Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
William B. Sampson IV
Sponsored
Became law2
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2023.
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP under FY 2024 environmental infrastructure funding program.
In committee14
Requires NJT to implement enhanced security measures at train stations.
Extends limitations on expulsions and suspensions for young students to students in grade three.
Requires school district to notify registered apprenticeship programs of upcoming college or career fair.
Upgrades assault on crossing guard, parking attendant, or uniformed employee of municipal parking authority to aggravated assault.
Creates New Jersey-Africa Commission.
Establishes Military Suicide Prevention Task Force.
Requires certain school districts to enter into dual enrollment agreements with one or more institutions of higher education.
Requires hearing-impairment designation to be printed on front of driver's license.
Concerns custodial interviews of juveniles by law enforcement officers.
Requires reporting of suicide attempts made by first responders.
Requires motor vehicle manufacturer to stamp motor vehicle identification number on catalytic converters.
Creates Statewide right to counsel program in certain eviction proceedings, and appropriates $20,000,000.
Mandates renter's insurance for individuals leasing dwelling units.
Establishes certain marine firefighting training course requirements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 25
Establishes New Jersey Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program.
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system of electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.*
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.*
Requires New Jersey Historical Commission to establish Black Heritage Trail; permits New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation to use funds for markers on certain trail sites; appropriates $1 million.*
Establishes "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act."
Establishes three-year sickle cell disease pilot program; appropriates $10,200,000.*
Establishes Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Provides one-year waiver of certain MVC fees imposed for driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriations of $71,786,000.
Enhances customer service experience with Business Action Center in Department of State by collecting and disseminating customer assistance metrics.
Promotes small business Internet presence.
Permits behavioral and mental health care providers to operate within homeless shelters.
Requires DCA to conduct surveys and report data related to homelessness in administering the Rental Assistance Navigation Program.*
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Expands scope of Foreclosure Mediation Assistance Program during State of Emergency to allow use of program funds for payment to counselors who help disaster victims process applications for assistance.
Expands scope of school district employee sick leave.
Establishes Medicaid per diem rate for pediatric medical day care services delivered by provider offering on-site services; appropriates $3.6 million to DHS.
Increases minimum monthly benefit under State SNAP Minimum Benefits Program from $50 to $95 and authorizes DHS to increase program benefit amount.
Concerns New Jersey Civic Information Consortium.
Enters New Jersey into Counseling Compact.
Establishes grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through DOLWD; makes appropriation.
Establishes "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Revises and clarifies certain expungement procedures.
Vetoed · 2
Requires MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf.*
Provides employee access to employee's employment records on file with DOLWD.
Passed the General Assembly · 25
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Eliminates conviction of indictable offense as automatic disqualifier for jury service under certain circumstances.*
Requires DHS and other appropriate state agencies to disseminate information on transportation options for persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires MVC to establish system for salvage processors to electronically process salvage certificates of title.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
Requires cultural diversity and implicit bias training be included in police basic training curriculum.
Requires public schools, and nonpublic schools which receive federal funding, to provide students with information on rights afforded under Title IX, and provide contact information for Title IX coordinator.
Requires DOT, NJT, and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Allows individuals that have undergone certain background checks, including individuals with certain commercial driver license endorsements, to renew license online or by mail.
Requires DHS and DOH to submit federal waivers to cover menstrual products under NJ FamilyCare, SNAP, WIC and establishes State funded benefit if federal waiver is denied; appropriates $2 million for State benefit.*
Requires DHS to employ Transportation Planning Coordinator to oversee provision of transportation services.
"College Mental Health Services Act"; establishes grant program for public institutions of higher education and requires public institutions of higher education to report certain information concerning mental health treatment and suicides.
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications.*
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Requires State Medicaid beneficiaries to notify county welfare agencies no later than 20 days of change of circumstances.
Requires public water systems and landlords to provide certain notice of elevated perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances levels in drinking water; requires DEP to establish educational program.
Requires vehicle identification number be stamped on catalytic converters of motor vehicles.
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
Regulates provision of pharmaceutical services in nursing homes.*
Establishes New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force; clarifies collection of student growth data.*
Out of committee · 45
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.
Enhances, and allocates funds for, pre-apprenticeship programs.
Establishes position of Youth Disconnection Prevention and Recovery Ombudsperson; establishes "School Disconnection Prevention Task Force."*
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing certain persons with developmental disabilities.
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Requires certain documentation of needs of students with disabilities during school security drills and emergency situations and in school security plans; requires staff training on needs of students with disabilities in emergency planning.
Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.
Provides for civil actions against persons or entities profiting from commission of human trafficking offenses, or maintaining victims of such offenses.
Establishes Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund; establishes requirements for proceeds from opioid settlements to support substance use disorder prevention and treatment programs.*
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of residential property on basis of race or national origin.
Includes duct cleaning as public work subject to the prevailing wage law.*
Implements certain guidelines concerning purchase of catalytic converters.
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission" in DHS.*
Consolidates certain affordable housing and assistance applications.
"Medicaid Transportation Brokerage Program Oversight and Accountability Act"; establishes vehicle, staffing, and performance standards, and review and reporting requirements for non-emergency medical transport provided under State's non-emergency medical transportation brokerage program.*
Authorizes special "We Support the Arts" license plates with proceeds to New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during hot weather.*
Limits certain provisions in restrictive covenants and limits enforceability of restrictive covenants.
Requires State government entities provide vital documents and translation services in at least seven most common non-English languages.*
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit Program.*
"Transparency in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Curriculum Act"; requires public schools to solicit parental input on health and physical education curriculum; sets standards for curriculum delivery in all subject areas.
Establishes program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to pay for remaining tuition costs related to certain remedial or developmental courses.
Credits $5.2 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $2.9 billion to NJ Schools Development Authority, NJ DOT, and NJT; and establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects.*
Establishes Liberty State Park Design Task Force.*
Revises definition of destructive device to include certain .50 caliber rifles; makes certain exceptions.
Includes electronic sports event as sports wagering; authorizes electronic sports wagering at certain locations.*
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate of $200 for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services.
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location and to make available certain informational brochures.
Requires DCA to track natural disaster-related spending by State and local government.
Requires public institutions of higher education to submit annual fiscal monitoring report; authorizes Secretary of Higher Education to appoint State monitor of certain institutions; requires higher education chief financial officers complete training; annually appropriates $100,000.*
Requires school districts to provide instruction on grief as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Concerns bereavement leave for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances.
Establishes signs and Internet websites for State tourism attractions, historic sites, and historic districts.*
Establishes new tourism regions and subregions in New Jersey.
Eliminates Tourism Policy Council; requires updated tourism master plan; requires specific tourism data, research, and marketing; requires annual report.
Prohibits sports wagering partnerships at public institutions of higher education.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on risks of compulsive gambling as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts; appropriates $103,023,579.*
Authorizes issuance of electronic copies of vital records.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Allows ticket prices at postseason athletic events to be increased to offset event-related expenses.
Requires board of education to directly employ certain professionals; permits board of education to contract for certain personnel; permits use of virtual or remote instruction for public school students in certain circumstances.
In committee · 50
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Requires NJ State Council on Arts to establish "Artist District" designation and select certain municipalities or areas within municipalities for such designation.
Expands permitted sales and activities on licensed premises of certain alcohol manufacturers.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to develop career and education guide for post secondary students with disabilities.
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
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.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Establishes certain law enforcement and privacy procedures; designated as New Jersey Values Act.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
"New Jersey Safe Storage of Firearms Act"; establishes certain requirements and penalties regarding firearm storage; repeals law governing minor's access to firearm; requires AG to establish public awareness campaign regarding firearm storage; appropriates $500,000.
Requires newly manufactured semi-automatic handguns to be micro-stamped; establishes handgun database.
Requires DOH approval for adverse possessory action against hospitals.
Requires Office of Information Technology to establish centralized, one-stop website resource guide to assist persons in navigating the State's developmental disability service system.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, companies involved in production or maintenance of nuclear weapons.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Expands definition of child abuse or neglect.
Establishes centralized directory for affordable and senior citizen housing.
Prohibits State from disclosing New Jersey driver's license holders' personal information to other states seeking to issue speed camera or red light camera citations.
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Designates and preserves Caven Point Peninsula in Liberty State Park as natural habitat.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey."
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Requires DCF to administer school-based youth services program as currently established.
Directs DCA and BPU to allow certain tenants seeking sewer or water utility bill assistance to provide proof tenant is paying water bill when tenant is different than customer of record.
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $772.6 million.
Requires helmet while operating bicycle, scooter, or motorized scooter.
Establishes Literacy Acceleration Home Reading Grant Program.
Establishes Family Empowerment Centers on Disability Grant Program.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Requires water supply system testing and compliance with secondary drinking water regulations.
Allows persons diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or Crohn's disease to receive parking privileges reserved for persons with disability.
Permits public high school students to opt out of physical education and sports programs during Ramadan.
Establishes student-athlete mental health specialists in school districts and public institutions of higher education; creates student-athlete mental health registry; makes appropriation.
Requires school districts to offer halal lunch options.
Requires school districts to provide information on process of obtaining US citizenship.
Establishes spotted lanternfly control grant program in Dept. of Agriculture; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes weatherization and energy efficiency pilot program to address open cockloft space between certain buildings; appropriates $30 million.
Requires drunk driver to pay restitution on behalf of child if parent or guardian is killed by that driver.
Requires availability of outside voting process for elderly or voters with disabilities when their assigned polling place does not meet accessibility requirements.
Requires DEP to adopt rules and regulations to implement California's "Advanced Clean Cars II" rules, requiring certain vehicles sold in State to be zero emission vehicles by 2035.
Requires certain fire departments in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes task force.
Establishes Office of Supportive Action Functionality Experts to prepare for catastrophic loss of technological services.
Permits suit for abusive litigation for interference with legally protected health care activity or reproductive health care services under certain circumstances.
Requires certain parking lots to have minimum two percent of total spaces designated for individuals with children.
"Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
"New Jersey Rent Stabilization Task Force Act"; Establishes State and county task forces related to stability of residential rents.
Establishes occupational heat stress standard and "Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program" in DOLWD.