Bills in the 2016–2017 Session, Senate.
Nicholas J. Sacco
Sponsored
Became law3
Requires waiver of dealer obligation regarding necessary repairs impacting vehicle inspection to include description of known defects.*
Exempts hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles from certain labeling requirements.
Permits law enforcement agencies to buy firearms directly from manufacturers; clarifies permits and identification cards not required.*
Out of committee7
Requires adult corrections officers in State facilities to complete in-service training program.
Establishes "Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*
Increases statute of limitations for prosecution of vehicular homicide.
Prohibits MVC from imposing duplicate license or identification card fee and digitized picture fee if duplicate is requested to reflect change in organ donor status.
Requires NJT to remove snow from certain stops, stations, and stands for motorbus regular route service and to make name and contact information of entities responsible for snow removal publicly available.
Amends law to limit DEP's direct oversight of remediation of portion of contaminated site under certain circumstances.
Requires DOT Commissioner to develop public awareness programs and use variable message signs to inform motorists about State's "move over" law.
In committee27
Requires two-way communications equipment on school buses.
Requires health insurance coverage for hair headpieces for patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Expands DNA database to include samples from disorderly persons who are fingerprinted and permits law enforcement officers to collect certain biological samples.
Requires notice of development applications be given to residential tenants on that property.
Requires video cameras at certain ATMs.
Provides for forfeiture of vehicle where weapon was unlawfully possessed.
Establishes grant program in DCA to provide funding to youth mentoring programs.
Upgrades crime of soliciting or recruiting for criminal street gang while on school property.
Establishes State payment in lieu of taxes to municipalities for loss of revenues due to an overburden of tax-exempt cemetery property; appropriates $66 million.
Requires disclosure of data recording devices in motor vehicles; limits access to recorded data.
Changes law governing certain certified animal control officers.
Establishes Animal Cruelty Offender Registry; prohibits purchase, adoption, and breeding of animals by animal cruelty offenders.
Requires hospital employees assist uninsured patients with creating account to apply for insurance coverage through Federally-Facilitated Marketplace.
Requires DOE to provide certain information regarding school peer groupings.
Sets forth certain standards to be followed by law enforcement agencies and fire departments when utilizing drones.
Prohibits release of home addresses of certain public safety employees by governmental entities.
Dedicates 30 percent of all UEZ sales tax revenues to respective UEZ account and 70 percent of UEZ sales tax revenues to General Fund.
Reduces helicopter operations at certain aviation facilities licensed by State.
Provides veterans with up to 60 credits tuition-free at county college serving county of residence.
Prohibits tourist helicopter operations in New Jersey.
Maintains property tax exemptions for certain nonprofit hospitals and their nursing homes; requires these hospitals to pay community service contributions to host municipalities; establishes Nonprofit Hospital Community Service Contributions Study Commiss
Provides that cigar bars and lounges may renew lapsed registration to permit indoor smoking under certain circumstances.
Creates Emergency Unemployment Benefits Program for construction workers laid off due to halted Transportation Trust Fund projects.
Concerns construction of crematories.
Requires that school counselor preparation programs include credits on college and financial planning and that school districts provide professional development opportunities to school counselors on these topics.
Prohibits four-year public institutions of higher education from increasing New Jersey resident undergraduate tuition and fees above certain percentages.
Directs four-year public institutions of higher education to develop plan to achieve six-year graduation rate of at least 70 percent for full-time undergraduate students by 2022-2023 academic year.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law3
Prohibits MVC from imposing duplicate license or identification card fee and digitized picture fee if duplicate is requested to reflect change in organ donor status.
Establishes "Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Act;" requires promulgation of standards and regulations concerning safe handling of hazardous drugs by certain health care personnel.*
Requires DOT Commissioner to develop public awareness programs and use variable message signs to inform motorists about State's "move over" law.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools and county colleges.*
Revises animal cruelty law enforcement in NJ.
Passed the Senate · 2
Adds two public members to NJT board and provides that all NJT board members are voting members. *
Prohibits State from disclosing New Jersey driver's license holders' personal information to other states seeking to issue speed camera or red light camera citations.
Out of committee · 9
Requires public school student with concussion to be evaluated by physician or other licensed health care provider before return to school and return to physical activity at school.*
Requires MVC to accept death certificate as proof of name change.
"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.
Creates "New Jersey Criminal Justice Information Sharing Environment Coordinating Council."
Establishes design-build delivery system for NJTA and DOT projects.*
Designates portion of Route 18 in East Brunswick as "State Trooper Werner Foerster Memorial Interchange."
Requires MVC to allow submission of vechile identification number to "Next-of-Kin Registry." *
Directs State Auditor to conduct performance review audits of public institutions of higher education.
Authorizes special license plates for members of county and municipal emergency management offices.
In committee · 16
Provides for issuance of certificate of rehabilitation to certain offenders with substance abuse disorders.
"Drew's Law"; allows counties and municipalities to establish, or request DOT to establish, 15 miles per hour speed limit in or near certain parks and to set increased penalty for violating speed limit.
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.
Directs MVC to establish driver's license endorsement for autonomous vehicles.
Requires MVC conduct study and make recommendations concerning electronic driver's licenses and mobile applications.
Exempts from disclosure as public record personal identifying information provided to government agency for emergency notification purposes.
Requires certain retailers to provide notice of FAA safety guidelines for flying drones to consumers.
Requires certain drones to contain geo-fencing technology; makes violation a fourth degree crime.
Allows application for PERS accidental disability benefit for injury sustained while employed at State psychiatric institution or correctional facility immediately prior to PERS membership.
Establishes "The Democracy Act" to modify various voter registration and voting procedures.
"Boys & Girls Clubs Keystone Law"; permits minors to give consent for behavioral health care.
Exempts cable television subscriber from notifying cable television company, Office of Cable Television, or other complaint officer of cable television service outage to receive credit or rebate.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
Establishes Tuition Aid Grant Study Commission to examine New Jersey's Tuition Aid Grant Program and make recommendations regarding improvements to program.
Requires door to operator's cabin be locked on NJT trains.
"Voter Privacy Act"; establishes protections for privacy of voters; prohibits automated programs to remove names of ineligible voters from official lists of eligible voters; prohibits sharing of certain voter information with federal government.