Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Joann Downey
Sponsored
Became law3
Requires Internet-connected baby monitors to include security features.
Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.
Establishing New Jersey Commission on Veterans' Benefits in DMVA.
Vetoed2
Concerns employer inquiries about worker's wage and salary experience.*
Requires pupils who reside on certain federal property to enroll in resident school district in accordance with schedule determined by executive county superintendent of schools.
Passed the General Assembly4
Requires Attorney General to establish victims of identity theft database.
Expands Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance Programs to include assistance for water utility bill.
Concerns timely provision of TDI and family temporary disability benefits.*
Requires DLPS to issue guidelines for counties to establish special needs registries.
Out of committee7
Prohibits person whose driver's license is suspended for DWI from operating NJT train.
Requires newly manufactured handguns to be micro-stamped; establishes handgun database.
Adds Monmouth County as pilot county for purposes of "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act."
Establishes Veterans Assistance Grant Program for nonprofit organizations to provide certain services to veterans.
Creates "Economic Gardening Program" in Department of State to provide customized services to certain businesses.
Establishes Office for Women's Advancement in DOLWD to facilitate full and equal participation of women in workplace; makes an appropriation.
Requires sanitation vehicles display flashing lights in certain circumstances and imposes conditions on drivers approaching sanitation vehicles displaying flashing lights; designated as "Michael Massey's Law."
In committee16
Authorizes parent or guardian to place security freeze on child's consumer report.
Establishes State School Aid Funding Fairness Commission.
Establishes "Comprehensive State Plan for Economic Development."
Requires DOH to establish public awareness campaign and develop policies and procedures to promote recognition and treatment of perinatal anxiety.
Concerns crime of trafficking in personal identifying information.
Designates horseshoe crab as State Arthropod.
Establishes Firearm Violence Research Center at Rutgers, The State University.
Increases workers' compensation for loss of hand or foot; requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to study effectiveness of workers' compensation program.
Amends child abuse reporting law to require provision of identifying information by reporting persons; to impose penalties for false reporting; and to authorize disclosure of confidential information necessary to evaluate false reporting claims.
Establishes social innovation loan guarantee pilot program and study commission within New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority concerning opioid and other substance use disorders.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to annually provide Governor and Legislature with student consumer information report compiled under "New Jersey College Student and Parent Consumer Information Act."
Concerns equal pay and employment opportunities for women.
Directs State Board of Examiners to maintain list of certificate holders against whom the board has initiated certificate suspension or revocation proceedings.
Increases certain minimum liability coverage required for motor vehicle insurance and abolishes basic automobile insurance policy.
Removes certain Master HVACR licensing requirements for licensed electrical contractors for 12 months.
Requires employers to maintain health insurance benefits for employees during certain labor disputes.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Prohibits person whose driver's license is suspended for DWI from operating NJT train.
Requires sanitation vehicles display flashing lights in certain circumstances and imposes conditions on drivers approaching sanitation vehicles displaying flashing lights; designated as "Michael Massey's Law."
Co-sponsored
Became law · 55
Requires Division of Local Government Services to include certain property tax information on division's web page.
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for personal care services.
Ensures project deadline fairness, enhances transparency, and establishes foreclosure protection and mortgage relief program for Superstorm Sandy- impacted victims.*
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.
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Relief Act; Provides income tax credit to family caregivers of certain armed service members with physical disabilities.
Requires annual notice of assessment on property to contain bolded notice of filing deadline for appeal.
Establishes crimes of operating school bus with suspended or revoked driving privileges and being involved in accident causing bodily injury; permanently prohibits passenger and school bus CDL endorsements for persons convicted of those crimes.
Allows certain National Guard and United States Reserve members to temporarily defer mortgage loan payments and suspend property tax payments.*
Concerns Code Blue alert plans to shelter at-risk individuals. *
Requires State Comptroller to report findings of audit compliance reviews.
Permits a victim or witness of any age to testify by closed circuit television under certain circumstances in prosecutions for domestic violence, sexual assault, and certain other crimes.*
Permits small, women owned, or minority owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from EDA as if located in designated urban center.
Requires health care professionals engaged in prenatal care to provide parents of newborns with information on health insurance coverage for newborn children.*
Establishes New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and Business Partnerships.
Allows fire district elections to be moved to November; eliminates certain fire district budget referenda; and eliminates certain fire district capital purchase referenda.
Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements.
Grants drivers additional time to resolve parking violations prior to license or registration suspension.*
Establishes "Veterans Affordable Housing Section 8 Voucher Pilot Program."
Establishes veterans' preference for affordable housing in certain housing projects.
Authorizes virtual net metering for certain electric public utility customers connected to certain hydropower facilities and resource recovery facilities.**
Includes all disabled veterans in NJT discount program for senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
Requires health insurance coverage for contraceptives to include prescriptions for 6 months.*
Requires DOT Commissioner to develop public awareness programs and use variable message signs to inform motorists about State's "move over" law.
Provides protections for individuals with developmental disabilities; upgrades crimes committed against such individuals; and improves tranparency and accountability in investigations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of such individuals; designated as
Permits local units of government to enter into shared services agreements with federal military installations located in the State.
Establishes New Jersey Military Skills Council.
Provides preference to certain employers applying for workforce development grants.
Directs Attorney General to develop plan to disseminate Amber and Silver Alert information through social media.
Allows NJ STARS and NJ STARS II scholarship recipients to maintain program eligibility in the event that medical condition or recent death of parent or spouse prevents enrollment as full-time student.
Extends health benefits coverage of a newborn infant.
Provides diamondback terrapins protection as nongame indigenous species.
Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste; extends "Food Bank Good Samaritan Act" immunity protections to public and nonpublic schools.*
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Establishes microenterprise training program and assistance for microentrepreneurs; gives priority status to projects involving microenterprises under Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program.
Dedicates one percent of cigarette and other tobacco products tax revenues to anti-smoking initiatives.*
Authorizes municipal volunteer programs for free removal of snow from certain residential properties occupied by seniors or disabled persons.*
Concerns electronic medical bills for workers' compensation claims.*
Requires initial determination of unemployment benefits to be made within three weeks of filing of claim.
Revises application deadline for homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Permits authorities and local units operating water supply or sewerage facilities to waive, reduce, or defer sewerage and water service fees for deployed military personnel.
Extends expiration date of certain permits for one year in Superstorm Sandy-impacted counties.
Establishes law enforcement assisted addiction and recovery referral programs.*
Requires DMVA to create registry for organizations providing services to veterans.
Concerns sale of certain tires.
Establishes 9/11 Memorial Registry.
Requires public employers to implement certain policies for handling and responding to reports of domestic violence.
Requires State Auditor to annually report on unspent State account balances.
Decreases annual thoroughbred race dates to 50 minimum upon written consent from New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association.
Authorizes Division of Consumer Affairs to extend orders for controlled dangerous substances under certain circumstances.
Establishes Gold Star Family Counseling Program in DMVA; creates tax credit for certain health care professionals.
Authorizes certain benefits for certain family members of military personnel who died while on active duty.
Appropriates $22,385,743 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $2,988,859 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund and constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to provide capital preservation grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Concerns assessment of buildings or structures on real property located in certain counties following material depreciation thereof.
Regulates pharmacy benefits managers as organized delivery systems.**
Vetoed · 11
Requires health insurance coverage for certain amino acid-based elemental formulas.
Prohibits smoking at public parks and beaches.
Automatically registers or updates voter registration as part of driver's license application or renewal.
Establishes an apprenticeship requirement to qualify for an electrical contractor's license.
Extends duration of urban enterprise zones for 10 additional years; specifies permissable use of funds.*
Requires Attorney General to provide identity theft passport to certain victims of identity theft.
Makes FY 2017 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.*
Jake's Law; Incentivizes counties to design and construct completely inclusive playgrounds as a priority for State funding for recreational and conservation purposes.*
Codifies regulations defining justifiable need to carry handgun.
Creates certain assistance programs for businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons, by persons with a disability, and by veterans.*
Establishes process for recovery of Superstorm Sandy aid overpayments and makes General Fund appropriation.*
Passed the General Assembly · 51
Enhances the reporting and disclosure requirements concerning State tax expenditures and limits the duration of new State tax expenditure enactments.
Requires an annual State debt affordability analysis be included in the State Debt Report.
Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to require criminal history records check for person to serve as official at athletic events sanctioned by association.
Requires certain health care facilities to provide information concerning palliative care and hospice care services.
The "Municipal Volunteer Property Tax Reduction Act"; permits certain municipal property owners to perform volunteer services in return for property tax vouchers.
Requires State Treasurer to organize and publish certain contract and grant data and information on State expenditure Internet website.
Allows shore municipalities to provide spouse and dependent children of veterans free or reduced cost access to beaches.
"Student Online Personal Protection Act." *
Provides for jurisdiction for prosecution for certain crimes against minors committed outside New Jersey.
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Authorizes wiretap orders for investigation of luring or enticing a child, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment under certain circumstances.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Suspends fines for certain first-time paperwork violations committed by small businesses.
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
"HOPE Initiative Act;" requires establishment of public awareness campaign to educate citizens about dangers and causes of, and appropriate responses to, heroin and opioid addiction.
Allows tax credits for development of qualified wind energy facilities in certain portfield sites.
Establishes that payment plan for motor vehicle surcharges is mandatory upon request; extends payment period.
Establishes mandatory domestic violence training for municipal prosecutors.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.*
Requires Governor's annual budget message to include description and fiscal analyses of recommendations to raise State revenue estimated at $1 million or more.
Prohibits firearm possession by persons convicted of certain offenses.*
Requires consumer notification of vehicle warranty for aftermarket and recycled parts.
Requires certain workers subject to prevailing wage requirements to be enrolled in, or have completed, registered apprenticeship.
Requires firearms seizure when mental health professional determines patient poses threat of harm to self or others.
Directs the Div. of Travel and Tourism to publish on its website information of farm-to-table restaurants.
Increases penalties for energy "slamming" practices.
Requires Dept. of Agriculture to create clearinghouse website for vendors to provide surplus food to charities in State.
Requires public and nonpublic schools to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Establishes requirements for sale of home baked goods or cottage foods. *
Prohibits release of personal identifying information of violent crime victims and witnesses under State's open public records law.
Requires board of education to post information about child abuse hotline in each school.*
Permits issuance of motorcycle endorsement to certain out-of-State military personnel.
Requires businesses receiving financial assistance from EDA be prohibited from any gender gap payment practice to their employees.
Enters New Jersey in multistate Nurse Licensure Compact.
Establishes "Monica's Law" requiring evidence-based risk assessments in certain domestic violence cases. *
Requires training for law enforcement officers and assistant county prosecutors concerning handling of domestic violence cases.
Establishes Statewide program to provide treatment services for children exposed to domestic violence. *
Authorizes annual issuance of permit to sell alcoholic beverages at seasonal farm market.
Requires additional data in annual temporary disability and family leave insurance reports.
Establishes Statewide Hit and Run Advisory Program to facilitate apprehension of persons fleeing motor vehicle accident scene; designated as "Zackhary's Law."
Bars public entities and public employees from entering into confidential settlements of "whistleblower" claims; provides that such settlements constitute public records.
Allows horse racetracks to be available for placing wagers at casinos in Atlantic City using Internet.*
Requires employers within construction industry to notify employees of certain rights.
Concerns payment of freelance workers.
Establishes Behavioral Health Services Task Force.*
Expands health insurance coverage for behavioral health services and autism and enhances enforcement and oversight of mental health parity laws. *
Strengthens location confidentiality for certain crime victims.
Requires lactation rooms be made available at certain PANYNJ airports.
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Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Increases distribution to municipalities from Energy Tax Receipts Property Tax Relief Fund over five years to restore municipal aid reductions; requires additional aid to be subtracted from municipal property tax levy.
Expands eligibility for veterans civil service preference.
Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate and graduate tuition and fees by more than 4% over the prior academic year.
Requires the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for maintenance of certain State memorials honoring war veterans.
Implements 2014 constitutional dedication of CBT revenues for certain environmental purposes; revises State's open space, farmland, and historic preservation programs.
Retitles State correction officer as State correctional police officer; clarifies law enforcement powers.
Excludes Armed Services combat zone pay from gross income taxation.
Requires hospital patient's medical record to include notation if patient is at increased risk of confusion, agitation, behavioral problems, and wandering due to dementia related disorder.*
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to compile and annually update list of all unfunded State and federal mandates on municipalities and counties.
"New Jersey International Arbitration, Mediation, and Conciliation Act."
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Revises restrictions for Internet access by sex offenders. *
Expands infertility coverage under certain health insurance plans.
Requires DHS to develop timeline for use by individuals with developmental disabilities to gain benefit of State and federal programs; requires posting timeline on DHS, DCF, and DOE websites.
Ensures equal rights and opportunities for pregnant students in institutions of higher education.*
Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students who have children to purchase meal plans, live in on-campus housing, or pay gym fees.
Prohibits institution of higher education that provides child care from charging student-parent who receives child care voucher under "New Jersey Cares for Kids Program" an amount for child care in excess of voucher amount.
Requires health insurers and State Health Benefits Commission to provide coverage for posttraumatic stress disorder under same conditions as other sickness.
Establishes a joint legislative and executive branch New Jersey Revenue Advisory Board to provide consensus revenue forecasting advice for State budget purposes.
Mandates health benefits coverage for opioid analgesics with abuse-deterrent properties.
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Requires Commissioner of DCA to promulgate rules and regulations providing for veterans' affordable housing assistance preference.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain infant formulas.
Requires county health departments to maintain reserve stock of opioid antidotes to dispense to certain entities on interim basis to ensure uninterrupted supply.*
Authorizes special emergency appropriations for the payment of certain expenses incurred by municipalities to implement a municipal consolidation.
Establishes a small business job creation and preservation account program to incentivize small business workforce expansion in New Jersey with income tax exclusions for interest.
Requires Public Health Council to promulgate rules and regulations for use of quality control programs in bio-analytical and clinical laboratories.
Requires DOH to issue standing order authorizing pharmacists to dispense opioid antidotes to patients without individual prescriptions.*
Requires health insurers to limit patient cost-sharing and provide appeal process concerning certain prescription drug coverage.
Requires online parking ticket payment system, NJMCDirect, to process payments 24 hours per day.
Provides incentives for certain businesses associated with military installations.
Permits small businesses to qualify for loans from NJEDA for costs of energy audit and making energy efficiency or conservation improvements.
Concerns equal pay for women and employment discrimination.
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of student borrower's death or total and permanent disability and grant deferment for temporary total disability.*
"Personal Information and Privacy Protection Act"; restricts collection and use of personal information by retail establishments for certain purposes.
Revises "Overseas Residents Absentee Voting Law" to mirror federal law; permits overseas voters to vote in any election; permits use of federal write-in absentee ballot to vote, register or request ballot for all elections.
Increases flexibility, clarity, and available tools of optional municipal consolidation process.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Concerns victim's right to rape care advocate under certain circumstances.
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group.
Exempts cable television subscriber from notifying cable television company, Office of Cable Television, or other complaint officer of cable television service outage to receive credit or rebate.
Establishes program allowing certain applicants to perform community service in lieu of paying motor vehicle surcharges.
Allows gross income tax deduction for 50% of contributions of $100 or more to domestic violence shelters.
Requires DOH regulations regarding elevated blood lead levels in children, and appropriate responses thereto, to be consistent with latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations.
Establishes compensation program for law enforcement officers and certain other employees injured while performing official duties. *
Requires prescribers to discuss addiction risk associated with certain drugs prior to issuing prescription to minor patient.
Provides for notification of emergency contact in event of death of senior citizen in senior citizen housing facility.
Creates public awareness campaign concerning risks associated with unsecured, Internet-connected baby monitors.
Requires DOLWD to permit veterans and other groups to apply for UI benefits online.
Upgrades assault on victims who are elderly or disabled.
Establishes animal cruelty offense of animal hoarding; requires mental health counseling for all animal cruelty offenders.
Establishes Women's Vocational Training Pilot Program to promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations; authorizes allocation of certain funds therefor.*
Concerns excessive price increases during state of emergency.
Provides US Armed Forces and Reserves members with protection against interference with their employment, trade or business.
Enables collection of voluntary contributions for Jersey Fresh Program through gross income tax returns.
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to promulgate Property Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
Revises penalties for drunk driving and ignition interlock device violations.
Establishes New Jersey First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Program; provides gross income tax bebefits for certain contributions to and earnings on assets maintained in accounts established under program.*
Establishes mandatory training program for human resources officers of public employers on handling and responding to reports of domestic violence.
Enhances protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms by certain persons; provides for minimum terms of incarceration for offenders who commit physically violent acts.
Requires health care facilities to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
Creates New Jersey Military Working Dog Handler and Military Working Dog medal.
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to examine feasibilty of centralized property tax information system to verify property taxes paid by homestead property tax reimbursement claimants.
Requires certain schools to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by school nurse or trained employee.
Requires Office of Emergency Management to establish county storm preparedness funding program. *
Modifies scope of "Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act of 2015" and enforcement of protective orders under that act.
Prohibits termination of law enforcement officer or firefighter based upon determination that officer or firefighter is physically unable to perform duty under certain circumstances.*
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to provide annual New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program report to Governor and Legislature and develop student loan comparison information document to increase program transpa
Revises New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program to require applicants first exhaust federal student loans, require income verification, and limit total student loan amounts.
Requires employers to disclose certain wage information to employees.
Requires family day care providers and certain household members to undergo criminal history record background checks.
Requires bidders on certain State contracts to disclose, and Department of Treasury to publish, certain gender wage information.
Requires compilation of, and public access to, tests of soil lead levels.
Requires soil testing to determine lead content prior to certain home sales.
Requires DEP to adopt Statewide plan to reduce lead exposure from contaminated soils and drinking water.
Requires health insurers, SHBP and SEHBP to provide coverage for digital tomosynthesis for screening and diagnostic purposes related to breast cancer.
"Prescription Drug Consumer Transparency Act;" requires pharmacy benefits managers to disclose certain information to benefit plan purchasers and to establish toll-free telephone number for certain inquiries.
Creates Veterans Diversion Program to divert eligible servicemembers away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.
Requires property tax bills to contain eligibility information on State tax relief programs.
Requires DMVA to notify county veterans' affairs office of death of certain military service members; requires office to have Gold Star liaison.
Requires Adjutant General to create informational webpage for Gold Star families.
Extends full protection of Law Against Discrimination to persons having liability for service in Armed Forces of United States; guarantees equal employment opportunity in State contracting to all veterans.
Requires DCA to verify income of low-income home energy assistance benefit applicants.
Requires DCA to provide certain information on low-income home energy assistance program, annually update its low-income home energy assistance program handbook, and provide quarterly training sessions on administering program.*
Requires DCA to verify that low-income home energy assistance benefits are not awarded to deceased individuals.
Requires DOH to permit certain health care facilities to use shared clinical space when providing primary health care and behavioral health care for mild to moderate behavioral health conditions.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction and disabled verterans' property tax exemption to members of the United States Armed Forces assigned to the rescue and recovery mission at the World Trade Center between September 11, 2001 and May 3
Converts senior freeze reimbursement into credit applied directly to property tax bills.
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for school districts regarding transgender students.
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $7,453,000 to DOH for family planning services.
Requires BPU and electric public utilities to conduct energy storage analysis. *
Requires practitioners to check prescription monitoring information before issuing certain prescriptions to emergency department patients; authorizes medical scribes and licensed athletic trainers to access prescription monitoring information under certai
Permits court to order transfer of billing responsibility for, and rights to, wireless telephone number to certain victims of domestic violence or stalking.*
Establishes additional penalties related to child pornography and expands crime to include portrayal of child in sexual manner; establishes crime of leader of child pornography network.
Clarifies prohibition on preexisting condition exclusions in health insurance policies.
Establishes data reporting requirements for emergency medical services providers and dispatch centers.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to establish repayment assistance program for borrowers under New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students Loan Program who suffer material loss of income.
Requires NJ to join U.S. Climate Alliance to uphold Paris Climate Accord.
Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from making certain retroactive reductions in claim payments to pharmacies.
Directs Division of Fire Safety in Department of Community Affairs to survey fire suppression systems in public and nonpublic school buildings.*
Directs State Board of Education to review and incorporate within New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education instructional standards on water safety.*
Commits $3 million from Supplemental Workforce Fund for Basic Skill to NJ Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development.
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of certain firearm components.
Allows counties to prioritize county homelessness trust fund grants for homeless veterans.
Concerns prescribing of certain controlled dangerous substances; requires practitioners to check prescription monitoring information before issuing certain prescriptions to emergency department patients; authorizes medical scribes and athletic trainers to
Appropriates $1,737,902 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for grants to certain nonprofit organizations for farmland preservation purposes.
Appropriates $19,266,145 to State Agriculture Development Committee for farmland preservation purposes.
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Lowers age of eligibility for surviving spouse under homestead property tax reimbursement program; extends payment of homestead property tax reimbursement to non-eligible surviving spouse for portion of tax year during which deceased spouse lived.
Revises requirements and training standards for first responders under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
Requires distribution of homestead benefits on or before October 31 of the State fiscal year during which an appropriation is made.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax on Class C beneficiaries and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amount for New Jersey estate tax to $1,500,000.
Revises criteria to establish base year for homestead property tax reimbursement after relocation.
Requires DEP to update Shore Protection Master Plan.
Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.
Extends eligibility for veterans' property tax deduction to residents of continuing care retirement communities.
Requires health insurance carriers to reimburse network providers of diagnostic radiologic services at the same rate.
Requires posting of information about availability of services from substance abuse treatment facilities on county and DHS websites.
Exempts nursing mothers from jury duty.
Requires use of electronic mail for community notification under Megan's law.
Provides for fair notice and opportunity to contest, or obtain waiver of a repayment of, overpayment of homestead rebate or credit and homestead property tax reimbursement.
Establishes compensation program for State and juvenile corrections officers and parole officers injured while performing official duties.
Allows gross income tax deduction for certain student loan interest.
Realigns the transfer inheritance tax payment due date to coincide with the payment due dates for State and federal estate taxes.
"Combat to College Act"; grants priority course registration to military service members and veterans attending public institutions of higher education.
Requires public institutions of higher education to grant academic credit to certain veterans.
Excludes veteran disability compensation from income qualification limits under homestead property tax reimbursement program.
Encourages sharing of services; makes appropriations.
Requires hospitals and health care professionals to offer hepatitis C testing to certain individuals.
Increases the personal income tax's pension and retirement income exclusion fivefold over three years.
Establishes temporary mortgage relief programs for certain owners of real property impacted by "Superstorm Sandy."*
Permits patients to indicate that they should not be prescribed opiates and certain other controlled substances in prescription monitoring program information.
Requires Governor, certain State officers and employees, and legislators to file annual report disclosing certain expenditures; requires reimbursement from such persons under certain circumstances.
Requires course in civics or U.S. government as part of high school graduation requirements; requires school districts to use DOE's curriculum guidelines for civics.
Establishes Task Force on School District Regionalization.
Requires issues related to prescription opioids to be included in continuing education courses for certain health care professionals.
Requires all prescriptions be transmitted electronically, subject to certain exceptions.
Requires opioid antidote dispensation to be monitored under Prescription Monitoring Program, and authorizes certain entities to submit info regarding opioid antidote administration for inclusion in secondary, linked database; designated as "John Wagner's
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to annually report on Office of Taxpayer Advocate.
Requires all Medicaid managed care organization to permit all pharmacies in State to dispense prescriptions for all covered medications.
Creates State Procurement Study Commission.
Creates State Spending Commission to study expenditures of State government.
Clarifies sales tax collection responsibilities of horse-boarding businesses in New Jersey; makes change retroactive to October 1, 2006.
Provides gross income tax deduction for State fuel taxes paid on purchases of motor fuel for personal use of motor vehicles.
"Prescription Drug Consumer Transparency Act."
Increases membership of Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority.
Concerns construction of crematories.
Provides full forfeiture of pension of elected or appointed official convicted of any crime touching office.
Establishes Gold Star Family Scholarship Program; appropriates $100,000 from General Fund to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who donate organs.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who provide blood donations.
Allows 50 percent credit against societal benefits charge to local governments that utilize traffic signals that use light emitting diode technology.
Requires BPU to conduct study concerning zero emission credits.
Allows 50 percent credit against societal benefits charge to electric or gas public utility customers who install and maintain publicly available zero emission vehicle charging stations.
Requires photo identification for handgun ammunition purchases.
Requires electronic reporting of handgun ammunition sales.
Prohibits sale, offer for sale, or distribution of infant products containing bisphenol A.
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential and prohibit any disclosure, sale, or unauthorized access to subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing to disclose informatio
Requires Internet service providers to keep confidential subscriber's personally identifiable information unless subscriber authorizes Internet service provider in writing to disclose information.
Concerns State-administered retirement savings plan; establishes "Garden State MEP."
Ensures continued access of family planning services in event of federal action.
Concerns health insurance benefits for locked-out workers.
Requires State to uphold goals of Paris Climate Agreement.
Establishes compensation program for certain county corrections officers injured while performing official duties.
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Township of Howell as "State Trooper Marc K. Castellano Memorial Highway."
Filed · 2
Amends Fiscal Year 2018 annual appropriation act to ensure involuntarily furloughed State employees receive retroactive salary payments for State government budget shut down.
Appropriates $8,992,898 to DEP from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues and various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.