Bills in the 2002–2003 Session, General Assembly.
Nellie Pou
Sponsored
Passed the General Assembly1
Provides that convictions records for a violation of the domestic violence laws are not subject to expungement.
Out of committee5
Authorizes the court to credit an indigent person under certain circumstances.
Requires health insurers, Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for comprehensive program of pediatric feeding and swallowing services.
Requires school districts to fund certain child development assessments on resident children.
Clarifies that use of ignition interlock device is mandatory for all drunk driving offenses and requires installation during license suspension.
Revises statutes concerning criminal history background checks; permits counties and municipalities to enact ordinance or resolution requesting background check for official governmental purpose.
In committee11
Requires State troopers to identify themselves, provide certain information, with certain exceptions.
Establishes the "Senior Citizen and Person with a Disability Protection Act;" imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment.
Requires employers and certain health care providers to notify insured pregnant women if their health insurance coverage is not subject to 48-hour maternity law.
Requires children riding tricycles to wear helmets.
Establishes the "New Jersey Intergovernmental Transfer Fund" to dedicate unbudgeted federal intergovernmental transfer revenues for new or expanded health care programs.
Appropriates $3.25 million for Great Falls development.
Allows person on police officer or firefighter eligible list who is unable to complete requirements for employment due to certain military service to have name placed on subsequent eligible list.
Permits a person eligible to vote to register on certain election days.
Requires State Lottery Commission to report total revenue from sale of lottery tickets in each municipality.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Authorizes the issuance of restraining orders in situtations where the domestic violence statutes do not apply; repeals section 2 of P.L.1999, c.47.
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Revises statutes concerning criminal history background checks; permits counties and municipalities to enact ordinance or resolution requesting background check for official governmental purpose. *
Co-sponsored
Became law · 25
Prohibits discrimination by landlords against tenants based on source of income or age of children under "Law Against Discrimination."
Concerns errors in estimating income for certain programs for aged and disabled persons.
Requires wanted person check before release or transfer of inmates or suspects. *
Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history.
Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for high school students and new full-time students at institutions of higher education.**
Concerns public works contracts and project labor agreements with labor organizations. *
Appropriates $27,242,400 in federal funds for bioterrorism preparedness.
Raises N.J. Environmental Infrastructure Trust's statutory debt ceiling to $1.6 billion.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Creates "Statewide Tuition Waiver Program" for certain students under care and custody of DYFS.
Revises receivership statutes.
Establishes Domestic Violence Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board in Department of Community Affairs.
Expands list of crimes for which blood samples are collected for purposes of DNA testing.
Establishes corporation business tax credit for certain remediation costs.
Appropriates $185,376 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for New Jersey City University.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated. **
Allows school boards to establish 457 deferred compensation plans for employees.
Establishes New Jersey Obesity Prevention Task Force.
Extends eligibility for State veterans' benefits to veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Establishes a minimum per diem base pay of $100 for members of National Guard called to State active duty.
Provides State-paid health care benefits coverage through SHBP for certain National Guard members called to State active duty for 30 days or more.
Establishes "Hospital Care Payment Commission" and "NJ Hospital Care Payment Fund" for collection of certain hospital bad debts.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Establishes Office of the Child Advocate. **
Vetoed · 1
Creates study commission on the death penalty. **
Passed the General Assembly · 18
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Requires all EMTs to be trained and certified in the performance of cardiac defibrillation. *
Permits minor to consent to medical care or treatment for HIV infection or AIDS.
Restores Department of the Public Advocate as principal department in Executive Branch. *
Provides that information about location of a shelter for victims of domestic violence shall not be a public record.
Establishes the "New Jersey Civil Rights Act."
Regulates contractors engaging in home improvements. *
Requires bidder for State contract to enter into agreement with minority or female business when set-aside subcontract required.
Regulates issuance of honorary law enforcement badges.
Creates crime of victimization of senior citizen and person with disability. *
Directs DOE to identify the content standards and progress indicators for districts which choose to acquaint students with the non-violence philosophy of certain leaders.
Establishes "Commission to Examine Strategies for Strengthening Familial Bond Between Children and Incarcerated Parents."
Prohibits certain uses of State funds by contractors and grantees.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Provides that cash assistance from DHS kinship care programs shall not be considered income for certain State-funded programs.
Extends military leave benefits for members of the Reserve and National Guard called to federal active duty for extended periods of time.
Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for student who is called to active duty for certain military operations.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. *
Out of committee · 21
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program.
Establishes new method of establishing financial liability for patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates financial liability of certain family members. *
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey-Local Open Space Acquisition.
Imposes restrictions on future retail sales of handguns; mandates sales of personalized handguns when found available for retail sales purposes.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations. *
Requires that student's disciplinary records be transferred to receiving district when student transfers districts.
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Appropriates $11.05 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in northern New Jersey.
Establishes a Learning Through Listening Program in public school districts to assist students with print disabilities.*
Requires certain appointments to the board of trustees of a State College.
Establishes lead-safe housing grant and loan program and registry plan; makes appropriations. *
Authorizes establishment of State tax amnesty.
Strengthens screening procedures for school bus drivers.
Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates. *
Directs DYFS to fingerprint and photograph certain children under its supervision. *
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to Community Food Pantry Fund.
Exempts rentals between closely related business entities from the sales and use tax.
Revises criteria for financing underground storage tank closures, upgrades and remediations.
Makes various changes to the Garden State Preservation Trust Act.
Establishes Joint Committee on Affordable Housing.
Revises definition of destructive device to include weapons of 50 caliber or greater.
In committee · 54
Permits municipalities hosting UEZs to establish set-aside programs favoring local businesses for construction projects using State funds.
Directs UEZA to establish permanent enterprise zones.
The "Multiple Dwelling State Tax Credit Act."
The "Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act."
Requires HMFA to prioritize projects affordable to extended family care givers; amends Fair Housing Act to allow funding to programs supporting extended family care.
Grants paid leave for certain firefighters who are affiliates of certain Black or Hispanic firefighters' associations to attend State or national conventions.
Extends overtime pay requirements to certain workers.
Provides family leave insurance.
Authorizes payment of unemployment benefits during leave related to birth and adoption.
Establishes a computers for schools program in DOC.
Authorizes adoption of municipal transfer of development rights programs.
Establishes the "Alan M. Augustine Colon Cancer Research Fund," appropriates $100,000.
Appropriates $50 million to acquire real property in areas affected by Hurricane Floyd, pay relocation expenses, and compensate for lost property taxes.
Establishes certain minimum levels for expenditures of dedicated open space monies for projects in urban areas and for recreation projects Statewide.
"The New Jersey Electronic Voting Machine Act"; requires use of electronic voting machines in elections.
Requires Superintendent of State Police to report directly to Governor.
Provides State in lieu aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.
Establishes Task Force on Equitable Compensation; appropriates $95,000.
Gives contractual preferences to gun manufacturers which have pledged to adopt and implement certain manufacturing, firearms design and market practices that will foster firearms safety.
Supplemental appropriation of $22.9 million in General and federal Funds to DHSS for supplemental charity care.
Supplemental appropriation of $13,650,000 to DLPS for local police video camera and audio recording equipment grants.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
Enhances tax relief under the NJ SAVER and Homestead Rebate Act.
Exempts certain children's car seats from sales and use tax.
Establishes subsidized guardianship program in DHS.
Extends long-term foster care until the age of 21.
Makes a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for an endowment to the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center to be established at Kean University.
Provides additional funds for local units awarded federal grants for firefighting personnel, equipment, and fire safety education and enforcement.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Creates the Office on Women's Research and Policy and appropriates $150,000.
Designated the "Comprehensive Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Act;" appropriates $8 million.
Creates continuing education and nurse recruitment pilot program in DMVA; appropriates $348,000.
Makes apparel manufacturers and contractors liable for labor law violations of contractors.
Requires health insurers to cover medically necessary expenses for preventing infertility in women undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
Prohibits searches of motor vehicles by police officers without probable cause.
"Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Premium Assistance Act."
Establishes Commission on Juvenile Involvement in Gangs; appropriates $95,000.
Makes theft of an emergency service vehicle a crime of the second degree under certain circumstances.
Expands responsibilities of "New Jersey Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect."
Establishes toll-free hotline to report motorists who litter in New Jersey.
Designates five State songs.
Establishes pilot program for CDL training.
Requires all direct patient care staff in general hospitals to wear identification badges.
Concerns mold hazards in indoor environments.
Establishes the crime of assault by animal.
Directs DMV to reopen Paterson motor vehicle agency.
Revises laws limiting access to sterile syringes and hypodermic needles to prevent spread of blood-borne diseases.
Permits purchase of temporary service credit in TPAF and PERS even if the service did not result without interruption in permanent employment.
Clarifies that law enforcement agencies may access juvenile central registry information.
Requires forfeiture of firearms by persons subject to final domestic violence restraining orders.
Requires Police Training Commission to develop basic training course for all law enforcement officers and advanced specialized courses applicable to position.
Provides for issuance of New Jersey Homeland Security Medals; appropriates $5,000.
Limits expansion or extension of airport runways under certain circumstances.
Filed · 1
Allows UEZ municipalities to include certain marketing, advertising and special event activities and other managerial and professional services as projects eligible for UEZ funding assistance.