Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Holly T. Schepisi
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Provides PERS or PFRS member who continues to be volunteer firefighter or emergency services worker after retirement with employer from whom member retires has bona fide severance for compliance with State and federal law.*
In committee53
Permits a tax deduction under the New Jersey gross income tax for taxpayers who operate or maintain for their employees a licensed child care center or who have paid the cost of outside child care.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for day care center support benefiting children of employees.
Revises State funding formula for public education.
Establishes tuition aid grant pilot program for part-time county college students.
Exempts municipal clerk from penalties for Open Public Records Act violations under certain circumstances.
Prohibits use of certain underwriting guidelines by insurers pertaining to guide dogs, service dogs, or hearing assistance dogs harbored on the insured property.
Provides for forwarding of criminal history record background check information among State agencies under certain circumstances.
Excludes individual building single family home as his primary residence from provisions of "Fair Housing Act."
Exempts security deposits by residential tenants from provisions of "Uniform Unclaimed Property Act."
Provides that an "attorney-in-fact" is a fiduciary for purposes of theft statutes.
Requires certain public utilities to notify an appropriate law enforcement officer of service shutoffs to residential customers under certain circumstances.
Establishes Office of Asset and Revenue Recovery within Office of Attorney General in DLPS.
Requires county board of taxation to transmit written memorandum of judgment to assessor and taxpayer within 15 days of judgment.
Exempts child under age six from hepatitis B vaccine requirement if child's mother tested negative for hepatitis B during her pregnancy.
Prohibits the unauthorized photographing or videotaping of a child.
Exempts certain properties acquired by municipalities from county, school, and fire district taxes immediately upon aquisition.
Requires drug test specimens from drug abuse treatment clinics be analyzed by independent clinical laboratory.
Authorizes innocent spouse relief under the gross income tax.
Requires court to deny defendant's right to copy or reproduce images of child pornography as part of discovery.
Requires that all emergency departments have necessary pediatric equipment available.
Requires public schools which have automated external defibrillators to adopt policies concerning usage.
Revises property assessment calendar.
Imposes civil penalty for income falsification for federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and State and federal housing assistance program benefits.
Provides preference in certain State contracting to businesses that do not employ individuals with H-1B visas.
Clarifies that records custodians are not subject to penalties under State's open public records law if due diligence is exercised.
Limits certain unused sick leave pay and vacation leave carry-forward for school and local employees; limits sick leave use by new public employees before retirement.
Enhances "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights"; prohibits defendant from entering crime victim's home throughout criminal justice process, including in relation to any investigation or discovery.
Modifies notary public application process by removing requirement for application endorsement by member of Legislature.
Establishes fast track hearing for challenges to shared service agreements and municipal consolidations.
Requires insurers to reimburse for medically necessary emergency and urgent care health care services in outpatient settings.
Extends eligibility for short-term financial assistance under Transitional Aid to Localities program to municipalities that lose a major commercial ratable.
Establishes Office of International Trade and Protocol in EDA.
Establishes "Business Tax and Incentive Task Force."
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain moving expenses for taxpayer moving to New Jersey to commence work in State.
"Personal Injury Trust Fund Transparency Act;" requires plaintiff to file personal injury trust claims under certain circumstance; addresses allocation of trust claims; establishes scheduling and discovery requirements for certain tort actions.
Prohibits certain property from receiving property tax exemption or abatement.
Limits amount of real property that may be exempt from property taxation under "Long Term Tax Exemption Law."
Excludes recently-closed office campuses from affordable housing vacant land analysis and builder's remedy.
Provides population-based cap for municipal fair share affordable housing obligation.
Increases maximum municipal percentage of affordable fair share housing satisfied by age-restricted units to 50 percent.
Excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis.
Imposes moratorium on affordable housing litigation through December 31, 2017.
Establishes "Affordable Housing Obligation Study Commission."
Eliminates requirement that public body discuss prospective employee matter in public meeting when requested by employee.
Requires COAH to credit municipalities with units against fair share affordable housing obligation for certain types of housing; provides certain types of affordable housing units will be credited as two units.
Requires additional credit against fair share obligation for abandoned property converted to affordable housing.
Requires COAH to administer affordable housing obligations of municipalities based on statewide obligation.
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevlopment housing projects ordered by COAH unless order is based on exclusionary zoning; excludes flood-prone land from affordable housing vacant land analysis; provides housing obligation cap.
Requires COAH to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide basis.
Establishes additional factors for municipal adjustment used in calculating fair share affordable housing obligations; provides population-based cap for these obligations.
Prohibits affordable housing obligation exemptions for urban aid municipalities.
Prohibits imposition of builder's remedy in exclusionary zoning litigation.
Criminalizes sale and possession of certain firearm components.
Carried from the Senate
Vetoed1
Provides that PERS or PFRS member who continues to be volunteer firefighter or emergency services worker after retirement with employer from whom member retires has bona fide severance for compliance with State and federal law.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.
Prohibits MVC from imposing duplicate license or identification card fee and digitized picture fee if duplicate is requested to reflect change in organ donor status.
Establishes process for consideration of offers from short sale buyers during residential mortgage foreclosures.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from requiring optometrists to become providers with vision care plans as condition of becoming providers in carriers' panel of providers; prohibits certain practices under vision care provider contracts.*
Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities; upgrades crimes committed against such individuals; and improves tranparency and accountability in investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of such individuals; designated as
Authorizes counties to issue promotional labeling for county agricultural products.
Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste; extends "Food Bank Good Samaritan Act" immunity protections to public and nonpublic schools.*
Permits charging late fee for rental payments due on self-service storage units and authorizes sale of property via website.
Eliminates sales and use tax on certain transportation services provided by a limousine operator.*
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Allows certain fuel dealers and distributors refunds of petroleum products gross receipts tax and credits against motor fuel tax for certain bad debts from sale of fuel.
Appropriates $32.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Vetoed · 1
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Grants immunity from civil liability to persons reporting information concerning crimes related to terrorism.
Provides for jurisdiction for prosecution for certain crimes against minors committed outside New Jersey.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
Establishes NJ "Farm-to-Table Restaurant" awards program.*
Increases penalties for energy "slamming" practices.
Out of committee · 19
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Regulates the authority of the court to make provision for the educational expenses of an unemancipated child in certain instances involving child support.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide greater assistance to certain students with military obligations.
Establishes certain requirements for domestic violence training for certain judges and judicial personnel.*
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Requires hospital patient's medical record to include notation if patient is at increased risk of confusion, agitation, behavioral problems, and wandering due to dementia related disorder.*
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by state in companies that boycott Isreal or Israeli businesses.*
Directs State agencies to take certain actions to expedite permitting through use of general permits and permits-by-rule. *
Requires health insurers to limit patient cost-sharing and provide appeal process concerning certain prescription drug coverage.
"The Peter Falk Act"; establishes certain requirements concerning access to persons subject to order of guardianship.
Establishes task force to study and make recommendations concerning mobility and support services needs of NJ adults with autism spectrum disorder.
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools and county colleges.
Requires school district to adopt policy allowing students in grades 9 through 12 who participate in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities to earn varsity letter.
Authorizes certain county to establish county hospital authority; amends title of "Municipal Hospital Authority Law."
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2017.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY 2017 to include new projects and revise allowable loan amounts for already approved projects.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018.
Appropriates $4,990,934 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects.
In committee · 60
Provides for disclosure of person's medical records related to AIDS or HIV infection for investigations or prosecutions of crime of diseased person committing act of sexual penetration; makes crime ineligible for expungment.
Prohibits transfer of individuals with developmental disabilities from out-of-State to in-State placements under certain conditions.
Provides that certain permits and approvals for critical infrastructure projects must be acted upon within 45 days.
Provides gross income tax deduction for costs of purchasing and installing battery backups for certain home solar electrical generators.
Requires screening of certain high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for pediatric cancer research.
Gives priority to applicants for firearms purchaser identification card and permits to purchase handguns when domestic violence restraining order is in effect.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.
Exempts principal residences from the transfer inheritance and estate taxes.
Requires that certain information be redacted from motor vehicle accident reports submitted to the public.
Requires consumer reporting agencies to place security freeze on consumer reports of protected consumers under certain circumstances.
Creates a civil "rape shield" law.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
Establishes various good governance requirements at State and local authorities.
Provides that retired justices and judges collecting pension or retirement allowance are eligible for recall duties until 85 years of age.
Permits publication of legal notices by governments and individuals on official government website instead of newspaper.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires MVC to accept Transportation Worker Identification Credential as proof of identity for issuance of driver's licenses, certain permits, and nondriver identification cards.
Imposes time constraints on submission and analysis of rape kits.
Requires Family Part under certain circumstances to dispose of charge of contempt of a domestic violence order on an emergency basis, without setting bail.
Establishes NJ Business and the Arts Commission to promote art Statewide.
Phases out estate tax over five-year period.
Authorizes establishment of regional economic development partnerships.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.
Revises procedures for securing a permit to carry a handgun.
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools.
Establishes Office of Economic Research in Department of State.
Prohibits sale of prepaid and wireless telephone service and equipment unless certain buyer information is recorded.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act of 2012"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Prohibits public utility from filing rate increase petition under certain circumstances.
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments not required under State or federal law.
Provides gross income tax exclusion for capital gains from sale of certain employer securities by qualified business that result in net positive benefit to the State.
Revises child pornography law.
Prohibits terminal leave compensation for local government employees.
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
"New Jersey Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."
Includes e-mail addresses in list of confidential items to be redacted from public records under OPRA.
Revises laws concerning real estate licensees.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Expands definitions of "abused child" or "abused or neglected child" to include prenatal exposure of child to controlled substances.
Makes various changes to interest arbitration procedures; repeals sunset provision.
Clarifies that municipalities that failed to fill police vacancies created by retirements are eligible for "Safe and Secure Communities" grants.
Requires airport operators to provide notice and hold public hearings prior to implementation of changes in flight paths.
Requires disclosure by independent expenditure groups; limits contributions to certain groups and committees performing public contracts; increases limits on contributions to political parties and candidates.
Requires breeders or other providers of dogs to pet shops to certify compliance with DOH breeding and care regulations; prohibits pet shop sale of dogs without certification; requires inspections and reallocation of dog license revenues to fund enforcemen
Exempts judges and justices from jury duty.
Requires property record cards and tax maps prepared in conjunction with revaluations to be produced in electronic format.
Removes examination requirement for relicensure as real estate broker, broker-salesperson or salesperson by licensed real estate referral agents under certain circumstances.
"Consumer Freedom From Unwanted Expense in Health Insurance Coverage Act."
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Allows municipality to issue permits to sell alcoholic beverages in residential redevelopment areas.
Requires DCA to collect information about State residents seeking affordable housing in State and provide that information to COAH.
Allows municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for their residents.
Ensures continued access of family planning services in event of federal action.
Requires DEP to reimburse local units for costs incurred in responding to emergencies in State parks and forests.
Providing gross income tax exclusion for awards for unlawful gender-based compensation discrimination.
Filed · 5
Requires State to pay its pension contributions on quarterly basis by September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30 of each year, beginning July 1, 2017.
Appropriates $8,992,898 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $71,700,224 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Appropriates $12.3 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
"Personal Injury Trust Fund Transparency Act;" requires plaintiff to file personal injury trust claims under certain circumstance; addresses allocation of trust claims; establishes scheduling and discovery requirements for certain tort actions.