Bills in the 2014–2015 Session, General Assembly.
Mila M. Jasey
Sponsored
Became law1
Prohibits administration of standardized assessments in kindergarten through second grade.
Vetoed2
Allows municipalities to designate redevelopment entities and certain non-profits to act as land bank entities.*
Provides Medicaid coverage for advance care planning.
Passed the General Assembly6
Exempts from disclosure as public record personal identifying information provided to government agency for emergency notification purposes.
Establishes task force to study issues related to the establishment of full-day kindergarten.
Provides that no more than 120 credits will be required for baccalaureate degree awarded by a public institution and no more than 60 credits for an associate degree.
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish common course numbering system for public institutions of higher education.*
Requires school districts and charter schools to annually provide to parents or guardians of enrolled students information on certain tests to be administered during the school year.
Creates Education Reform Review Task Force; delays implementation of certain assessments and certain changes to teacher evaluation system.
Out of committee6
Authorizes a teacher leader endorsement to the instructional certificate.
Requires DOE to conduct study on options and benefits of instituting later school start time in middle school and high school.
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Permits municipal land banking in conjunction with online property database development.*
Codifies the Judiciary's Foreclosure Mediation Program; dedicates monies from foreclosure filing fees and fines.
Requires school district or charter school to provide notification to parent or guardian of enrolled student on upcoming administration of State assessments or commercially-developed standardized assessments.
In committee23
Designates New Jersey Commuter Pass Credit Act; provides for temporary gross income tax credit for certain commuting passes.
Clarifies that executive county superintendent's authorities regarding special education services do not allow him to require a child study team to make a specific determination on the special education placement for a student.
Allows adoptees access to nonidentifying family medical history information.
Requires insurers to provide coverage for medications and dose-intensive chemotherapy/bone marrow transplants and umbilical cord blood transplants for treatment of sickle cell anemia.
Provides for the designation of new charter school authorizers.
Provides for notification to law enforcement authorities of discharge of certain persons brought to screening services for evaluation and assessment for mental health services.
Clarifies enforcement responsibility of State Housing Code concerning multiple dwellings from municipalities to the State under the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law."
Permits release of certain student information.
Revises the dates for submission and approval of school district applications for designation as a choice district.
Modifies various aspects of charter school program including student enrollment procedures, revocation of charter, monitoring of charter schools, and collaboration between school districts and charter schools.
Prohibits emergency shelters for the homeless from refusing to provide services for minimum time frame unless shelters are at maximum capacity.
Requires emergency shelters for the homeless to admit persons with mental illness unless they pose danger.
Clarifies that teachers and professional support staff employed in charter schools and other public schools must meet the same certification requirements.
Authorizes special Island Spirit license plate.
Requires that if a school district satisfies 80% or more of the required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, the State must return that area to local control.
Provides that a school district may be placed under full or partial State intervention pursuant to the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) for no longer than five years.
Directs Commissioner of Education to appoint coordinator and regional consultants to coordinate the education of students with traumatic brain injury.
Places five-year limit on State control of any school district; requires local control to be returned in any area of district effectiveness under State intervention for which district meets 80 percent or more of standards.
Revises financial reporting requirements for charitable organizations.
"Equitable Permit Extension Act of 2014."
Establishes three-year moratorium on increases in charter school enrollment.
Prohibits DOE from regulating maximum salary amount school district may pay superintendent of schools and eliminates TPAF enrollment exception for certain certified superintendents and administrators.
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Carried from the Senate
Became law3
Authorizes a teacher leader endorsement to the instructional certificate.
Requires DOE to conduct study on options and benefits of instituting later school start time in middle school and high school.
Requires school district or charter school to provide notification to parent or guardian of enrolled student on upcoming administration of State assessments or commercially-developed standardized assessments.
Vetoed2
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.*
Permits municipal land banking in conjunction with online property database development.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 42
Requires Department of Agriculture to post on its website certain information regarding State's farm to school program.
Requires public schools to weight courses in visual and performing arts equally with other courses worth same number of credits in calculating grade point average.
Authorizes municipalities to impose penalties on creditors that fail to timely remedy code violations of certain properties in foreclosure.*
Requires Division on Civil Rights and DCA to post information regarding disability accommodation rights for owners and occupants of condominiums, cooperatives, and other common interest communities.
Requires training program for school bus drivers and school bus aides on interacting with students with special needs, and requires development and use of student information cards.*
Exempts Holocaust reparations payments from legal process, and from estate recovery under Medicaid program.
Creates the option to make a voluntary contribution for the support of local libraries on gross income tax returns.
Abigail's Law; requires that newly-manufactured school buses be equipped with sensors.
Allows for waiver of school bus requirements for mobility assistance vehicle technicians who transport students with medical needs to and from school.
Establishes the "New Jersey Family Collaborative Law Act." *
Eliminates DOT approval of municipal traffic calming measures in business districts.
"Nikhil's Law"; requires MVC to inform and test drivers on dangers of failing to comply with traffic safety laws and "STOP for Nikhil Safety Pledge."
Prohibits school district from denying student school breakfast or school lunch because payment is in arrears without prior notice to parent.
"The Opportunity to Compete Act;" establishes certain employment rights for persons with criminal record.*
Grants immunity from liability for certain professional services rendered during emergencies under certain circumstances.
Requires public school students in grades 9 through 12 to receive instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator prior to graduation.*
Authorizes rural electric cooperative and certain municipalities to establish municipal shared services authority.*
Dedesignates portions of Route 24.
Establishes "Best in New Jersey 'Farm to School' Awards Program" to annually recognize the best farm to school programs implemented by a school or school district.
Requires one-time application for requesting services for individuals with developmental disabilities from DCF and DHS.
Establishes certain requirements for hospitals regarding patient-designated caregivers.
Permits certain zero emission vehicle manufacturers to directly sell motor vehicles to consumers and requires them to operate service facilities.
Allows gross income taxpayers to use their gross income tax returns to make voluntary contributions to ALS Association for services to New Jersey residents.
Requires New Jersey School Report Card to include indicators of student career readiness.
Requires preparation programs for teachers and school counselors to include programming to improve student career readiness.*
Establishes four-year County Vocational School District Partnership Grant Program in DOE.
Allows school districts and requires public colleges to enter into dual enrollment agreements to provide college-level instruction to high school students through courses offered on college or high school campuses.*
Provides that if a career and technical education program of a school district is taught in an industry setting, off-site location will be exempt from certain State regulations.*
Permits Newark to use rental car tax proceeds over three-year period to help reduce its "cash deficit for preceding year" appropriation and operational deficit.
"Boys & Girls Clubs Keystone Law"; permits minors to give consent for behavioral health care.
Requires BPU to provide links to pricing information to customers from electric and gas public utilities, and third-party electric power and gas suppliers.*
Requires BPU to establish procedures allowing electric power and gas supplier customers to switch energy suppliers.
Imposes contract standards between customers and third-party electric power and gas suppliers.
Authorizes county vocational school district to request county improvement authority to construct and issue bonds to finance school facilities project.
Requires installation of carbon monoxide detectors in certain structures; designated as "Korman and Park's Law."
"Sexual Assault Survivor Protection Act of 2015"; authorizes the court to issue protective orders for victims of certain nonconsensual sexual conduct.
Permits administration of epinephrine auto-injector device by persons who complete approved educational program.
"New Jersey Small Business Retirement Marketplace Act."*
Permits candidates for school board to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on ballot; permits short nonpolitical designation of principles on petitions and ballots; provides for study of impact of changes.
Requires certain notifications for termination of services to persons with developmental disabilities and providers.
Requires certain surgical practices and ambulatory care facilities licensed in this State to be owned by hospital or medical school located in the State. *
Prohibits withholding of State school aid based on student participation rate on State assessments.
Vetoed · 17
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Establishes telemarketing fraud investigation unit.
Sets forth certain standards to be followed by law enforcement agencies and fire departments when utilizing drones.
Enacts the "Reader Privacy Act."
Requires State Board of Education regulations regarding school nurse certification to include certain minimum eligibility requirements.
Requires DOE to review Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure they incorporate standards regarding engineering where appropriate.*
Requires fire suppression systems in new single and two family homes.
Reduces maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds; exempts firearms with .22 caliber tubular magazines from 10 round limitation. *
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Allows modernization for the form of disbursement for certain State government and local unit payments to individuals and business entities. *
Provides $21 minimum annual energy assistance to qualified families; qualifies families to receive additional nutritional assistance.
Provides additional State school aid to county vocational school districts in which enrollment increases by more than 10%.
Provides State aid for certain adult education programs.
Makes FY 2015 supplemental appropriation to DOH for $7,453,000 for family planning services.
Revises certain laws concerning domestic violence and firearms.
Permits municipal, county, and regional police and fire forces to establish five-year residency requirement for police officers and firefighters; allows exceptions to requirement under certain circumstances.**
Provides Medicaid coverage for family planning services to individuals with incomes up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Passed the General Assembly · 40
Requires Adjutant General of DMVA to issue State flag to resident enrolling in federal service academy.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."*
Concerns reviews of State's economic development incentives.
Requires mail-in ballot applications be available at polling places on election day for voting in future elections; requires establishment of Intrnet webpages to provide instructions for completing mail-in ballot applications.*
Establishes mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for harming or threatening to harm animal owned or used by a law enforcement agency or a search and rescue dog.
Authorizes placement of involved animal with animal welfare agency or similar entity pending adjudication of alleged animal cruelty violation when not adjudicated in seven days.
Eliminates five percent down payment requirement for bond ordinances approved by counties and municipalities.
Imposes moratorium on DHS transitions and transfers of certain individuals with developmental disabilities to new residential placements until certain conditions are met. *
Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.*
Clarifies that certain types of sewage and sewage sludge do not constitute hazardous substances under "Spill Compensation and Control Act."
The "Real Estate Installment Contract Act."
Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.
Revises law concerning the rights and responsibilities of motor vehicle franchisees and franchisors.**
"Aid in Dying for the terminally Ill Act"; permits qualified terminally ill patient to self-administer medication to end life in humane and dignified manner.**
Requires certain CATV companies to provide free Internet access to public libraries.*
Requires oversight reporting on Hurricane Sandy recovery funds.
Authorizes Office of Public Defender to provide legal representation for child in proceedings after parental rights have been terminated.
Establishes "MVP Emergency Alert System" for missing persons with mental, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.*
Directs Secretary of Higher Education to establish a communication and incentive plan to encourage re-enrollment in college; requires Statewide reverse transfer agreement.
Prohibits four-year public and independent institutions of higher education from increasing New Jersey resident undergraduate tuition and fees for nine continuous semesters following student's initial enrollment.*
Requires teacher preparation program for instuctional certificate to include certain amount of instruction or clinical experience in special education and for students with disabilities endorsement to include credit hours in autism spectrum disorder.**
Requires Attorney General to establish Statewide gun buyback program.
Requires disclosure of breach of security of online account.
Requires teachers of health and physical education in grades kindergarten through six in public schools to possess the appropriate endorsement to the instructional certificate, and includes a "grandfather" provision.
Establishes central registry for sickle cell trait diagnoses; provides for informational outreach and genetic counseling.
Establishes brain injury screening and education program in DCF.*
Revises procedures for processing incomplete Medicaid applications; exempts asset transfers of up to $500 per month during look back period for determining eligibility for long-term care services.*
Requires DHS to ensure that expedited benefits under Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are made available to certain households.
Requires DCA to make information on homeless prevention programs and services available on its Internet website.
Allows parent or guardian to exclude student from administration of certain assessments.
Imposes three-year moratorium on use of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers for certain purposes.
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.*
Authorizes transfer of excess medical marijuana inventory between alternative treatment centers.
"Secure Schools for All Children Act"; establishes State aid program for security services, equipment, or technology to ensure safe and secure school environment for nonpublic school students.
Requires employees of private entity with access to student information under contract with DOE, school districts, or charter schools to undergo criminal background check.
"Healthy Small Food Retailer Act"; provides funding to small food retailers to sell fresh and nutritious food.
Allows installment payments for senior and disabled property taxpayers to repay overpayments of homestead credits and homestead property tax reimbursements.
Prohibits certain school districts under State intervention from leasing building if purchase price would be less than total costs of lease.
Requires NJT to limit fare increases under its discount program for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and college students; designated as "Fare Affordability and Ridership Empowerment (FARE) Act."
"Transparency, Responsibility, and Accountability for New Surcharges and Increases in Ticketing (T.R.A.N.S.I.T.) Act"; increases number of public hearings NJT is required to hold prior and subsequent to fare increase or change or abandonment of service.
Out of committee · 73
Establishes "Naturally Occurring Retirement Community" pilot program; appropriates $250,000.
Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act."; appropriates $5 million.*
Requires posting of information about availability of services from substance abuse treatment facilities on county and DHS websites.
Establishes process for consideration of offers from short sale buyers during residential mortgage foreclosures.
Prohibits use of smokeless tobacco in public schools.
Provides for increase in relocation assistance amounts based on increase of CPI.
"Property Tax Lien Pilot Program," establishes pilot program to allow certain municipalities greater control over sale of tax liens.
Establishes the "Mortgage Assistance Pilot Program."
Requires DOH to establish "New Jersey Autism Website."
Creates cause of action for failure to maintain certain vacant properties; requires out-of-state creditors to designate in-State representative.
Permits adoptees and certain others to obtain adoptee's original birth certificate and other related information.
Permits attending advanced practice nurse to determine cause of death and execute death certification of patient if nurse is patient's primary caregiver.
Requires labeling of foods containing genetically engineered material.*
Permits two or more candidates for school board member to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on ballot for same term.
Establishes innovation zone program to stimulate technology industry clusters around New Jersey's research institutions; allows certain technology businesses located in certain innovation zones to receive certain tax credits under Grow New Jersey Assistan
"Government Energy Reliability and Savings Public-Private Partnership Act."
Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning electronic communications between employees and students.
Requires annual physical examination of child 19 years of age or younger include certain questions related to cardiac health.*
Provides that nonpublic school nursing services may include nursing services for a preschool pupil in the event of an emergency.
Revises statutes regarding practice of physical therapy.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain contributions to New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust (NJBEST) program.*
Clarifies intent of P.L.2007, c.340 regarding NJ's required participation in Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Provides for licensure of human milk banks.
Clarifies statutory exemptions from mandatory immunizations for students.
Prohibits treatment, discharge, disposal, application to roadway, or storage of wastewater, wastewater solids, sludge, drill cuttings or other byproducts from natural gas exploration or production using hydraulic fracturing.*
Establishes procedures for the approval of the closure of a public school.
Concerns earned sick leave.
Establishes one-year moratorium on replacement of copper-based landline telephone service with wireless telephone service; requires BPU to report to Governor and Legislature. *
Directs State Board of Agriculture and Dept. of Agriculture to adopt regulations concerning confinement of pregnant sows during gestation.
Allows installation of solar arrays by municipalities on preserved open space in certain circumstances.
Revises Newborn Screening program in DHSS.
Concerns NJ Transit's treatment of people with guide or service dogs; establishes Access Link Customer Service Group.
Establishes the "Superstorm Sandy Bill of Rights."*
Authorizes certain gestational carrier agreements.*
Revises procedure for issuance of amended birth certificate for person who has undergone change in sex.
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students; appropriates $45,000 to DOE for New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association testing of student-athletes for steroids and other performance enhancing substances.*
Eliminates school district budget per pupil administrative cost limits.
Requires high school students to be assessed using college placement cut scores to determine readiness for college-level course work, and Commissioner of Education to develop plan to improve college and career counseling for students.
Requires all school districts and public institutions of higher education to offer dual enrollment programs to provide college-level instruction to high school students and requires these students be charged a reduced tuition rate.
Permits high performing school districts to be monitored by the DOE under the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC) every seven years rather than every three years.
Extends for five years expiration date of special appraisal process for Green Acres program and farmland preservation program for lands in Highlands Region; makes change to special appraisal process for certain farmers. *
Prohibits import, sale, purchase, barter, or possession of ivory or rhinoceros horn and items containing ivory or rhinoceros horn, with limited exceptions.
Prohibits cloud computing service providers from disclosing data collected from public, private, or charter school.
Requires certification of diligent inquiry in residential mortgage foreclosure actions to be filed by attorneys.
Raises minimum age for purchase and sale of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices from 19 to 21.
Requires certain parking garages to have on-site emergency vehicle capable of accessing low-clearance areas.
Allows certain students including undocumented immigrants who meet certain criteria to qualify for State student financial aid programs.
Requires Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services to annually prepare substance use treatment provider performance report, and make available to public.*
Extends "Overdose Prevention Act" immunity provisions to certain professionals and professional entities, and permits needle exchange programs to obtain standing order for opioid antidote dispensation.*
Authorizes establishment of three pilot recovery alternative high schools that provide high school education and substance dependency plan of recovery to test the effectiveness of this model.*
Concerns expedited process for foreclosing vacant and abandoned residential properties in uncontested actions.*
Concerns the recording of mortgages.
Increases electric power net metering capacity threshold to 2.9 percent of total annual kilowatt-hours sold in State.*
Authorizes establishment of Achieving a Better Life Experience accounts for persons with certain disabilities.*
Requires a public school district to provide a daily recess period for students in grades kindergarten through 5.
Provides expedited procedure for foreclosing residential properties in uncontested actions.
Prohibits certain possession, sale, offering for sale, trade or distribution of shark fins.
Establishes certain minimum and maximum temperatures in emergency shelters, rooming and boarding houses, and certain nursing homes and residential health care facilities.
Requires NJ State Council on Arts to establish "Artist District" designation and select certain municipalities or areas within municipalities for such designation.
Recognizes American Sign Language as a world language for meeting high school graduation requirements.
Establishes Response to Intervention initiative in DOE to support and encourage school districts in implementation of Response to Intervention framework.
"Music Therapist Licensing Act."
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to adopt new comprehensive master plan within six months and every seven years thereafter.
Establishes the "New Jersey Safe and Responsible Driver Act."*
"Out-of-network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act." *
Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students who have children to purchase meal plans, live in on-campus housing, or pay gym fees.
Prohibits institution of higher education that provides child care from charging student-parent who receives child care voucher under "New Jersey Cares for Kids Program" an amount for child care in excess of voucher amount.
Requires institutions of higher education to inquire about student's marital and parental status.
Establishes minimum certified nurse aide-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.*
Prohibits Division of Developmental Disabilities from compelling transfers of individuals with developmental disabilities from out-of-State to in-State facilities unless certain exceptions apply.
Prohibits school districts from joining associations which oversee Statewide interscholastic sports unless association limits certain student-athletes who repeat middle school grade to only six consecutive semesters of interscholastic eligibility after en
Requires DOE on its website to link to Department of Treasury's website where list is maintained of all third party individuals and vendors employed or retained for work associated with State assessments.
Authorizes institutions of higher education to grant college credit to high school students who complete the Jersey Boys State or Jersey Girls State program.
In committee · 79
Enacts the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act."
"Historic Property Reinvestment Act"; provides credits against certain taxes for certain costs of rehabilitating historic properties.
Decriminalizes possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana, imposes civil penalties, and establishes fund for drug education.
Revises definition of "necessary care" in the State's animal cruelty law to include more specific requirements.
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.
Establishes the Office of Dropout Prevention and Reengagement of Out-of-School Youth in DOE, and the Student Dropout Prevention Task Force.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Reforms procedures concerning provision of affordable housing; abolishes Council on Affordable Housing.
Extends time municipalities have to commit fees and payments-in-lieu of constructing affordable units to six years.
Establishes the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Transformation Act."
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.
Reduces lawful maximum capacity of certain ammunition magazines in New Jersey.
Requires firearms to be unloaded and securely locked or stored within home.
Provides for termination of child support obligation upon certain conditions.
"Consumer Access to Health Care Act"; eliminates requirement of joint protocol with physician for advanced practice nurses to prescribe medication.
Makes a $3 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Permits a student to participate in certain voluntary surveys if the district sends prior written notification to the student's parents; limits use of information obtained from survey.
Requires certain energy tax receipts to be paid directly to municipalities.
Codifies current State Board of Education regulations which limit who may serve as case managers for students with disabilities to members of child study teams and certain speech-language specialists.
The "Smart Container Act."
"PANYNJ Transparency and Accountability Act."
Requires at least one State developmental center in each region of State; requires certain factors to be considered for transfer of residents between developmental centers.
Prohibits possession and sale of shark fins.
Requires reporting of suspected abuse of institutionalized elderly to police and that facility employees receive notice of reporting requirement annually; designated as "Peggy's Law."
Eliminates transfer inheritance tax and increases filing threshold and applicable exclusion amounts under New Jersey estate tax in accordance with provisions of federal tax law.
Establishes mutual aid assistance request protocols for 9-1-1 ambulance dispatchers.
Permits qualifying patients to possess and use medical marijuana legally obtained from another jurisdiction; extends State medical marijuana laws to qualifying out-of-State patients; expands ability of parents to serve as primary caregiver to minor childr
Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.
Requires executive county superintendent to designate a county special services school district or educational services commission as the county education services agency to assist local school districts in sharing services.
Establishes the number of students to be supported under the veterinary medicine education program and a service requirement for students who participate in the program.
Permits developer to qualify for low-interest loan from NJEDA when building a high performance green building.
"Plastic Container Recycling Enhancement Act."
Requires installation of operational automatic rain sensor on lawn sprinklers as condition of sale and on lawn sprinklers on commercial, retail or industrial property and in common interest communities within specified timeframes.
Provides supplemental appropriation of $2,700,000 to DCA for Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Modifies requirements for local unit to dissolve certain authorities.
Increase gross income tax rate on income exceeding $1,000,000 for taxable years 2011 and 2012 and expands gross income tax exclusion for pensions, annuities and other retirement income for certain taxpayers beginning in 2011.
Creates Highlands Conservation Trust to preserve land in Highlands Region, and authorizes Highlands conservation license plate to raise revenue therefor.
Directs BPU to study feasibility of adopting certain requirements for installation of new and replacement electric distribution utility poles and transmission towers.
Establishes criteria and requirements for shore protection project priority list and funding from Shore Protection Fund.
Requires background check for private gun sales.
Establishes animal cruelty offense of cruel confinement of a gestating pig.
Establishes public awareness campaign advising pregnant women, new parents, and women who are breast feeding about dangers of casual milk sharing.
Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.
Exempts mugshots of arrestees who have not been convicted of the underlying offense from State's open public records law.
The "Safe Playing Fields Act"; restricts use of lawn care pesticides at child care centers and certain schools, playgrounds, and recreational fields.
Increases State hotel and motel occupancy fee revenues required to be annually appropriated to fund certain arts and cultural, historical, and tourism-related programs and activities.
Concerns organ and tissue donation.
Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
Prohibits the DOE from regulating the maximum salary amount a school district may pay its superintendent of schools.
Eliminates restriction on placement of special education students in sectarian schools.
Prohibits advertising of certain products on websites to minors.
Revises exemption from "unemployment compensation law" for operators of certain motor vehicles.
Authorizes the EDA to issue additional $50,000,000 in bonds to provide grants for certain county vocational school district facilities projects and increases debt service district aid percentage for such projects.
Authorizes gun violence restraining orders and firearm seizure warrants.
Dedicates $140,000 of revenue from motor vehicle violations to DHS for brain injury services.
Allows gross income tax credit for contributions to nonprofit public school support organizations.
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to forgive certain student loans in the event of the borrower's death.
Revises laws concerning access to medical marijuana.
Revises requirements and training standards for first responders under New Jersey Highway Traffic Safety Act of 1987.
The "Full Marriage Recognition for Civil Union Couples Act"; recognizes certain civil unions as marriages dating back to inception of such civil unions.
Establishes Task Force on School District Regionalization.
Requires public and nonpublic school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
"New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $125,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance capital projects at public libraries; appropriates $5,000.
Requires various measures to address effects of low levels of lead exposure.
Establishes "Tiny Home Pilot Program" in three regions of State; appropriates $5 million.
Requires use of bear-resistant containers, dumpsters, or food boxes in certain areas located in black bear habitat under certain circumstances, including garbage collection, and prohibits certain actions that would result in feeding of black bears.
Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of Core Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies.
Restricts use of eminent domain by private pipeline companies to those demonstrating pipeline is in the public interest and that agree to certain regulation by BPU.
Allows NJ gross income tax deduction for charitable contributions of food made from business inventory.
Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.
Requires posting of signs warning of presence of, and potential danger caused by, duckweed on water bodies in public parks.
Requires criminal history record background check for rifle and shotgun purchases.
Applies local public contract bid threshold amounts to local pay to play and prevailing wage laws.
Establishes New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and Business Partnerships.
Requires health care practitioners to discuss risk of addiction when prescribing certain drugs to patients who are minors.
Prohibits sale of certain toy guns and imitation firearms.
Establishes artist bank to provide interest-free loans to artist colonies in development.