Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, General Assembly.
Joseph V. Egan
Sponsored
Became law1
Eliminates UI exemption for interns employed by hospitals.
Out of committee1
Concerns power of appointment.*
Carried from the Senate
Became law1
Concerns powers of appointment.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Revises "New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act"; establishes State Transportation Infrastructure Bank within NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust; renames NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust.
Adjusts certain State taxes to support strengthened investments in public and private assets in this State.*
Requires annual notice of assessment on property to contain bolded notice of filing deadline for appeal.
Requires initial determination of unemployment benefits to be made within three weeks of filing of claim.
Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.
Vetoed · 6
Extends by two months seasonal retail consumption alcoholic beverage license.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Provides that limitation on hours of retail sale of alcohol be consistent throughout licensed premises.
"Safe Transportation Jobs and Fair Employment Rules Act."
Revises law concerning family leave, temporary disability and family temporary disability leave, and domestic or sexual violence safety leave.*
Concerns law regarding failure to pay wages.
Passed the General Assembly · 4
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Requires certain workers subject to prevailing wage requirements to be enrolled in, or have completed, registered apprenticeship.
Prohibits employment discrimination based on applicant employment status.
"P.I.C.K. Awareness Act"; authorizes issuance of special support recovery license plates.
Out of committee · 9
Prohibits person whose driver's license is suspended for DWI from operating NJT train.
Provides dedicated funding for promotion of apprenticeships and apprenticeship programs from Workforce Development Partnership Fund.
Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by state in companies that boycott Isreal or Israeli businesses.*
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Requires health insurance carriers to use standard explanation of benefits form.
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
Authorizes additional $90 million worth of Economic Redevelopment and Growth Grant program tax credits.*
Concerns unemployment compensation and labor disputes.
Designates portion of Interstate Highway Route 195 in Upper Freehold Township as "State Trooper Anthony A. Raspa Memorial Highway."
In committee · 28
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.
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.
Provides corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for businesses which employ eligible apprentices.
Disqualifies individuals for unemployment benefits due to receipt of certain severance payments.
"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
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.
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.
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.
Requires school districts to provide for the safe operation of electrically operated partitions in classrooms or other school facilities.
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.
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
Prohibits false or secret compartments in motor vehicles under certain circumstances.
The "New Jersey Intern Protection Act"; provides legal protections and remedies for persons engaged in internships with employers.
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
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."
Provides for compensation of teachers on appropriate salary guide and schedule after withholding of an increment.
Prohibits cloud computing service providers from disclosing data collected from public, private, or charter schools.
Establishes construction workforce recruitment and training program in DOLWD.
Concerns timely provision of TDI benefits.
Authorizes woman veteran license plates.