Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Nellie Pou
Sponsored
Passed the Senate2
Amends Health Enterprise Zone law to allow municipalities more discretion in granting property tax exemptions to medical offices.
Expands definition and licensure requirements for health care service firms.
Out of committee6
Authorizes the court to credit a person in default of a court-imposed financial obligation under certain circumstances.*
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
The "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act."
Authorizes the use of fraud prevention contractors by the Division of Taxation.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions by certain taxpayers to New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program and provides a State match for contributions to NJBEST accounts for families meeting certain income guidelines.
Provides disabled persons with discount on fishing license fees. *
In committee17
Creates crime of victimization of persons with disabilities and senior citizens.
Requires employers and birthing facilities to notify insured pregnant women if their health insurance coverage is not subject to 48-hour maternity law.
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.
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.
Requires criminal history record background checks for public employees handling vital records.
Provides voter registration assistance to persons completing parole, probation, and criminal sentences.
Establishes "Court Security Enhancement Fund" and increases court fees.
Provides prescriber or health care facility with discretion to number prescription blank forms consecutively.
Prohibits local public employer continuation of pay programs.
Requires Division of Purchase and Property to provide additional notification of contracting opportunities to vendors or potential vendors providing or interested in providing home health care services to State agencies.
Limits health insurance requirement for college students to those residing in campus dormitories.
"Let Them Be Little Act"; provides for screening newborn infants for Hunter syndrome.
Requires forms and materials for individuals with developmental disabilities to be available in languages other than English.
Requires follow-up studies of developmental center residents transitioning to the community.
Requires blood sample to be obtained from driver involved in motor vehicle accident resulting in death; designated as "Michelle's Law."
Directs NJEDA to establish pilot program to assist with permit and approval process related to redevelopment of certain properties.
Requires assessments prior to laboratory and diagnostic testing of persons undergoing mental health screening.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
Exempts from sales tax cosmetic makeup services provided in conjunction with reconstructive breast surgery; designated as "Jen's Law." *
Requires insurers to cover breast evaluations and other additional medically necessary testing under certain circumstances and requires certain mammogram reports to contain information on breast density.***
Revises the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
Upgrades crime of soliciting or recruiting for criminal street gang while on school property.
Strengthens enforceability of premarital and pre-civil union agreements.
Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
"New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Provider Demonstration Project Act."
Eliminates 10% surcharge on employer UI taxes during fiscal year 2014.
"Higher Education Epinephrine Emergency Treatment Act."
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education.***
Revises statutes and enhances penalties for offenses involving child pornography; makes crime of causing a child to engage in a prohibited sexual act subject to "No Early Release Act."
Clarifies charitable contributions are not a factor in determining where person is domiciled under New Jersey gross income tax.
Requires DOE to prepare and distribute informational pamphlets on how parents can limit a child's exposure to media violence.
Enhances penalties for certain firearms offenses; designated as Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2013.*
Vetoed · 15
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students.
Requires Commissioner of Health to review impact of disabilities on persons in minority and underrepresented communities.*
Supplemental appropriation to DOT of $10,000,000 as State contribution towards resolution of flooding issues at Marsellus Street Bridge in Bergen County.
Allows establishment of county-wide purchasing system for certain school district services; offers employment protections for certain food or custodial services employees; and regulates subcontracting by districts and public higher education institutions
Requires SHBP and SHEBP to cover treatment for alcoholism, other substance-use disorders, and non biologically-based mental illnesses under same terms and conditions as for other diseases or illnesses.*
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Requires HMFA to expand participation in the NJ HomeKeeper Program.
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Establishes the "New Jersey Workforce Development and Education Commission."
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to 25 percent of federal earned income tax credit amounts beginning in Tax Year 2013.
Revises statutes concerning firearms purchaser identification cards and handgun purchase permits; makes handgun purchase permit valid for four years.
Makes FY 2013 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.
Passed the Senate · 8
Requires police notification when driver's license is suspended.*
Requires local unit or authority to provide director of the Division of Local Government Services with report concerning law suits to which it is a party before budget is approved.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide to prospective students certain cost, loan, and debt information in financial aid shopping sheet.
Authorizes Judiciary to revise or supplement fees, subject to limitations, to fund e-court information system and Legal Services of New Jersey; requires review and reporting on fees and expenditures of such fees.
Revises penalties for certain drunk driving offenses, including mandating installation of ignition interlock device, and creates restricted use driver's license.*
Establishes small business loan guarantee program in EDA to support capital purchases and operating expenses and permits certain qualified businesses in regional centers to qualify for certain EDA loans.*
Concerns importation and delivery of motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Concerns sale of certain motor fuel during certain emergencies.
Out of committee · 25
Increases minimum wage to $8.50, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
Requires municipalities to submit economic growth plans to DCA for approval of continued participation in the urban enterprise zone program.
Provides for indication of veteran status on driver's licenses and identification cards issued by MVC.*
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.*
Permits a child who moves out of a school district due to a family crisis to remain enrolled in that district until the end of the school year.
"Higher Education Citizenship Equality Act;" defines domicile for dependent students for the purpose of eligibility for State student loans, grants, or scholarships and in State tuition rate.
Increases distributions to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore aid reductions; extends "poison pill" protection to total formula aid provided to each municipality.
Designates the "Honor and Remember Flag" as an official State flag.
Revises State designation of "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month" from February to September.
Makes FY 2013 supplemental appropriation of $789,000,000 to Homestead Benefit Program and amends budget language provisions to provide for significantly enhanced property tax relief payments to beleaguered homeowners and tenants.
Requires Department of Education to biannually distribute a letter to school districts reminding districts of requirement to enroll resident students regardless of immigration status.
Modifies certain CATV company filing requirements with BPU and CATV company subsciber notice requirements concerning rates, charges, or services.*
Imposes tax on certain State lottery winnings to finance grant program for not-for-profit entities operating after school programs in certain districts.
Requires use of bear-resistant containers, dumpsters, or food boxes in certain areas located in black bear habitat under certain circumstances, including garbage collection, and prohibits certain actions that would result in feeding of black bears.
Requires that contract for private operation of State Lottery be subject to approval by Legislature.
Requires submission of certain mental health records to National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Requires homeowners insurance consumer information brochure to contain one page summary of policy.
"New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act of 2013."**
Establishes conditional dismissal program in municipal court.
Rescinds recommendation of the Task Force on the Closure of State Developmental Centers and creates new task force.*
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Establishes "Mom2Mom Peer Support Program" telephone helpline.
"New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act II of 2013."
Concerns disclosure and reimbursement procedures of board of education and municipal employee health care benefit contracts.
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
In committee · 12
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Requires labeling of foods containing genetically modified material.
Concerns criminal sentencing for victims of human trafficking.
Provides that a school district may be placed under full or partial State intervention pursuant to the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) for no longer than five years.
Requires health benefits plans in Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare, SHBP, and SEHBP to offer equal terms for participation of certain health care providers in their provider networks.
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from imposing certain surcharges on consumers.
"The Opportunity to Compete Act"; establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal histories.
Protects home addresses of law enforcement officers from being released by governmental entities.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the NJ World War II Veterans' Memorial Fund.
Requires notice prior to lapse of life insurance policy due to nonpayment of premium.
Expands role of temporary guardian to include arranging placement of alleged incapacitated person in appropriate, less restrictive environment.
Provides for electronic scanning of certain certificates for initiating court proceedings for involuntary commitment.