Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
John V. Azzariti Jr. M.D.
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Became law2
"Illicit Opioid Supply Substances Poisoning Awareness Act"; requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of illicit opioid substances.*
Allows certain motor vehicle franchisors to sell, lease, or assign vehicles to employees.
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Prohibits certain property from receiving property tax exemption or abatement.
Allows municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for their residents.
Provides electric public utility customers' right to decline installation of smart meter under certain circumstances.
Extends membership in TPAF to four years after discontinuance of service and to 20 years for those who were laid off or had 10 or more years of continuous service upon voluntary termination.
Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault when committed against registered security officer.
Establishes annual cost of living adjustment, based on Consumer Price Index, to base Medicaid per diem rates for assisted living programs; makes appropriation.
Requires parents and guardians be provided access to medical records of minor patients; provides immunity to health care facilities and professionals that provide access to records.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain moving expenses for taxpayer moving to New Jersey to commence work in State.
Exempts personal identifying information of minor from disclosure in public record; requires information to be redacted.
Requires DCA to collect information about State residents seeking affordable housing in State and provide that information to COAH or successor.
Requires medical providers report certain burn injuries to fire enforcement official.
Concerns recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters; appropriates $2 million.
Directs DCA to establish online database of affordable housing settlement agreements and other declaratory judgment actions.
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.
Provides Supplemental Transportation Growth Aid for school districts in 2023-2024 school year; appropriates $31.6 million.
Establishes program in New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing for support of residency programs at veterans' memorial homes in New Jersey; appropriates $500,000.
Regulates residential mental health treatment facilities.
Requires New Jersey licensure of physicians, dentists, and other health professionals serving as expert witnesses in malpractice cases; requires dentists serving as expert witnesses to comply with certain requirements for expert testimony.
Prohibits collecting of certain costs associated with offshore wind projects from ratepayers.
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to provide access to certain interpreter services for deaf and hard of hearing.
Concerns justified use of force and deadly force.
Prohibits application, implementation, or enforcement of policies and rules established by international organizations in this State.
Modifies requirements for operation of certain food and service stands in State, county, and municipal buildings, grounds, and premises.
"Protecting Students from Obscene Material in School Libraries Act."
Requires DOE to establish program for coaches of school district and nonpublic school athletic activities to obtain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Permits party member, candidate, or designee to be present for ballot position draw and inspect materials used for drawing; requires officials conducting ballot draw to provide notice of date, time, and location of drawing.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $75,000 to Human Trafficking Survivor's Assistance Fund.
Increases threshold for imposition of certain fees and taxes on certain real property transfers from $1 million to $1.5 million, subject to annual adjustment based on Consumer Price Index.
Permits driving schools to use vehicles owned by driving instructors.
Establishes professional licensure and certification for tobacco treatment counseling.
Requires certain NJ FamilyCare providers to provide information to, and obtain consent form from, parent or guardian of child that provider is prescribing antipsychotic drug.
Establishes education requirements for certain officers of State Board of Medical Examiners.
Prohibits health insurance carriers from placing time limit on anesthesia services used for medical or surgical procedures.
Repeals law prohibiting sale or distribution of single-use plastic carryout bags, single-use paper carryout bags, polystyrene foam food service products, and single-use plastic straws.
Adjusts price threshold for titling fee for new luxury vehicles.
Makes various revisions to law pertaining to electronic medical records and recording certain minor patients' demographic information.
"Closing the Segregated Housing Loophole Act"; prohibits segregation in affordable housing inclusionary developments.
"Gary Letizia Pre-Hospital Blood Transfusion Act"; authorizes paramedics, under medical oversight, to administer blood products to patients in pre-hospital settings, and establishes certain reimbursement for emergency medical services providers.
Requires Medicaid coverage for assisted living services for individuals with serious mental illnesses.
"New Jersey Impact Fee Act"; concerns municipal authority to impose impact fee for development of real property.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Establishes certain guidelines for SHBP, SEHBP, and Medicaid concerning step therapy protocols.
Extends certain pay parity regarding telemedicine and telehealth until July 1, 2026.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Allows certain health care practitioners referrals to pharmacies to be made in accordance with certain professional standards.
Requires third-party discounts and payments for individuals covered by health benefits plans to apply to copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, or other out-of-pocket costs for covered benefits.
Passed the General Assembly · 2
Establishes legislative internship program.*
Requires appointment of State Dementia Services Coordinator; appropriates $150,000.
Out of committee · 18
Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning student use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing at school and school-sponsored functions.
"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.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Establishes "Remote Methadone Dosing Pilot Program;" appropriates $225,000.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DMVA for New Jersey SOS Veterans Stakeholders Group.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Establishes State definition of antisemitism.*
Establishes crime of doxxing.
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Provides for filing extension and alternate medical documentation in PFRS, SPRS, or PERS for accidental disability retirement in certain circumstances; extends accidental death benefit for survivors of certain SPRS retirees.*
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.**
Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force.
Extends expiration date of special appraisal process for Green Acres and farmland preservation program; provides aid for watershed lands.*
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 DEP to implement Advanced Clean Trucks regulations no earlier than January 1, 2027.
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Requires portable anti-choking devices be placed in schools.
Exempts local utilities from certain reporting requirements.
Permits corrections officers, firefighters, and police officers to administer epinephrine auto-injector device.
Allows gross income tax credit for volunteer firefighters.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Establishes "Affordable Housing Obligation Study Commission."
Requires long-term care facilities to stock and provide COVID-19 antiviral treatments to residents.
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.
Establishes "New Jersey Pandemic Bill of Rights for the Welfare of Individuals."
Requires testing for infectious disease for certain persons who have been administered opioid antidote by first responder.
Requires additional credit against fair share obligation for abandoned property converted to affordable housing.
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.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Requires registered voters to present photo ID when voting at polling place.
"Fairness in Women's Sport Act."
Permits religious services during state of emergency or public health emergency declarations by Governor.
Requires entities to accept confirmation of prior COVID-19 infection or protective immune response against COVID-19 when proof of vaccination is required.
Permits any member of PERS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for disability resulting from participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup options.
Enacts "Anthony Maruca's Law"; requires law enforcement officers to carry epinephrine.
Excludes certain contributions to deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings under the gross income tax.
Requires COAH to administer affordable housing obligations of municipalities based on statewide obligation.
Authorizes municipal challenge to non-redevelopment 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.
Prohibits affordable housing obligation exemptions for urban aid municipalities.
Prohibits certain medical examinations on female patients without informed consent.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
"Innovate New Jersey Act"; establishes tax-free business incubators at institutions of higher education.
Regulates the authority of the court to make provision for the educational expenses of an unemancipated child in certain instances involving child support.
Exempts from sales and use tax sales of medical marijuana.
Requires certain commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with certain global positioning systems.
Requires MVC to issue blue envelopes that hold documents required to operate motor vehicle to persons diagnosed with autism.
"Fully Funding Schools and Cutting Property Taxes Act"; repeals certain sections of law; requires additional aid to lower property taxes commensurate with residents' ability to support schools; appropriates $2.9 billion.
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.
Increases PFRS accidental disability and accidental death pension when disability or death is caused by weapon.
Concerning noncitizens voting in local elections and conduct in office by local government officers.
Directs State Board of Education to rescind New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education and directs boards of education to establish Parental Advisory Committees and adopt standards for health instruction.
Exempts volunteer fire companies from paying annual charitable registration fee.
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $10 million to DOT for construction of highway guard rail along entirety of Route 208 through Franklin Lakes, Wyckoff, Hawthorne, Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, and Oakland in sections without highway guard rail, where necessary to ensure health and safety of motorists and residents whose properties abut Route 208.
Exempts protective face coverings from sales and use tax.
Establishes Volunteer Emergency Responder Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Revises Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Aid program; requires all energy taxes to be paid directly to municipalities.
Creates offense of tracking for unlawful purpose; imposes enhanced penalties.
Establishes "COVID-19 Learning Loss Study Commission."
Requires suicide prevention training for mental health practitioners.
Lowers age at which certain insurers are required to provide coverage for mammograms.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $2,000 gross income tax exemption.
Requires minimum annual State appropriation of $10 million for Public Health Priority Funding.
Increases degree of crime for unlawful taking of motor vehicle.
Requires hospitals to establish sepsis recognition and treatment protocols.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Directs AG to enter into agreement with U.S. Attorney General to empower certain corrections officers to investigate immigration status of inmates.
Requires students to pass test identical to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services civics test as part of high school graduation requirements.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for costs of exemption.
Requires MVC to issue one license plate instead of two.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD and total brain injury.
Establishes "Parents Bill of Rights Act"; prohibits school district from interfering with fundamental right of parent or guardian to engage in and direct student's education; permits opt-out of school district curriculum.
Prohibits mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 as condition of attending public K-12 schools.
Increases penalties for human trafficking of children.
Upgrades burglary of a residence to a crime of the second degree; requires mandatory period of parole ineligibility if residence was occupied at time of offense.
Upgrades burglary of residence to crime of the second degree.
Requires Superintendent of State Police to publish cannabis-related fatal motor vehicle crash statistics.
Authorizes special plate for holders of "Combat Action Ribbon."
Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students to receive COVID-19 vaccination.
Prohibits discrimination against individuals who have not received COVID-19 vaccine.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention of defendant charged with aggravated assault of law enforcement officer.
Adds Bergen County as pilot county for purposes of "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act."
Directs Attorney General to provide annual training to public and nonpublic school students and staff on roles and responsibilities before, during, and after school emergencies.
Requires school districts to institute policies to improve emergency communications to increase school security.
Requires State Police to maintain 24-hour hotline for receiving anonymous tips regarding potential threats to school safety and security.
Requires school district to submit emergency communication policies and protocols to Department of Education for review.
Requires DOE to establish online school security resource clearinghouse.
Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.
Requires Commissioner of Education to review school safety and security plans.
Permits school districts to employ safe schools resource officers or Class Three special law enforcement officers for security purposes, and requires school districts to have agreement with local law enforcement governing placement of school security personnel.
Provides for Medicaid coverage of certain home blood pressure monitors and cuffs for pregnant persons at risk for preeclampsia.
Requires automatic recount for local elections with vote difference of 10 votes or less at candidate's request; provides for geographic regions for judges to adjudicate election recounts and contests; establishes certain adjudication and hearing timelines.
"New Jersey Student Support Act"; establishes program in Department of Treasury to provide tax credits to taxpayers contributing to organization which awards scholarships to certain nonpublic school students.
Excludes environmentally sensitive and flood-prone land from designation as vacant or available for purposes of affordable housing construction.
Requires AG to create voting fraud task force.
Imposes penalties on driver who willfully disables and floods motor vehicle during storm-related flooding.
Amends appropriations act to provide funding for restoration of State school aid reductions for certain school districts; shifts $64,920,000 from certain appropriations for purposes of restoring aid; provides supplemental appropriation of $145,215,047.
Establishes expedited ejectment proceeding to remove certain unauthorized real property occupants.
Extends closing time of polling places by one hour.
Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $12 million to Village of Ridgewood for drinking water infrastructure improvements related to per- and poly-fluoralkyl substance pollution.
"Stop Antisemitism on College Campuses Act"; prohibits distribution of State aid to an institution of higher education that authorizes, funds, or supports antisemitic events or organizations or fails to punish acts of antisemitism on campus.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Creates "New Jersey Anti-Semitism Task Force".
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for child sexual abuse and child endangerment.
Establishes NJ Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council.
Establishes New Jersey Human Trafficking Criminal Registry; requires establishment of educational curricula related to human trafficking.
Increases daily compensation for election workers and increases additional compensation rate for election workers managing signature copy registers.
Requires green building standards and impact studies for carbon, traffic, storm water, and schools for certain affordable housing development.
Prohibits flags of designated terrorist organizations from being displayed or flown on State property.
Prohibits institution of higher education which boycotts or divests from Israel-supporting or Israeli businesses from receiving State funds.
Prohibits institution of higher education from establishing scholarship fund or student assistance program limited to students who are citizens or permanent residents of country or territory controlled by terrorist organization.
Requires enhanced reporting by independent expenditure committees; extends statute of limitations for campaign finance violations; exempts reports filed with Election Law Enforcement Commission from certain document redaction requirements.
Requires Pretrial Services to recommend pretrial detention of certain repeat offenders.
Allows exclusion of certain small business income from taxation under gross income tax and corporation business tax.
Allows expectant mothers in third trimester to receive temporary parking privileges.
Provides access to periodic cancer screening examinations for volunteer firefighters through SHBP physicians and other providers.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, and school instructional materials.
Requires DOH to establish guidelines for placement of bleeding control kits in State buildings; requires schools to acquire bleeding control kits.
Revises credentialing process for physicians attempting to enter a health insurance carrier's provider network.
Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt policies of cooperation with federal immigration officials.
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.
Permits excused absence for student enlisted or planning to enlist Armed Forces of United States or National Guard.
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.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Prohibits certain electric public utility rate increases and requires certain protections for ratepayers.
Prohibits health care professionals from providing gender-affirming health care services to persons under 21 years of age.
Establishes Forest Fire Preparedness Commission in DEP.
Imposes criminal penalties for harboring aliens who have outstanding warrants and are unlawfully present in U.S.
Repeals law that requires diversity and inclusion instruction for public school students in grades kindergarten through 12.
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of medical tests, procedures and prescription drugs covered under health benefits or prescription drug benefits plans.
"New Jersey Laken Riley Act;" establishes law enforcement procedures for arrests of aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. charged with certain crimes.
Establishes certain protections for health care professionals who receive behavioral health care and apply for State licensure.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain SPRS members.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain wages of qualified health care professionals employed by health care entities.
Requires certain preliminary approval of municipality prior to licensure of community group homes.
"Affordable Home Energy Protection Act"; prohibits adoption of State or local rules that restrict the use of certain fossil-fuel powered appliances or heating systems.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 6.625 to 6 percent.
Eliminates the corporate transit fee.
Reduces tax rate by 50 percent on sales and use of used motor vehicles.
Directs DEP to use funds from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination settlement with 3M Company for purchase of equipment to remediate perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination.
Increases threshold from $1 million to $2 million for imposition of certain fees and taxes on certain real property transfers.
Exempts retail sales of used motor vehicles from New Jersey sales and use tax.
Requires governing board of public school to verify employment eligibility of teaching staff members and school employees.
Sets flat gross income tax rate at 5.9 percent tax for all taxable income over $37,500 or $75,000, depending on filing status; exempts taxpayers with less income from gross income tax.