Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Joseph A. Lagana
Sponsored
Became law7
Requires publication of certain information related to toll discounts on E-ZPass website.
Revises out-of-network arbitration process.
Requires public schools and nonpublic schools to submit critical incident mapping data to local law enforcement.*
"Uniform Public Expression Protection Act"; provides for expedited process for dismissal of "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation" (SLAPP).*
Provides that operator, owner, lessor, or lienholder of vehicle may be responsible for certain towing and storage fees; applies retroactively.
Concerns prevailing wage requirements for certain fabrication.
Allows sale of malt alcoholic beverages in cans or bottles marked for deposit of another state.
Passed the Senate2
Excludes contributions made to certain retirement savings plans under gross income tax.*
Requires public schools that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.*
Out of committee21
Provides gross income tax credit to certain taxpayers who pay for certain in-home services through health care service firm.
Requires DEP to make certain information regarding water purveyors available on its Internet website.
Requires DMVA to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.
Establishes State SNAP Minimum Benefit Program; appropriates $18 million to DHS.*
Increases penalties for carjacking and for theft of motor vehicle.
Establishes Train the Trainer Program for Student Wellbeing in DOE; appropriates $1 million.
Makes County Option Hospital Fee Pilot Program permanent and expands definition of "participating county" under program.
Increases maximum number of respite care service hours funded through DCF for certain families.*
Requires enhanced review of death records two months prior to election; permits remote training for certain election workers; exempts election worker compensation from taxation and remuneration.
Provides workers' compensation benefits for certain public safety workers who developed illness or injury as result of responding to September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Requires DOLWD to identify and recruit unemployed individuals for employment in health care facilities; makes appropriation.
Concerns tax treatment of individual's income earned outside state of residence; appropriates $35 million.*
Establishes Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program in, and authorizes issuance of bonds by, NJ Infrastructure Bank to fund certain hazard mitigation and resilience projects; makes various changes to NJ Infrastructure Bank's enabling act; appropriates $500,000.*
Requires "Electronic Permit Processing Review System" in DCA to enable applicant to submit electronic signature and certain other submission materials for permit application review.
Establishes Medicaid per diem rate for pediatric medical day care services delivered by provider offering on-site services; appropriates $3.6 million to DHS.
Provides that contracts between subscribers and attorney in fact are not a related party transaction.
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for certain motor vehicle theft offenses if prior arrest or conviction occurred within prior 90-day-period.*
Establishes grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through DOLWD; makes appropriation.
Expands scope of Foreclosure Mediation Assistance Program during State of Emergency to allow use of program funds for payment to counselors who help disaster victims process applications for assistance.
Requires calculation of national average time needed to approve applications for initial credential in profession or occupation and use of average time as standard in New Jersey.
Establishes 21st Century Injured Workers' Access to Justice Act.
In committee44
Prohibits leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor under age of 18; requires law enforcement officers who observe unsecured firearms to conduct follow-up.
Requires hospitals to provide breast cancer patients with information concerning reconstructive surgery; prohibits certain provisions in managed care plan contracts.
Provides gross income tax deductions for certain education loan payments made by certain taxpayers.
Provides temporary gross income tax credit to first time home buyers and seniors.
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income tax credit program from 40 percent to 50 percent.
Requires health insurance companies to cover lead screenings for children 16 years of age or younger.
Allows gross income tax credit for portion of certain child care expenses.
Establishes gross income tax credit and corporation business tax credit for student loan payments.
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
Provides gross income tax credits to support development of New Jersey-based small business start-ups.
Adds to property tax levy cap exclusions increases in flood insurance premiums.
Requires State Auditor review of certain Department of Corrections privatization contracts.
Requires institutions of higher education to send out annual student debt letters; requires students enrolled in public institutions of higher education to complete course on student loan debt repayment.
Provides veterans with up to 60 credits tuition-free at county college serving county of residence.
Directs AOC to establish implicit bias training for judges and judicial personnel.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to design and make available to public a webinar on TDI, family temporary disability leave, and family leave.
Makes $1.3 billion in federal funds available to DEP for use in New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program for lead service line replacement projects.
Alters procedure for reimbursing nurses who provide nonpublic school nursing services in certain circumstances.
Requires sample ballots to be watermarked as sample ballots.
Requires new flooring for schools and child care centers to be certified mercury free.
Requires automatic machine recount for certain elections that result in tie vote and establishes process to resolve subsequent tie votes.
Clarifies the violation of "New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act" results in loss of motor vehicle liability insurance coverage in certain circumstances; provides coverage for innocent persons in certain situations involving insurance fraud.
Requires medical fee schedule by automobile insurers to provide for reimbursement of certain services provided by ambulatory surgical center at rate of 300 percent of Medicare payment rate.
Exempts certain students from meeting State graduation assessment requirement.
Concerns filling of office and duties of mayor under certain circumstances for municipality operating under small municipality plan of government.
Requires local boards of education to employ certain number of school psychologists.
Eliminates male and female designations for election of State and county political party committee candidates.
Prohibits construction of municipal buildings used in connection with public works activities within certain distance of residential district in certain municipalities.
Provides that public school used as polling place shall not be open for classes on day of election.
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Clarifies radiator cover requirements for residential landlords.
Revises personal injury protection coverage for basic automobile insurance policies from $15,000 to $50,000 and requires $50,000 minimum personal injury protection coverage for standard automobile liability insurance policies.
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for certain projects for acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes and certain environmental infrastructure projects that include, or allow for, flood mitigation projects.
Broadens scope of information sharing and civil immunity therefor, related to insurance fraud.
"Consumer Legal Funding Act."
Creates "New Jersey Kratom Consumer Protection Act."
Increases attorney fee in workers' compensation cases.
Authorizes health care providers to negotiate with carriers regarding fee- and non-fee-related matters.
Prohibits health club services contracts from limiting liability for injuries caused by negligence of health club.
Expands eligibility for State gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses and increases amount of credit.
Establishes "Enhanced Crossing and Crosswalk Pilot Program" in Bergen County.
Requires Division of Highway Traffic Safety to conduct public awareness campaign regarding bicyclist and pedestrian safety.
Eliminates age requirement to transfer to sheriff's officer position.
Exempts receipts from sales of materials, supplies, and services for certain affordable housing projects from sales and use tax.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law11
Requires DEP to make certain information regarding water purveyors available on its Internet website.
Establishes State SNAP Minimum Benefit Program; appropriates $18 million to DHS.*
Requires enhanced review of death records two months prior to election; permits remote training for certain election workers; exempts election worker compensation from taxation and remuneration.**
Makes County Option Hospital Fee Pilot Program permanent and expands definition of "participating county" under program.
Concerns tax treatment of individual's income earned outside state of residence; appropriates $35 million.*
Expands scope of Foreclosure Mediation Assistance Program during State of Emergency to allow use of program funds for payment to counselors who help disaster victims process applications for assistance.
Establishes Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program in, and authorizes issuance of bonds by, NJ Infrastructure Bank to fund certain hazard mitigation and resilience projects; makes various changes to NJ Infrastructure Bank's enabling act; appropriates $500,000.*
Requires "Electronic Permit Processing Review System" in DCA to enable applicant to submit electronic signature and certain other submission materials for permit application review.
Establishes Medicaid per diem rate for pediatric medical day care services delivered by provider offering on-site services; appropriates $3.6 million to DHS.
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for certain motor vehicle theft offenses if prior arrest or conviction occurred within prior 90-day-period.*
Establishes grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through DOLWD; makes appropriation.
Vetoed1
Requires calculation of national average time needed to approve applications for initial credential in profession or occupation and use of average time as standard in New Jersey.
Passed the General Assembly1
Increases maximum number of respite care service hours funded through DCF for certain families*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Revises income eligibility criteria for, and provides for promotion of, PAAD and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program; establishes "Senior Save Navigator Grant Program" to assist applicants with NJ Save applications.*
Establishes "COVID-19 Frontline and Healthcare Worker Memorial Commission." *
Requires certain transportation research to consider needs of individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
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. *
Includes duct cleaning as public work subject to the prevailing wage law.*
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Establishes School Safety and Security Task Force.
Provides retirement allowance after 20 years of service regardless of age for members of PFRS.
Allows certain municipal water systems, under certain circumstances, to use lands preserved for recreation and conservation for drinking water wells and associated treatment equipment or facilities.
Concerns jurisdiction and operations of regional municipal courts.*
Passed the Senate · 3
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy. *
Revises conditions for use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement.
Enhances penalties for distribution and manufacture of certain amounts of fentanyl.*
Out of committee · 27
Establishes Stay NJ property tax credit program; establishes Stay NJ Task Force; expands income limit and modifies ownership requirement for eligibility to receive homestead property tax reimbursement; enhances ANCHOR benefits for seniors; and makes appropriations.*
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for defendants who commit certain firearm offenses under Graves Act.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
Upgrades certain types of assault against sports officials to aggravated assault.
Provides for transfers from General Fund to UI trust fund, reduces employer contributions to UI trust fund, assesses contributions from employers to repay transferred amounts, and provides tax credits to small businesses to offset UI tax increases.*
Requires 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.
Establishes Helmets to Hardhats program in the DMVA; appropriates $400,000.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes crimes of theft of motor vehicle and receiving stolen motor vehicle as separate statutory provisions; provides extended sentences for certain persistent offenders.*
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
"Transparency in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Curriculum Act"; requires public schools to solicit parental input on health and physical education curriculum; sets standards for curriculum delivery in all subject areas.
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Specifies placement of early voting locations and ballot drop offs.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.
Expands crime of leader of auto theft trafficking network; establishes third degree crime of participant in auto theft trafficking network.*
Increases penalties imposed on juveniles and adults convicted of motor vehicle theft and related crimes.
Supplemental appropriation of $3.6 million to DHS to increase adult medical day care Medicaid per diem rate from $86.10 to $89.54.
Upgrades crime of leader of auto theft trafficking network; establishes second degree crime of participant in auto theft trafficking network.
Upgrades burglary of residence to crime of the second degree.
Establishes crimes of theft of motor vehicle and receiving stolen motor vehicle as separate statutory provisions; provides extended sentences for certain persistent offenders.
Expands criminal penalties related to illegal use of motor vehicle master key.
Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
Prohibits production and sale of products containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol.
Establishes county veteran transportation grant program; appropriates $2 million.
In committee · 26
Makes publishing on Internet home address or unpublished telephone number of judges, prosecutors and certain court personnel a crime of the fourth degree under certain circumstances.
Prohibits public utilities from discontinuing residential electric, gas, water, and sewer service after expiration of coronavirus public health emergency; requires those utilities to implement deferred payment agreements for those services.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Provides that purchase of insulin is not subject to deductible and requires health insurers to limit copayments and coinsurance for insulin.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Permits expungement of possession or distribution of hypodermic syringe or needle offense in cases of previous expungement; repeals criminal offense of possession of syringe.
Requires property condition disclosure statement to include questions concerning lead plumbing and lead service lines; requires lead service lines to be replaced upon sale of residential property.
Requires school bus driver's complete motor vehicle driving record be shared with board of education or school bus contractor and local police.
Requires Office of Information Technology to establish centralized, one-stop website resource guide to assist persons in navigating the State's developmental disability service system.
Provides electric public utility customers' right to decline installation of smart meter under certain circumstances.
Requires DEP and owners of certain reservoirs to implement certain flood control measures; authorizes Office of Emergency Management to order lowering of reservoirs levels in response to severe weather events.
Provides that act of sexual penetration committed without victim's consent constitutes sexual assault; defines the terms "consent."
Requires Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities to align rates for self-directed employees with maximum service provider rates.
Limits "tobacco and vapor products tax" on cigars to up to $0.50 per cigar.
Exempts proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees that has operated in State for at least 25 years from requirement to provide teach-out plan in event of potential closure.
Adopts State definition of Islamophobia for certain civil and criminal purposes.
Provides tax credits to small businesses to offset increase in State Unemployment Insurance contributions.
Establishes special license to allow food and beverage establishments to sell alcoholic beverages in shopping malls.
Establishes "Automobile Accident Injury Fund."
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Extends list of crimes for which rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention applies; requires pretrial detention of defendant who violates conditions of pretrial release.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of books at school book fairs.
Requires motor vehicle history checks and adds certain disqualifying offenses for community agency employees.
Establishes and allocates funds for program to provide mental health services to veterans; appropriates $2 million.
Amends criteria of eligibility for Mental Health Diversion Program.