Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, General Assembly.
Ryan E. Peters
Sponsored
In committee20
Provides free admission to State parks, forests, and beaches for certain veterans and military personnel.
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 televisions in State buildings will display closed captioning for programming.
Permits use of public schools and school district property for certain child care services for children younger than school age.
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."
Declares elective public office vacant when office holder changes political party while in office.
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.
Provides gross income tax deduction to certain surviving spouses of veterans.
Raises income eligibility threshold for pension and retirement income exclusion from gross income to $125,000.
Establishes School Funding Commission to study school funding formula and prepare report that will serve as basis of new formula.
Requires institution of higher education to provide refund or credit to students for unused on-campus student housing and meal plans due to COVID-19 public health emergency.
Qualifies certain disabled veterans for toll rate exemptions and exemptions from motor vehicle registration fees.
Authorizes creation of US Navy Veteran license plates.
Allows individuals on active duty to participate remotely in certain governmental meetings.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Prohibits municipal licensure of children operating temporary businesses.
Out of committee · 9
Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Creates office to encourage creation of federal jobs and federal infrastructure investment in the State.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Permits certain entertainment and retail activity during current public health emergency and state of emergency.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2021.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2021.
Requires DMVA assist service members discharged solely due to LGBTQ status with petitions to change discharge designation.
Codifies same-sex marriage in the statutes.
In committee · 36
Establishes "New Jersey Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act."
Provides for direct property tax relief from Highlands Property Tax Stabilization Fund.
Bars custody of and visitation rights to child for a person convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child under age 13.
Allows gross income tax deduction for firearms training expenses paid by law enforcement officers.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Requires certain toll road operators and bi-state agency to allow drivers to choose towing company.
"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.
Provides discounted hunting and trapping license, permit, and stamp fees for senior citizens.
Exempts from sales and use tax sales of medical marijuana.
Adds 9-1-1 system regionalization costs to funds appropriated from "9-1-1 System and Emergency Response Trust Fund Account."
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.
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
Prohibits persons under 21 years of age from possessing electronic smoking devices.
Prohibits campaign expenditures to entities whose principals cannot be readily identified.
Requires promulgation of separate code criteria for certain buildings.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses that employ apprentices in DOL registered apprenticeships.
Authorizes deer hunting with firearm on Sundays on private property.
Authorizes Sunday firearm and bow hunting for deer on certain lands.
Requires school district to allow graduating student to wear military sash while participating in high school graduation ceremony.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Establishes Volunteer Emergency Responder Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
Allows certain volunteer firefighters, rescue and first aid squad members to claim $500 income tax deduction.
Expands wage and hour law good-faith violation defense to DOLWD employee interpretations.
Concerns certain fees for credit card usage during state of emergency.
Establishes general immunity for businesses, including non-profits, and public and private colleges and universities, and their officers, employees, and agents, against actions relating to Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic or related viral strain in subse
Requires law enforcement officers and recruits to undergo self-defense training; appropriates $250,000 to Police Training Commission.
Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
Requires DOE to provide reimbursement of school district costs of providing protective face coverings and hand sanitizer for addressing transmission of COVID-19.
Establishes flexible instructional day program to allow students to continue instruction at home when district must close its schools and to permit district to count flexible instructional days in meeting 180-day school year requirement.
Limits "tobacco and vapor products tax" on cigars to up to $0.50 per cigar.
Appropriates $300 million to EDA for small business and not-for-profit organization assistance.
Allows certain taxpayers to receive higher NJ earned income tax credit for tax year 2020 if amount of credit falls below credit earned in tax year 2019.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected permanent disability.
Provides that certain school districts will receive State school aid in amounts equal to aid provided in 2020-2021 school year.
Designates Suicide Awareness & Remembrance flag as official State flag.