Bills in the 2006–2007 Session, Senate.
Thomas H. Kean Jr.
Sponsored
Became law2
Clarifies the law concerning the emergency administration of epinephrine to students for anaphylaxis. *
Clarifies that in nonpublic schools the school nurse would be required to recruit and train volunteer designees to administer epinephrine to students when nurse is not physically present.
Out of committee7
Permits municipalities to appoint paid fire chiefs for paid and certain part-paid fire departments; clarifies duties and responsibilities.
Lowers the minimum full-time jobs requirement for business relocation and retention tax credits.
Repeals cosmetic medical procedure gross receipts tax.
Establishes parental orientation program in the Abbott school districts.
Requires distribution of pamphlets, posters and other educational materials informing certain public school students of "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Provides sales and use tax exemption for new motor vehicles with certain fuel efficiency.
Provides certain employment protections for employees on military leave in time of war or emergency.
In committee55
Prohibits member of Legislature from holding more than one elective office.
Establishes "Matthew's Law Limiting the Use of Restraints."
Expands duties of State Auditor to include performance audits at request of legislator; establishes Performance Audit Committee, consisting of eight public members, to help conduct performance audits.
Establishes New Jersey General Accounting Office.
Establishes limits on contributions county and municipal committees of a political party can give per election or per year to candidates and certain political committees.
Creates "Political Communications Reporting Act of 2004."
Prohibits holder of State or local government contract from making political contributions.
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship Fund.
Increases penalties for harboring or concealing a sex offender.
Designated "New Jersey Economic Development Promotion Act"; streamlines and reorganizes State economic development statutes in order to promote administrative efficiency.
Revises membership of Executive Commission on Ethical Standards; renames commission; makes various other changes concerning ethics.
Establishes "Government Functions and Services Study Commission," appropriates $95,000.
Establishes the Commission on After-School Programs in DHS; appropriates $25,000.
Provides that advertisements by persons licensed, registered, appointed or certified to practice profession or occupation are subject to consumer fraud act.
Requires impact statement for any proposed regulation affecting volunteer ambulance squad and fire company.
Establishes cross-acceptance of local master plans; intermunicipal review of certain development applications.
Establishes a Medical Malpractice Court.
Supplemental appropriation of $1 million from General Fund to ELEC for computer services to improve disclosure.
Permits certain State employees to participate in donated leave program.
Provides for plaque in State House to honor Walter Gilbert Alexander, first African-American Assemblyman.
Creates housing purchase matching grant program for reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces and the New Jersey National Guard who have served in certain military operations.
Establishes pilot program for use of environmentally-friendly cleaning products in designated hospitals; appropriates $150,000.
"State Medicare Part D Assistance and Information Act."
Establishes Veterans' Oral History Foundation.
Establishes Task Force on Education Reform.
Clarifies offenders are not eligible for parole under "Michael's Law".
Requires boards of education to provide civics instruction in elementary and middle school grades and requires DOE to provide funding to enhance civics instruction.
Exempts certain physician-owned or operated ambulatory health care facilities from ambulatory care gross receipts assessment if facility is Medicaid or NJ Family Care provider.
Makes desecration of a military monument a crime of the third degree.
Allows a gross income tax credit for the incremental cost of an alternative fuel vehicle.
Allows credit against corporation business tax or gross income tax for 50% of cost of constructing facilities for sale of certain alternate fuels.
Provides credit under corporation business tax and gross income tax for construction of buildings in accordance with certain energy and environmental performance standards.
Requires DEP to commission study of use of cellulosic ethanol as fuel.
Requires DOT to create map showing refueling facilities where alternative fuel is dispensed.
Requires PERS designate position providing least compensation, for member holding concurrent positions, as compensation base for contributions and pension calculations.
Extends certain federal income tax advantages of individual health savings accounts to individual taxpayers under the New Jersey gross income tax.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Creates housing purchase matching grant program for members of United States Armed Forces and New Jersey National Guard who have served in certain military operations.
Changes membership and criteria for valid actions of New Jersey Natural Lands Trust.
Provides that chair and vice-chair of Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards will be selected from among committee's public members on bipartisan basis.
Appropriates $5 million to Cranford Township for flood control projects.
Establishes 24-hour hotline for information concerning the crime of human trafficking; appropriates $75,000.
Provides for an extended term of imprisonment, supervision for life and sex offender registration for the crime of human trafficking under certain circumstances.
Prohibits DEP from charging any person or party with oversight fees for time spent responding to legislator inquiry made on behalf of constituent.
Allows charitable contribution tax deductions under New Jersey gross income tax.
Implements measures to strengthen oversight of hospital charity care subsidies.
Requires institutions of higher education to develop text message emergency-alert systems.
Establishes Fuel Cell Research Center at Rutgers; appropriates $500,000.
Requires global warming index label on new motor vehicles beginning in model year 2009.
Exempts sales of methane gas fuel conversion machinery and equipment from sales and use taxes.
Provides investment tax credit for businesses for certain purchased wave energy power devices.
Requires BPU to provide funding for wave power park project from societal benefits charge.
Provides unemployment benefits for certain veterans.
Allows certain local public entities to enter into contracts of up to 15 years for provision of renewable energy production at buildings owned by such entities.
Reconstitutes membership of Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards to eight public members only; permits committee to require additional financial disclosure by legislators.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Requires independent contractors to submit to background checks to work within certain industries.
Makes various changes to the laws governing underground storage tanks. *
Makes changes concerning Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism.
Establishes procedures for placement of individuals in Division of Developmental Disabilities Moderate Security Unit.
Appropriates $1,263,166 from "Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund" to provide historic site management grants for certain historic preservation projects.
Requires DHSS and DOE to provide information on meningococcal meningitis to parents or guardians of certain school-aged children.
Transfers certain authority over limousine operators from DOT to MVC.
Requires NJ Disease Management Study Commission to assess how disease management programs can impact Medicaid and NJ FamilyCare.
Excludes membership fees and dues of certain governmental and charitable clubs and organizations and certain parking services from sales and use tax. ****
Provides for plaques in State House to honor Hutchins F. Inge and Walter Gilbert Alexander, first African-American Senator and Assemblyman.
"Billy's Law"; requires DCF and DHS to establish regulations for out-of-State placements in residential schools and programs .**
Requires governmental affairs agent to report particular items in annual appropriation legislation or appropriation legislation supplemental thereto on which agent acted.
Passed the Senate · 2
Makes it a crime of the third degree to practice psychology without a license and prohibits certain unlicensed employees of nonprofit community agencies from using title of psychologist.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Out of committee · 16
Imposes mandatory terms of imprisonment and forfeiture of pension and retirement benefits for public officers or employees convicted of certain crimes involving or touching their office or employment. *
Requires DHSS to apply for federal Home and Community-Based Services Medicaid waiver for certain early intervention services.
Establishes regional substance abuse treatment facilities; appropriates $100 million.
Establishes penalties for pointing laser at operator of vehicle.
Requires DDD to study need for placement trusts for persons with developmental disabilities. *
Skinner's and Michelle's Law; increases penalties for leaving scene of motor vehicle accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury. *
Creates position of First Assistant Child Advocate and provides that either Child Advocate or First Assistant be an attorney.
Authorizes State Auditor to conduct performance review audits.
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Requires use of uniform silver flags to mark certain pesticide applications.
The "Global Warming Response Act."
Requires wheelchair securement and occupant securement devices for wheelchaired passengers.
Requires wheelchair securement devices and wheelchair occupant securement devices on certain vehicles and training in their use for certain employees.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in foreign companies doing business in Iran.
Permits parent of twins or higher order multiples enrolled in public school to select shared or separate classroom placement of their children.
Requires hospitals and health care professionals to advise women of option to donate or store umbilical cord blood and placental tissue. *
In committee · 47
Provides voting rights for graduating class representative on county college boards of trustees.
Establishes the Office of Counter-Terrorism in but not of the Department of Law and Public Safety.
Requires dissemination of organ and tissue donation by State Treasurer, Personnel Commissioner, State contractors, and preparers of advanced health care directives; designates April of each year as Donate Life Month.
Establishes registry of community agency employees providing services to persons with developmental disabilities.
Permits municipalities to offer prescription drug benefit to certain retired volunteer firefighters and other emergency aid volunteers.
Requires HMOs that contract with DHS to reimburse hospitals for emergency services based on cost of those services.
Broadens eligibility for certain veterans' benefits by eliminating requirement of service during specified dates or in specified locations.
"New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act"; prohibits smoking in indoor public places and workplaces.
"New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act"; prohibits smoking in indoor public places and workplaces, except casino floors and simulcasting facilities.
Adds executive director of Joint Committee on the Public Schools to the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation.
Provides for regional economic impact report and review by affected municipalities for certain proposed large scale retail developments.
Prevents use of condemnation to acquire residential property under redevelopment laws.
Supplemental appropriation of $750,000 to DHSS for Office on Women's Health.
Exempts from realty transfer fees, sales of homes of certain New Jersey members of the military.
Requires certain NJ Transit Corporation employees to undergo criminal history background checks and wear photo identification.
Provides $100,000 military death benefit to State citizens killed on federal active duty; establishes "Fallen Patriots Memorial Fund."
Repeals law expediting certain State permits.
Establishes procedures for approval of certain applications for development affecting neighboring municipalities.
Limits contributions by certain public contractors; limits contributions by county and municipal political party committees.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for certain infant formulas.
Supplemental appropriation of $2 million for grants to certain nursing schools to address shortage of nursing faculty.
Supplemental appropriation of $4,998,581 to DHSS for AIDS Drug Distribution Program and other AIDS services.
Provides a sales and use tax exemption for sales of certain high-efficiency home heating equipment.
Authorizes free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses and State park admission for persons with certain types of military service.
Regulates involvement of candidates and officeholders with issue advocacy organizations.
Establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury to provide tax credits for contributions to entities which provide tuition scholarships to children residing in Camden, Newark, Orange and Trenton or fund innovative public school programs.
Establishes "New Jersey Fire and EMS Crisis Intervention Services" telephone hotline; authorizes an annual appropriation.
Authorizes bars and restaurants to offer special discounts based on sex under certain circumstances.
Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons.
Disqualifies parent who abandoned child from share of deceased child's estate.
Permits water and sewerage service sub-metering in multi-family dwellings to promote water conservation.
"Group Home Fire Safety Act."
Requires health insurers and SHBP to provide certain mental health benefits for eating disorders under same terms and conditions as for other illnesses and diseases.
Revises statutes concerning abandoned vessels to include sunken vessels; authorizes municipalities to remove abandoned vessels from municipal waterways.
Exempts initiation fees, membership fees, and dues of certain municipal, county, and nonprofit clubs and organizations from sales and use tax.
Requires physicians and other prescribers to obtain informed consent from parents or guardians of minors for medications with "black box warnings."
Prohibits DOT from putting tolls on I-78 and I-80 and from transferring jurisdiction to independent authority or entity.
Excludes military compensation of military personnel serving outside of this State from gross income tax.
Requires Governor's annual budget message to provide for full funding of certain statutory school aid provisions.
Requires medical examiner to contact next-of-kin in case of certain deaths.
Authorizes certain non-emergency mutual agreements between municipalities for law enforcement purposes.
Recognizes co-fired biomass energy as method to meet renewable energy portfolio standards.
"Kyleigh's Law"; revises laws concerning provisional driver's licenses.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
Authorizes creation of memorial license plates for immediate family members of September 11 victims.
Excludes charges for certain membership and initiation fees and dues from sales and use tax.
Appropriates $33 million from "Garden State Green Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes.