Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, General Assembly.
Benjie E. Wimberly
Sponsored
Became law8
Provides for certain criminal and civil justice reforms, particularly addressing legal consequences associated with certain marijuana and hashish offenses as well as raising awareness of available expungement relief.**
Includes false incrimination and filing false police report as form of bias intimidation; establishes crime of false 9-1-1 call with purpose to intimidate or harass based on race or other protected class.
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $58,000,000 for NJ Statewide Body Worn Camera Program.
Protects homeowner in foreclosure from excessively low intervening offer.
Concerns certain regulated substances, with particular emphasis on underage possession or consumption of various forms of cannabis, including legal consequences for such activities set forth in legislation passed by both Houses of Legislature.*
Concerns standards for distribution of certain HMFA loans for housing projects during state of emergency.
Codifies right of real estate broker-salespersons and salespersons to define relationship with broker as one between broker and independent contractor or employee and enforces current and previous written agreements addressing relationship.
Passed the General Assembly3
Permits extension of certain deadlines applicable to local government units under emergency circumstances.
Directs State Lottery Commission to permit lottery player to submit and validate lottery claimsof $600 or more via Internet, mobile application, or other electronic means.*
Eliminates driver's license suspension for failure to pay parking tickets; requires registration suspension for more than five parking tickets.
Out of committee9
"Fair Chance in Housing Act"; establishes certain housing rights of persons with criminal records.
Requires that certain realty transfer fee revenues be dedicated to Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.*
Expands Office of Public Defender representation of juveniles; repeals section 4 of P.L. 1968, c.371.*
"Responsible Dog Ownership Act."
Makes FY 2020 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $5 million to DCA for NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program.*
Delays physical examination requirement for certain student-athletes who participate in school-sponsored athletic activities during fall athletic season of 2020-2021 school year.
Accelerates rescinding of certain juvenile delinquency fines and making discretionary post-incarceration supervision due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Updates and clarifies recent legislation passed by both Houses of the Legislature addressing cannabis legalization, and marijuana and hashish decriminalization.
Removes initial mortgage period on new construction from exemptions to municipal rent control and rent leveling ordinances.
In committee90
Provides gross income tax exclusion for capital gains from sale of certain employer securities.
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.
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Establishes "Court Security Enhancement Fund" and increases court fees.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Establishes pilot program in Paterson authorizing non-disclosure of records of certain expungements.
Directs certain unclaimed electric and gas utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund and societal charge revenues to be paid to Statewide nonprofit energy assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.
Prohibits certain school districts under State intervention from leasing building if purchase price would be less than total costs of lease.
Creates advisory council to oversee revision of core curriculum content standards.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3,100,000 to DOE to provide additional State school aid to Manchester Regional School District.
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
Establishes the "Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act."
Allows for the establishment of a "County Tenant Legal Assistance Program" in each county; requires portion of the administrative fee for residential mortgage execution sales fund the program.
Establishes "New Jersey Eviction Crisis Task Force."
Requires cost analysis in certain cases when State department contracts out work.
Expands expungement eligibility; eliminates cap on number of convictions person may expunge; eliminates limitation on number of times person may be granted expungement.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sensitivity training program for high school athletic directors, coaches, and sports officials of interscholastic athletic sports programs.
Requires public utilities to maintain customer billing records for duration of account and to refund full amount of any overpayment by customers.
Permits municipalities to lease vacant municipal land for tiny home occupancy; directs DCA to enhance regulatory guidance on acceptable tiny home construction and use.
Requires establishment of Work and Learn Consortiums by certain educational institutions to establish certificate and degree programs identified in high labor-demand industries.
Establishes transporting for slaughter, selling or otherwise providing for slaughter, or slaughtering gestating cow as crime of fourth degree; establishes criminal and civil penalties therefor; designated as Brianna's Law.
Requires owners of multiple dwellings with at least nine units to provide maintenance services 24 hours a day.
Establishes measures to provide employment stability for high school coaches employed in school districts.
Allows certain employees affected by federal government shutdown to temporarily defer mortgage loan payments and property tax payments.
Establishes School Security Task Force.
Allows certain senior citizens to apply for rent increase limit.
Concerns juvenile incarceration and parole.
Makes FY 2020 language allocation of $1,000,000 appropriated to Grants for Urban Parks to Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $2 million for William Paterson University of New Jersey.
Makes Fiscal Year 2020 supplemental appropriation of $1,700,000 for Thomas Edison State University.
Prohibits certain demolitions without inspection for pest infestation.
Creates domestic violence Internet registry for certain public access; mandates counseling and community service and increases fines for certain domestic violence offenders.
Requires financial institution that has foreclosed on property to remove water service lines that contain lead.
Establishes Statewide limitation on rent increases.
Designates State Highway Route 19 as "William J. Pascrell Jr. Highway."
Requires New Jersey Law Revision Commission to identify statutes containing racially discriminatory language.
Requires blood sample to be obtained from driver involved in motor vehicle accident resulting in death; designated as "Michelle Sous' Law."
Restricts use of motorized skateboards.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Imposes certain requirements on use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement agencies.
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.
"State Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."
Provides that child study team members may be employees of the school district or of a DOE approved agency or clinic.
Assigns financial responsibility of educating homeless student to district of attendance.
Clarifies and codifies certain inflatable ride safety requirements.
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Changes types of development requiring CAFRA permit from DEP.
Establishes special parking for hybrid, electric, and alternative fuel vehicles.
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.
Increases fines for selling single cigarettes and cigarettes in packs of less than 20.
Imposes $0.25 surcharge on alcoholic beverages to be dedicated to Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund.
Creates crime of victimization of persons with disabilities and senior citizens.
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.
Establishes "County Government Criminal Justice Reform Administration Fund"; increases certain fees and assessments.
Clarifies procedures for restoration of driver's license after suspension; authorizes the court to waive imprisonment under certain circumstances.
Creates program for installing standby emergency power generators in new senior housing.
Permits exterior-based property reassessments within eight years of last municipal-wide revaluation.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
Designated the Equitable Disclosure Act of 2010, modifies provisions of MLUL concerning objectors to applications for development.
Permits payment of only one co-payment or deductible for follow-up care or treatment after surgery or illness under certain health benefits plans.
Requires notice of cancellation or nonrenewal of automobile and homeowners insurance policies to be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.
Prohibits certain employment actions against employees affected by a declared state of emergency.
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.
Expands cities permitted to regulate days and hours when packaged goods may be sold.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education tuition and fee expenses.
Concerns expedited process for foreclosing vacant and abandoned residential properties in uncontested actions.
"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.
Requires school districts to maintain and pay premiums for student accident insurance.
Eliminates partial and full State intervention under New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum.
Establishes a Gun Court Pilot Program in Passaic County.
Addresses various concerns affecting post-release employment.
Concerns repayment of unemployment compensation overpayments.
Establishes permanent daylight saving time in NJ.
Establishes "2020 New Jersey Burial Assistance Program;" appropriates $20 million.
Makes law enforcement disciplinary records accessible as government record.
Establishes crime of strangulation chokehold.
Establishes that law enforcement officer who chokes another utilizes deadly force.
Prohibits issuance and execution of "no-knock" warrant to be executed at residences.
Permits special education students and bilingual education students to repeat prior year grade level during 2020-2021 school year upon parental request.
Prohibits sale and possession of certain fireworks.
Requires online portal to report law enforcement officer misconduct; establishes duty to report by law enforcement officers.
Establishes "Guaranteed Income Pilot Program" in DOLWD for residents of certain cities.
Establishes certain restrictions on qualified immunity defense for public employees.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing qualified ex-offenders.
Requires Attorney General to revise law enforcement use of force policy; implements certain reforms.
Requires Attorney General to establish model duty-to-intervene policy for law enforcement officers; requires entities that employ law enforcement officers to adopt duty-to-intervene policy.
Provides for accidental death benefit if death of TPAF member is caused by COVID-19.
Waives physical examination requirement for certain student-athletes who participate in school-sponsored athletic activities during 2020-2021 school year.
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; appropriates $300 million.
Prohibits non-emergency evictions Statewide during COVID-19 covered period.
Filed1
Requires hospitals to report COVID-19 demographic data.
Carried from the Senate
Became law7
"Fair Chance in Housing Act"; establishes certain housing rights of persons with criminal records. *
Expands Office of Public Defender representation of juveniles; repeals section 4 of P.L. 1968, c.371.*
Requires that certain realty transfer fee revenues be dedicated to the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.*
Requires hospitals to report COVID-19 demographic data.
Makes FY 2021 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $5 million to DCA for NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program.*
Accelerates rescinding of certain juvenile delinquency fines and making discretionary post-incarceration supervision due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Delays physical examination requirement for certain student-athletes who participate in school-sponsored athletic activities during fall athletic season of 2020-2021 school year.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 47
"New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020"; provides for administration of programs and policies related to jobs, property development, food deserts, community partnerships, small and early stage businesses, State procurement, wind energy, and film produc
"New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act"; legalizes personal use cannabis for certain adults, subject to State regulation; decriminalizes small amount marijuana and hashish possession; removes marijuana
Requires incarcerated individual from State to be counted at residential address for municipal, county, and congressional redistricting purposes and for apportionment of regional school district board of education members. **
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide internal affairs and personnel files of law enforcement officers to other agencies under certain circumstances.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 21 years of age to qualify.*
Prohibits municipal licensure of children operating temporary businesses.
Requires AG to collect, record, analyze, and report certain prosecutorial and criminal justice data.
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Provides that users of Access Link paratransit service are automatically eligible for and enrolled in motor bus and rail passenger discounted fare program.
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Establishes three year Financial Empowerment Pilot Program.
Allows veteran or personal representative to withdraw honorable discharge papers from county clerk.
Requires DLPS to incorporate implicit bias in cultural diversity training materials for law enforcement officers; makes mandatory cultural diversity and implicit bias training for law enforcement officers.
Requires school districts to provide school meals or meal vouchers to students eligible for free and reduced price school meals during school closures due to COVID-19 epidemic.
Concerns time off from work in connection with infectious disease.
Allows public bodies to conduct meetings, and provide notice, by electronic means during periods of emergency.
Requires food access information be displayed on websites of 2-1-1 system and executive branch departments during public health emergencies to the extent practicable.
Concerns prohibition of residential tenant eviction and eviction due to residential foreclosure during certain emergency circumstances.
Extends eligibility for accidental disability and accidental death benefits to certain PFRS, SPRS and PERS members who contract COVID-19 and test positive for SARS-CoV-2.**
Prohibits employer use of tracking device in vehicle operated by employee under certain circumstances.***
Establishes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Task Force on Racial and Health Disparities.*
Establishes requirements for copies of medical and billing records to be provided without charge to Social Security Disability benefits applicants and recipients.*
Requires landlord to allow tenant to make rent payment using credit card during COVID-19 pandemic.
Ensures insurance coverage for certain persons attending school graduation exercises in July and August of 2020.*
Provides that AOC shall administer program for municipal courts allowing defendents to engage in online plea negotiations, entry of guilty plea, and payment of fine or penalty.*
Requires DCF to give priority to certain school districts with student mental health counseling centers in awarding grants under School Based Youth Services Program.
Requires school districts to include instruction on diversity and inclusion as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.*
Establishes confidentiality of court records of certain eviction actions initiated during COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires BPU, electric power suppliers, and gas suppliers to publish certain information related to filing of customer complaints. **
Limits police presence at polling places and ballot drop boxes; prohibits electioneering within 100 feet of ballot drop box.**
Requires public and local utilities to provide notice to residential customers of available relief measures during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Expands offenses eligible for expungement upon successful discharge from drug court.
Modifies process for obtaining working certificates for minors.
Authorizes motor vehicle dealers to sell motor vehicles online and obtain electronic signatures for motor vehicle transactions.
Provides for reorganization of health service corporation.
Establishes "New Jersey Foreclosure Prevention Act."
Provides partial pension and retirement income exclusion for taxpayers with income between $100,000 and $150,000.
Restores and revises Urban Enterprise Zone program; appropriates $42,500,000.*
Establishes order of protection for current or former judge; upgrades and clarifies harassment against current or former judge; bars firearms possession by persons against whom current or former judge order of protection is entered.
Increases penalties for unauthorized transportation or disposal of solid waste.
Modifies Garden State Growth Zone tax exemption program.
Provides funding for experiential housing advocacy programs to provide legal services for low- and moderate-income tenants in need of housing assistance; appropriates $2 million. *
Directs DHS to develop mobile software for SNAP recipients; appropriates $2 million.**
Establishes State supplement for "breakfast after the bell" meals.
Provides project grants under "Securing Our Children's Fund" for career and technical education expansion in county vocational school districts; appropriates $222,904,769.
Establishes "New Jersey Foreclosure Counseling Fund."
Vetoed · 8
Requires Commissioner of Corrections to institute 30-minute shift overlap in State correctional facilities.
Automatically extends time to file gross income tax or corporation business tax return if federal government extends filing or payment due date for federal returns.
Establishes Bridging the Digital Divide in Schools Grant Program in DOE to provide and expand access to technology and equipment for students in certain school districts.
Creates "Temporary Lost Wage Unemployment Program;" allows persons to claim for lost wages due to coronavirus disease 2019, and employers to pay wages to workers ordered under quarantine by licensed healthcare practitioner; appropriates $20,000,000.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for healthcare and residential facility sanitation due to coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriations of $15 million for grants to food banks.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to issue supplemental cash assistance payments to Work First New Jersey recipients under certain circumstances; makes appropriation.
Requires DOT, NJT and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities.*
Passed the General Assembly · 27
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 72 hours.
Provides for jurisdiction for prosecution for certain crimes against minors committed outside New Jersey.
Prohibits disqualification of certain minority-owned and women-owned businesses for certification.
Exempts discharge of student loan debt of certain veterans through the federal Total and Permanent Disability discharge process from taxation under the gross income tax.
Requires DHS to develop outreach plan to inform certain students about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Requires that if school district satisfies in certain evaluations 80% or more of required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, State must return area to local control.*
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Requires NJT to provide notice and public hearing for alternate provisions of service related to substantial curtailment of service.*
Establishes "Transportation Services Coordination Task Force."
Establishes task force to examine issues and make recommendations concerning youth sports, including abusive coaching, confrontational parents, and bullying of players.
Revises certain licensure requirements to operate water supply and wastewater treatment systems.
Authorizes creation of "New Jersey Council on Access and Mobility."
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization.
Provides paid leave without utilizing accumulated leave time for local government employees under certain circumstances.
Clarifies that law enforcement officer who knowingly chokes another person engages in use of deadly force.
Expands category of lists from which single juror source list is compiled to include persons who are utility customers, have non-driver identification card, or have applied for or received various types of assistance.
Requires DHS to review various aspects of Medicaid managed care program.
Dedicates personal protective equipment to long-term care facilities, home health agencies, hospice care providers, health care service firms, PACE programs, and certain community-based providers during public health emergency.***
Allows for immediate transport of persons by local law enforcement officers under certain circumstances.
Requires AG to establish law enforcement officer use of force data collection and reporting system.
Requires school districts to include instruction on racial discrimination and social justice as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies for middle school students. *
Requires Division of Travel and Tourism establish Black Heritage Trail; establishes NJ Black Cultural Heritage Commission.
Allows minors to serve as election workers between 5:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on elections days.
Requires DOC report certain information annually.
Out of committee · 49
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Expands role of temporary guardian to include arranging placement of alleged incapacitated person in appropriate, less restrictive environment.
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate to military veteran.
Allows certain State agencies to sell Internet advertisements on agencies' websites as pilot program.
Requires emergency contact information and access instructions for social services hotline to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings.
Requires lead paint inspection on certain residential rental property, including upon tenant turnover; establishes lead-based paint hazard education program; appropriates $3,900,000.
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. *
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Passaic, Union, Essex, Hudson, Gloucester, Atlantic, Camden, and Mercer counties, appropriates $400,000.*
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Expands training for judges, law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases. *
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
"New Jersey Fair Play Act"; allows collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for use of name, image, or likeness.
Requires DCA to continuously maintain open enrollment period for federal Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-applications.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Permits physical therapists to perform dry needling under certain circumstances.
Requires DHS to employ Transportation Planning Coordinator to oversee provision of transportation services. *
"Healthy Terminals Act"; requires certain airport and train station workers to be paid certain wage rates and benefits.
Revises definition of "public works projects" to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
Concerns online marketing of affordable housing units.
"Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act"; requires institutions of higher education to implement mental health programs and services.
Concerns business interruption insurance during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency.
Establishes "2020 New Jersey Emergency Rental Assistance Program"; appropriates $100 million.
Authorizes Governor to permit mortgage forbearance and rent payment Provides mortgage payment relief, consumer reporting protection, and eviction protection for resident property owners, tenants and other consumers, economically impacted during time of co
Extends duration of certain laws pertaining to use of telemedicine and telehealth in relation to COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires public health emergency credits to be awarded to certain inmates and parolees during public health emergency; prohibits contact with victim upon release of inmate awarded credits.***
Establishes civilian review boards to review complaints against police officers.
Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.
Establishes wine consultant permit.
Addresses certain landlord expenses in response to COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $300 million.
Requires health care professional licensing boards to utilize National Practitioner Data Bank.
Authorizes creation of local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct; appropriates $800,000.*
Creates two-year "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program" in Juvenile Justice Commission; appropriates $4.2 million in FY 2022 and FY 2023.*
Extends certain document submission deadlines for Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit program and Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program.
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Resources Pilot Program in DOLWD.
Reduces age at which health benefit plans cover colorectal cancer screenings from 50 to 45.
Requires boards of education to provide special education and related services to certain students exceeding age of eligibility for special education and related services.
Requires chief law enforcement officer of municipal police departments to hold two community roundtables on police relations each year.
Provides that in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits, calculations of lost or impaired earnings capacity not be reduced because of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, or affectional or sexual orientation. *
Provides financial relief to certain landlords and tenants in response to COVID-19 pandemic, adjusts certain court fees; and makes appropriations. *
Eliminates premiums and waiting periods for certain NJ FamilyCare enrollees and directs DHS to implement additional targeted outreach initiatives to increase enrollment. *
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Establishes Office of Food Insecurity Advocate.
Establishes "Rental Assistance Navigation Program" in DCA; makes appropriation.
Establishes "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
Revises gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses.
Appropriates $2 million to CRDA to support costs associated with hosting NAACP National Convention in Atlantic City. *
In committee · 101
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Broadens municipal arson investigators' powers.
Increases personal needs allowance to at least $50 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Establishes certain benefits for Class Two special law enforcement officers; allows arson investigators to carry a firearm at all times.
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.
Establishes uniform rates for water and sewer services for residential use based exclusively on metered consumption.
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
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.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Permits certain physical therapists to perform dry needling.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires board of education to provide an individual textbook for each student enrolled in a class.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning the dangers of leaving children unattended in and around motor vehicles.
Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.
Requires DHS to give priority to temporary rental assistance over use of hotels or motels in emergency assistance to Work First New Jersey recipients.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Transfers probation employees from Judiciary to State Parole Board.
Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.
Grants certain employment protections to campus police officers.
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.
Establishes a pilot program in DOE to increase the length of the school day and school year and provides tax credits for corporate contributions to fund the program.
Permits municipalities to adopt ordinances to enforce certain landlord code violations as tax liens.
Increases benefit amounts incrementally under New Jersey earned income tax credit program from 40 percent to 100 percent for resident individuals who cannot claim qualifying child.
Enhances benefit provided under New Jersey earned income tax credit program by treating a qualifying relative as a qualifying child.
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income tax credit program from 40 percent to 50 percent.
Requires contracts for sales of residential property to address lead service lines.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop and distribute heat stroke pamphlet for athletes at public and nonpublic schools; requires school districts and public institutions of higher education to establish heat illness policy for athletes.
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
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 licensure for manufacturers, distributors, wholesale dealers, and retail dealers of electronic smoking devices and related products.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
"County Urban Agricultural Development Zone Act."
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.
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Revises residential property mortgage foreclosure process.
Establishes the Working Group on End-of-Life Care and Palliative Care in DOH.
Requires certain health care plans to be offered by SEHBP and local boards of education; requires SEHBP commission to establish employee contribution rates for certain plans; requires local boards of education provide certain information on health care be
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.
Requires municipalities to conduct lead paint inspections in single- and two-family dwellings; requires reporting of inspection results to State.
Revises health care levy adjustment for school districts; makes various changes for health care benefits for school employees; requires certain information in school budgets; imposes cap on contributions by all public employees for health care benefits.
Changes date of "Juneteenth Independence Day" in NJ to June 19 of each year.
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
"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.
Prohibits mortgage loan discrimination based on familial status.
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
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 health care facilities to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Requires health benefits coverage for private duty nursing services.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to defendant at sentencing.
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 dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
Transfers authority over special nutrition assistance programs from DOH to DHS.
Requires training for law enforcement officers and county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases.
Establishes Statewide program to provide treatment services for children exposed to domestic violence.
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.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Requires developers of residential housing to provide low, moderate, and middle income housing or pay fee.
Establishes "Fairness in Asset Forfeiture Proceedings Task Force."
Clarifies that crimes of trespassing and invasion of privacy also include use of unmanned aircraft systems.
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Prohibits the restraint of prisoners during and immediately after childbirth.
Requires cosmetology and hairstyling licensees to complete domestic violence sensitivity and response training.
Requires inspection for pest infestation prior to certain demolition.
Requires landlord to attach certificate of inspection or occupancy to residential lease.
Concerns mortgage and loan forbearance, rent suspension, and consumer reporting during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Establishes one-time payment program in Department of Treasury for aid for certain eligible taxpayers; appropriates $35 million.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy and energy efficiency programs for overburdened communities.
Concerns mortgage forbearance for certain residential homeowners and protections for certain tenants and landlords during COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes Division on Violence Prevention and Intervention in DLPS.
Establishes New Jersey Baby Bond Account Program.
Expands DCA oversight over common interest communities; establishes trust fund, advisory council, and ombudsman office.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Permits State Real Estate Appraiser Board to revoke, suspend, or fine appraisers or appraisal management companies who knowingly engage in discriminatory appraisals of residential property on basis of race or national origin.
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of residential property on basis of race or national origin.
Makes FY 2021 supplemental appropriation of $180 million to DCF and DHS for increased rates for social service providers in financial distress due to coronavirus disease 2019 public health crisis.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
Provides for legal representation for residential lessees and tenants in any removal or eviction proceeding.
Requires Police Training Commission to establish police officer licensure program.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $35 million to "Urban and Rural Centers Unsafe Buildings Demolition Revolving Loan Fund."
Permits municipalities to issue retail liquor licenses for use in certain historic taverns.
Eliminates qualified immunity and sovereign immunity in certain cases.
Requires municipalities to notify affected property owners before implementing compliance plan to reassess valuation of certain properties.
Establishes "Community Response Initiative to Strengthen Emergency Systems" pilot program in DOH; appropriates $2,000,000.
Expands "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program" and in Juvenile Justice Commission to include Jersey City; appropriates $2 million.
Permits municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for first responders.