Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Shama A. Haider
Sponsored
Became law3
Authorizes student attending institution of higher education to earn credit towards graduation for serving as poll worker.
Prohibits sale, manufacture, distribution, and use of firefighting foam containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires DEP to establish collection and disposal program; appropriates $250,000.*
Concerns local unit filing requirement for certain shared services agreements.
Passed the General Assembly2
Requires certain providers to perform intimate partner violence screenings and all health care professionals to take certain actions to prevent perpetrators of intimate partner violence from obtaining copies of victim's medical record.*
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish three-year pilot program to increase reading levels of certain students; appropriates $1 million.
Out of committee7
Increases from 17 to 21 public members of New Jersey State Council on the Arts; requires one member for each NJ county; imposes criteria for initial four new members.*
Requires labeling of non-flushable disposable wipes.
Requires certain transportation research to consider needs of individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
Designates specific dates for special fire district elections.
Requires stress testing on State's ability to provide services in various economic conditions.
Amends lists of projects eligible to receive loans for environmental infrastructure projects from NJ Infrastructure Bank for FY2023.
Appropriates unexpended funds from "1999 Statewide Transportation and Local Bridge Fund."
In committee33
Requires seizure of ammunition and certain firearm components in response to domestic violence restraining order or conviction.
Expressly allows health care professionals located outside New Jersey to provide services using telemedicine and telehealth to patients in New Jersey.
Strengthens location confidentiality for certain crime victims.
Requires female inmates be provided with family planning services prior to release from correctional facility.
Expands wrongful death act to allow recovery for mental anguish, emotional pain and suffering, loss of society and loss of companionship.
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, and nonpublic schools of violations of drinking water quality standards.
Prohibits employers from inquiring about gender of job applicants under certain circumstances.
Requires publication of guide for licensure as integrated care facility; assigns DOH and DHS employees to communicate with facilities.
"Penny's Law"; requires DEP to develop beach accessibility guidelines for persons with disabilities.
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."
Prohibits substitution of prescribed epilepsy drugs by pharmacists without prior notification to and written consent of physician and patient.
Establishes "Become A Nurse" license plates and dedicates fees for nursing scholarships.
Requires public schools to comply with more stringent school lunch and breakfast nutrition standards adopted by USDA in 2012.
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.
Requires DOT to inspect traffic signs and establish public awareness campaign concerning traffic signs in need of maintenance.
Requires Medicaid fee-for-service coverage of managed long term services and supports when beneficiary is pending enrollment in managed care organization.
Requires each government entity in this State to conduct review of cybersecurity infrastructure and make recommendations.*
Requires certain ambulances to carry epinephrine.
Requires DOC to provide prenatal and post-partum education and services for certain inmates.
Establishes on-demand shuttle service pilot program.
Requires NJT to provide on-demand transit service in certain areas.
Eliminates US citizenship requirement for student representatives on boards of trustees of certain public institutions of higher education.
Requires county health departments to maintain reserve stock of opioid antidotes to dispense to certain entities on interim basis to ensure uninterrupted supply.
Establishes standards for food date labeling; requires Commissioner of Health to establish public education program and promulgate guidelines related to food safety.
"Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act"; establishes requirements, prohibitions, and programs for regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Requires certain approvals as a condition of sale or transfer for certain cooperative buildings.
Authorizes creation of registered nurse license plates.
Allows municipality to issue permits to sell alcoholic beverages in residential redevelopment or rehabilitation areas.
Requires MVC to conduct unscheduled surprise inspections of certain school buses.
Provides supplemental transportation aid to certain districts participating in interdistrict public school choice program.
Requires NJT to establish guidelines for on-demand micro transit pilot programs operating within State.
Changes earliest date of construction or rehabilitation of housing granted credits without controls.
Exempts certain volunteer first responders from coverage under "unemployment compensation law"; excludes from gross income amounts received for certain volunteer emergency services.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Requires certain transportation research to consider needs of individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
Amends lists of projects eligible to receive loans for environmental infrastructure projects from NJ Infrastructure Bank for FY2023.
Requires labeling of non-flushable disposable wipes.
Appropriates unexpended funds from "1999 Statewide Transportation and Local Bridge Fund."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 38
Provides for reciprocity of certain out-of-State EMT certification; establishes criminal history record background check process.*
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
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 court to consider information concerning coercive control in domestic violence proceedings.*
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 domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Requires State Board of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and regulations concerning confinement of breeding pigs and calves raised for veal.*
Reduces from 18 to 12 specific credit hours required for Animal Health Technician job title in civil service; allows substitution of five years of experience for education requirement.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.
Provides for streamlining of SNAP application process and establishes SNAP application call center; appropriates $750,000. **
Requires DHS to maintain SNAP outreach plan and to conduct additional outreach programs. *
Requires schools to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to students from working class, middle-income families; designated as "Working Class Families' Anti-Hunger Act."
Requires New Jersey Historical Commission to establish Black Heritage Trail; permits New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation to use funds for markers on certain trail sites; appropriates $1 million.*
Requires State agencies update demographic data collection methods on Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian and Indian Diaspora residents of this State.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Establishes "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act."
Allows license plate frame to obscure certain parts of permanent or temporary license plate under certain conditions.
Establishes menstrual health public awareness campaign.
Prohibits extradition of individual from another state back to that state for actions related to conduct concerning reproductive health care services lawful in this State.*
Concerns protections with respect to nondisclosure of certain patient information relating to reproductive healthcare services, and protecting access to services and procedures related to abortion for certain out-of-State persons.*
Provides temporary one-year extension of service life of school buses for 2022-2023 school year; authorizes chief administrator to allow one-year extension in subsequent two school years.*
Makes various changes concerning regulation of emergency medical services; establishes mobile integrated health program and new State Emergency Medical Services Director in DOH.*
Revises law requiring registration with DEP of certain entities engaged in soil and fill recycling services.
Provides one-year waiver of certain MVC fees imposed for driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards.
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.
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
Requires Commissioner of Education to distribute survey to school districts regarding instruction on Holocaust and genocides.
Requires motor vehicle dealer to offer to delete personal information in motor vehicles in certain situations.*
Enhances customer service experience with Business Action Center in Department of State by collecting and disseminating customer assistance metrics.
Establishes "Resiliency and Environmental System Investment Charge Program."
Establishes crimes of theft of motor vehicle and receiving stolen motor vehicle as separate statutory provisions; provides extended sentences for certain persistent offenders.
Concerns electronic transmission of crash reports.
Provides for coverage of community-based palliative care benefits under Medicaid.
Revises health insurance coverage requirements for treatment of infertility.
Requires copies of certain law enforcement records to be provided to victims of domestic violence upon request.
Requires State Board of Education to authorize alternate route to expedite teacher certification of persons employed as paraprofessionals in school districts.
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.
Vetoed · 1
Provides employee access to employee's employment records on file with DOLWD.
Passed the General Assembly · 33
Requires State agencies to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities and on mobile devices.
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $3 million.*
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency.*
Requires DHS and other appropriate state agencies to disseminate information on transportation options for persons with developmental disabilities.
Requires MVC to establish system for salvage processors to electronically process salvage certificates of title.
Makes it fourth degree crime to engage in certain tracking and location activities.*
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 ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.*
Expands duties of Commission on Human Trafficking to prevent human trafficking in women and children of color.
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.
Directs DEP to establish pollinator habitat program for closed landfills.
Establishes "Enhanced Crossing and Crosswalk Pilot Program" in Bergen County.
Directs New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell, Office of Information Technology, and New Jersey Big Data Alliance to develop advanced cyberinfrastructure strategic plan.
Provides gross income tax deduction to eligible educators and paraprofessionals for expense of classroom supplies.*
Requires DOT, NJT, and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities.
Establishes certification card for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Requires transportation network company drivers to complete anti-human trafficking training course.*
Requires DHS and DOH to submit federal waivers to cover menstrual products under NJ FamilyCare, SNAP, WIC and establishes State funded benefit if federal waiver is denied; appropriates $2 million for State benefit.*
Establishes Women's Menstrual Health Program to identify and assist patients with symptoms related to endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome.*
Requires study of ocean energy potential; directs BPU to establish wave and tidal energy generation goals and take other action to establish NJ as nationwide leader in ocean energy.
Modifies languages that examinations are to be conducted in for applicants seeking professional license issued by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Exempts community gardens operating on-site composting systems or other systems of managing organic waste from certain DEP permits under certain conditions.*
Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in health care facilities; makes appropriation.
Clarifies that law concerning requirements for closure of private career school applies to certain schools licensed by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
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.
Requires landlords of certain properties providing child care services who refuse lead service line replacements to install and maintain water filters.
Establishes Small Business Resiliency Project Loan Program in EDA for certain small businesses implementing certain resiliency projects.
Establishes New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force; clarifies collection of student growth data.*
Out of committee · 69
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Requires publication of certain information related to toll discounts on E-ZPass website.
Establishes position of Youth Disconnection Prevention and Recovery Ombudsperson; establishes "School Disconnection Prevention Task Force."*
Establishes Women Veterans Coordinator in DMVA.
Expands purpose of Traumatic Brain Injury Fund to support transportation costs incurred by eligible individuals in accessing support group meetings.
Codifies, and increases under certain circumtances, current minimum Medicaid per diem reimbursement rates for assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes, and assisted living programs; makes appropriation.*
Establishes NJ State Parks and Open Space Foundation.*
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 employer to provide certain accommodations to employee who is breast feeding.
Requires midwives and physicians to provide pregnant women information on birthing options prior to delivery.
Creates "New Jersey Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act."
Requires NJTA and SJTA to check E-ZPass database before issuing E-ZPass violation.
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Requires new flooring for schools and child care centers to be certified mercury free.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Provides for civil actions against persons or entities profiting from commission of human trafficking offenses, or maintaining victims of such offenses.
Establishes program in DOE to reimburse school districts for providing menstrual products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.*
Establishes New Jersey Siblings' Bill of Rights.
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.*
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of residential property on basis of race or national origin.
Prohibits providers of commercial mobile service and developers of mobile application from disclosing customer's global position system data to third parties under certain circumstances.*
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.*
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 72 hours.
Establishes "New Jersey Small Business Indoor Air Quality Management Support Program."
Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Requires environmental sustainability plan for State House Complex.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish New Jersey Minority, Women, and Underserved Farmer Registry.
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC. *
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Requires notice of motor vehicle safety recalls upon inspection and registration of motor vehicle; requires motor vehicle manufacturers to pay annual fee to MVC.*
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
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.*
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Requires MVC to provide, upon request, notation on driver's license or identification card of diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or communication disorder.*
Requires landlord to provide written explanation for rent increase on tenant of senior citizen housing project.
Creates gallery space on State House grounds for display of certain art works.
Requires transportation network companies to share information concerning sexual misconduct investigation of driver; authorizes transportation network company to ban drivers from accessing digital network during and following investigation.
Provides for lifetime disqualification from operating commercial motor vehicle and transportation network company vehicle for persons convicted of human trafficking.
Authorizes special "We Support the Arts" license plates with proceeds to New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
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.
Increases penalties for carjacking and for theft of motor vehicle.
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Requires State government entities provide vital documents and translation services in at least seven most common non-English languages.*
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit Program.*
Authorizes home care for individuals who are disabled or elderly and requires health insurance coverage therefor.
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.*
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services; appropriates $20 million.*
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate teacher certification of veterans.
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Authorizes use of digital license plates.
Authorizes schools to receive certain food waste from other schools, and provides exemption to such receiving schools from certain DEP permits, under certain conditions.*
Requires DEP and Drinking Water Quality Institute to perform study concerning regulation and treatment of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Requires DEP to perform certain assessments concerning regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Directs DEP to establish rebate program for purchase of microfiber washing machine filter or replacement filter; appropriates $2.5 million.
Requires DCA to track natural disaster-related spending by State and local government.
Allows issuance of alcoholic beverage retail license for use in connection with nonprofit movie theaters that promote arts.
Requires DOT to develop program to implement adaptive traffic signal technology at certain intersections.
Establishes signs and Internet websites for State tourism attractions, historic sites, and historic districts.*
Requires DEP to study feasibility of using alternative water supply source when perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances exceed maximum contaminant level.
"Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Battery Management Act."*
Authorizes issuance of electronic copies of vital records.
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.*
Concerns railroad safety.
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.
In committee · 138
Prohibits certain medical examinations on female patients without informed consent.
Permits dogs as service and emotional support animals at State veterans' residential facilities.
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
Establishes the New Jersey School Counts County College Scholarship Program.
Permits members of Legislature to enroll in SHBP.
Adopts State definition of Islamophobia for certain civil and criminal purposes.
Provides for uniform regulation of small wireless facility deployment in this State.
Prohibits harassing or taking of certain wildlife at competitive event; establishes penalties.
Authorizes use of disability benefits for transportation provided by transportation network companies.
Establishes "Food Innovation District Pilot Program."
Creates white collar crime registry.
Directs Juvenile Justice Commission to establish arts education pilot program for juvenile offenders.
Criminalizes owner or landlord knowingly renting dwelling to tenant that is illegal occupancy which causes serious bodily injury to or death of another person.
Requires minimum temperature in senior citizen housing projects to be maintained at 70 degrees from October 1 to May 1.
Establishes maternity care standards for general hospitals providing maternity care.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Requires Police Training Commission to establish police officer licensure program.
Requires public community water systems to provide customers with certain information regarding lead in drinking water.
Expands crime of bias intimidation; establishes additional penalties for crimes of bias intimidation and harassment; establishes bias intimidation motivation damages.*
Requires school bus drivers to retake certain knowledge and skills tests.
Establishes COVID-19 Local Food Pantry Assistance Grant Program in DHS; appropriates $4 million.
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Adds two student representatives to board of governors of Rutgers University.
Designates Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as State and public holidays.
Mandates access to cancer screenings for firefighters through health care benefits plan or program provided by the public employer.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Creates public awareness campaign concerning risks associated with unsecured, Internet-connected baby monitors.
Allows primary caregiver of handicapped person and person with autism to apply for and use handicapped parking.
Requires institution of higher education to have automatic external defibrillator on premises of each athletic facility and student center.
Requires door to operator's cabin be locked on NJT trains.
Requires producers of packaging products sold in New Jersey to adopt and implement packaging product stewardship plans.
Concerns procedures with respect to repair of certain public utility facilities and related street repaving.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person who commits domestic violence by strangling victim be detained prior to trial.
Establishes Restaurant Meals Program in DHS; permits certain individuals to use SNAP benefits at approved restaurants; requires participation by certain restaurants operated by institutions of higher education.
Requires correctional police officers to wear body worn cameras and security camera systems to be installed in State correctional facilities.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Requires Governor to appoint Chief Accountability Officer to supervise all State ombudsmen, compliance officers, comptrollers, and other officers with substantially similar positions.
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.
Establishes "New Jersey Transit Bus Riders' Bill of Rights."
Requires signs to be posted and pamphlets to be distributed in emergency rooms regarding VCCO.
Prohibits the sale of certain children's products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium.
Establishes Prescription Drug Review Commission; requires production costs be reported for certain prescription drugs.
Exempts 100 percent disabled veterans from payment of motor vehicle registration fees; requires notification of eligible motorists.
Provides for establishment of three-year pilot program to expand provision of paratransit services in New Jersey.
Requires DMVA to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Requires health insurance companies to cover lead screenings for children 16 years of age or younger.
Requires DOH to study racial aspects of ovarian cancer.
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.
Permits counties and municipalities to bond for passenger cars and station wagons solely fueled by electric or renewable power sources.
Requires carriers to pass prescription drug savings to consumers.
Increases transparency and accountability for NJT and independence of NJT board members; establishes Office of Customer Advocate; requires greater detail for capital program.
Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.
Exempts disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears veteran's or recipient's special license plate or placard issued by MVC.
Establishes the "Student Loan Assistance and Home Purchase Act."
Requires school districts to take certain actions in circumstances when school meal bill is in arrears; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to make comprehensive list of its programs available to public.
Authorizes DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to permit BPU-certified persons to install and maintain solar photovoltaic panels on noise barriers erected on roads and highways.
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
Requires NJT to expand or modify routes and hours of certain transportation services and to solicit input from individuals diagnosed with autism.
Requires school bus contractor to provide information to board of education on results of criminal background checks of all school bus drivers assigned routes in district pursuant to contract.
Requires hospitals to provide breast cancer patients with information concerning reconstructive surgery; prohibits certain provisions in managed care plan contracts.
Requires all motorbuses purchased for public transportation service to be electric-powered by 2029.
Requires State Police to biannually report to Legislature number of sex offenders who fail to register as required by Megan's Law.
Requires DHS to establish a pilot program covering menstrual hygiene products under Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.
Clarifies that definition of mental illness in law governing involuntary commitment to treatment includes substance use disorder if dangerous standard met.
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Establishes certain law enforcement and privacy procedures; designated as New Jersey Values Act.
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.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from hiring officer applicants removed from office by former agency for police misconduct.
Requires certain supermarkets, grocery stores, and food suppliers to donate food under certain circumstances.
Establishes Department of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as principal department in Executive Branch and specifies functions, powers, and duties of department.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
The "New Jersey Intern Protection Act"; provides legal protections and remedies for persons engaged in internships with employers.
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
Allows county boards of elections to begin canvassing early votes and mail-in ballots before election day under certain conditions.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Prohibits application of neonicotinoids on State, county, or municipal property.
Establishes special parking for hybrid, electric, and alternative fuel vehicles.
Requires Commissioners of DOH and DHS to perform language needs assessment.
Requires DOH to encourage health care facilities and licensed health care professionals to develop a "Reach Out and Read Program."
Upgrades crime of stalking when victim is less than 18 years old.
Requires 60 day notice concerning tuition rate changes by licensed child care centers.
Requires all personal audio players distributed in New Jersey to contain warning about volume and hearing loss.
Requires DEP, DOH, owners or operators of public water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.
Upgrades crime of stalking when stalking activity is carried out or assisted by installation or use of communication or location monitoring program or device on cellular phone or wireless mobile device.
Creates Office of Sustainability.
Allows students to use certain grant awards during summer session.
Establishes Office of Women's Services in DOC.
Permits municipalities to require that new construction be solar ready.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes involving heroin and fentanyl; establishes new crimes concerning heroin mixtures; allows certain defendants to be eligible for drug court.
Establishes requirements to screen certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for endometriosis.
Requires school districts to permit students excused absences while experiencing symptoms of menstrual disorder.
Requires school districts to provide menstrual products in all school buildings.
Converts senior freeze reimbursement program into credit program.
Establishes office in EDA to assist in provision and expansion of broadband Internet service in State to address inequities in accessing broadband service.
Requires manufacturer of recalled medical devices to provide replacement device or pay for replacement device under certain circumstances.
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Allows mail-in voter to cure mail-in ballot due to missing or unsealed inner envelope.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on menstrual health and hygiene as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Permits students experiencing menstrual disorder to attend school remotely.
Requires NJT to implement enhanced security measures at train stations.
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 DHS to establish public awareness campaign about period poverty.
Requires public institutions of higher education to provide menstrual products in all campus buildings; appropriates $85,000 from General Fund to Office of Secretary of Higher Education.
Directs installation of hydrogen refueling stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Establishes Military Suicide Prevention Task Force.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires certain school districts to enter into dual enrollment agreements with one or more institutions of higher education.
Establishes certain requirements and initiatives related to nurses; transfers oversight of certified nurse aides from DOH to Board of Nursing; appropriates $26.7 million.
Establishes "Electric Vehicle Battery Repurposing Fund" to support repurposing, remanufacturing, and recycling of electric vehicle batteries; dedicates amounts based on certain sales of electric vehicles.
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.
Establishes program in DOH for health care provider evaluation and response for patients who are victims of domestic violence.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Requires school districts to include environmental sustainability plan in long-range facilities plan.
Requires certain water purveyors to identify, and use, alternative water supply source when perfluoralkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances exceed maximum contaminant levels.
Requires DCF to administer school-based youth services program as currently established.
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $772.6 million.
"Chiara's Law"; prohibits euthanizing animals in shelters or pounds except for health or safety reasons.
Directs DOT to establish program for construction of wildlife crossings on certain roads and highways.
Permits public high school students to opt out of physical education and sports programs during Ramadan.
Establishes student-athlete mental health specialists in school districts and public institutions of higher education; creates student-athlete mental health registry; makes appropriation.
Requires school districts to provide information on process of obtaining US citizenship.
Requires State and private correctional facilities to allow inmates to make telephone and video calls at no cost to inmate or other party.
"Kangaroo Protection Act of 2022"; prohibits sale or barter, or offering for sale or barter, of dead kangaroos and any products made from kangaroo.
Establishes NJT Office of Customer Advocate and Rider Advocacy Commission.
Establishes weatherization and energy efficiency pilot program to address open cockloft space between certain buildings; appropriates $30 million.
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.
Authorizes State employees to take administrative leave days in observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha; requires school districts to permit students excused absences for observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
Requires certain parking lots to have minimum two percent of total spaces designated for individuals with children.
Enhances penalties for distribution and manufacture of certain amounts of fentanyl.
Concerns temporary disability insurance and family leave insurance benefits.