Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Joseph V. Egan
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Requires use of goods made in the United States for public contracts; requires disclosures by businesses that receive public contracts or development assistance.**
Carried from the Senate
Vetoed1
Requires use of goods made in the United States for public contracts; requires disclosures by businesses that receive public contracts or development assistance.**
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" imposes mandatory term of imprisonment; provides for negotiated reduction of mandatory term under certain circumstances.
Allows for waiver of school bus requirements for mobility assistance vehicle technicians who transport students with medical needs to and from school.
Concerns authority of DOLWD to inspect prevailing wage public work projects.
Requires Commissioner of DOLWD to disseminate certain information to contractors who bid on or perform prevailing wage public work.
Establishes Equipment Loan Program in NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust; changes submission and approval requirements for financial plan.
Amends definition of "Class II renewable energy."
Authorizes operators of motor vehicles to display electronic proof of insurance.
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2016.
Vetoed · 7
Requires release of bid list prior to bid date under "Local Public Contracts Law."
Requires certain bidders for prevailing wage public work to provide proof that the prevailing wage will be paid.
Requires Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development to review construction work on public utilities.*
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Requires BPU to render decision on case within 12 months of final public hearing or hold another public hearing prior to deciding case.
Extends by two months seasonal retail consumption alcoholic beverage license.
Increases tax credit cap by $165 million for certain qualified residential projects under Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program and restricts increase to certain projects.**
Passed the General Assembly · 2
Requires annual notice of assessment on property to contain bolded notice of filing deadline for appeal.
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.*
Out of committee · 9
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research institutions; allows certain technology businesses located in certain innovation zones to receive certain tax credits under Grow New Jersey Assistan
Requires health insurance carriers to use standard explanation of benefits form.
Designates State Route 173 between Clinton and Phillipsburg as "173rd Airborne Brigade Highway."
Concerns access to records of wages for prevailing wage public work projects.
Requires nursing homes to obtain form designating beneficiary of personal needs allowance accounts from incoming and current residents.
The "New Jersey Intern Protection Act"; provides legal protections and remedies for persons engaged in internships with employers.
Establishes a process to integrate certain health data and other data from publicly supported programs for population health research.*
In committee · 33
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
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.
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.
Authorizes veterans property tax exemption for totally disabled veterans who did not serve in theater of war.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $7,000,000 to DOE to reinstate nonpublic technology initiative aid.
Appropriates $3.963 million from General Fund to DOE for nonpublic nursing services aid.
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.
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.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
Establishes "Victim-Witness Scholarship Fund;" establishes "Witness Protection Fund;" and concerns State forfeiture funds.
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.
Provides for compensation of teachers on appropriate salary guide and schedule after withholding of an increment.
Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Requires screening of certain high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths.
Prohibits false or secret compartments in motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
Disqualifies individuals for unemployment benefits due to receipt of certain severance payments.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
Prohibits State departments and agencies from charging a fee to an applicant solely to correct clerical errors on any application form.
Exempts mugshots of arrestees who have not been convicted of the underlying offense from State's open public records law.
"Disaster Information Access Act"; requires utility service providers to report severe weather and emergency related service interruptions; directs utility service providers and State Office of Emergency Management to present reported information online a
Permits application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained after January 2003 while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Provides corporation business tax credit for certain investment in broadband infrastructure in underserved communities.
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax on Class C beneficiaries and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amount for New Jersey estate tax to $1,500,000.
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses which employ eligible apprentices.
Concerns hospital asset transformation program.