Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Dawn Marie Addiego
Sponsored
In committee43
Prohibits release on bail of persons in the country illegally who are charged with crimes of the first or second degree or with two prior criminal convictions.
Requires person eligible for health care benefits from more than one public entity to choose coverage from only one.
Requires permanent driver's license suspension for third drunk driving offense.
Prohibits member of Legislature from holding local appointive office or position; removes provision allowing current members holding more than one elective position as of February 1, 2008 to continue to do so if service continuous.
Requires sewerage companies to provide metered service to certain single family, age-restricted community housing customers upon request; prohibits those companies from assessing charges for sewer service prior to providing such service.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping for certain retired military personnel.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and free admission to State parks and forests for individuals with certain types of military service, and their immediate family members.
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests for retired veterans living in NJ and their immediate family members.
Expands the list of crimes that may not be expunged.
Protects property owned by military personnel and first responders from condemnation.
Provides that minimum local tax levy requirement will only be applicable to certain school districts.
Increases the penalty for certain gang related crimes.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to compile and annually update list of all unfunded State and federal mandates on municipalities and counties.
Requires Commissioner of Education to compile and annually update list of all unfunded State and federal mandates on school districts.
Establishes fine for committing motor vehicle offense that results in collision with bicyclist.
Requires payment from New Jersey Spill Compensation Fund for costs of installation and maintenance of point of entry water treatment systems.
Eliminates development review fees charged by Pinelands Commission.
Allows certain owners of preserved farmland to reacquire development rights for land underlying and next to farm buildings or structures.
Establishes crime of initiating a false "Amber Alert."
Provides enhanced penalties for making a false report to law enforcement authorities in certain circumstances.
Establishes penalties for employer who allows unauthorized aliens to operate employer owned motor vehicle.
Requires a private seller of a used motor vehicle to request identification information from purchaser.
Penalizes employment of unauthorized aliens; requires verification of citizenship for employment.
Establishes penalties for drivers who have never obtained driver's license.
Establishes special license plates supporting autism awareness.
Exempts, for five years, certain new business activities in pinelands area from compliance with Pinelands Commission development approval process.
Requires life imprisonment without parole for persons convicted of the murder of a minor under the age of 18 in the course of the commission of a sex crime.
Concerns sale of cemetery, grave, monument and historical markers.
Upgrades penalties for assaults committed against process servers and licensed private investigators and detectives.
Eliminates the office of the executive couny superintendent of schools and transfers all the duties of that office to the Commissioner of Education.
"Melanie A. Cantwell Law;" requires MVC to issue modified license to person convicted of driving under the influence.
Requires BPU to issue written decision concerning utility rate increase approvals to public via its website.
Revises requirements related to public hearings on proposed public utility rate increases.
Requires public utilities to provide customers notice of request for increase in rates; revises requirements related to hearings on proposed rate increases.
Requires public utilities to mail customers detailed explanation of rate settlement agreements prior to final BPU vote.
Allows New Jersey Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy to accept alternative proof of education for licensure of current practitioners.
Gives priority status for connection of solar photovoltaic systems for customer-generators who are public entities.
Prohibits smoking at State parks, forests, beaches, and wildlife management areas.
Prohibits smoking on property acquired or developed for recreation and conservation purposes by local government units of nonprofit organizations using State funds.
Requires DCA to establish school security construction code applicable to construction of new public school facilities and school additions.
Provides immunity from liability for certain persons who install or inspect child restraint systems.
Exempts certain surviving spouses and surviving civil union partners of certain disabled veterans from components of the realty transfer fee.
Clarifies monumentation requirements for maps presented for municipal approval.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
Permits county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages to create identification cards for certain veterans for certain purposes. *
Provides immunity to institutions of higher education for food donations.
Provides immunity from civil liability to certain individuals who acquire or use an automated external defibrillator.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Establishes criminal penalties for killing, injuring or interfering with a service animal or guide dog; designated as "Dusty's Law." *
Establishes bill of rights for continuing care retirement community residents.
The "Opioid Antidote and Overdose Prevention Act."
Appropriates $55 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects, and approves $2,400,800 from 1995 bond act for coastal blue acres projects.
Appropriates $8,930,975 from "2009 Green Acres Fund" for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Appropriates $45 million from "2009 Green Acres Fund" and $12 million from "2009 Blue Acres Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
Adds one member to New Jersey Epilepsy Task Force and extends for one year.
Eliminates 10% surcharge on employer UI taxes during fiscal year 2014.
Revises statutes and enhances penalties for offenses involving child pornography; makes crime of causing a child to engage in a prohibited sexual act subject to "No Early Release Act."
Concerns assessment of penalties for certain fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits and requires recovered penalties deposited into unemployment compensation fund.
"Autumn Joy Stillbirth Research and Dignity Act"; requires DOH to establish protocols for stillbirths, establishes stillbirth research data base.
Concerns employee leasing companies and unemployment compensation.
Vetoed · 2
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.
Requires newborn infant screening for tongue tie.
Passed the Senate · 8
Requires Commissioner of DHSS to convene a strategic planning summit to analyze the State's physician workforce supply.
Requires Secretary of State create e-mail notification system alerting when US and State flags flown at half-staff.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of 25 years to life for aggravated sexual assault against a child under 13 and increases penalties for harboring certain sex offenders.**
Permits municipality to enact ordinance regulating where sex offenders may reside; restricts locations of certain child care centers and school bus stops.
Concerns special needs trusts for persons with developmental disabilities.*
Requires hospital to notify patient admitted for observation of possible increased prescription charges and allow patient to use patient's own medication.
Requires annual physical examination of child under 19 years of age include certain questions related to cardiac health.
Establishes prescription drug donation repository program.
Out of committee · 18
Establishes Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program in DEP and appropriates $200,000 therefor from Drug Enforcement and Demand Reduction Fund.
Requires State Comptroller to review, and make recommendations for improvement of, the procurement process of the State, public institutions of higher education, independent State authorities, units of local government, and boards of education.
"Tabitha's Law"; requires parent or guardian to notify school administrators if pupil will be absent; requires school to notify parent in event of unexcused pupil absence.
Revises exemption from license requirement for raffles for door prizes of donated or purchased merchandise; increases total retail value from $50 to $200 or higher if permitted.
Prohibits payment of temporary disability benefits to incarcerated individuals.
Expands number of safe havens for leaving newborn infants.
Provides for temporary nurse licensure for qualified nonresident military spouses.
Prohibits slaughter of horses and sale of horse flesh for human consumption.
The "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act."
The "Bio-based Heating Oil Act."
Requires development of a diabetes action plan by DOH.
Prohibits State departments and agencies from charging a fee to an applicant solely to correct clerical errors on any application form.
Provides for temporary approval of WIC vendor applications if the applicant currently operates another approved program.
Requires each State agency to review permits issued by the agency and make necessary changes to expedite and facilitate permitting.
Amends "Administrative Procedure Act" to require State agencies to use various electronic technologies in rule-making procedures.
Concerns various authorities, boards, commissions, councils, divisions, and task forces.
Modifies short-time unemployment benefit law.
Replaces NJ Wine Industry Advisory Council with NJ Wine Board and establishes new duties and authorizes revenue-producing activities.
In committee · 19
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Bars companies which hire illegal aliens from public contracts, grants, loans, or tax incentives for seven years.
Revises "Administrative Procedure Act" concerning socio-economic impact statements for proposed rule-making.
Establishes a 2.0 percent cap on annual appropriations increases for certain State government spending.
Establishes standards for commercial insurers and Medicaid program implementing electronic prescribing systems.
Repeals "Global Warming Response Act" and related sections of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative implementing law.
Establishes program authorizing lease of historic buildings and structures in State parks, forests, and wildlife management areas.
Requires that Board of Pharmacy compile and publish list of certain tamper-resistant opioid drugs and that certain conditions be met for pharmacist to substitute for tamper-resistant opioid drug.
Concerns free access to certain job training courses for employees affected by plant closings, mass layoffs or transfer of operations.
Designated "New Jersey Economic Development Promotion Act"; streamlines and reorganizes State economic development statutes in order to promote administrative efficiency.
Requires nursing homes to permit use of electronic monitoring devices at request of resident.
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to study impact of State business income taxes on business out-migration, business formation, and employment.
Provides a corporation business tax credit for certain investment in manufacturing equipment and manufacturing facility renovation, modernization and expansion.
Revises exemption from license requirement for raffles for door prizes of donated or purchased merchandise; increases total retail value from $50 to $200 or higher if permitted.
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Requires fire districts, school districts, and county governments to share in burden of property assessment appeal refunds.
Requires tenure charges be filed against any public school employee found to have bullied a student and requires the employment of any nontenured public school employee be terminated for such activity.
Authorizes Sunday bow hunting on federal military installations.