Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, General Assembly.
Joseph V. Egan
Sponsored
Became law1
Modifies short-time unemployment benefit law.
Out of committee3
Revises the definition of "public works projects" to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
Prohibits relieving certain charges of employer unemployment insurance accounts.
Concerns employee leasing companies and unemployment compensation.
In committee2
Requires use of goods made in the United States for State contracts; requires businesses that receive State contracts or economic development assistance to disclose job exportation information.
Authorizes establishment through collective bargaining of alternative workers' compensation program and group self-insurance plans.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Prohibits relieving certain charges of employer unemployment insurance accounts.
Concerns employee leasing companies and unemployment compensation.
Vetoed1
Revises definition of "public works projects" to permit project labor agreements for more projects.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Requires direct deposit for all State employee compensation on and after July 1, 2014; allows county, county college, municipality,and local school district to opt for mandatory direct deposit for all employee compensation on or after July 1, 2014.***
Bans charging workers' compensation claimants for medical expenses, gives Division of Workers' Compensation sole jurisdiction over work-related medical claims.
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act."
Prohibits State departments and agencies from charging a fee to an applicant solely to correct clerical errors on any application form.
Amends "Administrative Procedure Act" to require State agencies to use various electronic technologies in rule-making procedures.
Vetoed · 2
Establishes "Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act."
Increases minimum wage to $8.50, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
Passed the General Assembly · 6
Requires annual notice of assessment on property to contain bolded notice of filing deadline for appeal.
Establishes standards regarding the disqualification of claimants for unemployment compensation for misconduct.
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act": imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.**
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Requires at least one State developmental center in each region of State; requires certain factors to be considered for transfer of residents between developmental centers.
Exempts mugshots of arrestees who have not been convicted of the underlying offense from State's open public records law.
Out of committee · 11
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Changes UI contribution rates for certain employers.
Disqualifies individuals for unemployment benefits due to receipt of certain severance payments.
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
Revises certain solar renewable energy programs and requirements; provides for aggregated net metering of electricity consumption related to properties owned by certain governmental bodies and school districts.**
"Children's Sudden Cardiac Events Reporting Act."
Establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank and Energy Bank within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust.*
Requires certification of persons installing medical gas piping in dental offices, dental clinics, and animal or veterinary facilities.
Eliminates 10% surcharge on employer UI taxes during fiscal year 2014.
Provides standards for home elevation contractors.
Requires use of headlights on motor vehicles when motor vehicle is operated in an area of highway construction or repair.
In committee · 30
Requires BPU to increase credit provided when issuing Solar Renewable Energy Certificates for solar energy produced by equipment manufactured in NJ.
Revises the definition of "public works projects" related to project labor agreements to include bridges.
Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $7,000,000 to DOE to reinstate nonpublic technology initiative aid.
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.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Requires school districts to provide for the safe operation of electrically operated partitions in classrooms or other school facilities.
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research universities, colleges or research hospitals.
Concerns access to wage records in connection with projects subject to prevailing wage requirements.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Establishes "Victim-Witness Scholarship Fund;" establishes "Witness Protection Fund;" and concerns State forfeiture funds.
Prohibits false or secret compartments in motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
Increases from $15,000 to $25,000 annual compensation PERS retiree may earn in PERS-covered employment without reenrollment.
"Steven's Law;" prohibits use of non-wood bats in certain organized games.
Requires physicians and other prescribers to obtain informed consent from parents or guardians of minors for certain medications with "black box warnings."
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Requires health insurance carriers to use standard explanation of benefits form.
Provides for compensation of teachers on appropriate salary guide and schedule after withholding of an increment.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
Appropriates $3.963 million from General Fund to DOE for nonpublic nursing services aid.
Provides a NJHOPE credit, increases the current gross income tax homestead property tax credit, and increases the gross income tax rate on taxable income exceeding $1,000,000.
Requires certain entities to be equipped with generators and allows those entities to qualify for NJEDA loans for cost of generators.
Clarifies application of business personal property tax on local exchange telephone companies that were subject to tax as of April 1, 1997.
Allows for waiver of school bus requirements for mobility assistance vehicle technicians who transport students with medical needs to and from school.
Limits enforcement of certain employment contracts of individuals eligible for unemployment compensation.
Requires screening of certain high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths.
Allows issuing of stop-work orders for failure to pay prevailing wage.