Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Sandra B. Cunningham
Sponsored
Became law1
Implements certain guidelines concerning purchase of catalytic converters.
Passed the Senate2
Requires DOH approval for adverse possessory action against hospitals.
Requires institutions of higher education to distribute information on availability of allowance for dependent care expenses in determination of cost of attendance.
Out of committee8
Establishes pilot program in DOE to support establishment of criminal justice career academies in public high schools.
Expands "Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities Pilot Program" in Juvenile Justice Commission to include Jersey City; appropriates $2 million.
Establishes limits on transcript release restrictions at institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions.*
Requires financial aid award letter provided by institutions of higher education and certain proprietary schools be consistent with financial aid shopping sheet.
Revises State financial aid requirements to align with simplification of Free Application for Federal Student Aid under federal law.
Eliminates requirement that participation in NJ SNAP Employment and Training Program is mandatory for certain recipients.*
Establishes certain program requirements for school counselor certification; outlines role and duties of school counselor; requires professional development for school counselors; establishes position of School Counselor Liaison in DOE.
Increases age of dependent for whom gross income tax exemption for higher education expenses may be claimed from under 22 years to under 27 years.
In committee31
Requires president of public institution of higher education to regularly report on-campus criminal and fire events to the institution's governing board.
Establishes process for county colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs in certain critcal-need applied science fields.
Requires certain corporations to appoint women to board of directors.
Bars the denial of expungement application in certain instances.
Clarifies prohibition on discrimination against servicemembers in "Law Against Discrimination."
Revises eligibility for convicted drug offenders to receive general assistance benefits under Work First New Jersey program.
Awards credits to reduce the parole eligibility date of inmates who participate in college and associate degree educational programming.
Permits certain cities to transfer a portion of its public employees from a locally-administered health benefits program to SHBP.
Reduces standard voter registration deadline to eight days before election; allows voter registration at polling place on election day and at offices where mail-in ballots are issued within 45 days before election.
Creates "Mental Health Diversion Program" to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system; appropriates $10 million.
Establishes "New Jersey Reparations Task Force."
Requires certain institutions of higher education and degree-granting proprietary institutions to submit certain documentation on online program managers to Secretary of Higher Education.
Requires online program manager providing marketing services for institution of higher education or proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees to self-identify as third party to prospective students.
Requires institutions of higher education and proprietary degree-granting institutions that have agreements with online program managers to disclose online program information.
Removes Selective Service registration as requirement for eligibility under State student financial aid programs.
Requires four-year public institutions of higher education to provide on website certain information on online degree students and graduate degree students.
Requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to permit certain students to submit monthly expense and resource statement for income verification; requires Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to impute in-kind support amounts.
Requires undergraduate students to file degree plan and requires institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions to develop pathway systems to graduation.
Establishes commission to advise Secretary of Higher Education on students' issues of concern.
Establishes three-year pilot program in DOE to provide certain students with information and assistance regarding federal financial aid application.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to conduct study to determine causes of outmigration of high school graduates to out-of-State institutions of higher education.
Requires registration of private education lenders; establishes protections for private education borrowers.
Allows students to use certain grant awards during summer session.
Prohibits institutions of higher education and degree-granting proprietary institutions from using applications for admission that inquire about applicant's criminal history; establishes "Universal College Application Development Task Force" to develop standard application for admission.
Requires public service employer to certify employment of qualifying employees under federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop materials to promote Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Prohibits misrepresentation of federal tuition benefits to service members and veterans and establishes public awareness campaign on certain higher education benefits available to service members and veterans.
Establishes scholarship program for students at public institutions of higher education pursuing certain community service-oriented opportunities; requires Secretary of Higher Education to establish grant program; appropriates $10 million.
Requires certain employers to provide certain employees with notifications concerning federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
"Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit Act"; establishes gross income tax credit of up to $5,000 for certain student loan payments and makes an appropriation.
Amends "three strikes law" to apply only to persons over 18 years of age.
Concerns New Jersey Black Cultural and Heritage Initiative Foundation; requires annual appropriation.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law3
Requires financial aid award letter provided by institutions of higher education and certain proprietary schools be consistent with financial aid shopping sheet.
Eliminates requirement that participation in NJ SNAP Employment and Training Program is mandatory for certain recipients. *
Revises State financial aid requirements to align with simplification of Free Application for Federal Student Aid under federal law.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Provides CBT and gross income tax credits for certain deliveries of low carbon concrete and for costs of conducting environmental product declaration analyses of low carbon concrete.*
Establishes Statewide behavioral health crisis system of care. *
Creates Mental Health Diversion Program to divert eligible persons away from criminal justice system and into appropriate case management and mental health services.*
"Manufacturing in Higher Education Act"; requires various State entities to promote manufacturing career pathways for students and provides assistance to manufacturing industry.
Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
Establishes procedures for seizure, care, and forfeiture of animals involved in animal cruelty violations.*
Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.
Establishes program in DOE to reimburse school districts for providing menstrual products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.*
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for epinephrine auto-injector devices and asthma inhalers; limits cost sharing for health insurance coverage of insulin.
Appropriates $50,640,229,000 in State funds and $24,082,639,850 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2022-2023.
Establishes Thriving By Three competitive grant program for infant and toddler child care programs; appropriates $28 million.
Provides child tax credit under gross income tax.*
Establishes Liberty State Park Design Task Force.*
Passed the Senate · 7
Increases, from 18 percent to 30 percent, amount of rental payments defined as rent constituting property taxes for purposes of deduction from gross income for property tax payments.
Revises definition of "landlord" to include rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility.
Requires DCA to establish standards for prisoner reentry transitional housing.
Concerns discriminatory appraisals of property on basis of race, creed, color, national origin, or certain other characteristics.*
Establishes New Jersey Higher Education Student Advisory Commission.
Establishes fringe benefit rate for State colleges and universities.
Provides police officers may be present at senior residential center or school being used as polling place under certain circumstances; requires school to establish election day security plan.*
Out of committee · 28
Requires electric, gas, and water public utilities to disseminate outage information to customers through autodialed telephone call, text message, and electronic mail alert service.
Establishes scholarship program for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in field of fusion science.
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.
Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU; directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities; makes change to community solar program.
Requires health insurance carriers to provide coverage for treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders through collaborative care.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education and DOLWD to establish performance quality standards for career-oriented programs of study offered by institutions of higher education, degree-granting proprietary institutions, and private career schools.*
Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for defendants who commit certain firearm offenses under Graves Act.
Authorizes proportional property tax exemption for honorably discharged veterans having a service-connected disability and proclaims that the State shall reimburse municipalities for cost of exemptions.
Requires DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program; provides for $15 million in first year and $15 million annually in subsequent two years to DEP, subject to availability, to provide grants.
Requires degree-seeking students enrolled in public institutions of higher education to receive instruction on American government and civic engagement.
Requires State Board of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture to adopt rules and regulations concerning confinement of breeding pigs and calves raised for veal.*
Requires schools to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to students from working class, middle-income families; designated as "Working Class Families' Anti-Hunger Act."
Adds coercive control to definition of domestic violence.
Revises law prohibiting feeding of black bear.
Provides gross income tax credit for certain expenses paid or incurred for care and support of qualifying senior family member; designated as Caregiver's Assistance Act.
Requires high school students to complete financial aid applications.*
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Requires school district to provide majority of preschool pupil placements at licensed child care provider programs.
Extends duration of law requiring certain provider subsidy payments for child care services be based on enrollment.*
Extends child care subsidies to families earning up to 300 percent of federal poverty level; appropriates funds.*
Prohibits sale of flavored cigarettes, non-premium cigars, and oral nicotine pouches.*
Requires disclosure of lead drinking water hazards to tenants of residential units; prohibits landlords from obstructing replacement of lead service lines; concerns testing of residential rental units for lead drinking water hazards.*
Establishes Center for Career Relevant Education and Talent Evaluation of New Jersey at Thomas Edison State University.*
Prohibits annual increase in rent or lease payments of more than four percent for certain nursing homes except in certain circumstances.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriations of $71,786,000.
Designates and preserves Caven Point Peninsula in Liberty State Park as natural habitat.
Extends protected tenancy period for certain tenants who are senior citizens and certain tenants with disabilities.
Expands definition of landlords required to provide receipt for rent cash payment made by tenant.
In committee · 39
Establishes minimum level of domestic violence and sexual assault training for judges and judicial personnel.
Provides that institutions of higher education may permit final-year students in graduate degree programs for mental health care professions to graduate or be matched with residency or clinical programs early.
Increases criminal penalties if leaving loaded firearm within easy access of minor results in injury or death.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Establishes crime of law enforcement officer choking another person; designated as George Floyd's Law.
Requires induction loop listening system installation in certain buildings open to public upon new construction or substantial renovation.
"Responsible Collective Negotiations Act."
Prohibits sale of menthol cigarettes.
Authorizes expanded provision of harm reduction services to distribute sterile syringes and provide certain support services to persons who use drugs intravenously; appropriates $15 million.
Establishes certain guidelines for health insurance carriers concerning step therapy protocols.
"Immigrant Tenant Protection Act."
Requires access to law enforcement disciplinary records as government records; requires such records to be retained for certain period of time.
Prohibits tourist helicopter operations in New Jersey.
Establishes the authority of the court to order electronic monitoring of certain convicted domestic violence offenders.
Concerns psychological testing of police officers.
Establishes certain law enforcement and privacy procedures; designated as New Jersey Values Act.
Requires DOE to maintain list of textbook vendors that use inclusive material and school districts to use textbooks from those vendors.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Establishes new crime of domestic violence committed in the presence of a child.
Allows gross income tax deduction for 50% of contributions of $100 or more to domestic violence shelters.
Requires Secretary of Higher Education to create and maintain database of Educational Opportunity Fund student admissions.
Establishes "Supporting Educational and Entrepreneurial Development (S.E.E.D.) Program" in Office of Secretary of Higher Education.
Establishes pilot program to provide guidance to students applying for federal financial aid.
Requires institutions of higher education and government employers to provide certain students and employees with information about Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Improves management and administration of New Jersey Better Education Savings Trust program; establishes grants and additional tax incentives for New Jersey Better Education Savings and Trust account contributions; creates New Jersey Better Education Savings and Trust Advisory Council.
Establishes "New Jersey Higher Education Funding Formula Commission."
Establishes "Minority-Serving State College and University Stabilization Program" in Office of Secretary of Higher Education; appropriates $20 million.
Adds new civil penalties and increases surcharges imposed on domestic violence offenders; establishes "Domestic Violence Victims' Legal Assistance Fund."
"College Mental Health Services Act"; establishes grant program for public institutions of higher education and requires public institutions of higher education to report certain information concerning mental health treatment and suicides.
Establishes Animal Advocate Program in AOC.
Makes $2.5 million in federal funds available to EDA to support veteran-owned businesses in need.
Requires institutions of higher education to adopt affirmative consent standard and other policies regarding sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.
Increases amount annually credited to Shore Protection Fund to $50 million.
Makes $10.5 million supplemental appropriation for increased Per Capita Library Aid.
Increases benefit amounts and expands eligibility under New Jersey earned income tax credit program.
Requires certain public schools that receive State aid to begin regular instruction for high school students no earlier than 8:30 AM.
Provides temporary corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for certain employer-provided child care expenditures.
Provides tuition-free credits to certain institutions of higher education for certain law enforcement officers and firefighters and their spouses and dependents.