Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, General Assembly.
Nellie Pou
Sponsored
Out of committee3
Creates crime of victimization of persons with disabilities and senior citizens. *
Clarifies that use of ignition interlock device is mandatory for all drunk driving offenses and requires installation during license suspension.
Requires criminal history record background checks for public employees handling vital records.
In committee16
Requires State troopers to identify themselves, provide certain information, with certain exceptions.
Provides that convictions records for a violation of the domestic violence laws are not subject to expungement.
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.
Authorizes the court to credit an indigent person under certain circumstances.
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.
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.
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.
Provides voter registration assistance to persons completing parole, probation, and criminal sentences.
Establishes "William's Law," pertaining to pool safety.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Requires county boards of elections to prepare reports concerning use of emergency and provisional ballots. *
Changes laws governing financial liability for patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates institutional liens for persons treated at State and county psychiatric facilities. **
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."
Revises scope of practice of optometrists.
Appropriates $70,651,800 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "urban aid," densely or highly populat
Revises fiscal year 2005 budget language concerning rates of reimbursement for medical day care services. *
"The Domestic Violence and Workforce Development Initiative."
Requires State Board of Education to include two hours of instruction in suicide prevention as part of professional development for public school teaching staff members and to revise the Core Curriculum Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Educ
Passed the General Assembly · 8
Establishes Joint Committee on Affordable Housing.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey-Local Open Space Acquisition.
Provides immunity from civil liability for school personnel and school bus contractor employees who use reasonable force or restraint to stop fights on school property or to defend themselves against a student assault. **
Makes supplemental appropriation of $95,000 for FY 2004 to Kean University to fund the Wynona M. Lipman Ethnic Studies Center. *
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
Provides for civil action against person committing act of cruelty against domestic companion animal.
Revises school district budget cap adjustment for courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, provides adjustment for utility costs and an appeal on administrative cost limits, and authorizes 3% surplus for 2006-2007
Establishes guidelines for dissemination of vital records.
Out of committee · 28
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Establishes "Commission to Examine Strategies for Strengthening Familial Bond Between Children and Incarcerated Parents."
Clarifies that law enforcement agencies may access juvenile central registry information.
Provides for issuance of New Jersey Homeland Security Medals; appropriates $5,000.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the parent, spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. *
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
Increases the maximum amount of bonds issued by the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority for the Public Library Project Fund from $45 million to $95 million to provide library construction and technology grants.
Permits certain minors to consent to medical care or treatment for HIV infection or AIDS. *
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to Community Food Pantry Fund.
Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for students who are called to active duty for certain military operations. *
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Establishes "Alan M. Augustine Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; appropriates $100,000. *
Requires health care facilities to report certain information about their health care staff to their respective professional boards or DHSS.
Requires Office of Attorney General to provide annual gang education seminars for school administrators.
Requires services under State contracts to be performed in the United States. *
Establishes three-year demonstration "Senior Citizen Housing and Health Screening Center Program" in DHSS. *
Requires Medicaid program to pay recipients' Medicare prescription drug copayments.
The "Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act"; creates Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council; and dedicates a portion of realty transfer fee revenue annually for certain State aid purposes in Highlands Region and the pinelands area. **
Establishes New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC), a new State monitoring system for public school districts.
Increases prosecutors' salary for current year and thereafter.
Increases Hearing Aid Assistance for the Aged and Disabled Program subsidy.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide laptop computers and support services to pupils and teachers in public school districts.
Imposes additional penalties on sex offenders; creates the "Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund" to provide counseling and treatment to sex crime victims and their families.
Authorizes early termination of residential lease by senior citizen tenant accepted into assisted living facility, continuing care retirement community, or low or moderate income housing.
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.
Appropriates $65,822,075 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds, and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "ur
Revises criteria for placing juveniles in detention.
In committee · 46
Establishes the crime of assault by animal.
Provides family leave insurance.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Concerns errors in estimating income for certain programs for aged and disabled persons.
Creates the Office on Women's Research and Policy and appropriates $150,000.
Establishes lead-safe housing grant and loan program and registry plan; makes appropriations.
Grants paid leave for certain firefighters who are affiliates of certain Black or Hispanic firefighters' associations to attend State or national conventions.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program.
Designates five State songs.
Establishes certain minimum levels for expenditures of dedicated open space monies for projects in urban areas and for recreation projects Statewide.
Revises receivership statutes.
Establishes corporation business tax credit for certain remediation costs.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Concerns mold hazards in indoor environments.
Permits purchase of temporary service credit in TPAF and PERS even if the service did not result without interruption in permanent employment.
Requires all EMTs to be trained and certified in the performance of cardiac defibrillation.
Revises laws limiting access to sterile syringes and hypodermic needles to prevent spread of blood-borne diseases.
Requires wanted person check before release or transfer of inmates or suspects.
Establishes Commission on Juvenile Involvement in Gangs; appropriates $95,000.
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.
Regulates issuance of honorary law enforcement badges.
Establishes toll-free hotline to report motorists who litter in New Jersey.
Provides additional funds for local units awarded federal grants for firefighting personnel, equipment, and fire safety education and enforcement.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Provides State in lieu aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.
Requires health insurers to cover medically necessary expenses for preventing infertility in women undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
Extends long-term foster care until the age of 21.
Provides that cash assistance from DHS kinship care programs shall not be considered income for certain State-funded programs.
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.
Directs DMV to reopen Paterson motor vehicle agency.
Requires HMFA to prioritize projects affordable to extended family care givers; amends Fair Housing Act to allow funding to programs supporting extended family care.
Establishes disciplinary procedure for school board members when charged with certain crimes.
Increases total marriage license fees from $28 to $50; allocates $25 to municipality.
Allows deduction from gross income for cash contributions to municipalities for open space and farmland preservation purposes.
Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates.
Establishes "Grandparenting Resource Center Pilot Program"; appropriates $1,500,000.
Extends payment of sales tax revenues into UEZ assistance fund in those zones designated pursuant to P.L.1993, c.367.
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Requires Division of Taxation to establish and maintain toll-free telephone number for homestead rebate inquiries.
Requires the expungement of certain moving violations after three years.
Requires that certain relocation notices be bilingual in municipalities where at least one-third of the population are likely to speak a common non-English native language.
Requires all pools, spas and hot tubs to comply with barrier requirements of the State Uniform Construction Code.
Requires retail pharmacies to stock and dispense emergency contraception.