Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Benjie E. Wimberly
Sponsored
Became law5
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for defendants who commit certain firearm offenses under Graves Act. **
Replaces statutory terms regarding alcohol and substance use.
Requires State Board of Education to authorize alternate route to expedite teacher certification of persons employed as paraprofessionals in school districts.
Establishes Urban Preservation Program in HMFA; requires federal funds be made available to HMFA to support affordable housing rehabilitation and reconstruction.*
Exempts electricity sold to certain recovered materials manufacturing facilities from renewable energy portfolio standards.
Passed the General Assembly7
Directs State Lottery Commission to permit lottery player to submit and validate lottery claims of $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.
Directs certain unclaimed electric, gas, and water public utility deposits in Unclaimed Utility Deposits Trust Fund and societal charge revenues to be paid to Statewide nonprofit public utility assistance organizations meeting certain eligibility criteria.*
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.
Clarifies procedures for restoration of driver's license after suspension or revocation; concerns waiver of penalties for operating vehicle while license is suspended or revoked under certain circumstances.*
Authorizes home detention for juveniles adjudicated delinquent for certain motor vehicle offenses.
Allows projects supported by State or municipal affordable housing trust fund to be exempt from property tax and to instead contribute to municipal services by making payments in lieu of taxation.*
Out of committee10
Imposes certain requirements on use of automated license plate readers by law enforcement agencies.
"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.
Updates "New Jersey Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act" to current standards of National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Amends requirements for certain mixed use parking projects undertaken by municipal redevelopers under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program; increases total available tax credits by $25 million.*
Requires Director of Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to establish grant program to encourage municipalities to develop recreational sports and STEM programs for children; appropriates $10 million.
Allows ticket prices at postseason athletic events to be increased to offset event-related expenses.
Allows Attorney General to appoint officer in charge when superseding certain law enforcement agencies.
Provides for expansion of certain support team addiction recovery programs; appropriates $1,995,000 from opioid recovery and remediation fund.
Transfers Division of Food and Nutrition from Department of Agriculture to DHS.
Expands culpability requirements for firearms trafficking offenses and violations of regulatory provisions relating to firearms.
In committee100
Concerns outreach and training for minorities and women in the construction industry.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support NJ SHARES.
Establishes the "Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act."
Establishes "New Jersey Eviction Crisis Task Force."
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.
Establishes measures to provide employment stability for high school coaches employed in school districts.
Establishes permanent daylight saving time in NJ.
Permits extension of certain deadlines applicable to local government units under emergency circumstances.
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.
Concerns standards for distribution of certain HMFA loans for housing projects during state of emergency.
"Responsible Dog Ownership Act."
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.
Restricts use of motorized skateboards.
Clarifies and codifies certain inflatable ride safety requirements.
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.
Requires cost analysis in certain cases when State department contracts out work.
Establishes "County Government Criminal Justice Reform Administration Fund"; increases certain fees and assessments.
Establishes "Court Security Enhancement Fund" and increases court fees.
Establishes pilot program in Paterson authorizing non-disclosure of records of certain expungements.
Removes initial mortgage period on new construction from exemptions to municipal rent control and rent leveling ordinances.
Establishes Statewide limitation on rent increases.
Allows certain senior citizens to apply for rent increase limit.
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 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.
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.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
Requires owners of multiple dwellings with at least nine units to provide maintenance services 24 hours a day.
Creates program for installing standby emergency power generators in new senior housing.
Requires New Jersey Law Revision Commission to identify statutes containing racially discriminatory language.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education tuition and fee expenses.
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 notifications.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriation of $2 million for William Paterson University of New Jersey.
Makes Fiscal Year 2022 supplemental appropriation of $1,700,000 for Thomas Edison State University.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for capital gains from sale of certain employer securities.
Makes FY 2022 language allocation of $1,000,000 appropriated to Grants for Urban Parks to Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson.
Requires blood sample to be obtained from driver involved in motor vehicle accident resulting in death; designated as "Michelle Sous' Law."
Increases fines for selling single cigarettes and cigarettes in packs of less than 20.
Creates crime of victimization of persons with disabilities and senior citizens.
Changes types of development requiring CAFRA permit from DEP.
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.
Concerns repayment of unemployment compensation overpayments.
Requires financial institution that has foreclosed on property to remove water service lines that contain lead.
Concerns expedited process for foreclosing vacant and abandoned residential properties in uncontested actions.
Designates State Highway Route 19 as "William J. Pascrell Jr. Highway."
Prohibits certain employment actions against employees affected by a declared state of emergency.
Permits exterior-based property reassessments within eight years of last municipal-wide revaluation.
Requires public utilities to maintain customer billing records for duration of account and to refund full amount of any overpayment by customers.
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.
Establishes special parking for hybrid, electric, and alternative fuel vehicles.
Imposes $0.25 surcharge on alcoholic beverages to be dedicated to Alcohol Education, Rehabilitation and Enforcement Fund.
"State Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights."
Establishes program in DOE to support school districts in developing grow-your-own programs for hiring of teachers of students with disabilities.
Designated the Equitable Disclosure Act of 2010, modifies provisions of MLUL concerning objectors to applications for development.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3,100,000 to DOE to provide additional State school aid to Manchester Regional School District.
Creates advisory council to oversee revision of core curriculum content standards.
Addresses various concerns affecting post-release employment.
Expands cities permitted to regulate days and hours when packaged goods may be sold.
Eliminates partial and full State intervention under New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum.
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Prohibits certain school districts under State intervention from leasing building if purchase price would be less than total costs of lease.
Requires school districts to maintain and pay premiums for student accident insurance.
Establishes a Gun Court Pilot Program in Passaic County.
Establishes "Minority-Serving State College and University Stabilization Program" in Office of Secretary of Higher Education; appropriates $20 million.
"Better Care Dog Act."
Assigns financial responsibility of educating homeless student to district of attendance.
Provides that child study team members may be employees of the school district or of a DOE approved agency or clinic.
Requires administrative review for purposes of parole discharge of certain parolees sentenced to life imprisonment.
Requires pay for extracurricular activities to be included in compensation for TPAF purposes.
Provides that earned sick leave law does not apply to certain workers in concrete industry.
Prohibits New Jersey Legislature from solely altering conduct or outcome of any election; reaffirms separation of powers concerning elections.
Prohibits disqualification of certain minority-owned and women-owned businesses for certification.
Establishes Safe Haven Homeless Housing Program; appropriates $30 million.
Establishes certain notice and compensation requirements for residential tenant displaced for purpose of renovation.
Requires landlord to provide various kitchen appliances in certain dwelling units offered for rent.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Establishes certification program for businesses owned by LGBTQ+ persons.
Requires premium payment made to municipality by purchaser of tax lien to be paid to property owner under certain circumstances.
Directs DOH to establish food bank for pets pilot program; appropriates $1 million.
Requires employer to allow employee suffering from menstrual disorder to work remotely in certain circumstances.
Authorizes certain real property transfers without certain municipal transfer approvals and water testing.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Updates "New Jersey Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act" to current standards of National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Amends requirements for certain mixed use parking projects undertaken by municipal redevelopers under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program; increases total available tax credits by $25 million.*
Allows ticket prices at postseason athletic events to be increased to offset event-related expenses.
Allows Attorney General to appoint officer in charge when superseding certain law enforcement agencies.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 77
Establishes Stay NJ property tax credit program; establishes Stay NJ Task Force; expands income limit and modifies ownership requirement for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement; enhances ANCHOR benefits for seniors; and makes appropriations.*
Establishes new transparency standards for pharmacy benefits manager business practices. *
Provides for expedited construction inspections.*
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.
Establishes New Jersey Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program.
Authorizes the issuance of Kappa Alpha Psi license plates.
Requires entities to remove abandoned lines and mark information on certain lines.*
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Requires high school students to complete financial aid applications.*
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system of electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.*
Provides certain protections and rights for temporary laborers.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.*
Requires MVC to provide customer service telephone number at motor vehicle inspection facilities.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education and DOLWD to establish performance quality standards for career-oriented programs of study offered by institutions of higher education, degree-granting proprietary institutions, and private career schools. *
Requires standard certification period of 12 and 24 months, under certain circumstances, within SNAP.
Requires installation of operational automatic rain sensor or smart sprinkler as condition of sale of certain real properties, and on certain commercial, retail, and industrial properties and common interest communities within specified timeframes.*
Allows Attorney General to bring cause of action for certain public nuisance violations arising from sale or marketing of firearms.
Allows minors to serve as election workers between 5:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on elections days.
Creates State business assistance program to establish contracting agency procurement goals for socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises.
Eliminates requirement that participation in NJ SNAP Employment and Training Program is mandatory for certain recipients. *
Requires DHS to maintain SNAP outreach plan and to conduct additional outreach programs. *
Concerns SNAP services provided at county boards of social services; appropriates $250,000. *
Requires school food authorities to engage in public education campaigns and develop promotional materials to educate parents and guardians of students about existing and expanding school meals program options. *
Establishes State SNAP Minimum Benefit Program; appropriates $18 million to DHS.*
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Requires Medicaid reimbursement for covered behavioral health services provided by local education agency to student who is eligible Medicaid beneficiary.
Establishes "Annual Business Matchmaking Event" in Department of Treasury.*
"New Voter Empowerment Act"; permits 17 year olds to vote in primary election if they turn 18 years old before next succeeding general election.
Makes various changes to New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect; establishes child protection worker caseload standards.
Extends deadline for completion of school district's annual audit.
Provides for presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services and services provided through program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under Medicaid.*
Establishes three-year sickle cell disease pilot program; appropriates $10,200,000.*
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2023.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2023.
Revises certain restrictions on cannabis establishments' owners; expands scope of review of cannabis establishment license applications and related materials.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for transportation infrastructure projects for FY2023; makes appropriation.
Requires Department of Health to provide information to Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system regarding the location of safe disposal sites for hypodermic syringes and needles and prescription drugs.*
Requires training prior to issuance of firearms purchaser identification card and permit to purchase handgun under certain circumstances; provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for ten years.*
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriations of $71,786,000.
Concerns New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority; increases Transportation Trust Fund spending limit by $600 million.
Revises various provisions of law governing construction of school facilities projects and operations of New Jersey Schools Development Authority; establishes "Charter School and Renaissance School Project Facilities Loan Program" in EDA.*
Concerns eligibility for senior freeze reimbursement if eligible claimant exceeds income limit.
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
Concerns tax treatment of individual's income earned outside state of residence; appropriates $35 million.*
Promotes small business Internet presence.
Requires Division of Children's System of Care to establish training program for employees of emergency shelters for homeless.*
Requires DCA to conduct surveys and report data related to homelessness in administering the Rental Assistance Navigation Program.*
Concerns percentage of reclaimed asphalt pavement and recycled materials that can be used for certain road projects.*
Removes expected family contribution from calculation of financial need under circumstances in which public institutions of higher education may reduce student's institutional financial aid.
Requires Office of Emergency Management to incorporate into State Emergency Operations Plan framework to address cybersecurity incidents.*
Requires carriers to offer health care providers more than one method of payment for reimbursement.*
Establishes "Hospital at Home Act."
Appropriates $53,249,310 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.
Expands scope of school district employee sick leave.
Establishes Medicaid per diem rate for pediatric medical day care services delivered by provider offering on-site services; appropriates $3.6 million to DHS.
Requires hourly reimbursement rate for home health aide services provided through Statewide Respite Care Program and Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving Program to be no less than Medicaid fee-for-service rate for personal care services; makes appropriation.
Requires periodic reporting of election results on night of primary and general election and until final tally thereafter; appropriates $1.5 million.*
Extends provisions of P.L.2021, c.498 in certain circumstances.
Provides for coverage of community-based palliative care benefits under Medicaid.
Enters New Jersey into Counseling Compact.
Revises various provisions concerning State tax law.
Establishes Community Crisis Response Advisory Council and community crisis response teams pilot program; designates "Seabrooks-Washington Community-Led Crisis Response Act;" appropriates $12 million.*
Extends useful service life of certain school buses to 20 years; provides temporary one-year extension of service life of Type S school buses.*
Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
Prohibits limiting number of county college credits that may be applied towards educator preparation program and teacher certification requirements.
Extends eligibility for certain individuals for emergency assistance.
Expands certain State programmatic interventions related to residential foreclosures.*
Appropriates $87,783,515 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Establishes "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Appropriates $54,357,547,000 in State funds and $26,144,171,463 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2023-2024.
Increases child tax credit under gross income tax.
Requires certain nonpublic schools to provide meals to all students under "Working Class Families Anti-Hunger Act"; authorizes limited expansion of income eligibility to qualify public and nonpublic school students for free lunch.
Enhances notice requirements and occupancy restrictions for hotels and multiple dwellings following determination of potentially hazardous condition.
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP under FY 2024 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Revises and clarifies certain expungement procedures.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $650,000 to New Jersey Division of State Police for trooper recruitment and retention.
Extends certain accommodations implemented during COVID-19 public health emergency for businesses participating in State economic development programs.*
Vetoed · 4
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Establishes New Jersey Educator Scholarship Program; appropriates $3 million.*
Establishes "Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program"; appropriates $95,000.*
Requires gubernatorial appointment of State Agriculture Development Committee executive director.
Passed the General Assembly · 52
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $3 million.*
Eliminates conviction of indictable offense as automatic disqualifier for jury service under certain circumstances.*
Requires DHS and other appropriate state agencies to disseminate information on transportation options for persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires discrimination prevention training for certain providers of services to senior citizens.
Establishes limits on transcript release restrictions at institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions.*
Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
Requires public transportation employees to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.*
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow service recipients to terminate service contracts following physician's referral to long-term care facility.
Increases maximum number of respite care service hours funded through DCF for certain families*
Directs New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell, Office of Information Technology, and New Jersey Big Data Alliance to develop advanced cyberinfrastructure strategic plan.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Provides gross income tax deduction to eligible educators and paraprofessionals for expense of classroom supplies.*
Requires professional licensing boards to issue licenses for certain individuals with good standing licenses or certification in other jurisdictions under certain circumstances.
Requires MVC to operate call center to assist with online transactions.
Provides for transfers from General Fund to UI trust fund, reduces employer contributions to UI trust fund, assesses contributions from employers to repay transferred amounts, and provides tax credits to small businesses to offset UI tax increases.**
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Requires geotechnical testing and certain monitoring of transportation projects.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish three-year pilot program to increase reading levels of certain students; appropriates $1 million.
Requires State Agriculture Development Committee to compensate owners of preserved farmland for changes in regulations that increase cost of business.
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to private professional counselors.
Permits temporary rental assistance for emergency assistance recipients.
Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications.*
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Establishes "Scientific Conference Grant Program"; appropriates $250,000.
Requires public water systems and landlords to provide certain notice of elevated perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances levels in drinking water; requires DEP to establish educational program.
Exempts members of State Board of Agriculture and county boards of agriculture from personal liability and allows such boards to hire outside counsel and consultants.
Requires landlords of certain properties providing child care services who refuse lead service line replacements to install and maintain water filters.
Requires vehicle identification number be stamped on catalytic converters of motor vehicles.
Requires Treasury to establish and maintain electronic verification system to verify State employees' eligibility to participate in federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Eliminates fee for filing certified copy of name change order.
Establishes advertisement grant program for emerging businesses in science and technology.*
Establishes Office of Financial Assistance in EDA to help eligible entities access opportunities for public financial assistance; requires office to develop common application platform.*
Requires EDA to create needs-matching website for eligible entities.*
Allows certain caregivers of person with intellectual disability to make use of reserved parking zones when transporting person with intellectual disability.
Requires public schools to develop policy for emergency administration of nasal seizure rescue medication and use of manual vagus nerve stimulator on students with seizure disorder.
Establishes Teacher Certification Reimbursement Fund in DOE to reimburse certain teachers for costs associated with certification.
Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers.
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship.*
Directs State Board of Education to authorize issuance of new endorsements in certain fields.
Provides for purchase of PFRS credit for service as class two special law enforcement officer.
Requires public institution of higher education to establish gambling addiction prevention program.
Prohibits creation or disclosure of deceptive audio or visual media, known as "deepfakes," under certain circumstances.
Establishes Deep Fake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.*
Requires DHS to provide information to SNAP and WFNJ recipients regarding card skimming, cloning, and similar fraudulent activities and to submit report to Governor and Legislature on these fraud activities.
Requires payment of minimum wage to minors; requires payment of overtime to minors in certain circumstances; codifies certain exemptions to overtime payment requirements.
Requires establishment of residential rental habitability database and provides certain penalties and causes of action concerning residential leases.
Permits municipality to authorize municipal clerk to submit certain written statements concerning affordable housing.*
Establishes New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force; clarifies collection of student growth data.*
Authorizes HMFA to issue tax credits for certain purposes.
Eliminates fee for special plates for firefighters and members of first aid or rescue squads.
Out of committee · 104
Revises income eligibility criteria for, and provides for promotion of, PAAD and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program; establishes "Senior Save Navigator Grant Program" to assist applicants with NJ Save applications.*
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Exempts experienced firefighters from certain requirements.
Revises "Athletic Training Licensure Act."
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources (WATER) Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million. **
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.*
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Codifies and expands ARRIVE Together Pilot to make certain mental health services available to police responding to certain emergencies; appropriates $2 million.*
Makes supplemental appropriation of $35 million to "Urban and Rural Centers Unsafe Buildings Demolition Revolving Loan Fund."
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Requires certain documentation of needs of students with disabilities during school security drills and emergency situations and in school security plans; requires staff training on needs of students with disabilities in emergency planning.
Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
Establishes teacher recruitment grant program in DOE; appropriates $6 million to DOE.
Requires DHS to establish quality-based reimbursement system for registered family child care providers participating in Grow NJ Kids.*
Establishes pilot program for creation of certain local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct.*
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of residential property on basis of race or national origin.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Permits use of preferred names on student diplomas.
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Passaic, Union, Essex, Hudson, Gloucester, Atlantic, Camden, and Mercer counties; appropriates $400,000.
Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*
"Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Act".*
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.*
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 72 hours.
Requires reporting of certain attempted and completed suicides by minors.
Requires notification to consumers of collection and disclosure of personal data by certain entities.*
Establishes commission to study effects on adolescents of social media usage in and out of school.*
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.
Provides police officers may be present at senior residential center or school being used as polling place under certain circumstances; requires school to establish election day security plan.*
Permits online purchase of eligible foods using WIC funds and use of WIC funds for grocery delivery charges.*
Designates each community college in State as provider of allowable services under SNAP Employment and Training Program.
Increases income eligibility threshold, over three-year period, to 50 percent of federal poverty level for families with dependent children under Work First New Jersey program.
Consolidates certain affordable housing and assistance applications.
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Establishes certain data reporting requirements for prescription drug supply chain; establishes Drug Affordability Council; appropriates $1,500,000.*
Makes $25 million supplemental appropriation to HMFA for Capital Improvement Assistance Program.
Authorizes Chief Administrator of MVC to waive fee for non-driver identification card if applicant submits proof of enrollment in public assistance or social service program.
Prohibits sale of certain diet pills and dietary supplements for muscle building to persons under 18 years of age under certain circumstances.*
Requires institutions of higher education and government employers to provide certain students and employees with information about Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Limits certain provisions in restrictive covenants and limits enforceability of restrictive covenants.
Requires certain permit holders to complete practice driving hours to obtain probationary driver's license.
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit Program.*
Establishes minimum NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for traumatic brain injury special care nursing facilities; establishes enhanced NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for nursing facilities under certain circumstances; makes an appropriation.
Establishes New Jersey Center for Study and Prevention of Suicide at Rutgers School of Public Health; appropriates $500,000.*
Credits $5.2 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $2.9 billion to NJ Schools Development Authority, NJ DOT, and NJT; and establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects.*
Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million.
Concerns licensing of law enforcement officers; appropriates $6 million.
Protects financial institutions and insurers doing business with cannabis industry from being penalized by State regulators.
Establishes Liberty State Park Design Task Force.*
Establishes Office of Ombudsman for Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Requires certain insurers to disclose policy limits upon request by an attorney under certain circumstances.
Revises various provisions of Food Desert Relief Program.
Revises definition of destructive device to include certain .50 caliber rifles; makes certain exceptions.
Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from third degree to second degree.
Prohibits possession and requires registration of body armor in certain circumstances.
Concerns structural integrity regulations for certain residential buildings.
Establishes Behavioral Healthcare Provider Loan Redemption Program within Higher Education Student Assistance Authority; appropriates $5 million.
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Appropriates $50,640,229,000 in State funds and $24,082,639,850 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2022-2023.
Concerns trucks driving in farthest left-hand lane of State highway system and State toll roads.
Authorizes use of digital license plates.
Authorizes certain boards of education to issue bonds to repair damages caused by natural disasters in certain circumstances.*
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate of $200 for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services.
Permits State Board of Education to authorize alternative teaching certificate.*
Establishes the "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Product Donations Immunity Act."
Provides for child tax credit to be available in Tax Year 2022.
Provides that court may order certain juveniles adjudicated delinquent to perform community service where offense was committed.
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location and to make available certain informational brochures.
Updates certain insurance company investment provisions in accordance with Investments of Insurers Model Act.
Changes definition of eligible contract for DOT grant program to compensate certain contractors and subcontractors affected by supply chain shortages.
Revises and codifies schedule for childhood lead screenings.*
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply and develop policy governing use of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies.
Establishes High Efficiency Accelerated Learning Grant Program and Tutoring Advisory Commission.
Establishes Mobility and Transportation Innovation Pilot Program in DOT; appropriates $2 million.*
Requires public institutions of higher education to submit annual fiscal monitoring report; authorizes Secretary of Higher Education to appoint State monitor of certain institutions; requires higher education chief financial officers complete training; annually appropriates $100,000.*
Establishes School Safety and Security Task Force.
Prohibits sports wagering partnerships at public institutions of higher education.
Requires DCA to continuously maintain open enrollment period for federal Housing Choice Voucher Program pre-applications.
Requires expanded use of affordable housing voucher program funding for homeownership expense assistance.
Directs DOE to develop guidelines for school districts concerning student mental health services.
Requires voting machines to be recertified annually and after software modifications.
Provides SHBP and SEHBP to award contracts for more claims administrators for each program plan; requires claims data and trend reports to be provided to certain persons.*
Establishes annual ten-day sales tax holiday for certain sales of disaster preparedness supplies and equipment.
Permits teacher, and professional staff member who provides special services, who retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during the 2023-2024 school year.
Establishes procedures and standards regarding public service privatization contracts.
Clarifies process for administrative apporpriations to UEZs.*
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Provides for merger of Bloomfield College with Montclair State University; expands powers and property of Montclair State University; and expands State college risk management group.
Requires public and nonpublic schools with lunch programs to provide free lunch to increasing numbers of income-eligible students and, after five-year phase-in, to provide free lunch to all students, regardless of income or federal eligibility.*
Establishes Office of Community Schools; appropriates $10 million.
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award annual summer tuition aid grants.*
Eliminates fees, liens, and warrants issued for Public Defender services.
Waives certain certification and credentialing fees for teachers for one year.
Revises various provisions of "New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020," including revisions to New Jersey Aspire Program.*
Modifies New Jersey Community-Anchored Development Program.
Makes FY 2023 supplemental appropriations of $158,525,000 and modifies certain language provisions.
Establishes Social Impact Investment Fund; appropriates $20 million.
Directs Office of the Public Defender to provide representation at parole revocation proceedings.
Credits $400 million to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $371 million to DOC, DLPS, South Jersey Port Corporation, and DOT; establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects.
Prohibits certain dissemination of criminal history background information until record is updated.
Concerns carbon monoxide detectors in certain multiple dwellings and hotels.*
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Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $20 million from General Fund to DOE to support school facility cleaning and sanitization.
Establishes Statewide program to provide treatment services for children exposed to domestic violence.
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
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.
Permits municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for first responders.
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.
Allows certain State agencies to sell Internet advertisements on agencies' websites as pilot program.
Prohibits employer use of tracking or electronic communications device in vehicle operated by employee under certain circumstances.
Establishes "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
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.
Requires developers of residential housing to provide low, moderate, and middle income housing or pay fee.
Concerns mortgage and loan forbearance, rent suspension, and consumer reporting during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Provides mortgage payment relief, income tax relief, consumer reporting protection, and eviction protection for residential property owners, tenants, and other consumers, economically impacted during time of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Permits certain physical therapists to perform dry needling.
Permits physical therapists to perform dry needling under certain circumstances.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Broadens municipal arson investigators' powers.
Establishes certain benefits for Class Two special law enforcement officers; allows arson investigators to carry a firearm at all times.
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.
Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
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 landlord to attach certificate of inspection or occupancy to residential lease.
Concerns accomplice liability of law enforcement officers who fail to de-escalate and intervene when another officer commits offense.
Establishes position of Minority Depository Institution Coordinator in EDA.
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.
Provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for four years; requires training prior to issuance of firearms cards and handgun purchase permits; revises procedures for passing of firearms to heir or legatee.
Requires Police Training Commission to establish police officer licensure program.
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.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
Requires municipalities to conduct lead paint inspections in single- and two-family dwellings; requires reporting of inspection results to State.
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.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Authorizes State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation; makes appropriation.
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Prohibits mortgage loan discrimination based on familial status.
Requires health benefits coverage for private duty nursing services.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy and energy efficiency programs for overburdened communities.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
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.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
Provides for legal representation for residential lessees and tenants in any removal or eviction proceeding.
Establishes New Jersey Baby Bond Account Program.
Requires State, county, and municipal employees and certain State contractors to complete cybersecurity awareness training.
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.
Establishes task force to examine issues and make recommendations concerning youth sports, including abusive coaching, confrontational parents, and bullying of players.
Establishes uniform rates for water and sewer services for residential use based exclusively on metered consumption.
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.
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
Establishes Division of School Desegregation in DOE to identify racial and socioeconomic segregation of school districts and to ensure better integration in public schools.
Establishes certain law enforcement and privacy procedures; designated as New Jersey Values Act.
Supplemental appropriation of $10,000,000 to fund community-based violence intervention initiatives.
Supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 to fund Center on Gun Violence Research.
Concerns appointment of certain superintendents of weights and measures.
Requires DOA to establish, maintain, and publicize online, searchable database of minority-owned farms in New Jersey.
Permits municipalities to adopt ordinances to enforce certain landlord code violations as tax liens.
Directs AOC to establish implicit bias training for judges and judicial personnel.
Establishes Department of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as principal department in Executive Branch and specifies functions, powers, and duties of department.
Permits persons participating in Drug Court and other programs to earn credit against amount owed on certain court-imposed financial obligations.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to certain businesses providing annual physical and mental health screenings to full-time and part-time employees.
Permits suspension by Governor of wage execution during declared Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency.
Prohibits certain light frame residential construction in densely populated census tracts; establishes construction requirements for certain light frame residential construction in other census tracts.
Prohibits persons under 21 years of age from possessing electronic smoking devices.
Requires each county to establish Reentry, Mental Health, and Addiction Services Coordination Committee to facilitate coordinated provision of mental health, addiction and reentry services to county residents.
Permits voter registration up to 14 days before election.
Concerns automobile insurance practices.
Creates alternative option to earn barbering license through 1250 hours of training at licensed shop.
Requires certain disclosures by providers of commercial financing.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
"New Jersey Safe Storage of Firearms Act"; establishes certain requirements and penalties regarding firearm storage; repeals law governing minor's access to firearm; requires AG to establish public awareness campaign regarding firearm storage; appropriates $500,000.
Requires newly manufactured semi-automatic handguns to be micro-stamped; establishes handgun database.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Establishes crime of law enforcement officer choking another person; designated as George Floyd's Law.
Establishes license to allow wineries that produce more than 250,000 gallons per year to directly ship wine to consumers.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with certain firearm offenses be detained prior to trial.
Requires local recreation departments and youth serving organizations to have defibrillators for youth athletic events.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for After School Recreation in Urban Areas; stipulates uses of, and eligibility criteria for, funds.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Requires NJHMFA to allocate certain portion of federal low-income housing tax credits to certain high-opportunity areas.
Requires entities at every level of government to conduct periodic studies of racial and ethnic disparities in public contracting.
Establishes presumption for accidental disability retirement in PFRS that firefighter with Parkinson's Disease has disease as result of employment.
Requires AG to establish uniform police training curriculum.
Subjects most State property to local property taxation beginning on July 1, 2022.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
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.
Requires school districts and DOE to post on their websites information regarding student participation in certain assessments.
Establishes Frontline Health Care Worker Loan Forgiveness Program.
Requires school districts to include instruction on conflict resolution as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
Establishes a Division on Violence Prevention and Intervention in the DLPS.
Requires public schools to include instruction on cursive handwriting.
Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Early Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programs for students in grades K through 8.
Authorizes creation of "New Jersey Council on Access and Mobility."
Legalizes growing or possessing up to six marijuana plants for personal recreational use, and up to 10 plants for personal medical use, by persons aged 21 or older.
Allows mail-in voter to cure mail-in ballot due to missing or unsealed inner envelope.
Creates "Census Complete Count Trust Fund" in Department of State for funding efforts to achieve full count of State's population each federal decennial census.
Requires Office of Information Technology to establish centralized, one-stop website resource guide to assist persons in navigating the State's developmental disability service system.
Requires Cannabis Regulatory Commission to annually report number of cannabis applications submitted and permits or licenses issued to certain persons.
Prohibits sale of infant walkers.
Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.
Requires degree-seeking students enrolled in public institutions of higher education to receive instruction on American government and civic engagement.
Expands liability of certain individuals associated with limited liability companies and other commercial entities, when acting as residential landlord.
Increases benefit amounts and expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
Revises gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses.
Modifies salary of certain county board of elections officials.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on history and contributions of Indigenous people as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Enhances transparency in exercise of municipal redevelopment powers.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.5 million to provide tuition assistance for students enrolled at Thomas Edison State University.
Prohibits institutions of higher education and degree-granting proprietary institutions from using applications for admission that inquire about applicant's criminal history; establishes "Universal College Application Development Task Force" to develop standard application for admission.
Establishes "Minority-Serving County College Stabilization Act" in Office of Secretary of Higher Education; appropriates $15 million.
Establishes MOM Project oral health three-year pilot program in DOH; appropriates $4,150,000.
Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
Establishes New Jersey Veterans' Organization Building Grant Program.
Provides that definition of minority business enterprise include persons of Middle Eastern and North African descent for State certification and assistance purposes; revises definition for school board and local government contract set-aside purposes.
Allows small employers to claim tax credit for paying for certain health benefits plan premiums.
Establishes requirements concerning methods for determining whether child has specific learning disability under federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Re-establishes Arthritis Quality of Life Initiative and Advisory Council on Arthritis in DHS.
Extends eligibility for certain SDA grant funding to Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Includes substance abuse disorder in list of disabilities that qualify student for State special education and related services.
Requires school districts that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.
Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.
Requires suspension of certification of homemaker-home health aides under certain circumstances; designated as "Maria's Law."
Establishes NJ Task Force on Coordination Among Nonprofit Social Service Organizations.
Establishes Children's Health Promotion Fund.
Prohibits discrimination on basis of height or weight under "Law Against Discrimination."
Requires school districts to maintain supply of nasal rescue medication and oxygen for seizure emergencies; provides for training of designees to administer nasal rescue medication and oxygen when school nurse is not physical present.
Requires collection of deoxyribonucleic acid sample for certain crimes.
Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Establishes pilot program in the DLPS requiring the electronic recording of certain police interrogations.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
"Immigrant Tenant Protection Act."
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to provide coverage for certain drug regimens for treatment of AIDS or HIV under certain circumstances.
Establishes "New Jersey Forensic Science Commission."
Establishes NJ Forensic Science Laboratory at Rutgers University-Camden; appropriates up to $500,000.
Establishes New Jersey Commission on Health Equity.
Allows certain persons with developmental disabilities 21 years of age and older to attend special education programs and to simultaneously participate in adult day and employment programs.
Requires long-term care facilities to submit reports regarding residents with disabilities.
Prohibits pharmacies from charging additional fee for processing prescriptions transmitted by telephone or electronic means.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey."
Requires police misconduct training course be included in police basic training curriculum.
Requires DCF to administer school-based youth services program as currently established.
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $772.6 million.
Expands list of eligible jurors by removing juror disqualification for criminal convictions and including DOLWD and DCA record in juror source list.
Prohibits information from Statewide voter registration system from being published on Internet.
Authorizes medical cannabis for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
Establishes Extended School Day and School Year Study Commission.
Directs HMFA to establish "Hotels for Housing" grant program.
Requires MVC to issue only one license plate.
Establishes student-athlete mental health specialists in school districts and public institutions of higher education; creates student-athlete mental health registry; makes appropriation.
Concerns motor vehicle stops by law enforcement officers.
Permits high performing school districts to be monitored by DOE under New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC) every seven years rather than every three years.
Provides certain protections to residents of long-term care facilities.
Requires State and private correctional facilities to allow inmates to make telephone and video calls at no cost to inmate or other party.
Establishes Office of Learning Loss Czar.
Requires health insurance coverage of prescribed anti-obesity medication.
Provides child tax credit for taxpayers with children ages six to 11 and increases amount of credit for taxpayers with children under 12 over period of two years.
Requires SHBP, SEHBP, Medicaid, and NJ FamilyCare to cover anti-obesity medications.
Requires nonvoting representative be appointed to each board of education of choice districts to represent sending district.
Establishes New Jersey Council on Responsible Fatherhood and Responsible Fatherhood Fund.
Broadens definition of "harassment, intimidation, or bullying" in Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act.
Establishes Employer-Based Child Care Assistance Partnership Program in DCF.
Allows certain State professional and occupational licensees to work from remote location under certain circumstances.
Requires local boards of education to employ at least one school social worker per school.
Requires local boards of education to employ certain number of staff with expertise in student mental health.
Establishes "Remote Methadone Dosing Pilot Program;" appropriates $225,000.
Establishes Teaching Scholars Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Sets States mileage reimbursement rate at IRS rate for business use of automobile.
Prohibits banning and restricting access to books in public libraries.
Provides an excused absence for pupil who serves as poll worker on election day.
Expands child tax credit eligibility to resident taxpayers with children ages six to 11.
Renames Juvenile Justice Commission as Youth Justice Commission.