Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Benjie E. Wimberly
Sponsored
Became law4
Makes certain veterans eligible for certificates of registration under Security Officer Registration Act.
Establishes Chief Diversity Officer to monitor participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.*
Increases to under $15,000 from under $10,000 amount of permitted annual compensation paid to TPAF retiree reemployed as athletic coach by former school district within 180 days of retirement.
Permits charging late fee for rental payments due on self-service storage units and authorizes sale of property via website.
Vetoed3
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
"Healthy Small Food Retailer Act"; provides funding to small food retailers to sell fresh and nutritious food.
"Healthy Small Food Retailer Act"; provides funding to small food retailers to sell fresh and nutritious food; appropriates $1 million.
Passed the General Assembly8
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
"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.
Establishes pilot program in Paterson authorizing non-disclosure of records of certain expungements.
Prohibits certain school districts under State intervention from leasing building if purchase price would be less than total costs of lease.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.*
Changes composition of State Employment and Training Commission.
Out of committee8
Requires blood sample to be obtained from driver involved in motor vehicle accident resulting in death; designated as "Michelle Sous' Law."
Requires safeguards for anonymity and confidentiality with respect to communications presented through phone lines, electronic communication systems, or websites dedicated to accepting anonymous tips for use by law enforcement in criminal investigations.
Imposes certain requirements on use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement agencies.
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
Requires DHS to request waiver of time limits for certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients under certain circumstances.
Establishes "New Jersey Investing in You Promise Neighborhood Commission"; appropriates $2 million.
Requires racial and ethnic impact statement for certain bills and regulations affecting sentencing.
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property in Borough of Totowa.
In committee41
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education tuition and fee expenses.
Concerns repayment of unemployment compensation overpayments.
Requires notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile and homeowners insurance policies to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
"State Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."
Permits exterior-based property reassessments within eight years of last municipal-wide revaluation.
Clarifies procedures for restoration of driver's license after suspension; authorizes the court to waive imprisonment under certain circumstances.
Permits payment of only one co-payment or deductible for follow-up care or treatment after surgery or illness under certain health benefits plans.
Changes types of development requiring CAFRA permit from DEP.
Addresses various concerns affecting post-release employment.
Provides that child study team members may be employees of the school district or of a DOE approved agency or clinic.
Prohibits certain employment actions against employees affected by a declared state of emergency.
Requires Commissioner of Transportation to publish notice of certain transportation-related infrastructure projects and activities on Internet website, and directs State Comptroller to monitor publication of those notifications.
Requires Division of Purchase and Property to provide additional notification of contracting opportunities to vendors or potential vendors providing or interested in providing home health care services to State agencies.
Imposes $0.25 surcharge on alcoholic beverages to be dedicated to Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
"Responsible Dog Ownership Act."
Expands cities permitted to regulate days and hours when packaged goods may be sold.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $25,000,000 to DOE to provide additional State school aid to Paterson School District.
Requires State to pay its pension contributions on quarterly basis by August 1, November 1, February 1 and May 1 of each year.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3,100,000 to DOE to provide additional State school aid to Manchester Regional School District.
Establishes "Court Security Enhancement Fund" and increases court fees.
Restricts use of motorized skateboards.
Designated the Equitable Disclosure Act of 2010, modifies provisions of MLUL concerning objectors to applications for development.
Creates program for installing standby emergency power generators in new senior housing.
Creates crime of victimization of persons with disabilities and senior citizens.
Creates advisory council to oversee revision of core curriculum content standards.
Assigns financial responsibility of educating homeless student to district of attendance.
Establishes "Victim-Witness Scholarship Fund;" establishes "Witness Protection Fund;" and concerns State forfeiture funds.
Establishes a Gun Court Pilot Program in Passaic County.
Concerns exclusion of individuals with certain employment history in advertisements for job vacancies.
Establishes special parking for hybrid, electric, and alternative fuel vehicles.
Requires incarcerated individual be counted for redistricting purposes at previous address if State resident and not counted if incarcerated and not State resident.
Establishes "County Government Criminal Justice Reform Administration Fund"; increases certain fees and assessments.
Eliminates partial and full State intervention under New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for capital gains from sale of certain employer securities.
Requires school districts to maintain and pay premiums for student accident insurance.
Requires institutions of higher education to offer open textbooks plan.
Provides immediate eligibility for participation in interscholastic athletics for certain transfer students.
Eliminates requirement that public-private partnership agreements for construction of certain higher education facilities be submitted to EDA for review and approval by certain dates.
Clarifies and codifies certain inflatable ride safety requirements.
Increases fines for selling single cigarettes and cigarettes in packs of less than 20.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Requires racial and ethnic impact statement for certain bills and regulations affecting sentencing.
Permits DHS to request waiver of time limits for certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients under certain circumstances.*
Authorizes State Treasurer to sell surplus real property in Borough of Totowa.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 57
Appropriates $34,293,697 from "Building Our Future Bond Act" and provides for reallocating amount remaining from project grants not awarded, for public and private institutions of higher education.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning the dangers of leaving children unattended in and around motor vehicles.
Expands crime of invasion of privacy to include "upskirting"; photographing or filming the image of the undergarment-clad intimate parts of another.
Requires NJT to hold public hearing and provide notice prior to any curtailment of certain bus and rail services.
Requires Division of Local Government Services to include certain property tax information on division's web page.
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.
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.
Allows certain National Guard and United States Reserve members to temporarily defer mortgage loan payments and suspend property tax payments.*
Requires State Board of Education regulations regarding school nurse certification to include certain minimum eligibility requirements.
Authorizes Victims of Crime Compensation Office to make payment for relocation expenses of certain witnesses of crimes.
Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.
Codifies DEP's New Jersey Recycling Awards Program to annually recognize outstanding recycling achievements.
Requires local governments and authorities to obtain financing cost estimate from NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust for certain projects.*
Requires DLPS to establish and make available to law enforcement agencies cultural diversity training materials and online tutorial.*
Establishes New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and Business Partnerships.
Exempts veterans' organizations from nonprofit corporation annual report filing fee.
Requires AG and county prosecutor to provide notification on website concerning persons indicted or prosecuted for crimes under certain circumstances.*
Adds cyber-harassment to the domestic violence statutes.
Establishes process for consideration of offers from short sale buyers during residential mortgage foreclosures.
Provides that strangulation of victim resulting in bodily injury during commission of act of domestic violence constitutes aggravated assault.
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.
Authorizes virtual net metering for certain electric public utility customers connected to certain hydropower facilities and resource recovery facilities.**
Requires review of Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure guidence for substance abuse instruction provided to public school students incorporates most recent evidence-based standards and practices.
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.
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
Requires BPU to render decision on case within 12 months of final public hearing or hold another public hearing prior to deciding case.
Directs institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to provide Higher Education Student Assistance Authority with graduation and transfer rates of State tuition aid grant recipients.
Establishes Response to Intervention initiative in DOE to support and encourage school districts in implementation of Response to Intervention framework.
Requires that certain inmates with detainers be provided access to drug treatment programs.
"Secure Schools for All Children Act"; establishes State aid program for security services, equipment, or technology to ensure safe and secure school environment for nonpublic school students.
Repeals law suspending certain licenses, registrations and certifications for failure to repay student loans.
Requires Medicaid coverage for diabetes self-management education, training, services, and equipment for patients diagnosed with diabetes, gestational diabetes, and pre-diabetes.
Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste; extends "Food Bank Good Samaritan Act" immunity protections to public and nonpublic schools.*
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support autism programs.
Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.*
Establishes New Jersey School Safety Specialist Academy in Department of Education and requires school districts to designate school safety specialist.
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.
Concerns electronic submission of certain automobile insurance claims.
Requires initial determination of unemployment benefits to be made within three weeks of filing of claim.
Allows "100 percent Disabled Veterans" to receive parking privileges reserved for persons with disability.
Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and their Families.
Requires DOE to develop educational fact sheet for distribution to parents of student-athletes and cheerleaders concerning use and misuse of prescription opioids.
"Charlie's Law"; Establishes civil penalties for persons who interfere with or deny persons with disabilities accompanied by service or guide dogs access to places of public accommodation.
Establishes "High School to College Readiness Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on identifying English language learners for gifted and talented programs.
Provides that school districts and nonpublic schools may receive reimbursement for costs incurred on or after January 1, 2016 for testing school drinking water for lead.*
Authorizes certain benefits for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty.
Provides for emergency assistance to individuals or families that are homeless or in temporary living arrangement due to domestic violence.
Provides increased tax credit amounts under Grow New Jersey Assistance Program for certain businesses that have collaborative research relationships with colleges or universities.*
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 public and nonpublic schools to notify students and parents of availability of summer meals programs and locations where meals are served.
Establishes Montclair State University as public research university.
Vetoed · 13
Raises minimum wage rate to $10.10, makes further increases over a four-year period, and maintains annual cost of living increases.*
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.
"Music Therapist Licensing Act."
Requires DHS to give priority to temporary rental assistance over use of hotels or motels in emergency assistance to Work First New Jersey recipients.
Prohibits sale of unsafe supplemental mattresses designed for children's products.
Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.
Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.
Authorizes local units of government subject to "Local Public Contracts Law." and "Public School Contracts Law" to use electronic procurement technologies.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Provides that limitation on hours of retail sale of alcohol be consistent throughout licensed premises.
Requires financial literacy instruction to pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten through eight.
"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.
Passed the General Assembly · 57
Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Concerns installation and maintenance of solar panels in common interest communities.
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
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.
Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to require criminal history records check for person to serve as official at athletic events sanctioned by association.
"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.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Allows person with allergy to drugs or medications to voluntarily make notation on drivers license.
Establishes Behavioral Health Insurance Claims Advocacy Program.
Provides rental and lease protections for domestic violence victims.
Exempts from disclosure as public record information provided by individual to government agency under certain circumstances.*
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Codifies the Judiciary's Foreclosure Mediation Program; dedicates monies from foreclosure filing fees and fines.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.*
Prohibits mortgage loan discrimination based on familial status.
Requires ATM independent sales organizations to provide certain withdrawal options.
Grants certain employment protections to campus police officers.
"Wage Transparency Act"; requires reporting of public contractor employment information.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
Adds to property tax levy cap exclusions increases in flood insurance premiums.
Creates exclusion from municipal property tax levy cap for amounts necessary to provide required matching funds to qualify for grants and other funds.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Allows tax credits for development of qualified wind energy facilities in certain portfield sites.
Allows certain State agencies to sell Internet advertisements on agencies' websites as pilot program.
Requires managed care plans, SHBP, and SEHBP to provide for reasonable accommodation in accessing providers for persons with physical disabilities.
Requires court to issue animal protective orders against persons found guilty of abusing animals.
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act"; appropriates $5 million.
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
Directs NJEDA to establish pilot program to assist with permit and approval process related to redevelopment of certain properties.
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
Requires DCPP to implement policies and procedures to ensure caseworker safety; "Leah's Law."
Prohibits snowplow operators from depositing snow in front of certain access points used by persons with disabilities.
Prohibits firearm possession by persons convicted of certain offenses.*
Extends post-military service protection against mortgage foreclosure.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Prohibits purchase of certain items by scrap metal businesses.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Establishes requirements for sale of home baked goods or cottage foods. *
Requires businesses receiving financial assistance from EDA be prohibited from any gender gap payment practice to their employees.
Requires hospital laboratories and bio-analytical or clinical laboratories to offer test for hepatitis C to certain individuals; authorizes certain laboratories to perform rapid tests for hepatitis C.
Requires training for law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases.
Establishes Statewide program to provide treatment services for children exposed to domestic violence. *
Eliminates use of standardized assessments as measure of student growth or progress in evaluations of teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals.
Requires Attorney General to establish victims of identity theft database.
Establishes licensing and permit requirements and provides for adoption of standards and regulations for inspection of asbestos in certain structures.
Requires DLPS to issue guidelines for counties to establish special needs registries.
Prohibits disqualification of certain minority-owned and women-owned businesses for certification.
Permits temporary rental assistance for emergency assistance recipients.
Prohibits emergency homeless shelters from conditioning provision of shelter on enrollment in certain programs.
Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit certain persons unless they pose danger.
Directs Department of Agriculture in consultation with DOE to establish online applications for National School Lunch Program and school breakfast programs.*
Out of committee · 99
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.
Transfers management of PFRS to Board of Trustees of PFRS.
Prohibits bad faith assertion of patent infringement.
Creates "New Jersey Life Sciences Internship Challenge" program.
Requires natural gas pipeline utilities to repair or replace leaking natural gas pipelines.
Establishes solar power incentive program.
Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans.
Prohibits use of smokeless tobacco in public schools.
Establishes certain requirements for domestic violence training for certain judges and judicial personnel.*
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.
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Requires corporations qualifying for certain State development subsidy grants to repay entire grant amount if corporation fails to uphold grant terms.
Provides that AG handle investigation and prosecution of crime involving person's death by law enforcement officer while acting in officer's official capacity or while in custody; requires trial in venue outside county where incident occurred.*
Establishes "New Jersey Task Force on Abuse of Persons who are Elderly or Disabled."
Establishes a partial return to work TDI program.
Requires professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
Requires board of education to enter into agreement with law enforcement authorities regarding access to live video streams of public school buildings.
Revises restrictions for Internet access by sex offenders. *
The "Green Building and Infrastructure Tax Credit Act"; provides tax credits for certain green buildings.* .
Requires paint producers to implement or participate in paint stewardship program.
Imposes certain requirements on telephone service contracts for inmates in certain correctional facilities.*
Modifies performance and maintenance guarantee requirements under "Municipal Land Use Law."
Establishes commission to approve personaliized handguns; requires firearm retailers to sell personalized handguns.*
Requires DHS to develop timeline for use by individuals with developmental disabilities to gain benefit of State and federal programs; requires posting timeline on DHS, DCF, and DOE websites.
Increases reporting requirements for the NJ Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth.
Ensures equal rights and opportunities for pregnant students in institutions of higher education.*
Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students who have children to purchase meal plans, live in on-campus housing, or pay gym fees.
Prohibits institution of higher education that provides child care from charging student-parent who receives child care voucher under "New Jersey Cares for Kids Program" an amount for child care in excess of voucher amount.
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Directs Attorney General to establish a criminal firearms recovery clearing house.
Permits inclusion of volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders within municipal eligible employee group for purposes of the small employer health benefits plan statutes.
Requires DEP to conduct vibration analysis along routes for disposal of dredged material from Delaware River.
Requires 9-1-1 service facilities be equipped with Next Generation 9-1-1 system and provides funding for that purpose; makes texting the 9-1-1 emergency system without purpose of reporting need for 9-1-1 service a fourth degree crime.
Mandates health benefits coverage for opioid analgesics with abuse-deterrent properties.
Revises statutes regarding practice of physical therapy.
Requires State to use certain energy-efficient outdoor lighting fixtures.
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.
Concerns payment of certain TDI and family temporary disability leave benefits.
Establishes sexual assault training requirements for law enforcement officers.
Directs Governor to withdraw from compact establishing Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; dissolves compact and commission; transfers commission's NJ operations to State Police.
"Earn Your Way Out Act" ; requires DOC to develop inmate reentry plan; establishes administrative parole release for certain inmates;requires study and report by DOC on fiscal impact.*
Requires NJT to provide locations at bus terminals and rail stations where bicycles may be safely secured.
Requires DOH to issue standing order authorizing pharmacists to dispense opioid antidotes to patients without individual prescriptions.*
Establishes criminal background check and judgement search requirement for name change; prohibits name change in certain circumstances.*
Expands programs in BPU to include low-interest loans and grants to municipalities for energy efficient programs and innovative energy technologies.
"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.
Requires certain undergraduate students to file degree plan and requires public institutions of higher education to develop pathway systems to graduation.
Allows municipality to authorize parking authority as redevelopment entity.
Requires teacher preparation program for instructional certificate to include certain amount of instruction or clinical experience in special education and for students with disabilities endorsement to include credit hours in autism spectrum disorder.
Establishes financial incentives for certain energy providers to conduct energy audits.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Credits increases in employee contributions required by P.L.2011, c.78 as additional contributions to TPAF, JRS, PERS, PFRS, and SPRS unavailable to reduce normal contributions of State and local employers for actuarial valuations beginning July 1, 2015.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Requires DOH regulations regarding elevated blood lead levels in children, and appropriate responses thereto, to be consistent with latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
Establishes compensation program for law enforcement officers and certain other employees injured while performing official duties. *
Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.
Authorizes additional $90 million worth of Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program tax credits.*
Provides for notification of emergency contact in event of death of senior citizen in senior citizen housing facility.
Establishes restricted use driver's license endorsement for certain motor vehicle offenders with suspended license.
Requires NJTA to study impact of constructing rail stations at certain park and ride facilities.
Provides tax credits to developers for certain affordable housing projects.
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.
Requires lead paint inspection prior to home purchases and tenant turnover; establishes educational program on lead hazards.
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools and county colleges.
Concerns excessive price increases during state of emergency.
Limits expulsions and suspensions for students in preschool through grade 2 with certain exceptions; requires early detection and prevention programs for behavioral issues in preschool through grade 2.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Concerns expedited process for foreclosing vacant and abandoned residential properties in uncontested actions.
Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.
"New Jersey Open Data Initiative" to require certain information be provided on Internet to public and State agencies.
Requires housing authority to advertise when applications are being accepted for housing assistance waiting lists online.
Establishes New Jersey First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Program; provides gross income tax bebefits for certain contributions to and earnings on assets maintained in accounts established under program.*
Enhances protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms by certain persons; provides for minimum terms of incarceration for offenders who commit physically violent acts.
Requires health care facilities to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Union, Essex, Hudson, and Gloucester counties, appropriates $210,000.
Requires compilation of, and public access to, tests of soil lead levels.
Requires soil testing to determine lead content prior to certain home sales.
Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.
"Consumer ATM and Credit Card Protection Act."
Requires DMVA to notify county veterans' affairs office of death of certain military service members; requires office to have Gold Star liaison.
Requires Adjutant General to create informational webpage for Gold Star families.
Directs Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development to work to promote basic skills training through organizations dedicated to the economic empowerment of specific segments of society, such as the African American Chamber of Comme
Increases value of Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program residential tax credits to $823 million; restricts $105 million of tax credits to qualified residential projects and mixed use parking projects.
Provides certain incentives to qualified businesses in Garden State Growth Zones; creates Garden State Growth Zone at Atlantic City International Airport and surrounding area.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for school districts regarding transgender students.
Provides tax credit eligibility for qualified businesses for certain persons employed as independent contractors under Grow New Jersey Assistance Program.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to establish repayment assistance program for borrowers under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program who suffer material loss of income.
Prohibits certain employment discrimination based upon expunged criminal record.
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.
Extends document submission deadline under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program, Grow New Jersey Assistance Program, and Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Program.*
Expands background check requirements for entities that provide services to individuals with certain disabilities and requires inspections of certain entities.
Allows counties to prioritize county homelessness trust fund grants for homeless veterans.
Exempts certain motor vehicles that provide service to persons with developmental disabilities from motor vehicle registration fees.
Increases value of Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program residential tax credits to $926 million; restricts $103 million of tax credits to certain qualified residential projects and mixed use parking projects.*
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Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Broadens municipal arson investigators' powers.
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
Permits appointment of certain nonpermanent firefighters laid off for reasons of economy to vacant paid positions.
Requires board of education to provide an individual textbook for each student enrolled in a class.
Provides grants to eligible businesses equal to 5% of annual base salary of new employees hired under employment grant component of Invest in New Jersey Business Grant Program.
Provides sales and use tax rebate for certain purchases made by, or on behalf of, individuals and small businesses affected by natural disasters.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions by certain taxpayers to New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program and provides a State match for contributions to NJBEST accounts for families meeting certain income guidelines.
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
Concerns registration of contractors and sets criteria for responsible bidders in public work.
Requires DCA to establish procedures for inspection and abatement of mold hazards in residential buildings and school facilities, and certification programs for mold inspectors and mold hazard abatement workers.
Requires certain electric public utilities to file emergency response plan with Board of Public Utilities.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Exempts municipal clerk from penalties for Open Public Records Act violations under certain circumstances.
Authorizes innocent spouse relief under the gross income tax.
Requires public schools which have automated external defibrillators to adopt policies concerning usage.
"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
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain sales of personal computers and certain sales of school supplies and equipment during first full weekend of August.
Requires employers and birthing facilities to notify insured pregnant women if their health insurance coverage is not subject to 48-hour maternity law.
Provides voter registration assistance to persons completing parole, probation, and criminal sentences.
Amends Health Enterprise Zone law to allow municipalities more discretion in granting property tax exemptions to medical offices.
Prohibits telecommunications, utility or cable television companies from charging certain customers prior to actual billing due date.
Upgrades harassment under certain circumstances; restricts cyberbullying offenders' access to the Internet.
Makes harassment by electronic means a crime of the fourth degree.
Imposes time constraints on submission and analysis of rape kits.
Expands the domestic violence statutes to encompass minors aged 16 and older.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Provides that no more than 120 credits will be required for baccalaureate degree awarded by a public institution and no more than 60 credits for an associate degree.
Requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide to parents or guardians of enrolled students information on certain tests to be administered during the school year.
Requires that if a school district satisfies 80% or more of the required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, the State must return that area to local control.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Establishes crime of participation in criminal street gang initiation ritual.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, makes crime subject to No Early Release Act, and upgrades burglary of a residence to a second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.
Codifies additional options for the court to enforce court-ordered child support in certain cases.
Expands role of temporary guardian to include arranging placement of alleged incapacitated person in appropriate, less restrictive environment.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Requires prosecutor to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Provides corporation business tax credits and gross income tax credits for purchase of certain compressed natural gas vehicles.
Prohibits awarding alimony to domestic violence offenders; permits termination of alimony based on conviction for crime or offense involving domestic violence.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
"Government Energy Reliability and Savings Public-Private Partnership Act."
Allows use of master meter system in residential dwellings under certain conditions.
Requires criminal history record check of school district volunteers.
Authorizes creation of stormwater utilities for certain local government entities.
Requires youth sports team organizations or cheerleading programs to implement written head injury policies.
Transfers probation employees from Judiciary to State Parole Board.
Establishes Office of State Dental Director and New Jersey Oral Health Commission.
Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain failing schools under alternate route program.
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.
Establishes school breakfast kiosk pilot program.
Requires Governor to make temporary appointment when vacancy occurs in U.S. Senate; requires appointee be member of same political party as person vacating office since beginning of that term; eliminates special election option.
Revises child pornography law.
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Limits amount of appeal bond in civil actions to $50 million.
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for State student financial aid programs.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Establishes death by auto as first degree crime in certain circumstances; designated as Dirk's law.
Permits flexible scheduling of private duty nursing services for eligible Medicaid recipients.
Establishes Medicaid Smart Card Pilot Program.
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
Establishes special license plates to bring awareness to breast cancer.
Prohibits sale of certain mobile telecommunications devices unless device includes technology to remotely render device inoperable.
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Expands education requirements for special learner's and examination permits.
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
Permits sale of home-baked goods under certain circumstances.
Requires certain civil actions against certain licensed persons to be brought within two years.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Establishes professional standards for county sheriffs and their employees.
Prohibits BPU from exercising authority over utility service extensions in manner which creates cost differentials that distinguish among persons or localities based on location of such extensions.
Concerns urban enterprise zones.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Allows corporation business tax or gross income tax credits to developers for certain capital investments for repurposing qualified health care facilities.
Eliminates awarding of attorneys' fees, filing fees, and costs of suit for certain technical violations of consumer fraud act.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Expands implied consent statute to include blood and urine testing.
"Vegetation Management Response Act"; concerns vegetation management related to electric public utility infrastructure.
Establishes Capture, Control, and Conserve Reward Rebate Program in DEP to encourage property owners to implement certain techniques to conserve water or control stormwater runoff.
Concerns reviews of State's economic development incentives.
Requires a public school district to provide a daily recess period for students in grades kindergarten through 5.
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.
Requires Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center to study potential rail passenger service ridership along New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway right-of-way; appropriates $50,000.
Establishes bi-state commission to study and make recommendations to address rail passenger service needs of certain New Jersey and New York commuters.
Establishes automatic voter registration process using MVC applicant information to be transmitted to Secretary of State; permits applicant to decline voter registration.
Appropriates $50,000,000 from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE to provide additional State school aid to certain school districts that spend below adequacy.
Permits expungement of certain older convictions.
Requires certain ratios of school library media specialist to students in public schools.
Clarifies that compensation may be paid for expenses related to service animals required due to injuries resulting from crime against victim.
Authorizes issuance of craft distillery license to certain other alcoholic beverage manufacturing licensees.
Exempts mugshots of arrestees who have not been convicted of the underlying offense from State's open public records law.
Permits certain firefighter training courses to be taken online.
Requires restaurants to maintain supply of epinephrine and permit trained employees to administer epinephrine on-site to persons suffering from anaphylaxis.
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Requires State to pay its pension contributions on quarterly basis by September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30 of each year, beginning July 1, 2017.
Appropriates $12.3 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Concerns Medicaid reimbursement for personal care services.