Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, General Assembly.
Angela V. McKnight
Sponsored
Became law4
Concerns prohibition of residential tenant eviction and eviction due to residential foreclosure during certain emergency circumstances.
Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to establish long-term care advocacy and educational training program.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2022.
Imposes surcharge on casino hotel occupancies to fund public safety services. *
Passed the General Assembly3
Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.
Provides comprehensive Medicaid benefits to certain individuals formerly in foster care.
Prohibits forfeiture of inmate's commutation credits for minor disciplinary infractions and expands inmate's ability to restore certain forfeited credits.
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Requires depository institutions to provide paper account statements to elder adults.
Prohibits release of personal identifying information of violent crime victims and witnesses under State's open public records law.
Concerns counseling for children who were either physically present or who may have seen or heard act of domestic violence.
Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
Clarifies and expands landlord registration procedures; creates certain rights for tenants; makes certain changes concerning tenant notifications, inspections, and maintenance in multiple dwellings; permits percentage of affordable housing obligation to b
Amends statute that criminalizes display of symbols, objects, or graffiti exposing another to threats of violence to specifically include noose, burning cross, or other symbol of hate. *
Requires Silver Alert System receive same broadcast alerts as Amber Alert System.
Requires municipalities that have public swimming pools to provide information regarding "dry drowning."
Establishes civilian review boards to review complaints against police officers.
Authorizes creation of local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct; appropriates $800,000.*
Establishes the "Urban Wealth Fund Pilot Program."
Requires Commissioner of Education to prepare learning loss report and report on public school operations during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Requires BPU to conduct study of effect of coronavirus 2019 pandemic on local and public utility service and to quarterly collect and publish certain local and public utility service and customer information.
Requires chief law enforcement officer of municipal police departments to hold two community roundtables on police relations each year.
Requires Attorney General to establish and maintain domestic extremist organization database.
Requires law enforcement agencies to establish review council in internal affairs unit to investigate law enforcement officers who participate in hate groups.
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Requires certain providers of transportation services to develop and publish route schedules.
Requires lobby security for certain senior citizen high-rise buildings in areas with high violent crime rates.
Authorizes protective order for certain witnesses or victims against actor who attempted to prevent or obstruct them from reporting crime to police.
Requires public bodies upon request to provide American Sign Language interpreter at public meetings.
Establishes procedures for intake and record keeping of certain 9-1-1 calls.
Requires law enforcement officers to have updated photograph.
Requires parent or guardian to annually notify school district in writing of intention to home-school child; requires school district to compile and post on district website number of home-schooled children.
Establishes the "Safe Sanitary Subsidized Rental Housing Bill of Rights."
Imposes mandatory fine and education requirement for certain prostitution offenses committed within 500 feet of a school, registered day care or licensed child care facility property; creates fund.
Requires restaurants to provide healthy beverages with meals designated for children.
Establishes three-year pilot program for school-based mentoring in public schools located within 1,000 feet of gunfire.
Requires Attorney General to develop program to assist schools in identifying at-risk youths.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to State aid for public schools.
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to grant deferment of New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) student loan payments to new parent.
Prohibits school district from denying admittance to student due to tardiness or violation of dress code or school uniform policy.
Prohibits transportation network companies from engaging in surge pricing during state of emergency.
Permits chair or booth rentals for the purpose of providing cosmetology and hairstyling services or ancillary services.
Requires municipalities to designate parking spaces for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.
Requires certain hospitals to establish bereavement areas.
Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain homeschooling expenses.
Establishes task force to examine school discipline practices including racial disparities and effectiveness.
Requires implicit bias training for physicians.
Requires each nursing home to employ patient advocate.
Requires school programs of virtual or remote instruction to be implemented primarily through use of virtual instructional sessions.
Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; requires periodic certificate renewal and professional development for school counselors; mandates number of school counselors per public school; establishes position of School C
Prohibits law enforcement officer from administering anesthetic or sedative during arrest or traffic stop.
Establishes New Jersey Community Learning Program in DOE to provide comprehensive after school programs in certain communities; dedicates portion of State cannabis revenue to support program.
Requires health club services contract contain certain provisions regarding procedures during outbreak of infectious disease.
Requires school districts to provide anti-bias instruction as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education; requires school districts to designate chief equity officer.
Establishes New Jersey Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program.
Establishes New Jersey Community Learning Program in DOE to provide comprehensive extended learning time programs in certain communities; dedicates portion of State cannabis revenue to support program.
Permits State Real Estate Appraiser Board to revoke, suspend, or fine appraisers or appraisal management companies who knowingly engage in discriminatory appraisals of residential property on basis of race or national origin.
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of residential property on basis of race or national origin.
Requires BPU to post on its website report from public utility on public utility's capital investments in response to petition from public utility to increase rates.
Requires electric public utility to reimburse customers for up to $500 for spoiled food and full cost of spoiled medicine resulting from lengthy service outage following major event.
Establishes residential property wholesaler license.
Establishes "Municipal Community Center Grant Program."
Requires certain law enforcement officers be periodically vetted for evidence of personal bias.
Requires Police Training Commission to adopt uniform standards for licensing police officers.
Requires certain background investigation for candidate for law enforcement position.
Requires State, county, and municipal social service workers to periodically complete implicit bias and cultural competency training.
Allows taxpayers with fewer than 50 employees to accelerate depreciation of capital expenditures incurred to comply with COVID-19 executive orders.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 115
"New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020"; provides for administration of programs and policies related to jobs, property development, food deserts, community partnerships, small and early stage businesses, State procurement, wind energy, and film produc
"New Jersey College Affordability Act"; appropriates $10 million. *
"New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act"; legalizes personal use cannabis for certain adults, subject to State regulation; decriminalizes small amount marijuana and hashish possession; removes marijuana
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Requires incarcerated individual from State to be counted at residential address for municipal, county, and congressional redistricting purposes and for apportionment of regional school district board of education members. **
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and personnel files of law enforcement officers to other agencies under certain circumstances.
Establishes local drug overdose fatality review teams.*
Requires certain retailers to train employees on gift card fraud.
Prohibits municipal licensure of children operating temporary businesses.
Directs the development and posting of notices containing information for victims of human trafficking.
Establishes Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program in DOE; appropriates $1 million.*
Requires AG to collect, record, analyze, and report certain prosecutorial and criminal justice data.
"Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act"; requires certain school meal information be provided to students' parents; establishes protocols for identifying eligible students for meal programs; prohibits stigmatizing student with bill in arrears.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to create Statewide database of certified payroll information for public works projects.
Requires owner notification of rabies testing protocol prior to testing of owner's animal for rabies.**
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.
Extends economic recovery term under "Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act", bars appeal of certain property assessments by Garden State Growth Zone Development Entity.*
Directs DOE to develop outreach program to encourage young women and minorities to pursue post-secondary degrees and careers in STEM.
"Daniel's Law" prohibits disclosure of certain personal information of active, formely active, and retired judicial officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers, and their family members; establishes crime and civil action for disclosing such infor
Establishes "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Program."
Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly addressing legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as raising awareness of available expungement relief.**
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.
Requires provider of electronic communication service to preserve information reported to law enforcement related to endangerment of children for 180 days.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to streamline SNAP application process for senior citizens and conduct outreach regarding senior SNAP participation.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide graduating students with information on income-contingent student loan repayment programs.
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to support FIRST Robotics Programs in school districts.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide students with access to mental health care programs and services and to establish a hotline to provide information concerning the availability of those services.
Establishes three year Financial Empowerment Pilot Program.
Provides county clerks with additional week to mail ballots for 2020 primary election; requires ballot position draw to occur one day early if statutory date falls on holiday.*
Prohibits discrimination against living organ donors in relation to life, health, and long-term care insurance.
Requires student representative be appointed to each board of education of school district and board of trustees of charter school that includes grades nine through 12.*
Requires DLPS to incorporate implicit bias in cultural diversity training materials for law enforcement officers; makes mandatory cultural diversity and implicit bias training for law enforcement officers.
Requires certain family or household members and victims be notified when firearms are returned to persons charged with domestic violence or subject to extreme risk protection order.
Designates 9-1-1 operators or dispatchers as 9-1-1 first responder dispatchers.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 and for telemedicine and telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency.
Authorizes EDA to make grants during periods of emergency declared by Governor and for duration of economic disruptions due to emergency; allows EDA to grant certain business documentation submission deadline extensions.
Concerns time off from work in connection with infectious disease.
Modifies deadline by which public agency is required to respond to request for government record during period of emergency.
Allows public bodies to conduct meetings, and provide notice, by electronic means during periods of emergency.
Permits extension of deadlines for adoption of county and municipal budgets under certain circumstances.
Authorizes all licensed health care facilities and laboratories to collect specimens to test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); allows waiver of staffing ratio requirements.
Requires food access information be displayed on websites of 2-1-1 system and executive branch departments during public health emergencies to the extent practicable.
Establishes certain requirements to use telemedicine and telehealth to respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to reactivate licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Allows remote notarial acts during Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency declared by Governor in Executive Order 103 of 2020.
Permits use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement under certain circumstances.
Requires hospital to permit individual to accompany woman during childbirth.
Permits modification of scope of work or terms and conditions of contract between non-profit organizations and State agencies for failure to perform due to COVID-19 pandemic.*
Establishes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Task Force on Racial and Health Disparities.*
Requires DOH to establish sanitization guidelines for hotels operating in State.
Establishes requirements for copies of medical and billing records to be provided without charge to Social Security Disability benefits applicants and recipients.*
Provides for technological upgrade of application process for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Permits expedited licensure in mental health professions for certain out-of-State individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Requires certain electronic medical programs to include demographic data entry feature; requires laboratories to record certain patients' demographic information; requires certain hospitals and laboratories to implement cultural competency training progra
Regulates use of body cameras worn by law enforcement officers.
Extends ballot receipt and election certification deadlines; increases certain messenger and bearer ballot limits: requires certain information to increase public awareness and use of voting by mail.**
Provides that AOC shall administer program for municipal courts allowing defendents to engage in online plea negotiations, entry of guilty plea, and payment of fine or penalty.*
Establishes Community College Opportunity Grant Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide last-dollar financial aid grants to county college students and Student Success Incentive funding to county colleges.
Creates grant program to encourage school districts to partner with institutions of higher education in training school-based mental health services providers.
Establishes Student Wellness Grant Program in DOE.
Requires DCF to give priority to certain school districts with student mental health counseling centers in awarding grants under School Based Youth Services Program.
Requires school districts to include instruction on diversity and inclusion as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.*
Establishes certain requirements concerning State's preparedness and response to infectious disease outbreaks, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Revises licensure, operational, and reporting requirements for nursing homes.*
Establishes additional requirements for DOH to assess sanctions and impose penalties on nursing homes; revises reporting requirements for nursing homes.*
Establishes minimum wage requirements for certain long-term care facility staff; establishes direct care ratio requirements for nursing homes; requires nursing home care rate study.**
Allows insurer to submit to MVC power of attorney executed electronically for certificate of ownership or salvage certificate of title by person who received or is due to receive total loss settlement from insurer. *
Requires BPU to establish and maintain electronic public records access service on its website; requires BPU to provide certain notice of its meetings and hearings and allow public comment.
Limits police presence at polling places and ballot drop boxes; prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of ballot drop box.**
Requires public and local utilities to provide notice to residential customers of available relief measures during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Raises from 45 to 57 maximum eligibility age for exempt fireman certificates and membership in New Jersey State Fireman's Association.
Requires that certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Requires certain insurers to provide summary concerning business interruption insurance.*
Establishes task force to evaluate quality, efficacy, costs, and educational outcomes of online courses offered by public and independent institutions of higher education and degree-granting proprietary institutions during COVID-19 pandemic. *
Requires DOH to publish total number of COVID-19 deaths and cases in long-term care facilities.*
Makes FY 2021 supplemental appropriation of $3,000,000 to DHS for temporary 25 percent increase to certain assisted living resident provider in Medicaid.*
Makes supplemental appropriation of $58,000,000 for NJ Statewide Body Worn Camera Program.
Allows corporations and certain financial institutions to hold remote shareholder meetings. *
Permits use of alternate names by limited liability partnerships.
Authorizes motor vehicle dealers to sell motor vehicles online and obtain electronic signatures for motor vehicle transactions.
Requires DOH to establish certain nursing education and professional advancement programs.
Provides for reorganization of health service corporation.
Establishes "New Jersey Foreclosure Prevention Act."
Protects homeowner in foreclosure from excessively low intervening offer.
Authorizes optometrists to administer immunizations against coronaviruses and influenza under certain circumstances.**
Provides for employment by State of certain persons with disabilities.
Provides for process to vacate and expunge certain arrests, charges, complaints, convictions, other dispositions, and DNA records, associated with violations by certain human trafficking victims.
Updates 2-1-1 telephone system information to include all current modes of public transit and information on access and usage.
Requires public community water systems to inventory and replace lead service lines within 10 years; provides for recoupment of costs by investor-owned public water systems.*
Provides for certification of temporary nurse aides.
Appropriates $10 million in federal funds to Department of Agriculture to support food bank organizations.
Makes $35 million in federal funds available to EDA to support food and beverage establishments in need.*
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA to support businesses and nonprofits in need.*
Requires law enforcement to provide written notificaion to parent or guardian of person under age 18 who commits first offense of unlawfully possessing or consuming alcoholic beverage, cannabis, marijuana, or hashish.**
Increases income eligibility limits for PAAD program and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program by $10,000.
Permits nonprofit corporations to allow members to participate in meetings by means of remote communication.
Restores and revises Urban Enterprise Zone program; appropriates $42,500,000.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2022.
Establishes order of protection for current or former judge; upgrades and clarifies harassment against current or former judge; bars firearms possession by persons against whom current or former judge order of protection is entered.
Requires DOLWD to provide link to New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on website and in emails concerning unemployment compensation benefits.
Appropriates $50 million from General Fund to EDA to support businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Ensures student well-being during school security drills.
Creates Office of School Bus Safety in Department of Education; appropriates $200,000. *
Allows veteran's guardian to remove veteran from DMVA veterans' memorial home under certain emergency circumstances.
Allows law enforcement officers to review body worn camera recordings prior to creating initial report.
Establishes State supplement for "breakfast after the bell" meals.
Awards project grants under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for water infrastructure projects in certain school districts; appropriates $6,608,212.
Provides project grants under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for career and technical education at county colleges; appropriates $26,456,996.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $8 million to DHS to increase reimbursement for funeral, burial, and crematory services provided to certain beneficiaries of Work First New Jersey and Supplemental Security Income programs.
Mandates periodic cancer screening examinations for firefighters enrolled in SHBP. *
Revises and renames Office of Food Insecurity Advocate.
Appropriates $440,240 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Awards school security project grants under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for certain school districts; appropriates $5,150,531.
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Establishes requirements to screen certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for preeclampsia. *
Requires reservation of portion of tenant-based vouchers under State rental assistance program for persons displaced due to redevelopment of an affodable housing development; provides displaced persons with affordable housing priority status.
Permits use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement under certain circumstances.
Automatically extends time to file gross income tax or corporation business tax return if federal government extends filing or payment due date for federal returns.
Establishes Bridging the Digital Divide in Schools Grant Program in DOE to provide and expand access to technology and equipment for students in certain school districts.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for healthcare and residential facility sanitation due to coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriations of $15 million for grants to food banks.
Establishes NJ Hospitality Emergency Loan Program in EDA to provide no-interest loans to qualified small hospitality businesses; makes $100 million appropriation to EDA from federal funds for qualified small business assistance.***
Concerns approval process for personal protective equipment and State stockpiles of personal protective equipment.*
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Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 72 hours.
Exempts certain veterans from driver's license fee, motorcycle license fee, and digitized picture fee.
Provides for jurisdiction for prosecution for certain crimes against minors committed outside New Jersey.
Prohibits disqualification of certain minority-owned and women-owned businesses for certification.
Requires notice to be provided by municipal court to applicant for public defender of fee and process to waive fee for inability to pay.*
Requires each county to establish inmate reentry services committee.
Establishes "Task Force on Supportive Technology for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities."
Requires AG to report bias intimidation offenses to Federal Bureau of Investigation for inclusion in annual report on hate crime statistics.
Requires DHS to develop outreach plan to inform certain students about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Requires discrimination prevention training for certain providers of services to senior citizens.
Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Allows county and municipal police departments to establish designated safe areas for Internet purchase transactions; establishes public awareness campaign.
Establishes "Innovation Partnership"; provides funding for certain nonprofit partnerships to promote certain emerging technology businesses.*
Prohibits the sale of certain children's products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Requires school districts to take certain actions in circumstances when school meal bill is in arrears; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.*
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Allows gross income tax deduction for amounts paid for removal of lead, asbestos, sodium, chloride, and other contaminants from taxpayer's property.**
Directs BPU to develop and implement electric school bus pilot program.
Establishes State to oversee application for and receipt of federal funds Ombudsman by State agencies.
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities. *
Increases fines for failing to report suspected abuse or exploitation of institutionalized elderly person.
Requires Medicaid managed care organizations to notify certain beneficiaries of maximum coverage for personal care service hours.
Requires landlords to provide tenants with certain notice concerning conditions that may cause damage or hazards on rental property.
Establishes requirements concerning the provision of postpartum care information and the development of individualized postpartum care plans.
Requires separate entrance for certain child care services located in public school facilities and clarifies licensure requirements and DCF enforcement authority for services.
Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register firearms acquired out-of-State.
Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.
Authorizes creation of "New Jersey Council on Access and Mobility."
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization.
Provides paid leave without utilizing accumulated leave time for local government employees under certain circumstances.
Prohibits VCCO from denying award of compensation to victims with certain outstanding warrants and charges.
Provides enhanced penalty for distribution of counterfeit drugs and medical devices during declared states of emergency.
Provides for student recipients of educational opportunity funds to be exempt from 20 hour weekly work requirement ordinarily required for student SNAP participation.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish and maintain hotline for persons with disability for use during emergency of disaster.*
Clarifies that law enforcement officer who knowingly chokes another person engages in use of deadly force.
Permits retroactive modification of certain judgements of conviction, requires study of DOC's anticipated expenses to upgrade data infrastructure.***
Establishes "Student Mental Health Task Force." *
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to private professional counselors.
Requires DHS to review various aspects of Medicaid managed care program.
Dedicates personal protective equipment to long-term care facilities, home health agencies, hospice care providers, health care service firms, PACE programs, and certain community-based providers during public health emergency.***
Allows for immediate transport of persons by local law enforcement officers under certain circumstances.
Requires AG to establish law enforcement officer use of force data collection and reporting system.
Eliminates driver's license suspension for failure to pay parking tickets; requires registration suspension for more than five parking tickets.
Requires civil service commission to notify a certified eligible by certified mail and via electronic mail.
Requires school districts to include instruction on racial discrimination and social justice as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies for middle school students. *
Requires pharmacies to provide certain information regarding insulin manufacturer assistance programs.
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism establish Black Heritage Trail; establishes NJ Black Cultural Heritage Commission.
Establishes Safe and Equitable Remote Learning Pilot Program in DOE to support provision of remote learning safe havens by certain school districts.*
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Expands crime of bias intimidation; establishes additional penalties for crimes of bias intimidation and harassment; establishes bias intimidation motivation damages.*
Requires long-term care facilities to annually review residents' proxy directives.
Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras.
Requires group homes and other community-based residential programs, as condition of licensure, to implement policies to prevent social isolation of residents.
Requires Medicaid Fraud Division to enter into data sharing agreement upon request of county to provide access to third party insurance liability data regarding certain COVID-19 related health claims.
Requires DOT to implement complete streets policy that considers persons with certain disabilities.*
Requires certain transportation research to consider needs of individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
Directs DOE to request waiver of certain student academic assessment requirements from federal government.
Requires financial aid award letter provided by institutions of higher education and certain proprietary schools be consistent with financial aid shopping sheet.
Permits counties to operate airports as county utilities; provides that bonds for county and municipal airport purposes be issued in accordance with provisions of "Local Bond Law."
Concerns sexual abuse investigations in State correctional facilities.
Requires Commissioner of Corrections to appoint workforce skills training development officer to administer, enhance, and supplement inmate workforce skills training programming.
Requires request for proposal to establish project to evaluate and make recommendations for realignment of correctional facilities and other efficiency measures.
Requires DOC report certain information annually.
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Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Requires DCA to provide certain information on low-income home energy assistance program, annually update its low-income home energy assistance program handbook, and provide quarterly training sessions on administering program.
Prohibits public utility from terminating service for nonpayment unless customer is provided certified letter at least 10 business days prior to scheduled termination date.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Provides for preparation and distribution of written notice to senior citizens concerning risks and prevention of fraud and identity theft.*
Expands role of temporary guardian to include arranging placement of alleged incapacitated person in appropriate, less restrictive environment.
Establishes supervised community reintegration program for certain victims of domestic abuse.
Directs Juvenile Justice Commission to establish arts education pilot program for juvenile offenders.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing.
Expands Medicaid coverage regarding assistive devices for hearing impaired under certain circumstances.
Requires Director of Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in DHS to evaluate and report on interactions occurring between law enforcement and individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.
Expands financing opportunities for low and moderate income housing.
Requires DOH and DHS to identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health.
Requires DOH to develop and implement plan to improve access to perinatal mood and anxiety disorder screening.*
Requires certain health care professionals to undergo explicit and implicit bias training.*
Requires Director of Division of Fire Safety to promulgate regulations pertaining to training and duties of Junior Firefighter Auxiliary members.
Allows certain State agencies to sell Internet advertisements on agencies' websites as pilot program.
Requires school districts and charter schools to report discipline data on their websites and to Commissioner of Education; requires DOE to establish database and complete annual report concerning student disciplinary actions.*
Requires emergency contact information and access instructions for social services hotline to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings.
Requires State agency to redact person's handwritten signature prior to publishing documents on agency's Internet website.
Revises definition of destructive device to include certain weapons of 50 caliber or greater.
Permits eligible immigrants to obtain professional and occupational licenses in State.*
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system for electronic reporting of firearm information.
Includes certain armed security officers regulated by "Detective Melvin Vincent Santiago's Law" in crimes of assault and disarming an officer.
Permits county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages to issue identification card to Gold Star Family Member.
Establishes Task Force to Promote Employment by State Agencies of People with Disabilities.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Requires certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline.
Requires EDA to establish loan program for certain costs of electric-powered school bus purchases by local school districts and school bus contractors.
Provides accidental death benefits in certain circumstances to surviving spouse and surviving child of SPRS member or retiree who participated in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
Establishes standards for domestic violence counseling and creates "Abuse Intervention Program Advisoy Committee." *
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
"Fair Chance in Housing Act"; establishes certain housing rights of persons with criminal records.
Expands training for judges, law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases. *
Requires certain community residential facilities have standby emergency power generators.
Requires DOE and DCF to establish online reporting systems for schools and child care centers to report lead testing results.
Prohibits provision or sale of single-use plastic carryout bags, single-use paper carryout bags, and polystyrene foam food service products; limits provision of single-use plastic straws; appropriates moneys from Clean Communities Program Fund for public
Requires paint producers to implement or participate in paint stewardship program.
"New Jersey Fair Play Act"; allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness.
Requires DCA to continuously maintain open enrollment period for federal Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-applications.
Suspends fines for certain first-time paperwork violations committed by small businesses.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Establishes creative crosswalks pilot program.
Re-establishes Arthritis Quality of Life Initiative and Advisory Council on Arthritis in DHS.
Requires DHS to employ Transportation Planning Coordinator to oversee provision of transportation services. *
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for ovarian cancer research.
"Healthy Terminals Act"; requires certain airport and train station workers to be paid certain wage rates and benefits.
Establishes alternate route to expedite certification of teachers at early college high school programs.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign. *
Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.
Permits municipality to establish restricted parking spaces for certain volunteer firefighters.
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
Requires certification of diligent inquiry in residential mortgage foreclosure actions to be filed by attorneys.
Requires public water systems to provide notice of elevated lead levels in drinking water to customers and local officials; requires landlords to notify tenants of elevated lead levels.
"Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act"; requires institutions of higher education to implement mental health programs and services.
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Establishes trunk fighting as animal cruelty offense and crime of the third degree.
Allows hospitals to construct housing and provide wrap-around services for individuals who are homeless or housing insecure.*
Establishes Commission on Asian American Heritage in DOE. *
Renames "board of chosen freeholders" to "board of county commissioners" and "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder" to "county commissioner"; requires counties to update materials to reflect this title change.
Allocates Amistad Commission in but not of DOE; requires commission to elect chairperson and appoint executive director; requires public schools to include instruction on accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to American society.*
Requires inclusion of information about discriminatory housing practices in Truth in Renting Guide.
Makes changes to membership and responsibilities of Campus Sexual Assault Commission.
Concerns business interruption insurance during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency.
Revises requirements for cash assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program; appropriates $25 million.
Provides relief to students receiving State financial aid to address special circumstances due to 2020 health state of emergency.
Establishes "2020 New Jersey Emergency Rental Assistance Program"; appropriates $100 million.
Requires Medicaid and health insurance coverage for certain refills of prescription drugs during state of emergency.
Requires DOH to implement and oversee Isolation Prevention Project in long-term care facilities during public emergencies.
Authorizes Governor to permit mortgage forbearance and rent payment Provides mortgage payment relief, consumer reporting protection, and eviction protection for resident property owners, tenants and other consumers, economically impacted during time of co
"New Jersey Health Care Transparency Act."
Revises and updates membership and purpose of Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in DHS.
Requires public health emergency credits to be awarded to certain inmates and parolees during public health emergency; prohibits contact with victim upon release of inmate awarded credits.***
Establishes Clayton Model Pilot Program in DOE to provide school-based social emotional learning to students in grades kindergarten through five at certain public schools.
Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.
Establishes certain requirements concerning rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, undesignated/non-binary, questioning, queer, intersex, and HIV-positive residents of long-term care facilities.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2021.
Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.
Increases maximum penalty for certain violations concerning asbestos hazard abatement; allocates moneys from increased penalties to asbestos programs.**
Requires members, officers, and employees of Legislature to undergo implicit bias and cultural competency training.
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Planning Commission" in DHS.
Revises requirements for long-term care facilities to establish outbreak response plans.*
Provides supplemental payments to long-term care facility staff providing direct care services during COVID-19 pandemic.
Allows long-term care facility employees to accrue paid sick leave.
Requires Civil Service Commission establish mentoring program for certain civil service law enforcement applicants.*
Establishes Statewide universal newborn home nurse visitation program in DCF; appropriates $2.75 million. *
Establishes requirements for sale of cottage food products. *
Concerns eligibility of education employees for unemployment.
Allows corporation business tax credit for subcontracting work to NJ small businesses.
Establishes minimum direct care staff-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Creates two-year "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program" in Juvenile Justice Commission; appropriates $4.2 million in FY 2022 and FY 2023.*
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Requires certain utilities to allow residential customers to satisfy outstanding balances over time.
Establishes Multigenerational Family Housing Continuity Commission; provides municipal guidance to periodically analyze local advancement of commission's senior citizen housing recommendations.
Requires DOE to establish Alternate Route Interstate Reciprocity Pilot Program.*
Adds two members to State Board of Examiners of Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) Contractors.
Requires school report card to include information concerning number of mental health professionals and school safety specialists employed by each school district. *
Requires DOH to develop Statewide plan for infection control and prevention infrastructure improvements in nursing homes.
Establishes "Sexual Violence Restorative Justice Pilot Program."
Requires law enforcement provide victim of sexual assault with initial incident report; provides victim with option to review initial incident report and submit corrective form.*
Requires resources be made available to victims of sexual assault.
Establishes right of victims to be notified of county prosecutor's charging decision in sexual assault cases.
Requires AG issue annual report concerning sexual assault cases.*
Establishes sexual violence liaison officer in Division of State Police and local police departments.
Requires sexual assault training for prosecutors.
Prohibits deceptive audio or visual media content of candidate for elective public office within 60 days of election.
Establishes "Stillbirth Resource Center" and regional Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Committee, and programs for the prevention and reduction of incidences of stillbirth; expands list of professionals authorized to provide stillbirth-related care.*
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Resources Pilot Program in DOLWD.
Provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for four years; requires training prior to issuance of firearms cards and handgun purchase permits; revises procedures for passing of firearms to heir or legatee.
"New Jersey Buy American Act"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S.
Requires MVC to provide reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities during certain knowledge examinations.
Updates and clarifies recent legislation passed by both Houses of the Legislature addressing cannabis legalization, and marijuana and hashish decriminalization.
Establishes New Jersey Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program.
Provides CBT tax credit for certain deliveries of low carbon concrete and for costs of conducting environmental product declaration analyses of low carbon concrete. *
Requires campus diversity actions at public institutions of higher education and directs Secretary of Higher Education and Division on Civil Rights to develop guidance regarding diversity in faculty search and selection process. *
Establishes "Biannual Small Business Matchmaker Initiative" in Department of State.
Establishes recruitment and referral program for certain individuals and extends certain provisions of law concerning affirmative action in public works contracts to workers with disabilities.
Mandates training on culturally responsive teaching for all candidates for teaching certification.
Establishes Office of Statewide Mobility Manager to assist certain persons with disabilities and their families with transportation and mobility needs.*
Promotes workforce diversity in public works projects; revises "public works projects" definition to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide certain student loan information.
Concerns certain restrictive covenants on real property.
Makes $25 million in federal funds available to EDA to support microbusinesses in need.*
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA and New Jersey Council on the Arts to support arts and culture organizations in need.**
Permits any person to administer or dispense opioid antidotes.
Permits expungement of possession or distribution of hypodermic syringe or needle offense in cases of previous expungement; repeals criminal offense of possession of syringe.
Expands duties of Commission on Human Trafficking to prevent human trafficking in women and children of color.
Requires AG to establish Human Trafficking and Underserved Communities Unit.
Establishes grant program in DCA to provide funding to youth mentoring programs.
Provides that in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits, calculations of lost or impaired earnings capacity not be reduced because of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, or affectional or sexual orientation. *
"Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act"; provides alternative process for handling partition actions filed in court concerning real property with multiple owners, at least one of whom had acquired title from relative.
Requires embryo storage facilities to record and report health information of patients in manner that is consistent with certain federal laws.
Requires DCF or court to consider placement of children with relatives or kinship guardians when making placement decision; makes changes to certain standards for initiating petitions to terminate parental rights.
Requires long-term care facility to post certain information on its Internet website regarding Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.
Provides mortgage payment relief for residential property owners and small landlords during time of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.*
Provides financial relief to certain landlords and tenants in response to COVID-19 pandemic, adjusts certain court fees; and makes appropriations. *
Requires MVC to operate hotline to assist with online transactions.
Concerns eligibility, procedures, and post-program relief for certain drug or alcohol dependent persons sentenced to special probation, or regular probation which as a condition of such requires substance use disorders treatment.
Permits use of automated dispensing devices in long-term care facilities and hospice care programs.
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Requires DHS to stagger issuance dates of SNAP benefits to newly eligible enrollees.
Establishes expedited process by which certain out-of-State mental health professionals are licensed to provide services in New Jersey.
Establishes "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
Permits exemption from civil service examination requirement for entry-level law enforcement officers, sheriff's officers, and State and county correctional police officers; permits hiring or appointment of such officers under certain conditions, and make
Requires hospitals to provide certain resources to certain patients and to ask patients if patients have completed advance directive or practitioner orders for life-sustaining treatment form. *
Requires EDA to establish loan program to assist certain businesses with funding to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities.
Revises gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses.
Authorizes municipalities to address certain unlawful operation of all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes through seizure and, in some circumstances, destruction of vehicles. *
Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $100,000 appropriation; appropriates $100,000.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on history and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
"New Jersey Disability Savings Act."
Requires DOLWD and DHS to conduct assessment of community rehabilitation programs and community businesses.
Allows Attorney General to bring cause of action for certain public nuisance violations arising from sale or marketing of firearms.
Appropriates $2 million to CRDA to support costs associated with hosting NAACP National Convention in Atlantic City. *
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Provides assistance to business accelerators and incubators and startup businesses located within those business accelerators and incubators.
Requires applicants for liquor licenses and license transfers to notify residents within 200 feet of licensed premises.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Grants certain leaves of absence for Vietnam Veterans of America conventions.
Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Creates self-defense justification for victims of domestic violence.
Requires hospitals and homeless shelters to provide information on services and resources to individuals who are homeless or military veterans.
Provides forbearance of residential mortgage foreclosures under certain circumstances; places additional requirements on attorneys, residential mortgage lenders, and courts, as part of foreclosure process.
Establishes fire safety standards and protocols for certain light frame residential construction; requires placards identifying primary structural systems of buildings.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish performance-based funding plans for public institutions of higher education.
Exempts experienced firefighters from certain requirements.
Establishes position of Ombudsman of Student Discipline to serve within Office of the Secretary of Higher Education.
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.
"P.I.C.K. Awareness Act"; authorizes issuance of special support recovery license plates.
Establishes Autism Education Council.
Creates the crime of victimization of a senior citizen or a person with a disability.
Increases penalties for certain criminal offenses committed against elderly and persons with a disability.
Establishes asset forfeiture reporting and transparency requirements.
Requires employers and birthing facilities to notify insured pregnant women if their health insurance coverage is not subject to 48-hour maternity law.
Provides voter registration assistance to persons completing parole, probation, and criminal sentences.
Provides employee time off for events regarding education of their children.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Permits certain physical therapists to perform dry needling.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Requires suspension of certification of homemaker-home health aides under certain circumstances; designated as "Maria's Law."
Authorizes prohibition or regulation of rental of certain space for accommodation of transient guests.
Creates the Office on Women's Research and Policy and appropriates $150,000.
Requires DHS to give priority to temporary rental assistance over use of hotels or motels in emergency assistance to Work First New Jersey recipients.
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Requires NJTA to implement certain roadside maintenance safety policies.
Establishes maternity care standards for general hospitals providing maternity care.
Requires New Jersey Office on Minority and Multicultural Health to study racial disparities on sexual and reproductive health of African-American women.
The "New Jersey Youth Justice Transformation Act;" annually appropriates $100 million to Juvenile Justice Commission.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Transfers probation employees from Judiciary to State Parole Board.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to consider combined income of all cosigners on application for participation in New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.
Establishes pilot program to create student mental health assistance programs in selected school districts.
Directs DOLWD to identify, and post on website, employment opportunities with minimal barriers to entry for persons returning to workforce after imprisonment.
Eliminates past conviction of indictable offense as disqualifier for jury service.
Provides Medicaid coverage for certain home visitation program services under certain circumstances.
Concerns automobile insurance practices.
Requires entities at every level of government to conduct periodic studies of racial and ethnic disparities in public contracting.
Increases penalties for failing to yield when violation results in death to pedestrian.
Requires owner of certain autobuses to register with and receive approval from municipalities in which autobus operates.
Requires private bus operators that participate in NJT bus lease program, receive State funds, or are under contract with NJT to provide notice and hold public hearings for certain service changes.
"Patient Protection Act"; establishes requirements concerning the transfer and referral of certain patients receiving health care services.
"Immigrant Tenant Protection Act."
Establishes five-year pilot program to enforce "don't block the box" signs through use of automatic cameras.
Increases penalties for identity theft when victim is a senior citizen or veteran.
Requires hospital laboratories and bio-analytical or clinical laboratories to offer test for hepatitis C to certain individuals; authorizes certain laboratories to perform rapid tests for hepatitis C.
Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide list of alternative drugs to health care professionals, pharmacists, and covered persons under certain circumstances.
Requires DOH to conduct survey on status of antenatal prenatal care clinics in New Jersey.
Preserves certain requirements that health insurance plans cover essential health benefits.
Exempts from disclosure as public record information provided by individual to government agency under certain circumstances.
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Directs Commissioner of Education to appoint coordinator and regional consultants to coordinate the education of students with traumatic brain injury.
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Requires 45 day notice concerning tuition rate changes by licensed child care centers.
Establishes the Working Group on End-of-Life Care and Palliative Care in DOH.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to create public awareness sign to be posted by certain establishments.
Extends grace periods for rental late charges for certain tenants who receive public assistance payments.
Requires Legislature to adopt and distribute policy prohibiting sexual harassment; requires members, officers, and employees of Legislature to complete online training on policy once every two years.
Establishes Task Force on Maximizing Employment for People with Disabilities.
"Mary's Law"; requires Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to provide direct payments for purchases of specialized, modified motor vehicles.
Clarifies that "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991" covers elder abuse in domestic settings.
Establishes "Planning for an Aging Population Task Force."
Requires certain health care plans to be offered by SEHBP and local boards of education; requires SEHBP commission to establish employee contribution rates for certain plans; requires local boards of education provide certain information on health care be
Requires State to pay difference between federal allocation and total cost of reduced price breakfast or lunch; appropriates $4.5 million.
Provides temporary gross income tax credit to first time home buyers and seniors.
Establishes Division of Gifted and Talented Education in DOE; directs State Board of Education to authorize gifted education endorsement to instructional certificate; and establishes certain other requirements related to gifted and talented education.
Revises time period at which unit owners assume control of homeowners' associations.
Authorizes municipalities to regulate Internet-organized events.
Prohibits use of gap in automobile insurance coverage as rating factor in automobile insurance underwriting under certain circumstances.
"Addi's Law"; makes parent's conviction for murder of child's other parent grounds for termination of parental rights.
Establishes Statewide Hit and Run Advisory Program to facilitate apprehension of persons fleeing motor vehicle accident scene; designated as "Zackhary's Law."
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or spouses of veterans and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.
Expands crime of terrorism.
Revises health care levy adjustment for school districts; makes various changes for health care benefits for school employees; requires certain information in school budgets; imposes cap on contributions by all public employees for health care benefits.
Requires public community water systems to provide customers with certain information regarding lead in drinking water.
Revises and renames NJSTARS; repeals NJSTARS II; establishes NJ HonorScholars Program.
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
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families.
Creates public awareness campaign concerning risks associated with unsecured, Internet-connected baby monitors.
Requires school districts to offer course in computer science and DOE to adopt changes to NJ Student Learning Standards in computer science.
Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.
Establishes grant program for school districts and charter schools to develop dual language immersion programs.
Requires evaluation for, and abatement of, mold hazards in school buildings.
Establishes "Restorative Justice in Education Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Provides for designation of acute stroke ready hospitals, establishes Stroke Care Advisory Panel and Statewide stroke database, and requires development of emergency medical services stroke care protocols.
Requires drivers to stop at railroad crossing when on-track equipment is approaching railroad crossing.
Criminalizes tampering with school bus recordings; requires schools to have school bus video reviewed and to adopt plan for monthly inspection of cameras and video footage.
Authorizes DMVA to grant preference in awarding contracts to vendors that employ veterans.
Supplemental appropriation of $25 million to DOH to assist certain mental health and addiction service providers transitioning to fee-for-service reimbursement system.
Requires DOT and OIT to develop materials concerning capabilities of airports in NJ and establishes "Public Use Airports Task Force."
Legalizes possession and personal use of small amounts of marijuana for persons age 21 and over; creates Division of Marijuana Enforcement and licensing structure.
Requires Dept. of Agriculture to increase participation in school meal programs through marketing campaign.
Permits students at public institutions of higher education to donate unused meal plan funds to emergency meal fund for distribution to New Jersey food banks.
Establishes additional homestead property tax reimbursement based on school portion of property tax bills for cerain seniors.
Establishes gross income tax credit for cost of certain postage for sending goods to members of United States Armed Forces and National Guard who are serving their country away from home.
Requires certain standards for professional and occupational boards considering applicants with criminal history records.
Establishes "Registered Apprenticeship Program for State Agencies"; makes an appropriation.
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Requires collection and reporting of information concerning crimes against the elderly and disabled.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for certain children, youth and family services organizations.
Establishes Juvenile Offender Community Conservation and Improvement Services Program.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person who commits domestic violence by strangling victim be detained prior to trial.
Requires State Treasurer to organize and publish certain contract and grant data and information on State expenditure Internet website.
The "Municipal Volunteer Property Tax Reduction Act"; permits certain municipal property owners to perform volunteer services in return for property tax vouchers.
Imposes motor vehicle penalty points for certain violations of "move over law"; establishes public awareness campaign; designated as "Slow Down or Move Over, It's the Law Act."
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Requires continued coverage of prescription drugs for certain medical conditions.
Establishes school breakfast kiosk pilot program.
Permits counties and non-governmental, community-based agencies to establish family justice centers which provide coordinated, multi-agency governmental and non-governmental assistance to victims of certain crimes and offenses, including domestic violence
Requires school districts take certain actions to increase participation in free or reduced priced meal programs; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.
Directs Division of Fire Safety in Department of Community Affairs to survey fire suppression systems in public and nonpublic school buildings.
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Prohibits use of education, occupation, and credit score as rating factors in automobile insurance underwriting.
Expands municipal authority to license and inspect residential rental property.
Allows primary caregiver of handicapped person and person with autism to apply for and use handicapped parking.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Establishes minimum level of domestic violence training for judges and judicial personnel.
Upgrades domestic violence-related assault under certain circumstances.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Prohibits sale of certain toy guns and imitation firearms.
Requires developers of residential housing to provide low, moderate, and middle income housing or pay fee.
Prohibits online education services from using and disclosing certain information, engaging in targeted advertising, and requires deletion of certain information in certain circumstances.
Directs certain unclaimed electric and gas utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund and societal charge revenues to be paid to Statewide nonprofit energy assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.
Establishes the "Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act."
Establishes "New Jersey Eviction Crisis Task Force."
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sensitivity training program for high school athletic directors, coaches, and sports officials of interscholastic athletic sports programs.
Requires establishment of Work and Learn Consortiums by certain educational institutions to establish certificate and degree programs identified in high labor-demand industries.
Establishes School Security Task Force.
Concerns juvenile incarceration and parole.
Prohibits certain demolitions without inspection for pest infestation.
Creates domestic violence Internet registry for certain public access; mandates counseling and community service and increases fines for certain domestic violence offenders.
Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports.
Requires certain corporations to appoint women to board of directors.
Expands volunteer tuition credit program to volunteers and eligible dependents enrolled in four-year public institutions of higher education and increases maximum value of tuition credit.
Grants authority for human resource management of employees of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority to Civil Service Commission.
Creates certain assistance and set-aside programs for businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons, by persons with a disability, and by veterans.
Requires PANYNJ and certain commercial airport operators in State to coordinate with law enforcement for investigation and prosecution of sexual assaults; requires airlines and contractors to adopt and maintain policies regarding sexual assaults.
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow service recipients to terminate service contracts following physician's referral to long-term care facility.
Requires landlords to provide notice to tenants concerning lead in drinking water.
Permits voter to take photograph of own voted ballot and share it on Internet-based social media.
Requires applicants for commercial driver license to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
The "Liberty State Park Protection Act"; establishes Liberty State Park Advisory Committee and requirements concerning DEP actions related to Liberty State Park.
Requires candidates for President and Vice-President of United States to disclose federal income tax returns to appear on ballot; prohibits Electoral College electors from voting for candidates who fail to file income tax returns.
Requires State parks, forests, and other natural and historic areas to remain open to public for seven days if emergency is declared due to failure to enact general appropriation law as prescribed by NJ Constitution.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Requires public water systems to compile, and submit to DEP, lead service line inventories.
Requires continuation of health benefits dependent coverage until child turns 26 years of age.
Requires health benefits coverage for certain preventive services.
Expands "Law Against Discrimination" to apply to health programs and activities and to prohibit discrimination based on association with individuals in protected classes.
Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned on when stopped by law enforcement under certain circumstances.
Requires hospitals to include warning in patient discharge papers concerning risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications.
Requires gubernatorial and legislative candidate and joint candidates committees to adopt anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy.
Requires teaching staff members and school board members to annually receive training on trauma-informed education.
Requires counseling for certain domestic violence offenders.
Authorizes issuance of restraining orders for situtations in which domestic violence statutes do not apply.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Requires public transportation employees to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
Requires DOH to include certain response protocols in training course for employees of health care facilities regarding suspected human trafficking activities.
Establishes commission to study impact of certain Medicaid reimbursement rate change on nursing homes.
Requires employers to provide paid leave to employees to vote in certain circumstances.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning Period of PURPLE Crying program and shaken baby syndrome.
Expands registration requirements under Megan's Law to include persons committing human trafficking crimes or engaging in prostitution, when crimes involve minors.
Directs AOC to establish implicit bias training for judges and judicial personnel.
Establishes "Career and Technical Education Scholar Awards" to annually recognize outstanding career and technical education students.
Allows parents or legal custodians separated from their children because of immigration matters to appoint standby guardians.
Requires school districts to provide feminine hygiene products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.
Requires cosmetology and hairstyling licensees to complete domestic violence sensitivity and response training.
Authorizes certain cities to impose tax on billboard revenues.
Mandates health benefits coverage for preimplantation genetic screening under certain health insurance plans.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
Requires meeting between student and appropriate school personnel after multiple suspensions or proposed expulsion from public school to identify behavior or health difficulties.
Directs Department of Agriculture in consultation with DOE to establish online applications for National School Lunch Program and school breakfast programs.
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for hearing aids.
Prohibits retail motor fuel dealer from charging a credit card customer in excess of four percent above the purchase price for same fuel sold to customer paying by cash.
Requires restaurant employees to receive periodic sexual harassment training.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
Addresses elder abuse in domestic settings under "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991."
Permits victims and witnesses of human trafficking to testify in criminal proceedings via closed circuit television; permits judge to make motion to seek closed circuit testimony.
Expands crime of human trafficking to include individuals who benefit financially.
Authorizes wiretapping to investigate crimes involving human trafficking or certain prostitution activities.
Requires standard certification period of 12 and 24 months, under certain circumstances, within SNAP.
Prohibits excessive price increases during period of declared abnormal market disruption.
Requires children's meals served in restaurants to meet certain nutritional standards.
Prohibits electric, gas, or water public utility service discontinuances to residential customers during certain epidemics.
Provides that persons between 18 and 21 years of age with disabilities are eligible to receive direct support professional services from DHS.
Requires landlord to attach certificate of inspection or occupancy to residential lease.
Concerns mortgage and loan forbearance, rent suspension, and consumer reporting during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Requires DCF and DOE to provide certain child abuse and neglect services or information remotely or through distance learning mechanisms.
Concerns certain annual filings by nonprofit corporations and charitable organizations.
Requires EDA to provide low interest loans to qualified small businesses and not-for-profit corporations during state of emergency declared by Governor.
Establishes one-time payment program in Department of Treasury for aid for certain eligible taxpayers; appropriates $35 million.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy and energy efficiency programs for overburdened communities.
Concerns mortgage forbearance for certain residential homeowners and protections for certain tenants and landlords during COVID-19 pandemic.
Codifies protections in Law Against Discrimination for persons suffering discrimination on grounds of disparate impact.
Expands NJ FamilyCare to ensure healthcare benefits are available to all uninsured children under 19 years of age who live in New Jersey; appropriates $3 million for outreach, enrollment, and retention regarding NJ FamilyCare.
Permits use of combination of in-person and virtual or remote instruction in 2020-2021 school year to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement.
Requires school districts to include instruction on significance of Juneteenth Independence Day as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Reduces standard voter registration deadline to eight days before election; allows voter registration at polling place on election day and at offices where mail-in ballots are issued within 45 days before election.
Establishes Division on Violence Prevention and Intervention in DLPS.
Clarifies penalties for certain violations of pretrial release; directs prosecutor to provide written notice of release to victim.
Requires public utility to provide daily updates to municipalities concerning public utility service work.
Requires electric public utility to reimburse customers for cost of certain spoiled products resulting from service outage more than 72 hours after end of storm.
Requires refunds for payments made to venues for events canceled due to coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and caps additional venue charges at no more than rate of inflation for rescheduled events.
Prohibits certain utilities and authorities from increasing rates and assessing late or restoration fees or charges during and within 180 days after major public health emergency.
Establishes temporary three-year alcoholic beverage license for new restaurants that opened during COVID-19 pandemic.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Requires revision of State Legislature's anti-harassment policy; specifies investigation of discrimination and harassment complaint process.
Codifies State Workplace Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Policy.
Requires law enforcement agency to provide copy of certain police reports to crime victims.
Establishes "PPE Resource Planning Unit" in Office of Emergency Management; requires Office of Emergency Management to maintain 90-day supply of personal protective equipment for use in declared emergency; appropriates $20 million.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to support establishment of criminal justice career academies in public high schools.
Establishes "New Jersey Transit Bus Riders' Bill of Rights."
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from hiring officer applicants removed from office by former agency for police misconduct.
Requires DOE to develop transition checklist for students with disabilities; requires DOE to maintain information on website concerning transition resources.
Provides gross income tax credit for certified teachers who incur expenses for classroom supplies.
Extends period for expanded use of telemedicine and telehealth services for duration of declared COVID-19 public health emergency and provides for additional health benefits coverage.
Addresses long-term effects of COVID-19.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Creates "Disability Life-Sustaining Measures Advisory Council."
Requires long-term care facilities to submit reports regarding residents with disabilities.
Requires hospitals to collect and report demographic data on people with disabilities who are tested or treated for COVID-19 during declared public health emergency.
Requires electric public utility to reimburse cost of certain customer-owned electric service equipment if damage to equipment is due to weather event affecting electric public utility service.
Establishes pilot program to refer certain emergency department patients for development of coordinated behavioral health care treatment and support services plan.
Requires State Auditor to report on finances of public institutions of higher education.
Requires students enrolled in public institutions of higher education to complete course on financial literacy.
Creates State contract set-aside program for businesses owned and operated by persons with disabilities.
Requires access to law enforcement disciplinary records as government records; requires such records to be retained for certain period of time.
Establishes Teacher Apprenticeship Program.
Requires teachers to biennially complete two hours of professional development related to cultural competence.
Expands definition of landlords required to provide receipt for rent cash payment made by tenant.
Requires notification to school communities about COVID-19 infections; excludes members of school community infected with COVID-19 from in-person activities; and requires DOE to develop data dashboard on COVID-19 in schools.
Establishes protocols for notification and isolation in the event of COVID-19 infections at institutions of higher education and requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop date dashboard on COVID-19.
Establishes "Emerging Food Task Force" to encourage information sharing concerning new produce options and consumer trends.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Requires transportation network company drivers to participate in educational training course on dangers, harms, and warning signs of human trafficking.
Requires certain providers to restore level of care to pre-COVID-19 levels following end of declared public health emergency.
Makes FY 2021 supplemental appropriation of $1,250,000 for Minorities in Police (MIP) recruiting program.
Requires MVC to allow person to indicate special needs with motor vehicle registration.
Requires New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to conduct Statewide survey to assess Holocaust and genocide education in schools.
Requires DCF and DOE to establish policies and procedures relating to child abuse and neglect and child abuse prevention during certain public health emergencies.
Establishes New Jersey Veteran Grant Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Provides additional home ownership assistance for certain military service members.
Establishes "Bring Veterans to New Jersey Program."
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Establishes Digital Divide Solutions Grant Program in DOE to assist public schools in purchase of connected devices and Internet access for students during periods of remote instruction.
Establishes crime of knowingly filing false report against law enforcement officers.
Requires employers to discharge employees who have tested positive for or are exhibiting symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 from worksite until employees may safely return to work.
Requires county boards of elections to establish ballot drop boxes at certain long-term care facilities at least 45 days before election.
Requires New Jersey Supreme Court to issue order dismissing certain charges, complaints, and arrest warrants filed with or issued by municipal courts and unresolved for five years or more; requires AOC to conduct certain studies.
Requires commercial Internet websites and online services to notify consumers of collection and disclosure of personally identifiable information and allows consumers to opt out.
Requires installation and maintenance of video surveillance cameras in construction of new multiple dwellings and existing multiple dwellings undergoing substantial renovations in certain municipalities.
Provides certain deceptive practices in advertising of pregancy-related violate consumer fraud act.
Permits suspension by Governor of wage execution during declared Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency.
Bans non-consensual third-party delivery service use of likenesses, intellectual property, and trademarks.
Broadens eligibility for gross income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Provides certain protections for pandemic financial assistance.
Requires financial institutions to release records to adult protective services when suspecting fraud of vulnerable adult or senior customer; allows adult protective service to release same records to law enforcement agency if necessary.
Allows current and former judicial officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers and certain family or household members to register to vote without disclosing residential address; prohibits public disclosure of that information.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish New Jersey Minority, Woman, and Underserved Farmer Registry.
Requires health care professionals to order bi-lateral ultrasounds concurrently when ordering mammograms; requires insurers to cover concurrent mammograms and bi-lateral ultrasounds.
Provides supplemental appropriation from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE to provide additional State aid to certain school districts.
Increases certain penalties for leaving scene of motor vehicle accident resulting in death or injury.
Prohibits gender-based price discrimination.
Establishes "Twelfth Grade Postsecondary Transition Year Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Establishes pilot program in certain municipalities to make grants available to non-profit organizations to perform outreach and provide services to victims of human trafficking.
Revises gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses by expanding income eligibility and increasing credit.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to include certain taxpayers who are at least 65 years of age.
Establishes confidentiality of court records of landlord-tenant disputes after five years.
Requires portable anti-choking devices be placed in schools.
Establishes the "Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force."
Establishes standards for expiration of rental housing affordability controls.
Requires DOH to establish doula registry and requires doula registration in order to practice doula care.
Provides that certain school districts will receive State school aid in amounts equal to aid provided in 2020-2021 school year.
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Designates September as "Prostate Cancer Awareness Month."
Provides for additional considerations in child custody determinations and training for certain judicial employees.
Requires certain homemaker-home health aides to be certified or trained to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Requires pharmacy practice sites to document reasons for not filling certain prescriptions.
Requires automobile insurers to provide DOBI with annual documentation demonstrating no discriminatory outcomes with insurer’s automated underwriting system.
Establishes COVID-19 Emergency Medical Services Assistance Grant Program in DOH; appropriates $2 million.
Requires AG to establish uniform police training curriculum.
Establishes Crisis Response Support Program to make mental health services available to police departments responding to certain emergencies; appropriates $2,000,000.
Creates "New Jersey Online Foreclosure Sale Act."
Addresses certain missed residential lease payments in response to COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $300 million.
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.
Concerns paid leave bereavement.
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.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for After School Recreation in Urban Areas.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $35 million to "Urban and Rural Centers Unsafe Buildings Demolition Revolving Loan Fund."
Prohibits certain forms of discrimination in DOH policies concerning allocation of critical health care resources.
Requires school districts to permit students five excused absences for mental or behavioral health reasons.
Expands authority of Missing Persons and Human Trafficking Unit; creates rebuttable presumption of criminal activity in high risk missing persons cases.
Establishes the "COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Worker Memorial Commission."
Provides that defendant who participated in diversion program for certain marijuana offenses on prior occasion may again participate under certain circumstances.
Increases, over three years, Medicaid per diem rate for certain assisted living residences, comprehensive care homes, and assisted living programs; makes appropriation.
Establishes program in DOLWD to connect persons with disabilities with job training and employment.
Requires municipality to return to taxpayer property taxes paid in error due to assessor's or owner's mistake.
Requires child care center vehicles to be equipped with alarm system prompting driver to inspect vehicle for children left unattended in vehicle.
Designates Suicide Awareness & Remembrance flag as official State flag.
Requires candidate for teacher certification to complete course or training on anti-racism in education.
Broadens exemption from civil service examination for certain entry-level law enforcement positions.
Permits a marriage or civil union license to be issued and solemnized via audio-visual technology.
Establishes Doula Registry in DOH; requires inclusion on Doula Registry to receive reimbursement for doula services rendered to Medicaid beneficiary.
Permits municipalities to issue retail liquor licenses for use in certain historic taverns.
Establishes child care costs reimbursement grant program in DCF for parents or guardians whose children are subject to quarantine as a result of COVID-19; appropriates $500,000.
Eliminates qualified immunity and sovereign immunity in certain cases.
Establishes "Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems" pilot program in DOH; appropriates $2,000,000.
Expands "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program" and in Juvenile Justice Commission to include Jersey City; appropriates $2 million.
Requires candidate for teacher certification to complete course or training on anti-racism in education.
Establishes New Jersey Siblings' Bill of Rights.
Requires Attorney General to establish Human Trafficking Unit in Department of Law and Public Safety.
Requires DMVA to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.
Prohibits owner or operator of parking facility from preventing customer from leaving due to malfunction of parking facility payment process.
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Concerns family leave and disability benefits during epidemic-related emergencies.
Concerns family leave benefits during epidemic-related emergencies.
Permits nonprofit corporations to allow members to participate in meetings by means of remote communication, and permits nonprofit corporations to hold meetings in part or solely by means of remote communication during state of emergency.
Prohibits cancellation or nonrenewal of certain insurance policies and insurance premium finance agreements for a period of at least 60 days under certain circumstances after declaration of public health emergency, or state of emergency, or both.*
Requires hospitals to report COVID-19 demographic data.