Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Paul A. Sarlo
Sponsored
Became law13
Authorizes special occasion events at certain commercial farms on preserved farmland, under certain conditions.**
Prohibits government dealings with businesses associated with Belarus or Russia.
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 use of tents and other fixtures for outdoor dining on certain property.
Allows ticket prices at postseason athletic events to be increased to offset event-related expenses.
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.
Requires payment of tuition for certain non-resident public school students.
Appropriates unexpended funds from "1999 Statewide Transportation and Local Bridge Fund."
Makes FY 2023 supplemental appropriations of $158,525,000 and modifies certain language provisions.
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.
Establishes "Boardwalk Preservation Fund" in DCA; appropriates $100 million from federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021."
Changes number of signatures required on primary election petition to nominate certain municipal candidates in certain municipalities.
Eliminates vote on school budgets for Type II school districts in April elections, except for separate proposals to spend above cap.
Passed the Senate5
Enhances penalties for distribution and manufacture of certain amounts of fentanyl.*
Allows for eligible organizations to use large entertainment venues to conduct raffles in certain municipalities.
Reduces parking spaces required in Statewide site improvement standards at residential developments relative to development's proximity to public transportation.
Revises pass-through business alternative income tax to include more forms of S corporation income in calculation of pass-through business alternative income tax liability; modifies election and revocation dates for pass-through business alternative income tax.*
Establishes minimum base NJ FamilyCare per diem reimbursement rate of $1,100 for special care nursing facility with neurologically impaired young adult unit.
Out of committee16
Requires State Auditor to annually publish user-friendly report summarizing and analyzing contents of State's Annual Financial Report.
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.
Establishes crimes of theft of motor vehicle and receiving stolen motor vehicle as separate statutory provisions; provides extended sentences for certain persistent offenders.*
Excludes solid waste, recycling, fuel and certain insurance costs from appropriations cap for certain local units.*
Extends deadline for completion of school district's annual audit.
Permits municipal emergency management coordinators to reside within reasonable proximity to municipality in which they are employed.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriations of $71,786,000.
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Upgrades crime of leader of auto theft trafficking network; establishes second degree crime of participant in auto theft trafficking network.
Upgrades burglary of residence to crime of the second degree.
Concerns exclusions from municipal appropriations cap.
Requires gubernatorial appointment of State Agriculture Development Committee executive director.
Establishes Agritourism Fund; requires annual appropriation of $2.5 million from General Fund; appropriates $2.5 million.
Revises various provisions concerning State tax law.
Extends certain accommodations implemented during COVID-19 public health emergency for businesses participating in State economic development programs.*
Revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to certain volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.
In committee14
Allows seasonal retail consumption alcoholic beverage license holder to exchange license for full-year consumption license.
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Concerns county improvement authority contracting powers.
Authorizes certain large food waste generators to send food waste to sanitary landfill facilities for purpose of generating Class I renewable energy.
Authorizes alternative procedure for sale of municipal sewerage systems to public utilities.
Adjusts certain public contract bid thresholds.
Concerns use of cannabis by certain law enforcement officers during non-work hours.
Establishes special license to allow food and beverage establishments to sell alcoholic beverages in shopping malls.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide network adequacy within health benefits plans.
Extends list of crimes for which rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention applies; requires pretrial detention of defendant who violates conditions of pretrial release.
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Program" and related financing program in NJ Infrastructure Bank; and authorizes certain energy contracts under "Public School Contracts Law" and "Local Public Contracts Law" up to 30 years.
Adjusts bid threshold amounts on certain public contracts.
Requires Pretrial Services to recommend pretrial detention of certain repeat offenders.
Permits voluntary participation in treatment as condition of pretrial release under certain circumstances.
Filed1
Extends transmittal date deadline for fiscal year 2022-2023 gubernatorial budget message to Legislature from fourth Tuesday in February to March 8, 2022.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law12
Extends transmittal date deadline for fiscal year 2022-2023 gubernatorial budget message to Legislature from fourth Tuesday in February to March 8, 2022.
Extends deadline for completion of school district's annual audit.
Requires State Auditor to annually publish user-friendly report summarizing and analyzing contents of State's Annual Financial Report.
Permits municipal emergency management coordinators to reside within reasonable proximity to municipality in which they are employed.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriations of $71,786,000.
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Establishes crimes of theft of motor vehicle and receiving stolen motor vehicle as separate statutory provisions; provides extended sentences for certain persistent offenders.
Establishes Agritourism Fund; requires annual appropriation of $2.5 million from General Fund; appropriates $2.5 million.
Revises various provisions concerning State tax law.
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.
Extends certain accommodations implemented during COVID-19 public health emergency for businesses participating in State economic development programs.*
Revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to certain volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.
Vetoed1
Requires gubernatorial appointment of State Agriculture Development Committee executive director.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
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. *
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award summer tuition aid grants in summer of 2023; appropriates $1,000.*
Transfers Motion Picture and Television Development Commission to EDA; revises provisions of film and digital media content production tax credit program; appropriates 30 million.*
Permits 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.*
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.
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award annual summer tuition aid grants.*
Makes various revisions to alcoholic beverage manufacturing and retailing license laws.
Passed the Senate · 3
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy. *
Prohibits mental health care professionals from disclosing mental health notes to health insurance carriers.*
Repeals $100,000 cap on sales and use tax exemption for certain capital improvements made by businesses participating in Urban Enterprise Zone program.
Out of committee · 22
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
Establishes crime of "sexual extortion": using explicit sexual images to extort victims.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Exempts sales of investment metal bullion and certain investment coins from sales and use tax.
Revises certain requirements concerning eligibility for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Increases penalties for carjacking and for theft of motor vehicle.
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Increases maximum number of respite care service hours funded through DCF for certain families.*
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate of $200 for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Expands crime of leader of auto theft trafficking network; establishes third degree crime of participant in auto theft trafficking network.*
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP and SEHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.*
Concerns tax treatment of individual's income earned outside state of residence; appropriates $35 million.*
Establishes "Resiliency and Environmental System Investment Charge Program."
Replaces statutory terms regarding alcohol and substance use.
Establishes spotted lanternfly control grant program in Dept. of Agriculture; appropriates $5 million.
Modifies employee health benefits requirements under certain economic development programs.
Extends period of usefulness of fire engines for bonding purposes from 10 to 20 years; eliminates exclusion of passenger cars and station wagons.
Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
Adjusts bid threshold amounts for certain public research universities; permits certain contracts for school districts, municipalities, and counties to be awarded by qualified purchasing agent.*
Extends annual horse racing purse subsidies through State fiscal year 2029.
In committee · 19
Establishes State payment in lieu of taxes to municipalities for loss of revenues due to an overburden of tax-exempt cemetery property; appropriates $66 million.
Establishes New Jersey Revenue Advisory Board; modifies executive State budget presentation; updates State revenue and expenditure reporting and disclosure requirements; and requires annual State financial stress testing.
Requires State Treasurer to issue report concerning New York's taxation of New Jersey residents' income.
Provides for public comment period at certain sessions of each house of the Legislature.
Establishes Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission.
"Vegetation Management Response Act"; concerns vegetation management related to electric public utility infrastructure.
Allows deduction from New Jersey gross income of certain capital gains from sale or exchange of New Jersey qualified small business stock held for more than five years.
Indexes various thresholds and qualifications under New Jersey gross income tax for inflation.
Requires employers whose employees are subject to contracts that are amendable and do not expire to provide earned sick leave.
Prevents future tax increases based on revisions to employee unemployment tax wage base; allocates $100 million to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance.
Expands membership of State Health Benefits Commission and School Employees' Health Benefits Commission.
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Establishes eligibility for enrollment in PERS and subsequent retirement benefits for certain county fire instructors under certain conditions.
Exempts all transfers made to lineal relatives from the Transfer Inheritance Tax.
Allows municipalities to transfer inactive alcoholic beverage retail licenses for use in certain redevelopment and revitalization areas; establishes procedure to transfer inactive retail licenses.
Removes registered apprenticeship program requisites of public work contractors; sets apprenticeship standards for prevailing wage projects.
Requires certain wholesale pricing of motor fuels be set using formula.
Clarifies that certain beach owners and lessees have no duty to keep beach safe or to warn of hazards; provides immunity from liability, in certain cases, for injuries occurring on beach or in adjacent waters.
Exempts certain oversized vehicles from requirement of additional escort vehicle if transported load is property illuminated during nighttime.