Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Pamela R. Lampitt
Sponsored
Became law3
Provides that certain cosmetology and hairstyling courses may be taught using distance learning technology.
Revises health insurance coverage requirements for treatment of infertility.
Prohibits limiting number of county college credits that may be applied towards educator preparation program and teacher certification requirements.
Vetoed2
Establishes New Jersey Educator Scholarship Program; appropriates $3 million.*
Establishes timelines for review and approval by Commissioner of Education of annual certified audits submitted by approved private schools for students with disabilities.
Passed the General Assembly8
Requires public schools, and nonpublic schools which receive federal funding, to provide students with information on rights afforded under Title IX, and provide contact information for Title IX coordinator.
Requires Department of Education to annually report use of federal COVID-19 relief funds.
Provides gross income tax deduction to eligible educators and paraprofessionals for expense of classroom supplies.*
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to private professional counselors.
Clarifies that veterinarians are not within ambit of telemedicine and telehealth law.
Authorizes temporary licensure of graduated nursing students; waives fees for nurse licensure applicants who work at long-term care facilities.*
Removes obstacles to teacher certification for certain teachers.
Establishes New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force; clarifies collection of student growth data.*
Out of committee22
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.
Provides veterans with up to 60 credits tuition-free at county college serving county of residence.
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Revises definition of "harassment, intimidation or bullying" under "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Revises membership of New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Prohibits State Board of Education from limiting number of certain two-year college credits that may be applied towards meeting teacher certification requirements.
Prohibits carrier from precluding dentist from billing covered person under certain circumstances.
Requires NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council to prepare report regarding suicide prevention instruction in public schools.
Establishes program for certain individuals to become certified as homemaker-home health aides and provide services to certain Medicaid enrollees.*
Directs DOE to establish advertising campaign to attract candidates to teaching and education support professions; appropriates $1 million. *
Revises certain requirements concerning graduation proficiency test and eliminates requirement that graduation proficiency test be administered to eleventh grade students.
Permits State Board of Education to authorize alternative teaching certificate.*
Establishes teacher certification route for candidates with Montessori teaching credentials.
Establishes High Efficiency Accelerated Learning Grant Program and Tutoring Advisory Commission.
Revises training requirements for governing board members of public institutions of higher education.
Establishes School Safety and Security Task Force.
Revises certain requirements for involuntary commitment for mental health treatment.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY 2024.
Waives certain certification and credentialing fees for teachers for one year.
Requires DOLWD, in collaboration with DOE, to establish database of novice teachers and to host job fairs.*
Requires board of education to directly employ certain professionals; permits board of education to contract for certain personnel; permits use of virtual or remote instruction for public school students in certain circumstances.
In committee93
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Encourages local unit sharing of services; makes appropriations.
Allows termination of motor vehicle lease in event of death; prohibits imposition of fee for early termination.
Concerns unlawful employment practices based on provision of health benefits plans.
Limits certain payments for unused sick leave earned after effective date by public officers or employees; limits vacation leave carry-forward and requires suspension and forfeiture of certain supplemental compensation.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Permits testing and use of autonomous vehicles on State roadways under certain circumstances.
Requires continued coverage of prescription drugs for certain medical conditions.
Clarifies that owners of self-driving motor vehicles must comply with existing insurance requirements.
Eliminates restriction on sale of beer by limited brewery licensee for on-premises consumption only when in connection with tour; requires licensee to provide tours during certain business hours.
Establishes the "Student Loan Assistance and Home Purchase Act."
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.
Establishes two-year pilot program requiring certain law enforcement agencies to coordinate with local school districts to identify and assist at-risk youths.
Establishes pilot program in DOE for special education students to attend college courses or vocational training programs.
Establishes gross income tax credit and corporation business tax credit for student loan payments.
Establishes task force to examine and make recommendations regarding professional development requirements for public school teachers and school leaders.
Directs DOE to conduct study on feasibility of using and expanding virtual learning in school districts with teacher shortages.
Requires school districts to take certain actions in circumstances when school meal bill is in arrears; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.
Allows gross income tax credit for portion of certain child care expenses.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to issue vouchers in amount of monthly loan repayment amount for loan borrowers who have child enrolled in Grow NJ Kids-rated child care program.
Requires certain disclosures of intentionally deceptive audio or visual media.
Requires Division of Developmental Disabilities to make comprehensive list of its programs available to public.
Transfers administration of programs for certain individuals with developmental disabilities from DHS to DCF.
Directs certain recoveries of federal funds for services to persons with developmental disabilities be used for grants to support community infrastructure purposes.
Requires carbon monoxide detectors in school buildings.
Establishes protection from adverse employment action for authorized medical cannabis patients.
Authorizes DOT, NJTA, and SJTA to permit BPU-certified persons to install and maintain solar photovoltaic panels on noise barriers erected on roads and highways.
Establishes central registry for background checks of youth serving organization employees and volunteers.
Requires school district that includes any of grades 9 through 12 to biannually provide to local Workforce Investment Board list of students who left school prior to graduation.
Concerns discrimination because of familial status.
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research institutions; allows certain technology businesses located in certain innovation zones to receive certain tax credits under Grow New Jersey Assistance Program.
Permits young adult who is claimed as a dependent on a relative's tax return to receive Work First New Jersey General Public Assistance benefits.
Requires HMFA to establish "Sustainable Tiny Home Pilot Program" in three regions of State; appropriates $5 million.
Requires employers to report certain allegations of sexual assault.
Requires school district to report to DOE on various aspects of computer science courses.
The "New Jersey Intern Protection Act"; provides legal protections and remedies for persons engaged in internships with employers.
Establishes separate class of claims against insolvent estates for child support judgments; modifies order for payment of claims by representative of insolvent estate.
Establishes NJ Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Life Long Skills Commission in the Department of State.
Provides credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for construction of buildings in accordance with certain energy and environmental performance standards.
Creates matching grant program for small businesses engaged in life sciences.
Requires retail health clinics to develop policies and procedures identifying services provided by the clinics.
Permits pharmacists to provide self-administered hormonal contraceptives to patients over the counter.
Prohibits child care providers from charging any fees for service on days when providers are unable to provide child care services due to contraction of, or exposure to, COVID-19.
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
Permits government records custodians to redact certain personal information.
Allows New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling to conduct examinations at school of cosmetology and hairstyling during public health emergency or state of emergency.
Allows certain licensees of New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling to teach in private schools of cosmetology and hairstyling.
Revises membership of New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Prohibits local government agency from employing person on paid leave from local government agency of another county or municipality.
Provides expedited determination by State Board of Examiners on application for teaching staff member certification if certain criteria are met.
Establishes loan redemption program for certain teachers under which they are permitted to redeem loan amounts received under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program through employment in public schools.
Requires that in-service training for school employees on safety and security include component on behavioral threat assessment.
Upgrades penalty for unlawful possession of certain firearms on grounds of an educational institution.
Requires DOE to collect information on certain teacher misconduct and report to Legislature.
Establishes task force to examine leasing for nonpublic school facilities to school districts for purpose of implementing programs for which districts lack facility space.
Establishes school breakfast kiosk pilot program.
Establishes grant program for constructing kitchen facilities in licensed child care centers; appropriates $1,000,000.
Establishes Council of Women in Higher Education in Department of State to study and promote women's issues within institutions of higher education.
Allows person with implanted medical device to voluntarily make notation on driver's license or identification card.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside; restricts locations of certain child care centers and school bus stops.
Expands scope of law enforcement sexual assault training; codifies certain responsibilities of county sexual violence programs and rape care advocates.
Requires plaintiff to obtain affidavit of merit in malpractice suit against enrolled agent.
Increases reporting requirements for the NJ Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth.
Allows other licensed healthcare providers trained in evaluation and management of concussions in addition to physicians to provide written clearance for student-athlete return to competition.
"Lactation Consultants Licensing Act."
Establishes public awareness campaign advising pregnant women, new parents, and women who are breast feeding about dangers of casual milk sharing.
Clarifies that apologies by health care facilities and professionals to patients or their representatives for adverse events disclosed under "Patient Safety Act" are excluded from discovery and inadmissible in legal actions involving facilities and professionals.
Establishes prescription drug pricing disclosure requirements and measures to reduce prescription drug costs.
Prohibits homeowners' insurers from raising rates of insured on basis of insured's appeal of claim determination.
Requires DOE to post link to NJSchoolJobs.com on homepage of its website and to promote link through social media.
Clarifies prohibition of nepotism by school officials; requires school officials to disclose information concerning certain employment; allocates School Ethics Commission in but not of DOE and authorizes appointment of certain staff.
Requires each school district with middle school or high school to establish food services advisory committee to consider menu options that reflect students' cultural, traditional, and dietary preferences.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to address school climate issues related to harassment, intimidation, and bullying in public schools.
Revises provisions of law concerning graduation proficiency test and eliminates requirement that graduation proficiency test be administered in eleventh grade.
Appropriates $450,000 for Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program.
Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students who have children to purchase meal plans, live in on-campus housing, or pay gym fees.
"Innovation Schools Act"; establishes process to develop innovation schools.
Requires health benefits plan and carriers to meet certain requirements concerning network adequacy and mental health care.
Prohibits institution of higher education that provides child care from charging student-parent who receives child care voucher under "New Jersey Cares for Kids Program" an amount for child care in excess of voucher amount.
Creates corporate business tax and gross income tax credits to fund education enrichment demonstration program.
Establishes certain requirements and initiatives related to nurses; transfers oversight of certified nurse aides from DOH to Board of Nursing; appropriates $26.7 million.
Prohibits mental health care professionals from disclosing, and health insurance carriers from demanding, certain information concerning behavioral health care services provided to patients.
Eliminates prohibition on provision of single-use paper bags by grocery stores for delivery orders; requires certain retailers to repurpose cardboard boxes if feasible.
Prohibits DHS from deeming certain teachers and school employees ineligible for child care subsidies due to number of hours worked when school is not in session for students.
Revises calculation of student financial need and provides circumstances for reduction of financial aid at institutions of higher education and proprietary institutions.
Enters New Jersey in Women's Reproductive Health Care Compact.
Expands eligibility for NJCLASS Teacher Loan Redemption Program.
Provides deduction from gross income of $500 for full-time educators and paraprofessionals and $350 for part-time educators and paraprofessionals.
Makes disabled persons receiving disability payments pursuant to federal Railroad Retirement Act eligible to receive homestead property tax reimbursement.
"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.
Requires any State website providing information on reproductive rights to also provide information on adoption services.
Extends membership in TPAF to seven years after discontinuance of service and to 25 years for those who were laid off or had 10 or more years of continuous service upon voluntary termination.
Authorizes use of competitive contracting and extended terms for lease and purchase contracts for electric school buses; permits New Jersey School Boards Association to serve as government aggregator to obtain electric school buses.
Carried from the Senate
Became law8
Prohibits carrier from precluding dentist from billing covered person under certain circumstances.
Establishes program for certain individuals to become certified as homemaker-home health aides and provide services to certain Medicaid enrollees.*
Permits State Board of Education to authorize alternative teaching certificate.*
Requires NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council to prepare report regarding suicide prevention instruction in public schools.
Establishes School Safety and Security Task Force.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY 2024.
Revises certain requirements for involuntary commitment for mental health treatment.
Waives certain certification and credentialing fees for teachers for one year.
Vetoed1
Establishes teacher certification route for candidates with Montessori teaching credentials.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 51
Provides for reciprocity of certain out-of-State EMT certification; establishes criminal history record background check process.*
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Requires DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program; provides for $15 million in first year and $15 million annually in subsequent two years to DEP, subject to availability, to provide grants.
Increases allowance paid to war veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.
Permits chair or booth rentals for the purpose of providing cosmetology and hairstyling services or ancillary services.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.*
Updates notice requirements for actions alleging consumer fraud violations and adds indirect purchasers as parties who can receive damages for antitrust violations. *
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders through collaborative care.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.
Amends applicability of law prohibiting sale and distribution of plastic and paper carryout bags to food banks and food pantries; appropriates $600,000. ***
Establishes professional board to regulate home improvement and home elevation contractors and requires licensure for each type of contractor.
Requires DHS to maintain SNAP outreach plan and to conduct additional outreach programs. *
Requires DHS to submit federal waiver request regarding time limits for certain SNAP recipients under certain circumstances.
Concerns SNAP services provided at county boards of social services; appropriates $250,000. *
Appropriates $813,000 to DHS to implement use of electronic benefit transfer cards in Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.**
Requires school food authorities to engage in public education campaigns and develop promotional materials to educate parents and guardians of students about existing and expanding school meals program options. *
Establishes State SNAP Minimum Benefit Program; appropriates $18 million to DHS.*
Requires schools to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to students from working class, middle-income families; designated as "Working Class Families' Anti-Hunger Act."
Requires information on seizure first-aid to be disseminated to employers.*
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Requires State Board of Education to administer New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment as field test for class of 2023.
Establishes "Health Care Heroes Violence Prevention Act."
Establishes "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act."
Requires Medicaid reimbursement for covered behavioral health services provided by local education agency to student who is eligible Medicaid beneficiary.
Permits alternating proprietorship of certain wineries.
Prohibits extradition of individual from another state back to that state for actions related to conduct concerning reproductive health care services lawful in this State.*
Concerns protections with respect to nondisclosure of certain patient information relating to reproductive healthcare services, and protecting access to services and procedures related to abortion for certain out-of-State persons.*
Provides temporary one-year extension of service life of school buses for 2022-2023 school year; authorizes chief administrator to allow one-year extension in subsequent two school years.*
Requires public schools to develop threat assessment teams.**
Makes various changes concerning regulation of emergency medical services; establishes mobile integrated health program and new State Emergency Medical Services Director in DOH.*
Prohibits sale, manufacture, distribution, and use of firefighting foam containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires DEP to establish collection and disposal program; appropriates $250,000.*
Provides sales and use tax exemption for certain purchases made by certain supermarkets and grocery stores located within urban enterprise zones.*
Requires training prior to issuance of firearms purchaser identification card and permit to purchase handgun under certain circumstances; provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for ten years.*
Provides one-year waiver of certain MVC fees imposed for driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriations of $71,786,000.
Revises various provisions of law governing construction of school facilities projects and operations of New Jersey Schools Development Authority; establishes "Charter School and Renaissance School Project Facilities Loan Program" in EDA.*
Modifies Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program.
Requires NJ Business Action Center to collect and produce certain information to assist small businesses.
Allows cure period for businesses to address and resolve certain violations.
Permits behavioral and mental health care providers to operate within homeless shelters.
Removes expected family contribution from calculation of financial need under circumstances in which public institutions of higher education may reduce student's institutional financial aid.
Establishes "Hospital at Home Act."
Appropriates $17,288,315 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Expands scope of school district employee sick leave.
Establishes Medicaid per diem rate for pediatric medical day care services delivered by provider offering on-site services; appropriates $3.6 million to DHS.
Establishes Agritourism Fund; requires annual appropriation of $2.5 million from General Fund; appropriates $2.5 million.
Provides for coverage of community-based palliative care benefits under Medicaid.
Enters New Jersey into Counseling Compact.
Provides down payment assistance for benefit of certain first-time homebuyers; establishes Resilient Home Construction Pilot Program.*
Establishes Urban Preservation Program in HMFA; requires federal funds be made available to HMFA to support affordable housing rehabilitation and reconstruction.*
Authorizes regional authority to develop and operate regional rehabilitation and reentry center.
Vetoed · 2
Prohibits sale, distribution, import, export or propagation of certain invasive species without permit from Department of Agriculture; establishes NJ Invasive Species Council.**
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.
Passed the General Assembly · 44
Requires State agencies to make their websites accessible to people with disabilities and on mobile devices.
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $3 million.*
Authorizes funding to protect safety of cooperating witnesses; expands Crime Victim's Bill of Rights to provide these witnesses with certain guarantees.
Requires DHS and other appropriate state agencies to disseminate information on transportation options for persons with developmental disabilities.
Revises SNAP eligibility requirements for certain students attending institutions of higher education.
Establishes limits on transcript release restrictions at institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions.*
Requires each solid waste management district to develop strategy in solid waste management plan to reduce food waste.
Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
Requires public transportation employees to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking; requires inclusion of certain content in certain courses.*
Requires ingredients of menstrual products to be listed on package.
Requires members, officers, and employees of Legislature to undergo implicit bias and cultural competency training.
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow service recipients to terminate service contracts following physician's referral to long-term care facility.
Requires DOT, NJT, and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities.
Requires consumer reporting agencies to increase protection of consumers' personal information.
Requires court to consider certain domestic violence convictions when considering alimony award; permits alimony modification based on certain subsequent domestic violence convictions.**
Permits DMVA to receive voluntary contributions for veteran suicide prevention public service announcements.
Allows instructional wine making facilities to sell wine for on premises consumption at certain events and donate wine to non-profits and charitable organizations.
Establishes certification card for individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.
Provides employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions.
Allows individuals that have undergone certain background checks, including individuals with certain commercial driver license endorsements, to renew license online or by mail.
Imposes certain requirements on online marketplaces.
Authorizes schools to administer commercial driver license exam and other motor vehicle services for school bus drivers.
Authorizes certain individuals to drive Type S school buses.
Appropriates $2 million in constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to fund grant program for historic preservation of monuments commemorating veterans.
Requires geotechnical testing and certain monitoring of transportation projects.
Establishes crime of fertility fraud.*
Clarifies disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients are not required to own vehicle to be exempt from municipal parking meter fees.
Directs Commissioner of Education to establish three-year pilot program to increase reading levels of certain students; appropriates $1 million.
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Prohibits public disclosure of names and addresses in certain unemployment, temporary disability, and family leave claim appeals documents.*
Requires DOE to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.
Renames, extends eligibility, and makes various other changes to Primary Care Practitioner Loan Redemption Program.*
Creates online job portal for behavioral health care workers and online internship and externship portal for health care students.
Codifies and extends authorization for certain out-of-State health care practitioners and recent graduates of health care training programs to practice in New Jersey.
Clarifies that law concerning requirements for closure of private career school applies to certain schools licensed by New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Requires availability of accessible mail-in ballot for voters with disabilities.
Requires public water systems and landlords to provide certain notice of elevated perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances levels in drinking water; requires DEP to establish educational program.
Allows teaching experience to be considered for out-of-State individuals seeking licensure from New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Allows certain caregivers of person with intellectual disability to make use of reserved parking zones when transporting person with intellectual disability.
Requires public institution of higher education to establish gambling addiction prevention program.
Prohibits and imposes criminal penalty on distribution of certain intentionally deceptive audio or visual media within 90 days of election.
Prohibits creation or disclosure of deceptive audio or visual media, known as "deepfakes," under certain circumstances.
Establishes Deep Fake Technology Unit in DLPS; appropriates $2 million.*
Establishes county veteran transportation grant program; appropriates $2 million.
Out of committee · 42
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Requires NJTA and SJTA to check E-ZPass database before issuing E-ZPass violation.
Codifies and expands ARRIVE Together Pilot to make certain mental health services available to police responding to certain emergencies; appropriates $2 million.*
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Requires certain documentation of needs of students with disabilities during school security drills and emergency situations and in school security plans; requires staff training on needs of students with disabilities in emergency planning.
Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.
Establishes teacher recruitment grant program in DOE; appropriates $6 million to DOE.
Establishes New Jersey Siblings' Bill of Rights.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols.
Requires school districts to include instruction on racial discrimination and social justice as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies for middle school students.
Requires notice of motor vehicle safety recalls upon inspection and registration of motor vehicle; requires motor vehicle manufacturers to pay annual fee to MVC.*
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
Establishes requirements concerning provision of postpartum care, pregnancy loss, and stillbirth information and development of personalized postpartum care plans.*
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission" in DHS.*
Increases contribution limit by counties and municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance, and rescue squads.
Establishes Innovation Dual Enrollment II Pilot Program in DOE.*
Requires certain transportation research to consider needs of individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
Extends prohibition on certain utility discontinuances for certain customers.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of military.
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit Program.*
Establishes New Jersey Center for Study and Prevention of Suicide at Rutgers School of Public Health; appropriates $500,000.*
Credits $5.2 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $2.9 billion to NJ Schools Development Authority, NJ DOT, and NJT; and establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects.*
Establishes "Sustainable New Jersey Fund" in DEP to support certain sustainability initiatives; appropriates $1 million.*
Directs DOE to develop New Jersey Student Learning Standards in information literacy.*
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.*
Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million.
Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services; appropriates $20 million.*
Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from third degree to second degree.
Establishes Behavioral Healthcare Provider Loan Redemption Program within Higher Education Student Assistance Authority; appropriates $5 million.
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Authorizes schools to receive certain food waste from other schools, and provides exemption to such receiving schools from certain DEP permits, under certain conditions.*
Requires DEP and Drinking Water Quality Institute to perform study concerning regulation and treatment of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Requires DCA to track natural disaster-related spending by State and local government.
Extends temporary waiver of certain basic life support services and specialty care transport unit crewmember requirements.*
Requires public institution of higher education to post certain information on institution's website.
Establishes signs and Internet websites for State tourism attractions, historic sites, and historic districts.*
Establishes new tourism regions and subregions in New Jersey.
Eliminates Tourism Policy Council; requires updated tourism master plan; requires specific tourism data, research, and marketing; requires annual report.
Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts; appropriates $103,023,579.*
Permits teacher, and professional staff member who provides special services, who retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during the 2023-2024 school year.
Requires certain health care facilities to develop certain doula policies and procedures.
In committee · 57
Creates special education unit within the Office of Administrative Law; requires annual report.
Establishes "Monica's Law" requiring evidence-based risk assessments in certain domestic violence cases.
Requires all elected or appointed local government officers to receive ethics training.
Authorizes establishment of charter school payment reserve account in school districts.
Enters New Jersey into Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.
Establishes public awareness campaign about Pregnant Women/Women With Dependent Children initiative and Maternal Wrap Around program.
Provides that purchase of insulin is not subject to deductible; requires health insurers to limit copayments and coinsurance for insulin; requires insulin manufacturers to submit report to Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
Allows alternative evaluation in place of basic skills testing requirements for certain teacher certification.
Revises law concerning sexually oriented businesses.
Permits board of education to employ certain veterans in coaching positions in school district's interscholastic athletic program.
"Listening to Mothers Survey Act"; requires DOH to establish survey to evaluate and improve maternity care access and services.
Upgrades domestic violence-related assault under certain circumstances.
Establishes maternity care standards for general hospitals providing maternity care.
Requires student representative be appointed to each board of education of school district and board of trustees of charter school that includes grades nine through 12.
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.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for recipients of Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income who are veterans or spouses of veterans and provides for annual cost-of-living increase in allowance.
Requires public community water systems to provide customers with certain information regarding lead in drinking water.
Requires 45 day notice concerning tuition rate changes by licensed child care centers.
Permits teacher and professional staff member who provides special services retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.
Requires various State departments to provide linkages to information on "baby boxes" and safe sleep education on their websites.
Revises State marriage license application form to permit certain changes in middle name and surname.
Directs BPU to develop and implement electric school bus pilot program.
Requires manufacturers of electric vehicles to establish and implement electric vehicle battery management plans.
Establishes limited retail religious distribution license.
Requires State Board of Education high school graduation requirements include instruction on tuition assistance programs and student loan debt; requires high school students to meet with guidance counselor to discuss tuition assistance and dual enrollment.
Restricts authority to terminate reciprocal personal income tax agreements with other states.
"Food Desert Elimination Act"; provides incentives to supermarkets and grocery stores that locate in "food deserts."
"Garden State Manufacturing Jobs Act."
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Child Support Reform.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Establishes Behavioral Mental Health Advisory Board in Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in DHS.
Establishes mandatory training program for human resources officers of public employers on handling and responding to reports of domestic violence.
Establishes the "Female Inmates' Rights Protection Act."
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sensitivity training program for high school athletic directors, coaches, and sports officials of interscholastic athletic sports programs.
Requires Corrections Ombudsperson review criminal investigations under certain circumstances.
Requires dealership to notify buyers of recalls on used motor vehicles for sale.
The "Municipal Volunteer Property Tax Reduction Act"; permits certain municipal property owners to perform volunteer services in return for property tax vouchers.
Requires DOE to develop credential to introduce teachers to culturally responsive teaching practices, characteristics, and methods.
Establishes loan redemption program for certain bilingual education teachers.
Clarifies that definition of mental illness in law governing involuntary commitment to treatment includes substance use disorder if dangerous standard met.
Prohibits retaliation against inmates in State correctional facilities who report sexual abuse; criminalizes retaliation and failure to report abuse.
Adds 9-1-1 system regionalization costs to funds appropriated from "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account."
Allows mail-in voter to cure mail-in ballot due to missing certificate.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Directs MVC to establish driver's license endorsement for autonomous vehicles.
Establishes corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain providers of child care that undertake certain quality improvement initiatives.
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
Requires DOE to develop transition checklist for students with disabilities; requires DOE to maintain information on website concerning transition resources.
Establishes State bank for handling of marijuana-related funds.
Requires Commissioner of Education to prepare learning loss report and report on public school operations during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Authorizes creation of "New Jersey Council on Access and Mobility."
Permits certain breweries, wineries, cideries, meaderies, and distilleries to sell each other's products on licensed premises.
Requires DEP to study indoor air quality at public schools, develop list of common indoor air contaminants at public schools, and establish guidance regarding potential mitigation measures.
"Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act"; establishes requirements, prohibitions, and programs for regulation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Establishes project-based learning pilot program in DOE.
Prohibits acquisition or disclosure of personal health information without consent.
Creates new taxable category of alcoholic beverages called flavored malt beverages, imposes separate rate of taxation on new category pursuant to alcoholic beverages tax and allocates associated revenue.