Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
William B. Sampson IV
Sponsored
Became law1
Revises unemployment compensation law.
Passed the General Assembly3
Bans certain children's products containing excessive amounts of lead, mercury, or cadmium.*
Requires Attorney General to conduct study tracking residential burglaries and issue guidance to law enforcement and public.
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Out of committee6
Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*
Revises film and digital media content production tax credit program to include requirement for production of domestic original music and musical scores.
Concerns valuation of board and lodging with respect to workers' compensation.
Concerns administration of employer payroll tax and requires disclosures of certain State taxpayer information.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program projects for FY2026.
Establishes requirements for on-demand micro transit programs operating in NJ.
In committee34
Prohibits no-poaching agreements in franchise arrangements.
Establishes law enforcement procedures for responding to immigration detainers and certain requests issued by federal immigration authorities.
Revises conditions for use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement.
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.
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.
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.
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP under FY 2024 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Requires State Medicaid beneficiaries to notify county welfare agencies no later than 20 days of change of circumstances.
Requires financial institution that has foreclosed on property to remove water service lines that contain lead.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes Sports Equipment Equity Pilot Program.
Establishes certification program for zoning officers and land use board administrators.
Establishes suspension of collection of motor vehicle surcharges for certain incarcerated persons.
Regulates artificial intelligence in news media industry; establishes "Artificial Intelligence In Communications Oversight Committee."
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to hire staff to alleviate professional license application backlog; appropriates $10,000,000 in fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028.
Reduces helicopter operations at certain aviation facilities licensed by State.
Institutes State contract set-aside program for union business enterprises.
Establishes employee protections for certain employees of New Jersey City University in event of merger with Kean University.
Prohibits charging service fees for NJ EZ-Pass account holders.
Bans unauthorized restaurant reservation arrangement by third-party reservation service.
Creates criminal and civil penalties related to attacks by dogs; grants victim and owner of victimized animal hearing rights.
Requires all pet shops, grooming facilities, and pet daycares to install and maintain video monitoring systems.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*
Concerns valuation of board and lodging with respect to workers' compensation.
Concerns administration of employer payroll tax and requires disclosures of certain State taxpayer information.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program projects in FY2026.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 68
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.
Authorizes medical cannabis for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
"Pet Insurance Act."
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.*
Establishes "New Jersey Target Zero Commission."
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to professional counselors.*
Extends membership in TPAF to 10 years after discontinuance of service and to 15 years for those who were laid off or had 10 or more years of continuous service upon voluntary termination.*
Requires State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards pertaining to labor movement; requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement.*
Requires public institution of higher education to invite Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey on institution's campus.*
Prohibits delivery of electronic smoking devices and tobacco products to individuals under 21 years of age.
Establishes certain guidelines for SHBP, SEHBP, and Medicaid concerning step therapy protocols.
Requires DOE to partner with nonprofit organization to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.*
Requires public transportation employees and certain motorbus operators to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.*
Permits certain persons to operate Type S school buses.
Codifies prohibition of discriminatory practices in real estate appraisals and requires real estate appraisers to complete anti-bias training.
Increases traffic threshold for local installation of certain speed humps on certain local streets without DOT approval.
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Authorizes taxicabs, limousines, and transportation network companies to provide paratransit services for two-year period.*
Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.
Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications.
Enters NJ in Social Work Licensure Compact.
Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer.
Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of certain property for lead drinking water hazards.*
Allows follow-up communication by operators of mental health and suicide crisis resources centers or 9-8-8 crisis hotline centers to minors at risk of death by suicide.*
"Swift Access For Emergency Response Actions Preservation Program (SAFER APP)"; authorizes Attorney General to order turn-by-turn navigation systems to reroute vehicular traffic under certain conditions.
Authorizes establishment of municipal homelessness trust funds and adoption of homeless housing plans by municipalities.
Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; outlines role and duties of school counselor; requires professional development for school counselors; establishes position of School Counselor Liaison in DOE.
Requires MVC to create digital driver's licenses and digital non-driver identification cards.*
Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."
Revises process for property tax lien holder to foreclose right to redeem a property tax lien; allows property owner to protect remaining equity.
Requires adoption of policy addressing job-related issues of pregnant firefighters.
"Louisa Carman Medical Debt Relief Act."
Amends certain fire safety statutes to update licensure and equipment requirements and liability, fee, and penalty provisions; expands membership of Fire Protection Equipment Advisory Committee.*
"Illicit Opioid Supply Substances Poisoning Awareness Act"; requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of illicit opioid substances.*
Revises law concerning patient referrals to substance use disorder treatment facilities, recovery residences, and clinical laboratories.*
Prohibits use of deceptive marketing practices by substance use disorder treatment providers.
Redirects portion of worker's unemployment compensation trust fund contribution to unemployment compensation administration fund.*
Expands services that can be provided by audiologists and hearing aid dispensers.*
Requires social media companies to establish toll-free telephone number for NJ account holders to report fraudulent account actions.
Requires DOH to develop informational materials on type 1 diabetes and DOE to distribute to parents and guardians of enrolled students.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.
Enters New Jersey into Interstate Physician Assistant Licensure Compact.
Establishes licensure for cosmetic retail services.
Establishes criminal penalties for certain violations of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act."
Establishes exemptions and revises implementation timeline for requirement that newly constructed townhouses be installed with automatic fire sprinkler system.
Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000.
Expands eligibility requirements of State's child care assistance program to include full-time graduate and post-graduate students.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program projects for FY 2025.
Requires official inspection facility employees covered by collective bargaining agreement to be offered employment following contract renewal or award of new contract; requires collective bargaining agreement to be binding in certain cases.*
Establishes offense of inciting public brawl; upgrades penalty for disorderly conduct in certain circumstances.
Requires AG to establish training program for crowd management and provide resources to municipal police department or force for large gatherings and flash mobs.*
Expands certain employer reporting requirements to include entities that employ or contract with individuals for financial compensation, including ride-sharing and delivery technology platforms.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $20 million for provision of Summer Tuition Aid Grants in summer 2025; provides conditional authority for transfer of additional resources to Summer Tuition Aid Grants account.*
Concerns housing discrimination based on source of lawful income.*
Requires health care professionals to perform lead screening on pregnant persons under certain circumstances.
Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components.
Establishes crime of reckless discharge of firearm.
Removes certain limitations on receipt of retirement or death benefits under PFRS under certain circumstances.*
Requires State Police to establish recovery leave policy for troopers presenting proof of pregnancy.*
Directs DOLWD to develop and maintain industry-valued credential list.
Requires producer of certain firefighting equipment containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances to provide written notice to purchaser; prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain firefighting equipment containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.*
Requires third-party discounts and payments for individuals covered by health benefits plans to apply to copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs for covered benefits.
Requires establishment of automated platform to expedite construction code approval of applications to install residential solar energy systems.
Exempts health care professionals licensed in a foreign nation from New Jersey's licensing requirements while providing services to team participating in 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Authorizes creation of special license plate honoring Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta.
Requires Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA and applicable State agencies and nonprofits to establish a consolidated application for residential utility assistance programs.
Prohibits sweepstakes model of wagering; establishes new penalties for unlawful gambling operations and practices; directs Division of Consumer Affairs and Division of Gaming Enforcement to enforce penalties.
Vetoed · 3
Prohibits social media platforms from promoting certain practices or features of eating disorders to child users.
Requires State entities purchase five percent of goods and services from Central Nonprofit Agency; requires Division of Purchase and Property establish training protocols for all purchasing agents; grants Central Nonprofit Agency right of first refusal.*
Requires cancellation option for any subscription service and establishes certain standards pertaining to use of negative option features.
Passed the General Assembly · 49
Permits certain consumers up to five business days to cancel home improvement contracts and up to three days to cancel certain consumer goods contracts.*
Upgrades criminal penalties for use or possession of payment card scanning device; requires merchant to take reasonable safety measures to prevent scanning of payment card.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.*
"General Contractor Licensing Act;" provides for regulation of general contractors and general contracting businesses.*
Requires 60 day notice concerning tuition rate changes by licensed child care centers.
Prohibits sale of certain diet pills and dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building to persons under 18 years of age under certain circumstances.*
Directs DOE and DOH to develop guidelines for school districts and institutions of higher education concerning student vaping awareness campaigns.
Exempts community gardens operating on-site composting systems or other systems of managing organic waste from certain DEP permits under certain conditions.
Extends time period for tenants receiving federal housing choice voucher program assistance to locate new housing after landlord sells property.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Permits court to order counseling for children in households with domestic violence in appropriate cases; establishes presumption of award of custody to domestic violence victim in appropriate cases.**
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.*
Provides gross income tax deduction to eligible educators and paraprofessionals for expense of classroom supplies.
Establishes protected leave under "Family Leave Act" and family temporary disability leave benefits for bereavement for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances.*
Requires child abuse reporting hotline maintained by DCPP to provide information on resources available to victims and families.
Prohibits sale, distribution, and manufacture of jewelry containing cadmium.
Establishes certain medical billing requirements concerning specific nature of charges or expenses for health care services.
Revises penalties for certain prohibited sales of tobacco and vapor products and smoking in indoor places.*
The "Certified Medication Aide in Nursing Homes Staffing Support Act;" authorizes certified medication aides to administer medications to nursing home residents.
Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages.
Clarifies consent to being photographed, filmed, or recorded in a sexual manner does not include or imply consent to disclosure of image.
Protects access to assisted reproductive technology.
Modifies collective Statewide transfer agreement and reverse transfer agreement; establishes New Jersey Transfer Ombudsperson within Office of Secretary of Higher Education.*
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism develop and maintain Internet website on historic sites, districts, and roadside markers.
Provides for rehabilitative release for certain incarcerated persons.
Establishes standards for court-ordered counseling for domestic violence offenders.
Concerns keyless locking mechanisms and burglar's tools.
Establishes "Home Security Systems Anti-Burglary Task Force."
Allows sentencing to extended term for repeat convictions of receipt of stolen property.
Limits negotiated plea agreements for crime of burglary when firearm involved.
Establishes separate crime of burglary of residential dwelling.
Enters NJ in Cosmetology Licensure Compact.
Requires that notice concerning gift card fraud be posted by retail mercantile establishments that sell gift cards to consumers.
Limits regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in menstrual products.*
Requires prescription drug coverage for serious mental illness without prior authorization or utilization management, including step therapy.
Prohibits certain coordination among residential rental property owners who restrict competition with respect to residential dwelling units.*
Provides seniority service credit to educational support professionals for military service.
Requires certain athletic trainers and certain coaches of interscholastic sports, cheerleading and dance programs, and collegiate sports to complete student-athlete eating disorder training program developed by Commissioner of Education.
Revises penalty for underage gambling to be civil penalty; provides for all associated fines to be used for gambling addiction treatment.
Requires transfer of certain participants of DCRP to PERS.*
Prohibits sale, manufacture, and distribution of certain apparel containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Requires AG to review Statewide policy regarding investigation of human trafficking.
Requires State Police to inform local law enforcement if certain prohibited persons attempt to purchase firearm or ammunition.
Requires restaurant to disclose mandatory gratuity to patrons.*
Requires BPU to work with neighboring states to research and recommend certain action concerning electric capacity and transmission.
Prohibits sharing automated license plate reader information for interstate investigation concerning reproductive health care services that are legal in NJ.
Requires retail food establishments to provide disclosures for certain caffeinated beverages.
Out of committee · 112
Provides tuition fee waiver for certain apprenticeship courses.*
Requires public agency receiving State funds to post on website use of State funds for public work contracts with minority, women, and veteran owned businesses.
Provides for expanded use of affordable housing voucher program funding.*
Regulates provision of pharmaceutical services in nursing homes.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to use therapy dogs in public elementary school wellness programs.
"Penny's Law"; requires DEP to develop beach accessibility guidelines for persons with disabilities.
Establishes NJT Office of Customer Advocate and Rider Advocacy Commission.
"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.*
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Allows public bodies to conduct meetings by electronic means.
Adopts Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.
Exempts nursing mothers from jury duty.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Requires Commissioner of Department of Veterans Affairs to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.*
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Includes electronic sports event as sports wagering; authorizes electronic sports wagering at certain locations.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events; appropriates $2.5 million.**
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow for service contracts to be paused or canceled following service recipient's admission to long-term care facility.*
Upgrades certain penalties for assaulting law enforcement officer and requires offender to be tested for communicable diseases in certain instances.
Prohibits providers of commercial mobile service and developers of mobile application from disclosing customer's global position system data to third parties under certain circumstances.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
Prohibits telecommunications, utility or cable television companies from charging certain customers prior to actual billing due date.
Prohibits insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP from charging fee for paper bills and notices.
Requires Administrative Law Judges to be enrolled in Workers Compensation Judges Part of PERS.
Establishes program in DOLWD to connect persons with disabilities with job training and employment.
Allows gross income tax deduction for union dues paid to labor organizations.
Concerns certain emergency operations plans required to be submitted to law enforcement agencies.
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of prenatal ultrasound screenings covered under health benefits plans.
Requires new flooring for schools, community centers, and child care centers to be certified mercury-free.**
Broadens eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Directs Department of Agriculture in consultation with DOE, to establish Internet-based school meals application.*
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Establishes centralized directory for affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.*
Establishes New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force; clarifies collection of student growth data.
Clarifies and codifies certain inflatable ride safety requirements.
Provides tax levy cap adjustment for certain school districts experiencing reductions in State school aid.
Concerns implementation of fire sprinkler system requirements in newly constructed townhouses.
Establishes occupational heat stress standard and "Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program" in DOLWD.
Revises statutory terms pertaining to sexual exploitation or abuse of children.
Establishes programs to address needs of toddlers and certain children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Requires each public institution of higher education to convene menstrual equity task force.*
Establishes pilot program to provide Medicaid coverage of remote maternal health services for eligible beneficiaries.
Prohibits use of license plate flipping device; increases penalty for displaying fictitious registration plate number in certain circumstances.
"CJ's Law"; Criminalizes manufacture, sale, and possession of substances containing kratom.
Requires public institution of higher education to readmit student whose enrollment was interrupted due to military service.
Allows social worker to acquire four hours of continuing education credit for volunteering as poll worker.
Requires rental car company to provide notice to renter to delete personal information from motor vehicle computer system upon return of vehicle.*
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish employment web portal and virtual applicant profile system.**
Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum for grades three through five.*
Requires school districts to provide instruction on history and contributions of Latino and Hispanic Americans as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
Allows certain public high school student-athletes to substitute study hall for physical education during their athletic seasons.
Requires testing of electrical systems of certain electric bicycles, powered mobility devices, and batteries prior to sale, rental, lease, or other distribution to consumers.
Revises provisions of "Dry Cell Battery Management Act."
Requires training of cosmetologists-hairstylists, beauticians, barbers, and hair braiders to include working on textured hair.
Establishes requirements concerning provision of postpartum care, pregnancy loss, and stillbirth information and development of personalized postpartum care plans.*
Requires municipalities, counties, and school districts to report cybersecurity incidents.
Permits service credit in Prosecutors Part of PERS for judicial clerk service; increases salary of Presiding Judge of Appellate Division and county prosecutor; permits retired judges to collect pension while serving as county prosecutor.*
Expands scope of public works subject to prevailing wage requirements; concerns prevailing wage law requirements for public institutions of higher education.*
Provides for filing extension and alternate medical documentation in PFRS, SPRS, or PERS for accidental disability retirement in certain circumstances; extends accidental death benefit for survivors of certain SPRS retirees.*
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Requires employer or contractor engaged in work for public body to submit payroll records to DOLWD.*
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Establishes working hours for certain minors employed as professional athletes.*
Establishes penalties for employers who disclose or threaten to disclose employee's immigration status for purpose of concealing violation of State wage, benefit or tax laws.*
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey"; appropriates $5 million.**
Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract.
Requires transparency concerning compensation with promotional opportunities and in employment listings.
Requires business using text-based chat to offer transcription of chat to consumer.
Prohibits cooperative from receiving public works contract when cooperative-approved vendor fails to pay prevailing wage; concerns cooperative purchasing agreements with other states; and permits contracting units to award certain indefinite contracts.*
Provides that only registered design professionals or employees with certified fire escape contractors are authorized to install, service, repair, inspect, and maintain fire escapes.*
Requires issuance of raincheck for unavailable good or service advertised by digital coupon.
Establishes crimes of home invasion burglary and residential burglary.*
Requires certain ultrasounds on pregnant women to be performed by licensed health care professionals.
Imposes certain requirements on secondhand dealers of cellular telephones and wireless communication devices.
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $4.0 million.
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.**
Allows pharmacists to transfer Schedule II attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder prescriptions.
"Real Estate Consumer Protection Enhancement Act."
Regulates production and sale of certain intoxicating hemp products.
Establishes Next New Jersey Program for artificial intelligence investments.
Directs DOE to create New Jersey Education Funding Portal to make available to school districts and public State school aid information.
Requires DOH to establish Regional Hospital System Program for Emergency Preparedness and to annually survey preparedness and resiliency of State's hospital system in event of public emergency.
Enhances access to public health emergency supplies and services.
Permits use of credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment for raffles and penny auctions.*
Requires employer to disclose information concerning leave eligibility in hiring package.
Requires construction project applicants to disclose project financing.
"Climate Superfund Act"; imposes liability on certain fossil fuel companies for certain damages caused by climate change and establishes program in DEP to collect and distribute compensatory payments.
Requires certain notifications to subcontractors listed on bid for State contract by prime contractor.
Requires Chief Diversity Officer in Department of Treasury and other State officers to conduct certain outreach events, training workshops, and educational programs for minority and women-owned businesses.
Prohibits business entities from selling or manufacturing certain personal flotation devices not approved by United States Coast Guard.
Upgrades, and in some circumstances provides for extended terms of imprisonment for, certain retail theft crimes, addresses gift card fraud, and authorizes new Attorney General initiatives to address organized retail theft.*
Permits certain local units and authorities to reduce water, sewer, and stormwater fees and other charges for low-income persons.*
Requires BPU to establish beneficial building electrification and decarbonization program and requires certain entities to submit plans to implement individual beneficial building electrification and decarbonization programs.*
Permits restaurants and certain alcoholic beverage retailers and manufacturers to conduct business within designated outdoor space or on public sidewalk.
Establishes AI and Labor Market Study Commission to analyze impact of artificial intelligence on labor market.
Directs DEP and DOT to establish "Wildlife Corridor Action Plan." *
Requires continuation of health benefits dependent coverage for certain children with disabilities who are 26 years of age or older.
Establishes Artificial Intelligence Apprenticeship Program and artificial intelligence apprenticeship tax credit program.
Establishes "Occupational Heat-Related Illness and Injury Prevention Program" and occupational heat stress standard in DOLWD.
Appropriates $60 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Establishes "Graduate Physician Licensing Act."
Limits general application of certain consumer contracts.
Creates Health Care Cost Containment and Price Transparency Commission, Office of Healthcare Affordability and Transparency, and hospital price transparency regulations.*
Requires public institution of higher education to provide students with information on food assistance programs.
Prohibits advertising artificial intelligence system as licensed mental health professional.
Eliminates sales tax on baby necessities and sunscreen.
Makes various changes to SHBP plan offerings and governance.
Establishes "New Jersey Veterans and Military Spouses Asset Protection Act."
In committee · 182
Requires portable anti-choking devices be placed in schools.
Allows individuals that have undergone certain background checks, including individuals with certain commercial driver license endorsements, to renew license online or by mail.
Allows holder of disabled veteran or Purple Heart license plate or placard to park in parking spots for persons with disability.
Allows certain persons with developmental disabilities 21 years of age and older to attend special education programs and to simultaneously participate in adult day and employment programs.
Requires Medicaid coverage of social day care services for senior citizens.
Requires manufacturers of electric vehicles to establish and implement electric vehicle battery management plans.
Requires MVC to establish system for salvage processors to electronically process salvage certificates of title.
Specifies that emergency, transitional, and permanent housing for victim of domestic violence would be funded by "Domestic Violence Victims' Fund."
Establishes New Jersey Commission on Health Equity.
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location and to make available certain informational brochures.
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.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
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.
Eliminates conviction of indictable offense as automatic disqualifier for jury service under certain circumstances.
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.
Consolidates certain affordable housing and assistance applications.
Establishes MOM Project oral health three-year pilot program in DOH; appropriates $4,150,000.
Establishes three-year sickle cell disease pilot program; appropriates $10,200,000.
Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey."
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Expands permitted sales and activities on licensed premises of certain alcohol manufacturers.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Requires MVC to issue blue envelopes that hold documents required to operate motor vehicle to persons diagnosed with autism.
Prohibits harassing or taking of certain wildlife at competitive event; establishes penalties.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for programs providing mental health, substance use treatment, or services to persons with developmental disabilities.
Clarifies that "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991" covers elder abuse in domestic settings.
Prohibits tourist helicopter operations in New Jersey.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Establishes two-year pilot program requiring certain law enforcement agencies to coordinate with local school districts to identify and assist at-risk youths.
Establishes pilot program in DOE for special education students to attend college courses or vocational training programs.
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.
Permits public high school students to opt out of physical education and sports programs during Ramadan.
Requires school districts to offer halal lunch options.
Requires school districts to provide information on process of obtaining US citizenship.
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.
Authorizes issuance of electronic copies of vital records.
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.
Prohibits sale and distribution of nail products containing dibutyl phthalates, toluene, or formaldehyde.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to conduct study and issue report on impact of artificial intelligence on growth of State's economy.
Reduces time period during which certain prior offenses may be considered for sentencing purposes; permits first offenses to be removed from driving record in certain circumstances.
Requires reporting of certain attempted and completed suicides by minors.
Requires State government entities provide vital documents and translation services in 15 most common non-English languages.
"Consumer Legal Funding Act."
Requires cultural diversity and implicit bias training be included in police basic training curriculum.
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.
Provides for restricted use driver's license as alternatives for license suspension in municipal court.
Prohibits sale of crayon and chalk products containing lead.
Revises eligibility for Educational Opportunity Fund grants and campus-based Educational Opportunity Fund programs.
Prohibits towing companies from requiring owners of stolen motor vehicles to pay fee to release vehicles from storage facilities under certain circumstances.
Establishes crimes against elected public officials and immediate families; provides police protection in instances of crime against elected public official and immediate family.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Requires creation of license plates that allow disabled veterans to park in parking spots reserved for persons with disabilities.
Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault if committed against crossing guard or parking enforcement officer.
Requires employers to provide paid leave to employees to vote in certain circumstances.
Expands Medicaid coverage regarding assistive devices for hearing impaired under certain circumstances.
Prohibits transportation network companies from engaging in surge pricing during state of emergency.
Establishes process for county colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs in certain critcal-need applied science fields.
Exempts sales of pet medication purchased from sales and use tax.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Requires DOT, NJT, and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities.
Establishes Interagency Council on Homelessness.
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Requires health insurance carriers to categorize mental health treatment and therapy received by victim of domestic violence as medically necessary treatment and provide full benefits coverage therefor.
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 DCA to track natural disaster-related spending by State and local government.
Establishes grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through DOLWD; makes appropriation.
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.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
"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.
Concerns development of accessory dwelling units and related municipal land use regulations.*
Concerns New Jersey Civic Information Consortium.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing.
Requires DOC to ensure inmates have opportunity to participate in Medicaid pre-enrollment and enrollment sessions at least 60 days prior to release; requires applicable inmates to receive Medicaid card at release.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ formerly incarcerated individuals.
Directs DOLWD to identify, and post on website, employment opportunities with minimal barriers to entry for persons returning to workforce after imprisonment.
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 health insurance carriers to provide coverage for persons 18 or younger with diagnosed complex medical needs.
Requires Special Investigations Division to issue monthly report on sexual abuse in State correctional facilities.
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency.
Modifies Community College Opportunity Grant Program to permit adult students enrolled in postsecondary career and technical education programs to receive financial assistance.
Establishes insulin assistance program.
Enters New Jersey into Counseling Compact.
Allows county and municipal police departments to establish designated safe areas for Internet purchase transactions; establishes public awareness campaign.
Permits person with certain brain injuries to voluntarily make notation on driver's license, identification card, and in MVC registry; establishes program to train law enforcement officers in interactions with persons with certain brain injuries.
Requires instruction on cybersecurity in grades nine through 12; requires Office of Secretary of Higher Education to develop cybersecurity model curricula; establishes loan redemption programs for individuals in certain cybersecurity occupations.
Establishes task force to study presence of mercury in floors of certain facilities.
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Establishes license allowing supermarkets to sell certain alcoholic beverages manufactured in this State; designated as The Garden State Grocery Liquor Licensing Act.
Establishes presumption of pretrial detention for certain vehicular offenses.
Establishes position of Youth Disconnection Prevention and Recovery Ombudsperson; establishes "School Disconnection Prevention Task Force."
Requires school performance reports to include information about positive placement of graduates, including apprenticeships.
Requires candidates for county committee to receive number of write-in votes at least equal to number of signatures required to be placed on ballot in order to be elected.
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 low-speed electric bicycles and low-speed electric scooters to be registered with MVC and to be insured.
Concerns false public alarms involving places of worship.
Upgrades burglary of residence to crime of the second degree.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate of $200 for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services.
Requires insurance coverage of diapers when medically necessary.
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Imposes certain requirements on businesses that make automatic renewal or continuous service offers.
Prohibits certain caller identification service manipulation and provides additional penalty.
Allocates $200 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development to improve unemployment insurance infrastructure technology.
"Used Car Buyers' Bill of Rights"; prohibits certain "as is" sales of used motor vehicles.
Requires person offering digital coupon to make available in-store alternative of identical value.
Establishes Blockchain Promotion and Integration Program.
"Santiago/Ramos/Liu Police Protection Act"; requires certain law enforcement vehicles to have tinted windows.
Requires DHS and DOH, respectively, to provide information on SNAP, WFNJ, and WIC recipients regarding card skimming, cloning, and similar fraudulent activities and to replace stolen benefits; makes appropriation.
Requires MVC to provide customers with certain documents in-person, same day.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize general science endorsement to instructional certificate.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Provides certain resources to county prosecutors for enforcement of law regarding failure to pay wages; makes appropriation.
Provides additional State school aid to school districts experiencing enrollment increases due to conversion of age-restricted housing developments to non-restricted developments.
Requires DOLWD to apply smart labor force data to direct veterans to in-demand fields.
Requires MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf.
Prohibits operation of drone over school under certain circumstances.
Expands definition of child under PFRS and SPRS.
Concerns discrimination based on membership in a labor organization.
"Sebastien's Law"; revises certain requirements for window guards in certain multiple dwellings.
Exempts licensed master plumbers from certain electrical contractor business permit requirements.
Establishes expedited ejectment proceeding to remove certain unauthorized real property occupants.
Requires Cannabis Regulatory Commission to monitor prices and to establish price cap on prices, under certain conditions, regarding medical cannabis cultivators, manufacturers, dispensaries, and clinical registrants.
Establishes student-athlete mental health specialists in school districts and public institutions of higher education; creates student-athlete mental health registry; makes appropriation.
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information concerning court administrators and deputy court administrators.
Provides gross income tax deduction for in vitro fertilization treatment expenses.
Exempts election worker compensation from taxation.
Allows teaching experience to be considered for out-of-State individuals seeking licensure from New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Establishes program to provide free tuition under State Tuition Aid Grant Program to certain students who are accepted to public four-year institutions of higher education and elect to attend county college for first two years.
Increases pay for direct support professionals; makes appropriation.
Establishes requirements for on-demand micro transit programs operating within State.
Establishes EMS part of PERS; provides enhanced benefits for emergency medical services employees.
Requires vehicle identification number be stamped on catalytic converters of motor vehicles.
Requires public schools that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.
Allows students to use portion of opportunity grant awards under Educational Opportunity Fund program during summer session.
Revises out-of-State reciprocity for elevator, escalator, and moving walkway mechanic's license.
"Cancer Patient Care and Compassion Act."
Requires public institution of higher education to adopt withdrawal policy permitting refund for certain extenuating circumstances.
Authorizes grocery stores to provide certain single-use paper carryout bags to customers.
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
Requires development of State data and technology infrastructure investment plan for public health emergencies.
Exempts honorably discharged veterans from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears honorably discharged veteran's placard issued by MVC.
Establishes survivor support liaison in Department of Treasury to assist beneficiaries of emergency responders who die in line of duty; "designated as Captain Augusto Acabou's, Wayne Brooks', and Plainfield Firefighter Marques Hudson's act"; appropriates $1,000,000.
Requires certain consumer disclosures relating to rabies testing and establishes optional training for veterinarians.
Requires social media companies to take certain actions concerning accounts maintained by or featuring minors.
Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing legally protected health care activities; establishes right of residents to legally protected health care services, which are restricted in other states.
Requires local recreation departments, youth serving organizations, and youth camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
Permits certain students not enrolled in public schools to participate in interscholastic athletics.
Requires institutions of higher education to have automatic external defibrillator on premises and maintain supply of naloxone hydrochloride.
Requires public institution of higher education to provide alternative scholarship to student-athlete who loses athletic scholarship due to injury.
"New Jersey Motorcycle Awareness and Safety Act"; requires DOT to develop public awareness campaign for motorcycle day.
Requires Civil Service Commission establish mentoring program for certain civil service firefighter applicants.
Prohibits cryptocurrency automatic teller machines.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on artificial intelligence; requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop artificial intelligence model curricula.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Expands financing opportunities for low and moderate income housing.
Requires DHS and other appropriate state agencies to disseminate information on transportation options for persons with developmental disabilities.
Establishes public-private partnerships to develop artificial intelligence job training.
Establishes public awareness campaign and educational workshops concerning artificial intelligence.
Revises credentialing process for physicians attempting to enter a health insurance carrier's provider network.
Provides cancer and cardiovascular screenings to law enforcement officers; establishes fund; appropriates $20 million.
Revises law on extended employment programs for persons with disabilities.
Requires school bus personnel members working with students with disabilities to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires school buses transporting students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features.
Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Requires health insurance coverage of scalp cooling systems in connection with cancer chemotherapy treatment; requires physicians to inform patients of scalp cooling therapy.
Restructures electric and gas public utility industries.
Requires that warning notices regarding certain health risks of alcohol consumption be reviewed and updated.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by campus medical professional or trained employee.
Modifies current law on ticket sales and resales.
Creates "Census Complete Count Trust Fund" in Department of State for funding efforts to achieve full count of State's population each federal decennial census.
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information concerning certain court administrators.
Requires pharmacies to provide 90 days notice to municipality prior to closure.
Requires certain golf courses to maintain automated external defibrillator.
Supplemental appropriation of $25 million from General Fund to DOH for Hudson Regional Health.
The "Safeguarding Livable Units through Municipal Landlord Oversight and Regulation by DCA" or "SLUMLORD Act"; strengthens habitability protections for residential tenants; appropriates $5 million.