Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, Senate.
Nellie Pou
Sponsored
Became law14
Revises financial reporting requirements for charitable organizations; excludes non-monetary in-kind donations from gross revenue for purpose of reporting requirements.
Requires health care professional licensing boards to utilize National Practitioner Data Bank.
Revises requirements for health care service firms to report financial information to Division of Consumer Affairs.
Permits physical therapists to perform dry needling under certain circumstances.
Requires DOH and DHS to identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health.
Prohibits sale of paint or coating removal products that contain methylene chloride unless purchaser meets certain safety standards for use.
Expands Office of Public Defender representation of juveniles; repeals section 4 of P.L. 1968, c.371.*
Requires Medicaid and health insurance coverage for certain refills of prescription drugs during state of emergency.
Prohibits lawful presence in United States as qualification for obtaining professional or occupational license.
Extends duration of certain laws pertaining to use of telemedicine and telehealth in relation to COVID-19 pandemic.
Accelerates rescinding of certain juvenile delinquency fines and making discretionary post-incarceration supervision due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires public health emergency credits to be awarded to certain inmates and parolees during public health emergency; prohibits contact with victim upon release of inmate awarded credits.***
Eliminates certain juvenile justice fines, fees, costs, and other monetary penalties.
Revises current law to incorporate provisions of bilateral agreement between United States and European Union on prudential measures regarding insurance and reinsurance.
Passed the Senate11
Requires direct payment of homestead credit to claimant following sale of qualifying homestead and upon claimant request.
Requires provision of certain information on License Verification System concerning health care professionals.
Requires MVC to provide notation on driver's license or identification card, upon request, of persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder or other communication disorder. *
Prohibits tax preparation software companies from charging fee for electronically filing State tax returns.
Concerns exemptions from bankruptcy proceedings.
Prohibits carrier from precluding dentist from billing covered person under certain circumstances.*
Requires State agency to redact person's handwritten signature prior to publishing documents on agency's Internet website.
Provides certain protections for pandemic financial assistance.
Requires gift card issuer provide certain protections to consumer.
Clarifies that any State entity that issues professional or occupational licenses will not require individuals to demonstrate lawful presence in New Jersey to obtain professional or occupational licensure.
Requires health insurance carriers to offer clear cost share plans for individual health benefits plans.
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Permits eligible immigrants to obtain professional and occupational licenses in State.*
Creates certain requirements for earned income access services.
Concerns certification of tax collectors.
Establishes three year Financial Empowerment Pilot Program.
Regulates certain motor vehicle ancillary production products as service contracts.*
Prohibits act, practice or arrangement constituting stranger-originated life insurance.
"COVID-19 Financial Security for Consumers Act."
Postpones New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) review for certain school districts to accommodate disruption due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Provides for resentencing of certain inmates.
Establishes youthful age of defendant as mitigating factor in sentencing.
Provides that AOC shall administer program for municipal courts allowing defendents to engage in online plea negotiations, entry of guilty plea, and payment of fine or penalty.*
Requires Police Training Commission to contract with crisis intervention training center to provide mental health training to police officers and establish curriculum specific to persons experiencing economic crisis or substance use disorder.
Directs DOE to develop outreach program to encourage young women and minorities to pursue post-secondary degrees and careers in STEM.
Provides for technological upgrade of application process for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Permits certain nonresident Certified Public Accountants to provide attest services.
Requires State registrar to provide and facilitate county surrogate access to vital statistics records in order to conduct business with county surrogate's court.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop guidance for institutions of higher education to identify cultural barriers in recruitment and retention of underrepresented students for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs.
Establishes requirements for copies of medical and billing records to be provided without charge to Social Security Disability benefits applicants and recipients.*
Requires DHS to conduct biennial survey of SNAP experience.
Concerns residential community release programs.*
Increases annual assessment on net written premiums of HMOs to support charity care from three percent to five percent in FY 2021.
Permits use of alternate names by limited liability partnerships.
Expands opportunities for restaurants, bars, distilleries and breweries to provide outdoor dining and permits certain farms to adjust operations in response to COVID-19 public health emergency.*
Requires apportionment of membership on certain regional district boards of education to be based on amount of district costs apportioned to each constituent municipality.
Requires dental insurers to provide credits for reduced usage during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
"Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act."
Requires registration of international student exchange visitor placement organizations with Commisioner of Education.*
Permits school nurse who is retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF. *
Requires State to enter into contract for personal protective equipment and COVID-19 testing kits for purchase by institutions of higher education.
Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to establish long-term care advocacy and educational training program.
Requires certain insurers to provide summary concerning business interruption insurance.*
Makes various revisions to "Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act"; renames act to "Uniform Voidable Transactions Act."
Permits expedited licensure in mental health professions for certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.*
Provides Postpones of New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum review for certain school districts.*
Permits municipalities to authorize programs encouraging local shopping through property tax rewards; validates certain related municipal actions.*
Provides for reorganization of health service corporation.
Establishes task force to evaluate quality, efficacy, costs, and educational outcomes of online courses offered by public and independent institutions of higher education and degree-granting proprietary institutions during COVID-19 pandemic. *
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for environmental infrastructure projects for applicants with established program to employ, at project or related facilities, local residents of nearby urban aid qualifying municipalities. *
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
Requires disclosure letter be included with mail falsely implying State government connection.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish New Jersey Minority, Woman, and Underserved Farmer Registry.
Requires MVC to create mobile driver's licenses and identification cards.
Requires person with an alcoholic beverage license to carry alcoholic beverage liability insurance under certain circumstances.
Establishes permitting process for testing highly automated vehicles in NJ; establishes Highly Automated Vehicle Interagency Advisory Committee.
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of residential property on basis of race or national origin.
Requires architects disclose insurance coverage.
Revises law concerning insurance holding company systems.
Requires certain consumer contracts to include translations to languages other than English.
Imposes certain consumer protection requirements on service contract providers.
Prohibits tax preparers from engaging in certain practices involving refund anticipation checks and loans.
Amends certain requirements concerning insurance holding companies.
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Requires criminal history record background checks for public employees handling vital records.
Provides prescriber or health care facility with discretion to number prescription blank forms consecutively.
Regulates audits of pharmacies.
Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to NJBEST program and provides distributions from qualified State tuition programs for K-12 expenses are not qualified withdrawals under gross income tax.
Requires reporting agencies to report to Division of Consumer Affairs number of free consumer reports furnished to New Jersey resident consumers annually.
Revises effects of delinquency and insolvency proceedings against insurer-members of federal home loan banks.
Prohibits consumer reporting agencies from making reports containing adverse information related to employees affected by federal government shutdown.
Requires forms and materials for individuals with developmental disabilities to be available in languages other than English.
Requires nursing homes to provide training to staff in behavioral health issues.
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.
Requires cosmetology and hairstyling licensees to complete domestic violence sensitivity and response training.
Establishes process to bar certain health care providers from receiving reimbursement under PIP.
Clarifies that local governments may accept certain electronic payments.
Requires assessments prior to laboratory and diagnostic testing of persons undergoing mental health screening.
Requires DHS to conduct public outreach regarding noncitizen SNAP participation.
Prohibits posting or publishing on Internet home address or telephone number of certain judges and prosecutors.
Concerns certain economic activity.
Establishes New Jersey Baby Bond Account Program.
Establishes central registry of residents with special needs for use during emergencies.
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to study prevalence, cost, and quality of certain on-line courses compared to traditional classroom courses offered by institutions of higher education.
Prohibits disclosure of certain personal information of probation officers, members of the Legislature, and their family members; establishes crime and civil action for disclosing such information; allows such persons to register to vote without disclosin
"Responsible Dog Ownership Act."
Transfers New Jersey Group for Access and Integration Needs in Emergencies and Disasters from DHS to NJ State Police, revises membership requirements, and requires group to be consulted on certain matters.
Requires award of Edna Mahan trauma credits to inmates incarcerated during period of investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by correctional police officers and staff.
Requires carriers to publish certain information concerning costs of coverage.
Establishes loan program in Department of Treasury for certain entities offering health benefits plans; makes appropriation.
Provides for postponement of New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum review for certain school districts for 2021-2022 school year.
Requires construction permit and inspections for certain work involving lead paint on home exterior.
Updates certain notice requirements for actions alleging consumer fraud violations and adds indirect purchasers as parties who can receive damages for antitrust violations.
Filed2
Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to expedite licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to reactivate licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Carried from the General Assembly
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Requires architects disclose insurance coverage.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop guidance for institutions of higher education to identify cultural barriers in recruitment and retention of underrepresented students for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs.
Prohibits act, practice or arrangement constituting stranger-originated life insurance.
Directs DOE to develop outreach program to encourage young women and minorities to pursue post-secondary degrees and careers in STEM.
Concerning certain motor vehicle ancillary production products and service contracts.
Establishes three year Financial Empowerment Pilot Program.
Makes various revisions to "Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act"; renames act to "Uniform Voidable Transactions Act."
Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to expedite licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Permits professional and occupational licensing boards to reactivate licensure of certain individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Establishes requirements for copies of medical and billing records to be provided without charge to Social Security Disability benefits applicants and recipients.*
Provides for technological upgrade of application process for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Requires DHS to conduct biennial survey of SNAP experience.*
Permits expedited licensure in mental health professions for certain out-of-State individuals during state of emergency or public health emergency.
Requires Police Training Commission to contract with crisis intervention training center to provide mental health training to police officers and establish curriculum specific to persons experiencing economic crisis or substance use disorder.*
Provides that AOC shall administer program for municipal courts allowing defendents to engage in online plea negotiations, entry of guilty plea, and payment of fine or penalty.*
Establishes youthful age of defendant as mitigating factor in sentencing.
Requires State Long-Term Care Ombudsman to establish long-term care advocacy and educational training program.
Requires dental insurers to provide credits for reduced usage during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Permits school nurse who is retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF.**
Permits certain nonresident Certified Public Accountants to provide attest services.
Increases annual assessment on net written premiums of HMOs to support charity care from three percent to five percent in FY 2021.
Requires certain insurers to provide summary concerning business interruption insurance.*
Permits municipalities to authorize programs encouraging local shopping through property tax rewards; validates certain related municipal actions.*
Requires disclosure letter be included with mail falsely implying State government connection.
Establishes task force to evaluate quality, efficacy, costs, and educational outcomes of online courses offered by public and independent institutions of higher education and degree-granting proprietary institutions during COVID-19 pandemic. *
Permits use of alternate names by limited liability partnerships.
Provides for postponement of New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum review for certain school districts.*
Provides for reorganization of health service corporation.
Revises law concerning insurance holding company systems.
Amends certain requirements concerning insurance holding companies.
Vetoed3
Requires apportionment of membership on certain regional district boards of education to be based on amount of district costs apportioned to each constituent municipality.
Postpones New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) review for certain school districts to accommodate disruption due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Expands opportunities for restaurants, bars, distilleries and breweries to provide outdoor dining and permits certain farms to adjust operations in response to COVID-19 public health emergency.*
Passed the General Assembly4
Requires registration of international student exchange visitor placement organizations with Commissioner of Education.*
"Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act."
Provides for resentencing of certain inmates.
Requires DEP to prioritize funding for environmental infrastructure projects for applicants with established program to employ, at project or related facilities, local residents or residents of nearby urban aid qualifying municipalities.*
Co-sponsored
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Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.*
Authorizes issuance of Protect Pollinators license plates.
Provides that student-athlete who sustains concussion must return to regular school activities prior to return to competition; requires school districts to implement six-step return-to-competition process.*
Requires DEP to evaluate environmental and public health stressors of certain facilities on overburdened communities when reviewing certain permit applications.**
Authorizes operators of motor vehicles to display electronic proof of registration; requires MVC to send applicaion for registration renewal to lessee of leased vehicle.*
Establishes "NJ One Health Task Force."
Establishes supervised community reintegration program for certain victims of domestic violence.*
Expands training for judges, law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases. **
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
"Dominick Marino PFRS Enhanced Benefits for Surviving Spouses Act"; enhances PFRS accidental death benefit for surviving spouse who becomes eligible after effective date by providing for minimum of $50,000 annually.*
Enters New Jersey into Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.
Establishes certain minimum and maximum temperatures in rooming and boarding houses, dementia care homes, and certain nursing homes and residential health care facilities.*
Requires certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline.
Revises cybersecurity, asset management, and related reporting requirements in "Water Quality Accountability Act." *
Requires certain health care professionals to undergo explicit and implicit bias training.*
Eliminates five percent down payment requirement for local bond ordinances involving New Jersey Infrastructure Bank transportation projects.
Provides that New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program scholarship may be awarded in any semester of attendance or enrollment at institution of higher education in State.
Permits transmittal of certain proposed county ordinances by electronic mail.
Requires public utilities and local units to provide notice prior to initiating certain infrastructure projects.
Requires property condition disclosure statement to indicate presence of lead plumbing in residential property.
Requires public water systems to offer drinking water tests to customers in certain circumstances.
"New Jersey Buy American Act"; requires certain State agency highway and bridge construction contracts to include iron and steel products made in U.S.
"Laura Wooten's Law"; Requires civics instruction in middle school; authorizes New Jersey Center for Civic Education to provide curricula, professional development and technical assistance for middle and high school civics.*
Clarifies association assessment payment requirements in planned real estate developments.*
Establishes annual grant program to recognize institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.*
Establishes loan redemption program for teachers in certain fields to redeem loan amounts received under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program through employment in certain low performing schools.
"Healthy Terminals Act"; requires certain airport and train station workers to be paid certain wage rates and benefits.*
Requires State agencies and political subdivisions to make good faith effort to purchase five percent of goods and services from Central Nonprofit Agency.
Requires school districts and charter schools to report discipline data on their websites and to Commissioner of Education; requires DOE to establish database and complete annual report concerning student disciplinary actions.*
Concerns disclosure of certain information prior to sale of real estate.
Requires lead paint inspection on certain residential rental property, including upon tenant turnover; establishes lead-based paint hazard education program; appropriates $3,900,000. *
Requires emergency contact information and access instructions for social services hotline to be provided to tenants of multiple dwellings.
Requires law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.
Requires that certain realty transfer fee revenues be dedicated to the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.*
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 cancer research.*
Requires certification of diligent inquiry in residential mortgage foreclosure actions to be filed by attorneys.
Allows NJ E-ZPass customers to opt to receive electronic notification of use of E-ZPass system at toll plazas operated by NJTA and SJTA.
Prohibits sale of cosmetic products that have been tested on animals.
Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions to provide transparency of tuition and fees to prospective and current students.
Establishes Task Force to Promote Employment by State Agencies of People with Disabilities.
Creates special education unit within the Office of Administrative Law; requires annual report.
Repeals family cap in Work First New Jersey program.
Assists inmates released from incarceration in obtaining necessary reentry benefits.
Makes FY 2021 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $5 million to DCA for NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program.*
Concerns local government regulation of installation, maintenance and repair of perimeter fence intrusion protection systems, other alarm systems, and locksmithing services.
Authorizes pharmacists to order and cause to be administered test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 or COVID-19 antibodies; requires health benefits and Medicaid coverage for tests.**
Revises requirements for health insurance providers and Medicaid to cover services provided using telemedicine and telehealth; appropriates $5 million.*
Makes changes to membership and responsibilities of Campus Sexual Assault Commission.
Establishes the New Jersey Rare Disease Advisory Council.
Authorizes school districts to maintain surplus at four percent for 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.*
Requires certain provisions in State contracts for delivery of publicly financed mental health, behavioral health, and addiction services.
Establishes Multigenerational Family Housing Continuity Commission; provides municipal guidance to periodically analyze local advancement of commission's senior citizen housing recommendations.
Requires Civil Services Commission to undertake various initiatives to increase diversity and inclusivity within law enforcement agencies.
Requires Civil Service Commission establish mentoring program for certain civil service law enforcement applicants. *
Establishes database to aid in civil service hiring process for certain law enforcement officers; requires Statewide diversity analysis of law enforcement. *
Requires long-term care facilities, as condition of licensure, to implement policies to prevent social isolation of residents.*
Revises requirements for long-term care facilities to establish outbreak response plans.*
Requires DMVA assist service members discharged solely due to LGBTQ status with petitions to change discharge designation.
Allows active duty service members to provide document other than DD-214 when claiming veterans' preference for civil service.
Directs DOE to establish five-year pilot program for issuance of limited certificate of eligibility with advanced standing and limited certificate of eligibility for certain teacher candidates.*
Requires educator preparation program to report passing rates of students who complete certain tests and to disseminate information on test fee waiver programs, and permits collection of student fee for certain testing costs.
Grants reciprocity to teachers with certain out-of-state certificates.
Mandates training on culturally responsive teaching for all candidates for teaching certification.
Requires compilation of data and issuance of annual reports on New Jersey teacher workforce.
Concerns eligibility of education employees for unemployment.
Creates two-year "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program" in Juvenile Justice Commission; appropriates $4.2 million in FY 2022 and FY 2023. *
Expands scope of inmate reentry assistance and benefits.
Establishes retroactive date for provisions of P.L.2018, c.165, which clarifies provisions of "Predatory Towing Prevention Act."
Requires DOH to develop Statewide plan for infection control and prevention infrastructure improvements in nursing homes.
Extends certain document submission deadlines for Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit program and Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program.
Establishes "Sexual Violence Restorative Justice Pilot Program."
Requires law enforcement provide victim of sexual assault with intial incident report; provides victim with option to review intial 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.
Allows certain students who hold T, U, or O visa to qualify for in-State tuition and allows students who hold T or U visa to qualify for student financial aid.
Concerns names required on applications for professional and occupational licensure.
Creates NJ Legislative Youth Council.
Requires in person early voting period for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Provides accidental death benefits in certain circumstances to surviving spouse and surviving child of SPRS member or retiree who participated in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.
Establishes numerical requirements and zoning standards for installation of electric vehicle supply equipment and Make-Ready parking spaces. *
Appropriates $30.387 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Allows deduction from tax of certain expenses when taxpayer's federal paycheck protection program loan is forgiven and excludes those forgiven loans from gross income tax.
Establishes alternate route to expedite certification of teachers at early college high school programs.
Provides voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for Special Olympics New Jersey.
Expands opportunities for restaurants, bars, distilleries, and breweries to provide outdoor dining and permits certain sales at seasonal farm markets in response to COVID-19 public health emergency.
Promotes workforce diversity in public works projects; revises "public works projects" definition to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
Requires boards of education to provide special education and related services to certain students exceeding age of eligibility for special education and related services.
Amends certain provisions and effective date applicable to disclosure of personal information of judicial officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers.
Revises eligibility requirements for NJ Workability Program and Personal Assistance Services Program.
Changes effective date of new law concerning certain State contracts for mental health, behavioral health, and addiction services.
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA and New Jersey Council on the Arts to support arts and culture organizations in need.*
Makes $25 million in federal funds available to EDA to support microbusinesses in need.*
Directs DEP to establish grant program for local governments to support development of community gardens.
Establishes immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments.
Provides that in personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits, calculations of lost or impaired earnings capacity not be reduced because of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, or affectional or sexual orientation.**
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.**
Provides financial relief to certain landlords and tenants in response to COVID-19 pandemic, adjusts certain court fees; and makes appropriations. *
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Establishes "Rental Assistance Navigation Program" in DCA; makes appropriation.
Establishes requirements to commence screening newborn infants for congenital cytomegalovirus infection; establishes public awareness campaign. *
"Motorbus and Passenger Rail Service Employee Violence Prevention Act."
Allows alternative evaluation in place of basic skills testing requirements for certain teacher certification.
Modifies lists of projects eligible to receive loans for environmental infrastructure projects from NJ Infrastructure Bank for FY2022.
Requires that only fruits and vegetables grown and packaged in NJ may be labeled by food retailers as local to State.
Appropriates $16,380,595 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
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Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Authorizes use of disability benefits for transportation provided by transportation network companies.
Supports activities of New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Establishes "Stillbirth Resource Center" and regional Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Committee, and programs for the prevention and reduction of incidences of stillbirth; expands list of professionals authorized to provide stillbirth-related care. **
Establishes "2020 New Jersey Emergency Rental Assistance Program"; appropriates $100 million.
Establishes Employment and Business-Related Tax Deferral Assistance Program in EDA to allow small businesses to defer the payment and remittance of certain employment and business-related taxes during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Prohibits cancellation or nonrenewal of insurance policies and insurance premium finance agreements for a period of at least 60 days under certain circumstances after declaration of public health emergency, or state of emergency, or both.**
Expands powers and duties of State Chief Diversity Officer to promote diversity in State government and public contracting.*
Requires paint producers to implement or participate in paint stewardship program.
Appropriates $30 million to EDA from federal "Coronavirus Relief Fund" to assist food establishments impacted by Executive Order No. 158.
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Provides supplemental payments to long-term care facility staff providing direct care services during COVID-19 pandemic.
Permits State agency to completely or partially terminate contract concerning marine terminal or attendant real property to serve important public purpose.
Establishes county-based mitigation plan to allow businesses to operate during pandemic.
Establishes New Jersey Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program.
Concerns emergency unemployment benefits and shared work benefits.
Eliminates mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment determined by Legislature to be of non-violent nature.
Requires assignment of unemployment claims handlers to legislative districts during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency; appropriates $1.8 million.
Eliminates mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment determined by Legislature to be of non-violent nature.
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Prohibits use of education, occupation, homeownership status, marital status, or credit score in certain automobile insurance determinations.*
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Requires NJHMFA to allocate certain portion of federal low-income housing tax credits to certain high-opportunity areas.
Creates New Jersey Innocence Study and Review Commission.
Allows municipalities to adjust deadline to apply for short-term exemption or abatement for dwellings; requires provision of notice to purchasers of dwellings in areas in need of rehabilitation under certain circumstances.
Requires certain residential developers to replace lead service lines.
Requires uniform response procedures for all domestic crisis teams established or participated in by law enforcement agencies, and strengthens Statewide supervision over teams; expands topics required in training courses. *
Establishes standards for domestic violence counseling and creates "Abuse Intervention Program Advisory Committee." *
Requires training for law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases.
Requires law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement officers with cultural diversity training and develop diversity action plan.
Revises definition of "landlord" to include rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility.
Provides that purchase of insulin is not subject to deductible and requires health insurers to limit copayments and coinsurance for insulin.**
Establishes New Jersey Statewide Suicide Prevention Coordination and Oversight Council in DHS.*
Requires State Capitol Joint Management Commission display representation of Alice Paul in State Capitol building.
Requires school district to provide information to DOE on various aspects of computer science courses. *
Establishes task force to examine school discipline practices including racial disparities and effectiveness.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $16.5 million for direct support professional wage increase.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to conduct study to determine extent and cause of outmigration of high school graduates to out-of-State colleges.
Requires certain persons and business entities to maintain comprehensive information security program.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research.
Permits governing body of municipalities having population of 30,000 or less to serve as local board of health; validates certain actions.
Requires new flooring for schools and child care centers to be certified mercury free.
Requires MVC to place notation on vehicle's registration certificate indicating registrant is deaf.
Clarifies extension of driver's license, identification card, and motor vehicle registration expiration dates for certain military personnel.
The "New Jobs for New Jersey Act."
Prohibits gender-based price discrimination.
Restricts phosphorus content and requires labelling thereof for household cleansing products.*
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.
Creates New Jersey Global War on Terrorism Medal.
Prohibits public school students and employees from immediately returning to school after traveling to certain places during public health emergencies.*
Requires refund or credit for certain transient and short-term rental reservations when public health emergency or state of emergency is in effect.
Revises and updates membership and purpose of Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in DHS.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.**
Allocates $50 million to Department of Labor and Workforce Development from federal government assistance to improve unemployment insurance benefit claims processing capacity.
Establishes "Local and County Health Department Infectious Disease Preparedness Study Commission."
Permits school district to use funds from capital reserve account and current expense emergency reserve account for certain expenses during state of emergency.*
Expands financing opportunities for low and moderate income housing.
Provides in-State tuition status to certain veterans and family members who attend public institutions of higher education during period of mandatory remote instruction due to public health emergencies.
Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
Appropriates $5 million in federal funds to Department of Health for grants and stipends to ensure health and safety of farm workers.*
"Farm Worker Epidemic Health and Safety Act"; concerns public health and certain protections for farm workers.
Establishes "Minority Business Development Program" in EDA; appropriates $50 million to EDA from federal funds.
Establishes position of Minority Depository Institution Coordinator in EDA.
Establishes "Rural Business Development Program" in EDA; appropriates $35 million to EDA from federal funds.
Establishes "Biannual Small Business Matchmaker Initiative" in Department of State.
Allows long-term care facility employees to accrue paid sick leave.
Requires campus diversity actions at public institutions of higher education and directs Secretary of Higher Education and Division on Civil Rights to develop guidance regarding diversity in faculty search and selection process. *
Requires BPU to conduct certain analysis and comparison study of electric transmission grid operating in New Jersey.
Requires teachers to biennially complete two hours of professional development related to cultural competence.
Establishes "Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program;" appropriates $50,000.
Establishes Teacher Residency Program.*
Directs NJ Department of Agriculture to request necessary waivers from US Department of Agriculture to provide food and meals during school closures due to COVID-19 public health emergency.
Increases child care provider payments and revises hourly limits on child care for school-aged children under subsidized child care assistance program during 2020-2021 school year.
Authorizes private persons to display American flag on bridges and overpasses that travel over property of NJTA and SJTA; prohibits NJTA and SJTA from removing American flag under certain circumstances.*
Limits certain appointment times at MVC locations to obtain REAL ID to senior citizens and persons with certain medical conditions during COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes task force to study technology and other methods used to reduce or eliminate telemarketing harassment and intimidation.
Provides temporary extension of certain documents issued by MVC.
Renames "security aid" as "health and safety aid" to reflect that secure schools provide for students' mental health; provides that State aid for nonpublic school security services may also be used for mental health services.
Provides temporary corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for job creation related to manufacturing of personal protective equipment.
Establishes School and Small Business Energy Efficiency Stimulus Program in BPU.
Consolidates certain affordable housing and assistance applications.
Codifies State Workplace Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Policy.
Expands epinephrine access laws to include epinephrine nasal sprays.
Requires issuance of temporary emergency medical services certifications under certain circumstances.
Establishes New Jersey Community Learning Program in DOE to provide comprehensive extended learning time programs in certain communities; dedicates portion of State cannabis revenue to support program.
Provides for accidental death benefit if death of TPAF member and certain PERS members is caused by COVID-19. *
Requires electric public utility to replace certain distribution service equipment over period of 36 months if certain sustained service interruptions occur.
Establishes the "COVID-19 Frontline Healthcare Worker Memorial Commission."
Makes FY 2021 supplemental appropriation of $180 million to DCF, DHS and DOH for increased rates for social service and early intervention providers in financial distress due to coronavirus disease 2019 public health crisis.*
Mandates training on remote teaching for all candidates for teaching certification.
Authorizes purchaser of automobile by private sale to operate automobile for three-day period following purchase without permanent registration or transfer of title.
Establishes School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force.
Expands definition of landlords required to provide receipt for rent cash payment made by tenant.
Removes Selective Service registration as requirement for eligibility under State student financial aid programs.
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Authorizes creation of special license plates commemorating horse as State animal.
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Requires certain disclosures by providers of commercial financing. *
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
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.
Directs the development and posting of notices containing information for victims of human trafficking.
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
Establishes the Office of Dropout Prevention and Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in DOE, and the Student Dropout Prevention Task Force.
Establishes study commission to examine development of mutually beneficial relationships between institutions of higher education and municipalities.
Reinstates prior property tax exemption for nonprofit hospitals with on-site for-profit medical providers; requires some of these hospitals to pay community service contributions; establishes Nonprofit Hospital Community Service Contribution Study Commiss
Requires all prescriptions be transmitted electronically, subject to certain exceptions.
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Requires law enforcement agencies in this State to establish minority recruitment and selection programs; establishes reporting requirement.
Requires children's meals served in restaurants to meet certain nutritional standards.
Restricts authority to terminate reciprocal personal income tax agreements with other states.
Enhances, and allocates funds for, pre-apprenticeship programs. *
Requires undergraduate students to file degree plan and requires institutions of higher education and certain propriety institutions to develop pathway systems to graduation.
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 21 years of age to qualify.*
Permits corporations to use blockchain technology for certain recordkeeping requirements.
Permits municipalities to refund excess property taxes paid by taxpayer who wins assessment appeal as property tax credit.
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Establishes standard medical expense deduction under SNAP for certain senior citizens.
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million. *
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to streamline SNAP application process for senior citizens and conduct outreach regarding senior SNAP participation.
Requires DHS to develop outreach plan to inform certain students about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Requires health benefits coverage for adolescent depression screenings.
Concerns municipal property registration ordinances to address risk of blight. *
Directs DOE to develop guidelines for school districts and charter schools concerning school discipline that are consistent with certain federal guidelines.
Establishes Emerging Technology Urban Grant Program in EDA.
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing qualified ex-offenders.
Includes crime of creating false public alarms as form of bias intimidation.
Requires certain retailers to train employees on gift card fraud.
Requires carriers to pass prescription drug savings to consumers.
Provides that users of Access Link paratransit service are automatically eligible for and enrolled in motor bus and rail passenger discounted fare program.
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability. *
Requires DHS to establish Alzheimer's disease public awareness campaign.*
Establishes "Electronic Permit Processing Review System."
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Criminalizes certain payments for referral of patients to substance use disorder treatment facilities.*
Establishes New Jersey Transportation Consolidation Task Force.
Authorizes DOT to establish and administer toll collection and enforcement system on behalf of NJ toll authorities and to enter into reciprocal agreements for enforcement of toll violations with toll authorities from other states.*
Requires institutions of higher education to provide graduating students with information on income-contingent student loan repayment programs.
Changes designation on official State logo denoting manufacture of products in New Jersey.
Establishes price preference program on State contracts for service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.
Concerns installation of electric vehicle charging stations in common interest communities.
Provides county clerks with additional week to mail ballots for 2020 primary election; requires ballot position draw to occur one day early if statutory date falls on holiday.*
Establishes Main Street Economic Growth Program to encourage business development in small, highly developed municipalities.
Establishes fire safety standards and protocols for certain light frame residential construction; requires project labor agreements for this construction; requires placards identifying primary structural systems of buildings.
Allows veteran or personal representative to withdraw honorable discharge papers from county clerk.
Encourages development of zero-emission vehicle fueling and charging infrastructure in redevelopment projects.*
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to support FIRST Robotics Programs in school districts.
Prohibits discrimination against living organ donors in relation to life, health, and long-term care insurance.
Prohibits utility service rate increases, penalities and discontinuances to residential customers during certain public health emergencies.*
Concerns benefits provided to workers.*
Provides for employment, retention, and benefits during public health hazard posed by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) of certain public employees.
Establishes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Task Force on Racial and Health Disparities.*
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that prevailing wage will be paid.
Establishes toll free helpline for first responders and health care workers experiencing mental health issues related to COVID-19 pandemic.*
Permits modification of scope of work or terms and conditions of contract between non-profit organizations and State agencies for failure to perform due to COVID-19 pandemic.*
Requires health care facilities to screen health care workers, first responders, and other frontline workers for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Allows municipal clerks to receive hand delivered voted mail-in ballots and applications; extends ballot receipt and election certification deadlines; increases certain messenger and bearer ballot limits.*
Revises law concerning notaries and notarial acts; authorizes electronic signatures.
Requires long-term care facilities and hospitals to maintain minimum supply of personal protective equipment..**
Authorizes religious corporations to hold remote meetings during state of emergency declared by Governor.
Requires county boards of election to establish ballot drop boxes in each county at least 45 days before election; revises procedures concerning mail-in ballots for 2020 general election.**
Revises psychologist training requirements.
Recognizes Howell House in Cape May as Harriet Tubman Museum in New Jersey.*
Implements sentencing recommendations of the Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission to eliminate certain mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment; eliminates mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for crime of official misconduct.*
Permits retroactive modification of certain judgements of conviction; requires study of DOC's anticipated expenses to upgrade data infrastructure.**
Establishes compassionate release program for certain inmates; repeals law that establishes medical parole.
Requires cost savings study of compassionate release program and elimination of mandatory minimum terms; establishes "Corrections Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention Fund."
Extends time period during which seasonal retail consumption license holders may sell alcoholic beverages following COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes "The Ballot Cure Act" to modify and establish various voting procedures.
Requires BPU to establish and maintain electronic public document search system on its website; requires BPU to provide certain notice of its meetings and hold quarterly public comment meeting.*
"Packaged Ice Plant Operator and Packaged Ice Dealer Licensing Act."
Requires Department of Human Services to establish and maintain hotline for persons with disability for use during emergency or disaster. *
Extends ballot receipt and election certification deadlines; increases certain messenger and bearer ballot limits; requires certain information to increase public awareness and use of voting by mail.*
Requires State to enter into contract and coordinate with certain cooperative purchasing systems for procurement of COVID-19 related goods and services by school districts and county colleges.*
Requires Department of Human Services to develop public emergency response plan for licensed providers of services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Creates grant program to encourage school districts to partner with institutions of higher education in training school-based mental health services providers.
Establishes Student Wellness Grant Program in DOE.
Requires DCF to give priority to certain school districts with student mental health counseling centers in awarding grants under School Based Youth Services Program.
Establishes "Student Mental Health Task Force." *
Provides gross income tax credit to certain totally and permanently disabled veterans for rent constituting property taxes.
Establishes Community College Opportunity Grant Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide last-dollar financial aid grants to county college students and Student Success Incentive funding to county colleges.
Authorizes MVC to use stored driver's license or identification card photo for longer than eight years; limits certain appointment times at MVC locations to senior citizens and persons with certain medical conditions during COVID-19 pandemic.**
Establishes NJMVC Virtual Check-In Pilot Program.
Authorizes individuals who have passed road test to use driving permit to operate motor vehicle during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Establishes minimum wage requirements for certain long-term care facility staff; establishes direct care ratio requirements for nursing homes; requires nursing home care rate study.**
Establishes additional requirements for DOH to assess sanctions and impose penalties on nursing homes; revises reporting requirements for nursing homes.*
Requires county board of elections to mail notice to mail-in voters after each election confirming ballot was received and counted.
Dedicates personal protective equipment to long-term care facilities, home health agencies, hospice care providers, health care service firms, PACE programs, and certain community-based providers during public health emergency.***
Establishes New Jersey Task Force on Long-Term Care Quality and Safety.
Revises licensure, operational, and reporting requirements for nursing homes.*
Establishes certain requirements concerning State's preparedness and response to infectious disease outbreaks, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Requires DHS to review various aspects of Medicaid managed care program.
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Planning Commission" in DHS.
Prohibits disclosure of certain personal information of active, formely active, and retired judicial officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers, and their family members; establishes crime and civil action for disclosing such information.*
Temporarily extends deadline to register vehicle and obtain driver's license for new State residents during COVID-19 public health emergency.
"Defense Against Porch Pirates Act"; amends theft statute.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA create program for veterans to receive evaluation and treatment for PTSD, total brain injury, or traumatic brain injury.*
Establishes loan redemption program for certain bilingual education teachers.
Revises certain aspects of the State procurement process and permits auction or reverse auction procedures.
Establishes "Broadband Access Study Commission." *
Expands topics to be covered regarding bicycle and pedestrian safety on MVC driver's license knowledge test.
Requires landlord to allow tenant to make rent payment using credit card during COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes procedures for awarding of design-build contracts.
Revises laws concerning delegation of parental or caregiver powers and standby guardianship for minor child or ward.*
Expands eligibility criteria for municipalities wherein projects receiving New Jersey Redevelopment Authority assistance may occur.
Establishes Safe Remote Learning Program in DOE to support provision of remote instruction facilities by public schools.
Requires DOC to implement certain security procedures and address physical plant deficiencies in Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.*
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Concerns approval process for personal protective equipment and State stockpiles of personal protective equipment.
Requires DOH to establish certain nursing education and professional advancement programs.
Requires DOH to publish total number of COVID-19 deaths and cases in long-term care facilities.**
Requires transfer of certain escheated civil forfeiture funds from Unclaimed Personal Property Trust Fund to General Fund for appropriation to county Prosecutor's offices.*
Allows health insurers to provide certain health care benefit plans to local boards of education and eligible employers who do not participate in SEHBP; modifies employee contribution for New Jersey Educators Health Plan and its equivalent.
Exempts poll worker wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Concerns eligibility for extended unemployment benefits.
Establishes office in EDA to assist in provision and expansion of broadband Internet service in State to address inequities in accessing broadband service.*
Requires Internet websites and web services of school districts, charter schools, renaissance schools, and the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf to be accessible to persons with disabilities. *
Establishes expedited construction inspection program.
Modifies process for obtaining working certificates for minors.
Requires institutions of higher education to provide students with access to mental health care programs and services and to establish a hotline to provide information concerning the availability of those services.
The "New Jersey Social Innovation Act"; establishes social innovation loan pilot program and study commission within EDA.
Establishes "COVID-19 PCR Testing Transparency Act"; requires COVID-19 PCR test results to be provided within specific timeframes and regulates cost of COVID-19 PCR tests.*
Establishes COVID-19 Local Food Pantry Assistance Grant Program in DHS; appropriates $4 million.
Appropriates $87,444,690 from "New Jersey Library Construction Fund" to provide grants for construction, reconstruction, development, extension, improvement, and furnishing of New Jersey's public libraries.
Allows current and former judicial officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement officers and certain family or household members to register to vote without disclosing residential address; prohibits public disclosure of that information.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2021; modifies terms and conditions for certain loan utilizing federal funds.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2021 to include new projects and modify estimated loan amounts for certain projects; modifies terms and conditions for certain loans utilizing federal funds.
Revises requirements for provision of care to trauma patients.
Appropriates $37.16 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for recreation and conservation purposes to DEP for State capital and park development projects.
Appropriates $11,777,499 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Establishes "New Jersey Foreclosure Prevention Act."
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Resources Pilot Program in DOLWD.
Raises from 45 to 57 maximum eligibility age for exempt fireman certificates and membership in New Jersey State Fireman's Association.
Reduces age at which health benefit plans cover colorectal cancer screenings from 50 to 45.
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
"New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020"; provides for administration of programs and policies related to jobs, property development, food deserts, community partnerships, small and early stage businesses, State procurement, wind energy, and film produc
Requires reservation of portion of tenant-based vouchers under State rental assistance program for persons displaced due to redevelopment of an affordable housing development; provides displaced persons with affordable housing priority status.
Requires public and local utilities to provide notice to residential customers of available relief measures during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Requires public community water systems to inventory and replace lead service lines within 10 years; provides for recoupment of costs by investor-owned public water systems. *
Provides fast track hiring and advancement employment opportunities by State for persons with significant disabilities.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are at least 18 years of age or older to qualify for modified benefit.
Provides for process to vacate and expunge certain arrests, charges, complaints, convictions, other dispositions, and DNA records, associated with violations by certain human trafficking victims.
Requires DOT, NJT, and DHS to study and implement transportation mobility and accessibility improvements for persons with autism and developmental disabilities. *
Removes restrictions on special assessments and bond issuances for replacement of residential lead service lines; revises budgetary requirements for operators of certain water systems.*
Establishes Alleviating Learning Loss in New Jersey Grant Program in DOE to assist public schools in establishing or expanding certain educational programs to address learning loss in students.
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA to support businesses and nonprofits in need.*
Makes $10 million in federal funds available to EDA to support child care providers in need.*
Makes $35 million in federal funds available to EDA to support food and beverage establishments in need.*
Appropriates $10 million in federal funds to Department of Agriculture to support food bank organizations.
Requires public schools to offer or expand summer school programs to students.
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
Requires DOE to establish central registry of individuals and organizations interested in providing supplemental tutoring support to students.
Establishes criminal penalties for production, sale, and use of false COVID-19 vaccination verification card; requires AG to establish COVID-19 vaccination fraud prevention program.
Establishes "Summer Earn and Learn Pilot Program."
Ensures student well-being during school security drills.
Makes $25 million in federal funds available to Department of State for travel and tourism advertising and promotion recovery from COVID-19 pandemic. *
Requires administrator and assistant administrator at State veterans' memorial home have prior work experience in clinical setting.
Requires position of resident advocate at each State veterans' memorial home.
Requires Director of Division of Veterans' Healthcare Services in DMVA to have prior clinical and long-term care experience.
Establishes order of protection for current or former judge; upgrades and clarifies harassment against current or former judge; bars firearms possession by persons against whom current or former judge order of protection is entered.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA send weekly reports to Commissioner of DOH on status of veterans' homes in State during every future public health emergency; requires such reports through December 31, 2021. *
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for transportation infrastructure projects for FY2022.
Requires incarcerated individual from State to be counted at residential address for municipal, county, and congressional redistricting purposes and for apportionment of regional school district board of education members. *
Permits nonprofit corporations to allow members to participate in meetings by means of remote communication.
Revises penalties for transfer of certain professional and occupational licenses.
Classifies golf caddies as independent contractors for purposes of State employment laws.
Creates Office of Information Privacy; requires, upon request, redaction and nondisclosure of home address of judicial officers, prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and immediate family members thereof residing in same household; makes appropriation.
Codifies right of real estate broker-salespersons and salespersons to define relationship with broker as one between broker and independent contractor or employee and enforces current and previous written agreements addressing relationship.
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Provides corporation business tax credit to public utilities that develop qualified native pollinator habitat in their rights of way.
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
"Immigrant Tenant Protection Act."
"Consumer Freedom From Unwanted Expense in Health Insurance Coverage Act."
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Requires Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to undertake study to determine efficiency and scaling in delivery of local government services.
The "New Jersey Youth Justice Transformation Act;" annually appropriates $100 million to Juvenile Justice Commission.
Requires Medicaid cover professional violence prevention counseling services.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund.
Directs four-year public institutions of higher education to develop plan to achieve six-year graduation rate of at least 70 percent for full-time undergraduate students by 2022-2023 academic year.
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to provide coverage for certain drug regimens for treatment of AIDS or HIV under certain circumstances.
Prohibits sale of menthol cigarettes.
Creates grant program for business accelerator and incubator networks; transfers $1 million in societal benefits charge revenues to EDA to administer program.
Allows parents or legal custodians separated from their children because of immigration matters to appoint standby guardians.
Requires motor vehicle insurance policies to include certain underinsured and uninsured motorist coverage.
Provides that limitation on lawsuit option does not apply in accidents caused by drunk or reckless drivers.
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
Increases age of dependent for whom gross income tax exemption for higher education expenses may be claimed from under 22 years to under 25 years.
Requires certain corporations to appoint women to board of directors.
Prohibits leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor under age of 18; requires law enforcement officers who observe unsecured firearms to conduct follow-up.
Establishes requirements for State entities to enter into bulk purchasing arrangements for pharmaceutical products.
Establishes Restaurant Meals Program in DHS; permits certain individuals to use SNAP benefits at approved restaurants; requires participation by certain restaurants operated by institutions of higher education.
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing to disclose information.
Requires municipalities to conduct lead paint inspections in single- and two-family dwellings; requires reporting of inspection results to State.
Requires certain electric public utilities to file emergency response plan with BPU.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Passaic, Union, Essex, Hudson, Camden, and Gloucester counties; appropriates $255,000.
Requires Commissioner of Health to designate special care nursing facility to treat patients with psychiatric and substance use disorders dual diagnosis.
Authorizes political subdivisions to require recipients of economic development incentives to enter into community benefits agreements.
Provides for process to vacate and expunge certain arrests, charges, complaints, convictions, other dispositions, and DNA records, associated with violations by certain human trafficking victims.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain employers for certain costs arising from increase in minimum wage.
Creates the Office on Women's Research and Policy and appropriates $150,000.
Expands scope of activities constituting hazing; increases penalties for hazing resulting in injury; requires institutions of higher education and public and nonpublic high schools and middle schools to adopt anti-hazing policies.
Concerns certain Medicaid and health insurance audits and health care provider claims payment and denial during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Establishes one-time payment program in Department of Treasury for aid for certain eligible taxpayers; appropriates $35 million.
Provides that institutions of higher education may permit final-year students in graduate degree programs for mental health care professions to graduate or be matched with residency or clinical programs early.
Provides for student recipients of educational opportunity funds to be exempt from 20 hour weekly work requirement ordinarily required for student SNAP participation.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Expands municipal court conditional dismissal program to include defendants charged with certain drug offenses; requires defendant's participation in various programs and services; allows dismissal of charges after one-year probationary period.
"Economic Emergency Investment Stabilization Act"; allows EDA to invest in businesses impacted by major economic emergencies.
Permits special education students and bilingual education students to repeat prior year grade level during 2020-2021 school year upon parental request.
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to private professional counselors.
Provides that effective date of unemployment claim is date on which individual becomes unemployed.
Permits voter registration at polling place on election day.
Requires death certificates to include drug responsible for drug overdose death under certain circumstances.
Requires each nursing home to employ patient advocate.
Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to businesses employing certain persons with developmental disabilities.
Reduces standard voter registration deadline to eight days before election; allows voter registration at polling place on election day and at offices where mail-in ballots are issued within 45 days before election.
Increases penalty for "bombing" online meeting or teleconference under certain circumstances.
Requires county boards of elections to establish ballot drop boxes at each office of municipal clerk.
Requires DOH to issue WIC electronic benefits transfer cards; permits online purchase of eligible foods using WIC funds and carryover of unused WIC benefit amounts; authorizes use of WIC funds for grocery delivery charges.
Changes expiration date of "New Jersey Complete Count Commission" to January 2021.
Permits county board of elections to begin counting mail-in ballots up to 14 days prior to election day.
"Personal Protective Equipment Insecurity Act"; requires Commissioner of Human Services to provide recipients of SNAP with stipend for personal protective equipment; appropriates $5 million from Coronavirus Relief Fund to DHS.
Requires revision of State Legislature's anti-harassment policy; specifies investigation of discrimination and harassment complaint process.
"Improved Suicide Prevention, Repsonse, and Treatment Act."
Permits female inmate in correctional facility to request certain medication to prevent pregnancy.
Establishes Division of Women's Services in DOC.
Requires DOC to provide prenatal and post-partum education and services for certain inmates.
Requires institution of higher education to provide victim-centered training to employees who assist student victims of sexual assault.
Requires institutions of higher education to adopt affirmative consent standard and other policies regarding sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain education and child care expenditures incurred by taxpayers with qualifying children engaged in virtual or remote instruction because of COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires MVC to allow customers to schedule appointments on MVC's website; extends expiration date of certain documents under certain circumstances.
Requires obstetrical providers to perform domestic violence screenings and all health care professionals to take certain actions to prevent perpetrator of domestic violence from obtaining copies of victim's medical record.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to allow taxpayers who are victims of domestic abuse to claim credit with filing status of married filing separately.
Requires that State establish and manage stockpile of personal protective equipment and encourage manufacturing of personal protective equipment in State.
Establishes Safe School Reopening Grant Program in DOE to help public school purchase air filtration systems and ultraviolet cleaning programs to address COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $10 million.
Requires public entities that operate websites or webpages pertaining to domestic violence to utilize certain electronic tools and security measures to protect online visitors who may be victims of domestic violence.
Requires MVC to accept certain documents as proof of name change for driver's license.
Establishes guardianship monitoring program in Office of the Public Guardian for Elderly Adults.
Clarifies juvenile's right to attorney representation; requires 12-month judicial review hearing when juvenile is placed out-of-home.
Establishes New Jersey Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to support establishment of criminal justice career academies in public high schools.
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; appropriates $300 million.
Establishes "Voting Improvement Task Force."
Requires that newly-purchased school buses be equipped with air conditioning and heating systems.
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
Expands authority of pharmacists to administer vaccines during outbreaks of communicable diseases.
Requires DOH to conduct study on causes of youth suicide.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Creates "Disability Life-Sustaining Measures Advisory Council."
Requires long-term care facilities to submit reports regarding residents with disabilities.
Requires hospitals to collect and report demographic data on people with disabilities who are tested or treated for COVID-19 during declared public health emergency.
Revises requirements for health insurers to cover telemedicine and telehealth; requires telemedicine and telehealth systems to include accessible communication features for individuals with disabilities.
Renames Office of Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities, creates position of deputy ombudsman, and expands duties of office to apply to all persons with disabilities and their families.
Appropriates $300 million to EDA for small business and not-for-profit corporation assistance to preserve and create jobs, spur economic growth, and preserve the viability and vitality of communities.
Requires group homes and other community-based residential programs, as condition of licensure, to implement policies to prevent social isolation of residents.
Revises emergency care services referral standards for providers of telemedicine and telehealth.
Removes exception of self-insured health benefits plans from law concerning pharmacy benefits managers.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for After School Recreation in Urban Areas.
Establishes "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
Creates "New Jersey Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act."
Allows equine and livestock veterinary facilities on preserved farmland under certain conditions.
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Concerns prohibition of residential tenant eviction and eviction due to residential foreclosure during certain emergency circumstances.
Requires school districts to provide school meals or meal vouchers to students eligible for free and reduced price school meals during school closures due to COVID-19 epidemic.
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 and for telemedicine and telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency.
Provides paid leave without utilizing accumulated leave time for local government employees under certain circumstances.
Limits return of items purchased from retail food stores under certain circumstances.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $10 million for healthcare and residential facility sanitation due to coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak.
Automatically extends time to file gross income tax or corporation business tax return if federal government extends filing or payment due date for federal returns.
Concerns time off from work in connection with infectious disease.
Allows county board of elections to determine location of certain ballot drop boxes under certain circumstances.
Permits dentists to administer vaccines under certain circumstances.
Appropriates $20 million from General Fund to EDA to support food and beverage establishments impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $50 million from General Fund to EDA to support businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $10 million from General Fund to EDA to support Sustain and Serve NJ Program.
Establishes Startup Business and Nonprofit Assistance Program in EDA to support new businesses and nonprofit organizations following COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $25 million.
Appropriates $120 million from General Fund to EDA to support microbusinesses impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $10 million from General Fund to EDA to support child care providers impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Modifies Garden State Growth Zone tax exemption program.