Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, General Assembly.
Ralph R. Caputo
Sponsored
Became law1
Requires schools to provide eligible high school students with voter registration material. *
Passed the General Assembly2
Prohibits sale of certain products using advertisements alluding to controlled dangerous substances or analogs.
Permits sheriffs, local police, and county corrections facilities to hire certain laid off officers without utilizing certain Civil Service lists. *
Out of committee1
Allows municipalities to require mortgage lenders to maintain vacant residential properties during foreclosure.
In committee6
Permits exemption from mandatory immunization for students in writing for any reason.
Directs Division of Consumer Affairs to develop informational brochure regarding dental amalgam, and requires dentists to distribute brochure to patients and offer composite alternatives.
Requires public schools to include instruction on caffeine-related health issues as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Authorizes creation of 33rd urban enterprise zone in Belleville Township.
Broadens criteria for certain municipalities to qualify as having UEZ-impacted business districts.
Directs DOT, in consultation with other State entities, to study and report on certain solar and wind energy installations.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Revises eligibility for expungement of criminal and juvenile delinquency records.
Criminalizes certain actions in or on utility company's property.
Adds non-voting member to NJT board.
Appropriates $12,500,000 from Long Term Obligation and Capital Expenditure Fund and $51,471,000 in federal funds for housing related purposes.
The "Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009," authorizes bonds for $400 million; appropriates $5,000. **
Passed the General Assembly · 7
Criminalizes certain actions in or on railroad property.
Clarifies immunity from civil liability for volunteers affiliated with Citizen Corps under certain circumstances. **
Prohibits access to police vehicle global positioning system.
Requires retail mercantile establishment to provide manufacturer's rebate at time of consumer purchase.
Permits in-person wagering at casinos on results of professional sports events, subject to voter approval.
Prohibits persons under age 19 from smoking or carrying a lighted tobacco product in an outdoor public place.
Establishes "New Jersey Colon Cancer Research Fund;" provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns. *
Out of committee · 13
Confers civil service status on police officers employed by UMDNJ, Rutgers University, and NJIT. *
Enacts the "Jessica Lunsford Act;" increases sentences for sex offenders and persons who harbor them.
Requires creditor to provide certain disclosures to borrower prior to residential mortgage loan closing.
Increases funding of Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Regulates certain credentialing and trade practices of insurance producers, and provides private cause of action for insurance producer violations.
Mandates that certain personnel critical to certain State finance and revenue generating activities are essential employees during a declared State government shutdown due to failure to enact an annual appropriation act.
Authorizes enhanced DHSS monitoring of hospital financial performance and intervention in management of identified distressed hospitals.
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Concerns urban enterprise zones.
"Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act;" creates Mortgage Stabilization Program and Housing Assistance and Recovery Program; imposes additional requirements on lender foreclosing mortgage; appropriates $40 million from "Long Term Obligation and Capital E
Requires residential mortgage lenders to provide debtors with certain information about curing default prior to initiation of mortgage foreclosure action.
Requires public bodies to provide funds for outreach and training programs for minority group members and women in connection with certain construction contracts.
In committee · 41
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as the State song.
Requires retail food establishments to provide certain nutritional information for food or beverage items sold to its customers.
Establishes the "Healthy Workplace Act."
Establishes "New Jersey Partnership for Secure Schools Pilot Program" in Department of Education; appropriates $3 million.
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."
Requires handgun ammunition to be encoded with serial number.
Permits certain special law enforcement officers to carry firearms at all times when in State.
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Requires nursing homes and ambulatory surgical facilities to implement infection prevention programs.
Authorizes SDA school districts to construct school facilities projects and receive State debt service aid.
Removes requirement that Casino Control Commission inspectors and agents be present at all times during casino operations and instead permits presence at times deemed appropriate by commission.
Requires health insurers to provide benefits for magnetic resonance imaging for certain women at high risk for breast cancer.
"Urban Enterprise Zone Jobs Scholarship Act"; establishes pilot program in Department of the Treasury to provide tax credits for contributions to entities which provide tuition scholarships to children in certain urban enterprise zone municipalities.
Provides for licensing and regulation of private process serving businesses.
Requires at least 30% of snacks sold in State vending machines be appropriate for consumption by individuals with diabetes.
Prohibits certain alcoholic beverage advertisements within 300 feet of a school, church, or public park.
Permits advertising on exterior of school buses.
Requires applicants for liquor licenses and license transfers to notify residents within 200 feet of licensed premises.
Prohibits sale of lottery tickets or shares after claim of top prizes.
Increases various fees charged by the sheriff's office and dedicates additional revenue to transportation costs of the sheriff's office.
Allows PFRS retiree to be reemployed by office of county prosecutor without reenrolling in PFRS.
Prohibits imposition of corporation business tax on certain foreign corporations carrying passengers into and out of State in motor vehicle or motorbus.
Provides support for obstetric services by certain health care facilities.
Requires insurers to cover treatment for sickle cell anemia; requires DHSS to prepare and distribute informational booklet about sickle cell anemia; appropriates $95,000.
Lowers maximum interest rate that municipalities can charge on first $1500 of unpaid municipal taxes, assessments, liens or other charges.
Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education tuition and fee expenses.
Provides for attachment of real property relating to terrorism.
Provides for an extended term of imprisonment, supervision for life and sex offender registration for the crime of human trafficking under certain circumstances.
Provides certain requirements for donation container solicitations by charities.
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.
Adds fraud via telecommunication or electronic means to list of prohibited activities for certain security transactions; increases penalties.
Establishes special license plates supporting autism awareness.
Protects property owned by military personnel and first responders from condemnation.
Permits counties, municipalities, and school districts to issue bonds to pay a portion of PERS and PFRS liability and other purposes under certain conditions for up to three budget years.
"Personal Seat License Holder's Bill of Rights."
Requires criminal history record check of school district volunteers.
Authorizes Commissioner of Education to enter into a contract with a public entity for the operation of Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Requires Secretary of State to provide voter registration forms to newly naturalized citizens.
Prohibits certain sales of alcoholic beverages within 1,000 feet of schools or religious institutions.
Requires mandatory registration of family day care providers.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.