Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, Senate.
Kristin M. Corrado
Sponsored
Became law3
Requires health curriculum for public school students in grades kindergarten through 12 to include instruction on mental health.*
Appropriates $32,153,936 to State Agriculture Development Committee, and amends 2017 appropriations for stewardship activities, for farmland preservation purposes.*
Appropriates $33.915 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Passed the Senate2
Excludes from gross income taxation military compensation for personnel serving outside of State and combat zone compensation.*
Requires bi-state transportation authorities to make advance notification of certain projects or operations expected to impede traffic.
Out of committee7
Establishes Veterans Assistance Grant Program for nonprofit organizations to provide certain services to veterans.
Requires prescription opioid medications include warning sticker advising patients of risk of addiction and overdose.
Increases tax credit provided for qualified investments under "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act."
Requires public officer or employee to forfeit pension upon conviction for corruption of public resources, sexual contact, lewdness, or sexual assault when offense involves or touches upon public office or employment.*
Makes available certain grants to employers of veterans and job training to certain veterans; makes an appropriation.
Requires motor vehicle inspection stickers to notify drivers of penalty for texting while driving.
Requires four-year public institution of higher education to award college credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies.
In committee65
Prohibits posting of certain personal information on the Internet or misrepresentation of identity on the Internet for the purpose of harassment of a minor child.
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment on persons convicted of certain sex crimes against minors.
The "New Jersey Right to Home Defense Law."
Upgrades crime of invasion of privacy under certain circumstances.
Upgrades the crime of invasion of privacy if it results in death or serious bodily injury to a crime of the second degree.
Prohibits the unauthorized photographing or videotaping of a child.
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements between municipalities within a 10-mile radius of each other for special needs housing; permits units transferred to be counted toward recipient municipality's fair share obligation.
Prohibits student's individualized education program or 504 plan to include use of physical restraints or seclusion.
Requires Passaic Valley Water Commission to obtain approval of certain municipalities before entering into certain contracts concerning open-air reservoirs.
Bars domestic violence defendants from participation in Pretrial Intervention.
Clarifies that "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991" covers elder abuse in domestic settings.
Establishes certain requirements for use of restraint and seclusion on students with disabilities in school districts and approved private schools for students with disabilities; requires DOE to collect and report data regarding restraint and seclusion.
Prohibits candidates and elected public officials charged with crimes from using campaign contributions for their legal defense.
"Madison Holleran Proper Reporting Act"; requires institutions of higher education to post information on student suicides and attempted suicides on website.
Establishes various good governance requirements at certain bi-state authorities.
Establishes various good governance requirements at State and local authorities.
Revises restrictions for Internet access by sex offenders.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers that sell qualified medical devices to qualified consumers at discounted price.
Excludes retirement income from consideration in making determination for eligibility for tuition aid grant and provides gross income tax credit to taxpayers who claim certain dependents.
Provides for mandatory forfeiture of retirement benefits of elected official convicted of crime involving office held.
Requires certain commissions to maintain meeting minutes; establishes Governor's authority to approve or veto the minutes of those commissions.
Requires electric public utilities to provide training, equipment, indemnity, and reimbursement to certain municipal employees for moving and securing detached, above-ground distribution lines impeding vehicular traffic during lengthy power outages.
Concerns employment opportunities and equal pay for women.
Establishes Office of River Maintenance in DEP; repeals P.L.1993, c.376 concerning stream cleaning activities.
Prohibits adoption of new rules exceeding federal standards unless specifically authorized by State law or necessary to protect public health, safety, or welfare.
Eliminates requirement for forensic laboratory analysis of substance in cases involving distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute, imitation CDS.
Provides tuition benefits at public institutions of higher education for dependents of certain veterans.
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Reinstates sick leave injury program for State corrections officers and juvenile justice officers under certain circumstances.
"Highway Accident Property Tax Relief Act"; requires State to reimburse municipalities for costs of providing certain emergency services.
Revises and updates public utility franchise process; allows State's political subdivisions to revoke franchises; increases certain penalties.
Prohibits leasing of domestic companion animals.
Allows municipalities to establish affordable housing preference for their residents.
Prohibits sale of expanded polystyrene food service products and food packaged in those products.
Prohibits smoking in guest rooms of certain hotels.
Eliminates property tax exemption for for-profit cemeteries.
Establishes "Subcommittee on Affordable Housing Needs" within "Joint Committee on Housing Affordability"; requires subcommittee to make determinations concerning affordable housing needs.
Requires election by certain public employees of certain health care benefit plans; prohibits payments by public employers for waiver of such plans.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for drug offenders subject to presumption of imprisonment.
Increases penalty for improper use of food stamps; requires mandatory imprisonment for public officer or employee who misuses food stamps.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Bars public entities and public employees from entering into confidential settlements of claims against them; provides that such settlements constitute public records.
Requires candidate receiving public matching funds to adopt policy prohibiting discrimination in the workplace.
Exempts counties, municipalities, and school districts from requirement to pay minimum wage.
Repeals surtax imposed on certain businesses.
Requires physician to offer to test patient for dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency prior to patient undergoing chemotherapy.
Establishes Open Public Records Act Study Commission.
Establishes "Task Force on Supportive Technology for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities."
Requires 100 percent of State aid for certain special education students be calculated as categorical aid.
Permits school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Permits local government unit to grant Length of Service Award Program points to certain activated military members.
Removes 48-hour provision for acceptance of ballots postmarked by election day; increases penalties for violation of ballot messenger and bearer limits and candidate prohibition.
Prohibits campaign expenditures to entities whose principals cannot be readily identified.
Requires limited liability companies to make certain disclosures concerning ownership.
Establishes minimum level of domestic violence and sexual assault training for judges and judicial personnel.
Provides that entities which train educational personnel in use of physical restraints be approved by DOE; requires annual report on incidents of use of techniques.
Establishes "Responsible School Violence Prevention, Preparation, and Protection Pilot Program" in certain counties and cities of first class; makes an appropriation.
Permits school districts to define excused absences from school to include illness based on student's mental or behavioral health and requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for defining excused absence for this reason.
Directs DOH to establish policies to reduce number of cats and dogs euthanized at shelters and pounds.
Prohibits use of open public records act for mailers and advertisements.
Concerns parking spaces restricted for persons with disabilities located near youth athletic fields.
Requires involuntary commitment of certain individuals who have been administered opioid antidote.
Waives pet adoption fees for certain military personnel and veterans.
Requires instruction on cursive handwriting in public school curriculum.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law4
Requires prescription opioid medications include warning sticker advising patients of risk of addiction and overdose.
Requires public officer or employee to forfeit pension upon conviction for corruption of public resources, sexual contact, lewdness, or sexual assault when offense involves or touches upon public office or employment.**
Requires four-year public institution of higher education to award college credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies.
Increases tax credit provided for qualified investments under "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Forbids members of the State Investment Council from voting on transactions concerning investment with which a member has certain financial or familial conflicts and requires removal for violations thereof.
Establishes Campus Sexual Assault Commission.
Increases annual salary of Governor's cabinet officers, judges, county prosecutors, and certain other public employees.*
Requires Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board to study racial and ethnic disparities that contribute to infant mortality.
Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism.
Gives State lottery winners option of remaining anonymous indefinitely.
Requires boards of education and nonpublic schools to provide law enforcement authorities with copies of blueprints and maps of schools and school grounds.
Establishes task force within DOE on prevention of sexual abuse of children.
Provides that certain persons who commit act of sexual penetration or sexual contact with students who are at least 18 but less than 22 years old are guilty of sexual assault or criminal sexual assault.**
Requires board of education or school bus contractor, within one business day of notification that school bus driver's license is suspended or revoked, to verify to DOE that driver is no longer operating school bus. *
Requires suspension of school bus endorsement on driver's license for certain number of motor vehicle moving violations in certain time period.
Permits certain health care professionals to waive health insurance copayments for members of military on active duty and their family members. *
Establishes owning or possessing animal fighting or dog fighting paraphernalia as crime of third degree; establishes civil animal cruelty penalties therefor.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2019 to include new projects and remove certain projects.
Provides certain employment protections for National Guard members employed in New Jersey.
Establishes Recycling Market Development Council.
Passed the Senate · 11
Prohibits State, county, or municipal political party committee chair from simultaneously serving as county clerk.**
Requires certain employees and candidates for public school employment or service and youth camp employees to undergo child abuse record information check.
Concerns State criteria for determining whether child has specific learning disability under federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act."
Revises provisions of State law concerning claiming and proper disposal of cremains of veterans and eligible spouses or dependents.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Requires DOE to collect information on certain teacher misconduct and report to Legislature.
Establishes local drug overdose fatality review teams in each county in State.
Provides for vacancy in county surrogate, clerk, register of deeds and mortgages, and sheriff offices occurring 70 days before general election to be filled at second succeeding general election.
"Timothy J. Piazza's Law"; expands scope of activities constituting hazing; increases penalties for hazing resulting in injury; requires institutions of higher education and public and nonpublic high schools and middle schools to adopt anti-hazing policie
Creates special education unit within the Office of Administrative Law; requires annual report.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $2 million for William Paterson University of New Jersey.
Out of committee · 41
Requires uniform response procedures for all domestic crisis teams established or participated in by law enforcement agencies, and strengthens Statewide supervision over teams.
Establishes standards for Batterers' Intervention Programs in domestic violence cases.
Establishes certain requirements for domestic violence training for certain judges and judicial personnel. *
Establishes Statewide "Peace: A Learned Solution Program (PALS)."
Establishes "Monica's Law" concerning domestic violence risk assessment pilot program.
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.
Requires Legislature to adopt and distribute policy prohibiting sexual harassment; requires members, officers, and employees of Legislature to complete online training on policy once every two years.
Requires school districts to include instruction on consequences of distributing and soliciting sexually explicit images through electronic means as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. *
Provides gross income tax deduction to certain surviving spouses of veterans.
Authorizes DMVA to grant preference in awarding contracts to vendors that employ veterans.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Appropriates $15,294,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Requires meeting between student and appropriate school personnel after multiple suspensions or proposed expulsion from public school to identify behavior or health difficulties.*
Requires school districts and nonpublic schools to conduct audit of security features of district buildings, grounds, and communication systems and to submit audit to NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and DOE.*
Requires school security training for persons employed by public and nonpublic schools in substitute capacity and for employees and volunteers of youth programs operated in school buildings.*
Waives business formation and registration fees for establishment of businesses owned by veterans.
Exempts honorably discharged United States military veterans from initial insurance producer licensing fee.
Establishes "Jersey Native Plants Program."
Authorizes creation of American Legion Auxiliary license plates.
Authorizes creation of "Sons of the American Legion" license plates.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Prohibits leasing dogs and cats.
"Sami's Law"; requires transportation network companies to issue, and drivers to display on vehicles, certain transportation network company identification.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Permits use of paid leave by public officers and employees for required inactive duty military training.
Establishes uniform standard for acceptable proof of veteran status for veteran's ID cards and various State and local programs.
Requires AG to establish program to detect fentanyl in State's illegal drug supply and make information related to presence of fentanyl available in database accessible by law enforcement.
Requires that State employee serve as Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action officer for gubernatorial transitions.
Requires payment of expenses related to background investigations for certain gubernatorial transition positions.
Requires disclosure by applicants for State employment of previous or ongoing criminal investigations.
Grants authority for human resource management of employees of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority to Civil Service Commission.
Requires Civil Service Commission establish standardize recordkeeping and retention requirements with regard to unclassified State employees.
Clarifies provisions concerning disclosure of existence and content of discrimination or harassment complaints; requires certain disclosures to person against whom complaint is made.*
Requires Civil Service Commission to establish and maintain hotline for State employees to submit reports of workplace discrimination and harassment.
Specifies certain requirements for State agency review of complaint of workplace discrimination.
Establishes pilot program in DOE for special education students to attend college courses or vocational training programs.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2020 to include new projects, remove certain projects, and modify estimated loan amounts for certain projects.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Establishes price preference program on State contracts for service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.
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Requires training for law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases.
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
Increases penalties for unlawfully manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing fentanyl.
Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Prohibits designation of certain assessments as high school graduation requirement during transitional period to new Statewide assessment system.
Excludes military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Requires DOE to establish NJ Dyslexia website.
Dedicates $140,000 from NJ Brain Injury Research Fund for community based services provided by Statewide alliance dedicated to assisting persons with brain injury through advocacy, education, information and resources, outreach, and support services.
Requires police notification when driver's license is suspended.
Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for employing immediate family members of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were killed in action.
Requires institutions of higher education to post information on sexual assaults on website and provide the information to prospective students.
Encourages wearing blue to honor law enforcement officers on Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Eliminates the New Jersey Transfer Inheritance Tax and repeals parts of chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
Requires sex offenders in satellite-based monitoring program to pay for certain equipment and monitoring costs.
Provides employers with various tax incentives for hiring persons with disabilities under insurance premiums tax, corporation business tax and gross income tax.
Expands types of abusive acts that constitute domestic violence under "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991."
Permits drawing of candidate names for primary election ballot to occur on day before 53rd day prior to primary if date falls on legal holiday.
Provides tax credit to developers for affordable housing projects in certain neighborhoods.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Prohibits excessive increases in prices charged for essential off-patent and generic prescription drugs and biological products.
Establishes Autism Education Council.
Requires each public school to observe a period of silence on September 11 of each school year.
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.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Increases penalties for injuring school crossing guard or student pedestrian in crosswalk.
Requires all sex offender registration information to be published on Internet registry.
Establishes Gold Star Family Scholarship Program; appropriates $100,000 from General Fund to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Provides that unlawful use, manufacture, or distribution of controlled dangerous substance by parent or caregiver in presence of child constitutes crime of endangering welfare of that child.
Upgrades assault against servicemember to aggravated assault; expands crime of bias intimidation to encompass crimes and offenses committed against servicemembers.
Makes desecration of a military monument a crime of the third degree.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide assistive technology to elementary and middle school students with dyslexia and related conditions.
Establishes "Registered Apprenticeship Program for State Agencies"; makes an appropriation.
Provides civil service preference to all veterans.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from the tax levy cap applicable to school districts.
Bars use of certain funds and nondisclosure agreements to settle sexual assault and harassment claims against certain State officers and employees, members of Legislature, and candidates.
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
Adds illicit fentanyls to Schedule I in the "New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances Act."
Requires law enforcement officers to be stationed in all public schools during school hours; authorizes schools to request funding from Safe Neighborhoods Services Fund.
Establishes license to allow wineries that produce more than 250,000 gallons per year to directly ship wine to consumers.
Upgrades penalties for certain crimes involving heroin and fentanyl; establishes new crimes concerning heroin mixtures; allows certain defendants to be eligible for drug court.
"Steven Schmincke's Law"; facilitates sober living home construction financing.
Provides gross income tax deduction to eligible educators for expense of classroom supplies.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Exempts law enforcement and certain other emergency personnel from liability for breaking into motor vehicle to rescue animal under certain circumstances.
Requires licensure of pain management clinics, establishes process to identify abnormal drug usage and prescribing practices, modifies requirements for opioid prescriptions and medication-assisted treatment, authorizes use of non-opioid advance directives
Exempts handwritten signature from public disclosure; requires redaction when posted on Internet.
Establishes two-year pilot program requiring certain law enforcement agencies to coordinate with local school districts to identify and assist at-risk youths.
Allows law enforcement agencies to provide juvenile-family crisis information to principal of juvenile's school for planning programs relevant to juvenile's educational and social development.
Requires installation of safety vision panels in certain doors used by staff and students in certain buildings and facilities.
Provides tax credits for performing certain repairs on primary residences of senior citizens or persons with disabilities.
Eliminates automatic adjustments of petroleum products taxes.
Prohibits school buses from traveling in left lane.
Requires handicapped parking signs to include non-emergency law enforcement contact number.
Establishes commission to study effects on adolescents of smart phone and social media usage in school.
Concerns endangered plant species in NJ.
Prohibits bill certified for fiscal note or estimate from being released from committee without fiscal note or estimate.
Requires public high school students to receive instruction concerning opioid abuse and opioid abuse prevention.
Authorizes bonus credits toward fair share affordable housing obligation for transitional housing occupied by veterans.
Authorizes bonus credits toward fair share affordable housing obligation for housing units occupied by veterans; permits affordable housing obligation satisfaction through veterans' set aside of up to 35 percent of fair share.
Establishes Emergency Green Alert System for missing members and veterans of Armed Forces.
Requires certain facilities to notify patients or legal guardians of outbreak of contagious disease within 24 hours of onset of outbreak.
Eliminates use of census-based funding of special education aid in school funding law.
Establishes presumption against admission into pretrial intervention program for persons who commit theft against nonprofit organizations.
Eliminates NJ Schools Development Authority and transfers its school construction responsibilities to EDA.
Establishes certain animal abuse offenses committed in manner manifesting extreme indifference to value of animal's life as crime of second degree; designated as "River's Law."
Provides that persons entering into civil settlement agreement with State entity must make full restitution; elected officials and employees with fiduciary or contracting responsibilities entering into such agreement will forfeit public office or employme
Establishes four-year Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant Program.
Extends State's implied consent law to urine samples and drug recognition expert evaluations when accident results in death or serious injury.
Prohibits persons under 21 years of age from possessing electronic smoking devices.
Requires revocation of parole for assaulting or threatening law enforcement officers.
Provides for suspension of scheduled minimum wage increases for economic reasons.
Establishes task force to study impact of minimum wage increases on businesses.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain employers for certain costs arising from increase in minimum wage.
Establishes panel to study implementation of tier classification system with related cost factors for special education categorical State aid and requires State Board of Education to adopt through regulations panel's determinations.
Reduces threshold for filing annual disclosure statement with ELEC from $50,000 in public contracts to $17,500.
Directs DEP to adopt regulations concerning identification and testing of microplastics in drinking water.
Concerns local taxation of business personal property of local exchange telephone companies.
Establishes task force to examine and make recommendations regarding professional development requirements for public school teachers and school leaders.
Requires reporting of certain attempted and completed suicides by minors.
Requires MVC to issue blue envelopes that hold documents required to operate motor vehicle to persons diagnosed with autism.
Requires certain health care plans to be offered by SEHBP and local boards of education; requires SEHBP commission to establish employee contribution rates for certain plans; requires local boards of education provide certain information on health care be
Requires public institution of higher education to refund course tuition and fees to certain service members and to permit late registration for veterans and service members.
Requires DOT to develop asphalt pavement fine aggregate mixture specifications and minimum use requirements for waste glass.
Establishes "Conflict Resolution in Schools Commission."
Establishes mandatory imprisonment for certain animal cruelty offenses; establishes additional fine and dedicates fine to municipal fund for animal control and welfare programs.