Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Samuel D. Thompson
Sponsored
Became law1
Provides for distributions from ABP during transition to retirement programs for faculty at institutions of higher education.
Out of committee1
Permits complainant to withdraw complaint from county or municipal ethics board if decision not rendered within 180 days of receipt and submit to Local Finance Board.
In committee27
Provides immunity from liability for certain recreational activities and from injuries caused by acts of God.
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.
Allows property taxpayers an additional year to file tax appeal after revaluation.
Includes auxiliary police officers in Emergency Services Length of Service Award 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.
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.
Permits law enforcement personnel to examine account records of E-ZPass customers when the theft of a transponder has been reported.
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 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.
Requires insurers and State health care coverage programs to cover cost of HIV vaccine.
Eliminates requirement that candidate campaign treasurer reports be filed with county clerk for legislative, local and school board candidates.
Implements measures to strengthen oversight of hospital charity care subsidies.
Prohibits solid waste collectors from billing for residential collection services more than 30 days in advance of the service.
Clarifies that certain former New Jersey National Guard members may be eligible for higher education tuition assistance.
Clarifies calculation of at-risk weight in school funding formula.
Requires certain persons on boats less than 21 feet long to wear personal flotation device between November 1st and May 1st.
Clarifies breath test warnings provided to persons arrested for intoxicated driving and boating need only be in English and those warnings are not element of offense of refusing breath test.
Requires Motor Vehicle Commission to issue one license plate instead of two.
Removes provision permitting dismissal of de minimis violations for offenses involving corruption of public resources.
Prohibits the use of county and municipal vehicles by part-time elected local government officers.
Requires certain school buses to be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts.
Authorizes issuance of duplicate firearms purchaser identification cards for change of address with certain proof.
Concerns remuneration of employees of local sewerage, utilities, and county improvement authorities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Permits veterans' organizations to use net proceeds from games of chance for organizations' support.
Allows SPRS members to purchase SPRS credit for prior military service.
Establishes the "New Jersey Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act."
Designates portion of U.S. Route 206 bypass in Hillsborough Township as "Peter J. Biondi Bypass."
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
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.
Clarifies charitable contributions are not a factor in determining where person is domiciled under New Jersey gross income tax.
Passed the Senate · 1
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.**
Out of committee · 6
Clarifies the effect of abstention by a member of a public body.
Requires municipalities to exempt 100% disabled veterans from construction permit surcharge fees for improvements to promote living unit accessibility; appropriates $20,000 for municipal reimbursements.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act."*
Eliminates duplication and redundancy in registration of certain apartments.
Requires health benefits coverage for refills of prescription eye drops under certain conditions.
In committee · 13
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Designates Pine Barrens treefrog as New Jersey State Amphibian.
Requires certain commissions to maintain meeting minutes; establishes Governor's authority to approve or veto the minutes of those commissions.
Establishes Governor's authority over approval of minutes of certain regional commissions.
Modifies current law regarding regulation and restrictions on business entities who are public contractors and make campaign contributions to certain office holders, candidates and political organizations.
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.
Allows gross income tax deduction for first $200,000 earned by certain new physicians and dentists in first seven taxable years of practice in NJ.
Provides that videotaping of aggravated assault is a third degree crime.
Doubles amount of certain retirement income that may be excluded from gross income under gross income tax, eliminates income cap on exclusion.
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.
Concerns hospital asset transformation program.
Requiring electric public utilities and municipal and county shade tree commissions to meet annually concerning vegetation management; requires commissions to implement vegetation management plans.
Clarifies that crime victim has a right to make a victim impact statement directly to the defendant at sentencing.