Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Clinton Calabrese
Sponsored
Became law2
Requires entities to remove abandoned lines and mark information on certain lines.*
Permits municipal emergency management coordinators to reside within reasonable proximity to municipality in which they are employed.
Passed the General Assembly3
Establishes NJ Native Seed Commission to develop plan to increase production and use of native seeds in State.
Directs DEP to establish leasing program for State-owned land to be used and managed as pollinator habitat.
Designates Common Eastern Bumble Bee as New Jersey State Native Pollinator.
Out of committee9
Requires new flooring for schools and child care centers to be certified mercury free.
Creates gallery space on State House grounds for display of certain art works.
Directs Department of Agriculture to advertise and promote State aquaculture products through Jersey Fresh Program; establishes annual $100,000 appropriation; appropriates $100,000.
Exempts shellfish aquaculturists with commercial shellfish aquaculture permit from law prohibiting taking of shellfish on Sunday; requires submission of annual shellfish harvest report.*
Establishes sales and events privileges for certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers.*
Reduces parking spaces required in Statewide site improvement standards at residential developments relative to development's proximity to public transportation.
Requires payment of tuition for certain non-resident public school students.
Changes number of signatures required on primary election petition to nominate certain municipal candidates in certain municipalities.
Makes various revisions to alcoholic beverage manufacturing and retailing license laws.
In committee36
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, application to roadway, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.
Requires police training for interactions with persons who may have behavioral health issues.
Expands municipal authority to license and inspect residential rental property.
Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review audits of public institutions of higher education.
Restricts use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
Requires county to provide extraordinary special education aid to school districts located in county for students with costs over $55,000 and State to reimburse county.
Allows follow up calls from operators of NJ Suicide Hopeline to minors at risk of committing suicide.
Prohibits sale of milkweed plants treated with certain pesticides.
Establishes task force to study presence of mercury in floors of certain facilities.
Requires shared service agreements to include certain provisions.
"New Jersey Ticket Consumer Choice Act."
Permits persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder to have MVC note that designation on certain MVC-issued documents.
Allows certain winery licensees to also hold plenary retail consumption licenses and operate restaurants; excludes land used for sale of alcohol under plenary retail consumption license from farmland tax assessment.
Establishes immunity for businesses against damage claims COVID-19 exposure; excludes willful, reckless or intentional conduct; excludes businesses that fail to adhere to safety guidelines.
Clarifies municipal authority to share construction code officials.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from requiring students to purchase meal plans.
Increases Spill Compensation and Control Act cap on recovery of damages from certain dischargers.
Requires State Board of Agriculture to provide list of environmentally harmful plant species to certain committees of Legislature each year.
Directs BPU to prohibit Internet service providers from installing broadband telecommunications infrastructure on certain poles or underground facilities unless Internet service providers adhere to principle of "net neutrality."
Permits import of Canadian prescription drugs.
Permits patients to indicate that they should not be prescribed opiates and certain other controlled substances in prescription monitoring program information.
Provides that required instruction on sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention in grades preschool through 12 include content on Internet safety and dangers of online predators.
Prohibits non-electric vehicle from parking in electric vehicle charging location under certain circumstances.
"Swift Access For Emergency Response Actions Preservation Program (SAFER APP)"; authorizes Attorney General to order turn-by-turn navigation systems to reroute vehicular traffic under certain conditions.
Limits patient information behavioral health care providers may disclose to health insurance carriers.
Directs BPU to update interconnection standards for Class I renewable energy sources and develop fixed fee structure for interconnection costs.
Establishes immunity relating to COVID-19 spread at swimming pools in planned real estate developments.
Clarifies that residents with mental illness or substance use disorders may be included on public safety special assistance municipal lists.
Establishes license allowing supermarkets to sell certain alcoholic beverages manufactured in this State; designated as The Garden State Grocery Liquor Licensing Act.
Adjusts certain public contract bid thresholds.
Enters New Jersey into Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact.
Allows for eligible organizations to use large entertainment venues to conduct raffles in certain municipalities.
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on brothers and sisters of a decedent.
Concerns NJT transitway and Meadowlands public transportation.
Requires certain notice when redirecting consumers to website for ticket resale and establishes certain requirements for websites offering tickets for resale.
Prohibits Commissioner of Education from approving certain tests for teacher certification candidates with extended retake waiting periods.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Exempts shellfish aquaculturists with commercial shellfish aquaculture permit from law prohibiting taking of shellfish on Sunday; requires submission of annual shellfish harvest report.*
Requires payment of tuition for certain non-resident public school students.
Changes number of signatures required on primary election petition to nominate certain municipal candidates in certain municipalities.
Makes various revisions to alcoholic beverage manufacturing and retailing license laws.
Vetoed1
Establishes sales and events privileges for certain alcoholic beverage manufacturers. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; permits counties to provide additional compensation to election workers; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. *
Permits operation of pedicabs and alcoholic beverage consumption by passengers of pedicabs in certain circumstances.
Provides for expedited construction inspections.*
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for environmental infrastructure projects for applicants with established program to employ, at project or related facilities, local residents or residents of nearby urban aid qualifying municipalities.
Requires DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program; provides for $15 million in first year and $15 million annually in subsequent two years to DEP, subject to availability, to provide grants.
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.*
Requires NJT to pay certain persons one-and-a-half times regular rate for work during period of commercial vehicle travel restriction issued by DOT.*
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
Permits alternating proprietorship of certain wineries.
Decouples State tax provisions from federal prohibition on cannabis business deductions.*
Extends deadline for completion of school district's annual audit.
Extends deadlines, under certain circumstances, for completion and commercial operation of certain solar electric power generation facilities.*
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Provides project grants under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for career and technical education at county vocational school districts; appropriates $36,960,028.
Prohibits seller from imposing certain surcharge for credit card transactions; establishes certain notice requirements regarding surcharge.*
Provides that 10-year term does not apply to lease of certain municipal properties unless they are waterfront properties or related to waterfront concessions.
Extends period of usefulness of fire engines for bonding purposes from 10 to 20 years; eliminates exclusion of passenger cars and station wagons.
Vetoed · 2
Prohibits sale, distribution, import, export or propagation of certain invasive species without permit from Department of Agriculture; establishes NJ Invasive Species Council.**
Extends annual horse racing purse subsidies through State fiscal year 2029.
Passed the General Assembly · 19
Prohibits tax preparation software companies from charging fee for electronically filing State tax returns.
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $3 million.*
Concerns licensure of persons rendering barbering services in another state or foreign country.
Revises SNAP eligibility requirements for certain students attending institutions of higher education.
Allows shore municipalities to provide spouse and dependent children of veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
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.
Creates "Pollinator Pathway" designation for municipalities.
Directs DEP to establish pollinator habitat program for closed landfills.
Establishes "pollinator-friendly" label for plants.
Establishes "Enhanced Crossing and Crosswalk Pilot Program" in Bergen County.
Requires Medicaid Fraud Division to enter into data sharing agreement upon request of county to provide access to third party insurance liability data regarding certain COVID-19 related health claims.
"New Jersey Disability Savings Act."
Revises emergency care services referral standards for providers of telemedicine and telehealth.
Eliminates one percent tax on purchasers of Class 4A commercial property transferred for consideration in excess of $1 million.
Allows instructional wine making facilities to sell wine for on premises consumption at certain events and donate wine to non-profits and charitable organizations.
Establishes certification card for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
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.**
Requires DOE and DCF to establish online reporting systems for schools and child care centers to report lead testing results.
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Out of committee · 38
Permits governing body of municipalities having population of 30,000 or less to serve as local board of health; validates certain actions.
Revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel.
Requires professional boards to issue licenses for veterans with good standing license or certification in another jurisdiction under certain circumstances.
Requires public agencies and government contractors to report cybersecurity incidents to New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness.*
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. *
Requires municipalities, public utilities, and State to use LED technology in certain street lights.
Authorizes conversion of certain office parks and retail centers to mixed-use developments.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care staff and registered family day care providers.
Requires DHS to establish quality-based reimbursement system for registered family child care providers participating in Grow NJ Kids.*
Requires telemarketers to provide name, mailing address, and telephone number of person on whose behalf call is made.
Requires water purveyors to conduct, and report to DEP, water loss audits.
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
"Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Act".*
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.*
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
Implements certain guidelines concerning purchase of catalytic converters.
Provides CBT and gross income tax credits for certain deliveries of low carbon concrete and for costs of conducting environmental product declaration analyses of low carbon concrete.*
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission" in DHS.*
Extends Right to Farm Act protections to certain shellfish aquaculture activities.*
Allows local government deferred compensation plans to invest in collective investment trusts.
Provides for oversight and improvement of administration of unemployment compensation.
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Requires boards of education and chief administrators of nonpublic schools to submit critical incident mapping data to local law enforcement.
Permits pharmacists to furnish self-administered hormonal contraceptives pursuant to a standing order, in accordance with protocols established by Board of Pharmacy and Board of Medical Examiners.
Requires stress testing on State's ability to provide services in various economic conditions.
Establishes special license to allow food and beverage establishments to sell alcoholic beverages in shopping malls.
Allows certain restaurants with retail licenses to deliver alcoholic beverages and food in preloaded delivery vehicles.
Includes electronic sports event as sports wagering; authorizes electronic sports wagering at certain locations.*
Clarifies delivery and shipment privileges of certain retailers when storing alcoholic beverages at licensed warehouse.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate of $200 for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services.
Establishes "Climate-Resilient Crop Grant Program" in Department of Agriculture; appropriates $200,000.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply and develop policy governing use of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies.
Amends certain requirements for installation of electric vehicle supply equipment and Make-Ready parking spaces.
Requires State to include motion sensor lights in new and existing State buildings.
Concerns temporary registration certificates and license plates.
In committee · 122
Requires disclosure of breach of security of geolocation data.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to conduct study and issue report on impact of artificial intelligence on growth of State's economy.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Facilitates identification of municipal liens on residential property of certain seniors and disabled persons.
Allows municipalities to transfer inactive alcoholic beverage retail licenses for use in redevelopment, improvement, or revitalization areas under certain circumstances.
Requires certain accessible public restroom facilities be equipped with signs reserving use for persons with disabilities.
Provides for uniform regulation of small wireless facility deployment in this State.
Provides temporary gross income tax credit to first time home buyers and seniors.
Imposes certain requirements on businesses that make automatic renewal or continuous service offers.
Establishes four-year Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant Program.
Establishes general immunity for businesses, including non-profits, and public and private colleges and universities, and their officers, employees, and agents, against actions relating to Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic or related viral strain in subsequent years.
Requires MVC to conduct study and issue report comparing online transactions and in-person transactions.
Establishes "Food Innovation District Pilot Program."
Concerns certain sales of alcoholic beverages at farm markets.
Provides gross income tax deduction for residents who subscribe to New Jersey based newspapers.
Expands permitted sales and activities on licensed premises of certain alcohol manufacturers.
Requires telecommunications service providers to provide call mitigation technology to subscribers.
Provides that purchase of insulin is not subject to deductible; requires health insurers to limit copayments and coinsurance for insulin; requires insulin manufacturers to submit report to Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
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 consumption of food on limited brewery premises.
Directs Juvenile Justice Commission to establish arts education pilot program for juvenile offenders.
Permits certain physical therapists to perform dry needling.
Permits physical therapists to perform dry needling under certain circumstances.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Provides employer and employee protections pursuant to the use of legalized cannabis items.
Requires person with an alcoholic beverage license to carry alcoholic beverage liability insurance under certain circumstances.
Prohibits awarding of economic development subsidy to business if payment of principal and interest on previously awarded loan or loan guarantee is greater than 24 months overdue.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Upgrades certain penalties for criminal street gang recruitment and criminality; imposes mandatory minimum sentence for certain offenses; establishes accomplice liability and imposes restrictions for certain recruiters.
Requires public community water systems to provide customers with certain information regarding lead in drinking water.
Requires electric public utility to charge residential rate for service used by residential customer for electric vehicle charging at charging stations within certain designated parking spaces.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by campus medical professional or trained employee.
Expands requirements for health insurers and Medicaid program to cover prescriptions for contraceptives for up to 12 months.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Requires provisions regarding sellers' obligation to deliver marketable and insurable title in certain residential real estate contracts of sale.
Applies local public contract bid threshold amounts to local pay to play and prevailing wage laws.
Establishes creative crosswalks pilot program.
Adds two student representatives to board of governors of Rutgers University.
Directs BPU to develop and implement electric school bus pilot program.
Establishes "Plastic Pollution Task Force" to study ways to reduce and address plastic pollution.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain solar energy system expenditures.
Requires State Board of Education high school graduation requirements include instruction on tuition assistance programs and student loan debt; requires high school students to meet with guidance counselor to discuss tuition assistance and dual enrollment.
Expands indoor capacity for food or beverage establishments and banquet and wedding venues under certain circumstances during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Requires criminal history record background check for rifle and shotgun purchases.
Prohibits water companies from assessing more than one charge per fire hydrant to fire departments, fire districts, or volunteer fire companies for use of fire hydrants.
Prohibits use of receipt paper containing bisphenol A.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for purchase and installation of electric vehicle charging stations and for commercial zero emission vehicle fleet conversions.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rates for private duty nursing services.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy and energy efficiency programs for overburdened communities.
Allows resident taxpayers to deduct from gross income fifty percent of amount paid through E-ZPass for NJTA tolls.
Requires request for proposal to establish demonstration program to develop distributed energy resource microgrids for electric fleet and heavy-duty vehicle use.
Requires restaurants to provide healthy beverages with meals designated for children.
"Fair Repair Act"; concerns repairs to certain consumer electronics.
Expressly prohibits invasive examination of unconscious patient by health care practitioner without patient's prior informed written consent.
Extends immunity relating to COVID-19 claims in planned real estate developments until December 31, 2022.
Establishes one-time grant to study and recommend best practices for encouraging youth participation in government.
Decouples State tax provisions from federal prohibition on cannabis business expense deductions.
Establishes one New Jersey Suicide Prevention Advisory Council in DOH.
Authorizes executor or administrator to take control of online accounts of deceased person.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Specifies minimum 20-year planning duration for NJ Statewide Water Supply Plan and adds new requirements for plan.
Requires DOT to prioritize green stormwater infrastructure in design, construction, reconstruction, and repair of public highways.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Permits municipal, county, and regional police and fire forces to establish five-year residency requirement for police officers and firefighters; allows exceptions to requirement under certain circumstances.
Establishes green infrastructure financing program.
Establishes Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Advisory Council.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from denying payment for preauthorized covered services except under certain circumstances.
Requires all motorbuses purchased for public transportation service to be electric-powered by 2029.
Directs BPU to establish rebate program for purchase of electric or battery powered leaf blowers.
Authorizes DCA, DEP, DOT, and municipalities, to provide priority consideration to permit applications for green building projects.
"Chloe's Pet Access Law"; permits dogs in outdoor seating areas of restaurants under certain circumstances; codifies current requirements concerning live animals in food establishments.
The "Liberty State Park Protection Act"; establishes Liberty State Park Advisory Committee and requirements concerning DEP actions related to Liberty State Park.
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.
Prohibits delivery of electronic smoking devices and tobacco products to individuals under 21 years of age.
Prohibits manufacture, sale, or promotion of consumer products containing microbeads.
Prohibits certain actions relative to endangered and threatened plant species; directs DEP commissioner to take certain actions to protect endangered and threatened plant species.
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential and prohibit any disclosure, sale, or unauthorized access to subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing to disclose information.
Directs MVC to establish driver's license endorsement for autonomous vehicles.
Establishes fully autonomous vehicle pilot program.
Restricts use of certain data collected for purposes of contact tracing related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes permitting process for testing highly automated vehicles in NJ; establishes Highly Automated Vehicle Interagency Advisory Committee.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Allocates sufficient funds to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Prohibits excessive increases in prices charged for essential off-patent and generic prescription drugs and biological products.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Establishes special parking for hybrid, electric, and alternative fuel vehicles.
Establishes license to allow wineries that produce more than 250,000 gallons per year to directly ship wine to consumers.
Authorizes direct shipping by craft distilleries.
Makes various changes to law governing limited breweries.
Permits school districts to define excused absences from school to include illness based on student's mental or behavioral health and requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for defining excused absence for this reason.
Expands Medicaid coverage regarding assistive devices for hearing impaired under certain circumstances.
Exempts poll worker wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Permits wineries to operate salesrooms in certain municipalities with restrictions on the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service; prohibits certain caller identification service manipulation and provides additional penalty.
Authorizes sharing of municipal court administrator under "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act."
Provides gross income tax credits to support development of New Jersey-based small business start-ups.
Prohibits use of paper receipts containing bisphenol-A or bisphenol-S; provides for phased-in prohibition on use of all paper receipts; authorizes continued use of electronic receipts.
Directs installation of electric vehicle charging stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Establishes "Comprehensive State Plan for Economic Development."
"Motorist Fueling Choice and Convenience Act."
Directs NJ Infrastructure Bank to establish financing program for electric school buses; allocates $20 million annually in societal benefits charge revenues to NJ Infrastructure Bank for purposes of program.
Prohibits retail motor fuel dealer from charging a credit card customer in excess of four percent above the purchase price for same fuel sold to customer paying by cash.
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, and nonpublic schools of violations of drinking water quality standards.
Prohibits vehicles from parking in electric vehicle charging location under certain circumstances.
Makes permanent temporary enactment allowing certain alcoholic beverage retailers to sell and deliver alcoholic beverages and mixed drinks; establishes certain sale and delivery privileges for alcoholic beverage manufacturers.
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.
Requires MVC to implement corrective measures concerning agency operations.
Clarifies the newspaper media delivery person and news media stringer are independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.
Establishes certain shellfish aquaculture activities as eligible for Right to Farm protections.
Establishes annual 9-1-1 PSAP County Grants.
Stengthens access to reproductive health care; appropriates $20 million.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey."
Requires certain information to be included in SHBP claims experience data provided to certain public employers.
Requires parental notification when seclusion technique is utilized on student with disabilities; requires DOE to collect data on students with disabilities regarding exclusion from school pending psychiatric clearance and utilization of restraints and seclusion.
Allows wineries to obtain brewery-winery sublicense; establishes farm brewery license.
"Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Services Act"; authorizes production and use of psilocybin to promote health and wellness; decriminalizes, and expunges past offenses involving, psilocybin production, possession, use, and distribution.
Establishes requirements for fee disclosure and for fees allowed as part of sale for certain tickets.
Filed · 1
Prohibits government dealings with businesses associated with Belarus or Russia.