Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, General Assembly.
Joseph V. Egan
Sponsored
Became law1
Revises "The Public Works Contractor Registration Act" and amends definition of registered apprenticeship program.
Out of committee1
Concerns employment status of individuals with respect to wage and hour and unemployment laws.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Raises, over time, hourly minimum wage to $15.00.
"P.I.C.K. Awareness Act"; authorizes issuance of special support recovery license plates.
"New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act."
Concerns disqualification from unemployment benefits for misconduct.
Allows issuance of additional alcoholic beverage licenses within boundaries of formerly federally owned or operated military installations.
Allows wagering at casinos and racetracks on certain professional and collegiate sports or athletic events.
Vetoed · 1
Establishes "Electronic Permit Processing Review System."
Passed the General Assembly · 3
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.
Concerns health insurance benefits for locked-out workers.
Expands circumstances under which prevailing wage must be paid.
Out of committee · 9
Concerns stop-work orders related to prevailing wage and construction worker employment.*
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Concerns law regarding failure to pay wages.
Establishes zero emission certificate program for nuclear power plants.
Concerns prevailing wage requirements for certain fabrication.
Makes General Fund supplemental appropriation of $250,000 to New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc.
Eliminates certain aviation fuel tax exemptions; provides funding for aviation capital projects.*
Requires State to sell and convey to Educational Services Commission of New Jersey certain land and improvements known as Piscataway Regional Day School.
In committee · 17
Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Revises law concerning ticket sales.
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.
Requires screening of certain high-risk pregnancies and reporting of fetal deaths.
Concerns repayment of unemployment compensation overpayments.
Permits exterior-based property reassessments within eight years of last municipal-wide revaluation.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Increases minimum wage for tipped workers.
Grants credit against business income taxes to developer of rental housing reserved for occupancy by veterans.
Imposes prevailing wage for public work on properties receiving tax abatements or exemptions.
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.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
Criminalizes impersonating transportation network company driver.
Establishes Office of Labor Law Enforcement.