Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, General Assembly.
Nancy F. Muñoz
Sponsored
Out of committee2
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
Establishes standards for domestic violence counseling and creates "Abuse Intervention Program Advisoy Committee." *
In committee111
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
Provides that public employee pension benefits are calculated on base salary exclusive of various forms of extra compensation.
Concerns stalking and related restraining order protections for adoptive children and their adoptive parents victimized by persons whose parental rights to the adoptive children have been terminated.
Establishes process for county colleges to offer baccalaureate degree nursing programs.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Bars certain employees of certain public agencies from participating in PERS; repeals law permitting PERS and TPAF members on leave who work for labor organization to purchase pension credit.
Requires newly licensed registered professional nurse to attain baccalaureate degree in nursing within 10 years of initial licensure as a condition of renewal of the license.
Provides for a mandatory term of imprisonment for assault involving domestic violence.
Expands types of abusive acts that constitute domestic violence under "Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 1991."
Establishes minimum level of domestic violence training for judges and judicial personnel.
Expands domestic violence protection for adoptive parents.
Establishes "Monica's Law" requiring evidence-based risk assessments in certain domestic violence cases.
Requires uniform response procedures for all domestic crisis teams established or participated in by law enforcement agencies, and strengthens Statewide supervision over teams.
Requires training for law enforcement officers and county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases.
Establishes Statewide program to provide treatment services for children exposed to domestic violence.
Establishes tuition reimbursement program for certain advanced practice nurses who provide mental health care services in underserved areas in New Jersey.
Indexes for inflation taxable income brackets under New Jersey gross income tax.
Requires settlement agreements concerning equal employment opportunity to be approved by NJT board of directors.
Requires NJT to publish certain safety violations and establish mechanism to report unsafe conduct.
Requires NJT to post certain employment and contract information on its website.
Allocates nondedicated portion of State realty transfer fee collections to municipal property tax relief.
Expands eligibility for property tax reimbursement program.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for investment in certain manufacturing equipment, facility renovation, modernization, and expansion.
Authorizes psychiatric advanced practice nurses to complete certain certificates required for involuntary commitment to treatment.
Reduces number of manufacturing jobs required to qualify for NJEDA financing and incentive programs.
Requires NJT to adopt plan to evacuate passengers when rail passenger vehicle becomes immobilized in tunnel.
Authorizes visiting advanced practice nurses who are not certified by endorsement in New Jersey to engage in the limited practice of prescribing medications and devices, if they have appropriate educational qualifications.
Sets level for health care benefits; requires employee contributions; prohibits reimbursement of Medicare Part B; adds member to SHBP/SEHBP plan design committees; requires retirees to purchase health benefits through exchanges; provides subsides for out-
Provides that biennial renewal of license or certificate issued by New Jersey Board of Nursing is due on professional's birthday.
Increases and indexes maximum homestead property tax deduction under gross income tax.
Permits use of campaign funds to pay for child care expenses when incurred as direct result of campaign activity or holding elective office.
Requires State entities and agencies to provide child care services for full-time employees.
Changes reporting date and certain data requirements for NJT annual report; establishes penalty for failure to issue report in timely manner; and establishes quarterly reporting requirements.
Requires hospitals to establish nurse staffing committees.
Enhances "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights"; prohibits defendant from entering crime victim's home throughout criminal justice process, including in relation to any investigation or discovery.
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.
Regulates the authority of the court to make provision for the educational expenses of an unemancipated child in certain instances involving child support.
Revises requirements for operation of mobile intensive care programs and paramedic licensure.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
"Microphone-Enabled Devices Act"; requires user consent before enabling device microphone.
Concerns payment of leave time to employee in year of employee's retirement.
Requires emergency action plans for delivery of oxygen to patient residences during public health emergency.
"Innovate New Jersey Act"; establishes tax-free business incubators at institutions of higher education.
Requires assisted living residences and certain facilities under DCA, DCF, and DHS to be equipped with standby emergency power generators.
Authorizes EDA to provide financial assistance to certain business incubator facilities.
Appropriates $5 million to Cranford Township for flood control projects.
Establishes technology transfer assistance program in EDA.
Establishes New Jersey Dietary Supplements Task Force to make recommendations concerning safety and regulation of dietary supplements sold in New Jersey.
Prohibits service repair contractors from charging hourly rates for travel time.
Establishes entrepreneur-in-residence pilot program.
Requires hospitals to maintain passive audio or visual mechanism for alerting emergency department staff to presence of non-ambulance vehicles containing patients.
Provides for screening newborn infants for genetic mutations associated with hereditary hemochromatosis.
Permits eligible claimant who is proportionate owner paying entire property tax bill to collect entire homestead property tax reimbursement amount.
Requires certain common interest community associations to publish certain information; requires that homeowners' association contracts for management and maintenance include 24-hour emergency services.
"Highway Accident Property Tax Relief Act"; requires State to reimburse municipalities for costs of providing certain emergency services.
Establishes compensation limits for licensed public adjusters during certain emergencies.
Provides exemption from 3-day cancellation provision of home improvement contract in case of bona fide emergency.
Prohibits insurers from raising medical malpractice liability insurance premiums under certain circumstances.
Includes payday lending as a violation of the consumer fraud act.
Upgrades assault against servicemember to aggravated assault; expands crime of bias intimidation to encompass crimes and offenses committed against servicemembers.
Increases amount allowed in initial prescription for opioid drugs in cases of acute pain.
Requires law enforcement agencies, correctional facilities, and State Parole Board to adopt maternity policies.
Adds illicit fentanyls to Schedule I in the "New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances Act."
"Judy and Nikki's Law"; provides for life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of murder of a child 16 years of age or younger.
Creates home purchase grant program in HMFA for certain veterans who served in federal active duty; appropriates $2,000,000.
Providing gross income tax exclusion for awards for unlawful gender-based compensation discrimination.
Criminalizes act of "stealthing"; removing or tampering with condom during sexual activity without consent of one's sexual partner.
Requires compliance with notice and approval process under MLUL for construction of free-standing structures on certain publicly-owned property.
Prohibits certain medical examinations on female patients without informed consent.
Requires breath or blood test in motor vehicle accidents involving pedestrians.
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.
Restricts access to motor vehicle accident reports under certain circumstances.
Requires county clerks to send confirmation notice to vote-by-mail applicant that requests mail-in ballot at separate mailing address than address at which applicant is registered to vote.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning Period of PURPLE Crying program and shaken baby syndrome.
Establishes "Count the Kicks" public awareness campaign.
Requires special paratransit vehicles to display flashing warning lights while discharging or receiving passengers.
Creates motor vehicle offenses related to special paratransit vehicles.
Expands eligibility under the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act by broadening certain municipal qualifier provisions.
Requires evaluation of appropriateness of light frame construction for multiple dwellings and imposes moratorium on light frame construction until determination and recommendations are adopted.
Prohibits payment of more than one copayment, coinsurance or deductible for series of vaccinations used in preventive treatment of rabies under certain health benefits plans.
Revises requirements and process for temporary courtesy licenses and certificates issued by State Board of Examiners, NJ Board of Nursing, and other professional and occupational licensing boards to nonresident military spouses.
Exempts homestead from attachment in medical malpractice judgment.
Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning student use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing at school and school-sponsored functions.
Establishes New Jersey Higher Education Student Advisory Commission.
Provides free tuition at public institutions of higher education for surviving spouses and dependent children of military personnel killed in performance of duties.
Requires public bodies to publish detailed agenda prior to public meeting.
Requires recalls on motor vehicles to be repaired prior to sale.
Clarifies that permitting sexual abusers to reside with a child constitutes endangering welfare of a child.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Requires sellers of used motor vehicles to complete and submit form.
Creates Task Force on Driver Distractions.
"One Strike, You're Ours;" adds use of Internet as aggravating factor in child sex crimes and requires lifetime electronic monitoring of offender.
Increases penalty for harboring or concealing certain sex offenders.
Requires person eligible for health care benefits from more than one public entity to choose coverage from only one.
Establishes pilot project to install global positioning system (GPS) devices on certain State vehicles.
Creates Public Employee Pension and Health Care Benefits Reform Task Force.
Prohibits use of "Nurse" title by unlicensed person.
Requires Attorney General to establish educational and public information program concerning State and federal crimes of human trafficking; appropriates $75,000.
Requires health care facilities to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke via use of smoke evacuation system.
Requires criminal background check for name change; prohibits persons convicted of violent crime or domestic violence offense from changing name.
Waives requirement to attend in-person continuing education as a result of public health emergency.
Requires annual assessment paid by mutual holding company to solely fund health care initiatives; establishes Healthcare Rate Stabilization and Improvements Organization.
Revises emergency care services referral standards for providers of telemedicine and telehealth.
Expands continuing education requirements for nurses.
Authorizes creation of childhood cancer awareness license plates.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Directs the development and posting of notices containing information for victims of human trafficking.
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
Establishes advisory council for the brewery, cidery, meadery, and distillery industries in NJ and provides for funding through certain alcoholic beverage tax receipts.
Concerns time off from work in connection with infectious disease.
Authorizes all licensed health care facilities and laboratories to collect specimens to test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); allows waiver of staffing ratio requirements.
Passed the General Assembly · 2
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.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
Out of committee · 23
Requires SEHBP and eligible employers that do not participate in the SEHBP to provide certain plans for public education employees and certain public education retirees.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Provides for preparation and distribution of written notice to senior citizens concerning risks and prevention of fraud and identity theft.*
Extends veterans' property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
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.
Expands training for judges, law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases. *
Allows public office holder or candidate to use political contributions to pay for child care expenses related to office or campaign activities.
Establishes Commission on Asian American Heritage in DOE. *
Establishes "Pediatric Cancer Research Fund" and establishes requirements for disbursement of monies deposited in fund; provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for pediatric research. *
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2021.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2021.
Allows corporation business tax credit for subcontracting work to NJ small businesses.
Establishes "Sexual Violence Restorative Justice Pilot Program."
Requires law enforcement provide victim of sexual assault with initial incident report; provides victim with option to review initial incident report and submit corrective form.*
Requires resources be made available to victims of sexual assault.
Establishes right of victims to be notified of county prosecutor's charging decision in sexual assault cases.
Requires AG issue annual report concerning sexual assault cases.*
Establishes sexual violence liaison officer in Division of State Police and local police departments.
Requires sexual assault training for prosecutors.
Establishes immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments.
Requires boards of education to provide special education and related services to certain students exceeding age of eligibility for special education and related services.
Directs BPU to establish program concerning renewable natural gas; provides gas public utilities with customer rate recovery mechanism for costs associated with program.
Requires use of design-bid-build or design-build delivery system for certain local government construction projects.
In committee · 120
Requires eligibility checklist and audit for enrollment in PERS of certain public employees who provide professional services; imposes fine on certifying officer or supervisor for ineligible enrollments.
Decreases Alcoholic Beverage Tax rate paid on certain liquors.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
Provides small businesses with gross income tax or corporation business tax deduction for wages paid to minimum wage employees.
Establishes Office of Labor Law Enforcement.
Requires NJT to conduct feasibility study on restoring one-seat ride to Manhattan on Raritan Valley Line.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Makes consent to register with Selective Service part of driver's license application process for males under age 26.
Concerns eligibility for unemployment benefits for certain seasonal workers.
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to taxpayers contributing to scholarships for low-income children.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Criminalizes participation in criminal street gang.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on the dangers of texting while driving as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Requires water purveyors to notify municipalities they service regarding water supply and water quality issues.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Prohibits dual elective office holding and holding of elective office and public office or position.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service.
Provides for licensing of radiologist assistants by DEP under "Radiologic Technologist Act" and requires State Board of Medical Examiners to approve procedures and establish level of supervision necessary for practice of radiologist assistants.
Requires State parks, forests, State-owned beaches, and MVC offices to remain open to public if emergency is declared due to failure to enact general appropriation law as prescribed by NJ Constitution.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Exempts disabled veterans from certain fees at State parks and forests.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2018; allocates funds from Local Aid Infrastructure Fund for operating and administrative expenses for transportation
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning the dangers of leaving children unattended in and around motor vehicles.
Clarifies prohibition on preexisting condition exclusions in health insurance policies.
Requires local government notification of sex offender registration and prohibits sex offenders from living near schools, child care centers or playgrounds.
Requires prosecutor to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Ends the transitional energy facilities assessment, caps the State use portion of State energy tax revenues and ensures the balance of such State revenues are paid annually as municipal aid.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service.
Expands University Hospital board of directors membership from 11 to 13 members; designates University Hospital as rural hospital.
Requires health insurers to cover Lyme disease.
Eliminates the New Jersey inheritance tax and repeals chapters 33 through 37 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes.
Provides certain veteran benefits to veterans of the global war on terror conflicts and those of certain military engagements served during certain periods.
Increases penalties for identity theft when victim is a senior citizen or veteran.
Creates new offense of theft by financial exploitation of a vulnerable person.
Requires certain accessible public restroom facilities be equipped with signs reserving use for persons with disabilities.
Allows consumption of food on limited brewery premises.
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
Prohibits awarding alimony to domestic violence offenders; permits termination of alimony based on conviction for crime or offense involving domestic violence.
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Requires automobile insurers to inform parties involved in automobile claim that they are not required to provide statement.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to defendant at sentencing.
Establishes Red Tape Review Commission.
Provides gross income tax deductions for contributions by certain taxpayers to the New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.
Excludes under gross income tax certain contributions to qualified pension plans, deferred compensation plans and provides deduction for certain individual retirement savings.
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain programs and initiatives.
Revises test for employment or independent contractor status under certain State labor laws.
Requires limited liability companies to make certain disclosures concerning ownership.
Prohibits campaign expenditures to entities whose principals cannot be readily identified.
Concerns credit card interchange fees and consumer protection.
Requires public utility requesting rate increase to hold public hearings in every county.
Establishes the "Safe Sanitary Subsidized Rental Housing Bill of Rights."
Phases out the transfer inheritance tax over two years.
Revises child pornography law.
Clarifies that first aid, ambulance or rescue squads, as entities, have immunity from civil damages in certain circumstances.
Upgrades domestic violence-related assault under certain circumstances.
Provides mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain crimes of domestic violence.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Requires school district to allow graduating student to wear military sash while participating in high school graduation ceremony.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Establishes Volunteer Emergency Responder Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Directs Attorney General to provide annual training to public and nonpublic school students and staff on roles and responsibilities before, during, and after school emergencies.
Requires school districts to institute policies to improve emergency communications to increase school security.
Requires State Police to maintain 24-hour hotline for receiving anonymous tips regarding potential threats to school safety and security.
Requires school districts to implement policy mandating all students and school employees have identification cards.
Requires school district to submit emergency communication policies and protocols to Department of Education for review.
Requires DOE to establish online school security resource clearinghouse.
Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.
Requires Commissioner of Education to review school safety and security plans.
Increases amount of, and income limit for eligibility to receive, senior citizens' and disabled persons' property tax deduction.
Expands duties of State Auditor to include performance audits at request of legislator; establishes Performance Audit Committee, consisting of eight public members, to help conduct performance audits.
Makes all persons convicted of sexual assault subject to the No Early Release Act; specifies that any use of force elevates sexual assault to aggravated sexual assault.
Reduces gross income tax rates by ten percent over three years.
Requires notice prior to lapse of life insurance policy due to nonpayment of premium.
Requires DEP to establish "private wildlife habitat certification program"; creates affirmative defense against municipal nuisance ordinances for properties certified under the program.
Authorizes Commissioner of Transportation to allow painting of blue line between double yellow centerline marking on public roads.
Reforms procedures concerning provision of affordable housing; repeals "Statewide Non-Residential Development Fee Act."
Establishes "Commission on Statewide Affordable Housing Obligations" to determine Statewide need for low and moderate income housing.
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of medical tests, procedures and prescription drugs covered under health benefits or prescription drug benefits plans.
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of cancer treatments, tests, procedures and prescription drugs covered under health benefits or prescription drug benefits plans.
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of prenatal ultrasound screenings covered under health benefits plans.
Permits veterans, for civil service purposes, to be defined as a veteran or disabled veteran under federal or State definition of veteran.
Creates the "Local Unit Audit Teams" program in the Department of the Treasury.
Applies law governing equal employment opportunity and affirmative action to gubernatorial transition staff members.
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.
Allows gross income tax deduction for certain student loan interest.
Revises gross income tax rates for joint filers and similar taxpayers and designated as Marriage Penalty Elimination Act.
Allows gross income tax deduction for functional improvements and home repairs made to taxpayer's primary residence.
Reduces taxable wage base applied to certain tax contributions.
Eliminates general purpose, supplemental and mansion realty transfer fees.
Permits board of education to accept donations for purpose of providing property tax relief.
Permits school districts to employ safe schools resource officers or Class Three special law enforcement officers for security purposes, and requires school districts to have agreement with local law enforcement governing placement of school security pers
Requires anti-bullying policy of public schools to include provision requiring principal to make preliminary determination and meet with parents of students involved in alleged bullying incident for that determination; extends time for investigating incid
Requires board of education to provide civics instruction in middle schools and requires DOE to provide funding to NJ Center for Civic Education at Rutgers to help prepare civics teachers.
Grants immunity from civil liability to persons reporting information concerning crimes related to terrorism.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross tax returns for New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research.
Clarifies provisions concerning disclosure of existence and content of discrimination or harassment complaints; permits certain disclosures to person against whom complaint is made.
Requires municipalities to share certain payments in lieu of property taxes with school districts; informs counties, school districts, and DCA of certain information related to property tax exemptions and abatements.
Allows CBT and GIT tax credits to certain taxpayers that retain employees during COVID-19 pandemic.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
Allows commercial property owners to claim certain amounts of commercial tenant rent forgiveness during COVID-19 emergency as deduction against property owner's income under CBT or GIT.
Permits licensed motor vehicle dealers to facilitate issuance of titles and registrations for used motor vehicles purchased by private sale.
Authorizes any member of the Legislature to perform all functions of notary public.
Requires issuance of temporary emergency medical services certifications under certain circumstances.
Limits "tobacco and vapor products tax" on cigars to up to $0.50 per cigar.
Exempts protective face coverings from sales and use tax.
Prohibits new employees of certain organizations from enrolling in State-administered retirement system or health care plan of public employer.
Increases amount of cigarette and other tobacco product tax revenues provided to New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research from $1 million to $4 million; establishes dedicated, non-lapsing Cancer Research Fund.
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
Appropriates $300 million to EDA for small business and not-for-profit organization assistance for COVID-19 pandemic related business interruptions and modifications.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Provides that if minor under age 18 unlawfully buys or possesses alcoholic beverages or cannabis and receives written warning from law enforcement, the minor's parent or guardian would be notified in writing.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Dedicates State reserve of certain federal funds to in-person and hybrid school districts.
Redistributes fiscal year 2023 transportation and security aid from remote school districts to in-person school districts.
Amends provisions concerning federal emergency and economic stimulus funds in State appropriations act ending June 30, 2021.
Allocates $2.5 billion to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Filed · 1
Provides act of domestic violence or child endangerment committed during state of emergency may be classified one degree higher than underlying offense.