Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, General Assembly.
Shavonda E. Sumter
Sponsored
Became law4
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. **
Establishes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Task Force on Racial and Health Disparities.*
Imposes CBT surtax at rate of 2.5 percent until December 31, 2023.
Streamlines identification of employee misclassification.
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.
Creates "Temporary Lost Wage Unemployment Program;" allows persons to claim for lost wages due to coronavirus disease 2019, and employers to pay wages to workers ordered under quarantine by licensed healthcare practitioner; appropriates $20,000,000.
Concerns approval process for personal protective equipment and State stockpiles of personal protective equipment.*
Passed the General Assembly7
Provides State information technology contracts will require use of software to document computer use by contractor.
Permits union officials who represent probation officers to participate in all union activities.
Clarifies that law enforcement officer who knowingly chokes another person engages in use of deadly force.
Expands category of lists from which single juror source list is compiled to include persons who are utility customers, have non-driver identification card, or have applied for or received various types of assistance.
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.
Allows for immediate transport of persons by local law enforcement officers under certain circumstances.
Requires AG to establish law enforcement officer use of force data collection and reporting system.
Out of committee7
Expands role of temporary guardian to include arranging placement of alleged incapacitated person in appropriate, less restrictive environment.
Concerns certification of tax collectors.
Permits health care professionals, health care facilities, and insureds to file certain health insurance claims within 365 days of date of service.
Establishes "Biannual Small Business Matchmaker Initiative" in Department of State.
Requires training for DOE arbitrators to include issues related to cultural diversity and bias.
Increases purchasing threshold permitting Director of Division of Purchase and Property to delegate authority to agencies; increases bid advertising threshold on certain contracts by same scale. *
Establishes database of certain appointed positions and elected offices.
In committee37
Excludes from income for gross income tax and PAAD eligibility purposes victims' remuneration for involuntary internment received under judgments or settlement agreements.
Authorizes creation of urban enterprise zones in Garfield, Harrison, Keansburg, and two joint urban enterprise zones, one in Cliffside Park and Fairview, and one in Buena Vista Township and Buena Borough.
Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.
Creates the Office on Women's Research and Policy and appropriates $150,000.
Requires DHS to give priority to temporary rental assistance over use of hotels or motels in emergency assistance to Work First New Jersey recipients.
Requires professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.
Prohibits disclosure of personal information pertaining to certain health care workers who are victims of assault; makes violation disorderly persons offense.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Requires biannual audit of managed care plan provider networks.
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Requires periodic revaluation of real property.
Requires NJTA to implement certain roadside maintenance safety policies.
Establishes maternity care standards for general hospitals providing maternity care.
Requires New Jersey Office on Minority and Multicultural Health to study racial disparities on sexual and reproductive health of African-American women.
Requires school district or nonpublic school to provide appropriate counseling services to student-athlete who makes complaint against coach or sports official.
Establishes Division of Advocacy for Developmentally Disabled within Office of Public Defender; designates public defender for developmentally disabled clients in criminal cases.
The "New Jersey Youth Justice Transformation Act;" annually appropriates $100 million to Juvenile Justice Commission.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Eliminates pre-lawsuit, notice of claim requirements for suits filed against any State or local public entity or public employee under the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act" or "New Jersey Contractual Liability Act."
Protects health care professionals from retaliatory action by employers and permits health care professionals to refuse to perform certain services onsite at certain times during ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Concerns suspension of residential tenant eviction and residential foreclosure processes, rent increase prohibition, and permits application for mortgage forbearance, during certain emergency circumstances.
Establishes New Jersey Racial Equity Rapid Response Team.
Requires State agencies to perform racial and ethnic health care impact assessments for proposed rules related to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of COVID-19.
Establishes Clean Energy Technology Center and Alternative and Clean Energy Investment Trust Fund for purposes of creating clean energy-related employment opportunities; allocates revenues from societal benefits charge to support its activities.
Makes Fiscal Year 2021 supplemental appropriation of $2 million to William Paterson University of New Jersey for Child Development Center.
Permits advanced practice nurse to testify in lieu of psychiatrist at court hearing for involuntary commitment.
Requires AG oversight of transfer of federal surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies; establishes review and reporting requirement.
Establishes pilot program in the DLPS requiring the electronic recording of certain police interrogations.
"New Jersey Public Option Health Care Act."
Requires Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy to undertake study to determine efficiency and scaling in delivery of local government services.
Permits emergency medical technicians to administer certain vaccines during certain declared public health emergencies.
Requires civil service examination for police and correctional police officers to include questions to identify implicit racial bias.
Requires certain ratios of school library media specialist to students in public schools.
Authorizes creation of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. license plates.
Requires gender balance in membership of certain boards and commissions established by statue.
Modifies calculation of payments in lieu of taxes for certain State entity redevelopment projects.
Requires person with an alcoholic beverage license to carry alcoholic beverage liability insurance under certain circumstances.
Filed1
Concerns family leave and disability benefits during epidemic-related emergencies.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Requires training for DOE arbitrators to include issues related to cultural diversity and bias.
Concerns family leave and disability benefits during epidemic-related emergencies.
Increases purchasing threshold permitting Director of Division of Purchase and Property to delegate authority to agencies; increases bid advertising threshold on certain contracts by same scale*.
Establishes database of certain appointed positions and elected offices.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Establishes Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program in DOE; appropriates $1 million.*
Requires DLPS to incorporate implicit bias in cultural diversity training materials for law enforcement officers; makes mandatory cultural diversity and implicit bias training for law enforcement officers.
Requires hospital to permit individual to accompany woman during childbirth.
Regulates use of body cameras worn by law enforcement officers.
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.*
Requires cost savings study of compassionate release program and elimination of mandatory minimum terms; establishes "Corrections Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention Fund."
Establishes youthful age of defendant as mitigating factor in sentencing.
Establishes New Jersey Task Force on Long-Term Care Quality and Safety.
Expands offenses eligible for expungement upon successful discharge from drug court.
Revises, clarifies, corrects, and simplifies various aspects of CBT.
Appropriates $11,777,499 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to NJ Historic Trust for grants for certain historic preservation projects and associated administrative expenses.
Provides fast track hiring and advancement employment opportunities by State for persons with significant disabilities.
Provides for employment by State of certain persons with disabilities.
Permits parent or guardian to request grade retention for student during 2021-2022 school year.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes NJ Hospitality Emergency Loan Program in EDA to provide no-interest loans to qualified small hospitality businesses; makes $100 million appropriation to EDA from federal funds for qualified small business assistance.***
Passed the General Assembly · 11
Establishes Disparity in Treatment of Persons with Disabilities in Underrepresented Communities Commission in DCA.
Requires that if school district satisfies in certain evaluations 80% or more of required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, State must return area to local control.*
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
"New Jersey Works Act"; Permits businesses to create pre-employment training programs in partnership with nonprofit organizations or educational institutions; provides tax credit to businesses that provide financial assistance to pre-employment training p
Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.
Restricts use of certain data collected for purposes of contact tracing related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires Department of Human Services to establish and maintain hotline for persons with disability for use during emergency of disaster.*
Eliminates driver's license suspension for failure to pay parking tickets; requires registration suspension for more than five parking tickets.
Establishes Safe and Equitable Remote Learning Pilot Program in DOE to support provision of remote learning safe havens by certain school districts.*
Requires DEP to make certain information regarding water purveyors available on its Internet website.
Concerns sexual abuse investigations in State correctional facilities.
Out of committee · 32
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing.
Enters New Jersey into Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.
Allows certain State agencies to sell Internet advertisements on agencies' websites as pilot program.
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. *
"New Jersey Insurance Fair Conduct Act."
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Expands training for judges, law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases. *
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
"Healthy Terminals Act"; requires certain airport and train station workers to be paid certain wage rates and benefits.
Revises definition of "public works projects" to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
Requires State Employment and Training Commission member to specialize in serving transgender communities.
Concerns business interruption insurance during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental Grants-in-Aid appropriation of $5 million to DCA for NJSHARES - S.M.A.R.T. Program.*
Authorizes Governor to permit mortgage forbearance and rent payment Provides mortgage payment relief, consumer reporting protection, and eviction protection for resident property owners, tenants and other consumers, economically impacted during time of co
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.***
Establishes civilian review boards to review complaints against police officers.
Expands powers and duties of State Chief Diversity Officer to promote diversity in State government and public contracting.
Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.
Requires certain provisions in State contracts for delivery of publicly financed mental health, behavioral health, and addiction services.
Establishes waterfront wage standards.
Authorizes creation of local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct; appropriates $800,000.*
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.*
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Extends certain document submission deadlines for Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit program and Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant Program.
Establishes the "Urban Wealth Fund Pilot Program."
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. *
Establishes recruitment and referral program for certain individuals and extends certain provisions of law concerning affirmative action in public works contracts to workers with disabilities.
Establishes Kean University as public urban research university.
Establishes Amistad Commission Exemplary Award Program; appropriates $10,000.
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
In committee · 65
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $10 million to DOT for construction of highway guard rail along entirety of Route 208 through Franklin Lakes, Wyckoff, Hawthorne, Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, and Oakland in sections without highway guard rail, where nec
Requires minimum level of police staffing based on municipal population and violent crime rate.
Establishes certain benefits for Class Two special law enforcement officers; allows arson investigators to carry a firearm at all times.
Requires instruction on information literacy in curriculum of students in grades kindergarten through 12.
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires availability of early voting for certain elections; makes appropriation.
Authorizes Overdose Prevention Centers.
Permits municipalities to adopt ordinances to enforce certain landlord code violations as tax liens.
Provides Medicaid coverage for certain home visitation program services under certain circumstances.
Concerns automobile insurance practices.
Amends law to extend length of postpartum coverage for Medicaid services for eligible pregnant women to 180-day period.
Makes $240,000 supplemental appropriation to Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission.
Requires entities at every level of government to conduct periodic studies of racial and ethnic disparities in public contracting.
Prohibits sale of menthol cigarettes.
Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Requires county clerks to place signs near polling place designating point at which electioneering is not permitted.
Requires Legislature to adopt and distribute policy prohibiting sexual harassment; requires members, officers, and employees of Legislature to complete online training on policy once every two years.
Requires certain health care plans to be offered by SEHBP and local boards of education; requires SEHBP commission to establish employee contribution rates for certain plans; requires local boards of education provide certain information on health care be
Establishes public awareness campaign about Pregnant Women/Women With Dependent Children initiative and Maternal Wrap Around program.
Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.
Concerns Early Intervention Support Services program in DOH and expansion of program to all counties.
Revises health care levy adjustment for school districts; makes various changes for health care benefits for school employees; requires certain information in school budgets; imposes cap on contributions by all public employees for health care benefits.
Requires public water systems to develop lead service line inventories and replace lead service lines.
Removes plenary retail distribution license limit for certain stores.
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Requires State Auditor review of certain Department of Corrections privatization contracts.
The "Municipal Volunteer Property Tax Reduction Act"; permits certain municipal property owners to perform volunteer services in return for property tax vouchers.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Authorizes protective order for certain witnesses or victims against actor who attempted to prevent or obstruct them from reporting crime to police.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Requires developers of residential housing to provide low, moderate, and middle income housing or pay fee.
Makes FY 2020 language allocation of $1,000,000 appropriated to Grants for Urban Parks to Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $2 million for William Paterson University of New Jersey.
Makes Fiscal Year 2020 supplemental appropriation of $1,700,000 for Thomas Edison State University.
Designates State Highway Route 19 as "William J. Pascrell Jr. Highway."
Requires certain corporations to appoint women to board of directors.
Requires notice prior to lapse of life insurance policy due to nonpayment of premium.
Requires that school district's request for permission to use unrecognized position title include list of abolished positions and positions in which there have been layoffs and detailed job descriptions for them.
"Personal Injury Trust Fund Transparency Act;" requires plaintiff to file personal injury trust claims under certain circumstances; addresses allocation of trust claims; establishes scheduling and discovery requirements for certain tort actions.
Establishes fourth degree crime of cyber-interference.
Establishes "Fairness in Asset Forfeiture Proceedings Task Force."
Clarifies that definition of mental illness in law governing involuntary commitment to treatment includes substance use disorder if dangerous standard met.
Allows students to use certain grant awards during summer session.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Creates alternative option to earn barbering license through 1250 hours of training at licensed shop.
Provides that no more than four of the seven public members appointed to the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council may be of the same political party.
Revises eligibility for convicted drug offenders to receive general assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.
Prohibits the restraint of prisoners during and immediately after childbirth.
Requires cosmetology and hairstyling licensees to complete domestic violence sensitivity and response training.
Requires school district to report to DOE on various aspects of computer science courses.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for home childbirth.
Designates Howell House in Cape May as Harriet Tubman Museum in New Jersey.
Establishes requirements for use of deadly force.
Establishes New Jersey Baby Bond Account Program.
Authorizes any member of the Legislature to perform all functions of notary public.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Establishes the "New Jersey COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Commission' and appropriates $9 million.
Provides tax credits to qualified small employers in industries impacted by COVID-19 emergency.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for After School Recreation in Urban Areas.