Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Shama A. Haider
Sponsored
Became law5
Requires water supplier to notify affected municipalities, school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and institutions of higher education of violations of drinking water quality standards.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program projects for FY 2025.
Imposes 2.5 percent corporate transit fee on taxpayers with allocated taxable net income in excess of $10 million under CBT.
Revises New Jersey Secure Choice Savings Program.*
Allows businesses to receive information via email concerning new regulations and economic incentives that affect business.
Passed the General Assembly1
Requires seizure of ammunition and certain firearm components in response to domestic violence restraining order or conviction.
Out of committee15
"Penny's Law"; requires DEP to develop beach accessibility guidelines for persons with disabilities.
Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to comply with breakfast and lunch standards adopted by USDA.**
"Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act"; establishes requirements, prohibitions, and programs for regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Requires MVC to conduct unscheduled surprise inspections of certain school buses.
Establishes NJT Office of Customer Advocate and Rider Advocacy Commission.
Exempts certain volunteer first responders from coverage under "unemployment compensation law"; excludes from gross income amounts received for certain volunteer emergency services.
Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Limits availability of Child Care Facilities Improvement Program grants funded through Child Care Revitalization Act to licensed child care centers.
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Prohibits certain substances in sale, distribution, and manufacture of commercial foods for human consumption.*
Prohibits DCF from using federal benefits received by a child in out of home placement to reimburse State for cost of child's care, except under certain circumstances.
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.
Makes annual allocation of $500,000 from Clean Communities Program Fund for public outreach concerning single-use plastics reduction program permanent.
Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to offer no-fee option to parents for making school lunch and other payments; requires payment processing platforms used by certain schools to provide users with information on user fees.*
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.
In committee52
Requires school bus drivers to retake certain knowledge and skills tests.
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.
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 labeling of non-flushable disposable wipes.
Allows county boards of elections to begin canvassing early votes and mail-in ballots before election day under certain conditions.
Requires Commissioners of DOH and DHS to perform language needs assessment.
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.
Allows students to use certain grant awards during summer session.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish three-year pilot program to increase reading levels of certain students; appropriates $1 million.
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.
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.
Eliminates US citizenship requirement for student representatives on boards of trustees of certain public institutions of higher education.
Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Requires stress testing on State's ability to provide services in various economic conditions.
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.
Establishes "VETeach Pilot Program" in DOE to facilitate teacher certification of veterans.
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.
"Chiara's Law"; prohibits euthanizing animals in shelters or pounds except for health or safety reasons.
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.
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.
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.
The "New Jersey Intern Protection Act"; provides legal protections and remedies for persons engaged in internships with employers.
Establishes certain requirements and initiatives related to nurses; transfers oversight of certified nurse aides from DOH to Board of Nursing; appropriates $26.7 million.
Prohibits law enforcement agencies from hiring officer applicants removed from office by former agency for police misconduct.
Requires notice of motor vehicle safety recalls upon inspection and registration of motor vehicle; requires motor vehicle manufacturers to pay annual fee to MVC.
Requires all personal audio players distributed in New Jersey to contain warning about volume and hearing loss.
Authorizes creation of registered nurse license plates.
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbit by pet shops; prohibits certain transactions between animal shelters, pounds, animal rescue organizations, and animal breeders or brokers; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Increases transparency and accountability for NJT and independence of NJT board members; establishes Office of Customer Advocate; requires greater detail for capital program.
Requires State-level bodies to include option for remote participation in public meetings.
Includes crime of creating false public alarms as form of bias intimidation.
Changes certain Mobility and Transportation Innovation Pilot Program requirements; appropriates $20 million.
Provides corporation business and gross income tax credit for certain Pre-Broadway and Post-Broadway theater productions.
Requires DHS to reformat MyNJHelps web-based platform as centralized online resource for all State administered public assistance programs.
Eliminates court filing fees for individuals who are sued for consumer debt.
Provides that Palisades Interstate Park Commission is eligible to receive certain funding from New Jersey Infrastructure Bank.
Carried from the Senate
Became law7
"Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act"; establishes requirements, prohibitions, and programs for regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to comply with breakfast and lunch standards adopted by USDA.*
Limits availability of Child Care Facilities Improvement Program grants funded through Child Care Revitalization Act to licensed child care centers.
Prohibits DCF from using federal benefits received by a child in out of home placement to reimburse State for cost of child's care, except under certain circumstances.*
Makes annual allocation of $500,000 from Clean Communities Program Fund for public outreach concerning single-use plastics reduction program permanent.
Requires public and certain nonpublic schools to offer no-fee option to parents for making school lunch and other payments; requires payment processing platforms used by certain schools to provide users with information on user fees.*
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.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 52
Reforms municipal responsibilities concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes COAH; appropriates $16 million.
Requires transportation network company drivers to complete anti-human trafficking training course.
Establishes "New Jersey Target Zero Commission."
Authorizes extended terms for lease and purchase contracts for electric school buses; permits New Jersey School Boards Association to serve as government aggregator to obtain energy services for local units.*
Requires public institution of higher education to invite Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey on institution's campus.*
Prohibits delivery of electronic smoking devices and tobacco products to individuals under 21 years of age.
Establishes certain guidelines for SHBP, SEHBP, and Medicaid concerning step therapy protocols.
Requires public transportation employees and certain motorbus operators to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.*
Codifies prohibition of discriminatory practices in real estate appraisals and requires real estate appraisers to complete anti-bias training.
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Requires DOH to study racial aspects of ovarian cancer.
Authorizes taxicabs, limousines, and transportation network companies to provide paratransit services for two-year period.*
Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.
Provides DHS and State Board of Medical Examiners to develop and implement process to improve efficiency of reviewing NJ FamilyCare provider applications.
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.*
Allows follow-up communication by operators of mental health and suicide crisis resources centers or 9-8-8 crisis hotline centers to minors at risk of death by suicide.*
"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.
Establishes option for students nearing completion of program in chiropractic medicine to participate in preceptorship provided by State-licensed chiropractor.
Establishes limit on rent increase for certain dwelling sites for modular or industrialized buildings or manufactured homes.*
"Freedom to Read Act"; establishes requirements for library material in public school libraries and public libraries; protects school library staff members and librarians.*
Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."
Concerns sexual assault forensic evidence kits.*
Requires contract between certain governmental units and online parking payment service providers stipulate service provider not charge user during certain times.
Requires adoption of policy addressing job-related issues of pregnant firefighters.
Prohibits use of deceptive marketing practices by substance use disorder treatment providers.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Concerns use of force by law enforcement officers under certain circumstances and requires certain reporting of use of force incidents.*
Allows exemption from New Jersey gross income of certain capital gains from sale or exchange of qualified small business stock.**
Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000.
Allows certain individuals eligible for family support services to set aside unused agency-after school care service hours for use before official school hours and during official school closures under certain circumstances.*
Requires driver education and testing on responsibilities when approaching and passing pedestrians and persons operating bicycles and personal conveyances; requires driver's manual to include information on sharing roadway with motorists for certain road users.*
Limits amount of residential rental property application fee; establishes penalty.
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.
Establishes crime of reckless discharge of firearm.
Requires DCF to expand services provided by NJ Statewide Student Support Services program to include eating disorder services.
Revises procedures governing audits of election results.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for screening, prevention, and treatment services of behavioral health issues affecting children.
Requires State Police to establish recovery leave policy for troopers presenting proof of pregnancy.*
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of certain election related deadlines.
Establishes New Jersey Pathways to Career Opportunities Initiative Act.
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.*
Requires establishment of automated platform to expedite construction code approval of applications to install residential solar energy systems.
Establishes "New Jersey Menopause Coverage Act"; requires health insurance coverage of medically necessary perimenopause and menopause treatments.
Permits up to three credits of continuing medical education on menopause to be used by nurses and physicians for license renewal.*
Extends time period in which to enroll newborn infant in health benefits coverage.
Permits individuals to establish voluntary nonopioid directives.
Establishes Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program to incentivize in-State manufacturing investments and job creation.
Establishes Air Traffic Controller Loan Redemption Program; supports partnership between public institution of higher education and federal Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative and establishment of Center for Study of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena; appropriates $3.5 million.*
Requires automatic enrollment into utility bill payment assistance programs for certain individuals and households.*
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.
Vetoed · 4
Establishes exemption from ban on importation of woodchucks under certain circumstances.
Requires EDA to provide grants to certain small businesses affected by State infrastructure and construction projects.*
Requires State entities purchase five percent of goods and services from Central Nonprofit Agency; requires Division of Purchase and Property establish training protocols for all purchasing agents; grants Central Nonprofit Agency right of first refusal.*
Codifies AG Directive, "Strengthening Trust Between Law Enforcement and Immigrant Communities."
Passed the General Assembly · 34
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems; establishes certain enforcement procedures and penalties for certain violations captured by school bus monitoring systems.*
Requires 60 day notice concerning tuition rate changes by licensed child care centers.
Modifies languages that examinations are to be conducted in for applicants seeking professional license issued by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
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.
Requires DEP, DOH, owners or operators of certain public community water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings or facilities to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.*
Establishes requirements to evaluate certain people who are pregnant and who have given birth for endometriosis.*
Exempts community gardens operating on-site composting systems or other systems of managing organic waste from certain DEP permits under certain conditions.
Requires institutions of higher education and government employers to provide certain students and employees with information about Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Permits court to order counseling for children in households with domestic violence in appropriate cases; establishes presumption of award of custody to domestic violence victim in appropriate cases.**
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.*
Provides gross income tax deduction to eligible educators and paraprofessionals for expense of classroom supplies.
Establishes protected leave under "Family Leave Act" and family temporary disability leave benefits for bereavement for death of child, miscarriage, stillbirth, and certain other circumstances.*
Establishes crime of fertility fraud.
Requires Secretary of Agriculture to establish Farm to School Local Food Procurement Reimbursement Grant Program to reimburse school districts for costs expended in sourcing and procuring local foods for students; appropriates $4,500,000.*
Revises penalties for certain prohibited sales of tobacco and vapor products and smoking in indoor places.*
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Requires homemaker-home health aide and nursing assistant certification examinations to be translated into multiple languages.
Exempts creditor from paying municipal property registration fee if property is subject to automatic stay under federal Bankruptcy Code.
Provides for rehabilitative release for certain incarcerated persons.
Limits regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in menstrual products.*
Requires prescription drug coverage for serious mental illness without prior authorization or utilization management, including step therapy.
Requires Medicaid coverage for fertility preservation services in cases of iatrogenic infertility caused by medically necessary treatments.
Requires transfer of certain participants of DCRP to PERS.*
Imposes locational restriction on construction of a new crematory.
Requires AG to review Statewide policy regarding investigation of human trafficking.
Requires State Police to inform local law enforcement if certain prohibited persons attempt to purchase firearm or ammunition.
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Adds training concerning coercive control to domestic violence training for judges and law enforcement officers.
Requires restaurant to disclose mandatory gratuity to patrons.*
Requires law enforcement to notify State Parole Board when parolee violates domestic violence restraining order.*
Prohibits sharing automated license plate reader information for interstate investigation concerning reproductive health care services that are legal in NJ.
Out of committee · 92
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Requires telecommunications companies to provide prorated refunds for service outages of longer than 72 hours.
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.
Provides tuition fee waiver for certain apprenticeship courses.*
Establishes program in SADC for acquisition of development easements on privately-owned woodlands.*
Requires AG to establish rape kit tracking system.
Establishes Women Veterans Coordinator in DMVA.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to use therapy dogs in public elementary school wellness programs.
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.
"Right to Mental Health for Individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning provision of mental health services to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.*
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Adopts Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.
Requires Commission on Human Trafficking to post public awareness signage in additional establishments.
Authorizes home care for individuals who are disabled or elderly and requires health insurance coverage therefor.
Requires Commissioner of Department of Veterans Affairs to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.*
Requires certain supermarkets, grocery stores, and food suppliers to donate food under certain circumstances.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Permits students at public institutions of higher education to donate unused meal plan funds to emergency meal fund for distribution to New Jersey food banks.
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child care staff and registered family day care providers.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Creates Code Red alert pilot program to shelter at-risk individuals during certain hot weather and air quality events; appropriates $2.5 million.**
Requires environmental sustainability plan for State House Complex.
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow for service contracts to be paused or canceled following service recipient's admission to long-term care facility.*
Establishes "Scientific Conference Grant Program"; appropriates $250,000.
Makes various changes to "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act" and Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program; repeals "New Jersey Ignite Act."*
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $1 million.*
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.
Requires health care professionals to order bi-lateral ultrasounds concurrently when ordering mammograms; requires insurers to cover concurrent mammograms and bi-lateral ultrasounds.
Modifies down payment assistance program for benefit of first-generation and first-time homebuyers.
Requires new flooring for schools, community centers, 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 $25,000 appropriation.*
Allows property tax rebate for disabled veterans.
Directs Department of Agriculture in consultation with DOE, to establish Internet-based school meals application.*
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; requires new charge for filing of eviction action.*
Enters New Jersey in Women's Reproductive Health Care Compact.
"Equitable Outcomes in Child Support Collection Act"; establishes procedures regarding collection of child support on behalf of children in custody of DCPP.
Revises statutory terms pertaining to sexual exploitation or abuse of children.
Establishes crime of doxxing.
Requires each public institution of higher education to convene menstrual equity task force.*
Requires State agencies to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities and on mobile devices.
Establishes pilot program to provide Medicaid coverage of remote maternal health services for eligible beneficiaries.
Establishes Psilocybin Behavioral Health Access and Therapy Pilot Program; appropriates $6 million.*
Requires health benefits coverage for additional orthotic and prosthetic appliances under certain circumstances; requires coverage for orthotic and prosthetic appliances obtained through podiatrists.*
Requires rental car company to provide notice to renter to delete personal information from motor vehicle computer system upon return of vehicle.*
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish employment web portal and virtual applicant profile system.**
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Establishes oversight and qualifications of peer recovery specialists.*
Requires Medicaid coverage for community violence prevention services; Requires DOH to approve training and certification program for violence prevention professionals.
Establishes penalties for employers who disclose or threaten to disclose employee's immigration status for purpose of concealing violation of State wage, benefit or tax laws.*
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey"; appropriates $5 million.**
Establishes minimum qualifications for persons employed on public works contract.
"Invasive Species Management Act"; prohibits sale, distribution, import, export, and propagation of certain invasive species; establishes NJ Invasive Species Council.*
Requires New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority to establish public awareness campaign on benefits of doula and midwife services.*
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.**
Provides certain requirements concerning railroad safety.
Establishes certain requirements for State and local governments awarding contracts or grants to nonprofit organizations.
Establishes "Incarcerated Women's Protection Act" and concerns correctional facility board of trustees.*
"Climate Superfund Act"; imposes liability on certain fossil fuel companies for certain damages caused by climate change and establishes program in DEP to collect and distribute compensatory payments.
Requires certain notifications to subcontractors listed on bid for State contract by prime contractor.
Requires Chief Diversity Officer in Department of Treasury and other State officers to conduct certain outreach events, training workshops, and educational programs for minority and women-owned businesses.
Upgrades, and in some circumstances provides for extended terms of imprisonment for, certain retail theft crimes, addresses gift card fraud, and authorizes new Attorney General initiatives to address organized retail theft.*
Requires BPU to establish beneficial building electrification and decarbonization program and requires certain entities to submit plans to implement individual beneficial building electrification and decarbonization programs.*
Directs DEP and DOT to establish "Wildlife Corridor Action Plan." *
Establishes "Anthony's Legacy Act"; provides special consideration for certain grandparents applying for visitation rights.
"Packaging and Paper Product Stewardship Act."*
Establishes School Supervisor Mentorship Pilot Program; appropriates $500,000.
Provides that certain non-profit corporation alcoholic beverage theater licensees include disregarded entities of such corporations; allows certain community theaters to sell alcoholic beverages.*
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Prohibits food service business from providing single-use utensils and condiments to customers under certain circumstances and requires DEP to establish education campaign on benefits of reducing single-use utensils and condiments.*
Provides for expansion of social services supports at county colleges.
Establishes "Graduate Physician Licensing Act."
Establishes farm pesticide, herbicide, and fertilizer collection and disposal program.*
Creates Health Care Cost Containment and Price Transparency Commission, Office of Healthcare Affordability and Transparency, and hospital price transparency regulations.*
Requires each public institution of higher education to develop food waste reduction program on campus.
Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs.
Authorizes imposition of penalties and forfeiture of economic development subsidies for certain businesses that violate State environmental laws.*
Requires public institution of higher education to provide students with information on food assistance programs.
Enhances enforcement authority over developmental disability service providers; establishes "Residential Facility Quality of Care Improvement Fund" in DHS.
Revises definition of child abuse or neglect to include persons between 18 and 21 years of age in certain settings.
Establishes "Disability Mortality and Abuse Prevention Advisory Committee" in DHS; makes appropriation.
Makes various changes to provision of preschool aid and facilities requirements; establishes Universal Preschool Implementation Steering Committee; requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts.
Limits certain requirements for certification of career and technical education teachers.
Eliminates five percent down payment requirement for local bond ordinances involving hazard mitigation and resilience projects.
Appropriates $34 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Makes various changes to SHBP plan offerings and governance.
Requires AOC, in conjunction with State Parole Board, to conduct comprehensive study on Megan's Law.
Establishes new mitigating factor, reduced sentencing, and resentencing for certain defendants who are victims of abuse.
Provides expungement process for certain defendants who are victims of abuse if conviction is substantially related to abuse.
Expands New Jersey's certificate of need exemption list.
Requires law enforcement officer to reveal facial identity during certain public interactions and to present sufficient identification prior to arresting or detaining person.
In committee · 176
Establishes offense of criminal mischief committed on historical sites.
Establishes the New Jersey School Counts County College Scholarship Program.
Adds two student representatives to board of governors of Rutgers University.
Requires MVC to establish system for salvage processors to electronically process salvage certificates of title.
Requires DOH to encourage health care facilities and licensed health care professionals to develop a "Reach Out and Read Program."
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.
Establishes weatherization and energy efficiency pilot program to address open cockloft space between certain buildings; appropriates $30 million.
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.
Establishes maternity care standards for general hospitals providing maternity care.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
Concerns temporary disability insurance and family leave insurance benefits.
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.
Eliminates conviction of indictable offense as automatic disqualifier for jury service under certain circumstances.
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Establishes Department of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as principal department in Executive Branch and specifies functions, powers, and duties of department.
Allows voter registration at polling place on election day or at early voting site during early voting period.
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Provides gross income tax credits to support development of New Jersey-based small business start-ups.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
Prohibits certain medical examinations on female patients without informed consent.
Requires NJT to implement enhanced security measures at train stations.
Establishes Military Suicide Prevention Task Force.
Requires certain school districts to enter into dual enrollment agreements with one or more institutions of higher education.
Provides for uniform regulation of small wireless facility deployment in this State.
Prohibits harassing or taking of certain wildlife at competitive event; establishes penalties.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment based on Consumer Price Index for programs providing mental health, substance use treatment, or services to persons with developmental disabilities.
Replaces references to "alien" and "illegal alien" in statutes with "foreign national" and "undocumented foreign national," respectively; prohibits use of those terms by executive branch agencies.
Directs DEP to establish rebate program for purchase of microfiber washing machine filter or replacement filter; appropriates $2.5 million.
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.
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
Requires 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.
Requires school districts to provide information on process of obtaining US citizenship.
Authorizes issuance of electronic copies of vital records.
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 each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Permits legislative agents and organizations to receive funds assessed on tuition bills as waivable fees.
Establishes "New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
"Stephanie's Law"; Requires AOC to establish publicly-accessible domestic violence registry; requires law enforcement officer to search State's domestic violence registries when conducting arrest.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
Prohibits manufacture, sale, or promotion of consumer products containing microbeads.
Directs installation of hydrogen refueling stations at service areas on State's toll roads.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services; appropriates $20 million.
Revises reporting requirements for nursing homes concerning financial disclosures and ownership structure.
Requires State and private correctional facilities to allow inmates to make telephone and video calls at no cost to inmate or other party.
Allows parents or legal custodians separated from their children because of immigration matters to appoint standby guardians.
Requires State government entities provide vital documents and translation services in 15 most common non-English languages.
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.
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.
Requires domestic violence orders to be issued in other languages in addition to English under certain circumstances.
Expands duties of Commission on Human Trafficking to prevent human trafficking in women and children of color.
Requires school districts to permit students excused absences while experiencing symptoms of menstrual disorder.
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 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.
Requires certain libraries to provide free menstrual hygiene products and requires State to pay costs.
Requires DOH to prepare resource guide on preeclampsia and gestational diabetes for distribution to pregnant persons.
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.
Requires school districts to include environmental sustainability plan in long-range facilities plan.
Establishes "Resiliency and Environmental System Investment Charge Program."
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.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Creates Office of Sustainability.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Establishes New Jersey Grow Your Own Teacher Pilot Program.
Prohibits NJTA from passing credit card processing fees to toll payers.
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 children's meals served in restaurants to meet certain nutritional standards.
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.
Requires DHS to establish quality-based reimbursement system for registered family child care providers participating in Grow NJ Kids.
Requires DOT, NJT, and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities.
Establishes program in DOH for health care provider evaluation and response for patients who are victims of domestic violence.
Requires hospitals to provide breast cancer patients with information concerning reconstructive surgery; prohibits certain provisions in managed care plan contracts.
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.
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 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.
Requires DCA to track natural disaster-related spending by State and local government.
Directs DEP to establish pollinator habitat program for closed landfills.
Requires NJT to expand or modify routes and hours of certain transportation services and to solicit input from individuals diagnosed with autism.
Establishes NJ State Parks and Open Space Foundation.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Requires health insurance companies to cover lead screenings for children 16 years of age or younger.
Requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols.
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC.
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 Office of New Americans in Department of Human Services.
Allows resident taxpayers to deduct from gross income fifty percent of amount paid through E-ZPass for NJTA tolls.
Permits municipalities to require that new construction be solar ready.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Requires copies of certain law enforcement records to be provided to victims of domestic violence upon request.
Directs Juvenile Justice Commission to establish arts education pilot program for juvenile offenders.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for persons 18 or younger with diagnosed complex medical needs.
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency.
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 landlords of certain properties providing child care services who refuse lead service line replacements to install and maintain water filters.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.
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.
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.
Provides for reciprocity of certain out-of-State EMT certification; establishes criminal history record background check process.
Creates white collar crime registry.
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
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.
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.
Establishes position of Youth Disconnection Prevention and Recovery Ombudsperson; establishes "School Disconnection Prevention Task Force."
Requires minimum temperature in senior citizen housing projects to be maintained at 70 degrees from October 1 to May 1.
Permits dogs as service and emotional support animals at State veterans' residential facilities.
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.
Provides child tax credit for taxpayers with children ages six to 11 and increases amount of credit for taxpayers with children under 12 over period of two years.
Provides refundable gross income tax credit for early principal payments on certain home mortgages.
Requires certain salary, compensation and benefit information to be included in certain job postings.
Requires Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare to provide medically tailored nutrition services for certain enrollees.
Requires at least one drive-up ballot drop box in each county; requires certain information to be posted at ballot drop boxes and locations.
Provides comprehensive Medicaid benefits to certain individuals formerly in foster care.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
Establishes pilot program in Office of Planning Advocacy to reimburse municipalities for certain expenditures concerning warehouse development; appropriates $1 million.
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.
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Provides free telecommunication services for incarcerated persons at State, county, and private adult and juvenile correctional facilities.
Prohibits use by certain retailers of shipping box greater than two times volume of product being shipped.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.
Permits 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in elections for local school board.
"Menstrual Equity for Haitian Migrants Act."
Establishes "Reproductive Health Access for Haitian Migrants Act."
Establishes limits on future parole eligibility date.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for reproductive health care services; prohibits adverse actions by medical malpractice insurers in relation to performance of health care services.
Requires certain consumer disclosures relating to rabies testing and establishes optional training for veterinarians.
Codifies authority for certain health care providers to provide abortions and clarifies certain operational requirements for abortion facilities.
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.
Creates "Reproductive Health Care Access Fund" to strengthen access to reproductive health care; makes appropriation.
Requires affirmative written consent for certain entities to disclose individual's medical information regarding reproductive health care services, with limited exceptions, unless disclosure is necessary to provide those services.
Requires four-year public institution of higher education to develop and implement reproductive health services plan; requires county college to develop referral network for reproductive health care services.
Establishes Reproductive Health Care Professionals Loan Redemption Program; appropriates $5 million.
Provides for voluntary contributions for taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support reproductive health care services.
Requires Medicaid cover emergency contraception without requiring prescription or other authorization.
Requires high school students to receive financial literacy instruction.
Requires Department of Treasury and DHS to annually identify State funds available for NJ FamilyCare, evaluate program, and create prioritized list of initiatives to improve quality of care under program.
Establishes Commission on Oversight of Public Institutions of Higher Education.
Requires health insurance coverage of postpartum pelvic floor physical therapy.
Concerns eviction and homelessness prevention; requires new charge for filing for eviction action.
Requires public safety risk assessment to include additional consideration for firearms as public safety risk.
Establishes protections for immigrants interacting with government agencies; designates "New Jersey Immigrant Trust Act."
Revises credentialing process for physicians attempting to enter a health insurance carrier's provider network.
Prohibits aquaculture of any species of octopus for purpose of human consumption.
Requires school bus personnel members working with students with disabilities to call 911 emergency line in potential life-threatening emergencies; requires school buses transporting students with disabilities to be equipped with certain safety features.
Reschedules June 2025 primary election date; provides for adjustment of date on which primary elections will be held if date coincides with period of religious observance.
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.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Authorizes foraging fruits, fungi, nuts, plants, and parts thereof in State parks and forests for personal use of the forager.
Expands list of animals prohibited from use in traveling animal acts; limits certain exceptions to apply only at educational institutions.
Establishes plan for provision of coverage to homeowners who are otherwise unable to procure homeowners insurance.
"Healthy Smiles Act"; increases NJ FamilyCare fee-for-service reimbursement rates for pediatric dental services; requires NJ FamilyCare managed care rates for identical services be no less than fee-for-service rates.
Creates Midwifery Licensing Act; modifies regulation of midwifery.
Requires health insurance coverage of diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations without cost-sharing.
Prohibits forcibly feeding certain poultry for production of foie gras.
Requires hospitals to adopt and develop environmental sustainability plan.
Repeals law that requires funds for legislative agents to be assessed on student tuition bills in certain manner.
Establishes Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Program in DHS.
Establishes "Health Care for Child Care Program"; appropriates $10 million.
Requires Division of Family Development to maintain waiting list for persons applying for State's child care assistance program.
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.
Establishes certain data privacy protection requirements for consumer health data, health care providers, and patients.
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Extends early voting period for primary elections and extends challenger appointment deadline; appropriates $6 million.