Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Raj Mukherji
Sponsored
Became law5
Requires OAL to maintain Internet database summarizing all State rule-making actions.
Grants drivers additional time to resolve parking violations prior to license or registration suspension.*
Establishes "Veterans Affordable Housing Section 8 Voucher Pilot Program."
Permits homeless to receive certified copy of birth certificate without fee.
Exempts homeless from fee for non-driver identification cards.
Passed the General Assembly6
Exempts certain health information contained in 9-1-1 calls from definition of government record.
Authorizes municipalities to establish program for public or private financing of certain energy, water and storm resiliency projects under PACE program through use of voluntary special assessments for certain property owners.*
Provides for priority consideration, by DCA, DEP, DOT, and municipalities, of permit applications for green building projects.
Requires posting of signs warning of presence of, and potential danger caused by, duckweed on water bodies in public parks.
Concerns certain business requirements for motor vehicle dealers.
Permits voter to take photograph of own voted ballot and share it on Internet-based social media.
Out of committee15
Directs Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute, Office of Information Technology, and New Jersey Big Data Alliance to develop advanced cyberinfrastructure strategic plan; appropriates $150,000.*
Prohibits a person from charging a fee to stop publishing personal identifying information obtained through the criminal justice system.
Requires Commissioner of DCA to promulgate rules and regulations providing for veterans' affordable housing assistance preference.
Provides that teacher, school bus driver, other school employee, or school volunteer who commits act of sexual penetration with student age 18 or older and less than age 20 is guilty of sexual assault under certain circumstances. *
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Confers title of Acting Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on certain judges of the Superior Court, Appellate Division, temporarily assigned to the Supreme Court.
Permits up to seven dollar increase in surcharge for document recordation with county in support of county homelessness housing trust funds.
"Nosey's Law"; prohibits use of elephants and other wild or exotic animals in traveling animal acts.*
Establishes program to reimburse local governments for federal grant funds lost due to "sanctuary jurisdiction" status.
Changes year used to calculate TDI and FLI employee taxes from most recent calendar year to most recent fiscal year.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018.
Requires NJ to join U.S. Climate Alliance to uphold Paris Climate Accord.
Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from making certain retroactive reductions in claim payments to pharmacies.
Prohibits imposition of certain penalties for driving with license suspended for parking violations.
Changes PERS membership eligibility for certain elected public officials and provides for PERS reenrollment.
In committee43
Requires State Police to produce brochure summarizing law governing transport and possession of firearms; requires MVC to make brochure available to new State residents registering vehicles.
Establishes de minimus levels for regulation of air contaminants and hazardous air pollutants, and directs DEP to establish de minimus levels for regulation of hazardous substances.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Establishes Rail Passenger Bill of Rights and authorizes Division of Consumer Affairs to enforce provisions.
Requires nursing homes to permit use of electronic monitoring devices at request of resident.
Authorizes Judiciary to revise or supplement filing and other fees, subject to limitations, to fund Legal Services of New Jersey and e-court information system; requires review and reporting on fees and expenditures of such fees.
Requires electric public utilities to implement flood mitigation plans for electric distribution substations and transfer stations in certain flood zones.
Allows firms, designated as qualified UEZ businesses, that experience economic hardship to lower employment levels without losing that designation.
Categorizes "knockout game" assault as third-degree aggravated assault; eliminates presumption of nonimprisonment for such assault.
Clarifies that definition of mental illness in law governing involuntary commitment to treatment includes substance use disorder if dangerous standard met.
Clarifies that piercing or tattooing animals constitutes needless mutilation and animal cruelty.
Provides for issuance of certificate of rehabilitation to certain offenders with substance abuse disorders.
Authorizes grandparents to obtain certified copies of death certificates of grandchildren.
Sets criteria for online learning provided to public school students.
"Digital Currency Jobs Creation Act."
"Nail Salon Worker Protection Act."
Permits dogs in outdoor seating areas of restaurants under certain circumstances; codifies current requirements concerning live animals in food establishments.
Appropriates $12 million in constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for preservation, restoration, and revitalization of Jersey City Reservoir property for recreation and conservation and historic preservation purposes.
Clarifies DHS authority to regulate sober living homes and halfway houses as residential substance abuse aftercare facilities; requires background checks and other protections for residents of residential substance abuse facilities.
Revises court filing fees, assessments, penalties, fines, and certain firearms licensing fees to fund Pretrial Services Program, e-court information system and Legal Services of New Jersey; repeals certain statutory provisions concerning court fees.
Requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols.
Prohibits certain steering and marketing practices involving dispensing of prescription drugs and drug samples.
Requires MVC to provide Gold Star Family decals to certain family members of armed services members who died while on active duty.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish a communication and incentive plan to encourage re-enrollment in college; requires Statewide reverse transfer agreement.
Establishes "MarcAnthony's Law;" criminalizes use of defaced or stolen firearm to injure a police officer; enhances penalties for defacing a firearm.
Requires developers constructing certain renewable energy generation systems to ensure that such systems would be functionally integrated to electric grid prior to commencement of construction.
Allows gross income tax deduction for certain student loan interest.
Requires all Medicaid managed care organization to permit all pharmacies in State to dispense prescriptions for all covered medications.
Extends duration of first five previously designated UEZs for two additional years; specifies permissable use of UEZ funds; requires DCA Commissioner to assess and issue report on UEZ program.
Requires certain disclosures to consumers regarding health care costs.
Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault if committed against crossing guard or parking enforcement officer.
Requires high schools to offer computer science course.
Establishes School Asthma Protocol Task Force.
Exempts honorably discharged United States military veterans from initial insurance producer licensing fee.
Allows students to use certain grant awards during summer session.
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing or email to disclose information; prohibits subscriber penalty.
Requires health care providers, carriers, and employers to make certain disclosures regarding health care costs and allows SHBP to negotiate directly with hospitals in certain circumstances.
Establishes Edison Innovation Science and Technology Fund in EDA to provide grants for certain science and technology-based university research; appropriates $5 million.
Prohibits sharing of voter information not available to public with any federal government entity, except under certain circumstances.
Exempts veterans from non-driver identification card fees.
Allows municipalities with rent control to limit amount residential tenants may be charged for landlord-required real estate broker services to $100.
Requires Secretary of State to establish online voter registration website; authorizes use of digitized signatures from New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission's database; permits voter registration at polling place on any election day.
Establishes scholarship program to provide free tuition to certain eligible students attending New Jersey public institutions of higher education.
Filed1
Requires certain State oversight of budgets of regional sewerage authorities.
Carried from the Senate
Became law6
Requires certain State oversight of budgets of regional sewerage authorities.
Requires Commissioner of DCA to promulgate rules and regulations providing for veterans' affordable housing assistance preference.
Prohibits charging fee to stop publishing personal identifying information obtained through the criminal justice system.
Changes year used to calculate TDI and FLI employee taxes from most recent calendar year to most recent fiscal year.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018.
Changes PERS membership eligibility for certain elected public officials and provides for PERS reenrollment.
Vetoed3
"Nosey's Law"; prohibits use of elephants and other wild or exotic animals in traveling animal acts.*
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Requires NJ to join U.S. Climate Alliance to uphold Paris Climate Accord.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 64
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act"; establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank within NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust; renames NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning the dangers of leaving children unattended in and around motor vehicles.
Requires NJT to hold public hearing and provide notice prior to any curtailment of certain bus and rail services.
"New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act," establishes pilot program to assist certain veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Prohibits MVC from imposing duplicate license or identification card fee and digitized picture fee if duplicate is requested to reflect change in organ donor status.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Requires annual notice of assessment on property to contain bolded notice of filing deadline for appeal.
Establishes crimes of operating school bus with suspended or revoked driving privileges and being involved in accident causing bodily injury; permanently prohibits passenger and school bus CDL endorsements for persons convicted of those crimes.
Permits bowling alleys, including alleys licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, to conduct amusement games.
Regulates use of motor vehicle payment assurance devices.
Establishes "Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*
Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles; requires that Attorney General issue guidelines or directives.
Requires school bus transporting students using wheelchairs to be equipped with four-point securement system; requires school bus operator to secure students using wheelchairs.**
Requires local governments and authorities to obtain financing cost estimate from NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust for certain projects.*
Requires development and maintenance of data dashboard report to advise of open bed availability in residential facilities providing behavioral health services.
Requires DLPS to establish and make available to law enforcement agencies cultural diversity training materials and online tutorial.*
Creates fencing crime involving stolen domestic companion animals.
Concerns calculation of net premiums on certain life insurance policies for purposes of certain DOBI assessments.
Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements.
Makes changes to funding provisions for financial assistance and grants from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund.
Establishes certain penalties for operating or participating in pyramid promotional schemes.*
Clarifies scope of corporate by-laws; provides that by-laws may include forum selection clause.
Includes all disabled veterans in NJT discount program for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Expands civil rights protections to include breastfeeding; requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for breastfeeding mothers.
Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 6 months.*
Establishes hours during which alcoholic beverages may be sold on international airport property.
Authorizes the Unclaimed Property Administrator to verify certain governmental debts before delivering abandoned property.
Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities; upgrades crimes committed against such individuals; and improves tranparency and accountability in investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of such individuals; designated as
Permits local units of government to enter into shared services agreements with federal military installations located in the State.
Extends health benefits coverage of a newborn infant.
Enters NJ in Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.
Allows use of rear view backup camera and parking sensors during road test.
Repeals law suspending certain licenses, registrations and certifications for failure to repay student loans.
Revises applicability of law concerning derivative proceedings and shareholder class actions.
Clarifies that corporate directors may approve actions without a meeting by electronic transmission.
Requires Medicaid coverage for diabetes self-management education, training, services, and equipment for patients diagnosed with diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.
Permits charging late fee for rental payments due on self-service storage units and authorizes sale of property via website.
Establishes microenterprise training program and assistance for microentrepreneurs; gives priority status to projects involving microenterprises under Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program.
Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.*
Provides protections for children under the age of 18 with developmental disabilities and individuals with developmental disabilities ages 18-21 receiving services from Division of Children's System of Care.
Revises application deadline for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Extends expiration date of certain permits for one year in Superstorm Sandy-impacted counties.
"Rosa-Bonilla Family Act"; concerns development of carbon monoxide poisoning educational program for drivers.
Requires DMVA to create registry for organizations providing services to veterans.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Concerns sale of certain tires.
Establishes 9/11 Memorial Registry.
Provides that motor vehicle registration expires on registrant's numerical calendar day of birth.
Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.
Establishes "High School to College Readiness Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education.
Requires public employers to implement certain policies for handling and responding to reports of domestic violence.
Requires driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include cyclist and pedestrian safety information. *
Requires health insurance carriers; SHBP, and SEHBP to inform covered persons about organ and tissue donation.
Establishes "New Jersey Nonprofit Security Grant Pilot Program." **
Establishes Gold Star Family Counseling Program in DMVA; creates tax credit for certain health care professionals.
Provides for emergency assistance to individuals or families that are homeless or in temporary living arrangement due to domestic violence.
Clarifies that authorized persons and entities may administer a single dose of any opioid antidote, or multiple doses of any intranasal or intramuscular opioid antidote to overdose victims, with immunity under "Overdose Prevention Act." *
Requires municipal land use plan element of master plan to address smart growth, storm resiliency, and environmental sustainability issues.
Regulates pharmacy benefits managers as organized delivery systems.**
Excludes amount of certain early withdrawals from qualified retirement plans in determination by Higher Education Student Assistance Authority of applicant's eligibility for and amount of State tuition aid grant.
Vetoed · 18
Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program.*
Increases amount of benefits under Work First New Jersey program by 30 percent over three years and according to Social Security cost of living increases thereafter.
Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.
Requires health insurance coverage for certain amino acid-based elemental formulas.
"Music Therapist Licensing Act."
Prohibits sale of unsafe supplemental mattresses designed for children's products.
Establishes Office of Student Loan Ombudsman; regulates student loan servicers.
Extends by two months seasonal retail consumption alcoholic beverage license.
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students; appropriates $45,000 to DOE for New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association testing of student-athletes for steroids and other performance enhancing substances.
"Drama Therapists and Dance/Movement Therapists Licensing Act."
Extends duration of urban enterprise zones for 10 additional years; specifies permissable use of funds.*
Requires Attorney General to provide identity theft passport to certain victims of identity theft.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.
Requires Division of Parole to offer parole services to certain defendants who have served their maximum sentence.
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
Extends duration of first five designated UEZs for two additional years; specifies permissible use of UEZ funds; requires DCA Commissioner to assess and issue report on UEZ program.
Imposes State sales and use tax and hotel and motel occupancy fee on transient accommodations; authorizes various municipal taxes and fees on transient accommodations.
Passed the General Assembly · 49
Concerns installation and maintenance of solar panels in common interest communities.
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Permits reimbursement of COBRA health benefit costs of survivors of certain deceased public safety employees; appropriates $750,000.
"Disaster Victims Protection Act"; requires Governor to allocate federal and State disaster aid to municipalities in proportion to amount of catastrophic physical damage sustained within each municipality.
Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services.
Allows modernization for the form of disbursement for certain State government and local unit payments to individuals and business entities.
The "Municipal Volunteer Property Tax Reduction Act"; permits certain municipal property owners to perform volunteer services in return for property tax vouchers.
Establishes process for recovering cost of caring for domestic companion animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Allows person with allergy to drugs or medications to voluntarily make notation on drivers license.
Provides rental and lease protections for domestic violence victims.
Allows shore municipalities to provide spouse and dependent children of veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
Makes FY 2016 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $10.5 million to DCA for State Rental Assistance Program.
Prohibits mortgage loan discrimination based on familial status.
Grants certain employment protections to campus police officers.
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
"HOPE Initiative Act;" requires establishment of public awareness campaign to educate citizens about dangers and causes of, and appropriate responses to, heroin and opioid addiction.
Revises definition of "necessary care" in the State's animal cruelty law to include more specific requirements.
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
"Linnette Lebron's Law" modifies procedures for marriage or civil union where a party is terminally ill.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.*
Establishes notification standards for certain service contracts with automatic renewal.*
Extends post-military service protection against mortgage foreclosure.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Prohibits State Board of Education from limiting number of certain two-year college credits that may be applied towards meeting teacher certification requirements.
Establishes "Blue Alert System."*
Prohibits permanent change of child custody during period of active military service; provides that absence due to active military duty, by itself, is insufficient justification to modify a child custody or visitation order.
Establishes "New Jersey Farm to Public Institution of Higher Education Program."
Conditions appropriation for State professional boards on expenditure of budget allocation to Board of Nursing to process and eliminate home health aide application backlog.
Requires Dept. of Agriculture to create clearinghouse website for vendors to provide surplus food to charities in State.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Prohibits release of personal identifying information of violent crime victims and witnesses under State's open public records law.
Prohibits use of gap in automobile insurance coverage as rating factor in automobile insurance underwriting under certain circumstances.
Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.
Permits issuance of motorcycle endorsement to certain out-of-State military personnel.
Requires certification of diligent inquiry in residential mortgage foreclosure actions to be filed by attorneys.
Enters New Jersey in multistate Nurse Licensure Compact.
Establishes "Succeed in New Jersey" student loan reimbursement program for certain New Jersey residents employed in designated fields.
Increases civil penalties for certain natural gas or hazardous liquid facility safety violations.
Concerns timely provision of TDI and family temporary disability benefits.*
Establishes Statewide Hit and Run Advisory Program to facilitate apprehension of persons fleeing motor vehicle accident scene; designated as "Zackhary's Law."
Requires collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information about sexual orientation and gender identity in certain surveys by State agencies.
Changes composition of State Employment and Training Commission.
Provides for increase and annual adjustment in allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.
Permits use of digital meters in certain autocabs and advertising within and upon autocabs.
Clarifies excuse from jury service for active duty members of the military or reserve; repeals N.J.S.38A:4-6.
Requires DCA to continuously maintain open enrollment period for federal Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-applications.
Permits temporary rental assistance for emergency assistance recipients.
Prohibits emergency homeless shelters from conditioning provision of shelter on enrollment in certain programs.
Out of committee · 139
Requires health insurance coverage for treatment of substance use disorders; places certain restrictions on the prescription of opioid and certain other drugs; concerns continuing education related thereto.
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Makes consent to register with Selective Service part of driver's license application process for males under age 26.
The New Jersey Battlefield to Boardroom Act; Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for qualified wages of certain veterans.
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
Provides for coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation benefits in Medicaid.
Prohibits use of smokeless tobacco in public schools.
Adds two nurse educators to the New Jersey Board of Nursing.
Excludes veterans' entitlements from income for determination of PAAD eligibility.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to provide bill credits to volunteer fire companies, first aid, rescue, and emergency squads, and nonprofit homeless and domestic violence assistance organizations.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by state in companies that boycott Isreal or Israeli businesses.*
Establishes a partial return to work TDI program.
The "Green Building and Infrastructure Tax Credit Act"; provides tax credits for certain green buildings.* .
Requires video cameras at certain ATMs.
Imposes certain requirements on telephone service contracts for inmates in certain correctional facilities.*
Revises definition of victim in "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights."
Requires coverage of medication therapy management in Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.
Expands infertility coverage under certain health insurance plans.
Authorizes health care providers to engage in telemedicine and teleheath. *
"Madison Holleran Suicide Prevention Act"; requires institutions of higher education to have individuals who focus on reducing student suicides and attempted suicides available 24 hours a day.*
Directs Attorney General to establish a criminal firearms recovery clearing house.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for value of certain fruit and vegetable donations made by commercial farm operators.
Requires insurance coverage in the individual and small employer markets and SHBP and SEHBP for "off-label" uses of certain drugs.
Mandates health benefits coverage for opioid analgesics with abuse-deterrent properties.
Exempts intraoperative monitoring services rendered during certain neurosurgical, neurological, and neuro-radiological surgical procedures from physician self-referral restrictions.*
Revises statutes regarding practice of physical therapy.
Requires Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to develop standard prior authorization form for prescription drug benefits for use by network providers.
Adds two public members to NJT board and provides that all NJT board members are voting members.*
Establishes electronic lien and titling system for New Jersey motor vehicles.
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Prohibits retail sales establishment from storing certain magnetic-stripe data; requires reimbursement for costs incurred by financial institution due to breach of security.
Requires health benefits coverage for mammograms for women under 40 who lack access to family medical history due to their or their parent's adoption.
Provides for increase in relocation assistance amounts based on increase of CPI.
Concerns payment of certain TDI and family temporary disability leave benefits.
Establishes artist bank to provide interest-free loans to artist colonies in development.
Requires health insurance carriers to use standard explanation of benefits form.
Requires county health departments to maintain reserve stock of opioid antidotes to dispense to certain entities on interim basis to ensure uninterrupted supply.*
Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs.
Requires 90 days' notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of stop loss insurance for small employer health benefits plans.
Establishes the New Jersey Film and Television Project and Employment Incentive Program.
Requires DOH to develop New Jersey Report Card of Hospital Maternity Care.
Authorizes special "We Support the Arts" license plates with proceeds to the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Requires DOH to issue standing order authorizing pharmacists to dispense opioid antidotes to patients without individual prescriptions.*
Requires health insurers to limit patient cost-sharing and provide appeal process concerning certain prescription drug coverage.
Revises "Pet Purchase Protection Act" to establish new requirements for pet dealers and pet shops. *
Expands One-Call Damage Prevention System to include underground contamination with engineering or institutional controls.
Requires online parking ticket payment system, NJMCDirect, to process payments 24 hours per day.
Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail; requires NJ DOT to request bridge inspection reports from US DOT.*
Provides for replacement of incandescent light bulbs in public school buildings with energy-efficient light bulbs.
"Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act"; enhances film and digital media tax credits, revises and expands tax credit eligibility requirements, and requires EDA to study development of film studio at North Jersey location.
Establishes special motorcycle license plates for veterans.
Concerns equal pay for women and employment discrimination.
Permits certain health care professionals to waive health insurance copayments for members of military serving on active duty. *
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of student borrower's death or total and permanent disability and grant deferment for temporary total disability.*
"Personal Information and Privacy Protection Act"; restricts collection and use of personal information by retail establishments for certain purposes.
Requires NJ State Council on Arts to establish "Artist District" designation and select certain municipalities or areas within municipalities for such designation.
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.
Requires school districts to offer course in computer science and DOE to adopt changes to NJ Student Learning Standards in computer science.*
Permits municipalities to authorize property tax reward programs; validates actions of municipalities that have created them.
Requires incarcerated individual from State to be counted at residential address for legislative redistricting purposes.
Establishes telemarketing fraud investigation unit.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Establishes three-year Medicaid home visitation demonstration project.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Establishes two-year innovative drinking water supply and wastewater infrastructure grant program in DEP; appropriates up to $20 million from societal benefits charge therefor.
Establishes compensation program for law enforcement officers and certain other employees injured while performing official duties. *
Requires DOBI to provide notification of suspension or revocation of license or registration of third party administrators.
Provides for notification of emergency contact in event of death of senior citizen in senior citizen housing facility.
Removes black bear from list of game species.
Provides tax credits to developers for certain affordable housing projects.
Increases minimum annual amounts for appropriation for certain arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes from hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues.
Establishes "Small Business Bonding Readiness Assistance Program" in EDA to assist certain small businesses meet State or federal contract surety bond requirements.*
Requires municipalities to conduct lead paint inspections in single- and two-family dwellings; requires reporting of inspection results to State.
Establishes "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program."
Requires DOLWD to permit veterans and other groups to apply for UI benefits online.
Requires lead paint inspection prior to home purchases and tenant turnover; establishes educational program on lead hazards.
Requires DOH to authorize Jersey City to issue certified copies of birth certificates by September 1, 2017.*
Permits holding companies of eligible New Jersey emerging technology companies to receive investments under "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act."
Allows filing of birth certificate to be delayed for religious reasons, for up to 15 days after birth, in order to allow for naming of child.
Authorizes current and retired administrative law judges to solemnize marriages and civil unions.*
Requires DOH to ensure that fetal death certification and reporting requirements are consistent with current federal standards.
Clarifies that product approval from U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not required for drug manufacturer to file registration statement, and specifies timeframe by which DOH must review registration statements.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Includes students who participate in school intramural sports programs in the student-athlete head injury safety program.
Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to improve transparency of tuition and fees.
Changes the time when child placement review hearings are initiated from 45 days to 60 days.
Modifies State's solar renewable energy portfolio standards.*
Establishes pilot program appointing third party vendors to administer commercial driver license testing.
Authorizes certain county to establish county hospital authority; amends title of "Municipal Hospital Authority Law."
Establishes tuition reimbursement program for certain psychiatrists who work in underserved areas or psychiatric hospitals in New Jersey.*
Provides US Armed Forces and Reserves members with protection against interference with their employment, trade or business.
Permits law enforcement agencies to buy firearms directly from manufacturers; clarifies permits and identification cards not required.*
Requires housing authority to advertise when applications are being accepted for housing assistance waiting lists online.
Makes supplemental appropriations totaling $9,563,415 to DOH for grants of $7,765,325 to Newark Beth Israel Hospital and $1,798,090 to St. Francis Medical Center to implement improved health outcomes and sustainable transformation of healthcare delivery.
Authorizes State Treasurer to convey surplus real property known as Millburn Regional Day School in Millburn Township, Essex County, to Millburn Township Board of Education or to Millburn Township for $3,550,000.
Concerns certain unused portions of tax credits issued to insurance premiums taxpayers under the Business Employment Incentive Program; exempts certain purchasers of business development incentives from certain State tax notification requirements.*
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to establish income-driven repayment option and loan rehabilitation program for borrowers under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program.
Establishes "New Jersey College Ready Students Program Act"; provides tuition-free dual enrollment opportunity at county college for certain high school students.
Enhances resident voting participation rights in common interest communities.
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Upper Freehold Township as "State Trooper Anthony A. Raspa Memorial Highway."
Provides that driver's license and identification cards expire every four years on licensee cardholder's birthday.*
Requires health care facilities to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Establishes Veterans Assistance Grant Program for nonprofit organizations to provide certain services to veterans.
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Union, Essex, Hudson, and Gloucester counties, appropriates $210,000.
Modifies scope of "Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act of 2015" and enforcement of protective orders under that act.
Creates Ethnic Produce Task Force.
Revises New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program to require applicants first exhaust federal student loans, require income verification, and limit total student loan amounts.
Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Requires bidders on certain State contracts to disclose, and Department of Treasury to publish, certain gender wage information.
Requires certain notification prior to mosquito spraying applications.
Requires electric public utility to notify property owner any time account for electric public utility service on owner's property is opened, closed, transferred, or altered.
Allows individual to receive additional lifetime emergency assistance under certain circumstances.
Sets State mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Requires health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for digital tomosynthesis for screening and diagnostic purposes related to breast cancer.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY 2017 to include new projects and revise allowable loan amounts for already approved projects.
"Prescription Drug Consumer Transparency Act;" requires pharmacy benefits managers to disclose certain information to benefit plan purchasers and to establish toll-free telephone number for certain inquiries.
Designates September 11 each year "September 11 Remembrance Day" in New Jersey.
"Consumer ATM and Credit Card Protection Act."
Requires property tax bills to contain eligibility information on State tax relief programs.
Requires governmental affairs agents to disclose on notice of representation form compensation amount received from State or local government entities; requires notice to be posted on Internet site of Election Law Enforcement Commission.
Requires sanitation vehicles display flashing lights in certain circumstances and imposes conditions on drivers approaching sanitation vehicles displaying flashing lights; designated as "Michael Massey's Law."
Authorizes the sale and possession of certain fireworks.
Permits amusement games license to be issued to holder of alcoholic beverage special concessionaire permit at certain airports; allows licensees to offer electronic amusements under certain circumstances.
Clarifies that owners of self-driving motor vehicles must comply with existing insurance requirements.
Prohibits PANYNJ from providing assistance for enforcement of March 6, 2017 US Executive Order banning entry into US of individuals from certain countries. *
Establishes State food waste reduction goal of 50 percent by 2030.
Establishes "Volkswagen Settlement Utilization Fund for Motor Vehicle Emissions Reduction and Air Pollution Control"; directs DEP to use moneys in fund to establish and implement certain air pollution control programs.
Establishes certain requirements and conditions concerning changes to DHS reimbursement system for mental health and substance use disorder treatment services.
Establishes data reporting requirements for emergency medical services providers and dispatch centers.
Decreases waiting period to expunge entire juvenile record from five to three years.
Revises procedures for expunging criminal and other records and information, including shortening of certain waiting periods for expungement eligibility and increasing number of convictions which may be expunged.
Regulates and prohibits certain operation of drones.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2018 to include new projects and revise allowable loan amounts for already approved projects.
Allows counties to prioritize county homelessness trust fund grants for homeless veterans.
Provides US Armed Forces and Reserves members with protection against interference with enjoyment of any accommodation, facility, public accommodation, or privilege.
Increases number of State-funded positions at four-year public institution of higher education that establishes postsecondary academic and residential facilities in coastal city with gaming in resort area of State.
Requires professionals certifying death to perform any testing and related actions necessary for survivors to claim State and federal benefits.
In committee · 78
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses which employ eligible apprentices.
Establishes "Delaware River Port Authority and Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Consolidation Commission."
Requires use of bear-resistant containers, dumpsters, or food boxes in certain areas located in black bear habitat under certain circumstances, including garbage collection, and prohibits certain actions that would result in feeding of black bears.
Imposes certain registration and reporting requirements to prevent illegal trade of tigers.
Requires distribution of homestead benefits on or before October 31 of the State fiscal year during which an appropriation is made.
"Disaster Information Access Act"; requires utility service providers to report severe weather and emergency related service interruptions; directs utility service providers and State Office of Emergency Management to present reported information online a
Establishes insurance and safety requirements for companies that use digital network or software application to match passengers with drivers.
Requires public agency responding to record request to redact information contained in accident report, except for drivers' names and diagram of accident.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Imposes restrictions concerning Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission commissioners, officers, and employees regarding employment, gifts, and compensation.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Establishes the "New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act."
Strengthens State's assault weapons ban.
Imposes time constraints on submission and analysis of rape kits.
Regulates certain practices of pharmacy benefits management companies.
Establishes maximum fees for providing copies of patient medical records.
"Government Energy Reliability and Savings Public-Private Partnership Act."
"Higher Education Citizenship Equality Act;" defines domicile for dependent students for the purpose of eligibility for State student loans, grants, or scholarships and resident tuition rate.
Revises grades and sentencing determinations for certain controlled dangerous substances.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for capital gains from sale of certain employer securities by qualified business that result in net positive benefit to the State.
Concerns earned sick leave.
Requires each school district with middle school or high school to establish food services advisory committee to consider menu options that reflect students' cultural, traditional, and dietary preferences.
Excludes certain Medicaid income from gross income tax.
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for State student financial aid programs.
Recognizes same-sex marriages entered into outside the State.
Establishes approval process for proposed offshore wind energy projects and certain benefits to facilitate development of offshore wind energy.
Maintains property tax exemption for certain nonprofit hospitals with on-site for-profit medical providers; requires these hospitals to pay community service contributions to host municipalities; establishes Nonprofit Hospital Community Service Contributi
Requires health care practitioners to inform patients of addiction potential of controlled dangerous substances prior to issuing prescription.
Directs poison control and drug information program to establish clearinghouse of drug overdose information, report on trends, and provide education on safe storage and disposal of medications; appropriates $500,000.
The "Full Marriage Recognition for Civil Union Couples Act"; recognizes certain civil unions as marriages dating back to inception of such civil unions.
Permits group self-insurance plans for, and collective bargaining agreements improving the provision of, workers' compensation.
Authorizes executive county superintendent of schools to require implementation of shared services arrangements.
Authorizes the EDA to issue additional $50,000,000 in bonds to provide grants for certain county vocational school district facilities projects and increases debt service district aid percentage for such projects.
Prohibits tourist helicopter operations in New Jersey.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.
Establishes publicly accessible domestic violence Internet registry.
Prohibits submission of New Jersey license plate information to national photo ticketing system or other states for certain purposes.
Permits pharmacists to prescribe self-administered hormonal contraceptives under certain circumstances; clarifies certain health insurance coverage requirements for contraceptive prescriptions.
Establishes compensation program for State and juvenile corrections officers and parole officers injured while performing official duties.
Requires carbon monoxide detectors in school buildings.
Creates new liquor licenses for certain restaurants and permits the issuance of additional liquor licenses; provides tax credit under corporate business tax and gross income tax for fair market value of certain alcoholic beverage licenses.
Permits pharmacists to provide self-administered hormonal contraceptives to patients over the counter.
Concerns practice of funeral directing.
Requires earned sick leave for certain employees.
"Safe Motor Vehicle Rental Act"; prohibits rental companies from renting, leasing, or selling unrepaired motor vehicles which are subject to safety recall.
"Combat to College Act"; grants priority course registration to military service members and veterans attending public institutions of higher education.
Requires public institutions of higher education to grant academic credit to certain veterans.
Requires creditors to maintain vacant and abandoned non-residential properties under foreclosure.
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to publish list of certain tamper-resistant opioid drugs; establishes that certain conditions be met for pharmacist to substitute for tamper-resistant opioid drug.
Establishes remote medical consultation assistance grant program in DOH.
Increases penalties for failing to yield when violation results in death to pedestrian.
Increases the personal income tax's pension and retirement income exclusion fivefold over three years.
Establishes temporary mortgage relief programs for certain owners of real property impacted by "Superstorm Sandy."*
Establishes "Green Fund" in BPU to provide funding for energy reliability, resilience, and sustainability programs.
Requires breeders or other providers of dogs to pet shops to certify compliance with DOH breeding and care regulations; prohibits pet shop sale of dogs without certification; requires inspections and reallocation of dog license revenues to fund enforcemen
Revises time period at which unit owners assume control of homeowners' associations.
Concerns the grading of criminal offenses committed against a child under the age of 16 years by a person armed with a weapon.
Prohibits multiple employer coverage for health care benefits of public employee and requires payment based on employee's aggregate public income.
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in event of student borrower's death or total and permanent disability.
Dedicates unencumbered revenue collected from vehicle size and weight enforcement to Transportation Trust Fund.
Establishes Gold Star Family Scholarship Program; appropriates $100,000 from General Fund to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Bans manufacture, sale, possession, importation, transportation, or use of certain traps.
Provides gross income tax credit for birth resulting in stillbirth.
Requires four-year institutions of higher education to offer bachelor's degree programs that may be completed in three years.
Requires institutions of higher education to develop plan to offer open textbooks to students.
Provides foreclosure stay of proceedings for certain residential borrowers and exempts certain lenders that offer sustainable mortgage modifications.
Adds rock climbing, bouldering, and ice climbing to definition of "sport and recreational activities" in law concerning landowner liability.
Establishes Working Group on Deaf Education and directs DOE to develop parent resource guide and select early intervention assessments for use in identifying language delays in deaf and hard of hearing children.
Requires applicants for commercial driver license to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
Provides for civil actions against persons or entities profiting from commission of human trafficking offenses, or maintaining victims of such offenses.
Requires emergency contact information and 2-1-1 telephone system access instructions to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings.
Establishes compensation program for certain county corrections officers injured while performing official duties.
Concerns designation of areas of high unemployment for allocation of certain visas.
Requires medical examiners to perform dissections or autopsies in all cases of compelling public necessity, including deaths of prison, jail, or penitentiary inmates.
Establishes Maternal Mortality Review Commission to annually review and report on rates and causes of maternal death in New Jersey, and to recommend improvements in maternal care.
Establishes "New Jersey Net Neutrality Act."
Expands Medicare health care coverage to all New Jersey residents.
Filed · 2
Appropriates $12.3 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Clarifies role of health service corporations, revises membership of board of directors, regulates surplus, and requires timely publication of certain information by DOBI.