Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Sean T. Kean
Sponsored
Out of committee3
Establishes program in SADC for acquisition of development easements on privately-owned woodlands.*
"CJ's Law"; Criminalizes manufacture, sale, and possession of substances containing kratom.
Directs DEP to lift conservation restrictions imposed as condition of CAFRA permit under certain conditions.
In committee79
Establishes Children's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System.
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.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
Requires health care representative to make health care decisions for incapacitated patient in accordance with patient's religious beliefs.
Requires DEP to establish artificial reef plan for commercial and recreational fishing.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits for certain seasonal employees.
Establishes restrictions and requirements for use of fishing gear and conch, fishing, and lobster pots on artificial reefs.
Exempts sales of county property from certain requirements under certain circumstances.
Appropriates $10 million to the DEP for Black Creek and Wreck Pond dredging.
Requires electric public utilities to implement flood mitigation plans for certain electric distribution substations; prohibits rate increase pending implementation of flood mitigation plans.
Disqualifies person named on federal Terrorist Watchlist from obtaining firearms identification card or permit to purchase handgun.
Upgrades theft to a crime of the first degree if amount involved is $500,000 or more.
Requires certain health benefits coverage for diagnosing and treating autism and other developmental disabilities.
Prohibits conflict of interests by governing board members or management employees of homeowners' associations.
Prohibits person appointed as arbitrator who subsequently serves as mediator from resuming the role of arbitrator unless the parties agree.
"Drew's Law"; establishes 15 miles per hour speed limit in or near certain public parks.
Changes State assistance to urban enterprise zones over seven years by increasing reduced sales tax in enterprise zones and dedicating increase to zone municipalities.
Permits modification of alimony award based on cohabitation of supported spouse.
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.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to taxpayers contributing to scholarships for low-income children.
Permits municipality to use proceeds of beach access fees for areas near beach facilities that are significantly affected by beach tourism; requires municipality to provide explanation of expenditures on website.
Exempts judges and justices from jury duty.
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $2.125 million to Howell Township in Monmouth County for drinking water infrastructure project.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Allows law enforcement officer to immediately impound motor vehicle operated by uninsured driver.
Requires provision of parking spaces reserved exclusively for persons unable to ambulate without aid of wheelchair in certain parking facilities.
Permits demonstration county to terminate its participation in the "Real Property Assessment Demonstration Program."
Directs COAH to adopt regulations to require municipalities to prioritize current residents in affordable housing applications.
Establishes time periods for adverse possession of certain property.
Designates Earth Day week each year as Litter Law Enforcement Week for special effort to enforce littering laws.
Provides tax levy growth limitation adjustment for school districts experiencing reduction in State aid.
Allows consideration of purchased PERS credit for federal service abroad in Central Intelligence Agency to qualify for employer-provided health care benefits in retirement.
Establishes Office of Tourism Research; requires specific measures concerning tourism advertising, marketing, research, and tourism-related business training.
Establishes certain protocols for prescribing and dispensing benzodiazepine.
Enables municipality to allow newly elected member of municipal governing body to participate in meeting where public is excluded.
Provides gross income tax credits to taxpayers who purchase certain low-speed electric bicycles.
Clarifies circumstances under which licensed private detectives gain access to personal information stored with New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission.
Concerns occupational safety and health for public employees of certain interstate authorities.
Bars expungement of conviction, arrest, or charge if crime or offense involved domestic violence.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 million from General Fund to DEP for capital improvements at Allaire State Park.
Clarifies court's discretion in imposing monetary conditions of bail; establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with violent crime be detained prior to trial.
Authorizes schools to administer commercial driver license exam and other motor vehicle services for school bus drivers.
Authorizes certain individuals to drive Type S school buses.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism.
Prohibits board of education from providing instruction in family life education, sex education, sexual health, sexual orientation, or gender identity to students in preschool through grade four.
Establishes two-year pilot program for certain mental health care facilities to treat additional juvenile patients.
Creates the "Mold Safe Housing Act."
Requires certain school districts to include fitness and nutrition wellness program as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Excludes certain insurance costs from appropriations cap and property tax levy cap for certain local units.
Changes eligibility of Administrative Law Judges from DCRP to PERS.
Designates portion of State Highway Route 71 as "John Tarantino Highway."
Removes income-based limitations on gross income tax exclusion for pension and retirement income.
Concerns certain interactions between law enforcement officers and juveniles.
Permits public and nonpublic schools to utilize security categorical aid to hire school security personnel.
Permits certain adult day care centers and group homes to restrict access to certain persons who violate food restriction policies.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3.5 million to provide additional State school aid to Freehold Regional School District.
Provides that 10-year term does not apply to lease of certain municipal properties unless they are waterfront properties or related to waterfront concessions.
Eliminates use of census-based funding of special education aid in school funding law.
Requires birthing centers and hospitals to offer parents of newborn children opportunity to view video on dangers of drowning for infants and young children.
Prohibits disclosure of body worn camera recordings under certain circumstances.
Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to adopt policy on use of instant replay in playoff tournament basketball games.
Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations from being displayed or flown on State property.
Prohibits institution of higher education which boycotts or divests from Israel-supporting or Israeli businesses from receiving State funds.
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.
Prohibits institution of higher education from using cultural competency as criteria for consideration in making certain personnel determinations.
Requires institution of higher education to adopt policy on use of campus facilities and grounds for camping.
Prohibits public institution of higher education from entering into certain partnerships with institutions of higher education located in Palestinian territories.
Creates "Shark River Bridge Study Commission" and "Shark River Bridge Impacted Business Aid Program."
Establishes conditions for operation of school-based health centers.
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.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in student's resident district; directs Commissioner of Education to establish guidelines.
Includes Jewish persons with definitions of "minority," "minority group member," and "minority business."
Prohibits local government from naming its property after foreign terrorist organization.
Establishes EDA grant program to support increased business expenses incurred by certain businesses impacted by certain public highway projects; appropriates $1 million.
Classifies 7 Hydroxymitragynine as Schedule I drug and bans sale of products containing substance.
Provides temporary disability benefits for special law enforcement officers.
Designates open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
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.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
Requires development of educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools; requires school districts to maintain list of locations providing swim lessons in certain circumstances.**
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.*
Passed the General Assembly · 2
Requires hospitals and birthing facilities to request new parents watch water safety video prior to discharge.
Designates May of each year as "Water Safety Month" in NJ; encourages DOE to provide resources on water safety.
Out of committee · 9
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DOH for Huntington's Disease Grant Program.
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Establishes crime of doxxing.
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Provides for filing extension and alternate medical documentation in PFRS, SPRS, or PERS for accidental disability retirement in certain circumstances; extends accidental death benefit for survivors of certain SPRS retirees.*
Prohibits business entities from selling or manufacturing certain personal flotation devices not approved by United States Coast Guard.
In committee · 82
Revises criteria to establish base year for homestead property tax reimbursement after relocation.
Prohibits adoption of any State rule or regulation mandating electric heating or water heating systems in buildings prior to issuance of DCA report.
Provides that amounts remaining in inactive Internet gaming accounts will be abandoned property after three years under unclaimed property law.
"Stop Social Media Censorship Act"; creates private right of action for users of social media websites whose political or religious speech has been deleted or censored by social media websites.
Establishes "New Jersey Pandemic Bill of Rights for the Welfare of Individuals."
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Requires at least one member of BPU to reside in either Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, or Ocean County.
"Fairness in Women's Sport Act."
Permits any member of PERS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for disability resulting from participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup options.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Bars certain employees of certain public agencies from participating in PERS; repeals law permitting PERS and TPAF members on leave who work for labor organization to purchase pension credit.
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.
Requires COAH to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide basis.
Establishes additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for these obligations.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Reduces gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years.
Allows gross income tax deduction for functional improvements and home repairs made to taxpayer's primary residence.
Establishes Red Tape Review Commission.
Increases gross income tax deduction for contributions to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
Excludes under gross income tax certain contributions to qualified pension plans, deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings.
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain programs and initiatives.
Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.
"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.
Establishes matching grant program in DCA to support community-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter services during Code Blue alerts.
Permits surviving spouse of retired member of PFRS to be enrolled in SHBP and to continue to receive pension benefit after remarriage in certain circumstances.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Increases qualified research expenses tax credit for corporation business taxpayers engaged in targeted industries; increases basic research payment tax credit; allows research tax credit to be refundable.
Creates offense of tracking for unlawful purpose; imposes enhanced penalties.
Establishes mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for second offense involving use of juvenile in automobile theft.
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.
Increases penalty for motor vehicle theft if, during course of theft, vehicle is operated in manner creating risk of injury or property damage.
Requires any increase in local government costs for employee health care and prescription benefits coverage be offset by equivalent increase in municipal energy tax receipts property tax relief aid.
Increases penalties for motor vehicle theft; authorizes home detention for minors.
Increases penalties for certain motor vehicle theft and carjacking offenses; establishes presumption of pretrial detention in enumerated circumstances.
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.
Extends penalties for driving under the influence to include any substance that impairs driving ability; deems driver's consent to non-invasive drug tests.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Establishes "Volunteer Fire Company Assistance Program" in DCA to support operations and sustainability of volunteer fire companies; appropriates $10 million.
Increases degree of crime for unlawful taking of motor vehicle.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Prioritizes distribution of 9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund monies; permits use of funds for certain expenses incurred by counties and municipalities for the provision and maintenance of 9-1-1 emergency services.
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC.
Concerns the "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program."
Establishes reasonableness standard for persons lawfully transporting firearm who deviate from course of travel.
Requires State Board of Education meetings to be accessible virtually and in person.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Removes requirement that certain special law enforcement officers turn in firearm at end of shift.
Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
Provides for transfer and sale of inactive liquor licenses for use in qualifying smart growth municipalities.
Requires converting portion of Paramus and Menlo Park veterans' memorial homes into single occupancy rooms; requires upgrades to ventilation systems; provides Adjutant General discretion for additional room considerations.
Requires State Planning Commission to adopt model ordinance for siting certain warehouses and permits conforming updates to municipal master plans and zoning ordinances and establishes fund in DCA; appropriates $5 million.
Heightens grade of theft if property stolen is catalytic converter.
Requires low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters to be registered with MVC and to be insured.
Concerns false public alarms involving places of worship.
Establishes pilot program in Office of Planning Advocacy to reimburse municipalities for certain expenditures concerning warehouse development; appropriates $1 million.
Requires provision of water safety instruction as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Allows persons diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn's disease to receive parking privileges reserved for persons with disability.
"New Jersey Student Support Act"; establishes program in Department of Treasury to provide tax credits to taxpayers contributing to organization which awards scholarships to certain nonpublic school students.
The "New Jersey Right to Home Defense Law."
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, upgrades certain residential burglaries to second degree crime; requires juvenile carjacking and home invasion offenses be tried in county where delinquency occurred.
"Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act"; bans abortion 20 weeks or more after fertilization.
"Jillian's Law", mandates institutional commitment for certain persons found not competent to stand trial.
Requires electric public utilities to take certain actions in event of outages in age-restricted communities.
Requires electric public utilities to pre-place repair equipment in areas with frequent power outages.
"Small Modular Nuclear Energy Incentive Act."
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Requires DEP and New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to provide priority for principal forgiveness on environmental infrastructure project loans to municipalities in coastal areas.
Prohibits certain electric public utility rate increases and requires certain protections for ratepayers.
Expands available protections against fraudulent recording of quitclaim deed.
Requires Division of Local Government Services to perform audits of certain shared services agreements and authorities.
Establishes "Veteran Obituary Fund."
Prohibits MVC from accepting certain documents as proof of applicant's identity for certain documents issued by MVC.
Clarifies child support obligation notice and certification requirements for applicants for State licenses.
Authorizes elected official and their chief of staff to carry certain firearms, subject to compliance with training requirements.