Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, Senate.
Joseph A. Lagana
Sponsored
Became law11
Requires Commissioner of Department of Veterans Affairs to develop mobile application to provide guidance on available resources to veterans and their families.*
Revises workers' compensation law to increase contingency attorney fee cap in contingency case from 20 percent to 25 percent.
Establishes working hours for certain minors employed as professional athletes.*
Requires payment of prevailing wage for projects financed through commercial property assessed clean energy program.
Concerns valuation of board and lodging with respect to workers' compensation.
Concerns requirements to report separations from employment under employee leasing agreements.
Amends list of hazard mitigation and resilience projects approved for funding by NJ Infrastructure Bank under FY2025 Community Hazard Assistance Mitigation Program.
Requires establishment of tracking system in Division of Consumer Affairs to determine compliance with continuing education requirements.
Establishes protections for student-athletes and certain institutions of higher education concerning name, image, or likeness compensation; repeals "New Jersey Fair Play Act."
Eliminates five percent down payment requirement for local bond ordinances involving hazard mitigation and resilience projects.
Clarifies procedures in certain contested child custody cases.
Passed the Senate2
Allows certain limited liability companies to terminate alternate names before end of five-year registration period.*
Establishes education requirements for certain officers of State Board of Medical Examiners.
Out of committee22
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.
Revises personal injury protection coverage for basic automobile insurance policies from $15,000 to $20,000 and requires $50,000 minimum personal injury protection coverage for standard automobile liability insurance policies.*
Provides that contracts between subscribers and attorney in fact are not a related party transaction.
Prohibits health club services contracts from limiting liability for injuries caused by negligence of health club.
Exempts receipts from sales of materials, supplies, and services for certain affordable housing projects from sales and use tax.
Establishes minimum Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for pediatric special care nursing facilities.
Expands prohibitions on employers concerning requirements for employees to attend or listen to communications related to political matters.
Redirects portion of worker's unemployment compensation trust fund contribution to unemployment compensation administration fund.
Permits Department of Human Services to appoint persons separate from civil service eligible list under certain circumstances.
Allows certain individuals eligible for family support services to set aside unused agency-after school care service hours for use during holiday and weekend hours.
Provides health care benefits to disabled members of TPAF and PERS.
Establishes professional licensure and certification for tobacco treatment counseling.
Revises film and digital media content production tax credit program to include requirement for production of domestic original music and musical scores.
Amends statutory law to change title of "physician assistant" to "physician associate."
Requires Division of Consumer Affairs to create open data portal and provide certain datasets online.
Provides for permit of pool and spa service business as general contractor for pool and spa building and installation and pool and spa service contracting.
Provides for workers' compensation coverage of certain counseling services for first responders and provides that certain mental health related communications are confidential.
Allows courier services to sell instant lottery game tickets electronically; establishes self-exclusion list for State Lottery games.*
Clarifies current law addressing commissions paid to limited liability companies formed by real estate salespersons or broker-salespersons.
Extends time period in which to enroll newborn infant in health benefits coverage.
Establishes nonpublic school nursing services pilot program to provide funding to county consortium of nonpublic schools for nursing services.
In committee46
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.
Requires health insurance companies to cover lead screenings for children 16 years of age or younger.
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.
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.
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.
Requires local boards of education to employ certain number of school psychologists.
Establishes Train the Trainer Program for Student Wellbeing in DOE; appropriates $1 million.
Requires public schools that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.
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.
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.
Creates "New Jersey Kratom Consumer Protection Act."
Establishes grant program for NJ YouthBuild programs through DOLWD; makes appropriation.
Authorizes health care providers to negotiate with carriers regarding fee- and non-fee-related matters.
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.
Expands eligibility for State gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses and increases amount of credit.
Requires Division of Highway Traffic Safety to conduct public awareness campaign regarding bicyclist and pedestrian safety.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 million from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE to support Pantoliano-DePass school based mentoring pilot program in certain Bergen County school districts.
Requires Attorney General to conduct study tracking residential burglaries and issue guidance to law enforcement and public.
Concerns keyless locking mechanisms and burglar's tools.
Permits clinical laboratories to provide certain patients discounts without affecting NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rates or violating NJ Familycare rebate prohibitions.
Directs DHS to establish three year advertising campaign to attract certified home health aides to health care professions; appropriates $3 million.
Requires DCA to review and amend State Uniform Construction Code concerning parking structures to address increased weight of electric vehicles.
Broadens scope of information sharing and civil immunity therefor, related to insurance fraud.
Excludes contributions made to certain retirement savings plans under gross income tax.
Prohibits non-compete clauses.
Revises certain laws governing police and fire interest arbitration.
Permits certain members of Prosecutors Part of PERS to qualify for service retirement with 20 or more years of service.
Requires parties in arbitration proceedings to be represented by attorneys in certain circumstances.
Permits Department of Agriculture to regulate sale and distribution of hemp-derived consumable products under certain circumstances.
Exempts reverse mortgage transaction from requirement that secondary mortgage loan payments be made in equal amounts and payment periods.
Requires municipalities to provide basic life support services; establishes basic life support services as essential.
Concerns facilities used by new motor vehicle dealer licenses; establishes provisional new motor vehicle dealer licenses.
Clarifies procedures for maintenance of underground storage tanks.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law9
Exempts receipts from sales of materials, supplies, and services for certain affordable housing projects from sales and use tax.
Redirects portion of worker's unemployment compensation trust fund contribution to unemployment compensation administration fund.*
Expands prohibitions on employers concerning requirements for employees to attend or listen to communications related to political matters.
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.*
Provides health care benefits to disabled members of TPAF and PERS.
Extends time period in which to enroll newborn infant in health benefits coverage.
Provides for permit of pool and spa service business as general contractor for pool and spa building and installation and pool and spa service contracting.
Provides for workers' compensation coverage of certain counseling services for first responders and provides that certain mental health related communications are confidential.
Clarifies current law addressing commissions paid to limited liability companies formed by real estate salespersons or broker-salespersons.
Vetoed2
Establishes minimum Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare reimbursement rate for pediatric special care nursing facilities.
Establishes nonpublic school nursing services pilot program to provide funding to county consortium of nonpublic schools for nursing services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Prohibits cooperative from receiving public works contract when cooperative-approved vendor fails to pay prevailing wage; concerns cooperative purchasing agreements with other states; and permits contracting units to award certain indefinite contracts.*
Revises "Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act" to provide enforcement and penalty provisions.
Establishes Department of Veterans Affairs.
Passed the Senate · 1
Establishes additional health insurance carrier network adequacy standards with respect to certain physician specialists.
Out of committee · 8
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Establishes county veteran transportation grant program; removes certain restrictions to the current veterans transportation assistance program; appropriates $2 million.*
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Concerns conditions of employment of certain cannabis employees.**
"Polluters Pay to Make New Jersey More Affordable Act"; imposes liability on certain fossil fuel companies for funds needed for climate change adaptation projects; establishes program in DEP to collect and distribute funds.*
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Requires disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and establishes certain responsibilities for litigation funders.
Requires automatic issuance of credential to provide services in carrier provider network for physicians in good standing in New Jersey.
In committee · 41
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.
Requires Commissioner of Health to establish maternity care public awareness campaign.
Clarifies regional municipal court jurisdiction over State Police and other matters originating outside of participating municipalities.
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.
Provides that act of sexual penetration committed without victim's consent constitutes sexual assault; defines the terms "consent."
Establishes School Safety and Security Task Force.
Requires DEP to provide public access for boats to certain State-owned lakes; appropriates $1 million.
Requires motor vehicle history checks and adds certain disqualifying offenses for community agency employees.
Requires Director of Division of Developmental Disabilities to align rates for self-directed employees with maximum service provider rates.
Establishes and allocates funds for program to provide mental health services to veterans; appropriates $2 million.
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.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
Adopts State definition of Islamophobia for certain civil and criminal purposes.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of books at school book fairs.
Establishes nonpublic school transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for mandated nonpublic school busing.
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.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services; appropriates $20 million.
Requires DOLWD to allow individuals to schedule unemployment service appointments at One Stop Career Centers via telephone or Internet.
Regulates residential mental health treatment facilities.
Establishes "Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act."
"Naturopathic Doctors Licensing Act."
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing released nonviolent offenders.
Establishes "New Jersey Works Dual Enrollment Option Program."
Directs DOLWD to establish advertising campaign to attract candidates to health care professions; appropriates $1 million.
"New Jersey Student Support Act"; establishes program to Department of Treasury to provide tax credits to taxpayers contributing to organization which awards scholarships to certain nonpublic school students.
Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing.
Requires counties to establish crisis intervention services programs for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and sheriff's officers.
Amends "Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act" to exclude full-time students and au pairs from definition of domestic worker and remove joint and several liability provision from law.
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.
Includes Sikhs as protected class in bias intimidation law; appropriates $100,000.
Designates 9/11 Heart Symbol flag as official State flag; mandates it be displayed at certain public buildings and memorials.
Provides PERS members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Provides TPAF members and certain retirees same benefits provided to members enrolled in retirement system before July 1, 2007.
Prohibits release of certain substances into atmosphere for purposes of geoengineering.
Excludes from gross income tax certain compensation earned by college athletes for use of name, image, or likeness.
Prohibits third-party restaurant reservation service from arranging unauthorized restaurant reservation with food service establishment.
Bans unauthorized restaurant reservation arrangement by third-party reservation service.