Bills in the 2004–2005 Session, General Assembly.
Samuel D. Thompson
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to compile and provide certain staffing information to the public. *
Out of committee4
Mandates training for judges and judicial personnel regarding problems and issues faced by grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.
Creates the "Grandparents' Court Liaison Program."
Directs the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Human Services to work with institutions of higher education in the development of certain family programs.
Permits law enforcement personnel to examine account records of E-ZPass customers when theft of a transponder has been reported.
In committee37
Provides immunity from liability for certain recreational activities and from injuries caused by acts of God.
Prohibits pharmacists from disclosing certain information concerning prescription purchases for use in commercial solicitations unless authorized by consumers.
Requires the Director of the Division of Taxation to establish a gross income tax payment system by credit card or debit card.
Authorizes DMV to offer a red heart-shaped identifying symbol on personalized license plates.
Provides that new ratables will be phased into the calculation of equalized valuation over a ten-year period in determining eligibility for State school aid.
Allows property taxpayers an additional year to file tax appeal after revaluation.
Includes auxiliary police officers in Emergency Services Length of Service Award Program.
Appropriates $2,431,028 to AOC to implement a program to identify and divert certain chronic juvenile offenders from court system to alternative dispositions.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million to the Department of State for model youth programs.
Provides State tax credit allotments for wages paid to youths employed through the Youth Employment and After School Incentive Pilot Program.
Establishes that passenger vehicles other than police vehicles have a useful life of five years and allows local units to bond for such vehicles.
Establishes "Grandparenting Resource Center Pilot Program" and appropriates $3,000,000.
Requires HMFA to prioritize projects affordable to extended family care givers; amends Fair Housing Act to allow funding to programs supporting extended family care.
Requires DHS and DHSS to provide information about federal and State benefits to persons providing kinship care.
Combines the filing of application for the NJ SAVER rebate, homestead rebate, homestead property tax reimbursement, and homestead property tax credit with the New Jersey gross income tax return.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $4.4 million to DLPS for purchase and distribution of thermal imaging cameras for local police services.
Expands FamilyCare Health Coverage Program to cover single adults and couples without dependent children with incomes up to 133% of poverty level.
Appropriates $16 million to DHSS for grants of $2 million each to the State's designated children's hospitals.
Provides additional fair share housing credit to municipalities in substantial compliance with terms of substantive certification for period beginning in 2000.
Supplemental appropriation of $19 million from Tobacco Settlement Fund to DHSS for pediatric cancer treatment and research.
Establishes a hospital accounting management system and appropriates $2 million to DHSS.
Concerns basic skills training.
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests for disabled veterans.
Establishes 5-year "Breast Cancer Screening Grant Fund Program" in DHSS; appropriates $3.8 million from Tobacco Settlement Fund each year for 5 years.
Exempts sales of returnable plastic containers and pallets from sales and use tax.
Excludes gratuities from calculation of workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance premiums for limousine or livery services.
Upgrades tampering generally; upgrades tampering with prescribed medicine to second degree crime.
Authorizes creation of sports and entertainment districts in certain municipalities.
Reduces statute of limitations for medical malpractice liability actions to four years.
Requires health insurers to cover treatment ordered by health care provider for covered person based on generally accepted standards of health care practice, subject to appeal; creates Carrier Appeals Program.
Dedicates $20 million annually in realty transfer fee revenues to pay for development, improvement, and repair of State parks, forests, recreation areas, historic sites, natural areas and fish and wildlife areas.
Requires interactive computer services to disable access to images, information, or data which depicts child engaged in prohibited sexual act.
Concerns medical malpractice procedures and liability.
Requires penalties to be levied against renters and homeowners who violate affordability controls on affordable housing units.
Limits to $5,000 per election amount contributed to and by county committee of a political party.
Prohibits sale and distribution of alcohol without water machines.
Prohibits former elected official from receiving for five years compensation from charitable or non-profit organization when official's candidate committee donated campaign contributions to organization.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Prohibits telemarketers from using technology designed to misrepresent their identity. *
Designates State Highway No. 70 bridge over Manasquan River as the "September 11 Memorial Bridge;" appropriates $2,500.
Appropriates $300,000 to DHS for grant to Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey. *
Permits units of local government to limit award of public contracts to business entities that make political contributions; requires certain business entities to file annual disclosure statement. **
Appropriates $16,181,750 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central NJ.
Appropriates $25 million from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities and counties for farmland preservation purposes.
Supplemental appropriation of $5 million to Division of State Police for additional police recruit class and communication system upgrades.
Approves $6,585,306 in grants for certain historic preservation projects in southern New Jersey.
Creates World War II Veterans' Memorial Fund.
Concerns availability, deductibles, and certain treatment under high deductible health plans paid through federally qualified health savings accounts.
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Prohibits sale to minors of anabolic androgenic steroids prohibited by World Anti-Doping Agency. *
Allows disabled veteran's surviving spouse to claim property tax exemption when veteran's disability declaration is granted after death.
Requires HMOs to report number of children screened for lead poisoning under Medicaid program.
The "Health Insurance Affordability and Accessibility Reform Act."
Concerns availability, deductibles, and certain treatment under high deductible health plans paid through federally qualified health savings accounts. *
Out of committee · 21
Concerns workers' compensation for firefighters with cancer.
Establishes limits on resident's hours in hospitals.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
Provides credit under gross income tax and corporation business tax for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Allows taxpayers to deduct adoption expenses from gross income.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Excludes housing and subsistence allowances of members of active and reserve components of U.S. Armed Forces, and of National Guard members on State active duty, from taxable gross income. *
Establishes "Alan M. Augustine Colorectal Cancer Research Fund"; appropriates $100,000. *
Provides compensatory time off for certain essential attendance State employees.
Revises pilotage laws.
Authorizes municipal governing body to create and maintain list of municipal residents in need of special assistance in case of emergency for public safety purposes.
Increases the presumed marked-up rate for a retailer selling cigarettes.
Requires municipalities appointing certain Class Two special officers to reimburse their former municipal employers for training costs.
Revises statutes governing New Jersey State Firemen's Association.
Credits coverage under Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare towards employer's minimum participation rate under NJ Small Employer Health Benefits Program.
Allows certain persons in military service to receive suspension of interest on mortgage loan. *
Appropriates moneys from the "Dam, Lake, Stream, Flood Control, Water Resources, and Wastewater Treatment Project Bond Act of 2003" for loans for dams restoration and repair projects and to finance the costs of State dam restoration and repair projects.
"Family Health Care Coverage Act"; reestablishes NJ FamilyCare Program, expands eligibility for Medicaid program for parents and adults without dependent children and provides for pharmaceutical manufacturer rebates for GA program. *
Appropriates $16,575,000 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in central NJ.
Appropriates $65,822,075 from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" and various Green Acres bond funds, and appropriates or reappropriates certain other moneys, for local government open space acquisition and park development projects in "ur
Appropriates $31,415,464 from "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" for planning incentive grants to counties and municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
In committee · 58
Prohibits certain contributions by certain entities and individuals doing business with counties or municipalities; limits amount of contribution by principals and officers of such entities.
Permits municipality to enact ordinance to curb gang related loitering and criminal activity.
Clarifies that the term "deadly weapon" includes an animal.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education loan payments.
Establishes procedures for court and DYFS to determine safety of minor child whose child's caretaker is incarcerated.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Allows certain self-employed business owners to deduct their own pension plan contributions from gross income under the gross income tax.
Allows certain individuals and private small business employers to purchase SHBP coverage.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under the gross income tax.
Revises State funding formula for public education.
Concerns errors in estimating income for certain programs for aged and disabled persons.
Establishes lead-safe housing grant and loan program and registry plan; makes appropriations.
Creates the Medical Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Commission.
Includes same sex marriages among marriages declared void; provides that New Jersey will not recognize marriages in other jurisdictions which are void in New Jersey.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for applications filed prior to July 1, 2007.
Establishes "Virtual Medical Monitoring Service Pilot Program" in DHSS; appropriates $150,000.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Increases pensions paid to surviving spouses under Prison Officers' Pension Fund.
Requires Medicaid program to increase reimbursement for ambulance services provided to Medicaid recipients who are also Medicare eligible to Medicare rate.
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Modifies various laws in regard to medical malpractice liability.
Establishes hiring preference for children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty seeking appointment to municipal police forces.
Exempts physicians from jury service under certain circumstances.
Extends veterans' property tax exemption to tenant shareholders in cooperatives and mutual housing corporations.
Establishes the level of State school aid for the 2002-2003 school year; establishes the Save Our Schools Fund to finance increased State aid.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
"Family Home Occupation Act;" classifies certain home-occupations as accessory uses needing no use variances in residential zone; authorizes municipalities to limit or exclude certain warehousing, manufacturing or retailing activities.
Prohibits discrimination in the sale of malt alcoholic beverages by certain breweries to licensed wholesalers in the State.
Expands mission of NJ organized militia in DMVA and increases size and rank of leadership.
Provides immunity for certain nonprofit health care clinics that provide free services and creates volunteer physican license.
Prohibits sale of gasoline containing MTBE; directs DEP to seek waiver from EPA oxygen requirements for purpose of discontinuing use of MTBE; and establishes Transportation Energy Security Council to monitor good faith compliance effort.
Increases annual income limitation to receive senior and disabled citizens' property tax deduction to $15,000.
Provides for recoupling of the computation of the New Jersey estate tax in accord with the federal estate tax.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Provides State in lieu aid to municipalities for certain tax-exempt group homes.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,000,000 to DHSS for grant to North Jersey Community Research Initiative.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Allows a corporation business taxpayer that dissolves and completely liquidates during the 2002-2003 suspension of net operating loss deductions to use that deduction.
Directs ELEC to collect fees from certain firms that employ legislative agents; increases certain penalties imposed by ELEC and Executive Commission on Ethical Standards; dedicates funds to those commissions.
Provides public access to certain information received or possessed by legislators.
Authorizes local unit to appoint insurance fund commissioners, its chief financial officer or its municipal clerk to oversee insurance fund.
Authorizes special license plates for undersheriffs and sheriff's officers.
Clarifies powers of public safety directors.
Upgrades crime of kidnapping minor less than 16 years of age and increases applicable term of imprisonment.
Requires reckless driving summons to note whether minor was in vehicle and makes minor's presence an aggravating factor.
Eliminates restrictions on the submission of separate school budget proposals for additional funds and maintains school district surplus at 3% in the 2005-2006 school year and thereafter.
Revises the calculation of courtesy busing school budget cap adjustment for courtesy busing performed along a hazardous route.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
Broadens eligibility for various veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specific dates or specific locations.
Establishes a pothole repair and research program in the Department of Transportation and provides funding from new motor vehicle tire fee revenue.
Requires DMVA to send Servicemembers' Advisory Notice to members of National Guard called to active duty.
Requires campaign contribution to be accompanied by certification that contributor has not been convicted of crime.
Prohibits person convicted of crime from making campaign contribution.
Prohibits use of campaign contributions by candidate committee or legislative leadership committee when candidate or legislative leader is charged with commission of crime.
Provides that campaign contributions received from certain persons convicted of crimes will be forfeited and paid to ELEC for enforcement purposes.
Prohibits use of campaign funds by candidate or legislative leader convicted of crime; requires that such funds be paid to ELEC for enforcement purposes.
Establishes special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Directs State owned or operated marinas to provide a 50% discount on boat launching fees for senior citizens on weekdays.