Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, Senate.
Fred H. Madden Jr.
Sponsored
Became law9
Requires certain campaign treasurers and all organizational treasurers to be trained and certified by ELEC.
Imposes additional penalties on sex offenders; creates the "Sex Crime Victim Treatment Fund" to provide counseling and treatment to sex crime victims and their families.
Authorizes NJN to broadcast emergency information to law enforcement agencies and other emergency personnel.
Reduces from 0.10% to 0.08% the blood alcohol content at which a person is considered guilty of operating a boat while under the influence.
Provides legislative authorization for a certain project of the Delaware River and Bay Authority.
Requires clinical laboratories to calculate glomerular filtration rate when testing patient's creatinine level for diagnosis of kidney disease.
"Social Services Student Loan Redemption Program Act." *
Changes project listing requirements for certain farmland preservation programs; appropriates $44 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for State farmland acquisitions; and appropriates $1,009,225 in bond funds for soil and water c
Requires newly constructed affordable housing units to be adaptable for use by elderly and disabled persons. **
Passed the Senate3
Abolishes battleship commission and foundation; transfers funds to special account.
Prohibits pet cemeteries from charging maintenance fees retroactively.
Requires on-time performance data in NJ Transit annual report.
Out of committee16
Extends prevailing wage requirements to projects of county improvement authorities, the CRDA, the Educational Facilities Financing Authority, and the Health Care Facilities Financing Authority. *
Requires nursing homes to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Designates New Jersey Route No. 83 as "Trooper Bertram T. Zimmerman III Memorial Highway;" appropriates $2,500.
Revises outdoor advertising law and local tax treatment of certain outdoor advertising signs.
Bans the sale of Yo-Yo Waterballs.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Bans sale of certain mercury thermometers. *
Provides certain powers to State bodies in event of Governor declared emergency.
"The Domestic Violence and Workforce Development Initiative Act."
Requires Police Training Commission, in consultation with the Attorney General, to develop training course for safe schools resource officers and school liaisons to law enforcement.
Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical, moral or religious reasons.
Requires DLPS to establish policy for State Police and local law enforcement in working with Safe Return Program to recover lost individuals with Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders.
Exempts from commercial and industrial property taxation the value of new capital improvements for security enhancement purposes.
Exempts dentists from requirement that needles and sharp devices used in health care facilities have integrated safety features.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. *
Revises outdoor advertising law and local tax treatment of certain outdoor advertising signs.
In committee21
Amends the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003," and appropriates $5,000.
Authorizes "Fallen Firefighter" license plates; establishes scholarship program for children of fallen firefighters.
Clarifies definition of "personal identifying information."
Requires health benefits coverage for annual mammograms for women under 40 under certain circumstances.
"Emergency Management Act."
Removes confidential employee status from investigators in Division of Criminal Justice.
Requires Commissioner of Education to designate a day in April on which 12th grade students will be provided a class on the importance of voter participation.
Prohibits unilateral changing of terms and conditions of employment by public employers.
Provides for State income tax deduction to private well owners for water testing costs.
Grants Statewide law enforcement powers to certain Burlington County Bridge Comission police officers.
Requires mandatory sexual violence training for law enforcement, judicial and prosecutorial personnel.
Provides for certain ex-spouses of retirants to receive pension under PFRS.
Provides for certain ex-spouses of retirants to receive pension under SPRS.
Requires light duty for pregnant police officers.
Expands scope of implied consent for BAC testing to include certain underage drivers who have consumed alcohol.
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Provides for establishment of liens on net proceeds of settlements, judgments or awards.
Requires school bus drivers to inspect bus for pupils remaining at end of route.
Prohibits sex offenders from using or possessing erectile dysfunction drugs; prohibits provision or sale of erectile dysfunction drugs to sex offenders.
Requires health insurers to cover medical transportation services under certain circumstances.
Creates crime of unauthorized surveillance.
Filed1
Creates World War II Veterans' Memorial Fund.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Ends automatic adjustment of campaign contribution limits for committees; adjusts limits for candidate committees.
Requires physician cultural competency training as a condition of licensure.
Provides for primary and comprehensive stroke centers at acute care hospitals; appropriates $3 million. *
Expands duties performed by advanced practice nurses.
Establishes NJ STARS Program to provide scholarships for county college students. *
Streamlines certain permitting in smart growth areas. *
Establishes "NJ Express Enrollment for Children's Health Care Coverage" pilot program; appropriates $90,000.
Requires hospital and satellite emergency departments to provide care to sexual assault victims and information about emergency contraception and the contraceptives upon request. *
Establishes pilot program for satellite-based monitoring of certain sex offenders and authorizes certain sex offenders to submit to annual polygraph; appropriates $3 million. *
Credits coverage under Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare towards employer's minimum participation rate under NJ Small Employer Health Benefits Program.
Requires Superintendent of State Police to enforce federal motor carrier registration and financial responsibility requirements.
Increases the minimum wage; creates New Jersey Minimum Wage Advisory Commission. *
Authorizes early termination of residential lease by senior citizen tenant accepted into assisted living facility, nursing home, continuing care retirement community, or low or moderate income housing. *
"Christopher's Law;" makes it a crime for unlicensed driver to be involved in motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury. *
Provides that violation of domestic violence order issued in another jurisdiction would constitute contempt of a domestic violence order in New Jersey.
Appropriates moneys from the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" for loans for dams restoration and repair projects and to finance the costs of State dam restoration and repair projects.
"Family Health Care Coverage Act"; reestablishes NJ FamilyCare Program, expands eligibility for Medicaid program for parents and adults without dependent children and provides for pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates for GA program. *
Restricts sales of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and criminalizes possession of anhydrous ammonia under certain circumstances. *
Prohibits smoking in college and university dormitories.
Requires DHS to apply for Home and Community-Based Services waiver for DDD and provide status reports to Legislature. *
Requires health clubs to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Appropriates $13,845,980 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in southern NJ.
Establishes NJ STARS II Program for NJ STARS scholars who advance to a New Jersey four-year public institution of higher education; appropriates $1,000,000 to Higher Education Student Assistant Authority. *
Passed the Senate · 5
Increases maximum death benefit of group life insurance policies paid for by fire district or municipality maintaining volunteer fire department.
Establishes registry of stroke cases in State.
Designates New Jersey Route 55 as "Veterans Memorial Highway;" appropriates $2,500.
Supplemental appropriation of $4,998,581 to DHSS for AIDS Drug Distribution Program and other AIDS services. *
Extends application deadline for financing for closure and associated remediation of regulated underground storage tanks; requires notification to municipalities by DEP of underground storage tank fund. *
Out of committee · 44
"New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility and Patients First Act."
Regulates contractors engaging in home improvements.
Requires boat safety course to operate boat on State waters; revises other recreational boating laws. *
Establishes minimum energy efficiency standards for certain products.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Establishes September 11th Memorial License Plate; dedicates fees therefrom to support New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship Fund. *
Permits project labor agreements in certain public works projects not related to buildings. *
Requires insurers and SHBP to cover mammograms for women under 40 under certain circumstances. *
Provides for State and county coordination of emergency response programs.
Concerns hours of service of commercial motor vehicles operating in intrastate commerce.
Revises charity care distribution formula.
Establishes program for removal of mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles. *
Includes advanced practice nurses among medical professionals authorized to examine or treat certain individuals under labor laws.
Makes it a crime to lure or entice another for the purpose of committing a crime via electronic or any other means including the Internet. *
Creates Health Enterprise Zones in certain municipalities to encourage establishment of certain primary care practices in medically underserved areas.
Appropriates $170,000 from Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund to DHSS to develop Palliative Care Network for Children and Youth.
Authorizes members of the State Police to assist the United States Coast Guard in the enforcement of certain safety and security zones established by the Coast Guard. *
Establishes Safe Haven Awareness Promotion Task Force.
Supplemental appropriation of $3.6 million in State and federal funds to expand the Traumatic Brain Injury waiver.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Permits certain lights on vehicles of members of volunteer emergency services. *
Establishes Property Tax Convention Task Force; appropriates $250,000. *
Appropriates $70,651,800 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "urban aid," densely or highly populat
Appropriates $39.8 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Changes membership of State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees.
Establishes "New Jersey Disease Management Study Commission."
Upgrades criminal trespass under certain circumstances.
Clarifies that use of ignition interlock device is mandatory for all drunk driving offenses and requires installation during license suspension.
Establishes "Task Force on Health Care Professional Responsibility and Reporting."
Expands definition of resident for purposes of State tuition aid grant eligibility to include a dependent child whose parent or guardian has been transferred to a military base in this State.
Exempts veteran's discharge certificate from State's open public records law; permits veteran and veteran's spouse to access discharge certificate.
Permits federally qualified health centers to be reimbursed for off-site services.
Modifies penalty for operating an aircraft while impaired, establishes blood alcohol content offense level and requires report of violation to FAA. *
Revises certain procedures for real property tax appeals.
Establishes domestic violence public awareness campaign.
Sets time period for filing application for recount at 15 days following election.
Imposes mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment and forfeiture of pension and retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of crimes involving or touching their office or employment.
Requires and permits preference in awarding certain contracts in order to satisfy certain urban revitalization goals.
Allows disabled veteran's surviving spouse to claim property tax exemption when veteran's disability declaration is granted after death.
Concerns contributions to special funds made through the gross income tax return.
Supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to DHSS for Office on Women's Health.
Makes the unlawful use or possession of a scanning device or reencoder a crime.
Establishes Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early Detection and Treatment in New Jersey.
The "Bounty Hunter Licensing Act."
In committee · 28
Provides for convening of State constitutional convention to reform system of property taxation.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
Requires relatives seeking custody or guardianship of child under DYFS' care or custody to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
Requires vendors of legal services to fully itemize bills to public entities and prescribes penalties.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Requires DOT to prepare transportation plan for senior citizens; appropriates $3 million therefor; finances senior citizen safe driving health centers with $8 levy on motor vehicle violations; and reduces automobile insurance premium of seniors using cen
Requires boat safety course to operate boat on State waters; revises other recreational boating laws.
Establishes involuntary outpatient commitment for certain persons who are mentally ill or gravely disabled and provides for involuntary inpatient commitment for certain persons who are gravely disabled.
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty.
Supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to DLPS to assist local police departments in paying for new N.C.I.C. terminals.
Concerns penalty for use of wireless phone while driving.
Provides for civil action against person committing act of cruelty against domestic companion animal.
Exempts from realty transfer fees, sales of homes of certain New Jersey members of the military.
Prohibits public school districts from joining under certain circumstances voluntary associations which oversee Statewide interscholastic sports programs.
"Medicaid Managed Care Quality Improvement Assessment Act."
Supplemental appropriation of $395,000 to the NJ Collaborating Center for Nursing at Rutgers University.
Permits registered nurses to make determination and pronouncement of death in any setting where death occurs.
Requires interactive computer service to remove images, information, or data which depicts child engaged in prohibited sexual act from computer server or other storage device controlled or owned by the interactive computer service.
Requires DHS to prepare pamphlet for parents on keeping children safe from predators.
Establishes registry of community agency employees providing services to persons with developmental disabilities.
Eliminates ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessment.
Makes permanent sex offender monitoring pilot program.
Makes residential mortgage fraud a separate crime.
Affords DRPA police officers authority to inspect hazardous materials carriers and cargoes.
Authorizes special "Born to Run" license plate with proceeds to benefit Community FoodBank of New Jersey.