Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, General Assembly.
Ryan E. Peters
Sponsored
In committee12
Makes it crime of the fourth degree to apply for employment or volunteer position with public entity or public official if person has purpose to deceive or injure.
Provides gross income tax deduction to certain surviving spouses of veterans.
Provides televisions in State buildings will display closed captioning for programming.
Prohibits MVC from charging fee for restoring driver's license suspended due to mental or physical condition.
Removes principal place of business requirement of "Set-Aside Act for Disabled Veterans' Businesses."
Provides that in certain cases vacancy in membership of board of education of limited purpose regional school district will be filled by majority vote of board of education of constituent district represented by former board member.
Authorizes hunters to ride in bed of pickup trucks under certain circumstances.
Establishes position of Economic Development Auditor in EDA.
Establishes Office of Economic Development Inspector General in EDA.
Redefines governmental affairs agent to include those persons performing activities for more than one hour in calendar year.
Establishes "Local Governmental Process Activities Disclosure Act;" expands lobbying disclosure requirements to local level.
Establishes School Funding Commission to study school funding formula and prepare report that will serve as basis of new formula.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Authorizes parking privileges for certain healthcare workers who render care at patients' home residences.
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Township of Howell as "State Trooper Marc K. Castellano Memorial Highway."
Appropriates $28,883,557 in 2003 and 1992 bond act monies for loans for dam restoration and repair projects and inland waters projects.
Makes transient accommodation taxes and fees only applicable if it is obtained through a marketplace or if it is a professionally managed unit.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2020 to include new projects, remove certain projects, and modify estimated loan amounts for certain projects.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Passed the General Assembly · 4
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and county colleges. *
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Permits sale of certain alcoholic beverages and related products at seasonal farm markets.
Adds 9-1-1 system regionalization costs to funds appropriated from "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account."
Out of committee · 12
Permits, and establishes requirements for, sale of cottage food products.
Provides free admission to State parks, forests, and beaches for certain veterans and military personnel.
Provides that certain persons who commit act of sexual penetration or sexual contact with students who are at least 18 but less than 22 years old are guilty of sexual assault or criminal sexual assault.*
Excludes from gross income taxation military compensation for personnel serving outside of State and combat zone compensation.*
Requires landlords to count federal military service member and veteran housing allowances as income for purposes of qualifying for rental housing; designated as Securing Electronic Records for Veterans Ease Act.
Requires Attorney General to develop protocol for retaining footage from school surveillance system.
Establishes task force within DOE on prevention of sexual abuse of children.
Mandates child abuse and sexual abuse training for all candidates for teaching certification.
Mandates certain training for DOE arbitrators.
Requires DOE to collect information on certain teacher misconduct and report to Legislature.
Requires school districts to notify State Board of Examiners when teaching staff member fails to report child abuse for determination of revocation or suspension of certificate.
Requires promulgation of separate code criteria for certain buildings.
In committee · 30
Provides for direct property tax relief from Highlands Property Tax Stabilization Fund.
Bars custody of and visitation rights to child for person convicted of aggravated sexual assault of child under age 13.
Provides discounted hunting and trapping license, permit, and stamp fees for senior citizens.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act of 2012"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Establishes multi-species depredation permit.
Establishes process for individual to petition court for involuntary commitment of another person to treatment for substance use disorder.
Permits taxpayers to deduct the total amount of State property taxes paid on principal residence from gross income tax obligation.
Revises certain Class Three special law enforcement officer appointment qualifications.
Allows gross income tax deduction for firearms training expenses paid by law enforcement officers.
Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to victims injured in September 11th and 1993 World Trade Center attacks.
Authorizes certain persons age 10 or older to participate in boat races.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Requires certain accessible public restroom facilities be equipped with signs reserving use for persons with disabilities.
Waives business formation and registration fees for establishment of businesses owned by veterans.
Qualifies certain disabled veterans for toll rate exemptions and exemptions from motor vehicle registration fees.
Makes available certain grants to employers of veterans and job training to certain veterans; makes an appropriation.
Excludes transient accommodations in shore counties from various State and local taxes.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Upgrades crowdfunded thefts; imposes mandatory restitution and fines; requires minimum term of imprisonment.
Permits use of public schools and school district property for certain child care services for children younger than school age.
Prohibits persons under 21 years of age from possessing electronic smoking devices.
Declares elective public office vacant when office holder changes political party while in office.
Establishes "New Jersey Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act."
Requires certain toll road operators and bi-state agency to allow drivers to choose towing company.
Prohibits campaign expenditures to entities whose principals cannot be readily identified.
"Stop Social Media Censorship Act"; creates private right of action for users of social media websites whose political or religious speech has been deleted or censored by social media websites.
Requires school district to allow graduating student to wear military sash while participating in high school graduation ceremony.
Requires certain health care plans to be offered by SEHBP and local boards of education; requires SEHBP commission to establish employee contribution rates for certain plans; requires local boards of education provide certain information on health care be
Establishes Volunteer Emergency Responder Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.