Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, General Assembly.
Joseph V. Egan
Sponsored
Became law1
Increases annual salary of certain public employees and officers.
Out of committee3
Establishes "COVID-19 Frontline and Healthcare Worker Memorial Commission." *
Concerns trucks driving in farthest left-hand lane of State highway system and State toll roads.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on prevention of Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases in grades kindergarten through 12; requires DOH to publish certain guidelines concerning ticks.*
In committee1
Concerns contracting powers of certain local entities related to redevelopment.
Carried from the Senate
Became law2
Establishes "COVID-19 Frontline and Healthcare Worker Memorial Commission." *
Requires school districts to provide instruction on prevention of Lyme Disease and other tick-borne diseases in grades kindergarten through 12; requires DOH to publish certain guidelines concerning ticks.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Establishes annual sales tax holiday for retail sales of computers, school computer supplies, school art supplies, school instructional materials and sport or recreational equipment.*
Allows minors to serve as election workers between 5:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on elections days.
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Provides one-year waiver of certain MVC fees imposed for driver's licenses and non-driver identification cards.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriations of $71,786,000.
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Provides that 10-year term does not apply to lease of certain municipal properties unless they are waterfront properties or related to waterfront concessions.
Out of committee · 6
Establishes Water Apprenticeship, Training, and Employment Resources (WATER) Pilot Program in DOLWD; appropriates $1 million. **
Establishes New Jersey Child Tax Credit Program.*
Credits $5.2 billion to "New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund"; appropriates $2.9 billion to NJ Schools Development Authority, NJ DOT, and NJT; and establishes process for authorizing future appropriations for debt defeasance and capital projects.*
Establishes Capital Project Development Loan Program to support certain large-scale redevelopment projects; appropriates $300 million.
Waives fees for marriage and civil union licenses in Fiscal Year 2023; appropriates $2 million.
Concerns prevailing wage requirements for certain fabrication.
In committee · 11
Permits members of Legislature to enroll in SHBP.
Establishes four-year Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant Program.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
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 third-party disbursement service organization that contracts with local government unit or board of education to post bond against failure to meet obligations.
Establishes reward program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Exempts proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees that has operated in State for at least 25 years from requirement to provide teach-out plan in event of potential closure.
Reaffirms continuation of Rutgers Institute of Management and Labor Relations, appropriates $750,000.
Requires membership of boards of trustees of State colleges and universities and county colleges to include two college employees.
Concerns UI benefits during labor disputes.
Establishes "Energy Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships Program" and related financing program in NJ Infrastructure Bank; and authorizes certain energy contracts under "Public School Contracts Law" and "Local Public Contracts Law" up to 30 years.