Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, General Assembly.
Joseph V. Egan
Sponsored
Became law2
Reinforces prohibition of any debarred contractor using new business entity to circumvent the debarment; provides for suspension of contractor's registration pending hearing. *
Requires prevailing wages to be paid for construction work on State-owned properties.
Passed the General Assembly1
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for certain New Jersey members of the military and their families in need of assistance.
Out of committee1
Requires local public contracts to contain provision for renegotiation upon key construction material's price change based on recognized industry price index.
In committee5
Mandates testing for lead toxicity as condition for certain school, nursery school, or child care attendance.
Authorizes issuance of $50,000,000 in general obligation bonds to help finance library construction and renovation and appropriates $5,000.
Concerns communicable disease claims under workers compensation.
Permits the use of project labor agreements in certain public works projects other than projects involving buildings.
Prohibits use of public funds by employers for certain employee influence activities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Authorizes a competitive system-wide franchise for certain providers of cable television service. *
Skinner's and Michelle's Law; increases penalties for leaving scene of motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury. *
Requires prenotification of certain plant closings, transfers and mass layoffs. *
Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention.
Lowers the minimum full-time jobs requirement for business relocation and retention tax credits.
Concerns tax preparation services for certain clients.
"Recycling Enhancement Act"
Prohibits sale, use, and burning of creosote or creosote-treated products. *
Makes it a disorderly persons offense to purposely disrupt funeral through certain conduct. *
Clarifies that applicants on eligible list on effective date of P.L.2005, c.290 are entitled to preference granted children of fallen firefighters.
Requires DMVA to evaluate resources, costs and benefits of providing home health care aides for qualified veterans.
The "Global Warming Response Act."
"Electronic Waste Recycling Act."
Exempts from payment for seven years certain taxes and energy charges for certain manufacturing facilities.
Establishes pilot program to conduct comprehensive eye examinations for second grade students.
Debars certain employers from public work and establishes criminal penalties for misclassification of construction workers as independent contractors.
Authorizes auction of greenhouse gas allowances; establishes "Global Warming Solutions Fund." *
Concerns wages and training provided by public utility contractors.
Vetoed · 1
Requires certain public contract bid advertisements to contain certified cost estimates or estimate ranges of projected contract costs and specifies grounds for rejections of all bids. **
Passed the General Assembly · 5
Creates a credit card do-not-solicit list for certain persons. **
Abigail's Law; requires that newly-manufactured school buses be equipped with sensors. *
Imposes civil penalty on persons who provide recommended answers to psychological test of law enforcement officers or candidates.
Requires wheelchair securement devices and wheelchair occupant securement devices on certain vehicles and training in their use for certain employees.
Amends stalking law to broaden protections for victims.
Out of committee · 22
The "Worker Freedom from Employer Intimidation Act."
Makes it a crime of the third degree to practice psychology without a license and prohibits certain unlicensed employees of nonprofit community agencies from using title of psychologist.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties. *
Amends "Law Against Discrimination" concerning gender identity or expression discrimination.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them. *
Provides procedure to cancel mortgage of record by affidavit under certain conditions.
Requires creditor to provide mortgage payoff balance to borrower within five business days after request.
Provides for commencement of short term tax exemptions and abatements as of date of completion of project.
Clarifies powers of public safety directors.
Increases workers' compensation for loss of hand or foot.
Allows access to housing, public facilities and transportation for certain working dogs, provides penalties for violation.
Authorizes provision of interest-free loans from new home warranty security fund for homeowners to replace polybutylene water piping.
Concerns the prompt payment of construction contracts.
Authorizes New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects.
Establishes New Jersey Pharmacy Discount Prescription Drug Program in DHSS.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games. *
Eliminates the death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without eligibility for parole in certain circumstances. *
Requires written notice to be provided to county health departments and local health agencies concerning contaminated sites. *
Prohibits application of certain temporary "black" or "blue" henna tattoos. *
Requires Business Employment Incentive Program and other program grant recipients to pay the prevailing wage on certain public work projects.
Makes it a primary offense for motorists to talk on or text message with hand-held wireless telephone or electronic communication device while driving. *
"Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act;" allows tax credits to certain businesses for certain capital investments in urban transit hubs.
In committee · 69
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million to DHSS to expand the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Adult Day Care Center Program.
Establishes the Higher Education Study Commission.
Requires institutions of higher education to develop campus security plans.
Requires licensure of hospital in Union County to provide adult cardiac surgery services.
Provides for establishment of county offices for the disabled; making an appropriation.
Provides additional retirement benefits for certain county and county college employees and certain municipal employees who retire between September 1, 1995 and January 1, 1996.
Clarifies procedures for closing active child protective services cases.
Requires party bidding on, or performing, a State contract to provide employee health care benefits.
Permits choice of provider for treatment of diseases and conditions covered under small employer health benefits plans.
Permits choice of provider for treatment of diseases and conditions covered under individual health benefits plans.
Establishes toll-free hotline to report motorists who litter in New Jersey.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Provides PFRS members in federal or State military service who is injured or killed with disability or death benefits.
Establishes limits on resident's hours in hospitals.
Permits local contracting units to award public contracts to certain bidders whose offered price does not exceed price of lowest responsible bidder by more than one percent.
Allows for a deduction from gross income for certain expenses of providing parental housing in the taxpayer's home.
Increases from $15,000 to $25,000 annual compensation PERS retiree may earn in PERS-covered employment without reenrollment.
Provides that children under care, custody or supervision of DYFS may not be home-schooled.
Provides that public schools will not be in session on Veterans' Day of each year.
Requires public institutions of higher education to prorate salary for part-time faculty appointments based on salary for comparable full-time positions.
Requires health insurance carriers to use standard explanation of benefits form.
Prohibits price gouging during a declared state of emergency.
Designates Jersey tomato as State Vegetable.
Provides for compensation of teachers on appropriate salary guide and schedule after withholding of an increment.
Requires appraisal or certification to be delivered by owner upon appeal of certain commercial and industrial property taxes.
Allows judge to admit evidence of prior sexual offenses in current sexual offense actions.
Allows gross income tax credit for unreimbursed hearing aid expenses.
Increases amount of realty transfer fees annually credited to the Neighborhood Preservation Nonlapsing Revolving Fund by $5 million.
Provides gross income tax deduction for health care plan costs.
Requires award of grants to remediate discharges from home heating oil tanks for applications filed prior to July 1, 2007.
Extends property tax reimbursement benefits to certain low income veterans.
Prohibits hold or block on debit card accounts unless disclosed to and authorized by consumer.
Provides family leave insurance.
Requires 10 percent premium discount for good drivers who are with same insurer five or more years.
Authorizes court to refrain from imposing driver's license suspension on defendant convicted of CDS offense if compelling circumstances exist.
Establishes certain hiring preference for children of firefighters and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
Requires short-term custody, evaluation for student bringing gun to school.
Supplemental appropriation of $1,793,000 to Judiciary to expand the drug court program Statewide.
Extends State veterans' benefits eligibility to those New Jerseyans who served on active duty missions related to the war on terror since September 11, 2001.
Revises the eligibility criteria under the State earned income tax credit to equal the eligibility criteria of the federal earned income tax credit.
Authorizes payment of funeral expenses for certain public safety employees killed in line of duty.
Expands eligibility for NJ Distinguished Service Medal and commemorative Vietnam service medal and ribbon to certain former State residents.
Provides for regulation of certain call center communications by Division of Consumer Affairs.
Provides early childhood program aid to certain school districts contiguous to Abbott districts.
Provides increased demonstrably effective program aid to school districts contiguous to Abbott districts.
Provides support for full-day kindergarten through the T&E budget.
Establishes eligibility of property owned by 100% disabled veteran with domestic partner for veterans' property tax exemption; broadens criteria for eligibility for property tax exemption for surviving spouses and domestic partners of certain veterans.
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information; appropriates $90,000.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the parent, spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Establishes Early Launch to Learning Initiative (ELLI) Program providing grants to school districts to increase access to preschool programs and authorizes certain districts to collect tuition for children enrolled in preschool programs.
Requires insurers and State health care coverage programs to cover cost of HPV vaccine.
Extends TDI to provide family leave benefits for workers caring for sick family members, newborn and newly adopted children.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 17 years.
Provides for civil action against person committing act of cruelty against domestic companion animal.
Concerns collective bargaining between educational employers and employee organizations.
Revises law concerning wine tastings and samplings conducted by certain alcoholic beverage licensees.
Exempts sales and use tax on initiation fees, certain membership fees and dues and certain parking services.
Creates "New Jersey Voter Reward Act."
Requires reimbursement of physical damage deductible paid by insured under private passenger automobile insurance policy within 180 days under certain circumstances.
Increases membership of PFRS board of trustees.
Provides an exclusion for military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Provides NJ STARS II Program eligibility to certain students who attained an associate's degree through a joint program offered by a school district and a county college.
Provides that applicant for business permit as electrical contractor must meet certain requirements.
Sets standards regarding New Jersey Transit Corporation contracts privatizing public transit services.
Requires school districts to inform the parent or guardian of a student recommended to use certain medications of the possible side effects and potential negative consequences of those medications.
The "New Jersey Academically Gifted and Talented Student Education Act"; appropriates $5 million.
Eliminates statute of limitations in wrongful death actions arising out of murder, aggravated manslaughter or manslaughter where a conviction was not obtained.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.