Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Shavonda E. Sumter
Sponsored
Became law3
Establishes "Annual Business Matchmaking Event" in Department of Treasury.*
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.**
Appropriates $87,783,515 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds to DEP for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and for certain administrative expenses.
Passed the General Assembly1
Authorizes creation of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. license plates.
Out of committee4
Prohibits disclosure of personal information pertaining to certain health care workers who are victims of assault; establishes civil penalty for each violation.*
Concerns certification of tax collectors.
Concerns automatic fire sprinkler systems within newly constructed townhouses.*
Requires establishment of new State website with information on rights related to, and health benefits coverage for, reproductive health care services.*
In committee28
Allows direct deposit of adoption subsidy payments.
Requires professional boards to provide for online processing of application for licensure or renewal.
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.
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.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
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.
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.
Permits emergency medical technicians to administer certain vaccines during certain declared public health emergencies.
Requires gender balance in membership of certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Requires person with an alcoholic beverage license to carry alcoholic beverage liability insurance under certain circumstances.
Provides primary and school election sample ballots may be sent to registered voter by electronic mail if so requested.
Bars the denial of expungement application in certain instances.
Requires president of public institution of higher education to regularly report on-campus criminal and fire events to the institution's governing board.
Requires certain corporations to appoint women to board of directors.
Requires annual State debt affordability analysis be included in State Debt Report.
Transfers jurisdiction over school meals programs from Department of Agriculture to DOE.
Authorizes creation of Juneteenth commemorative license plates.
Concerns requirements for local purchasing agents.
"State Bank of New Jersey Act."
Establishes New Jersey-Africa Commission.
Establishes Fruit and Vegetable Incentives Program in DHS; appropriates $3 million.
Establishes the "Safe Schools and Communities Violence Prevention and Response Plan Act of 2023"; appropriates $10 million.
Concerns temporary disability insurance and family leave insurance benefits.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Concerns automatic fire sprinkler systems within newly constructed townhouses.*
Concerns certification of tax collectors.
Requires establishment of new State website with information on rights related to, and health benefits coverage for, reproductive health care services.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Requires DEP to make certain information regarding water purveyors available on its Internet website.
Requires high school students to complete financial aid applications.*
Provides certain protections and rights for temporary laborers.
Allows minors to serve as election workers between 5:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on elections days.
Creates State business assistance program to establish contracting agency procurement goals for socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises.
Requires DHS to maintain SNAP outreach plan and to conduct additional outreach programs. *
Requires New Jersey Historical Commission to establish Black Heritage Trail; permits New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation to use funds for markers on certain trail sites; appropriates $1 million.*
Revises State financial aid requirements to align with simplification of Free Application for Federal Student Aid under federal law.
Establishes "Health Care Heroes Violence Prevention 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.
Establishes three-year sickle cell disease pilot program; appropriates $10,200,000.*
Allows persons who give birth to children in licensed general hospitals to surrender those children under "Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Establishes employment protections for certain service employees during changes of ownership.
Expands scope of school district employee sick leave.
Revises health insurance coverage requirements for treatment of infertility.
Establishes Community Crisis Response Advisory Council and community crisis response teams pilot program; designates "Seabrooks-Washington Community-Led Crisis Response Act;" appropriates $12 million.*
Establishes "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Enhances notice requirements and occupancy restrictions for hotels and multiple dwellings following determination of potentially hazardous condition.
Extends certain pay parity regarding telemedicine and telehealth for one year.*
Exempts electricity sold to certain recovered materials manufacturing facilities from renewable energy portfolio standards.
Revises and clarifies certain expungement procedures.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $650,000 to New Jersey Division of State Police for trooper recruitment and retention.
Vetoed · 1
Creates "Community Wealth Preservation Program"; expands access for certain buyers to purchase property from sheriff's sales.
Passed the General Assembly · 10
"New Jersey Works Act"; concerns businesses and pre-employment training programs; provides tax credit to businesses supporting pre-employment training programs; appropriates $3 million.*
Eliminates conviction of indictable offense as automatic disqualifier for jury service under certain circumstances.*
Eliminates driver's license suspension for failure to pay parking tickets; requires registration suspension for more than five parking tickets.
Requires members, officers, and employees of Legislature to undergo implicit bias and cultural competency training.
Requires cultural diversity and implicit bias training be included in police basic training curriculum.
Excludes certain income earned from health promotion or disease prevention work from income eligibility determination under NJ FamilyCare, WFNJ, and NJ SNAP. *
Requires health insurers, SHBP, and SEHBP to cover mammograms for women over 35 and women under 35 under certain circumstances.
Requires Attorney General to conduct study on motor vehicle theft.
Requires establishment of residential rental habitability database and provides certain penalties and causes of action concerning residential leases.
Requires HMFA to assume administration of affirmative marketing for affordable housing and reduces municipal responsibility.
Out of committee · 24
Requires DOC to report certain information concerning halfway houses.
Allows credit against corporation business tax and gross income tax liability for employing persons with a developmental disability.
Creates "New Jersey Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights Act."
Authorizes State Chief Diversity Officer to conduct disparity study concerning utilization of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in State procurement process.
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
Establishes New Jersey Siblings' Bill of Rights.
Establishes pilot program for creation of certain local civilian review boards to review police operations and conduct.*
Establishes the "Neighborhood Scholar Revitalization Pilot Program."
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.*
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.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish New Jersey Minority, Women, and Underserved Farmer Registry.
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
Requires transparency concerning compensation with promotional opportunities and in employment listings.
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.*
Establishes program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to pay for remaining tuition costs related to certain remedial or developmental courses.
Establishes "Sustainable New Jersey Fund" in DEP to support certain sustainability initiatives; appropriates $1 million.*
Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million.
Concerns economic incentives for certain cannabis businesses.*
Requires MVC to provide certain services at each MVC agency location and to make available certain informational brochures.
Updates scope of practice of optometrists.
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.
Provides for expansion of certain support team addiction recovery programs; appropriates $1,995,000 from opioid recovery and remediation fund.
Requires certain health care facilities to develop certain doula policies and procedures.
In committee · 64
Enhances protections against fraudulent deed recordings.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Enters New Jersey into Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.
Establishes public awareness campaign about Pregnant Women/Women With Dependent Children initiative and Maternal Wrap Around program.
Establishes Safe and Equitable Remote Learning Pilot Program in DOE to support provision of remote learning safe havens by certain school districts.
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.
Allows certain State agencies to sell Internet advertisements on agencies' websites as pilot program.
Requires State and county correctional facilities to offer inmates hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing.
Requires certain county inmates be provided with reentry assistance before their release.
Establishes system for portable benefits for workers who provide services to consumers through contracting agents.
Requires developers of residential housing to provide low, moderate, and middle income housing or pay fee.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for home childbirth.
Provides mortgage payment relief, income tax relief, consumer reporting protection, and eviction protection for residential property owners, tenants, and other consumers, economically impacted during time of coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $1.8 million.
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.
Establishes requirements for use of deadly force.
Requires access to law enforcement disciplinary records as government records; requires such records to be retained for certain period of time.
Requires Police Training Commission to establish police officer licensure program.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for After School Recreation in Urban Areas.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
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 necessary to ensure health and safety of motorists and residents whose properties abut Route 208.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
"Reproductive Freedom Act."
"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.
Removes plenary retail distribution license limit for certain stores.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Requires racial and gender diversity in membership to be considered for appointments to certain boards and commissions established by statute.
Authorizes protective order for certain witnesses or victims against actor who attempted to prevent or obstruct them from reporting crime to police.
The "Municipal Volunteer Property Tax Reduction Act"; permits certain municipal property owners to perform volunteer services in return for property tax vouchers.
Establishes New Jersey Baby Bond Account Program.
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.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in, and requires divestment from, 200 largest publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
Requires school district to report to DOE on various aspects of computer science courses.
Establishes fourth degree crime of cyber-interference.
Clarifies that definition of mental illness in law governing involuntary commitment to treatment includes substance use disorder if dangerous standard met.
Revises eligibility for convicted drug offenders to receive general assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.
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 DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.
Restricts use of certain data collected for purposes of contact tracing related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes Department of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as principal department in Executive Branch and specifies functions, powers, and duties of department.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Eliminates certain practice restrictions for advanced practice nurses.
"Motorist Fueling Choice and Convenience Act."
"Establishes Children, Youth, and Families Bill of Rights" to recognize and protect certain rights for children, youth, families.
Requires Cannabis Regulatory Commission to annually report number of cannabis applications submitted and permits or licenses issued to certain persons.
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.
Repeals $100,000 cap on sales and use tax exemption for certain capital improvements made by businesses participating in Urban Enterprise Zone program.
Establishes MOM Project oral health three-year pilot program in DOH; appropriates $4,150,000.
Provides research and development tax credit under gross income tax.
Required Commissioner of Education to develop emergency notification system to alert students and staff of active shooter on school grounds.
Concerns collection of data relating to Haitian migrants in NJ.
Appropriates $70 million in federal funds to EDA to support arts and culture organizations negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes "John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New Jersey."
Requires DCF to administer school-based youth services program as currently established.
Establishes Council for Community Recovery and Family Success; appropriates $772.6 million.
Establishes Extended School Day and School Year Study Commission.
Permits designation of special event zones for traffic regulation purposes during certain large events.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Requires water supply system testing and compliance with secondary drinking water regulations.
Allows voter registration at polling place on election day or at early voting site during early voting period.
Prohibits banning and restricting access to books in public libraries.
Prohibits public libraries and public schools from banning or restricting access to certain books; permits withholding of State Aid for non-compliance.
Allows certain municipalities to establish lower property tax rate on improvements than land.
Filed · 1
Prohibits government dealings with businesses associated with Belarus or Russia.