Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Adam J. Taliaferro
Sponsored
Became law5
Criminalizes possession and sale of alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone (alpha-PVP) commonly known as "flakka," or "flocka."
Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste; extends "Food Bank Good Samaritan Act" immunity protections to public and nonpublic schools.*
Appropriates $2,900,000 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Streamlines authorization for farmers market programs to participate in WIC and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Designates portion of Route 44 in Borough of Paulsboro as "John D. Burzichelli Bridge."
Passed the General Assembly2
Exempts certain plenary winery licensees from filing requirements imposed on retail sellers of litter-generating products.
"Linnette Lebron's Law" modifies procedures for marriage or civil union where a party is terminally ill.
Out of committee6
Authorizes State Fish and Game Council to establish number of beaver trapping permits issued annually.*
Creates "Nourishing Young Minds Initiative Fund" in Dept. of Agriculture to help pay for child food and nutrition programs.
Concerns certain real property assessment practices and requirements.*
Revises certain licensee filing reequirements for alcoholic beverage price lists;removes requirement that limited brewery and distillery licensees provide tour when selling certain alcoholic beverages to consumers.**
Dedesignates portions of Route 324.
Appropriates $500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grant for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee13
Permits wineries to produce hard cider.
Establishes "Jersey Canned Goods Program."
Establishes "Jersey Frozen Foods Program."
Authorizes impoundment of all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes for certain crimes and offenses.
Permits farm wineries to create alternating proprietorship for production of wine.
Establishes farmland preservation inheritance tax deduction program within Department of Agriculture.
Criminalizes mental or emotional hazing.
Requires public institutions of higher education to provide student-athletes who lose athletic scholarships because of injuries sustained while participating in the athletic program with equivalent scholarships.
Provides for investment of State pension fund assets in certain debt obligations issued by New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority and New Jersey Infrastructure Bank.
Requires four-year institutions of higher education to offer bachelor's degree programs that may be completed in three years.
Requires institutions of higher education to develop plan to offer open textbooks to students.
Establishes certain requirements concerning animal rescue organizations, breeders, importation of cats and dogs, and sale or adoption of cats and dogs; revises shelter and pound law.
Requires spaying or neutering of cats or dogs prior to sale or other release from animal rescue organization facility, kennel, pet shop, shelter, or pound.
Carried from the Senate
Became law4
Creates "Nourishing Young Minds Initiative Fund" in Dept. of Agriculture to help pay for child food and nutrition programs.
Concerns certain real property assessment practices and requirements.*
Dedesignates portions of Route 324.
Appropriates $500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grant for farmland preservation purposes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Ensures project deadline fairness, enhances transparency, and establishes foreclosure protection and mortgage relief program for Superstorm Sandy- impacted victims.*
Requires Dept. of Agriculture and DEP to work with US Army Corps of Engineers to establish joint permit application process for aquaculture projects.
Requires Dept. of Agriculture and DEP to adopt coordinated permit application and review program for aquaculture projects.*
Provides for voluntary discharge of personal representitives overseeing administration of estates by application to the Surrogate's Court.**
Establishes Farm to School Coordinating Council.
Provides for elimination of newly formed non-operating school districts; establishes procedures for eliminating deficit that existed prior to merger; authorizes renting of school building for 10 years.
Appropriates $32.5 million from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Appropriates $7,500,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Authorizes alternate members for farmers on State Agriculture Development Committee.
Vetoed · 2
Creates viticulture trail tourist directional signs.
Revises and expands laws on trespass and vandalism on agricultural and horticultural lands.*
Passed the General Assembly · 11
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Requires certain workers subject to prevailing wage requirements to be enrolled in, or have completed, registered apprenticeship.
Directs the Div. of Travel and Tourism to publish on its website information of farm-to-table restaurants.
Establishes NJ "Farm-to-Table Restaurant" awards program.*
Establishes "New Jersey Farm to Public Institution of Higher Education Program."
Allows qualified school to be called "New Jersey Farm Fresh School."
Permits school participating in NJ "Farm to School" program to submit recipe for posting on Dept. of Agriculture website.
Designates Common Eastern Bumble Bee as New Jersey State Native Pollinator.
Authorizes award of reasonable costs and attorney fees to farmers prevailing in certain farm management disputes.
Clarifies certain responsibilities of licensed wineries and retail salesrooms.
Authorizes temporary waiver from requirement that farm winery use NJ grown fruit.
Out of committee · 33
Requires annual General Fund appropriation to DMVA for purposes of base realignment and closure. *
Allows gross income tax credit for certain child and dependent care expenses.
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by state in companies that boycott Isreal or Israeli businesses.*
Directs Commissioner of Education to appoint coordinator and regional consultants to coordinate the education of students with traumatic brain injury.
Authorizes use of tracking dog to search for and recover wild deer during prescribed hunting season.
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for the homeless.
Establishes Dept. of Agriculture cooking contest.
Requires NJEDA to establish loan program for certain farming operation equipment purchases.
Establishes requirements concerning necessary care of dogs, domestic companion animals, and service animals, and for tethering of dogs.***
Requires pesticide applicator to notify beekeeper when applying pesticide within three miles of registered honey or native beehive or beeyard.
Requires training for pesticide applicators and operators concerning pollinating bees.
Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.
Increases accidental death benefit to 70 % of final compensation for surviving children of SPRS or PFRS member; redefines child in SPRS.*
Establishes NJ "Landowner of the Year" award program.
Requires EDA, in consultation with Department of Agriculture, to establish loan program for certain vineyard and winery capital expenses.
Appropriates $3 million from General Fund to Dept. of Agriculture for financial assistance to farmers whose crops have been affected by Dickeya dianthicola disease and for related research.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to develop and implement beginning farmer mentoring program in cooperation with certain agricultural and educational organizations and entities.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to persons hiring beginning farmers to perform custom farming.
Establishes "New Farmers Improvement Grant Program" to provide matching grants for farm improvements to beginning farmers.
Requires NJEDA to establish loan program to assist beginning farmers in financing capital purchases.
Establishes Garden State Young Farmers Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits to persons leasing agricultural land to beginning farmers.
Establishes "Best Use of Ugly Produce Award Program."
Appropriates $59,532,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects, and capital and park development projects.
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
Creates alternate voting members on county agriculture development boards.
Authorizes temporary members to fill certain vacancies on Fish and Game Council.
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 295 in West Deptford Township as "State Trooper Sean E. Cullen Memorial Highway."
Designates portion of US Highway Route 40 in Upper Pittsgrove Township as "John R. Elliott HERO Campaign Way."
Makes various changes to law governing winery salesrooms.
Appropriates $1,737,902 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Establishes Nuclear Diversity Certificate program.
In committee · 29
Concerns training of employees about access to public facilities for individuals with service or guide dogs.
Creates offense of financial exploitation of the elderly.
Requires issuance of one free copy of birth certificate for child born in New Jersey to active duty service member.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses which employ eligible apprentices.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Requires retail establishments to allow persons with certain medical conditions access to employee restrooms.
Allows qualifying counties and municipalities to become "agriculture development counties" and "agriculture development municipalities" and provides certain associated resulting benefits therefrom to encourage, protect, and preserve agriculture and relate
Requires youth sports team organizations or cheerleading programs to implement written head injury policies.
Establishes "Court Security Enhancement Fund" and increases court fees, fines and penalties.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Regulates tethering and confinement of, and proper shelter for, dogs.
Establishes a gross income tax credit for attendance at New Jersey county colleges.
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
Authorizes Sunday bow hunting on federal military installations and William J. Hughes Technical Center.
Authorizes issuance of multi-species depredation permit for wildlife control on farmland.
Authorizes free State park and forest admission and free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for persons with certain types of military service.
Prohibits cloud computing service providers from disclosing data collected from public, private, or charter schools.
Requires hospitals and health care professionals to offer hepatitis C testing to certain individuals.
Increases annual income limitation for senior and disabled citizens' eligibility for $250 property tax deduction and bases future annual income limitations on annual CPI changes.
Permits registered voters to receive mail-in ballots automatically for all elections under certain conditions.
Requires certain medical transportation vehicles to be equipped with stop signal arms and requires drivers to stop for vehicles under certain circumstances.
Allows Dept. of Agriculture to sell Internet advertisements on its website as pilot program.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Authorizes issuance of craft distillery license to certain other alcoholic beverage manufacturing licensees.
Dedicates $140,000 from NJ Brain Injury Research Fund for community based services provided by Statewide alliance dedicated to assisting persons with brain injury through advocacy, education, information and resources, outreach, and support services.
Establishes NJ Century Farm Program.
Allows operation of bed and breakfast on preserved farm without State Agriculture Development Committee review or approval.
Establishes "Restorative Justice in Education Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Requires State and local law enforcement agencies to assist officers receiving nomination petitions to investigate validity of any objection thereto when requested.