Bills in the 2022–2023 Session, Senate.
Nicholas J. Sacco
Sponsored
Passed the Senate2
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.
Revises conditions for use of virtual or remote instruction to meet minimum 180-day school year requirement.
Out of committee1
Provides for reciprocity of certain out-of-State EMT certification; establishes criminal history record background check process.*
In committee24
"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.
Requires health insurance coverage for hair headpieces for patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Requires notice of development applications be given to residential tenants on that property.
Requires adult corrections officers in State facilities to complete in-service training program.
Provides for forfeiture of vehicle where weapon was unlawfully possessed.
Establishes grant program in DCA to provide funding to youth mentoring programs.
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.
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.
Reduces helicopter operations at certain aviation facilities licensed by State.
Prohibits tourist helicopter operations in New Jersey.
Maintains property tax exemption for certain nonprofit hospitals and their nursing homes; requires these hospitals to pay community service contributions to host municipalities; establishes Nonprofit Hospital Community Service Contribution Study Commission.
Increases statute of limitations for prosecution of vehicular homicide.
Establishes design-build delivery system for NJTA and DOT projects.
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.
Requires school bus driver's complete motor vehicle driving record be shared with board of education or school bus contractor and local police.
Requires licensed providers of long-term skilled nursing care to establish permanent morgue for use in non-emergent periods and supplemental morgue space for use in public emergencies.
Repeals provision that requires court-ordered pension forfeiture upon conviction of public employee for certain crimes; requires retirement system to consider for pension forfeiture length and duration of misconduct or crime in relation to public employee's length of service.
Revises certain eligibility requirements under NJ Aspire Program; establishes net neutral benefits test for redevelopment projects that incur certain sustainability and resiliency costs.
Establishes cap on recovery of compensatory damages and limits contingency fee in medical malpractice cases; permits periodic payment of damages in certain instances; restricts benevolent gesture liability.
Carried from the General Assembly
Became law1
Provides for reciprocity of certain out-of-State EMT certification; establishes criminal history record background check process.*
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Concerns investigation of missing persons cases. *
Concerns timely payment of UI benefits.
Provides for oversight and improvement of administration of unemployment compensation.
Establishes Liberty State Park Design Task Force.*
Allows sale of malt alcoholic beverages in cans or bottles marked for deposit of another state.
Out of committee · 8
Allows parent or primary caregiver of person with autism to apply for use of reserved parking zones.
Establishes Prescription Drug Affordability Board; appropriates $1 million.
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 entities to remove abandoned lines and mark information on certain lines.*
Establishes minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate of $200 for basic life support emergency ambulance transportation services.
Expands crime of leader of auto theft trafficking network; establishes third degree crime of participant in auto theft trafficking network.*
Establishes penalties for person who commits motor vehicle noise violation.*
Authorizes surviving spouse or family member of decedent to use motor vehicle registration certificate of decedent until registration certificate expires.
In committee · 10
"Palisades Cliffs Protection Act;" limits height of new construction in area below cliffs east of Palisades.
"Palisades Cliffs Protection and Planning Act"; concerns preservation of Palisades Cliffs and creates Palisades Cliffs Preservation Council.
Reinstates automatic COLA for retirement benefits of members of the State-administered retirement systems.
Eliminates smoking ban exemption for casinos and simulcasting facilities.
Extends immunity relating to COVID-19 spread in planned real estate developments until beginning of 2023.
Establishes minimum registered professional nurse staffing standards for hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities and certain DHS facilities.
"Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation Prevention Act"; requires Internet-connected devices to have blocking capability in certain circumstances.
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.
Bars certain public officials from holding elective office and participating in political activities for certain time periods.
Establishes special license to allow food and beverage establishments to sell alcoholic beverages in shopping malls.