any institution of higher education; requires institution to implement recommendations of antisemitism monitor.
Requires 10 percent increase in respite care services for eligible individual under State Respite Care Program with implantable cardioverter defibrillator and enrolled in NJ FamilyCare.
Allows individual entering assisted living or long-term care facility to terminate trash collection contract.
Establishes pilot program providing NJ FamilyCare eligibility for children with special needs who would otherwise be ineligible due to parental income and assets, and requires DHS commissioner to conduct study.
Revises reimbursement payments for providers using telemedicine and telehealth.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax for step-grandchildren.
Provides for voluntary contributions for taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support nonprofit organizations providing pro-life information and services.
Establishes separate criminal offense for threats against certain persons involved in criminal proceedings; requires pretrial detention.
"Ruth Gilbert Alzheimer's Accessibility Act"; allows certain individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or dementia to receive, and caregivers transporting those individuals to utilize, parking privileges reserved for persons with disability.
Includes Jewish persons with definitions of "minority," "minority group member," and "minority business."
Establishes "Study Commission to Create and Expand Independent Housing for High-Functioning Special-Needs Adults."
Prohibits local government from naming its property after foreign terrorist organization.
"Flood Zone Clarification Act"; modifies procedure for delineation of State flood hazard areas.
Transfers authority over admission to Veterans Diversion Program to Judiciary.
Requires Rutgers, the State University to adopt Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment Policy for Students and Student Groups and establish other measures to ensure community safety and academic functions.
Requires public institution of higher education to suspend students and employees charged with bias intimidation under certain circumstances.
Permits State and certain local government employees to work on Good Friday in exchange for alternate religious holiday leave.
Requires victim notification concerning termination of sex offender's obligation to register and requires court to enter or continue restraining order for victim of sex offense under certain circumstances.
Requires home health care services to be delivered in culturally sensitive manner.
Establishes New Jersey Bullion Depository for secure precious metals storage.
Establishes EDA grant program to support increased business expenses incurred by certain businesses impacted by certain public highway projects; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes gold and silver transactional currency system; designates Commissioner of Banking and Insurance as administrator; provides legal tender status; authorizes fees.
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information of members of NJ Legislature.
Requires county recording officer to establish property alert service to notify participating property owners of recording of certain documents that affect property.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
"Public-Private Alliance to Retain Talent and Expand Regional Health Program Act"; creates grant program within DOH for student-loan and tuition relief and appropriates $5 million.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law2
Requires Department of Veterans Affairs to verify unclaimed cremains of veterans, spouses, and dependents; requires funeral director to report to Department of Veterans Affairs possession of unclaimed veteran, spouse, and dependent cremains.**
Concerns licensure of persons rendering barbering services in another state or foreign country.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Directs DHS to conduct landscape analysis of available mental health services.**
Requires employer or contractor engaged in work for public body to submit payroll records to DOLWD.*
Regulates provision of pharmaceutical services in long-term care facilities.
Requires criminal history background check for individuals seeking licensure issued by boards regulating certain health care professions.
Requires pharmacies to provide certain information regarding insulin manufacturer assistance programs.
Requires contractor subject to prevailing wage law to provide orientation meeting to new employee on prevailing wage project.
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.*
Revises limits for net cash surrender and net cash withdrawal values for certain annuity policies and contracts from $100,000 to $250,000.
Extends certain provisions of P.L.2022, c.9.
Requires establishment of tracking system in Division of Consumer Affairs to determine compliance with continuing education requirements.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2026.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2026.
Exempts minor league baseball players from certain State wage laws under certain circumstances.
Appropriates $34 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Vetoed · 1
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
Passed the Senate · 4
Provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities and long-term acute care hospitals.*
Authorizes provision of monetary awards to whistleblowers who report State tax law violations committed by employers in construction industry.
Establishes additional health insurance carrier network adequacy standards with respect to certain physician specialists.
Increases penalty for reckless vehicular homicide committed when driving while intoxicated under certain circumstances.
Out of committee · 32
Expands definition of child under PFRS and SPRS.
Revises law prohibiting feeding of bears; establishes program in DEP for distribution of bear-proof garbage cans.*
Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.*
Extends affordable housing preference to certain allied South Korean veterans.
Requires DHS and DCF to conduct study on service provider workforce, and to evaluate rates paid to, and assess cost of living adjustments for, service providers.*
Requires State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards pertaining to labor movement; requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement.*
Requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism; creates a public awareness campaign; appropriates $100,000.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for certain ambulance transportation services.*
Modifies regulation of mortuary science and establishes oversight of mortuary and embalming science.*
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Concerns prevailing wage law requirements for public institutions of higher education.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Prohibits internet sale of lottery tickets by State Lottery Commission.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Provides certain resources to county prosecutors for enforcement of law regarding failure to pay wages; makes appropriation.
Requires definitions of Antisemitism and Islamophobia be included in State's diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging policies, and in any such policy for recipients of State's funds.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Establishes licensure for cosmetic retail services.
Permits educational research and services corporation to act as lead agency or contracting unit for procurement of any goods or services and public works.*
Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.
Codifies and extends authorization for certain out-of-State health care practitioners and recent graduates of health care training programs to practice in New Jersey.
Limits regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in menstrual products.*
Allows certain individuals eligible for family support services to set aside unused agency-after school care service hours for use during holiday and weekend hours.
Requires retention of funds collected by Department of Banking and Insurance and certain professional boards.*
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of certain election related deadlines.*
Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.
Requires unrestricted Medicaid coverage for ovulation enhancing drugs and medical services related to administering such drugs for certain beneficiaries experiencing infertility.
Establishes licensure requirement for source plasma donation centers.
Requires automatic issuance of credential to provide services in carrier provider network for physicians in good standing in New Jersey.
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to create open data portal and provide certain datasets online.
Shifts $45 million appropriation for opioid related care and treatment provided at certain hospitals from Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund to General Fund.*
In committee · 63
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
Requires MVC to issue one license plate instead of two.
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.
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
Broadens riot; enhances penalties for certain crimes committed during riot; creates new crimes of mob intimidation and cyber-intimidation by publication; establishes duty in municipality to permit law enforcement to respond appropriately.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to develop guidelines for tiered group home placements and transfers.
Prohibits discrimination against individuals who have not received COVID-19 vaccine.
Prohibits requiring students to wear face masks in schools and on school buses.
Appropriates $5 million to Cranford Township for flood control projects.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Updates regulation home improvement and home elevation contractors and contractors' businesses.
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.
Requires redaction and nondisclosure of home address of elected officials and candidates for elected office.
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP and SEHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Creates "New Jersey Anti-Semitism Task Force".
Repeals $100,000 cap on sales and use tax exemption for certain capital improvements made by businesses participating in Urban Enterprise Zone program.
Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Removes criminal liability for law enforcement officers who have investigative encounter with underage person for possession of alcohol or cannabis unless civil rights are violated.
Permits Legislature to terminate certain declarations by Governor for state of emergency or public health emergency and limits duration of such declarations unless Legislature approves extension.
Credits $2.35 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $4.32 billion to Department of Treasury to provide funds to municipalities and counties for debt retirement and avoidance.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Prohibits sale of flavored cigarettes, non-premium cigars, and oral nicotine pouches.
Requires procurement of management support and other services for certain nursing homes.
Provides for presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services and services provided through program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under Medicaid.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Prohibits DHS from deeming certain teachers and school employees ineligible for child care subsidies due to number of hours worked when school is not in session for students.
Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevelopment 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.
Establishes additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for these obligations.
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.
Requires State Board of Education to provide five days' notice of public meeting and permit public comment on agenda items of public meeting.
Exempts local utilities from certain reporting requirements.
Eliminates immunity for State, county, and municipal prosecutors who fail to disclose exculpatory evidence in criminal cases.
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Authorizes certain large food waste generators to send food waste to sanitary landfill facilities for purpose of generating Class I renewable energy.
Establishes "Volunteer Fire Company Assistance Program" in DCA to support operations and sustainability of volunteer fire companies; appropriates $10 million.
Concerns discrimination based on membership in a labor organization.
Regulates smoking in casinos and casino simulcasting facilities.
Revises high school student financial aid application requirements.
"Energy Security and Affordability Act"; requires BPU to consider energy security, diversity, and affordability when preparing Energy Master Plan and perform economic and ratepayer impact analysis of energy generation projects and Energy Master Plan.
Creates "New Jersey Private Contractor Registration Act"; makes an appropriation.
"New Jersey Student Support Act"; establishes program to Department of Treasury to provide tax credits to taxpayers contributing to organization which awards scholarships to certain nonpublic school students.
Amends appropriations act to provide funding for restoration of State school aid reductions for certain school districts; shifts $64,920,000 from certain appropriations for purposes of restoring aid; provides supplemental appropriation of $145,215,047.
Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Permits greater diversity in creation of new health sharing ministries and establishes and exempts certain mandates and reporting requirements.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DOH for Huntington's Disease Grant Program.
Increases penalties for denying access to public facilities, NJT, and transportation network companies to service dogs and their handlers.
Revises credentialing process for physicians attempting to enter a health insurance carrier's provider network.
"Small Modular Nuclear Energy Incentive Act."
Expands list of animals prohibited from use in traveling animal acts; limits certain exceptions to apply only at educational institutions.
Makes FY2025 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Grant Program.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from placing time limit on coverage of anesthesia services before, during, or after medical or surgical procedures.
Establishes certain protections for health care professionals who receive behavioral health care and apply for State licensure.
Creates Midwifery Licensing Act; modifies regulation of midwifery.
Establishes pharmacist licensing exemption for certain dialysis-related drugs and devices.
Establishes Department of State Police as principal department in executive branch of State government.
Establishes Justice Center for the Protection of Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities.
Filed · 1
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.*