Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, General Assembly.
Serena DiMaso
Sponsored
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Prohibits for ten years after compliance with penalty or sentence imposed by court elected or appointed officials convicted of certain crimes from serving as governmental affairs agents.
Requires municipal court judge to dismiss motor vehicle charges if accident was caused by medical condition of driver.
Permits 15 liquor licenses to be issued in three municipalities located in Fort Monmouth redevelopment area.
Revises 20% affordable housing set-aside requirement for newly-constructed housing developments within regional planning entities.
Requires COAH to subtract affordable units from municipality's fair share affordable housing obligation to reflect job loss upon closure of federal military installation.
Prohibits public employers from reimbursing tuition or awarding promotions or compensation based on degrees or certifications obtained from unaccredited institutions.
Prohibits certain officials from using municipal vehicles for private purpose.
Authorizes free admission to State parks and forests for certain veterans, military personnel, first responders, and police.
Revises penalties for certain violations of law by public movers and warehousemen.
Directs Attorney General to provide annual training to public and nonpublic school students and staff on roles and responsibilities before, during, and after school emergencies.
Requires school districts to institute policies to improve emergency communications to increase school security.
Requires State Police to maintain 24-hour hotline for receiving anonymous tips regarding potential threats to school safety and security.
Requires school districts to implement policy mandating all students and school employees have identification cards.
Requires school district to submit emergency communication policies and protocols to Department of Education for review.
Requires DOE to establish online school security resource clearinghouse.
Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.
Requires Commissioner of Education to review school safety and security plans.
Revises law governing assessment of real property.
Establishes license to allow wineries that produce more than 250,000 gallons per year to directly ship wine to consumers.
Affords civil immunity to private colleges and their police officers in certain cases.
Permits 20 year lease agreements for ferry boat and related facilities operation and maintenance under "Local Public Contracts Law."
Requires automatic dialing device callers to disclose certain identifying information.
Prohibits public utility from increasing rates until conclusion of hearing and BPU determination that rate increase is just and reasonable.
Permits 20 year leases for ferry boat and related facilities operation and maintenance, and 50 year contracts associated with certain capital improvements, under "Local Public Contracts Law."
Directs school districts to establish policies and require training for employees on issues regarding child sexual abuse.
Permits continuation of horse racing and simulcast activities during state of emergency in 2018 notwithstanding deadline for advance notice to New Jersey Racing Commission.
Requires handicapped parking signs to include non-emergency law enforcement contact number.
Permits person admitted into court-ordered supervisory treatment program for drug or alcohol dependency to earn credit against amount owed on certain court-imposed financial obligations.
Requires signs to be posted in emergency rooms regarding Victims of Crime Compensation Office.
Prohibits bill certified for fiscal note or estimate from being released from committee without fiscal note or estimate.
Provides that certain persons holding public office or employment who enter into certain civil settlement agreements with public entity will forfeit public office or employment.
Establishes certain animal abuse offenses committed in manner manifesting extreme indifference to value of animal's life as crime of second degree; designated as "River's Law."
Allows certain qualifying projects to sell alcoholic beverages.
Provides that persons entering into civil settlement agreement with State entity must make full restitution; elected officials and employees with fiduciary or contracting responsibilities entering into such agreement will forfeit public office or employme
Authorizes award of monetary compensation, including attorney fees, to persons who obtain final orders under the "Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act of 2015."
Criminalizes impounding cat or dog in shelter, pound or kennel without consent of other party.
Establishes program providing grants for Superstorm Sandy recovery in exchange for reduction of affordable housing obligation.
Increases penalties for purposely desecrating any public monument, insignia, symbol, or structure, or place of worship or burial.
"Madalyn's Law"; requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate instruction on toxic shock syndrome and requires installation of signage in certain women's rooms to enhance public awareness of toxic shock syndrome.
Increases length of time in which to file certain lien claim forms under "Construction Lien Law."
Co-sponsored
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Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.*
Requires institution of higher education to award appropriate credit for student's military service.*
Adds Monmouth County and Atlantic County as pilot counties for purposes of "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act." *
Concerns appointment of person to control funeral and disposition of human remains.
Revises law governing Class Three special law enforcement officer.*
Requires Department of Education to develop guidelines for school districts concerning child trafficking awareness and prevention.**
Permits theaters with 50 seats or more to apply for liquor license.*
Establishes "Dietetics and Nutrition Licensing Act".**
Provides that PERS or PFRS member who continues to be volunteer firefighter or emergency services worker after retirement with employer from whom member retires has bona fide severance for compliance with State and federal law.
Expands eligibility criteria for designating certain areas as being in need of redevelopment.*
Requires school districts to include instruction on consequences of distributing and soliciting sexually explicit images through electronic means as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. *
Requires school districts to incorporate instruction in grades six through 12 on law and meaning of consent for physical contact and sexual activity as part of Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Establishes "Blue Alert System."
Limits time continuing care retirement communities may retain refundable entrance fee after resident vacates facility; provides for disposition of certain personal property.*
Amends certain provisions of sexual assault statute to clarify elements necessary for conviction.
Expands crime of terrorism.
Increases minimum annual amounts for appropriation for certain arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes from hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues.
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Township of Howell as "State Trooper Marc K. Castellano Memorial Highway."
Allows issuance of additional alcoholic beverage licenses within boundaries of formerly federally owned or operated military installations.
Imposes motor vehicle penalty points for certain violations of "move over law"; establishes public awareness campaign; designated as "Slow Down or Move Over, It's the Law Act." **
Allows wagering at casinos and racetracks on certain professional and collegiate sports or athletic events.
Requires school districts and nonpublic schools to conduct audit of security features of district buildings, grounds, and communication systems and to submit audit to NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and DOE.*
Requires meeting between student and appropriate school personnel after multiple suspensions or proposed expulsion from public school to identify behavior or health difficulties.*
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Allows county homelessness trust funds to be used for code blue emergency shelter services.
Requires SHBP and SEHBP to establish and contract for Medicare Primary Assignment and Audit Program ensuring that all persons in SHBP and SEHBP eligible for Medicare have Medicare as primary provider. *
Changes use of certain revenue derived from sports wagering at racetracks.
Requires Commissioner of Health to develop voluntary registry to collect cancer incidence data from firefighters.
Concerns reimbursements to Superstorm Sandy-impacted homeowners subjected to contractor fraud.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $11,300,000 from General Fund to DOE to increase per pupil funding for nonpublic security aid from $75 to $150.
"Strengthening Gifted and Talented Education Act"; establishes school district responsibilities in educating gifted and talented students.
Appropriates $15,000,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to State Agriculture Development Committee for municipal planning incentive grants for farmland preservation purposes.
Requires DHS to ensure medication assisted treatment benefits under Medicaid program are provided without the imposition of prior authorization requirements.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Permits municipalities to lease vacant municipal land for tiny home occupancy; directs DCA to enhance regulatory guidance on acceptable tiny home construction and use.
Permits certain members or retirees of PFRS,SPRS, or PERS to receive accidental disability retirement allowance for disability resulting from participation in 9/11 World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.**
Permits 20 year ferry boat local public contracts; permits 50 year local public contracts for certain capital improvements and extends prevailing wage requirements to certain work performed under those contracts.
Concerns property taxes due and owing on real property owned by certain federal employees or contractors under certain circumstances.
Revises requirements for provision of counseling and support services to emergency services personnel.
Extends foreclosure protection and mortgage relief programs for certain Superstorm Sandy-impacted homeowners.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2020 to include new projects, remove certain projects, and modify estimated loan amounts for certain projects.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2020.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes "Electronic Permit Processing Review System."
Passed the General Assembly · 18
Authorizes special Combat Action Badge license plate program.
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
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.
Immunizes from civil liability first responders who forcibly enter property to provide emergency assistance.
Provides for special Bronze Star license plates.
Extends Class Two special law enforcement training for time deployed.
Establishes notification standards for certain service contracts with automatic renewal.
Waives boat safety course requirement for veterans and active duty members of military with maritime training.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and county colleges. *
Requires Department of Community Affairs to approve credentialing entity to develop and administer a voluntary recovery residence certification program.*
Establishes one New Jersey Suicide Prevention Advisory Council in DOH.
Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff.
Requires certain special law enforcement officers to be under 65 years of age.*
Authorizes sharing of municipal court administrator under "Common Sense Shared Services Pilot Program Act," *
Affords civil immunity to certain police officers.
Provides for process to vacate and expunge certain arrests, charges, complaints, convictions, other dispositions, and DNA records, associated with violations by certain human trafficking victims.*
Prohibits commercial mobile service providers from disclosing customer's global positioning system data to third parties.
Requires Commissioner of Human Services to streamline SNAP application process for senior citizens and conduct outreach regarding senior SNAP participation.
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"Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act."
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines to encourage high school students to participate in apprenticeship training.
Requires provision of parking spaces reserved exclusively for persons unable to ambulate without aid of wheelchair in certain parking facilities.*
Exempts disabled veterans from beach buggy permit fees.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Provides governance, oversight, and accountability reforms at NJT.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Requires school district that includes any of grades 9 through 12 to biannually provide to local Workforce Investment Board list of students who left school prior to graduation.
Establishes Working Group on Deaf Education; directs DOE to develop parent resource guide; requires DOE and DOH to collect and report certain data on deaf and hard of hearing children from birth to age 5.*
Establishes "Deaf Student's Bill of Rights."
Transfers county college employees and retirees from membership in SEHBP to membership in SHBP.
Prohibits the restraint of prisoners during and immediately after childbirth.
Requires AG to conduct survey of untested sexual assault examination kits.
Excludes from gross income taxation military compensation for personnel serving outside of State and combat zone compensation.*
Allows other licensed healthcare providers trained in evaluation and management of concussions in addition to physicians to provide written clearance for student-athlete return to competition.
Permits certain audiologists to dispense and fit hearing aids.
Permits counties and non-governmental, community-based agencies to establish family justice centers which provide coordinated, multi-agency governmental and non-governmental assistance to victims of certain crimes and offenses, including domestic violence
Requires school districts, charter schools, nonpublic schools, and contracted service providers to review employment history of prospective employees who will have regular contact with students to ascertain allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct.
Makes various changes to "Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1971."
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Establishes asset forfeiture reporting and transparency requirements.
Directs Dept. of Agriculture to authorize and advise food hubs.
Extends statute of limitations in civil actions for sexual abuse claims; expands categories of potential defendants in civil actions; creates two-year window for parties to bring previously time-barred actions based on sexual abuse.*
Revises and updates public utility franchise process; allows State's political subdivisions to revoke franchises; increases certain penalties.
"Securing Our Children's Future Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $1,000,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance certain school, school district, and county college capital projects; appropriates $5,000.*
Regulates employers operating massage and bodywork therapy establishments.
Permits service credit transferred from another State-administered retirement system to apply toward creditable service requirement for retirement in SPRS.
Requires correctional police officers receive 20 hours in-service training, including four hours in prevention of sexual misconduct, non-fraternization, and manipulation. *
Requires boards of education and nonpublic schools to provide law enforcement authorities with copies of blueprints and maps of schools and school grounds.
Allows law enforcement agencies to provide juvenile-family crisis information to principal of juvenile's school for planning programs relevant to juvenile's educational and social development.
Establishes two-year pilot program requiring certain law enforcement agencies to coordinate with local school districts to identify and assist at-risk youths.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $100,000 to Commission on Human Trafficking.
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Establishes "New Jersey Fire and EMS Crisis Intervention Services" telephone hotline; provides funding for hotline through fire inspection fees and penalties.
Establishes task force within DOE on prevention of sexual abuse of children.
Mandates child abuse and sexual abuse training for all candidates for teaching certification.
Mandates certain training for DOE arbitrators.
Requires school districts to notify State Board of Examiners when teaching staff member fails to report child abuse for determination of revocation or suspension of certificate.
Revises standard for presence of medical examiner during removal of anatomical gift from decedent.
Provides tuition fee waiver apprenticeship courses.
Establishes youth apprenticeship pilot program in Department of Education.
Establishes public awareness campaign to promote early conversations about advance care planning and end-of-life care.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2019 to include new projects and remove certain projects.
Provides for horse racing purse subsidies and that portion of sums received by the horse racing permit holder from sports wagering will be paid to horsemen's associations pursuant to agreement with racetrack; makes appropriation.*
Revises penalties for certain violations of law by public movers and warehousemen and requires annual report.
Eliminates motor vehicle surcharges following retirement of bonds and debts tied to surcharges.
Prohibits all locally elected officials from receiving retroactive salary increases.
Requires New Jersey State Board of Pharmacy to establish prescription drug pricing disclosure website and certain pharmaceutical manufacturing companies to provide prescription drug price information.
Provides certain employment protections for National Guard members employed in New Jersey.
"Paul's Law"; authorizes parent or guardian to request use of individualized health care plan for student with epilepsy or seizure disorder.
Establishes criteria for distribution of Fiscal Year 2020 funding to Community Food Bank of New Jersey and partner organizations.
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Creates New Jersey Innocence Study and Review Commission.
Prohibits designation of certain assessments as high school graduation requirement during transitional period to new Statewide assessment system.
"The Reliability, Preparedness, and Storm Response Act of 2012"; requires public utilities to file certain information concerning emergency preparedness with BPU and increases certain penalties.
Expands categories of individuals who may bring a claim under wrongful imprisonment statute.
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Expands eligibility for veterans' civil service preference; creates additional preference benefits.
Authorizes installation of automatic standby generators in certain residences without zoning or planning board approval.
Excludes military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.
Increases tax credit provided for qualified investments under "New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Act."
Authorizes special license plates with proceeds to victims injured in September 11th and 1993 World Trade Center attacks.
Provides that school district may not prohibit active or retired law enforcement officer or registered security officer from carrying firearm in performance of school security duties if authorized under State law to carry.
Prohibits intentional release of balloons inflated with lighter-than air gases.
Authorizes certain persons age 10 or older to participate in boat races.
Provides gross income tax deduction to certain surviving spouses of veterans.
Requires State parks, forests, State-owned beaches, and MVC offices to remain open to public if emergency is declared due to failure to enact general appropriation law as prescribed by NJ Constitution.
Prevents State school aid reduction in school districts that experienced decrease in equalized valuation and are located in certain counties.
Raises minimum wage to $13, with certain exceptions.
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income tax credit program from 35 percent to 80 percent.
Provides small businesses with gross income tax or corporation business tax deduction for wages paid to minimum wage employees.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Eliminates use of census-based funding of special education aid in school funding law.
Creates offense of making false child abuse report; permits assessment of penalty.
Authorizes Assistant Commissioner of Division of Developmental Disabilities to establish exception rates, and programmatic and staffing requirements, for individuals with highly acute needs.
Establishes Juvenile Offender Community Conservation and Improvement Services Program.
Requires that fuel stations specify taxes levied on motor fuel sales.
Establishes "New Jersey Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act."
Makes it a crime of the first degree to coerce a patient to request medication pursuant to the "Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act" or to forge a patient's request for such medication.
Requires limited liability companies to make certain disclosures concerning ownership.
Prohibits campaign expenditures to entities whose principals cannot be readily identified.
Permits person diagnosed with autism or communication disability to voluntarily make notation on driver's license, identification card, and in MVC registry; establishes program to train law enforcement officers in interactions with persons with autism or
"Stop Social Media Censorship Act"; creates private right of action for users of social media websites whose political or religious speech has been deleted or censored by social media websites.
Establishes Volunteer Emergency Responder Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.