Bills in the 2012–2013 Session, Senate.
Richard J. Codey
Sponsored
Became law10
Increases fine and imposes license suspension for talking or texting on hand-held device while driving.
Establishes "New Jersey Yellow Dot Program" in MVC.*
Increases compensation for wrongful imprisonment.
Requires schools that participate in Statewide interscholastic sports programs to annually inform student-athletes about National Collegiate Athletic Association eligibility standards for participation in collegiate athletics.
Permits Type II district with board of school estimate to opt to move school election to November; eliminates board of school estimate's approval of budgets for such districts, except for proposals to spend above cap.
Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit persons with mental illness unless they pose danger.
Prohibits emergency shelters for the homeless from refusing to provide services for minimum time frame unless shelters are at maximum capacity.
Updates provisions governing Board of Education Employees' Pension Fund of Essex County to comply with Internal Revenue Code.
Requires medical examiner training about sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and requesting decedent's medical information and brain donation for research.
"Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act"; provides student-athletes, parents, and coaches with information on sudden cardiac arrest and establishes protocol concerning removal-from-play for athletes exhibiting symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest.
Vetoed1
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students.
Out of committee5
Provides for notification to law enforcement authorities of discharge of certain persons brought to screening services for evaluation and assessment for mental health services.
Limits settings where certain surgeries may be performed.
Requires mandatory imprisonment for child luring and requires certain information about Megan's Law to be provided to sex offenders annually.
Establishes pediatric respite care program licensure requirements.
Exempts from disclosure as public record personal identifying information provided to government agency for emergency notification purposes.
In committee38
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
Clarifies definition of illegal gambling to address Internet gambling; voids credit card debt incurred through illegal gambling; authorizes State to recover illegal gambling losses.
Requires contracting units and boards of education to credit contractors with interest earned on certain funds withheld from payment to contractors.
Prohibits use of public funds by employers for certain employee influence activities.
Requires State designated children's hospitals to have Pediatric Emergency Physician on duty at all times in emergency department.
Permits conduct of lottery games on Internet.
Requires members of Legislature and officers and employees of Legislative Branch to disclose to Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards when charged, indicted, or convicted of crime while in office or employment.
Requires DHS to establish training, educational assessment, and remedial instruction programs, and minimum educational standards for staff at State psychiatric hospitals.
Upgrades certain sex crimes against minors.
Provides penalties for sexually offensive or abusive communication through social networking websites.
Bars certain officials from elective office and political activity for certain time periods.
Establishes task force to preserve original Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital main building.
Permits New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and Standardbred Breeders' and Owners' Association of New Jersey to use purse funds received from off-track and account wagering for care of retired race horses.
Requires ten years of legal experience to be eligible to be appointed county prosecutor.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to certain food service contracts.
Regulates advertising of manufacturer's rebates by retail mercantile establishments.
Establishes Inspector General of Statewide Interscholastic Sports to monitor the operating and financial activities of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Permits participation agreements between casinos and casino service industry enterprise licensees for purchase or lease of slot machines, which pay licensees portion of proceeds from operation thereof.
Regulates sale of certain bicycles with quick release wheels.
Authorizes the issuance of restraining orders in situations where the domestic violence statutes do not apply.
Requires mandatory jail time for certain driving while intoxicated convictions with high blood alcohol concentration.
Allows New Jersey gross income taxpayers to elect to deduct certain losses from certain investment arrangements discovered to be criminally fraudulent.
Clarifies possession of machine guns and assault firearms by certain law enforcement officers.
Creates special license plates supporting Autism Awareness.
Provides for State assumption of the costs of the county prosecutors' offices.
Requires causes of driver inattention to be noted in traffic accidents.
Requires disclosure of all fees and charges associated with prepaid debit cards on the package of such cards.
Requires each public school to observe a period of silence on September 11 of each school year.
Requires that certain motor vehicle surcharge revenues be dedicated to the Special Needs Housing Trust Fund.
Allows installation of solar arrays by municipalities on preserved open space in certain circumstances.
Requires chairperson of each municipal and county political party committee to call annual meeting after Secretary of State certifies results of primary election.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing, importing, and selling assault firearms for civilian use.
Reduces lawful maximum capacity of certain ammunition magazines in New Jersey.
Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.
Requires certain notifications prior to conducting blasting operations; raises minimum property insurance to use explosives.
Applies prevailing wage to work on Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital grounds and facilities.
Requires driver's license examination to include questions on distracted driving; makes it a violation for motorists to talk or text on hand-held wireless devices while vehicle is temporarily stopped.
Prohibits sale and possession of undetectable firearms manufactured using three dimensional printing technology.
Filed1
Increases benefit amounts under New Jersey earned income tax credit program to 25 percent of federal earned income tax credit amounts beginning in Tax Year 2013.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Authorizes local public contract set-aside program for business enterprises that are owned by or that employ veterans.
Revises penalties for animal cruelty, increasing degree of certain offenses; designated as Patrick's Law.
Prohibits State and local public contracts with persons or entities engaging in certain investment activities in energy or finance sectors of Iran. *
The "Opioid Antidote and Overdose Prevention Act."
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for in-State tuition at public institutions of higher education.***
Allows practitioner with financial interest in health care service providing lithotripsy to refer patients to that health care service if certain conditions are met.
Concerns employee leasing companies and unemployment compensation.
Vetoed · 3
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
Supplemental appropriation to DHSS for $7,453,000 for family planning services, and requires filing of State Plan Amendment to extend Medicaid coverage for family planning services to persons with incomes up to 200% of federal poverty level.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act"; provides expedited process for foreclosing abandoned residential properties.
Passed the Senate · 2
Increases penalties for failing to yield when violation results in death to pedestrian.
Prohibits retail mercantile establishments from imposing surcharges on consumer credit card purchases.
Out of committee · 10
Increases minimum wage to $8.50, then makes annual adjustments based on CPI increases.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools.*
"Group Home Fire Safety Act."
Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.
Provides that unlawful employment practice occurs each time individual is affected by decision or practice, including each time compensation is paid.
Concerns disclosure of certain employment information.
Prohibits investment by State of pension and annuity funds in companies manufacturing, importing, and selling assault firearms for civilian use.**
Concerns requirements to report newly hired employees.
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.
"New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act II of 2013."
In committee · 13
Makes it a crime to communicate or transmit sexually suggestive communications to a minor under certain circumstances.
Requires voter approval at the annual school election or by the board of school estimate prior to the establishment of a charter school.
Allows charitable contribution tax deductions under New Jersey gross income tax.
Allows public contractors paying benefits to count benefit costs toward compliance with local "living wage" ordinances.
Concerns environmental permits in low-income, minority communities.
Authorizes certain municipalities and rural electric cooperatives to establish a municipal shared services energy authority.
Establishes licensing program in Department of Agriculture for farmed deer and other cervids.
Requires BPU to issue written decision concerning utility rate increase approvals to public via its website.
Revises requirements related to public hearings on proposed public utility rate increases.
Concerns employer contribution reports.
Requires boards of education to adopt policies to make schools asthma-friendly.
Concerns earned sick leave.
Creates first degree crime of home invasion, makes crime subject to No Early Release Act, and upgrades burglary of a residence to a second degree crime under certain circumstances.
Filed · 1
Requires BPU, under certain circumstances, to issue a decision within 180 days after receipt of petition by public utilities to sell certain real property.