Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Ronald S. Dancer
Sponsored
Became law5
Establishes study of technology for the tracking of domestic violence offenders; designated as "Lisa's Law."***
Prohibits slaughter of horses and sale of horse flesh for human consumption.
Authorizes placement of horse racing wagers using mobile gaming devices at in-State racetracks subject to commission rules and regulations.
Allows monies statutorily dedicated to standardbred or thoroughbred horse racing purses to be used for benefit of horse racing industry, subject to agreement between permitholder and representative horsemen's organization.*
Permits counties and municipalities to use snow removal reserve funds for clearance of debris following declaration of emergency by President or Governor.
Vetoed1
Authorizes prescribed burning in certain circumstances.
Passed the General Assembly4
Permits special occasion events that promote agricultural tourism to be conducted on preserved farmland under certain circumstances. *
Increases from 3.2% to 5% percentage of certain dedicated purse moneys used for horsemen aid programs and the association from Standardbred racing at private racetracks.
Allows State residents who are outside of New Jersey to place wagers on horse races using account wagering system.
Requires notification of certain domestic violence victims through the Victim Information and Notification Everyday System (VINE).
Out of committee6
Allows permitholder that leases Meadowlands Racetrack from the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to conduct wagering on simulcast horse races at sports,retail and entertainment development at Meadowlands Complex, subject to agreement and approva
Directs State Agriculture Development Committee to establish limited transfer of development rights program for permanent retirement of certain residential development rights on preserved farmland.
Authorizes the establishment of federal impact aid reserve account.
Extends Right to Farm Act protections to commercial beekeepers, with some restrictions.*
Establishes exclusive State regulatory authority over apiary activities and allows for delegation of monitoring and enforcement authority to municipalities.*
Establishes penalty for destruction of man-made native bee hive.
In committee116
Requires public bodies to allow public comment at every meeting.
Eliminates dual governmental pay to members of Legislature for legislative duties.
Allows former mayors to perform marriages.
Authorizes special plate for holders of "Combat Action Ribbon."
Requires financial disclosure by candidates for public office in county or municipality.
Permits certain oaths, affirmations, and affidavits to be taken before township and village mayors.
Requires additional notices to governmental agencies upon termination of utility services to residential customers.
Exempts handicapped spots from meters or fees.
Increases penalties for underage drivers who have consumed alcohol.
Excludes veterans' benefits from calculation of financial obligation for care at psychiatric facility.
Requires elected public officials and candidates for elective public office to disclose if they ever filed for bankruptcy; requires financial disclosure by candidates for public office in county or municipality.
Excludes military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Permits contiguous municipalities in different vicinages to share court facilities.
Establishes security standards for judicial hearings at mental health facilities.
Requires municipal court judge to disclose to governing body of municipality information concerning certain decisions by the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct.
Alexandra's Law; prohibits operation of motor vehicle with detectable amount of CDS in blood.
Prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens and requires employers to use E-Verify program.
Authorizes notaries public to take oath of office before any official generally authorized to take oaths.
Authorizes account wagering licensee to accept wagers from residents of eligible United States jurisdictions through account wagering system via electronic means such as internet.
Prohibits payment of public employee bonuses not directly contingent upon achieving certain performance goals.
Prohibits use of volunteer driving activities in underwriting for private passenger automobile insurance; revises charitable immunity statute as applied to volunteer drivers.
Restores the death penalty for certain murders.
Establishes exemption for solar panel installation in certain wetland areas on farmland.
Provides State transportation aid incentive to support shared services agreements between municipalities and districts with efficient transportation systems for the provision of public school hazardous busing.
Allows Standardbred private entity lessee or permit holder to exclude certain persons from racetrack and off-track wagering facility.
Directs Division of Gaming Enforcement, in consultation with New Jersey Racing Commission, to establish and oversee slot machine gambling operations at horse racetracks.
Permits taxing districts to credit amount of excess taxes paid to first two quarterly payments of local budget year next following date of final judgment, after successful appeal.
Revises law concerning scrap metal businesses.
Extends for three years expiration date of certain permits pursuant to "Permit Extension Act of 2008."
Provides for three year retail alcoholic beverage licenses.
Authorizes municipalities to require alternative treatment centers to meet higher security standards than required by State law and to condition land use approval to operate upon compliance with local, State, and federal laws and regulations.
Requires certain psychiatric facilities to contact DYFS if minor is to be discharged and parent or guardian is unable or unwilling to remove minor from facility.
Requires court order to transfer person awaiting hearing for involuntary commitment from private hospital to State psychiatric hospital.
Codifies standard for rehospitalization after conditional discharge from psychiatric facitlity.
Provides that certain nonprofit organizations would not be assessed a civil administrative penalty under the "Water Supply Management Act" for exceeding permitted water allocations.
Requires State, counties, municipalities, and instrumentalities thereof to post public employee contracts on respective websites; requires posting on Civil Service Commission's website when local unit does not maintain own website.
Increases the penalty for hindering the apprehension or prosecution of offender.
Requires BPU to consider certain revenue-raising limitations when determining whether to approve increases in public utility rates, fares or charges that may be assessed to municipalities.
Imposes residency requirements on newly appointed members of sewerage and utility authorities.
Provides 50% State matching funds to support shared services agreements between municipalities and districts with efficient pupil transportation systems for the provision of public school hazardous busing.
Authorizes courts to assess costs of prosecution against certain drug defendants.
Permits municipalities and school districts to agree on payment dates and amounts for transfer of school purposes tax collections.
Provides sales and use tax rebate on supplies and materials purchased for the construction or reconstruction of certain horse racetrack grandstands.
Requires any candidate convicted of crimes or offenses to return campaign contributions to donors; freezes most campaign funds of candidates indicted for crimes or offenses.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.
Authorizes penalties for failure to file certain public employment contracts; clarifies requirement for electronic posting of public employment contracts and interest arbitration awards.
Designated "Snookiville law," authorizes municipalities to license and regulate the filming of reality shows in public locations and in public places of accommodation within their jurisdiction.
Requires reporting of Clostridium difficile infections in hospitals and nursing homes.
Requires certain persons licensed or appointed to inspect homes to pass criminal history background check.
Excludes from gross income tax value of prizes or awards won in athletic competition in Olympic Games.
Requires DEP to obtain legislative approval and authorization before increasing a fee or imposing a new fee, but retains DEP authority to use ordinary administrative procedure when decreasing a fee.
Transfers New Jersey State Forestry Services and related entities to Department of Agriculture.
Changes the definition of "child" to increase the age from 16 to 18 years for the crime of endangering the welfare of a child.
Provides for termination of parental rights under certain circumstances; expands definition of "abused child."
Requires persons convicted of human trafficking of a child or engaging in prostitution of a child to register as sex offenders.
Authorizes wiretap orders for the crimes of human trafficking and promoting prostitution.
Establishes new crimes concerning commercial exploitation of a child.
Permits human trafficking victims to testify by closed circuit television under certain circumstances.
Concerns human trafficking of a minor.
Eliminates statute of limitations for prosecution of human trafficking crimes.
Extends and expands the scope of the "Local Unit Electronic Technology Pilot Program and Study Act."
Prohibits multiple coverage for public employer health care benefits as employee, dependent, or retiree.
Authorizes municipalities, by resolution, to require tax collector to remove parcel of real property from accelerated tax sale list if fourth quarter property taxes not paid but property materially depreciated following severe weather event.
Requires designation of certain intersections for alternative emergency power generator in event of Statewide emergency.
Permits extension of deadline for notification of depreciation of value of real property to tax assessor and allows Division of Taxation to extend certain statutory dates.
Permits municipalities to dedicate revenues from storage of motor vehicles for maintenance, surveillance, construction expenses, and salaries related to municipal impound lots.
Permits reassessment of real property when municipal assessor has not received notice of material depreciation from property owner and allows Division of Taxation to extend certain statutory dates.
Makes various revisions to scrap metal law.
Designates DMVA headquarters building as "General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. Building."
Provides that healthcare benefits plan, fully or partly paid by public employer, cannot cover public employee's spouse who is subject of divorce from bed and board.
Prohibits school districts from declaring as absent child performers who meet certain criteria.
Provides exceptions to garnish exemption against benefits from State-administered pension systems for certain financial claims under State law.
Authorizes subdivision of certain preserved farms into smaller preserved farms under certain circumstances.
Prohibits electric and gas public utilities from collecting payment from residential budget billing plan customers whose service was interrupted as a result of major emergency event.
Requires public release of photographs of arrestees under State's open public records law.
Limits payment to any public officer or employee terminated prior to expiration of individual contract of employment.
Establishes time limit for issuance of warrant for certain motor vehicle violations.
Provides for Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for mental health services provided through telepsychiatry.
Permits persons at racetracks, off-track wagering facilities, and casino simulcasting facilities to place instant racing wagers.
Establishes time limit for execution of arrest warrant for non-moving motor vehicle violations.
Establishes trunk fighting as animal cruelty offense and crime of the third degree.
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide assistive technology to elementary and middle school students with dyslexia.
Provides for shops offering a combination of skin care specialty services and manicuring services.
Requires certain accuracy standards for child support wage garnishments.
Requires transfer of certain incarceration records to DOLWD.
Specifies bringing minor to animal fight as crime of third degree; establishes civil penalty therefor.
Provides law enforcement officers option to obtain handgun permit or firearms identification card from municipality where they are employed.
Authorizes issuance of duplicate firearms purchaser identification cards for change of address with certain proof.
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special horse racing permit for steeplechase races; allows wagering on such races.
Requires sharing of incarceration information between government agencies; prohibits certain benefits program payments to incarcerated individuals.
Directs BPU to undertake public awareness campaign concerning telecommunications carriers and disclosure of customer information.
Requires State personal income tax materials to include notice of certain property tax relief programs.
Enhances penalties for drivers without motor vehicle insurance involved in accident with pedestrian; requires public awareness campaign concerning importance of this insurance.
Requires any State entity administering State or federal public benefit programs to verify recipient's personal information against death records to prevent payment to deceased individual.
Prohibits use of certain technology for unauthorized electronic surveillance of cellular telephones.
Prohibits certain public utilities from sending residential customers redundant written notice of enrollment in government energy aggregation programs.
Prohibits electric and gas public utilities from disqualifying certain residential customers if enrolled in government energy aggregation program.
Requires flying of US and State flags at half-staff under certain circumstances; adopts US Flag Code.
Directs Division of Gaming Enforcement to establish and oversee slot machine gambling operations at horse racetracks; dedicates revenues derived therefrom as State aid for education.
Permits municipalities to authorize property tax reward programs; validates actions of municipalities that have created them.
Clarifies that handgun ammunition may be sold to retired law enforcement officers with certain identification.
Clarifies the effect of abstention by a member of a public body.
Upgrades penalties for crimes committed with aid of firearms locator application.
Eliminates duplicative requirements for notification to counties of admissions for Division of Developmental Disabilities residential services and for maintenance of those records.
Directs the collection by the Administrative Office of the Courts of data about crimes committed by persons released on bail.
Directs the collection of recidivism data for adults sentenced to a period of probation.
Clarifies manner of public disclosure of findings or information about child abuse or neglect cases resulting in child fatalities or near fatalities.
Prohibits DEP from charging fee for mobile sportfishing vehicle permit to any NJ resident who is a veteran, active military member, former or current member of the NJ National Guard or Reserve, or a volunteer emergency worker.
Clarifies sales tax collection responsibilities of horse boarding businesses in New Jersey.
Requires Commissioner of Health to examine certain records of nursing home residents' personal funds, and provides that misappropriation of funds is grounds for cause of action.
Allows school district to teach about traditional winter celebrations, display holiday symbols on school property, and include musical selections with religious themes.
Requires municipal auditors to test whether tax exempt properties remain eligible for exemption.
Clarifies factors currently used by courts to determine when child support orders can be terminated.
Clarifies "knockout game" assault as third-degree aggravated assault; provides mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for such assault.
Requires any State entity planting vegetation to use only vegetation native to area being planted, and when purchasing vegetation, to purchase, to the maximum extent possible, only from NJ businesses.
Eliminates unemployment tax for certain workers ineligible to receive unemployment benefits.
Filed1
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special horse racing permit for steeplechase races; allows wagering on such races.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Permits certain former mayors to solemnize marriage and civil union ceremonies.**
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2013.
Requires Department of Agriculture to publish on its website information concerning wineries and community supported agriculture entities in NJ.
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act."
The "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act."
Appropriates $38.5 million from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" and "Garden State Farmland Preservation Trust Fund" to State Agriculture Development Committee for county planning incentive grants.
Appropriates $16,250,000 from "2009 Farmland Preservation Fund" for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires DOE provide professional development opportunities related to reading disabilities; mandates certain school district personnel annually compete two hours of professional development related to reading disabilities.*
Directs State Board of Education to incorporate the International Dyslexia Association's definition of dyslexia into special education regulations.
Codifies regulation exempting firearms records from State's open public records law. *
Expands Sire Stakes Program to include newly-established Standardbred Development Program; allocates funds from Sire Stakes Program.
Appropriates $1,393,084 from 2009 Historic Preservation Fund to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Authorizes New Jersey Racing Commission to grant special permit for horse racing on beach; allows wagering on such races.**
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Establishes reporting requirements and permissive inference for violations by motor vehicle operators approaching or passing certain horses, ponies and mules.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Establishes grant program to provide rebate of sales and use tax paid for purchase of certain materials and supplies used for construction of certain off-track wagering facilities.*
Requires certain persons licensed or appointed to inspect homes to pass criminal history background check.
Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles; requires that Attorney General issue guidelines or directives.
Out of committee · 12
Provides sales and use tax exemption for sales of services performed to certain prewritten computer software delivered electronically.*
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
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.
Requires certain public school students to be screened for dyslexia and other reading disabilities.**
Eliminates 10% surcharge on employer UI taxes during fiscal year 2014.
Allows certain drug dealing offenses to be graded by "units," rather than weight, of controlled dangerous substances.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Authorizes NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2014.
Concerns assessment of penalties for certain fraudulently obtained unemployment benefits and requires recovered penalties deposited into unemployment compensation fund.
Prohibits relieving certain charges of employer unemployment insurance accounts.
Provides standards for home elevation contractors.
In committee · 31
Revises child pornography law.
Requires removal of equipment and markings on certain used emergency vehicles.
Requires persons convicted of possessing child pornography to register as sex offenders.
"Homestead School Property Tax Reimbursement Act"; provides State reimbursement for 50% of school property taxes paid by seniors, 65 years and older.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Clarifies that licensed dealers may provide firearms for display at fund raising events sponsored by certain tax exempt organizations.
Removes authority of MVC to increase certain fees; sets certain fees by statute.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
"The New Jersey Healthcare Choice Act"; permits health insurers licensed in other states to provide coverage in New Jersey under certain circumstances.
Prohibits the use of certain fishing gear on artificial reefs.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Prohibits payment to public employees at retirement for certain unused sick leave, provides for forfeiture of payment for unused sick leave for certain criminal convictions, and requires documentation for use of sick leave.
Allows qualifying counties and municipalities to become "agriculture development counties" and "agriculture development municipalities" and provides certain associated resulting benefits therefrom to encourage, protect, and preserve agriculture and relat
Requires condominium and homeowners' associations to provide information to federal home loan insurance providers at no cost to potential buyers.
Exempts, for five years, certain new business activities in pinelands area from compliance with Pinelands Commission development approval process.
Mandates NICS check be the exclusive method law enforcement uses to determine whether an applicant is qualified to purchase and possess a firearm.
Establishes bribery in official and political matters applies to person soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept benefit as consideration to act even though not yet in office or otherwise qualified to act.
Conforms Megan's Law to requirements of federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.
Requires DOE provide professional development opportunities related to reading disabilities to school district personnel.
Requires that candidates for certain teaching certificates, in addition to existing requirements, also pass a written test on the foundations of teaching reading and diagnosing reading difficulties.
Eliminates 10% surcharge on employer UI taxes during fiscal year 2014.
Requires disclosure of original purchase price for land to be sold to a county, county agriculture development board, or municipality for farmland preservation purposes.
Expands implied consent statute to include blood and urine testing.
Prohibits improper release of photographs or videos captured by public entities.
Prohibits governmental collection of biometric identifiers without consent.
Imposes criminal penalties for illegally obtaining or disclosing personally identifiable health information.
Increases penalties for the unlawful disclosure or use of taxpayer information by State tax officials.
Requires judge approval prior to installation of video camera by public entity.
Requires administrative agency to include privacy impact statement when adopting, amending, or repealing rule.
Requires Department of Agriculture to post on its website certain information regarding State's farm to school program.
Establishes fourth degree crime of possessing firearms locator application; enhances penalty if such application is used in the theft of firearm.