Bills in the 2018–2019 Session, Senate.
Thomas H. Kean Jr.
Sponsored
Became law5
Exempts sales of certain materials used in industrial sand casting processes from sales and use tax.
Requires NJ State Council on Arts to establish "Artist District" designation and select certain municipalities or areas within municipalities for such designation.
Establishes NJ Blockchain Initiative Task Force.
Makes supplemental appropriation of $100,000 to Commission on Human Trafficking.
Codifies current practice regarding completion of Perinatal Risk Assessment form by certain Medicaid health care providers.*
Vetoed1
Revises and updates membership and purpose of Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in DHS.
Passed the Senate2
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to conduct study to determine extent and cause of outmigration of high school graduates to out-of-State colleges.
Allows gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain New Jersey-based charitable organizations.
Out of committee8
Revises law concerning reciprocity for out-of-State professional and occupational licenses.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Establishes "New Jersey Higher Education Funding Formula Commission."
Prohibits sale or distribution of products containing asbestos.
Establishes "Supporting Educational and Entrepreneurial Development (S.E.E.D.) Program" in Office of Secretary of Higher Education.
Requires reporting of opioid deaths.
Requires AG to establish program to detect fentanyl in State's illegal drug supply and make information related to presence of fentanyl available in database accessible by law enforcement.
Establishes pilot program in DOE for special education students to attend college courses or vocational training programs.
In committee62
Provides a STEM graduate retention tax credit for certain employers who pay certain employees' education loan debt.
"The 10-20-Life Law."
Establishes new limits for campaign contributions by individuals, certain groups and campaign committees.
Amends State college law to remove certain employees from civil service system and allow boards of trustees to conduct collective bargaining.
Establishes "Government Functions and Services Study Commission."
"Opportunity Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of Treasury providing tax credits to taxpayers contributing to scholarships for low-income children.
Transfers responsibility for establishment and enforcement of ethical standards for local officials to State Ethics Commission.
Establishes New Jersey General Accounting Office.
Eliminates requirement for State residency for public officers and employees with limited historic exceptions.
Provides governance, transparency, and accountability reforms at PANYNJ.
Establishes a Medical Malpractice Court.
Permits certain breweries to sell beer at seasonal farm markets.
Authorizes restricted breweries to annually sell up to 1,000 barrels of beer to in-State and out-of-state retailers.
Allows consumption of food on limited brewery premises.
Clarifies that encouraging another person to cause bodily injury, by filming, photographing, or otherwise recording injury-causing act for circulation, publication, or distribution, is form of crime of endangering an injured victim.
Requires public institution of higher education to maintain minimum level of reserves established by Secretary of Higher Education.
Establishes tuition reimbursement program for certain advanced practice nurses who provide mental health care services in underserved areas in New Jersey.
Concerns termination of child support and other financial support for emancipated child.
Establishes "Art in Storefronts" initiative within the Main Street New Jersey program.
Provides that biennial renewal of license or certificate issued by New Jersey Board of Nursing is due on professional's birthday.
Requires testing for infectious disease for certain persons who have been administered opioid antidote by first responder.
Requires inspection of nail salons by NJ State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
Directs the development and posting of notices containing information for victims of human trafficking.
Establishes New Jersey Dietary Supplements Task Force to make recommendations concerning safety and regulation of dietary supplements sold in New Jersey.
Upgrades burglary of a residence to a crime of the second degree; requires mandatory period of parole ineligibility if residence was occupied at time of offense.
Requires State agencies to periodically review administrative rules and regulations to ensure continued efficacy.
Requires notification to certain law enforcement officials of application to expunge civil commitment records.
Requires electric public utilities to provide priority power restoration to certain medical facilities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
Adds illicit fentanyls to Schedule I in the "New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances Act."
Permits sale of certain alcoholic beverages and related products at seasonal farm markets.
Requires State Police to maintain 24-hour hotline for receiving anonymous tips regarding potential threats to school safety and security.
Directs Attorney General to provide annual training to public and nonpublic school students and staff on roles and responsibilities before, during, and after school emergencies.
Requires certain persons and business entities to maintain comprehensive information security program.
Authorizes direct shipping by craft distilleries.
Establishes "Commission on Statewide Affordable Housing Obligations" to determine Statewide need for low and moderate income housing.
Excludes certain cafeteria plan benefits from gross income tax.
Establishes New Jersey Higher Education Student Advisory Commission.
Provides alcoholic beverage tax credits to breweries for qualified capital expenses.
Establishes trunk fighting as animal cruelty offense and crime of the third degree.
Criminalizes the manufacture, sale, and possession of controlled dangerous substance U-47700, known as U-4 or "Pink."
Establishes Charitable Giving Account Program and exempts certain employee contributions to charitable and not-for-profit organizations from gross income tax.
Requires public bodies to publish detailed agenda prior to public meeting.
Requires certain businesses to notify data subjects of collection of personally identifiable information and establishes certain security standards.
Establishes pilot program to provide guidance to students applying for federal financial aid.
Extends validity of temporary instructional certificate issued to military spouse to one year; requires expedited processing of application by military spouse for NJ instructional certificate and reduced fees for military spouse to obtain certificate.
Expands registration requirements under Megan's Law to include persons committing human trafficking crimes or engaging in prostitution, when crimes involve minors.
Establishes registration requirement for mold inspection and remediation contractors.
Authorizes holder of limited brewery license to engage in certain activities.
Establishes "Count the Kicks" public awareness campaign.
Makes unauthorized practice of massage and bodywork therapies a crime.
Requires compliance with notice and approval process under MLUL for construction of free-standing structures on certain publicly-owned property.
Imposes daily fine of $250 upon each member of Legislature during state of emergency due to failure to enact annual appropriations law.
Requires State Treasurer to publish certain State expenditure and revenue information on government transparency website.
Establishes loan program for first-time homebuyers who move to areas with most abandoned properties; appropriates $5 million.
Requires municipality to provide free beach access to certain veterans.
Requires EDA to provide loans through small business loan program at lower interest rates, with more flexible repayment terms if issued to small businesses owned or controlled by certain veterans, and prohibit certain fees.
Provides resident tuition rate to certain non-resident dependent children of United States military personnel attending public institutions of higher education.
Provides adjustment to school district tax levy cap for expenditures associated with opening of renovated or new school facility during budget year for full-day kindergarten.
"Emma's Law"; requires school buses that transport students with special needs to be equipped with certain safety features.
Establishes flexible instructional day program to allow students to continue instruction at home when district must close its schools and to permit district to count flexible instructional days in meeting 180-day school year requirement.
Requires public institution of higher education to refund course tuition and fees to certain service members and to permit late registration for veterans and service members.
Revises requirements and process for temporary courtesy licenses and certificates issued by State Board of Examiners, NJ Board of Nursing, and other professional and occupational licensing boards to nonresident military spouses.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law3
Revises law concerning reciprocity for out-of-State professional and occupational licenses.
Prohibits sale or distribution of products containing asbestos.
Requires AG to establish program to detect fentanyl in State's illegal drug supply and make information related to presence of fentanyl available in database accessible by law enforcement.
Vetoed1
Requires reporting of opioid deaths.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Transfers management of PFRS to Board of Trustees of PFRS.
Bars persons under age 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union.
Provides governance, oversight, and accountability reforms at NJT.
Prohibits Higher Education Student Assistance Authority from referring defaulted loans under New Jersey College Loans to AssistState Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program for certain actions if authority and borrower have entered into settlement agreement.*
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish communication campaign to encourage students to enroll in 30 credits per year and institutions to report to secretary on strategies and incentives to accomplish this goal.
Establishes Campus Sexual Assault Commission.
Requires newborn infants be screened for spinal muscular atrophy.
Authorizes certain local government utilities to impose additional connection fees; requires certain new credits and reductions for these fees.
Amends list of environmental infrastructure projects approved for long-term funding for FY2019 to include new projects and remove certain projects.
Requires declaration of Code Blue alert when National Weather Service predicts temperatures of 32 degrees Fahrenheit or lower.
Revises requirements for examination and license to practice mortuary science.
Authorizes certain health care and social service resources to be made available during Code Blue Alert.*
Requires NJT to conduct feasibility study on restoring one-seat ride to Manhattan on Raritan Valley Line.
Passed the Senate · 7
Provides transparency and accountability reforms at PANYNJ; modifies governance structure; provides legislative oversight of PANYNJ; and regulates capital planning process.
Allows students to use certain grant awards during summer session.
Requires an annual State debt affordability analysis be included in the State Debt Report.
Authorizes public libraries to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by librarian or other trained library employee.
Provides that student is ineligible for State financial aid upon conviction for hazing.
Clarifies role of non-voting members of NJT board, members that constitute quorum, and certain requirements concerning temporary service changes; allows certain reports to be received by subcommittee of NJT administration committee.*
Provides Medicaid coverage to eligible pregnant women for six-month period beginning on the last day of pregnancy. *
Out of committee · 39
"Combat to College Act"; grants priority course registration to military service members and veterans attending public institutions of higher education.
Increases minimum annual amounts for appropriation for certain arts, historical heritage, and tourism purposes from hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues.
Establishes Maternal Mortality Review Committee to annually review and report on rates and causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in New Jersey, and to recommend improvements in maternal care.*
Requires DEP to update Shore Protection Master Plan.
Enhances enforcement and oversight of mental health condition and substance use disorder parity laws.**
Makes FY 2018 supplemental appropriation of $165,950,000 from the revenues and other funds of NJ Transportation Trust Fund Authority.
Requires institution of higher education to award appropriate credit for student's military service.
Rivises law governing theater liquor licenses.*
"Music Therapist Licensing Act."
Requires health insurers to provide plans that limit patient cost-sharing concerning certain prescription drug coverage.*
Provides that PERS or PFRS member who continues to be volunteer firefighter or emergency services worker after retirement with employer from whom member retires has bona fide severance for compliance with State and federal law.
Requires public officer or employee to forfeit pension upon conviction for corruption of public resources, sexual contact, lewdness, or sexual assault when offense involves or touches upon public office or employment.*
Appropriates funds to DEP for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend certain sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Requires Department of Education to develop guidelines for school districts concerning child trafficking awareness and prevention.*
Appropriates $15,294,000 from constitutionally dedicated CBT revenues to DEP for State acquisition of lands for recreation and conservation purposes, including Blue Acres projects.
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 active supervision of certain professional and occupational licensing boards.
Requires public works contractors to have certain certifications; requires certain contractors to participate in apprenticeship program.*
Makes supplemental appropriation of $11,300,000 from General Fund to DOE to increase per pupil funding for nonpublic security aid from $75 to $150.
"Applied Behavior Analyst Licensing Act." *
Authorizes NJ Infrastructure Bank to expend additional sums to make loans for environmental infrastructure projects for FY2019.
Requires Chief Technology Officer to establish "Anti-Hunger Link" for all State websites, providing information on emergency food services.
Establishes Farm Liaison in Department of Agriculture.
Directs Department of Agriculture to establish food desert produce pilot program.
Requires DOH to establish maternity care evaluation protocols and maternity care evaluation database.
Requires DOH and DHS to identify and take appropriate steps to secure federal sources of funding to support maternal mental health.*
Requires Medicaid coverage for group prenatal care services under certain circumstances.
Establishes Gateway Development Commission.
Requires four-year public institution of higher education to award college credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies.
Requires New Jersey Office on Minority and Multicultural Health to study racial disparities on sexual and reproductive health of African-American women.
Prohibits leasing dogs and cats.
"Sami's Law"; requires transportation network companies to issue, and drivers to display on vehicles, certain transportation network company identification.
Requires DHS to study social isolation occurring in certain population groups.
Establishes Gateway Development Commission with certain powers and responsibilities.
Establishes Office of Labor Law Enforcement.
Requires DEP, DOH, DCA, owners or operators of public water systems, and owners or operators of certain buildings to take certain actions to prevent and control cases of Legionnaires' disease.
Provides that New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program scholarship may be awarded in any semester of attendance or enrollment at institution of higher education in State.
Requires public transportation employees to complete training course on handling and responding to suspected human trafficking.
In committee · 56
Limits eligibility of certain public employees for health care benefits; prohibits those so limited from receiving payments for waiving benefits.
Provides gross income tax credit for A-list performing artists for income derived from certain live performances contracted for and rendered within the Atlantic City Tourism District on a recurring basis and within the State.
Increases maximum gross income tax deduction for homestead property taxes paid to $25,000.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who provide blood donations.
Provides gross income tax credits for certain taxpayers who donate organs.
"Consumer Freedom From Unwanted Expense in Health Insurance Coverage Act."
Establishes presumption of joint legal and physical custody in child custody matters.
Requires prosecutors to determine risk of re-offense under Megan's Law prior to offender's release from incarceration.
Permits taxpayers to deduct the total amount of State property taxes paid on principal residence from gross income tax obligation.
Imposes time constraints on submission and analysis of rape kits.
Creates the "Mold Safe Housing Act."
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements.
"Zero-Based Budget Act;" requires State Treasurer to develop and integrate certain zero-based budgeting practices and procedures in preparation and submission of Governor's annual budget message.
"New Jersey Jobs Protection Act;" requires verification of employment.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain contributions to New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) program.
Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.
Establishes requirements for sale of home baked goods.
Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review audits of public institutions of higher education.
Revises requirements and training standards for first responders under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
Dedicates $140,000 from NJ Brain Injury Research Fund for community based services provided by Statewide alliance dedicated to assisting persons with brain injury through advocacy, education, information and resources, outreach, and support services.
Quinn Wilson's Law; provides a gross income tax credit for birth resulting in stillbirth.
"Transparency in Government Act"; provides for establishment of State public finance website.
Establishes NJ Water Supply and Pharmaceutical Product Study Commission.
Requires school districts to include information on events of September 11, 2001 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies; requires public schools to hold annual assembly commemorating September 11, 2001.
Revises certain licensee filing requirements for alcoholic beverage price lists; removes requirement that limited brewery and distillery licensees provide tour when selling certain alcoholic beverages to consumers.
Requires DOH to approve credentialing entity to develop and administer a voluntary recovery residence certification program.
Permits students at public institutions of higher education to donate unused meal plan funds to emergency meal fund for distribution to New Jersey food banks.
Reforms procedures concerning provisions of affordable housing; repeals "Statewide Non-Residential Development Fee Act."
Establishes NJ STEM Entrepreneur Fellowship Program in DOLWD.
Revises standards for contracting at State colleges to mirror standards applicable to public research universities.
Allows members of Junior Firefighter's Auxiliaries to perform certain fire support duties.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Requires board of education to provide civics instruction in middle schools and requires DOE to provide funding to NJ Center for Civic Education at Rutgers to help prepare civics teachers.
Requires State to use at least half of future federal "Help America Vote Act" funds for voting systems with paper record.
Provides anti-stigmatization protections to public school student whose school breakfast or school lunch bill is in arrears and requires school district to communicate about arrearages to parent and not to student.
Establishes commission to study impact of certain Medicaid reimbursement rate change on nursing homes.
Increases age of dependent for whom gross income tax exemption for higher education expenses may be claimed from under 22 years to under 25 years.
"Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act"; requires certain school meal information be provided to students' parents; establishes protocols for identifying eligible students for meal programs; prohibits stigmatizing student with bill in arrears.
Establishes procedures for disqualification from public office or employment upon conviction of certain crimes; creates registry.
"Food Desert Elimination Act"; provides incentives to supermarkets and grocery stores that locate in "food deserts."
Prohibits pre-approval or precertification of cancer treatments, tests, procedures and prescription drugs covered under health benefits or prescription drug benefits plans.
Regulates employers operating massage and bodywork therapy establishments.
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sensitivity training program for high school athletic directors, coaches, and sports officials of interscholastic athletic sports programs.
Imposes moratorium on affordable housing litigation through December 31, 2020.
Requires 100 percent of State aid for certain special education students be calculated as categorical aid.
Establishes panel to study implementation of tier classification system with related cost factors for special education categorical State aid and requires State Board of Education to adopt through regulations panel's determinations.
Provides for process to vacate and expunge, as applicable, arrests, charges, complaints, convictions, or other dispositions, as well as DNA records, associated with violations of law committed by person while victim of human trafficking.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Requires all public school teachers and paraprofessionals working with autistic students to possess Registered Behavior Technician credential by 2020-2021 school year.
Provides for student recipients of educational opportunity funds to be exempt from 20 hour weekly work requirement ordinarily required for SNAP participation.
Requires certain health care plans to be offered by SEHBP and local boards of education; requires SEHBP commission to establish employee contribution rates for certain plans; requires local boards of education provide certain information on health care be
Permits school districts to define excused absences from school to include illness based on student's mental or behavioral health and requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for defining excused absence for this reason.
Requires Division of Purchase and Property to issue annual report on public contracts awarded to women-owned and minority-owned businesses; requires Division of Revenue to operate Selective Assistance Vendor Information (SAVI) database.
Clarifies that school district is not required to restrict access to school meals if school meal bill is in arrears.
Permits person diagnosed with autism or communication disability to voluntarily make notation on driver's license, identification card, and in MVC registry; establishes program to train law enforcement officers in interactions with persons with autism or