Bills in the 2020–2021 Session, Senate.
Samuel D. Thompson
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Requires limited liability company to disclose ownership information when submitting deed for recording.
In committee37
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.
Establishes that passenger vehicles other than police vehicles have a useful life of five years and allows local units to bond for such vehicles.
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.
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.
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.
Prohibits the use of county and municipal vehicles by part-time elected local government officers.
Transfers New Jersey State Forestry Services and related entities to Department of Agriculture.
Establishes the "Mental Health Treatment Reform and Violence Prevention Act."
Establishes Office of Economic Research in Department of State.
Authorizes municipalities to accept donations to fund police equipment and salary enhancements.
Excludes from gross income tax value of prizes or awards won in athletic competition in Olympic Games.
Directs Department of Treasury to transfer to Department of Environmental Protection as surplus property certain land and improvements thereon in Township of Wall, County of Monmouth.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Provides supplemental appropriation to DOE to provide additional State aid to certain school districts.
Increases penalty for certain voting violations from third degree crime to second degree crime when aggravating factors apply.
Upgrades crowdfunded thefts; imposes mandatory restitution and fines; requires minimum term of imprisonment.
Requires 11th grade students to complete civics course as part of high school graduation requirements.
Requires automatic voter registration process at agency or office providing hunting, fishing, or trapping license.
Requires school districts to provide lunch period of not less than 20 seated minutes.
Provides emergency State school aid to certain school districts located in historic communities.
Requires telemarketers making sales calls to display their name and telephone number on any caller identification service; prohibits certain caller identification service manipulation and provides additional penalty.
Requires retail establishments to allow individuals with certain medical conditions access to employee restrooms.
Extends deadline for completion and filing of annual audit of school district 2019-2020 school year.
Directs DCA to establish grant program for suburban and rural small businesses to respond to COVID-19 pandemic; appropriates $6 million.
Expands eligibility under New Jersey Earned Income Tax Credit program to allow taxpayers without qualifying child who are 65 years of age or older to be eligible.
Requires all elections in this State to provide ability of voters to vote in person at polling place.
Provides supplemental appropriation from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE to provide additional State aid to certain school districts.
Permits survivors of certain retired members of PFRS to apply for accidental death benefits.
Allows certification of orthopedic assistants.
Directs State Board of Education to include instruction on remote learning in professional development requirements for public teaching staff members.
Makes FY 2021 supplemental appropriation of $12.5 million to DHS to increase NJ FamilyCare managed care reimbursement rate for Applied Behavior Analysis.
Requires Commissioner of Community Affairs to establish building safety inspection program for older buildings.
Allows equine and livestock veterinary facilities on preserved farmland under certain conditions.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
"Laura Wooten's Law"; Requires civics instruction in middle school; authorizes New Jersey Center for Civic Education to provide curricula, professional development and technical assistance for middle and high school civics.*
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Requires SEHBP and eligible employers that do not participate in the SEHBP to provide certain plans for public education employees and certain public education retirees.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and county colleges.
Provides civil and criminal immunity to certain health care professionals and health care facilities during public health emergency and state of emergency; facilitates issuance of certain temporary licenses and certifications during public health emergenc
"COVID-19 Fiscal Mitigation Act"; clarifies filing and payment deadline for CBT and GIT taxpayers, modifies duration of State Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021, requires certain updates and presentation for State Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021.
Extends deadline for completion and filing of annual audit report of school district for 2019-2020 school year; establishes deadline for submission of Audit Summary for 2019-2020 school year.*
Expands opportunities for restaurants, bars, distilleries, and breweries to provide outdoor dining and permits certain sales at seasonal farm markets in response to COVID-19 public health emergency.
Requires boards of education to provide special education and related services to certain students exceeding age of eligibility for special education and related services.
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA and New Jersey Council on the Arts to support arts and culture organizations in need.*
Makes $25 million in federal funds available to EDA to support microbusinesses in need.*
Establishes Commission on Asian American Heritage in DOE. *
Requires continuation of live horse racing for standardbred racetracks holding sports wagering license.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on history and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Vetoed · 3
Establishes "2020 New Jersey Emergency Rental Assistance Program"; appropriates $100 million.
Appropriates $30 million to EDA from federal "Coronavirus Relief Fund" to assist food establishments impacted by Executive Order No. 158.
Requires assignment of unemployment claims handlers to legislative districts during COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency; appropriates $1.8 million.
Passed the Senate · 4
Raises pay for election workers to $300 per day; appropriates $7,000,000 to Department of State. ***
Authorizes Governor to restrict rent increases on certain commercial tenants during emergency circumstances; enhances similar existing authority over rent increases on residential tenants.
Allows CBT and GIT tax credits to certain taxpayers that retain employees during COVID-19 pandemic.
Establishes School Funding Formula Evaluation Task Force.
Out of committee · 19
Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination.
Provides for spaying and neutering stray or feral cats and establishes fund therefor; designated as "Compassion for Community Cats Law."
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability. *
Establishes fire safety standards and protocols for certain light frame residential construction; requires project labor agreements for this construction; requires placards identifying primary structural systems of buildings.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to support FIRST Robotics Programs in school districts.
Extends certain permits, approvals, and deadlines during COVID-19 emergency.*
Concerns benefits provided to workers.*
Establishes NJ Hospitality Emergency Loan Program in EDA to provide no-interest loans to qualified small hospitality businesses; makes $100 million appropriation to EDA from federal funds for qualified small business assistance.**
Permits conduct of bingos and raffles remotely.
Concerns approval process for personal protective equipment and State stockpiles of personal protective equipment.
Allows corporations and certain financial institutions to hold remote shareholder meetings. *
Reduces age at which health benefit plans cover colorectal cancer screenings from 50 to 45.
Allows certain taxpayers to accelerate depreciation of certain expenditures under corporation business and gross income taxes. *
Makes $15 million in federal funds available to EDA to support businesses and nonprofits in need.*
Makes $10 million in federal funds available to EDA to support child care providers in need.*
Makes $35 million in federal funds available to EDA to support food and beverage establishments in need.*
Provides temporary exemption under sales and use tax for winterizing certain small business operations.
Renames Dismal Swamp and Dismal Swamp Preservation Commission as "Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preserve" and "Peter J. Barnes III Wildlife Preservation Commission."
Appropriates $500,000 for USS New Jersey Commissioning Committee to support commissioning of boat and assigned personnel.
In committee · 34
"Consumer Freedom From Unwanted Expense in Health Insurance Coverage Act."
Requires new civics instruction in middle and high schools; requires school districts to use DOE's curriculum guidelines for civics; and requires DOE to provide funding to enhance civics instruction.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.
Establishes pilot program to permit use of generally accepted accounting principles in certain county and municipal annual financial statements.
Permits pharmacists to dispense certain drugs in emergency without prescription.
Expands NJ FamilyCare to ensure healthcare benefits are available to all uninsured children under 19 years of age who live in New Jersey; appropriates $3 million for outreach, enrollment, and retention regarding NJ FamilyCare.
Limits to 14 days effective period of certain emergency orders, rules, or regulations.
Appropriates $100 million to EDA from federal funds for small business assistance.
Allows corporation business tax credit for subcontracting work to NJ small businesses.
Appropriates $300 million to EDA for small business and not-for-profit organization assistance.
Requires certain group homes to install electronic monitoring devices in common areas, upon request and with uniform resident consent, and to permit consensual use of such devices in private rooms.
Extends eligibility for certain SDA grant funding to Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Requires voter who wishes to vote by mail to complete application for mail-in ballot each calendar year; repeals automatic vote-by-mail designation.
Prohibits mail-in ballot outer envelope from containing political affiliation or designation visible to public.
Requires certain documentation as proof of voter identity to vote; updates procedures for challenging voters regarding proof of identity.
Provides for agreement between Secretary of State and AOC to match information in Statewide voter registration system with certain jury records in order to identify and remove ineligible non-citizen voter registrants from system.
Appropriates $300 million to EDA for small business and not-for-profit corporation assistance to preserve and create jobs, spur economic growth, and preserve the viability and vitality of communities.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to New Jersey Library Network for continuation of services.
Provides that if minor under age 18 unlawfully buys or possesses alcoholic beverages or cannabis and receives written warning from law enforcement, the minor's parent or guardian would be notified in writing.
Extends CBT, GIT, and Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax filing and payment due dates to May 15, 2021.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Revises emergency care services referral standards for providers of telemedicine and telehealth.
Requires Governor to transmit budget sustainability statement along with annual budget message.
Provides that certain school districts will receive State school aid in amounts equal to aid provided in 2020-2021 school year.
Amends provisions concerning federal emergency and economic stimulus funds in State appropriations act ending June 30, 2021.
Concerns hospitality franchise agreements.
Prohibits requiring individuals who have received COVID-19 vaccine to wear masks indoors.
Allocates $2.5 billion to unemployment compensation fund from federal government assistance and halts increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Prohibits mandatory mask use at youth camps.
Prohibits requiring students to wear face masks in schools and on school buses.
Makes permanent certain immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments.
Requires entities to accept confirmation of prior COVID-19 infection or protective immune response against COVID-19 when proof of vaccination is required.
Provides $5 million in supplemental funding to New Jersey Horse Racing Commission for horse racing purse subsidies.
Filed · 3
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 and for telemedicine and telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency.
Establishes certain requirements to use telemedicine and telehealth to respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Requires law enforcement to provide written notification to parent or guardian of person under age 18 who commits first offense of unlawfully possessing or consuming alcoholic beverage, cannabis, marijuana or hashish.