Bills in the 2008–2009 Session, Senate.
Sandra B. Cunningham
Sponsored
Became law4
Creates two additional Superior Court judgeships.
Makes changes to certain grants for wastewater treatment system projects provided under P.L.2005, c.301.
Appropriates $19,919,700 from various Green Acres funds for grants to certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
Provides for allocation of $25 million from available balances from societal benefits charge revenues for utility assistance grants for qualified households. *
Passed the Senate4
Provides for annual cost-of-living increase in amount of Lifeline Credit and Tenants' Lifeline Assistance payment. *
Requires DHSS to provide written notice to certain federal, State and local elected officials upon the filing of application for certificate of need to close hospital.
Revises law concerning disposition of assets of a county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that has dissolved or has had its charter revoked, canceled, or suspended.
Expands eligibility, clarifies qualifications and limits certain provisions under the "Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act." ***
Out of committee17
Provides for parole eligibility and supervision, prison visitation, and training and education standards for incarcerated persons.
Provides for programs and services for inmates and formerly incarcerated persons; institutes certain administrative procedures. *
Establishes a "Silver Alert System." *
Requires public notice of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board meetings.
Requires bicycle helmets for certain individuals. *
Establishes Ellis Island Advisory Commission.
Establishes measures to provide employment stability for teaching paraprofessionals employed in school districts that receive federal funding under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Prohibits individuals from purchasing more than one handgun in a calendar month.
Allows State to offer incentive to employees with non-SHBP health care coverage to waive SHBP benefits.
Permits municipality containing a Health Enterprise Zone, or contiguous with three such municipalities, to grant property tax exemption to acute care hospitals.
Amends P.L.1999, c.23 concerning renewable energy.
Revises the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
Adds non-voting member to NJT board.
Clarifies that certain transfers of handguns are not subject to law prohibiting purchase of more than one handgun in a 30-day period.
"New Jersey Basic Skills Training Program for Economic Growth Act."
Redirects appropriations in "Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act" (2009) to provide more effective foreclosure relief to homeowners.
Revises provisions of "Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act" concerning the economic recovery term.
In committee26
Addresses various concerns affecting post-release employment.
Authorizes courts to revoke fees at sentencing, include mediation as an alternative sentence, consider testimony from a defendant's family, reduce the waiting period for certain expungements, and impose an alternative to incarceration.
Establishes the Garden State New Millennium Loan and Loan Redemption Program; appropriates $5,000,000.
Exempts veterans from $15 fee for open and competitive civil service examinations and from local residency requirements.
Imposes realty transfer fee on certain transfers of apartments as well as commercial and industrial properties to finance municipal affordable housing projects.
Reduces drug free school and public property zones to 200 feet.
Changes membership of, and election process for, NJSPCA board of trustees.
Requires accountability of NJSPCA and county societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals to Attorney General and county prosecutors, respectively.
Requires certain ambulatory care facilities to provide services to patients without regard to ability to pay or source of payment.
Permits certain sheriffs to enforce truck weight limits.
Provides for increase in relocation assistance amounts based on increase of CPI.
The "New Jersey Self-Defense Law."
Establishing a "Silver Alert System" for missing elderly people.
Prohibits employment and licensing background checks to go back further than seven years under certain circumstances.
Allows persons on parole and probation to vote; provides registration assistance to persons on probation, parolees, and persons completing sentences.
Requires prosecution of domestic violence-related cases in Superior Court; removes jurisdiction from municipal court.
Prohibits Medicaid from implementing broker system for medical transportation prior to receiving community input on proposed system.
Exempts persons engaged in braiding hair from cosmetology-hairstyling licensing requirements.
Establishes Task Force on the Production and Use of Cellulosic Biofuels.
Directs Chief Technology Officer in the Office of Information Technology to study and report potential benefits of expanding the use of electronic transactions, including the use of electronic signature and electronic record by the State.
Grants paid leave for certain firefighters who are affiliates of certain Black or Hispanic firefighters' associations to attend State or national conventions.
Expands membership of Police Training Commission to include representative from Northern New Jersey and South Jersey chapters of National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
Allocates Amistad Commission in the DOE, designates Commissioner of Education as chair and Secretary of State as vice-chair, and requires DOE to serve as staff.
Allows public contractors paying benefits under collective bargaining agreements to count benefit costs toward compliance with local "living wage" ordinances.
Redirects appropriations in "Mortgage Stabilization and Relief Act" (2009) to provide more effective foreclosure relief to homeowners.
Adjusts required local employer contributions to PERS and PFRS for State fiscal year 2010.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
"New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act." *
Imposes conditions on drivers approaching stopped emergency vehicles, tow trucks or highway maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights.
Revises criteria for eligibility to receive senior and disabled homestead property tax reimbursement.
Provides marketing, information disclosure, and suitability requirements for certain annuities directly solicited to consumers. *
Requires 45 days' notice to affected municipalities of discontinuance of certain bus and train service.
"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 the "Long Term Obligation and Capi
Allows UEZ municipalities to include certain homeland security expenses as eligible for funding from enterprise zone assistance fund.
Strengthens enforcement against employers for failure to provide workers' compensation coverage.
Requires proof of workers' compensation coverage with certain legally required annual reports of employers. *
Requires public bodies to provide funds for outreach and training programs for minority group members and women in connection with certain construction contracts.
Requires chief administrator to establish certain promotional payment incentives. *
Passed the Senate · 3
Allows certain business employment incentives to be taken as a credit under the corporation business tax. *
Permits adopted person and certain others access to adopted person's original birth certificate and other related information. *
Establishes 21-day grace period for property tax installment payments by senior citizens meeting income requirements.
Out of committee · 27
Makes FY 2009 supplemental appropriations totaling $22,500,000 to provide food, energy and legal aid assistance to individuals and families under the "New Jersey Economic Assistance and Recovery Plan."
Broadens small qualified business exception under UEZ sales tax rebate program.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Modifies laws concerning inmate income and complaints; requires certain correctional officer training; creates uniform identification cards for attorneys to enter State correctional facilities. *
Limits motor bus owner responsibility for no-fault medical expense benefits coverage for certain injured passengers.
Allows certain undocumented aliens to qualify for in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education.
Revises cosmetology and hairstyling statutes. *
Establishes "Women and Families Strengthening Act." *
Increases EDA bonding limit for State share of school facilities projects; specifies debt service for these bonds will first be payable from revenues received from gross income tax; establishes priority categories for non-SDA district projects. *
Authorizes public entities to implement energy savings improvement programs. *
Requires the New Jersey Schools Development Authority to biannually compile information on school facilities project contracts awarded to minority and female contractors.
Requires health benefits coverage for certain therapies for the treatment of autism and other developmental disabilities. *
Expands scope of New Jersey Regulatory Flexibility Act dealing with economic impact of rules on small businesses.
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. **
Authorizes court to waive or reduce parole ineligibility or grant probation for drug-free school zone violations under certain circumstances.
Eliminates automatic disqualification from Intensive Supervision Program of persons who previously participated in the program.
Enacts the "Freedom of Religion and Equality in Civil Marriage Act."
"Health Care Stabilization Fund Act"; creates fund in DHSS to provide grants to health care facilities to maintain access to essential health care services.
Requires the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools. *
Revises certain eligibility requirements and employment incentive limitations and provides for extension of certain grant agreements under Business Employment Incentive Program.
Permits counties to create County Homelessness Trust Funds.
Requires issuance of construction permits for installation of wheelchair ramps on residential real property within 3 business days of application.
Requires disclosure when selling certain clothing apparel containing fur.
Concerns stop-work orders and certain violations of workers' compensation requirements.
"Tree Experts and Tree Care Operators Licensing Act."
Requires Public Advocate intervention, additional public participation, and health impact study as conditions of conversion of health service corporation to domestic stock insurer. *
Establishes standards and requirements set forth in Executive Order No. 151 (2009) for use of funds from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
In committee · 20
Provides enhancements to certain State economic development programs.
Designates "I'm From New Jersey" as State song.
"Thomas P. Canzanella Twenty First Century First Responders Protection Act"; concerns workers' compensation for public safety workers.
Authorizes the issuance of restraining orders in situations where the domestic violence statutes do not apply.
Revises eligibility for expungement of criminal and juvenile delinquency records.
Requires DHSS to make reported information about certain adverse events publicly available.
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
The "Toxic-free Children's Products Act."
Authorizes special Gold Star Family license plates.
Provides State aid for adult high school education and adult postsecondary education programs.
Directs Attorney General to develop guidelines for positive identification of suspects before release.
Enhances PFRS accidental death pension benefit for survivors of member serving in nonsupervisory rank.
Establishes Lake Hopatcong Fund, dedicates $700,000 annually from pleasure boat registration fees to that fund, and appropriates $700,000 for FY2009.
Expands the definition of "custom fabrication" subject to prevailing wage requirements.
Requires proof of firearms safety training as a condition for issuance of firearms purchaser ID cards and permits to purchase handguns.
Requires licensed exterminators to provide warranty after extermination of bedbugs at residential premises.
Extends service prevailing wage requirements to food service contracts and to local units and State authorities.
Directs Attorney General to publicize information about human trafficking hotlines; mandates law enforcement training on responding to the needs of victims of the crime of human trafficking.
Establishes decal system in place of special license plates.
Requires public utilities to set bill due date to no earlier than 20 days past postmarked date if mailed by regular mail, or 20 days past sent date if sent electronically.