Bills in the 2024–2025 Session, General Assembly.
Al Barlas
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force.
In committee32
Requires MVC to offer driver's license knowledge test in Italian.
Increases degree of crime for unlawful taking of motor vehicle.
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.
Allows candidates to file form attesting to their understanding of and adherence to ELEC rules and regulations with their nominating petitions.
Requires blank nominating petition forms for primary election candidates be made available for next primary election within 10 calendar days of county canvassers' general election results certification.
Requires Commissioner of Education to prepare report on learning loss of students with developmental disabilities during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $5,000 income tax deduction.
Requires school districts to let nonpublic school students participate in district high school interscholastic athletics.
Establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with theft of motor vehicle be detained prior to trial under certain circumstances.
Makes $500,000 supplemental appropriation from Property Tax Relief Fund to Borough of North Caldwell to fund restoration of Walker's Family Home at Walker's Park and Walker's Park property.
Makes $500,000 supplemental appropriation from General Fund to DEP for dredging and restoration of Peckman River.
Makes $500,000 supplemental from General Fund to DEP for dredging and restoration of Passaic River.
Requires certain preliminary approval by municipality prior to licensure of cooperative sober living residence.
Upgrades simple assault to aggravated assault for State-employed civil investigators.
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.
Establishes Office of River Maintenance in DEP; repeals P.L.1993, c.376 concerning stream cleaning activities.
Provides gross income tax deduction for in vitro fertilization treatment expenses.
Clarifies timing of adjustments to county district boundaries and municipal ward boundaries following congressional and legislature redistricting.
Exempts honorably discharged veterans from payment of municipal parking meter fees when vehicle bears honorably discharged veteran's placard issued by MVC.
Requires DOH to establish guidelines for placement of bleeding control kits in State buildings; requires schools to acquire bleeding control kits.
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.
Requires automatic voter registration to be available when applying for certain licenses and permits.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain wages of qualified health care professionals employed by health care entities.
Allows juvenile regardless of age to be tried as adult for committing homicide against law enforcement officer.
Requires notice be provided upon changes to voter registration; prohibits changes in party affiliation from being processed after statutory deadline.
Permits teacher who retired from TPAF to return to employment for two years without reenrollment in TPAF; provides gross income tax relief for certain rehired teachers.
Provides gross income tax deduction for certain wages of kindergarten through grade 12 school teachers.
Prohibits online advertisements for casino gaming and sports wagering on platforms intended for children.
Requires county boards of election to have bipartisan representation when opening and canvassing mail-in ballots; requires secure storage of mail-in ballots; upgrades penalties for certain election-related crimes.
Requires consideration of student transportation needs in individualized education program and inclusion of certain transportation personnel on individualized education program team.
Requires board of education to award certain transportation contracts to most appropriate bidder; requires board of education to hold transportation meeting prior to awarding certain transportation contracts for students with disabilities.
Requires school vehicles transporting students with disabilities to display certain information.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Establishes Special Education Transportation Task Force.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Allows follow-up communication by operators of mental health and suicide crisis resources centers or 9-8-8 crisis hotline centers to minors at risk of death by suicide.*
"Illicit Opioid Supply Substances Poisoning Awareness Act"; requires school districts to provide instruction on dangers of illicit opioid substances.*
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for biomarker precision medical testing.*
Concerns State regulation of cooperative sober living residences and boarding houses generally; appropriates $100,000.
Revises design of primary election ballots and certain primary election procedures; provides for ballots to be arranged by office block; removes State committee members from primary process; requires reporting on primary elections by Division of Elections.*
Passed the General Assembly · 3
Establishes Second Chance Program in charge of providing opportunities through labor organizations for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Exempts poll workers wages from affecting unemployment compensation.*
Subjects certain rooming and boarding houses to municipal land use regulations; requires owners and operators of cooperative sober living residences to submit certain approvals with license applications.
Out of committee · 20
Establishes "Student Mental Health Task Force."
"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.*
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to DOH for Huntington's Disease Grant Program.
Prohibits deepfake pornography and imposes criminal and civil penalties for non-consensual disclosure.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Requires boards of education to ensure that all staff are trained in care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders every five years.*
Establishes Firefighter Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $1 million.
Removing requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations, thereby broadening eligibility for certain veterans' benefits.
Requires public institution of higher education to readmit student whose enrollment was interrupted due to military service.
Establishes requirements concerning provision of postpartum care, pregnancy loss, and stillbirth information and development of personalized postpartum care plans.*
Increases personal needs allowance to $140 for low-income persons residing in certain facilities.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for structured day program services provided to beneficiary eligible for brain injury services.
Prohibits sale of cats, dogs, or rabbits by pet shops; repeals "Pet Purchase Protection Act."
Establishes "Motor Vehicle Open Recall Notice and Fair Compensation Act"; revises motor vehicle franchise agreements.**
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for employers of certain persons with disabilities.
Extends expiration date of special appraisal process for Green Acres and farmland preservation program; provides aid for watershed lands.*
Establishes sheltered market program for certain business enterprises seeking State contracts.
Requires Division of Children's System of Care to make changes to certain polices regarding the provision of family support and respite care services for certain eligible individuals.
Establishes "Jersey Craft Beverage Retailer Promotion and Grant Program" in EDA.*
In committee · 96
Expands authority of emergency management departments in requesting assistance outside normal territorial jurisdictions.
Establishing veterans' affordable housing preference; authorizing bonus fair share credit for veterans' affordable housing.
Requires NJT to equip trains with defibrillators.
Allows individuals that have undergone certain background checks, including individuals with certain commercial driver license endorsements, to renew license online or by mail.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Allows certain persons with developmental disabilities 21 years of age and older to attend special education programs and to simultaneously participate in adult day and employment programs.
Authorizes hospital patient with developmental disabilities to have designated family member, guardian, direct support professional, or other caregiver accompany patient throughout hospital stay.
Deactivates certain committees, councils, panels, and task forces of advisory or temporary nature if entity does not meet or have quorum at least once every year.
Makes desecration of military monument crime of the third degree.
Establishes process to exempt municipality from certain fair share affordable housing obligations based on flood risk.
Criminalizies interference with monitoring devices on school buses.
Expands NJT Access Link paratransit service area to include certain veterans health care facilities; appropriates $1 million.
Streamlines emergency medical technician certification process for certain veterans.
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.
Authorizes State employees to take administrative leave days in observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha; requires school districts to permit students excused absences for observance of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements.
Provides free admission to State parks, forests, and beaches for certain veterans and military personnel.
Criminalizes unlawful occupancy of dwellings.
Permits religious services during state of emergency or public health emergency declarations by Governor.
Reinstates penalty for underage possession and consumption of alcohol and cannabis as disorderly person offense.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
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.
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.
Provides free tuition at public institutions of higher education for surviving spouses and dependent children of military personnel killed in performance of duties.
Requires commissioner of registration to move voters with undeliverable mail-in ballots to inactive file; removes such inactive voters from Statewide voter registration system following failure to vote in two consecutive federal general elections.
Prohibits State from disclosing New Jersey driver's license holders' personal information to other states seeking to issue speed camera or red light camera citations.
Authorizes reimbursement for EMT training from EMT Training Fund for certain volunteer firefighters.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
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 grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Requires placement of portable FDA-approved anti-choking devices in schools.
Establishes matching grant program in DCA to support community-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter services during Code Blue alerts.
Requires DOLWD to process unemployment claims within two weeks of filing.
Permits fair share affordable housing bonus credit for certain transitional housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
"Madison Holleran Proper Reporting Act"; requires institutions of higher education to post information on student suicides and attempted suicides on website.
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.
Gradually reduces CBT rate.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Requires biennial inspection of nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Allows candidates for Senate and General Assembly to appear together in same nominating petition.
Establishes mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for second offense involving use of juvenile in automobile theft.
Removes criminal liability for law enforcement officers who have investigative encounter with underage person for possession of alcohol or cannabis unless civil rights are violated.
Increases penalty for motor vehicle theft if, during course of theft, vehicle is operated in manner creating risk of injury or property damage.
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.
Requires public schools to develop policy for emergency administration of nasal seizure rescue medication and use of manual vagus nerve stimulator on student with seizure disorder.
Upgrades assault on victims who are disabled.
Upgrades domestic violence-related assault under certain circumstances.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
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.
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Increases amounts of property tax deductions for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, and veterans, from $250 to $500.
Qualifies certain disabled veterans for toll rate exemptions and exemptions from motor vehicle registration fees.
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.
Requires MVC and AAA to contract to allow for provision of certain motor vehicle services at AAA facilities.
Upgrades burglary of residence to crime of the second degree.
Requires New Jersey Racing Commission develop guidelines on postponement of certain events due to severe weather conditions.
Requires revocation of parole for assaulting or threatening law enforcement officers.
Establishes "Cop 2 Cop Sustainability Fund" to support "Law Enforcement Officer Crisis Intervention Services" Cop 2 Cop telephone hotline program; appropriates $500,000.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention and increases penalties for motor vehicle theft offenses; authorizes home detention for minors adjudicated delinquent for motor vehicle theft offenses; establishes Grants for Underage Auto-Theft Risk Deterrence Pilot Program in Juvenile Justice Commission; appropriates $7 million.
Concerns bereavement leave for miscarriage and stillbirth.
Requires board of education to provide certain information related to special education in native language of parent or guardian.
Exempts cribs, child restraint systems, nursing bottles, and strollers from sales and use tax.
Adds Bergen County as pilot county for purposes of "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act."
Requires school districts to award students high school graduation credits in health, safety, and physical education for completing county fire academy course under certain circumstances.
Allows county sheriffs to issue firearms identification cards and permits to purchase handguns; authorizes county sheriffs to accept applications for permits to carry handguns.
Requires MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf.
Requires counties to establish crisis intervention services programs for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and sheriff's officers.
Permits fair share affordable housing bonus credit for certain housing reserved for occupancy by teachers.
The "New Jersey Right to Home Defense Law."
Limits information required to be provided on marriage or civil union license form.
Requires AG to repeal law enforcement directive restricting law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Concerns applicability of sales tax to certain horse-boarding charges in New Jersey.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $12 million to Village of Ridgewood for drinking water infrastructure improvements related to per- and poly-fluoralkyl substance pollution.
Provides exemption from DEP permit fees to municipalities after natural disaster involving flooding.
Requires juveniles to appear before court in county where alleged delinquency complaint occurred.
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for child sexual abuse and child endangerment.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, upgrades certain residential burglaries to second degree crime; requires juvenile carjacking and home invasion offenses be tried in county where delinquency occurred.
Requires school districts to maintain supply of nasal rescue medication and oxygen for seizure emergencies; provides for training of designees to administer nasal rescue medication and oxygen when school nurse is not physical present.
Directs DEP to waive walk-in and bicycle entrance fees to State parks and forests during certain holidays.
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.
Excludes tips from gross income tax.
Permits excused absence for student enlisted or planning to enlist Armed Forces of United States or National Guard.
Reinstates automatic COLAs for retirement benefits of certain PFRS members.
Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for defendants charged with repeat home invasion offenses.
Enters NJ in New Jersey-Delaware Territorial Boundary Adjustment Compact.
Decreases sales and use tax rate from 6.625 to 6 percent.
Eliminates the corporate transit fee.