Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, Senate.
Gordon M. Johnson
Sponsored
Became law4
Concerns grade options at public institutions of higher education for service member and dependents unable to complete course due to military obligation.
Enhances protections under Law Against Discrimination for persons serving in military and military veterans.
Extends hours that minor employed by national sports association, league, or team may work under certain circumstances.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $45,000,000 from Transportation Trust Fund Account - Subaccount for Capital Reserves to Palisades Interstate Park Commission for certain construction projects.
Passed the Senate4
Provides supplemental transportation aid to certain districts participating in interdistrict public school choice program.
Exempts volunteer first responder stipends from certain payroll and income taxes.*
Prohibits acceptance, offer, or provision of monetary or non-monetary compensation of mail-in ballot messengers or bearers; allows certain facility employees and volunteers to serve as messengers or bearers.*
Prohibits State agency from entering into certain State contracts that limits ability of State agency to install or run certain software.
Out of committee14
"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.
Revises law prohibiting feeding of bears; establishes program in DEP for distribution of bear-proof garbage cans.*
Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.*
Authorizes creation of registered nurse license plates.
Extends affordable housing preference to certain allied South Korean veterans.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DMVA for New Jersey SOS Veterans Stakeholders Group.
Establishes additional manner of employer compliance to provide earned sick leave for certain employees subject to collective bargaining agreements.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DCA for NJ State Veterans Chamber of Commerce for veteran economic development and outreach and skills development.
Requires cancellation option for any subscription service and establishes certain standards pertaining to use of negative option features.
Requires automatic issuance of credential to provide services in carrier provider network for physicians in good standing in New Jersey.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $615,000 to DHS for grant to NJ 2-1-1 Partnership.
Includes minimum number of firefighting personnel for public employer as term and condition of employment for purpose of collective bargaining under certain circumstances; provides for dispute resolution procedure.
Expands certain employer reporting requirements to include entities that employ or contract with individuals for financial compensation, including ride-sharing and delivery technology platforms.
"Safe Communities Act"; requires AG to develop certain model policies.
In committee56
Prohibits business receiving State development subsidies from making certain campaign contributions.
Confers civil service status on police officers employed by Rutgers University.
Establishes award of attorney's fees to prevailing party in municipal services dispute.
Clarifies that civilian public safety directors of municipal, county, and State police departments do not have police powers.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for capital gains from sale of certain employer securities by qualified businesses that result in net positive benefit to State.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of fuel cell devices and systems and certain tangible personal property powered by fuel cells.
Requires certain ambulances to carry epinephrine.
Requires base salary of Palisades Interstate Park law enforcement officers to be equivalent to average base salary of officers in contiguous municipalities.
Requires DOC report certain information annually.
Transfers probation employees from Judiciary to State Parole Board.
Re-establishes Arthritis Quality of Life Initiative and Advisory Council on Arthritis in DHS.
Requires DOT to inspect traffic signs and establish public awareness campaign concerning traffic signs in need of maintenance.
Requires electric public utility to reimburse customer for cost of spoiled food and prescription medicine resulting from service outage more than 48 hours after end of storm.
Requires Medicaid fee-for-service coverage of managed long term services and supports when beneficiary is pending enrollment in managed care organization.
Establishes penalty on planned real estate development association for failure to provide association members timely access to certain meeting minutes.
Makes it aggravated sexual assault or sexual contact for transportation network company or taxicab driver to commit act of sexual penetration or sexual contact using coercion or without permission on passenger.
Updates regulation home improvement and home elevation contractors and contractors' businesses.
Authorizes certain boards of education to issue bonds to repair damages caused by natural disasters in certain circumstances.
Establishes four-year "Rent for Credit Pilot Program" in Department of Community Affairs.
Eliminates position of constable; removes statutory references to constable; repeals various parts of statutory law; implements recommendation of SCI report concerning elimination of constables.
Extends existing plug-in electric vehicle incentives to hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
Prohibits false or secret compartments in motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
Directs installation of hydrogen refueling stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Clarifies that law enforcement agencies may hold gun buyback programs and permits voluntary surrender of ammunition.
Allows DOE to postpone New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum in certain circumstances.
Requires online option for cancellation of automatic renewal of health club services subscriptions entered into online; provides additional options for cancelling health club services contracts under certain circumstances.
Requires Attorney General to revise guidelines regarding use of conducted energy devices by law enforcement officers; establishes law enforcement conducted energy device training.
Requires carriers to offer health care providers more than one method of payment for reimbursement.
Establishes New Jersey Commission on Health Equity.
Changes perimeter for bow and arrow hunting around certain buildings; requires property owner to provide notice and obtain receipt from owners of adjacent properties of any hunting activity; designated as "Restoring Safety Buffer Law."
Authorizes provision of comprehensive health care coverage to certain undocumented immigrants and children.
Requires DOT to assume responsibility for improvements and operations and maintenance of Palisades Interstate Parkway.
Requires labeling of non-flushable disposable wipes.
Makes various revisions to alcoholic beverage licensing laws pertaining to certain retailers and manufacturers; provides tax credit under corporate business tax and gross income tax to certain retail licensees.
Allows customer choice of NJ E-ZPass automatic replenishment amount.
Reduces statute of limitations from six years to two years in medical fee disputes in workers' compensation matters.
Changes earliest date of construction or rehabilitation of housing granted credits without controls.
Permits sale of certain alcoholic beverages at convenience stores.
Provides for jurisdiction for prosecution for certain crimes against minors committed outside New Jersey.
Includes crime of creating false public alarms as form of bias intimidation.
Makes use of front registration plate optional for certain vehicles.
Permits use of credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment for bingo, raffles, and penny auctions.
Establishes sheltered market program for certain business enterprises seeking State contracts.
Limits use of restrictions on telephone calls as discipline measure during incarceration.
Authorizes certain federal law enforcement officers to make arrests for violation of NJ law.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Authorizes EDA to use moneys in "Global Warming Solutions Fund" to support projects to refurbish or upgrade existing electricity generation facilities.
Revises credentialing process for physicians attempting to enter a health insurance carrier's provider network.
Allows certain breweries to sell and deliver brewed beer off-premises at retail salesrooms.
Provides police training course credit to prior military law enforcement officer seeking employment as law enforcement officer in NJ.
Makes various changes to regulation of health care service firms.
Modifies reimbursement for certain premium charges under School Employees' Health Benefits Program.
Provides that Palisades Interstate Park Commission is eligible to receive certain funding from New Jersey Infrastructure Bank.
Clarifies choice of independent contractor status for certain licensed or regulated professionals.
Expands protections under "Daniel's Law"; requires Office of Information Privacy to establish portal for prohibiting disclosure of personal information by private entities and establishes penalties for failure to comply.
Establishes New Jersey-India Commission.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law5
Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.
"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.
Expands certain employer reporting requirements to include entities that employ or contract with individuals for financial compensation, including ride-sharing and delivery technology platforms.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $615,000 to DHS for grant to NJ 2-1-1 Partnership.
"Safe Communities Act"; requires AG to develop certain model policies.
Vetoed1
Requires cancellation option for any subscription service and establishes certain standards pertaining to use of negative option features.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Revises "Athletic Training Licensure Act."
Requires DCPP to consult with Division of Developmental Disabilities following finding of child abuse or neglect to create services plan for person with developmental disability under certain circumstances.
Requires employer or contractor engaged in work for public body to submit payroll records to DOLWD.*
Requires public institution of higher education to readmit student whose enrollment was interrupted due to military service.
Establishes New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force; clarifies collection of student growth data.*
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events; appropriates $2.5 million.**
Establishes New Jersey-Haiti Commission.
Revises various provisions of film and digital media content production tax credit program.*
Provides certain requirements concerning railroad safety.
Provides monies for EDA to purchase certain properties from NJT to maximize development potential; appropriates $65 million.
Appropriates $60 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Provides that certain non-profit corporation alcoholic beverage theater licensees include disregarded entities of such corporations; allows certain community theaters to sell alcoholic beverages.**
Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs.
Expands New Jersey's certificate of need exemption list.
Amends FY2026 annual appropriations act to increase Supplemental Graduate Medical Education Subsidy by $496,000 for support to additional acute care hospital.
Passed the Senate · 4
Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
Adds fusion to types of Class I renewable energies as defined for purposes of "Electric Discount and Energy Competition Act."
Establishes Office of New Americans in Department of Human Services.
Authorizes provision of monetary awards to whistleblowers who report State tax law violations committed by employers in construction industry.
Out of committee · 65
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
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.
Requires Administrative Law Judges to be enrolled in Workers Compensation Judges Part of PERS.
Requires notice of motor vehicle safety recalls upon registration of motor vehicle; requires motor vehicle manufacturers to pay fee to MVC in certain circumstances.*
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research to $10 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD, total brain injury, or traumatic brain injury.
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.*
Requires DHS and DCF to conduct study on service provider workforce, and to evaluate rates paid to, and assess cost of living adjustments for, service providers.*
Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of certain property for lead drinking water hazards.*
Requires State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards pertaining to labor movement; requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement.*
Establishes Law Enforcement Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $3 million.
Requires prescription drug coverage for serious mental illness without prior authorization or utilization management, including step therapy.
Establishes State definition of anti-Semitism; creates a public awareness campaign; appropriates $100,000.
Codifies prohibition of discriminatory practices in real estate appraisals and requires real estate appraisers to complete anti-bias training.
Requires State Real Estate Appraiser Board to adopt alternative program to acquire experiential requirements for prospective real estate appraisers attempting to qualify for licensure or certification.
Establishes Civil Air Patrol Fund to be supported by annual appropriations of $100,000; appropriates $100,000.
Increases amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments; increases property tax credit option for certain individuals.*
Prohibits surgical declawing of cats and other animals.
Establishes mortgage payment relief and foreclosure protection for certain homeowners impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Establishes permanent daylight saving time in NJ.
Requires Department of Agriculture to establish Farm Vitality Planning Reimbursement Grant Program.*
Requires outdoor lighting fixtures installed or replaced by, or on behalf of State, or at projects receiving State funds, to meet certain criteria.
Increases penalties for identity theft when victim is a senior citizen or veteran.
Permits issuance of motorcycle endorsement to certain out-of-State military personnel.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Establishes New Jersey Veterans' Organization Building Grant Program.
Requires municipalities in compliance with affordable housing obligations be provided priority consideration for certain State grants and assistance.
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Enters NJ in Social Work Licensure Compact.
Replaces references to "alien" and "illegal alien" in statutes with "noncitizen" and "undocumented noncitizen," respectively; prohibits use of those terms by executive branch agencies.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits.
Requires definitions of Antisemitism and Islamophobia be included in State's diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging policies, and in any such policy for recipients of State's funds.
Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Provides that regional school districts are not subject to State school aid reductions under certain circumstances.
Establishes eligibility requirements for State small business set-aside program.
Revises certain sections of law concerning financing mechanisms for school facilities projects of regular operating districts.
Renames Blue Star Memorial Highway Council as Blue and Gold Star Memorial Highway Council; renames Blue Star Memorial Highway system as Blue and Gold Star Memorial Highway system.
Makes various changes to powers and duties of NJ Infrastructure Bank.
Establishes Office of Veteran Advocate and ombudsman for DMVA; appropriates funds.
Changes certain Mobility and Transportation Innovation Program requirements; appropriates $20 million.*
"Polluters Pay to Make New Jersey More Affordable Act"; imposes liability on certain fossil fuel companies for funds needed for climate change adaptation projects; establishes program in DEP to collect and distribute funds.*
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Permits person with certain brain injuries to voluntarily make notation on driver's license, identification card, and in MVC registry; establishes program to train law enforcement officers in interactions with persons with certain brain injuries.
Requires pay for extracurricular activities to be included in compensation for TPAF purposes.
Creates Task Force on Higher Education Governance and Funding; appropriates $200,000.*
Requires Medicaid coverage for fertility preservation services in cases of iatrogenic infertility caused by medically necessary treatments.
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of machine gun conversion devices.
Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components.
Authorizes creation of "250th Anniversary Revolutionary War" license plates.
Requires appointment of alternate members of Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preservation Commission.
Increases traffic threshold for local installation of certain speed humps on certain local streets without DOT approval.
Establishes "Jersey Craft Beverage Retailer Promotion and Grant Program" in EDA.*
Establishes "New Economy Opportunity Skills System Pilot Program" to strengthen alignment and collaboration between local workforce development boards, community colleges, and county vocational school districts; makes appropriation.*
Exempts nonresident military spouses from "New Jersey First Act."
Requires Director of Division of Local Government Services in DCA to establish grant program to enhance local government efficiency; appropriates $1.5 million.
Modifies method of allocating State aid for providing auxiliary and remedial services to nonpublic school students.
Changes certain allocations and amounts of constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for Fiscal Year 2026 and thereafter; authorizes Garden State Preservation Trust and local governments to acquire lands in urban areas for agricultural or horticultural purposes.
Revises film and digital media content production tax credit program to include requirement for production of domestic original music and musical scores.
Exempts health care professionals licensed in a foreign nation from New Jersey's licensing requirements while providing services to team participating in 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Establishes autonomous vehicle pilot program.
Establishes nonpublic school nursing services pilot program to provide funding to county consortium of nonpublic schools for nursing services.
Establishes "Privacy Protection Act"; concerns collection and sharing of certain personal information.
Codifies AG Directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."
In committee · 78
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 Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Prohibits State Board of Education from limiting number of certain two-year college credits that may be applied towards meeting teacher certification requirements.
Establishes NJ Wind Institute for Innovation and Training.
Requires owner or operator of certain trains to have discharge response, cleanup, and contingency plans to transport certain hazardous materials by rail; requires DEP to request bridge inspection reports from US DOT.
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.
Designates and preserves Caven Point Peninsula in Liberty State Park as natural habitat.
Eliminates past conviction of indictable offense as disqualifier for jury service.
Expands Medicare health care coverage to all New Jersey residents.
Makes total property tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans retroactive to effective date of determination of total disability; requires State to reimburse municipalities for reimbursement of property taxes paid to veteran.
Establishes "Resiliency and Environmental System Investment Charge Program."
Concerns railroad safety.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement for in-person partial care and intensive outpatient behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment services, and associated transportation services, for adults.
Clarifies rights of parents with disabilities in child protective proceedings.
Provides for certain pediatric NJ FamilyCare beneficiaries to maintain private duty nursing hours when transitioning to Managed Long Term Services and Supports; codifies and expands appeals provisions for private duty nursing services.
Establishes the New Jersey State Government and Civil Service Student Internship Program; appropriates $750,000.
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.
Authorizes home cultivation of medical cannabis.
Concerns structural integrity regulations for certain residential buildings.
Establishes foreclosure protection and mortgage relief for certain homeowners impacted by the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Imposes requirements on video visitation service contracts for inmates in certain correctional facilities; requires correctional facilities to allow contact visits.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills.
Eliminates property tax exempt status of certain school faculty housing.
Increases transparency and accountability for NJT and independence of NJT board members; establishes Office of Customer Advocate; requires greater detail for capital program.
Adopts State definition of Islamophobia for certain civil and criminal purposes.
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State colleges and universities.
Broadens eligibility for certain civil service and pension benefits for veterans by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Requires at least one drive-up ballot drop box in each county; requires certain information to be posted at ballot drop boxes and locations.
Makes $250,000 supplemental appropriation to New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome and Associated Disorders for pediatric clinical services at Tourette Syndrome Clinic of Rutgers University.
Expands categories of individuals who may bring a claim under wrongful imprisonment statute.
Provides for presumptive eligibility for home and community-based services and services provided through program of all-inclusive care for the elderly under Medicaid.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Requires certain providers to perform intimate partner violence screenings and all health care professionals to take certain actions to prevent perpetrator of intimate partner violence from obtaining copies of victim's medical record.
Makes local government business administrators eligible for membership in PERS; provides for transfer from Defined Contribution Retirement Program to PERS.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes New Jersey Student Teacher Scholarship.
Requires board of education to directly employ certain professionals; permits board of education to contract for certain personnel; permits use of virtual or remote instruction for public school students in certain circumstances.
Exempts local utilities from certain reporting requirements.
Establishes bribery in official and political matters applies to person soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept benefit as consideration to act even though not yet in office or otherwise qualified to act.
Expands liability of certain individuals associated with limited liability companies and other commercial entities, when acting as residential landlord.
Establishes "Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program"; appropriates $95,000.
Requires State government entities provide vital documents and translation services in 15 most common non-English languages.
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Consolidates certain affordable housing and assistance applications.
Provides free telecommunication services for incarcerated persons at State, county, and private adult and juvenile correctional facilities.
Subjects certain rooming and boarding houses to municipal land use regulations; requires owners and operators of cooperative sober living residences to submit certain approvals with license applications.
Regulates smoking in casinos and casino simulcasting facilities.
Makes various changes to address sexual assault and child abuse and neglect involving military personnel; addresses protection, penalties, enforcement, jurisdiction, and victim compensation matters.
Prohibits harassing or taking of certain wildlife at competitive event; establishes penalties.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Establishes Commission on Insurance Reimbursement.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey."
Establishes "Bring Veterans to New Jersey Program."
Removes principal place of business requirement of "Set-Aside Act for Disabled Veterans' Businesses.
"New Jersey Student Support Act"; establishes program to Department of Treasury to provide tax credits to taxpayers contributing to organization which awards scholarships to certain nonpublic school students.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 million from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE to support Pantoliano-DePass school based mentoring pilot program in certain Bergen County school districts.
Establishes "New Jersey Migrant and Refugee Assistance Act."
Provides gross income tax deduction for expenses incurred by disabled veterans for service animals.
Secures protections for patients and providers accessing and providing legally protected health care activities; establishes right of residents to legally protected health care services, which are restricted in other states.
Establishes "Equitable Drug Pricing and Patient Access Act."
Modifies languages that examinations are to be conducted in for applicants seeking professional license issued by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Prosecutorial Review in but not of DLPS.
Requires certain consumer disclosures relating to rabies testing and establishes optional training for veterinarians.
Requires Division of Children's System of Care to make changes to certain polices regarding the provision of family support and respite care services for certain eligible individuals.
Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to make feminine hygiene products of varying absorbency levels available to female inmates.
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $3,000,000 to Division on Civil Rights.
Requires NJT to establish contactless payment system to rail passenger service.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Establishes pharmacist licensing exemption for certain dialysis-related drugs and devices.
Dedicates 50 percent of revenues collected from additional fees and taxes imposed on real property transfers valued over $1 million to Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Increases Work First New Jersey Child Care appropriation by $28 million in FY2026 annual appropriations act to ensure full funding of child care subsidy program.
Increases FY2026 annual appropriation to DCF by $16.7 million to increase monthly NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate paid to care management organizations.