Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, Senate.
Fred H. Madden Jr.
Sponsored
Became law5
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Establishes New Jersey Student Athlete Cardiac Screening Task Force.
"Kyleigh's law;" requires holders of special learner's permits, examination permits, and provisional driver's licenses to display certain decals. *
Appropriates $27.75 million from "2007" Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Provides certain exemptions from law prohibiting purchase of more than one handgun in a 30-day period.
Passed the Senate2
Provides surviving spouses of certain fire and police personnel who die in line of duty with workers' compensation for entire period of survivorship.
Provides for the expeditious roadway removal of certain disabled vehicles.
Out of committee23
Requires New Jersey DMVA to issue Cold War certificates to Cold War veterans.
Requires wheelchair securement and occupant securement devices for wheelchaired passengers.
Requires that any United States or State of New Jersey flag purchased with State funds be manufactured in the United States.
Requires public and nonpublic high schools to have person trained in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation on site at all school athletic events and practices.
Allows deduction against gross income for unreimbursed expenses incurred by organ donor.
Repeals provision allowing vehicles, under certain conditions, to enter and proceed through stop intersection without stopping twice.
Establishes New Jersey Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.
Clarifies obligation of cemeteries to hold consumer prepayments for cemetery services in trust accounts.
Establishes "New Jersey Fire and EMS Crisis Intervention Services" telephone hotline.
Decreases certain motor vehicle fines and lengthens time to provide proof of insurance.
Permits victim of domestic abuse to terminate residential lease under certain circumstances; provides procedure for tenant to recover security deposit.
Clarifies that mandatory boat safety course must be taken by June 1, 2009.
Provides that assisted living resident's security deposit is refundable if resident leaves facility.
Exempts use of citizen's band and two-way radios by operators of commercial motor vehicles from prohibition on use of hand-held wireless telephone or electronic communication devices while driving.*
Eliminates cancellation of charges against employer UI accounts for benefits exceeding 50% of total base year, base week wages.
Concerns court actions against uninsured employers for non-payment of workers' compensation.
Concerns stop-work orders and certain violations of workers' compensation requirements.
Denies surviving spouse with domestic violence restraining order or charged with intentional killing of decedent right to determine disposition of human remains of deceased spouse.
Eliminates off trigger for additional unemployment benefits during job training program.
Makes sundry changes to limousine laws.
Permits price adjustments in local public contracts for asphalt cement and fuel.
Establishes NJ PLACE program to facilitate college credit for registered apprenticeship programs.
Concerns apprenticeship programs and other standards for public works contractors.
In committee48
Affords DRPA police officers authority to inspect hazardous materials carriers and cargoes.
Requires relatives seeking custody or guardianship of child under DYFS' care or custody to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Removes confidential employee status from investigators in Division of Criminal Justice and Division of Gaming Enforcement.
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.
Requires mandatory sexual violence training for law enforcement, judicial and prosecutorial personnel.
Prohibits possession of ammunition capable of penetrating body armor.
Expands scope of implied consent for BAC testing to include certain underage drivers who have consumed alcohol.
Requires DEP to establish certification program for septic system inspectors.
Creates the "New Jersey Security and Financial Empowerment Act" to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Increases mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain repeat sex offenders.
Makes No Early Release Act applicable to persons convicted of child pornography crimes.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Requires DMVA to send Servicemembers' Advisory Notice to members of National Guard called to active duty.
Includes death by auto or vessel and certain assaults as crimes with bail restrictions.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to veterans of Operation "Uphold Democracy."
Empowers federal air marshals to make arrests for certain violations of New Jersey law.
Appropriate $75,000 to DMVA for recreational purposes at NJ veterans' memorial homes.
Exempts from commercial and industrial property taxation the value of new capital improvements for security enhancement purposes.
Establishes the New Jersey Task Force on Domestic Violence and Abuse.
Establishes Nursing Student Support Program.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers.
Eliminates eligibility time limit on tuition benefits for spouses of certain public safety workers killed in performance of their duties.
Concerns access to wage records in connection with projects subject to prevailing wage requirements.
Eliminates inheritance rights for a surviving parent who committed child abuse against a decedent child.
Establishes annual State sales tax holiday during first full weekend of August for certain retail sales of computers and certain school supplies and instructional materials.
Increases membership of State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees; requires membership to include two active and two retired members.
Clarifies penalties for trespassers who damage farmland and crops with all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles.
Prohibits manufacture or sale of reflective glass beads with high arsenic content; prohibits DOT and two State toll road authorities from using paint mixed with reflective glass beads for roadway markings.
Revises Newborn Screening program in DHSS.
Concerns radiologic technology licensure.
Allows corporation business tax credit for full cost of purchasing portable defibrillators.
The "Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2008."
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the NJ World War II Veterans' Memorial Fund.
Creates crime of exposure to toxic pollutants.
Requires site remediation procedures for structures to be used for residential purposes; modifies procedures for structures to be used for child care and educational purposes; and sites previously used for agricultural purposes.
Increases penalties for certain motor vehicle right-of-way violations and requires attendance at Driver Improvement Program.
Extends property tax reimbursement benefits to certain low income veterans.
Expands the definition of "custom fabrication" subject to prevailing wage requirements.
Encourages purchase of NJ solar panels and wind turbines for State projects and State-funded projects.
Provides unemployment benefits for certain veterans.
Creates New Jersey World War II medal; appropriates $5,000.
Expands requirements for special learner's and examination permits.
Designates State Highway Route 42 as the "Route 42 Purple Heart Memorial Veterans Highway"; appropriates $2,500.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to food service contracts and to local units and State authorities.
Permits tenant to be removed from leased housing due to criminal activity under certain circumstances.
Designates portion of Route 47 in Glassboro as "South Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Highway"; appropriates $2,500.
Restricts sale or lease of certain ultrasound equipment; establishes registration requirements for certain organizations using such equipment.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
Revises certain restrictions on permit holders and provisional driver's licensees; renames provisional license "probationary." *
Provides for gubernatorial appointment without requiring advice and consent of Senate for teenage members of Advisory Council on Adolescent Pregnancy.
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching stopped emergency vehicles, tow trucks or highway maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights.
"Grace's Law;" requires health insurers, State Health Benefits Program and NJ FamilyCare to provide coverage for hearing aids for covered persons 15 and younger.
Revises surety bond requirements for the off-site sale of certain motor vehicles.
Bars certain sex offenders from positions in youth serving organizations.
Provides triggers for reductions of employer unemployment insurance taxes.
Designates Rt. 9 in Cape May County as "Police Unity Tour Memorial Highway." *
Appropriates $7 million in 1992 bond act monies for loans to fund dam restoration projects.
Requires reporting of wage records under certain solid waste contracts.
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Increases power of judges of compensation to enforce workers' compensation law.
Requires Insurance Fraud Prosecutor to establish liaison with DOLWD and authorizes its investigation of cases of failure to provide workers' compensation coverage. *
Requires assisted living facilities to have defibrillator on site and employees trained to use defibrillator.
Appropriates $49.65 million from "2007" Farmland Preservation Fund" for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $66 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund," "2007 Green Acres Fund," and "2007 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Appropriates $120,123,420 from various Green Acres funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects.
Concerns suspension and revocation of employer licenses for repeated violations of wage, benefit and tax laws.
Provides for annual adjustments in family temporary disability leave contribution rates and limits certain refunds of contributions.
Passed the Senate · 9
Requires NJ Transit to do report on rail station accessibility to the disabled.
Requires inclusion of certain types of drugs in public school instructional programs on nature of drugs and repeals inoperative statutes.
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students.
Permits licensed dealers to display and auction firearms at fund raising events sponsored by certain tax exempt organizations. *
Allows municipalities to provide free or reduced fee beach badges to active military and NJ National Guard personnel.
Designates September 11 each year "September 11 Remembrance Day" in New Jersey.
Modifies laws concerning affordable housing and makes an appropriation to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Requires sex offenders in satellite-based monitoring program to pay for certain equipment and monitoring costs.
Establishes task force to study issues facing returning members of the United States Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard and make recommendations on how State should address issues.
Out of committee · 41
Makes FY 2009 supplemental appropriations totaling $22,500,000 to provide food, energy and legal aid assistance to individuals and families under the "New Jersey Economic Assistance and Recovery Plan."
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Establishes the "Main Street Business Assistance Program;" appropriates $50 million.
Establishes the Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in the DEP and appropriates $200,000.
Establishes Veterans' Oral History Foundation.
Abigail's Law; requires that newly-manufactured school buses be equipped with sensors. *
The "New Jersey Residential Mortgage Lending Act"; concerns certain licensed mortgage and consumer lending practices, supervision and enforcement. *
Allows surviving spouses between 55 and 64 years of age to carry forward homestead property tax reimbursement of qualified deceased program participant.
Establishes temperature control guidelines and standards for school facilities. *
Exempts from realty transfer fees, sales of homes of certain New Jersey members of the military.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits.
Excludes veterans' benefits from calculation of financial obligation for care at psychiatric facility.
Increases personal needs allowance to $50 for those persons currently residing in nursing facilities, State hospitals or State developmental centers. *
Requires bittering agent to be added to certain engine coolants and antifreeze to render it unpalatable.
The "New Homebuyers' Bill of Rights Act."
Enhances protections for new homebuyers.
Amends stalking law to broaden protections for victims.
"Janet's Law"; requires public and nonpublic schools, recreational fields and youth camps to have defibrillators for youth athletic events, and public school to train pupils in use thereof and in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation. *
Delays expiration date of certain professional and occupational licenses and registrations for individuals with certain types of military service.
Permits municipalities to set strict absentee policies for service on authorities, boards, and commissions. *
Requires training program for and recognizes position of technical assistant to construction code official.
Strengthens State construction code.
Establishes a "Silver Alert System." *
Provides veterans' organizations right to receive unclaimed veterans' cremains after one year. *
Prohibits alimony and awards concerning equitable distribution to persons who commit certain crimes; eliminates inheritance rights for parents who abuse or abandon children. *
"Self-Directed Support Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Rights Act."
Requires certain persons to report suspected abuse, neglect or exploitation against vulnerable adults.
The "Jobs, Trade and Democracy Act."
Requires DEP Commissioner to establish list and recognition program for certain environmentally responsible companies.
The "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
"Ricci's Law;" revises ignition interlock device requirements for certain drunk driving offenses. *
Establishes the Troops to College Program in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to assist veterans in making the transition into the college classroom. *
Provides unemployment benefits for certain spouses of National Guard members.
Adds non-voting member to NJT board.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to Community Food Pantry Fund and to Cat and Dog Spay/Neuter Fund. *
Establishes "Smart Housing Incentives Act."
Transfers management, administration and duties of "the workers' compensation security fund" to the New Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association.
Authorizes unemployment benefits for shared work programs.
Provides "Patriots Corner" tribute in State House to New Jersey residents serving in US Armed Forces, reserve components and New Jersey National Guard.
Affords employment protection to certain volunteer emergency responders.
Clarifies that certain transfers of handguns are not subject to law prohibiting purchase of more than one handgun in a 30-day period.
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Makes residential mortgage fraud a separate crime.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to establish the "Senior Citizen Home Repair and Modification Program;" appropriates $10 million.
Requires public school districts to provide instruction on "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act" as part of core curriculum content standards.
Provides that reports and publications produced by State be primarily available on Internet, provides for notice of availability of reports and publications.
Eliminates use of vaccines containing mercury over three years.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
Prohibits use of involvement in non-at-fault accidents and selection of collision and comprehensive coverages as tier rating factors.
Establishes New Jersey Rx Program to reduce prescription drug prices.
The "Public Dam Rehabilitation Project Bond Act," authorizes bonds for $90,000,000 and appropriates $5,000.
Eliminates ambulatory care facility gross receipts assessment.
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Removes limousine services from sales and use tax imposition.
Permits water and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings to promote water conservation.
Requires insurers and SHBP to provide coverage for expenses incurred in screening for ovarian cancer.
Waives commercial driver's license fees for certain volunteer firefighters.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Expands Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund Commission purpose to provide assistance for purchase of specialized vehicle to transport person over 21 years old with severe chronic disability.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $12 million from the General Fund to the Department of Education for Teacher Quality Mentoring.
Establishes defibrillator grant program in DHSS for placement of defibrillators in senior citizen centers.
Establishes "In Case of Emergency Contact Program."
Requires acquisition of defibrillators for use in public and nonpublic high schools and training of certain personnel in usage; appropriates $900,000.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Enters New Jersey in Nurse Multistate Licensure Compact.
"New Jersey G.I. Bill"; provides higher education benefits to New Jersey veterans.
Assures workers' compensation benefits to police, fire and emergency personnel rendering aid under certain emergency circumstances.
Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean, Salem, Sussex and Warren Counties.
Makes annual compensation paid to surviving spouses of certain blind or disabled veterans payable from date of veteran's death.
Bars sex offenders from jobs which primarily consist of contact with children.
Enhances crime victims' rights under the "Crime Victim's Bill of Rights."
"Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act."
Provides for Statewide evacuation strategy for hospitals and other health care facilities.
Provides for establishment of "Highway Construction Zone Safety Program."
Permits municipalities to enact ordinances regulating where sex offenders may reside.
Provides for increase in allowance paid to veterans with certain wartime service-connected disabilities.
Allows certain veterans, their spouses, and dependent children to qualify for in-State tuition rates at public institutions of higher education.
Increases income eligibility limit for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Creates New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon.
Requires the incorporation of solar panels in design and construction of new public school facilities.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Provides immunity from civil liability to anyone who in good faith uses an automated external defibrillator in an emergency.
Authorizes special Gold Star Parent motor vehicle plates for parents of military personnel who died while on active duty.
Establishes a one-year pilot program to assist separating service members pursue higher education goals.
Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean, Salem, Sussex, and Warren Counties, and requires existing bus stops to be used.
Concerns regulation of paratransit vehicles and drivers transporting persons in wheelchairs.
Removes geographic restrictions on where United States Park Police are authorized to make arrests for certain crimes and offenses.
"Tax Preparers Licensing Act."