Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, Senate.
Fred H. Madden Jr.
Sponsored
Became law8
Concerns skilled and trained workforce in work by contractors in certain industries.
Expressly prohibits invasive examination of unconscious patient by health care practitioner without patient's prior informed written consent.
Establishes Task Force to Promote Employment by State Agencies of People with Disabilities.
Concerns contributions to the unemployment compensation fund by employee leasing companies.
Revises eligibility requirements for NJ Workability Program and Personal Assistance Services Program.
Concerns liability of certain non-profit and governmental employers for unemployment benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency. *
Requires DCF or court to consider placement of children with relatives or kinship guardians when making placement decision; makes changes to certain standards for initiating petitions to terminate parental rights.
Limits extension of mandatory retirement to 90 days from State Police Retirement System during emergencies.
Passed the Senate4
Creates Task Force on Driver Distractions.
Increases certain penalties for violations of wage and hour law.
Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.
Reduces or delays increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Out of committee13
Restricts authority to terminate reciprocal personal income tax agreements with other states.
Revises criteria to establish base year for homestead property tax reimbursement after relocation.
Concerns labor harmony agreements in retail and distribution center projects.
Authorizes issuance of Rowan University alumni license plates.
Establishes "Remote Work Study Commission."
Provides for certification of temporary nurse aides.
Requires feasibility study to examine establishment of regional medical examiner office facility in Southern New Jersey and collaborative development of new medical examiner education initiatives; appropriates $40,000.
Concerns sign fabrication and prevailing wage requirements. *
Concerns enforcement of employee misclassification and stop-work order laws.
Creates "Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance" in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million from General Fund.
Streamlines identification of employee misclassification.
Concerns appointment of certain superintendents of weights and measures.
Updates licenses offered by and certain licensure requirements from Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors.
In committee33
Eliminates eligibility time limit on tuition benefits for spouses of certain public safety workers killed in performance of their duties.
Increases mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain repeat sex offenders.
Extends eligibility for $250 property tax deduction to veterans of Operation "Uphold Democracy."
Requires health insurance coverage for certain student athlete physical examinations.
Requires DEP to establish certification program for septic system inspectors.
Requires DOE to collect information on certain teacher misconduct and report to Legislature.
Provides anti-stigmatization protections to public school student whose school breakfast or school lunch bill is in arrears and requires school district to communicate about arrearages to parent and not to student.
Requires landlord to provide written explanation for rent increase on tenant of senior citizen housing project.
Requires evaluation for, and abatement of, mold hazards in school buildings.
Requires DCA to establish procedures for inspection and abatement of mold hazards in residential buildings and school facilities, and certification programs for mold inspectors and mold hazard abatement workers.
Establishes process for independent informal dispute resolution hearings in DOH.
Requires revocation of parole for assaulting or threatening law enforcement officers.
Requires municipalities to designate parking spaces for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.
Requires State employees to be trained in disability law and etiquette.
Requires school districts to observe Veterans Day as school holiday.
Requires school districts take certain actions to increase participation in free or reduced priced meal programs; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.
Requires health benefits coverage for buprenorphine and buprenorphine/naloxone for pain treatment without step therapy or fail-first protocols.
Affords civil immunity to private colleges and their police officers in certain cases.
Authorizes special license plates for members of the United States Coast Guard.
Permits county police department and force to provide police services to municipalities.
Requires psychological examination when parent loses custody of child and wants to regain custody of child who is in care or custody of grandparent.
Allows corporation business tax credit for full cost of purchasing portable defibrillators.
Requires Medicaid preferred drug lists to provide for coverage of buprenorphine for treatment of chronic pain.
Establishes annual sales tax holiday during first weekend of August for certain retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school supplies, school art supplies, and school instructional materials.
Eliminates transfer inheritance taxes on brothers and sisters of a decedent.
Concerns labor harmony agreements for hospitality projects.
Aligns contracting standards of Stockton University for its Atlantic City campus with those governing State public research universities.
Requires annual review of all released sex offenders to determine if they were registered and tiered.
Authorizes South Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Association license plates with proceeds to veterans' and emergency management operations.
Permits municipality, fire district or authority to approve transfer of certain firefighters from PERS to PFRS.
Requires health care facilities to adopt and implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke via use of smoke evacuation system.
Provides for legal representation for residential lessees and tenants in any removal or eviction proceeding.
Allocates sufficient funds to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Filed1
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.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law7
Concerns sign fabrication and prevailing wage requirements. *
Reduces or delays increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Provides for certification of temporary nurse aides.
Concerns enforcement of employee misclassification and stop-work order laws.
Creates "Office of Strategic Enforcement and Compliance" in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million from General Fund.
Streamlines identification of employee misclassification.
Updates licenses offered by and certain licensure requirements from Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors. *
Vetoed2
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 labor harmony agreements in retail and distribution center projects.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Designates, as State and public holiday, third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day.*
Requires institutions of higher education and public and nonpublic high schools and middle schools to adopt anti-hazing policies; expands activities encompassing criminal hazing and upgrades penalties for engaging in these activities.**
Establishes Statewide universal newborn home nurse visitation program in DCF; appropriates $2.75 million. **
Establishes annual grant program to recognize institutions of higher education that offer comprehensive array of veteran programs and services.*
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to establish apprenticeship mentoring program for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Exempts certain commercial fishermen from coverage under "unemployment compensation law."
Appropriates $5 million to New Jersey Pediatric Cancer Fund.
Eliminates premiums and waiting periods for certain NJ FamilyCare enrollees and directs DHS to implement additional targeted outreach initiatives to increase enrollment. **
Establishes Office of Food Insecurity Advocate.
FY 2021 State supplemental appropriation; appropriates $100.3 million in General Fund monies and $14.4 million in Property Tax Relief Fund monies.
Extends temporary emergency licensure of certain health care professionals.
Vetoed · 1
Requires assignment of unemployment claims handlers to legislative districts during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency; appropriates $1.8 million.
Passed the Senate · 8
Establishes "Military Pro Bono Program" to provide pro bono legal representation to active-duty service members and veterans of military.
Concerns professional licensing and application fees for spouse or dependent of active duty member of United States Armed Forces.
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
Permits counties to share county tax administrators.
Provides that purchase of insulin is not subject to deductible and requires health insurers to limit copayments and coinsurance for insulin.**
Permits certain portion of municipal development trust funds to be spent on housing affordability assistance to veterans.
Makes FY 2020 supplemental appropriation of $16.5 million for direct support professional wage increase.
Requires issuance of temporary emergency medical services certifications under certain circumstances.
Out of committee · 27
Requires DEP, DOH, DCA, owners or operators of public water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.
Provides tax credits to certain employers of employees less than 18 years old.
Concerns enforcement of prevailing wage and contractor registration laws.
"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
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability. *
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Requires person taking written examination for permit to watch video of rights and responsibilities of driver stopped by law enforcement.
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that prevailing wage will be paid.
Establishes toll free helpline for first responders and health care workers experiencing mental health issues related to COVID-19 pandemic.*
Authorizes the issuance of "coronavirus relief bonds" by municipalities and counties.
Requires health care facilities to screen health care workers, first responders, and other frontline workers for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes public awareness campaign concerning programs and services for first responders, healthcare workers, other frontline workers, and their families experiencing mental health issues related to COVID-19 pandemic.*
Excludes unemployment benefits paid during coronavirus pandemic state of emergency from calculation of employer unemployment contributions and payments in lieu of contributions.
Establishes additional requirements for DOH to assess sanctions and impose penalties on nursing homes; revises reporting requirements for nursing homes.*
Permits municipalities to authorize programs encouraging local shopping through property tax rewards; validates certain related municipal actions.*
"New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020"; provides for administration of programs and policies related to jobs, property development, food deserts, community partnerships, small and early stage businesses, State procurement, wind energy, and film produc
Requires financial institutions to release records to adult protective services when suspecting fraud of vulnerable adult or senior customer; allows adult protective services to release same records to law enforcement agency if necessary.*
Addresses certain landlord expenses in response to COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $350 million.*
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.
Requires DHS to establish payment programs for purchase of transportation services from private sector and government transportation service providers. *
Increases income eligibility limits for PAAD program and Senior Gold Prescription Discount Program by $10,000.
Permits dependents of military member to enroll in school district in advance of military member's relocation to district.
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Establishes State supplement for federal summer food service program meals.
Provides partial pension and retirement income exclusion for taxpayers with income between $100,000 and $150,000.
Removes Fire Museum and Fallen Firefighters Memorial from auspices of DEP and establishes museum as independent organization; makes $200,000 supplemental appropriation.
In committee · 25
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Concerns certain workers' compensation supplemental benefits for surviving dependents of public safety workers who die in the line of duty.
Requires medical testing for certain persons in circumstances when first responders may be exposed to bloodborne pathogens.
Requires hospitals and health care professionals to offer hepatitis C testing to certain individuals; authorizes certain laboratories to perform rapid hepatitis C testing.
Establishes "Comprehensive Geriatric Fall Prevention Pilot Program" in DHS; appropriates $11.7 million.
Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.
Authorizes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in places of religious worship; requires nonpublic security aid be used for Class Three officers upon request of nonpublic school.
Permits pharmacists to dispense certain drugs in emergency without prescription.
Requires State Board of Education high school graduation requirements include instruction on tuition assistance programs and student loan debt; requires high school students to meet with guidance counselor to discuss tuition assistance and dual enrollment
Requires hospitals to provide breast cancer patients with information concerning reconstructive surgery; prohibits certain provisions in managed care plan contracts.
Establishes crime of "sexual extortion": using explicit sexual images to extort victims.
Authorizes State and local law enforcement entities to contract for bulk purchasing of heroin antidote.
Revises eligibility criteria for reimbursement from "Emergency Medical Technician Training Fund."
Transfers authority over special nutrition assistance programs from DOH to DHS.
Authorizes creation of "New Jersey Council on Access and Mobility."
Increases Fiscal Year 2020 appropriation for Extended Employment services by $2.5 million to ensure rate stability.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Authorizes Assistant Commissioner of Division of Developmental Disabilities to establish exception rates, and programmatic and staffing requirements, for individuals with highly acute needs.
Provides accidental death benefit to surviving spouse, surviving child, or surviving parent of a State Police recruit who dies during required pre-service training.
Establishes animal abuser registry.
Requires portable anti-choking devices be placed in schools.
Provides for postponement of New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum review for certain school districts for 2021-2022 school year.
Expands crime of human trafficking to include individuals who benefit financially.
Permits victims and witnesses of human trafficking to testify in criminal proceedings via closed circuit television; permits judge to make motion to seek closed circuit testimony.
Filed · 14
"Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act"; requires certain school meal information be provided to students' parents; establishes protocols for identifying eligible students for meal programs; prohibits stigmatizing student with bill in arrears.
Establishes Bridging the Digital Divide in Schools Grant Program in DOE to provide and expand access to technology and equipment for students in certain school districts.
Authorizes EDA to make grants during periods of emergency declared by Governor and for duration of economic disruptions due to emergency; allows EDA to grant certain business documentation submission deadline extensions.
Permits use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement under certain circumstances.
Allows public bodies to conduct meetings, and provide notice, by electronic means during periods of emergency.
Permits extension of deadlines for adoption of county and municipal budgets under certain circumstances.
Automatically extends time to file gross income tax or corporation business tax return if federal government extends filing or payment due date for federal returns.
Modifies deadline by which public agency is required to respond to request for government record during period of emergency.
Appropriates $20 million from General Fund to EDA to support food and beverage establishments impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $50 million from General Fund to EDA to support businesses and nonprofit organizations impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $10 million from General Fund to EDA to support Sustain and Serve NJ Program.
Establishes Startup Business and Nonprofit Assistance Program in EDA to support new businesses and nonprofit organizations following COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $25 million.
Appropriates $120 million from General Fund to EDA to support microbusinesses impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.
Appropriates $10 million from General Fund to EDA to support child care providers impacted by COVID-19 pandemic.