Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Nellie Pou
Sponsored
Became law16
Requires MVC to provide, upon request, notation on driver's license or identification card of diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder or communication disorder.*
Concerns certification of tax collectors.
Prohibits carrier from precluding dentist from billing covered person under certain circumstances.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish New Jersey Minority, Women, and Underserved Farmer Registry.
Prohibits tax preparers from engaging in certain practices involving refund anticipation checks and loans.
Imposes certain consumer protection requirements on service contract providers. *
Designates each community college in State as provider of allowable services under SNAP employment and training program.
Updates "New Jersey Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act" to current standards of National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Allows local government deferred compensation plans to invest in collective investment trusts.
Amends requirements for certain mixed use parking projects undertaken by municipal redevelopers under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program; increases total available tax credits by $25 million.*
Requires establishment of new State website with information on rights related to, and health benefits coverage for, reproductive health care services.*
Updates certain insurance company investment provisions in accordance with Investments of Insurers Model Act.
Eliminates fees, liens, and warrants issued for Public Defender services.
Directs Office of the Public Defender to provide representation at parole revocation proceedings.
Clarifies process for administrative appropriations to UEZs.*
Allows Attorney General to appoint officer in charge when superseding certain law enforcement agencies.
Vetoed1
Makes certain for-profit debt adjusters eligible for licensing to conduct business in State.
Passed the Senate7
Expands number of health care professions profiled under "New Jersey Health Care Consumer Information Act."
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
Requires person with an alcoholic beverage license to carry alcoholic beverage liability insurance under certain circumstances.
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of property on basis of race, creed, color, national origin, or certain other characteristics.*
Requires reporting agencies to report to Division of Consumer Affairs number of free consumer reports furnished to New Jersey resident consumers annually.
Requires registration of international student exchange visitor placement organizations with Commissioner of Education.
Codifies prohibition of discriminatory practices in real estate appraisals and requires real estate appraisers to complete anti-bias training.
Out of committee20
Establishes central registry of residents with special needs for use during emergencies.
Directs Chief Technology Officer to conduct study on impacts of redacting handwritten signatures published on State websites; allows for protocols for such redactions to be established by rules and regulations.*
Requires MVC to create mobile driver's licenses and identification cards.
Updates notice requirements for actions alleging consumer fraud violations and adds indirect purchasers as parties who can receive damages for antitrust violations.
Requires State registrar to permit county surrogate to provide certified copy of death certificate to authorized person under certain circumstances.
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.
Requires standard certification period of 12 and 24 months, under certain circumstances, within SNAP.
"Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act."
Establishes process to bar certain health care providers from receiving reimbursement under PIP.
Concerns SNAP services provided at county boards of social services; appropriates $250,000.*
Requires submission to DEP of consequence analyses by employers regulated under "Worker and Community Right to Know Act"; requires municipal and county Emergency Operations Plan to consider local risks and hazards.*
Revises effects of delinquency and insolvency proceedings against insurer-members of federal home loan banks.
Requires State Real Estate Appraiser Board to adopt alternative program to acquire experiential requirements for prospective real estate appraisers attempting to qualify for licensure or certification.
Exempts electricity sold to certain recovered materials manufacturing facilities from renewable energy portfolio standards.*
Establishes certification program for businesses owned by LGBTQ+ persons.
Modifies Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program.
Requires person offering digital coupon to make available in-store alternative of identical value.*
Establishes 14 years old as minimum age for juvenile delinquency; requires AG to establish working group to advise on implementation.*
Provides for expansion of certain support team addiction recovery programs; appropriates $1,995,000 from opioid recovery and remediation fund.
Revises various requirements of New Jersey Aspire Program and establishes Redevelopment Project Bridge Financing Program.
In committee26
Provides for resentencing of certain inmates.
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.
Requires DHS to conduct biennial survey of SNAP experience.
Requires DHS to conduct public outreach regarding noncitizen SNAP participation.
Establishes New Jersey Baby Bond Account Program.
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.
Establishes loan program in Department of Treasury for certain entities offering health benefits plans; makes appropriation.
Requires architects disclose insurance coverage.
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Requires certain consumer contracts to include translations to languages other than English.
Prohibits consumer reporting agencies from making reports containing adverse information related to employees affected by federal government shutdown.
Establishes "Minority-Serving State College and University Stabilization Program" in Office of Secretary of Higher Education; appropriates $20 million.
Requires carriers to publish certain information concerning costs of coverage.
Requires health insurance carriers to offer clear cost share plans for individual health benefits plans.
Requires direct payment of homestead credit to claimant following sale of qualifying homestead and upon claimant request.
Requires DCF to administer school-based youth services program as currently established.
Upgrades theft of catalytic converter to one degree higher than underlying offense.
Creates requirements for certain long-term real estate listing contracts.
Bars certain limitations on number of consumer contract claims that are allowed to proceed at same time.
Renames Division of Purchase and Property; revises certain aspects of State procurement process; repeals MacBride principles certification requirement.
Requires landlord to provide various kitchen appliances in certain dwelling units offered for rent.
Requires certain information be included in certain contracts with licensed public adjusters.
Protects equity accrued by property owner in tax sale foreclosure.
Establishes "Remote Methadone Dosing Pilot Program;" appropriates $225,000.
Authorizes electronic delivery of documents relating to portable electronics insurance.
Renames Juvenile Justice Commission as Youth Justice Commission.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law8
Directs Chief Technology Officer to conduct study on impacts of redacting handwritten signatures published on State websites; allows for protocols for such redactions to be established by rules and regulations.*
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.
Updates notice requirements for actions alleging consumer fraud violations and adds indirect purchasers as parties who can receive damages for antitrust violations. *
Requires standard certification period of 12 and 24 months, under certain circumstances, within SNAP.
Revises effects of delinquency and insolvency proceedings against insurer-members of federal home loan banks.
Concerns SNAP services provided at county boards of social services; appropriates $250,000. *
Modifies Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program.
Exempts electricity sold to certain recovered materials manufacturing facilities from renewable energy portfolio standards.
Vetoed1
Requires State registrar to permit county surrogate to provide certified copy of death certificate to authorized person under certain circumstances.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 85
Revises income eligibility criteria for, and provides for promotion of, PAAD and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program; establishes "Senior Save Navigator Grant Program" to assist applicants with NJ Save applications.*
Modernizes business filing statutes to include entity conversion and domestication.
Establishes "COVID-19 Frontline and Healthcare Worker Memorial Commission." *
Implements certain guidelines concerning purchase of catalytic converters.
Provides CBT and gross income tax credits for certain deliveries of low carbon concrete and for costs of conducting environmental product declaration analyses of low carbon concrete.*
Requires public agencies and government contractors to report cybersecurity incidents to New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness. *
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
Requires notification to consumers of collection and disclosure of personal data by certain entities.*
Provides for lifetime disqualification from operating commercial motor vehicle and transportation network company vehicle for persons convicted of human trafficking.
Increases contribution limit by counties and municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance, and rescue squads.
Codifies and increases under certain circumstances, current minimum Medicaid per diem reimbursement rates for assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes, and assisted living programs; makes appropriation.*
Expressly authorizes medical cannabis patients under 18 years of age to have up to four designated caregivers.
Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*
Enhances, and allocates funds for, pre-apprenticeship programs.
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Permits online purchase of eligible foods using WIC funds and use of WIC funds for grocery delivery charges.*
Requires NJTA and SJTA to check E-ZPass database before issuing E-ZPass violation.
Permits governing body of municipalities having population of 30,000 or less to serve as local board of health; validates certain actions.
Establishes that "100 percent Disabled Veterans" are not required to submit to MVC certain documentation to renew parking privileges.
Establishes commission to study effects on adolescents of social media usage in and out of school.*
Codifies and expands ARRIVE Together Pilot Program to make certain mental health services available to police responding to certain emergencies; appropriates $2 million.**
Creates "New Jersey Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act."
Authorizes special occasion events at certain commercial farms on preserved farmland, under certain conditions.**
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Extends period of time for filing special education due process petitions related to COVID-19 school closures and periods of virtual, remote, hybrid, or in-person instruction.
Authorizes transfer on death (TOD) of title to motor vehicle.
Requires telemarketers to provide name, mailing address, and telephone number of person on whose behalf call is made.
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Includes duct cleaning as public work subject to the prevailing wage law.*
Establishes "Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Long-Term Advisory Commission" in DHS.*
Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.
Provides for civil actions against persons or entities profiting from commission of human trafficking offenses, or maintaining victims of such offenses.
Establishes program in DOE to reimburse school districts for providing menstrual products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.*
Establishes program for certain individuals to become certified as homemaker-home health aides and provide services to certain Medicaid enrollees.*
Establishes NJ State Parks and Open Space Foundation.*
Establishes "Military Pro Bono Program" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty members of Armed Forces, Reserve components, members of National Guard, and veterans.*
Permits State Board of Education to authorize alternative teaching certificate.*
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices and asthma inhalers; limits cost sharing for health insurance coverage of insulin.
Establishes certain data reporting requirements for prescription drug supply chain; establishes Drug Affordability Council; appropriates $1,500,000.*
Requires NJ Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council to prepare report regarding suicide prevention instruction in public schools.
Makes $25 million supplemental appropriation to HMFA for Capital Improvement Assistance Program.
Requires certain documentation of needs of students with disabilities during school security drills and emergency situations and in school security plans; requires staff training on needs of students with disabilities in emergency planning.
Concerns investigation of missing persons cases. *
Limits fees charged for copies of medical and billing records.
Concerns use of tents and other fixtures for outdoor dining on certain property.
Requires State government entities provide vital documents and translation services in at least seven most common non-English languages.*
Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million.
Provides child tax credit under gross income tax.*
Requires health benefits coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants.
Establishes "Working Group to Study Pricing of Motor Fuels by Retail Dealers."
Requires DOBI to conduct study on impact of certain changes to individual and small group health insurance markets.**
Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from third degree to second degree.
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Revises definition of destructive device to include certain .50 caliber rifles; makes certain exceptions.
Expands allowance for developers to carry forward unused tax credits under New Jersey Aspire Program.
Revises various provisions of Food Desert Relief Program.
Revises definition of women's business enterprise and minority business enterprise.*
Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DEP for implementation of Electric School Bus Program.
Establishes School Safety and Security Task Force.
Establishes position of Youth Disconnection Prevention and Recovery Ombudsperson; establishes "School Disconnection Prevention Task Force."; appropriates $200,000.**
Permits certain school districts to establish State military impact aid reserve account.*
Provides retirement allowance after 20 years of service regardless of age for members of PFRS.
Requires sellers of real property and landlords to make certain notifications regarding flooding.
Expands "Daniel's Law" to prohibit disclosure of personal information concerning child protective investigators.
Authorizes schools to receive certain food waste from other schools, and provides exemption to such receiving schools from certain DEP permits, under certain conditions.*
Amends lists of projects eligible to receive loans for environmental infrastructure projects from NJ Infrastructure Bank for FY2023.
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP; makes various changes to FY2023 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Prohibits water utility from taking certain actions if utility fails to participate in Low Income Household Water Assistance Program.
Allows Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology to provide grants to employees of public institutions of higher education and their companies.
"The Small Business Health Insurance Affordability Act"; revises certain requirements for individual and small employer health benefits plans.
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award summer tuition aid grants in summer of 2023; appropriates $1,000.*
Changes deadline for unaffiliated mail-in voters to declare their political party before primary election.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY 2024.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY 2024.
Permits teacher, and professional staff member who provides special services, who retired from TPAF to return to employment for up to two years without reenrollment in TPAF if employment commences during the 2023-2024 school year.
Requires Commissioner of Corrections to institute 10-minute shift overlap in State correctional facilities; appropriates $13 million.*
Provides for merger of Bloomfield College with Montclair State University; expands powers and property of Montclair State University; and expands State college risk management group.
Establishes "New Jersey Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Center Act," and appropriates $2,220,000.*
Authorizes Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to award annual summer tuition aid grants.*
Waives certain certification and credentialing fees for teachers for one year.
Establishes Social Impact Investment Fund; appropriates $20 million.
Modifies New Jersey Community-Anchored Development Program.
Revises various provisions of "New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020," including revisions to New Jersey Aspire Program.*
Concerns temporary registration certificates and license plates.
Requires certain health care facilities to develop certain doula policies and procedures.
Passed the Senate · 35
Revises certain requirements concerning graduation proficiency test and eliminates requirement that graduation proficiency test be administered to eleventh grade students.
Requires NJT rail stations and bus and rail terminals to display historical information about area in or around stations and terminals.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over two years; prohibits anticipation of certain revenue in municipal budget; requires additional aid be subtracted from municipal property tax levy. *
Requires electric public utility to replace certain distribution service equipment over period of 36 months if certain sustained service interruptions occur.
Increases, from 18 percent to 30 percent, amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments.
Establishes School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force.
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
Requires environmental sustainability plan for State House Complex.
Provides CBT tax credit for retrofit of existing warehouses with solar-ready zone once solar panels are installed.
Prohibits State from disclosing New Jersey driver's license holders' personal information to other states seeking to issue speed camera or red light camera citations.
Revises conditions for use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement.
Revises definition of "landlord" to include rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility.
Excludes contributions made to certain retirement savings plans under gross income tax.*
Eliminates requirement for State residency of public school employees for period of three years.
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.
Provides for student recipients of educational opportunity funds to be exempt from 20 hour weekly work requirement ordinarily required for student SNAP participation.
Establishes Division of Minority and Women Business Development and State Chief Disparity Officer to monitor efforts to promote participation by minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State contracting.
Establishes requirements concerning methods for determining whether child has specific learning disability under federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Requires Commissioner of Education to prepare learning loss report and report on public school operations during COVID-19 public health emergency.
Requires State Board of Education to permit candidates awaiting teacher certification to submit affidavit to hiring school district affirming certification requirements have been met.
Permits for-profit affordable housing entities to join with non-profit entities and housing authorities in joint insurance funds under certain circumstances.
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State colleges and universities.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Prohibits possession and requires registration of body armor in certain circumstances.
Expands scope of Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman.*
Provides police officers may be present at senior residential center or school being used as polling place under certain circumstances; requires school to establish election day security plan.*
Establishes State WFNJ Menstrual Hygiene Benefit Program and State WFNJ Diaper Benefit Program; appropriates $2.5 million to DHS.*
Amends Fiscal Year 2024 annual appropriations act to extend ANCHOR Property Tax Relief Program eligibility to homestead owners and tenants who made payments in lieu of taxes.*
Allows for eligible organizations to use large entertainment venues to conduct raffles in certain municipalities.
Concerns motor vehicles overtaking certain pedestrians and persons operating bicycles and personal conveyances.
Requires text messages soliciting home owners to provide notice when individuals sending solicitations are not licensed by New Jersey Real Estate Commission.*
Require voting machines to be recertified annually and after software modifications.
Establishes emergency teacher endorsements in certain circumstances.*
Revises NJCLASS Teacher Loan Redemption Program.*
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish Legislative Youth Council and select institution of higher education in this State as host; makes changes to council's structure to provide flexibility in activities and operations.
Out of committee · 126
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Authorizes MVC to enter into contract with private vendor for marketing and sale of certain license plates.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to support establishment of criminal justice career academies in public high schools.
Clarifies juvenile's right to attorney representation.*
Establishes permanent unit in Office of Emergency Management to address access and functional needs of residents related to disasters and emergencies.
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.
Requires carriers to pass prescription drug savings to consumers.
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.
Expands financing opportunities for low and moderate income housing.
"Packaged Ice Plant Operator and Packaged Ice Dealer Licensing Act."
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.
Provides that limitation on lawsuit option does not apply in accidents caused by drunk or reckless drivers.
Requires institutions of higher education to implement suicide prevention programs and raise awareness of mental health services.
Establishes "Security Deposit Assistance Pilot Program" in Passaic, Union, Essex, Hudson, Gloucester, Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, and Mercer counties; appropriates $450,000.*
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
Requires public schools to comply with lunch and breakfast nutrition standards adopted by USDA.*
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to request authorization for SNAP benefits to be used to pay delivery charges for online grocery purchases.
Revises emergency care services referral standards for providers of telemedicine and telehealth.
Establishes crime of "sexual extortion": using explicit sexual images to extort victims.
Requires MVC to place designation on motor vehicle's registration information indicating registrant is deaf.*
Provides for transfers from General Fund to UI trust fund, reduces employer contributions to UI trust fund, assesses contributions from employers to repay transferred amounts, and provides tax credits to small businesses to offset UI tax increases.*
Prohibits late penalties from being made against senior citizen tenants in certain senior citizen rental housing in certain circumstances.
Removes expected family contribution from calculation of financial need under circumstances in which public institutions of higher education may reduce student's institutional financial aid.
Requires information on seizure first-aid to be disseminated to employers.*
Creates resume bank for certain persons with disabilities.
Establishes "Annual Business Matchmaking Event" in Department of Treasury.***
Authorizes court to include in domestic violence restraining orders a provision making the order applicable to a pregnant victim's child upon birth of the child.
Authorizes grants to purchase and rehabilitate abandoned homes for homeless veterans.
Permits county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages to issue identification card to Gold Star Family member.
Establishes new transparency standards for pharmacy benefits manager business practices.
Establishes New Jersey Easy Enrollment Health Insurance Program.
Establishes "Male Teachers of Color Mentorship Pilot Program"; appropriates $95,000.*
Requires schools to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to students from working class, middle-income families; designated as "Working Class Families' Anti-Hunger Act."
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Establishes "Purple Star Schools Program" in DOE to recognize schools which emphasize importance of assisting children of military families.*
Adds coercive control to definition of domestic violence.
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Requires State Auditor to annually publish user-friendly report summarizing and analyzing contents of State's Annual Financial Report.
Allows Attorney General to bring cause of action for certain public nuisance violations arising from sale or marketing of firearms.
Requires school food authorities to engage in public education campaigns and develop promotional materials to educate parents and guardians of students about existing and expanding school meals programs options.*
Requires DHS to maintain SNAP outreach plan and to conduct additional outreach programs.*
Appropriates $813,000 to DHS to implement use of electronic benefit transfer cards in Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.**
Provides for streamlining of SNAP application process and establishes SNAP application call center; appropriates $750,000.*
Eliminates requirement that participation in NJ SNAP Employment and Training Program is mandatory for certain recipients.*
Requires DHS to submit federal waiver request regarding time limits for certain SNAP recipients under certain circumstances.
Allows court to authorize domestic violence victim with temporary or permanent restraining order to change locks on residential rental unit.*
Requires high school students to complete financial aid applications.*
Establishes State SNAP Minimum Benefit Program; appropriates $18 million to DHS.*
Revises certain requirements concerning eligibility for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Establishes "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act."
Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies.
Requires State Board of Education to administer New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment as field test for class of 2023.
Requires hourly reimbursement rate for home health aide services provided through Statewide Respite Care Program and Jersey Assistance for Community Caregiving Program to be no less than Medicaid fee-for-service rate for personal care services; makes appropriation.
Prohibits medical creditors from reporting medical debt to credit reporting agency.
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.*
Allows use of Internet website address in advertisements for purposes of communicating license numbers of burglar alarm, fire alarm, and locksmith businesses and professionals.
Provides temporary one-year extension of service life of school buses for 2022-2023 school year; authorizes chief administrator to allow one-year extension in subsequent two school years.*
Replaces references to "alien" and "illegal alien" in statutes with "noncitizen" and "undocumented noncitizen," respectively; prohibits use of those terms by executive branch agencies.*
Concerns protections with respect to nondisclosure of certain patient information relating to reproductive health care services, and protecting access to services and procedures related to abortion for certain out-of-State persons.*
Prohibits extradition of individual from another state back to that state for actions related to conduct concerning reproductive health care services lawful in this State.*
Establishes New Jersey Educator Scholarship Program; appropriates $3 million.*
Requires MVC to prompt applicant for certain documents to enter information into "Next-of-Kin Registry."
Prohibits sale of flavored cigarettes, non-premium cigars, and oral nicotine pouches.*
Permits alternating proprietorship of certain wineries.
Mandates access to periodic cancer screening examinations for professional firefighters not enrolled in SHBP; makes appropriation.
Increases age of dependent for whom gross income tax exemption for higher education expenses may be claimed from under 22 years to under 27 years.
Requires public schools to develop threat assessment teams.*
Makes various changes concerning regulation of emergency medical services; establishes mobile integrated health program and new State Emergency Medical Services Medical Director in DOH.*
Provides sales and use tax exemption for certain purchases made by all supermarkets and grocery stores located within urban enterprise zones.
Allows persons who give birth to children in licensed general hospitals to surrender those children under "Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Provides one-year waiver of certain MVC fees imposed for driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards.
Changes certain mail-in ballot deadlines; permits opening and canvassing of mail-in ballots prior to election day; permits pickup schedule for certain mail-in ballots; requires confirmation notice when voter changes party affiliation at MVC.
Requires enhanced review of death records two months prior to election; permits remote training for certain election workers; exempts election worker compensation from taxation and remuneration.
Prohibits unaffiliated mail-in voters from receiving mail-in ballot for primary election; requires election officials to provide such voters certain notices; prohibits mail-in ballot envelopes from containing visible political affiliation or designation for certain elections.
Revises law requiring registration with DEP of certain entities engaged in soil and fill recycling services.
Allows certain voters residing overseas to vote in certain elections in this State depending on overseas residency or intent to return.
Regulates sale of handgun ammunition and develops system of electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.*
Requires training for issuance of firearms purchaser identification card and permit to purchase handgun under certain circumstances; provide firearms purchaser identification card include photograph and thumb print and remain valid for ten years.*
Requires firearm retailers to sell microstamping-enabled firearms upon determination of availability by AG.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for certain retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.
Establishes Division of Violence Intervention and Victim Assistance in Department of Law and Public Safety.*
Eliminates prohibition on paper bags, and allows packaging options, for certain grocery orders for three years; requires program for disposition of reusable bags; extends timeframe for use of certain bags by food banks and pantries.*
Requires carriers to offer health care providers more than one method of payment for reimbursement.*
Supplemental appropriation of $3.6 million to DHS to increase adult medical day care Medicaid per diem rate from $86.10 to $89.54.
Allows passage of Certified Respiratory Therapist examination to qualify for licensure as respiratory therapist.
Requires NJ Business Action Center to collect and produce certain information to assist small businesses.
Promotes small business Internet presence.
Provides option for individuals to satisfy requirements for licensure as manicurist through apprenticeship.
Extends validity of and eliminates issuance fee for temporary instructional certificate issued to military spouse; requires expedited processing of military spouse application for NJ instructional certificate and eliminates fee obtain certificate.*
Requires DCA to conduct surveys and report data related to homelessness in administering the Rental Assistance Navigation Program.*
Vacant Storefront Registry Program; establishes public database of vacant commercial space for small businesses.
Requires Attorney General to perform outreach and provide services to victims of human trafficking under certain circumstances.
Appropriates $17,288,315 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Establishes NJ Non-Profit Loan Guarantee Pilot Program within EDA.
Appropriates $53,249,310 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and Green Acres Program administrative costs.
Removes requirement that certain government officers disclose the address of their home or secondary residence, or that of their immediate family on financial disclosure statements.**
Concerns accommodations related to COVID-19 public health emergency for businesses participating in certain State economic development programs.*
Establishes menstrual health public awareness campaign.
Provides for licensure of packaged ice plant operators and packaged ice dealers.
Requires telecommunications, cable television, and Internet service providers to allow service recipients to terminate service contracts following physician's referral and relocation to long-term care facility.
Increases minimum monthly benefit under State SNAP Minimum Benefits Program from $50 to $95 and authorizes DHS to increase program benefit amount.
Prohibits seller from imposing certain surcharge for credit card transactions; establishes certain notice requirements regarding surcharge.
Replaces statutory terms regarding alcohol and substance use.
"Fire Life Safety Damper and Smoke Control System Inspection Verification Act"; Requires routine maintenance and periodic testing of smoke dampers, fire dampers, and smoke control systems in certain buildings by qualified personnel.
Changes certain General Election deadlines.*
Requires "Electronic Permit Processing Review System" in DCA to enable applicant to submit electronic signature and certain other submission materials for permit application review.
Allows teaching experience to be considered for out-of-State individuals seeking licensure from New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Establishes Medicaid per diem rate for pediatric medical day care services delivered by provider offering on-site services; appropriates $3.6 million to DHS.
Requires periodic reporting of election results on night of primary and general election and until final tally thereafter; appropriates $1.5 million.*
Establishes matching grant program in DCA to support community-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter services during Code Blue alerts.
Concerns licensure of persons rendering barbering services in another state or foreign country.
Provides for coverage of community-based palliative care benefits under Medicaid.
Provides down payment assistance for benefit of certain first-time homebuyers; establishes Resilient Home Construction Pilot Program.*
Expands scope of Foreclosure Mediation Assistance Program during State of Emergency to allow use of program funds for payment to counselors who help disaster victims process applications for assistance.
Requires MVC to provide customer service telephone number at motor vehicle inspection facilities.
Requires State Board of Education to authorize alternate route to expedite teacher certification of persons employed as paraprofessionals in school districts.
Prohibits limiting number of county college credits that may be applied towards educator preparation program and teacher certification requirements.
Requires calculation of national average time needed to approve applications for initial credential in profession or occupation and use of average time as standard in New Jersey.
Increases child tax credit under gross income tax.
Extends eligibility for certain individuals for emergency assistance.
Expands certain State programmatic interventions related to residential foreclosures.*
Amends lists of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding by DEP under FY 2024 environmental infrastructure funding program.
Extends certain pay parity regarding telemedicine and telehealth for one year.*
Requires Department of Health to provide information to Statewide 2-1-1 telephone system regarding the location of safe disposal sites for hypodermic syringes and needles and prescription drugs.
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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.
Requires county boards of elections to establish ballot drop boxes at each office of municipal clerk.
Exempts poll worker wages from affecting unemployment compensation.
Establishes Office of Inspector General for Veterans' Facilities.
Establishes "Commission on People with Disabilities."
Creates "Disability Life-Sustaining Measures Advisory Council."
Authorizes religious corporations to hold remote meetings during state of emergency declared by Governor.
"Improved Suicide Prevention, Response, and Treatment Act."
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; appropriates $300 million.
Requires certain corporations to appoint women to board of directors.
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.
Requires application option enhancement for certain federal rental assistance administered by DCA.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Provides for accidental death benefit if death of TPAF member and certain PERS members is caused by COVID-19.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Establishes "Household Water Assistance Program"; appropriates $75 million.
Prohibits sale of menthol cigarettes.
Provides that purchase of insulin is not subject to deductible and requires health insurers to limit copayments and coinsurance for insulin.
Requires children's meals served in restaurants to meet certain nutritional standards.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Establishes additional requirements for DOH to assess sanctions and impose penalties on nursing homes; revises reporting requirements for nursing homes.
Requires NJHMFA to allocate certain portion of federal low-income housing tax credits to certain high-opportunity areas.
Prohibits use of education, occupation, homeownership status, marital status, or credit score in certain automobile insurance determinations.
"Immigrant Tenant Protection Act."
Requires certain residential developers to replace lead service lines.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
Increases from 18 to 21 age at which person is eligible to receive firearms purchaser identification.
Establishes certain law enforcement and privacy procedures; designated as New Jersey Values Act.
Requires school districts to employ at least one certified nutrition specialist, registered dietitian, or registered dietitian nutritionist.
Permits female inmate in correctional facility to request certain medication to prevent pregnancy.
Establishes Office of Women's Services in DOC.
Requires DOC to provide prenatal and post-partum education and services for certain inmates.
Establishes New Jersey Statewide Suicide Prevention Coordination and Oversight Council in DHS.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
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 three-year Crisis Response Support Pilot Program for provision of support to certain individuals in need of emergency services.
Removes exception of self-insured health benefits plans from law concerning pharmacy benefits managers.
Requires long-term care facilities to submit reports regarding residents with disabilities.
Revises requirements for health insurers to cover telemedicine and telehealth; requires telemedicine and telehealth systems to include accessible communication features for individuals with disabilities.
Establishes NJEDA urban farming grant and loan program.
Requires gender balance in membership of certain boards and commissions established by statute.
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.
Prohibits soliciting or phishing for personal identifying information.
Requires consumer reporting agencies to provide a consumer with a free credit report three times during any 12-month period upon request.
Revises definition of destructive device to include certain weapons of 50 caliber or greater.
Requires newly manufactured semi-automatic handguns to be micro-stamped; establishes handgun database.
Requires institutions of higher education and government employers to provide certain students and employees with information about Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Revises SNAP eligibility requirements for certain students attending institutions of higher education.
Adopts State definition of Islamophobia for certain civil and criminal purposes.
Provides tax credits to small businesses to offset increase in State Unemployment Insurance contributions.
Suspends fines for certain first-time paperwork violations committed by small businesses.
Appropriates $350,000 to Rutgers, the State University - New Brunswick for Center for American Women and Politics - Women Elected and Appointed Officials Database.
Requires certain persons and business entities to maintain comprehensive information security program.
Establishes certification program for disabled-owned businesses.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
Establishes annual ten-day sales tax holiday for certain sales of disaster preparedness supplies and equipment.